Dolores O'Riordan, Nembo getting increasingly demented, fascinating to watch

Sidney · January 16, 2018, 2:16pm

More Things That Are Wrong, just plain wrong

On August 31st, 1997, Diana died, and pathetic, mawkish, self centred, vain, public grief became a lifestyle choice for vast swathes of people in the British Isles.

Tony Blair was the perfect, vacuous Prime Minister to express that touchy feely, vacuous, empty feeling of grief. Bono was on hand to sing Candle In The Wind that night. Within a few days the whole thing had become a full blown phenomenon of mawk, in association with Sky News, 24 hours, every hour. The people were tearful, angry and outraged about something, about what, they didn’t know, but the one thing they knew was that they had to express it publicly, because it felt right. In Britain people said the spirit of that week was like the war, as people came together, strangers spontaneously embracing in the street. Strangers didn’t spontaneously embrace in the street during the war. They got the fook on with things. Diana’s death, on the other hand, was a public grief competition, a bandwagon embodying the values of self, self-pity and vanity which came to dominate the next two decades. Every bland tweet and publicly aceptable “show of solidarity” on Facebook with victims of worthy tragedies that don’t involve you in any way is linked back to that moment.

It’s happening again.

Competitive grief and competitive outrage at, oh, something, but what it is people are outraged at, they’re not sure.

Carry on.

anon61956325 · January 16, 2018, 2:18pm

Alright, mate — leave it off. I dont think anyone is outraged here really… a few snipes at you, but nothing that doesnt happen to most people on any thread… you’re inventing outrage here and taking from our moment of grief.

Sidney · January 16, 2018, 2:19pm

Oh there’s outrage, pal, lots and lots of outrage. It’s like Liveline.

HBV · January 16, 2018, 2:21pm

Fidel castro was a dictator responsible for mass murder of citizins including the gays who he loved to murder, his death should be celebrated.
A young lady who sang songs for a living has died and it seems to be driving you demented on the internet.

Sidney · January 16, 2018, 2:22pm

You sound like you’re demented, pal. No change there.

You should read the post you put up earlier and address the hypocrisy of it.

And also, as you are a self-admitted rapist, I really don’t think you’re in the best position to be expressing any sort of imagined outrage on this thread, given that you’re the exact sort of predator that abused Dolores O’Riordan.

anon61956325 · January 16, 2018, 2:22pm

Where? - I think its just from people who dont like you very much and not the passing of our rose. You’re trying your hardest to make this about you when it’s not, it’s about the people of Limerick and our terrible loss. I know you want in but you just have to look on from the sidelines over the coming days.

HBV · January 16, 2018, 2:23pm

didnt he catch you red handed attempting to rob his house? werent you half in and half out of the back bedroom window ?

anon61956325 · January 16, 2018, 2:24pm

I was half in and half out alright but it wasn’t a window …

Little_Lord_Fauntleroy · January 16, 2018, 2:28pm

Sidney · January 16, 2018, 2:30pm

Other people have done that.

Love me, hate me, you can never ignore me.

Box office stuff.

Sidney · January 16, 2018, 2:37pm

Counting Crows
The Black Crowes
Sheryl Crowe

alf_stewart · January 16, 2018, 2:39pm

lovely piece by una here

Little_Lord_Fauntleroy · January 16, 2018, 2:44pm

The Cranberries singer fascinated the world??
that’s not true

thedancingbaby · January 16, 2018, 2:45pm

Fake News

myboyblue · January 16, 2018, 2:45pm

What are we quantifying as the world mate? Which regions are required?

I suppose Sinead captivated the world by tearing up that picture of the Pope.

Little_Lord_Fauntleroy · January 16, 2018, 2:49pm

id agree with that

myboyblue · January 16, 2018, 2:50pm

She was big in America and Asia. We can count Europe too, I’ve no idea about the third world of Africa and Australia.

anon61956325 · January 16, 2018, 2:50pm

You know Dolores was/is box office when the usuals are coming in to have a pop - it’s the only true barometer

backinatracksuit · January 16, 2018, 2:51pm

Have I got this right, @Sidney is losing his shit because a few of us expressed the sentiment that we feel a little sad that a singer and songwriter we admired has died young? Meanwhile he’s been caught out expressing similar in the past and is swinging wildly now with President Trump taking centre stage, it’s kind of weird no?

myboyblue · January 16, 2018, 2:52pm

TFK is the barometer.