ah appreciate it for what it is. A rock festival in Japan, the Foo Fighters want to give a tribute to Sinead O Connor and Alanis Morisette comes on stage for just the one song with them to do that. Its better she has the lyrics in front of her than making a balls of a tribute song. It was well done by her and the foos.
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She found that difficult to hit the high notes. I watched the nothing compares documentary last night. Serious respect for Sinead after it. Have to admit I just thought she was a mad aul bitch with a good voice over the years. Didnât really realise what a tough childhood she had and how brave and principled she was especially at the height of her fame.
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Principles are dangerous aul yokes to have.
I found it all a bit of a rant, preachy and depressing tbh. There was always a Cause du Jour. She would find negativity and injustice in a cup of tea however she was well ahead of her time in denouncing just what a backward misogynistic place Ireland was in her hayday. My wife and I talked about the society and conditions of that time but I couldnt help but think that there is a lot of truth in the saying âEvil triumphs when good men so nothingââŠ
I was surprised there was no rendition of âNothing compares to youâ. Quite a feat to get to No 1 in US charts. There is no denying her talent. The Mandinka performance at the Grammys was spellbinding as well.
Princeâs estate wouldnât give permission for the song to be used in the documentary.
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Sheâs a great one
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I watched this in bed last night at 2:20am when I couldnât sleep and didnât stop until the end. Itâs the only thing of that length that requires concentration that Iâve watched in the last ten months.
I felt very sad watching it because Sinéad was indeed treated appallingly outside of this country at any rate, though she was loved on a very deep level in Ireland. She was an artist of remarkable precociousness, bravery, empathy, integrity and intelligence. She was a like a mix of Bernadette Devlin, Greta Thunberg, Olivia Hussey in Romeo and Juliet, Roy Keane, Johnny Rotten and a nightingale.
The impression I got was that fame inflicted very long lasting scars on her on top of the already extensive scars that were there, and helped to eventually break her. The scars kept mounting up. They did so precisely because of the qualities that made her what she was. She was a born performer, but yet there was never any performance with her. Everything was real, too real for her own good.
Iâd wager most of those who booed her at that Bob Dylan concert in Madison Square Garden like she was a wrestling heel ended up voting for Trump 24 years later. Fucking cunts.
America - or Britain - never really tolerated people who were genuinely different, who genuinely challenged ingrained power structures.
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Do you have to shoehorn that cunt Trump into every post you write
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Poor Don Don
Trump got us kicked out of the garden of Eden.
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Not very flattering.
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I thought it was Baba Vanga
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Of all the iterationsâŠ.
Whatever else she was. She was an incredible singer. Absolutely elite
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Thatâs mad looking
But from pictures of her at the time an honest portrayal
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Christ, that takes a turn that rips the heart out.
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