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RIP Sinéad O'Connor

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Jul 2023
5:27pm, 28 Jul 2023
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Ally-C
Just listened to Sinéad & Chieftains version of the Foggy Dew there; fantastic.

R.I.P. Sinéad
Jul 2023
7:51pm, 28 Jul 2023
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swittle
+1 to that ^
Jul 2023
8:08pm, 28 Jul 2023
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Oscar the Grouch
Her version of Don't Cry for me, Argentina is achingly good, too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnG4uu4e7FY
Jul 2023
8:15pm, 28 Jul 2023
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Oscar the Grouch
...and sounds autobiographical in her rendition, such is the power of the performance. Many of the lyrics surely apply to her.... "so I chose freedom, running around trying everything new, but nothing impressed me at all. I never expected it to...
...and as for fortune and as for fame, I never invited them in, though it seemed to the world they were all I desired. They are illusions, they're not the solutions they promised to be. The answer was here all the time."
Jul 2023
12:40am, 29 Jul 2023
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swittle
Oscar the Grouch I think your assessment makes good sense - and hearing her backed by an orchestra reveals another aspect of her talent: a big, wide ranging performance. What is rather less than surprising is is considerable swell in the appreciation of O'Connor's work post mortem. Maybe that's simply 'the way of things' in popular music these days - fortunately, her valuable legacy is so accessible to us.
Jul 2023
5:49am, 29 Jul 2023
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Oscar the Grouch
What I was surprised by in that recording was the somewhat muted reaction of the audience, but maybe that's just the zeitgeist. Agree that she's perhaps 'more' appreciated in death than life. I certainly remember thinking that she was - being directed to think that she was - a bit mad. Yet all of the things she was outing were true and she was just way ahead of the curve.
Jul 2023
5:24pm, 29 Jul 2023
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swittle
You've reminded me of a lyric from a 'James' song, 'Sit Down':

'Those who find they're touched by madness. Sit down next to me. Those who find themselves ridiculous. Sit down next to me...'

However, it's down to the image makers to decide how to project an artist for maximum gain and £££ $$$. In the heat of runaway success, it's far more difficult to 'know' the true artist.

Perhaps Don McLean's 'Vincent' gets close to why Sinead struggled so hard to find her place:

'This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you.'
Jul 2023
6:28pm, 29 Jul 2023
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Derby Tup
One of the marshals at Parkrun was playing Sinead's music this morning. It sounded good
Jul 2023
11:10pm, 29 Jul 2023
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swittle
^ :)
Jul 2023
5:35am, 30 Jul 2023
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GimmeMedals
I watched the documentary “Nothing compares to you” yesterday. I hadn’t been aware of much that went on in Sinead’s life; it really shook me how terribly badly a lot of people treated her. What an incredible woman she was.

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Very sad. To have lost her son last year at 17 must have been such a burden. Wonderful artist and principled human being. Really had some tough life occurrences though. RIP.
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