Sinead O’Connor Is More Important Than You Think.
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2023
- Sinead O'Connor passed away last week. It was incredibly sad news as we were reminded of the significant role Sinead played in music and activism. Today, I'm going to have a brief look at the important work Sinead did as a female artist in the industry and as fragile yet unshakable activist. Did she play a more important role in paving the way for others than we think?
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@@sah-win He really did (as expected)
It’s very sad if she wanted to be an activist; she had a platform, but she set it on fire. The statement she made on Saturday Night Live was much like the one made by the guy from 1975. They were far too wild to get the right kind of attention.
In the end, if you’re going to make a statement, there’s a way to do it, and most of the time, it’s not going to even matter anyway. Unfortunately, she only had one really big song, and it wasn’t even hers. She clearly had mental health issues, and as I understand it, she ended up with very little money in the end.
If I were to give one piece of advice: if you’re in the music industry, make good music. Forget about your social media image, and don’t worry about the other stuff. You’re not going to make a difference; you’re only going to ruin your career.
@@DanFedMusic I don't think it's fair to compare Sinead to Matty in this context. The big difference is Sinead had been a victim of the institution she was railing against, she had been immersed in that culture her whole life. Matty is not a member of the lgbt community in Malaysia. As for 'making a difference', I don't think you should underestimate the psychological power and strength her voice gave to others who were trying to speak out, who had been silenced for so long. The establishment may have not wanted to hear it, but there were many others who needed to hear it. It was a rational act in a world that was insane enough to allow institutional child abuse.
stay of the drugs lol
You can’t compare Sinead’s activism to the 1975. Sinead was beyond brave. She wasn’t reciting popular opinion from a stage with bodyguards to whisk her to her private plane. I saw her tear up that photo of the pope live. It took my breathe away. Its hard today to understand how huge that act was at the time. As a Catholic I knew in my heart she was telling us the truth. She was the Western equivalent of the Chinese student stopping the tanks at Tiananmen Square They tried to destroy her for it. Part of her legacy is being the domino that helped uncover the crimes of the church and allowed the truth to come out. RIP you incredible human. I hope you have finally found rest.
Perhaps if she was a MAN, and a member of an alternative band like Pearl Jam, she would have been hailed as a hero 10x over.
No instead, people like Eddie Vedder were coined as
"brave activists" for helping the West Memphis Child rapist murderer get off death row where he rightfully belonged and freed from prison.
That's hoe upside down this wicked nutter world is.
Sinead is univetsally condemned and damn near blacklisted for speaking out against child sex abuse
While Eddie Vedder, Johnny Depp and Henry Rollins are "heroes" for supporting Damien Echols and getting West Memphis 3 out of prison for raping and torturing 3 poor little boys.
Even from a commercial point of view, it was incredibly brave. In those pre-internet days, SNL reached audience sizes that are unimaginable today. A single performance on that show could literally catapult you to overnight superstardom and incredible wealth but she was brave enough to instead use the platform to make a stand for what she believed.
@@FlameFlickersher taking a stand made that clip be seen by much much more than just the North American audience, she went global for that one act alone. She had wisdom beyond her years.
I'm a few years younger than her, in Ireland, religion was breathing, we had the x case, Anne Lovette, Kerry babies as I was growing up, tv reports commited to memory.
No contraception, divorce, a boat to England for abortion.
In my secondary school, a nun that used to work in a Magdalen taught me a few subjects, nice woman, she was terrified us girls would "sin" , heavy heavy.
When Sinéad ripped that photo up I was thrilled, it kinda gave me permission to begin my own rebelling, a whole generation of us breaking free. Love her.
She left us great art, I've been sad before when someone I admire died but nothing like this, as a country I think maybe a lot of Irish will be feeling a tsunami of grief for our Irish Warrior Princess
( calling her that cos the day after snl and pope thing, she gave an interview to a reggae station and wore a green Irish Princess ☘️ tshirt)
@@siogbeagbideach From my perspective, despite the insult to a popular Pope, even some devout Catholics can't help but love her. In any case, she was spot on as the 90s was the decade when the flood of clerical child abuse poured out of the TV, the radio and the Irish newspapers. Sinead helped Ireland the evolve into a nation more honest with itself.
She made a great comment about the collapse of her career after the pope incident in the recent documentary. about her life. She said: "They tried to bury me. They didn't realize I was a seed.”
Poet Dinos Christianopoulous. Brilliant line.
That quote gave me shivers
Love that phrase!! ❤
fucking profound
❤❤❤
I admit to being one of the many who thought that Sinéad was just a mentally unstable, and confused but hugely talented woman. As such, I can only admit that I wasn't hugely shocked when the news broke. And now, discovering more about her past, her terrible and prolonged suffering, her activism and her integrity, I am DEEPLY sorry for having misjudged her and believe that, in time, the figure of Sinéad will be one of historical, social and cultural importance.😔🙏
I love you for your humility to admit that, thank you ❤
I'm somewhat guilty. I bought her albums , including her great last album. The Boss. Great. But I did think she was gone crazy. So Sorry...I had no idea how much she went through .. she was Defiant to the end. A truthful genius.
Well, my dear fellow humans, most often, people are troubled due to events that traumatized them in their life.
I am sure you yourselves can relate to that statement up to a point.
Therefore, we shall be more gentle with judgement. Perhaps, we should first consider how we judge or diminish our own selves and experiences and see how that reflects onto others.
All those that kick against the system are portrayed as unstable … research more please
Unfortunately, humans tend to all follow what they hear about others..famous or otherwise... and fear being singled out and ending up socially isolated. We as humans need to learn to use our own minds..and stop just going along with whatever we hear. Gossip...truth..or whatever. Its a cowardly existence. Dont slate anyone unless you personally know the truth . People who cant live life on their own terms, but feel they need someone else to validate them, via text, or online social media posts..really need to stop and grow a pair, and quit the cliquey existence... Sinead was a one off! But i wish more women had the guts to just say fuck off to all the crap...instead of just going along with it and playing the game, for an easy life..🤨
As an Irishman, I can say we were very proud of her stand against the church, and also a great musician and performer
I'm Irish and I don't share your pride. The revisionism is interesting though
I agree. Very grateful to anyone calling out the church for wrongdoing especially the survivors, and people like Sinéad who used their platform for advocacy.
What's your thoughts on her converting to the most misogynistic and repressive religion in the world?
@@michelleMc2024 and then she became a muslim 😂
@@barrychallomoner8250 That's her own personal choice. I don't personally have faith, Sinéad seemed well studied in theology. Then again, many with mental illness obsessively follow religion and cling to the parts of it they find applicable to them. I'm grateful to anyone who had the courage to call out what I believe to be wrongdoings by the Catholic Church in Ireland and often sanctioned by Irish society as a whole. Especially in a time where families of abuse victims were being ignored by the media.
I'm equally admiring of those who call out wrongdoings in all religious organisations.
The industry labelled her difficult which is so often the cowards explanation for someone they simply can’t control. She was a force. RIP x
Well said, 100% agree.
EXACTLY right!
Yes coming from them that is compliment. They don't like to be challenged
That's a sexist crap insult; assertive men don't get called that. Yes, RIP Sinead O'Connor.
Spot on 💚💚💚
Ive had the privalege of hearing Sinead live a few times, none better than the night she just turned up at an open mic "unplugged" gig in a small dublin venue i worked in, 200 people saw what in my opinion was one of the greatest performances ever. She turned down offers of guitars and accompanyment from the likes of Glen Hansard and Mundy to sing unaccompanied, we ran past curfew that night and as we explained this to her over the talkback she said thats ok, turn off the PA and sang a few more numbers. I cant think of any other artist doing this it was spinetingling fucking amazeballs 200 people completly inthrawled and from one of the quietest nicest people ive ever met off stage, i wish id had the oppurtunity to thank her for what she did for Ireland and tbh if the americans hadnt cancelled her and listened instead they might have saved a lot of people an awful lot of pain in the 20 years after before the truth came out across the pond. Any wonder i despise cancel culture.
Nice tribute. I spent many nights in Whelans "past curfew" if you know what I mean!
@@FlameFlickers I did front of house when there was nobody better about and the rest of the time lighting and backline in the baggott Inn for a few years, I was always disappointed I'd missed Tin Machine a few months before I started there but Sinead made up for it in spades
@@Alnilam1973 Seeing Bowie in the Baggott would have been other-worldly! I remember the buzz around town that time and all the rumours about where he might show up!
Ha, I loved seeing The Handsome Family in Whelan's!
Thank you 🙏🏼 for sharing this beautiful moment. Speaking as an American, please don’t blame all Americans. Her ban from Saturday Night Live was the decision of Lorne Michaels. He’s a very rich powerful man, and while I disagreed with his choice it was unfortunately his to make. I don’t know about other folks from the US canceling her. From what I remember locally from the news and reactions at the time (I was 16 and watching the SNL performance live), I remember the Catholic Church locally and nationally driving a lot of the response in the press and public opinion. I was growing up with a lot of Catholic folks who were personally unhappy about it themselves. What I remember the most was the way those folks responded. Many of them were around my age and I think it would be fair to say they were probably pretty indoctrinated and their opinion was the opinion the church and their parents told them to have.
Say what you want about her but she had the balls to say what most people didn't and do things that would effect her career but she did them because she felt it was right. Rip to a person who was decades ahead of her time
@@creamwobbly Did that make you feel better?
@@creamwobblyThere's a time to be pedantic. This is not the time.
@@creamwobblySilly Willy
I think she was more than ahead of her time - her actions were timeless. Not many people - given the platform that she was given, and the fame that she had - would eschew it for the sake of doing what's right. Fame is usually attained by those who want fame; those who have a pathological need to be worshipped...she was very much an exception to the rule.
She was ahead of her time and was shunned for ripping up a pic of the Pope as a stance against child abuse. She was right. RIP, Angel. Thanks for everything 😢
that was orchestrated by SNL Producers, the men in silly hat producers. The we hate Christian people. Do it, or you dont work ever again. She sold her sole to the devil.
A head of 90's
Camone Do you know Nirvana, Plasmatics etc
Yeah in Pop music
Madonna first
I Love Sinead
But cause"*
She was a real great Artist)
There's nothing now New, That we did not live in THE 90's
The pope. King of the pedos. 1 million kids. He belongs in jail.
That sort of bravery and courage and absolute commitment to principles and integrity was fucking rare. It would have felt amazing to rip up that photo. As a parent, I can’t imagine losing my child to suicide. She did well to last 18 months with her mental health history. Fuck, the best artists just go way too soon sometimes and it’s hard to process. This hits so hard it makes me wish there is an afterlife, that her and her boy Shane now share together hand in hand 😢💔
Yes!
She was more metal than most metal bands now. Brave, determined and truthful. R.I.P.
Nah. Sinead was awesome, but she was a punk spirit, 100%. Not metal.
@@klauswigsmith i concur
I was trimming weed with a bunch of hoppy girls and I posted sineads pink pop early performance to a 100,000 people. The hippy girls that she was metal. What is this ? Sounds like some dark metal. I was surprised. But I got it
As much as I love metal - there's only a few artists who's attitude has ever had anything to do with what I admire with Sinead's. It's about honesty, integrity and bravery.
Napalm Death is a metal band that comes to mind.
@@klauswigsmith💯 punk
I wish when people pay tribute to Sinéad they would play a fantastic song from her self-penned debut album "The Lion and the Cobra" or one of her songs from "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" like "Black Boys on Mopeds" or "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance" or "The Emperor's New Clothes". She really was a brilliant songwriter and it must have stung to always be known for her rendition of a Prince song.
I'll admit that I shared "Troy" on my feed saying "This is why she was important, this is why we paid attention".. Though only because I could not find a good video of Jackie on CZcams. I then linked a duet of a song she did with Terry Hall (Also R.I.P.). Her fight against religious backed abuse was my mothers fight also, mum tried to hide it from me but I noticed, thankfully her parents backed her to the hilt. But every time we encountered a religious organisation (and everything was a religious organisation) there was 'friction'. When Sinead came out about it, explained about it, it filled in gaps in things I could not understand as a child.
Exactly!
@@jon-paulfilkins7820 my absolute favorite song of hers...ever.
My favourite song by Sinead is 'I feel so Different'
"I dont want what I haven't got" was constantly playing in our house growing up. "The emperors new clothes" is still one of my favourite songs. "Black boys on mopeds" is an incredible song. That whole album is brilliant.
You don't realise how vilified she was for what she said and her beliefs unless you look back through the more forgiving lens of today. She was a trailblazer against the Catholic church, saying things that were rejected then until we found out that they were all true. Rest in peace courageous woman.
We knew it was true long before, but nobody wanted to hear it. They still don't.
Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked minors to nobody??
It seems to me looking back to it 30 years later what she did regarding the Pope, the Catholic church, the corruption and abuse, has been so thoroughly proven it's essentially unassailable. She was on the right side of history.
yes there was abuse in the Catholic church but she turned to islam yeah and theres no abuse or rape being carried out in that religion its the most violent and abusive religion on the planet never heard her mention the rapes of innocent white girls by muslim gangs in the likes of Rotherham
Anyone with wits about them didn't think she was lying.
@@howareyou857" yes nobobys doubting there was abuse in the catholic church but why did she stay silent about the abuse carried out in the name of islam which is the most brutal religion on earth totally hypocritical
God I love Sinead. Her voice, her music, her rage. She was incandescent. She deeply inspired me. Her death is a loss to the world.
As a man that was sexually abused as a boy and watching so many cases throughout the years where sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests, bishops, etc. against altar boys where swept under the rug by the Catholic church who was more concerned about save the church's reputation than taking care of the victims and put a stop to the abuse. The Catholic Church has still not come to terms with this and new cases appear as more and more victims now becomes adults and dare to speak out. It's a shame on the Catholic Church and it's almost as much a shame on the American public who reacted the way they did. It was no secret that the Catholic Church had covered such matters, also in the United States. I watched the concert where Sinéad O'Connor was booed when she was on stage live and I remember very well that Kris Kristoffersen was the only one man enough to support her.
For that I will be forever thankful for Sinéad O’Connor. What a brave and wonderful woman she was.
Fight the real enemy……….How right she was ,Some woman for one woman, legend ,we heard you Sinead , you will be missed , rest easy 💚💚🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
'Rest easy'....hmmmm
Her song mandinka was probably one of my favourites growing up, the sheer raw vocals she had was unmistakable. Her biography is very moving. Buy it on audible as she narrates it herself. She went through a harrowing childhood
The Lion and the Cobra is full of gems. My favourite is Troy, especially the live acoustic version. Unbelievable delivery of raw emotion and powerful yet subtle vocals. I’ll get the biography, thanks for the tip.
* grueling
@@seppokuusinen8595 I just spun L&C on vinyl last night and 'Troy' is as powerful as ever. The first time she sings "I will rise" so sweetly, but the second time she is absolutely seething from deep in her throat. It gives me shivers every time.
I was in my early teens the first time I heard Sinead's voice. Mandinka. I was immediately hooked. I was incredibly fortunate to see her live in the very early 90's. I cannot overstate the influence on me, to see a beautiful, thoughtful, passionate woman delivering art on her own terms. Anger, grief, despair: these were not typical for women to sing about in those days. She taught me I didn't have to be pretty to be excellent. I could scream. I could cry. I could just be me. Thanks Sinead. Rest in power.
Yes, she gave us permission to rail about our own trauma and pain and at the injustices of the World. She gave us permission, through example, to not have to subscribe to male beauty expectations.
She gave us permission to scream and shout.
In her later years she gave us permission to talk about mental health issues.
Her strength and courage was equalled by her softness and vulnerability.
She was so much to so many.
Have you seen her performing it on Letterman??? It's on CZcams, as well. Her first US TV appearance. After she was subjected to a silly bit backstage, she comes out and does Mandinka.... and playing with Paul Schaeffer and the rest of the Late Night band, no less. She looks tiny compared to these men, all of them vets of the music industry. You get to see her come alive, dancing with her fists tight... With that ferocious and determined, yet achingly beautiful voice.... by the end, you see Paul looking on knowing she is a true power who's just getting started. There was no one like her.
@@coleberggren1346 beautiful comment, so true. This woman is the living embodiment of refusing to let trauma keep you down, visceral, passionate, a giant beating heart for humanity that only grows bigger and beats harder no matter how many times they tried to break it and smash it apart. A beautiful soul. Total badass. A Great Loss.
We often don’t appreciate something until it’s gone, she was wonderful
I always envied Sinead's beautiful voice, and the fact that she was stunningly beautiful with a shaved head, whereas I would look like a potato. There is audible pain in some of her songs. The world has lost yet another singular voice, and is sadder for it. She had more balls than a damned football team. Thanks yet again, Justin.
I bet you have a beautiful noggin. A lovely tribute, Best wishes to you
@@ajorngjdonaydbr Thanks so much, but nah, I'm old and potato-y, LOL!
@@aprilkurtz1589 I'd be a potato too 😂❤
@@ZuzuTheLemon Always remember, potatoes are good. Unless you eat more than
You really should.
@@aprilkurtz1589 ah yes, eat too much potato...become potato body, as well as head.
I pulled out my Sinead tee to wear only to find out the next day she passed. That was more than I could handle. In college I must have played The Lion & the Cobra on cassette incessantly.
Saw the infamous SNL appearance.
Her dancing in the video 'Emperor's New Clothes' was the beat in my heart and set me free.
I am stretched on your grave.❤
I'm still grieving -- thank you for recommending her to younger listeners who don't understand her significance as a musician and a human being.
Thanks for doing this heartfelt tribute to Sinead. It takes guts to speak up against injustice.
It was truly heartfelt wasn't it.
Thank you SO MUCH for doing this !!!! Sinead was/IS my Indigo Sister!!! I had her "The Lion and the Cobra" Album in my Walkman for so many years of the ten yrs I was all over NYC doing Ballet/Modern Dancing....I still know every single word to all her songs !!!
Two of my Top Ten favorite Music Artists are David Bowie, and Kate Bush...I did not know until just a day ago that Sinead also loved those Artists and I always thought she looked like a Ballerina...but I never knew she did Ballet !!!! I saw her go on Full tops of her Barefeet in a high pt in a live recording i was watching the other day...and i was like oh! wow..i did that as a child before i got my Pointe shoes !!! And then i heard her Audio recording here on You Tube....called "Remembering" i think done by Sinead Herself...it was lovely. Thank you for your wonderful Tribute here. "So i Can Give u my Heart" ..... 🦅🧚🏽♀🗝
Good to see a meaningful tribute. I wasn't a huge fan I had only heard a few of her songs but I always admired her courage. She was years ahead of anyone and calling out abuse in the Catholic Church. She did it at the height of her fame and lost a lot of skin and presumably a lot of earning potential to do what she thought was right.
💯% 🔥👊🧡👍🔥
Try listening to The Lion and The Cobra, her debut album, its magnificent
She was such a rebel. That she converted to the religion of peace. No abuse there, right! She was a living yeast infection.
"...what she thought was right." There is no wrong in that...
I’ll always remember the Lion and the Cobra being one of the soundtracks of my late teens 👍 tracks like “Troy” and “Drink before the war” really showcased the talent she had. Obviously very fragile and troubled all her life, her activism was her energy defined her, and she will be sadly missed 🥲 RIP Sinead O’Connor
That album was on repeat in my room...I may have driven my family mad.
I'm not sure I've ever felt the tortured artist trope applied to Sinead. It implies, at least in my mind, that the artist in question is some how more 'sensitive' than average, whereas I think she was a genuine badass who had to deal with some very real familial and institutionally inflicted trauma. I always felt she was driven by knowing that others were still suffering - a kind of raw pain combined with empathy and an ability to communicate that you just don't see very often. It was more than activism. She was very, very special.
♥
Agreed.
She said in an interview that she had no self-esteem and put on a tough act to protect herself, and only gathered more confidence in her 30's. High sensitivity and creativity go hand in hand imo. She was still a badass, but she was a badass BECAUSE she wasn't fearless and challenged things she knew were wrong. It takes guts to be brave. It wouldn't be bravery if you didn't have to overcome a fear.
@@AnninaMelissa I absolutely agree. What I meant I suppose, is she wasn't 'sensitive' in the weak, dismissive context that sometimes gets used. Probably not quite the right word on my part.
@@AnninaMelissabeautifully said
I saw that live on Saturday Night Live. Being born and raised a Catholic, I was shocked, and then I was happy. She should have been applauded for doing that and I applaud her. She was true to what she did in her song writing and her activism.
Sinéad O'Connor has been such a huge part of my life since I was a child. The Lion and Cobra was first tape I bought and her second album was first CD I ever bought....(when they came in that tall packaging!)
Her music which was mostly self written is forever playing in my stereo and my mind ... What a STRAIGHT UP Banshee for the LOVE of GOD!
This loss hit as hard as PRINCE, LEMMY, DMX AND BOWIE!
Thank you for the memorial ...
And thanks for bringing my Lil Daughter up on stage in 2002!
We had much fun!
......anybody want a drink before the war!?
Universal Mother is one of my favorite albums of all time. From the glorious "John I love you" to the hauntingly "Red football" to the every so wonderful heartbreaking "Thank you for hearing me" to the amazing Nirvana cover of "All Apologies" to the powerful Fire on Babylon, seek out this album! Rest in peace and may you be single with the angels with your angelic voice.
I listened to it today for the first time in probably 20 years. My favorite Sinead album.
I actually became a fans of hers through ‘Universal Mother’. I was 13 when the video for ‘Fire on Babylon’ was played in the music station here in Canada and I was like, who is this? I remember going to HMV a couple of weeks later and buying the tape. From beginning to end that album was GOOD. ‘Fire on Babylon’ was my main track, but ‘John I Love You’ ‘Red Football’ ‘A Perfect Indian’ ‘All Babies’ ‘Famine’ ‘Thank your for Hearing Me’ so much anger, passion, vulnerability. That album was a journey.
A GREAT record... My favorite of hers, actually. Another one that gets overlooked is "Faith and Courage". Dig into that if you've not in a while. So many great tunes...
@@coleberggren1346 Yes! And Gospel Oak EP is also fantastic
Just listened today❤
What her mother did, how she was put in the Magdalene Laundries... the 1975 didn't have to suffer something like that. Horrific what she had to endure, and amazing how she was so unbendingly righteous and considerate of the downtrodden. RIP
She wasn’t put in the Magdalene laundries. She was sent to reform school which happened to be in a building that once was a Magdalene laundry.
@@castleofsong9620 run by nuns who used to run magdalene launderies
What she suffered at the hands of her mother was unbelievable. She said at one point that she’d wanted to become well known so that people would know her and her siblings existed. It sounded like Sinead possibly suffered the worst abuse of all of them, it was amazing she lived through any of it, let alone became a worldwide star. And yet she poured the complicated love and loss any child can feel for a mother even when the relationship was a toxic one into Nothing Compares 2 U and that was what elevated it far above its previous, fairly humdrum incarnation as a breakup song. She was truly otherworldly, may her and her son rest in peace 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️
There was a movie made about the Magdalene laundries , I forget the name of the movie ,I saw it many years ago. Those woman and young girls who had to live there suffered much abuse. These laundries were run by the Catholic Church.
@@missingbluesky09The movie's name was Magdalene Sisters.
She was a woman who stuck to her principals, she made me very proud to be irish. She's with her son now who sadly took his own life 18 months ago. Sleep well Sinead.
Us Irish women are strong proud women. RIP beautiful gal
It was so shocking and sad to hear Sinead had passed away.. As a 51 year old Brit male, ‘her’ song, Nothing Compares to You played a huge part of my younger life back then. The song is a link and powerful gateway to memories, some sad.. but that’s just growing up, eh 💁🏻♂️
I always admired her strength of character and principles.. Such a loss. RIP Sinead
Your comment resonates with me, 52 Australian. That song conjures up so many memories and emotions for me too... On the opposite side of the globe.
Vale Sinead. 🖤
It wasn't her song.
@@Damo-hp7bcThat’s why he used quotation marks on ‘her’.
You couldn’t label her. She was a warrior of truth! Some in the spiritual community believe she came from DNA lineage to the tribes of David and Jesus. Her letter to Miley Cyrus advising her not to sell her soul was mocked and ridiculed. I absolutely loved her! I’m happy she’s with her son! ♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏
Her open letter to Miley Cyrus was excellent. Miley's response was immature. Sinead's response to that was again excellent. Sinead displayed maturity and wisdom and expressed it with genuine concern.
her lineage was mine, her tribe was the "chidren of the shining light" a tribe that predated the Roman conquest of Briton by 1000 years she was a high priestess but never knew her true position so lost and scattered are we at this time j recognised her instantly and will meet her again along the road
Thank you for doing this. None of the other channels I follow have even acknowledged her passing, which is very disappointing. She was a brilliant songwriter and amazing singer.
I found it really weird that there wasn't much said about it in the news etc too, if it was anyone else it would have been the top story with the usual tributes from other singers etc for a few days.
Maybe it was like that in Ireland and their coverage of her passing, I just thought it was strange and kind of disrespectful considering how honest she was about her mental health problems decades before anyone in the business started doing it, and exposing how fucked up the Vatican was about covering all their disgusting behaviour.
@@YoullClapWhenImGone I made mention of it on several channels' comment sections and got a lot of backlash. "Anyone but her," "No, not her!..." etc. It was strange to me until realized there are a lot of Americans still mad at her for not honoring the National Anthem before a concert and cancelling the show altogether (sort of a Colin Kaepernick thing) as a protest against the Gulf War. Then of course the SNL and Dylan shows. Ultimately I think there are a lot of men (as opposed to women) who found her strength and protests threatening (not to mention women with shaved heads don't go over well with some).
So I simply have to resign myself to recognizing these are not my people.
Yeah, as an American teenager in the early '90s, from seemingly nowhere (wasn't aware of her), Sinead exploded onto the scene and made a significant impact--"who is this beautiful Irish girl with an angelic voice?" She was special!
@@glennlavertu3644Same experience and outlook. The amount of people with hate and zero empathy…I’m just like, how?
@@glennlavertu3644 Yeah I was watching a livestream at the time, and he let everyone know that she had passed away and alot of people in the chat started saying how racist she was (which was news to me and I haven't seen anything to back up those claims which sound like complete bs)
and alot of other really horrible things about her son who sadly passed away last year, so I think it was just people trolling.
I'm not sure how many were men or women but I don't doubt your thoughts on that as I haven't really looked into it but it wouldn't suprise me.
All I can say is I'm a guy and have always thought she was awesome and was really looking forward to her new album which apparently had been scrapped according to Justin's video due to her sons passing.
It's all very sad anyway and I just hope she's at peace now, as I've had significant mental health problems all my life so can empathise to an extent on that level. Sorry for the essay lol, I tend to ramble a bit.
What nobody I've seen has mentioned is she was still doing great albums throughout her career - the last one "I'm not bossy, I'm the boss" has some really great songs on it.
Her covers of irish music is some of the best versions of those songs. Foggy Dew, Molly Malone. Her Reggae album was outstanding.
The article I linked to in the description talks about her music and the various albums she recorded.
When she died, she had completed 8 out of 9 songs for what was to be her next album so it's likely that will see the light of day at some point.
@@FlameFlickersand it will top the charts when it does, just like all her albums should have done.
I'm Not Bossy I'm the Boss has been on heavy rotation for me since 2014. Such a great album.
If you never heard her singing irish folk music go hunt those down. She was an incredible singer with a wide range of potential. She took a number of completely valid rebellious stances which unfortunately did cost her financially and emotional. She is a heroic icon others can only aspire to be.
Truly a testament to how SHALLOW and SUPERFICIAL so called "progressive" American music consumers are.
This never should have happened to Sinead for speaking out against child sex abuse
@@yeetnama9094 That message got lost though because she was accusing and attacking the catholic church, and a lot of americans, english, irish, euros, etc are catholics. And in that culture I have seen, first hand, a guy tell his parents about a priest abusing a friend of his and the parents punished him for speaking badly of a priest. Even that other guy's parents, the abused one, punished their own son for accusing the priest of touching him. This wasn't a failing of American music consumers, this was due to the special exceptions allowed by theists. It's only in the last decade that accusations against the church officials are being taken at all seriously.
As for the music industry itself it is a business. And as a business they don't like their investment becoming a liability. So Sinead faced problems on that front as well. Anytime a celebrity takes a stance on a topic, no matter what that stance is, they run a risk of alienating some significant portion of their demographic. It's rare for this to work out well so most people take the safe route and keep their personal opinions to themselves until very well established. Sinead launched into this long before she had that stability established. I respect the hell out of her but she chose a very hard course through life for herself. She is essentially a martyr in some regards. And I do hope history remembers her for it.
I bought the irish cd Sean Nos Noa . The only place I see it is on you tube.
I have loved Sinead for decades. Not being a Catholic I had no understanding at the time how the picture of the pope would go over. I’m sad her life was not easy, but she gave such a beautiful voice to pain and heartbreak. I will miss her too.
Sinead's impact on Ireland was huge. Her song Famine alone changed an entire countrys attitude to its single largest trauma. It is now referred to The Great Hunger. Sinead did that.
She was well ahead when it came to finally confronting abuse in the church and its care system.
A pioneer and an ass-kicker.
She was a beautiful soul that won’t be forgotten at home here in Ireland or throughout the world.God bless her and condolences to all her many friends and family,may she rest in peace.
I hope you told how important she was when she was alive. We were lucky to have her. No punk band ever did anything even 1/10th as punk as when she called out child abuse on snl and ripped up the picture of the pope. She never conformed. She was brave and courageous. What an amazing woman!
This is the first time I've heard she died, so sorry to hear this. I saw her with Peter Gabriel and she was great also the MOST beautiful woman I've ever seen in the flesh, she didn't look human she was so glorious.
Thanks for this tribute Justin...Great artist and woman unforgettabke voice.. RIP Sinead
THANK YOU for showing the SNL clip with her Voice and the entire statement of protest!! I've seen a lot of still shots and mentions, but not with as much context.
I remember when it happened, and I was 100% behind her. ❤️🔥💪🏽🤨
With regards to the ‘over sharing’ and if she was doing it in 2023, you said she would probably be accepted. She was ‘over sharing’ in 2023 and she was still being mocked. I think a lot of people have come out in the past week and are rightfully speaking about all of the good she did but there is a huge problem with people not taking responsibility for how they demonised her while she was alive. It wasn’t just the media. When she was asking for help for all those years on twitter, there was nobody offering to help her. It’s easy to speak about how brilliant she was but she once had to take a full page ad in the Irish times asking for understanding. I feel like this should be a huge learning point for so many. Love the channel and glad to see your point of view. Also, Pat Carthy’s piece was excellent.
Lovely tribute Justin. She was a beautiful brave woman.
Too many music greats passed away last week. 😔
Randy Meisner was the one who really shook me. I’ve always loved Hotel California but it was Randy’s incredible performance of Take it to The Limit that really got me in to the Eagles. And for that I’ll always be grateful. RIP Randy 🕊️
As for Sinead, what an amazing individual. So inspirational, immensely strong and resolute in her convictions despite the traumas that plagued her mental health throughout her life. Such a sad loss. Audiences would have embraced, validated and supported her had she come into the limelight 30 years later. She may even have found a sense of justice and some peace. The shift in attitudes may have happened too late to help Sinead but I’m grateful that its happening now. RIP Sinead 🕊️
Randy's voice was otherworldly as well.. It was a rough week for art.
Thanks Justin for a considered , concise tribute to Sinead . I only saw Sinead once when she performed with Massive Attack , touring with them to promote the 100th Window album she appeared on . Stunning vocals and a presence I’ve rarely seen in 50 years of going to gigs . It’s almost as though her musical strengths were at odds with what the musical scene accepts as contemporary and the stage wasn’t a platform for her views and anger on a range of issues . That said artists who cite her as an influence should still use music to call out anything they see as excessive, greedy, oppressive and basically unfair . I hold the memory of the Massive Attack show very dearly and may Sinead rest in peace .
“The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.”
~ Ashly Lorenzana
Last week I stumbled onto a pair of Sinéad tracks I hadn’t heard before: “Thank You For Hearing Me” and her cover of Dylan’s “I Believe In You” (which she was supposed to perform at that tribute show before the crowd started in on her). Not only are they SO beautifully performed, they’re quite possibly the perfect statement of what she was all about. Thank YOU, sister Sinéad. It was an honor and a privilege to hear you.❤
I totally agree. Those 2 songs are soooo beautiful and very appropriate to sing to Sinead. "Something Beautiful " is also very beautiful and appropriate.
Thank you for paying tribute to the incredible incomparable Sinead 😢💔💜🙏her book “Rememberings” is brilliant and it’s also definitely worth listening to her beautiful authentic self reading the audiobook version
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New Zealand didn't turn their back on Sinead like the "tunnel-visioned" Americans did.
I love her music & style -Awesome lady RIP Sinead xx
She was a strong, talented, unique & independent artist. A complete empath & brave whistleblower. I was too young to understand her truly & was fed by the gaslighting media to believe she was simply not mentally well.
Absolutely an empath.
Sure she had her flaws, but these are symptoms of a sick society.
Sinead was my biggest inspiration.
Arguably the most talented female vocalist of this century, if not all time.
Sadly people only know of that damn prince cover, when her own songs and albums are breathtakimg earth shattering
I know, I'm starting to hate that bloody song;
Sinead O’Connor’s This is a Rebel Song is just about one of the most sublime works of art I’ve ever heard. RIP to lovely, talented, and strong woman
Stopped crying long enough to hit my local Irish pub for Karaoke night. Wanted to honour her with This is the last day - but they only had Nothing Compares. I sang without bawling. ❤
The fact that she put her message and beliefs way over and above mainstream popularity and prioritizing album sales says it all. A true artist in every sense.
Her reggae album is undervalued and under played. What a masterpiece that needs to be heard more!
Every time I think about her tears we’ll up … I’ve never really had this reaction to the passing of someone that I didn’t know personally. I’m not really sure why news of her death has hit me so hard. Thanks for taking the time to talk about her Justin. I hope it encourages people that only know her from that one cover song to explore her catalog. It’s amazing and powerful.
I absolutely feel the same way as you! “Celebrity” deaths have never really affected me at all but with Sinéad my heart is somewhat broken 😢💔 She is the only “celebrity” I would love to meet in the next life. No one else. Just her.
Her voice cut through your ears directly to the place in your brain where emotions dwell. I loved what she did and she realy was tortured soul, you could tell by the voice. There is beauty in sadness, but it still is sadness. R.I.P. What a legend.
Sinead's passing is a great loss to us as being a benchmark of courage and integrity. I remember when I first heard "Mandinka" and "The Emperor's New Clothes", I knew that there was an exceptional artist in our midst. Sinead certainly did not get the support from the populace that she deserved, nor did she deserve the ridicule and shaming that she received. She was a courageous and stalwart musician and person who will be missed.
Always loved her, ever since I heard the Lion and the Cobra while overseas in the Marines. So many people will leave it with Nothing Compares 2 U, and while she did a fantastic job with it she did so much wonderful work.
Lovely tribute...RIP Sinead. ❤
I first saw Nothing compares 2U while wearing headphones and hoping no one found me, at 1a.m. On a visit to my Dad’s.
I cried along with Sinead. I ate lunch opposite her around 20 yrs ago, backstage at a V festival I think it was. Told her how much I thought of her and got that amazing smile back.
She has been on my mind since 1990. I saw her at Great Woods. Twice after. She inspired me to learn how to play the guitar. Last Day of Our Acquaintance was the first song I learned. She has been my bias since 1990.
I feel very privileged to see her in Concert twice. I never understood where all the hate towards her started. I'll never ever forget both her outer and inner beauty. She was amazing. She had a rough life for sure. RIP to Sinead and her son, Shane.❤❤❤
She challenged the status quo in Ireland at the time which was heavily entrenched within the Catholic Church. It's a much different country now with people recognising her opinions being well ahead of their time and im glad she was alive to see that happening.
@@ajorngjdonaydbrIt is and it isn't. Tuam still hasn't been exhumed, reparations are still owed, and that commission report on mother & baby homes was horrific. The church still control the majority of the primary schools in Ireland. It'll take a long time to completely break away but I believe it will happen eventually.
You simply cannot fail to be impressed with the level of conviction she had. Tanking your own career in the States was a huge level of personal sacrifice for her ideals. This is the sort of dedication many do not have.
She was so brave, she struggled so much but still stood up for what she believed was right. There was a lovely tribute the her at the all Ireland finals the other day, there wasn’t a dry eye in the crowd. Rest in peace Sinéad. 🇮🇪 ❤️
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She was so honest with her thoughts feelings and insight. Like most emotionally driven people she forgot about herself... But she will never be forgotten... She scared the narcissists in the music industry and beyond by being a super empath... They were used to getting their own way... She helped change that... Its a better and beautiful world when people are themselves... Cheers Justin great tribute... RIP Sinead.... 🎤🎼🎸🎶📣❤️. X. Peace..
Her song Troy is so fantastic theres a live version just her and an acoustic that’s even better such a great song a truly amazing artist
She was very brave and a real trailblazer. RIP Sinead your music and message will never be forgotten
Time traveller! A warrior
Her song with John Grant, Glacier is an absolute masterpiece
Thanks, as always Justin. Excellent tribute to Sinead.
Thanks so much Brian!
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Sinead was a huge part of my life in high school. I saw the video for Troy and identified with this shaved head, doc marten wearing woman. I saw her twice in concert in 1990 and 1994 and met her at a show that I was working. She was a rebel and a fighter and I remembered this often when I was working for major labels in the music industry. I was treated differently as a woman, denied raises, and told once "to know my place." I was shocked and saddened by her passing and in complete disbelief. After hearing the news I dug out my 30 year old Sinead t-shirts and started wearing them again. The number of comments that I have received only confirms the impact she had on many. One comment about your video that I would say is that I think the reason she didn't have another hit record in the US is less about her activism and more about the albums themselves. Her first two records have many similarities. However, her 3rd album, Universal Mother began a shift in her music style. While I loved songs like Jackie and 3 Babies, it was songs like Mandinka, Jump in the River, Troy, and Emperors New Clothes that really resonated with me. Much of that style disappeared on Universal Mother, with the exception of Fire in Babylon. I think she lost a lot of listeners there and then I think she lost a great many more on the I'm not Your Girl jazz album. Regardless, she will always be the person who gave me the confidence to stand up for myself.
I've just finished listening to the audiobook version (read by herself) of her 2020 autobiography, Rememberings. Do yourself a favour. Her story in her own voice. Blessings
Gotta say some of her stuff we couldn't access much here in America after 1992, such as No Man's Woman and her interpretation of He Moved Through the Fair, were fantastic even if not very exposed here in the States.
I saw the high school she went to in Dublin, appreciate haunted, or so I was told at the time (in 1994 - I was in a student exchange and I am from France). I also had food at the Bad Ass Cafe, where she once was a waitress. I am sad she passed away. Her voice, style, and personality will never be replaced. Not that they should be, but there will never be another artist on her level.
She was so ahead of her time, and thus cut such a raw deal in life. She was right about everything she protested against. So sad.
"I don't know no shame, I feel no pain
I can't see the flame
But I do know Mandinka" She is Loved and will be missed. Such a part of my life and so many others.
Sinead was a true artist, may i suggest to you Justin and people here in the comments, an album that touch me very deeply that she did, the album is titled Sean-Nós Nua, it came out in 2002. It's an album of traditional irish songs, some songs are so touching and with her unique voice it gets to you so much. Songs like Peggy Gordon, Her Mantle So Green, The Singing Bird, Molly Malone, Óró Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile. Go and take a listen
GYPSY ROSE creator is very sad for days😪
Playing my Sinnead O'Connor's original vinyls I bought decades ago...utube her all the while....my family genes on my fathers side is clan Irish "O'Connor" who were the ancient high kings of the Isle of Eire🍀 (Ireland) ...we both stem from this original clan....
Gone but never forgotten💞, she spoke her truth ...alot folk usually hold back on speaking❗️
..she was ready for awhile now to cross over to the land of the fae🧚♀️
She will now sing💫 dance💃 and celebrate once more🌙...Our beautiful Isle of Eire will take you back home over the sea in spirit ✨️long live her memory 🇮🇪and music 🎵for generations to come...🍀your music taught me to speak my mind, be myself, never shy away from my beliefs and dont change my characteristics from birth no matter who ridicules me👩🦰
RIP SINNEAD O'CONNOR
#sinneadoconnor #isle #eire #ireland #oconnor #fae #comparetoyou #highking #music #genes #speakyourmind
Thanks for bringing this up, Justin - the commodification of the self... artists have a right and a responsibility to protect their own personal self and values.
Yes! I agree. It was good to bring this up. I think we have too much of it in these times. There used to be some mystery. Before the internet, you bought the album with all the photos and names of the band, you always hoped you'd get lyrics, sometimes you did and sometimes you didn't. You'd read or listen to interviews. But, you never had any real clue what they were like. We get that now, and I'm not sure that's a good thing. What's worse is when you can tell someone isn't being authentic; they appear the way they should. It can discredit more than themselves.
Sinead wasn't disingenuous at any point. She was authentically herself. That isn't easy to do no matter who you are. But, my God, she had such a gorgeous voice!!! Rest well with your son, Sinead.
Thanks, Justin!
A beautiful talented person gone too soon. She was brave and fearless. Rest in Peace Sinead. Sing with the angels. Thanks you Justin for this fair tribute.
She was a brave lady. She was so beautiful and so talented. I am so sad shes gone... another one from my childhood 😢 she will always be amazing ❤
It’s only as an adult that I understand fully what Sinead meant about fighting evil. She was so right and deserved to be heard. If you can, try and be as fearless as she was.
Thanks Justin. Heartfelt and honest. Just like Sinead. ❤
I'm still grieving😢 She was a legend.
Sinead leading vocals in Massive Attack were unmatched...lyrics everything. She was the sound of freedom.
thank you so much for this. as a longterm fan of sinead, she was so much more than one song. and she was more than just a singer. she was conflicted, complicated, and real. i'm so glad i followed her beyone what most americans did. her voice as a writer and her choice of covers tells such a rich, if uneven story. she wasn't perfect, and that is how she stood out above everyone else who was so polished.
I’ve always loved and respected Sinead, but I didn’t listen to her all that much and didn’t considered myself a super fan. But when I heard she died, I sobbed. She was a legend and a hero.
I felt the same. Wouldn't have listened to her music too often but I enjoyed her book and I was always happy to see her do an interview because you'd know she'd tell it straight. She was great on the Tommy Tiernan show a couple of years ago. I sobbed like she was one of my own, a huge loss. Looking at Ireland at the time she went on SNL that took HUGE guts. Nobody could ever speak out against the church like that before. Catherine Corless is another woman we owe a lot to.
"Sometimes all groundbreakers get to do is break the ground." - from Jobriath AD documentary, 2012.
Need to rewatch it sometime so I can see who said that, and I can start giving them credit, since I quote it so often.
Literally. Some people take the heat, the abuse, and only are celebrated years after they were brave enough to do something different.
Thanks for doing all you do Justin. Keep up the good work.
And what is the topic of the day Our children are not for sale..She was definitely a fierce force and a beautiful Irish soul.. Well done Sinead ❤❤❤.You are legend..And a warrior doing the best you could in the thing called life!!! Mad love from across the pond ❤
I watched an interview a while back ...Sinead said the reason she shaved her head (which in itself showed raw beauty)...was that her sister had lovely ginger hair which her "mother" said it made her ugly...So Sinead shaved her off for sister.....
What an awesome, awesome human being....I have always loved this woman...now many others will learn her truths...
Love your channel.
The Lion and the Cobra was extraordinarily original when it came out
Hawkins _yet_ again striking the correct tone, showing compassion and sharing his insight. 👍
I watched that New Documentary about her that only came out a few weeks ago... It was very good, what a life she had,.she achieved so much really.
Lovely tribute for an incredible talent . Oh my what a powerful and moving voice 🙏💚🐾Xx
Thank you for this, I remember her 1st album The Lion and the Cobra, blew me away. I also remember watching Pope incident.
True artist
Sinead O'Connor accomplished much in her lifetime, and used her brave beautiful voice to bring awareness where it was needed. May she Rest in Peace. 💐
Beautiful reply to a wonderful life ❤✌️💯
Thanks Justin..Well said.🇮🇪👍