RAPPERS introduction to Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U! Oh WOW
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RAPPERS introduction to Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U! Oh WOW
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PLEASE take the time to learn her story. She was at the top of her career until she decided to be the first one to speak out about the sexual abuse of innocent children with the catholic church's everywhere!!!!! People weren't ready to admit this even though everyone knew about this for years!!!! Everyone turned on her with a vengeance!!!!!! She made it her mission to bring this out to the public for the sake of all of these abused children!!!! After her career was totally destroyed within a year the people opened their eyes and demanded a change and prosecution for these children. Not one person stood up for her after everyone opened their eyes to this. She lost EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF HER COURAGE TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK OUT OVER THIS!!!! This true story will make you cry for her! I absolutely love this courageous lady!!!!!!😪💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜❤
But her son dying was when it seems she gave up.
Please let him see thedoc
He does his reactions not knowing the back story because that's the whole point in giving a raw, real reaction!!! Do your research before you judge him or anyone else that does reaction videos! Love you you and everyone, everywhere!
@@karenrowell337 You misunderstood my comment. I never leave rude comments. He really liked her so I was wanting to let him know that he should read up on her backstory. It's a very interesting story. He would appreciate her even more. 💜
I wanted to say that instead of telling him the story
Song written by Prince!
and obvious by the way he wrote '2 U' before everyone wrote in text-speak lol
AYE
Yeah, written by prince
The song may have been written by Prince, but Sinéad absolutely owned it.
Written by Prince and I think you may have even reacted to the Chris Cornell cover of it.
Sinead O'Connor singing Bob Marley's War in front of a hostile crowd at Madison Square Garden is the BRAVEST thing any musician has ever done. May she rest in peace.
Sinead was no joke. She sang when her soul spoke to her. She was a lot like Prince. They made music because they wanted to, not because that they had to out if ego and money making. RIP Sinead and RIP Prince. Nothing will ever compare to either one of you
She cut her hair deliberately so the industry couldn't exploit her looks; she just wanted them and us to appreciate both her voice and her message!
Also becaue her heinously abusive mother would introduce her as the pretty daughter and her red-haired sister as the ugly daughter, so she keptbher hair short becauee of the negstive associations with being pretty. She had also been sexually abused by more than just her mother.
But definitely, she was well aware of how music industry exploits women for their looks too!
Surely by shaving her hair she drew more attention to her looks, she was also more stunningly pretty without hair, so I am not convinced what message she
was trying to project
And she didn't stint on the makeup... the shaved head was just a style. Sinead was an extraordinary woman and her version of "Nothing Compares To You" is surely the most heartwrenching and beautiful, yet sorrowful song performance ever. But no need to embellish her talent and achievement with myths about her deliberately trying to look unattractive.
"They tried to bury me; they didn't realize I was a seed". - S. O'Conner
big words for a one hit wonder
@@Dennis-DK2 maybe in the USA, she had a lot of worldwide hit songs.
@@Dennis-DK2she had more hits but the Catholic Church tried to destroy her. Cancel culture before there was a name for it.
@@Dennis-DK2 There was so much more to her than this song. Research her.
@@Dennis-DK2 big words for a no hit wonder, this is her worst song btw.
10:10 No she's not an actor, the verse before it talking about "all the flowers planted mama, died when you went away" made her think of her own mother, the tears are real.
Actually, she appeared in the movie Wuthering Hieghts. I think Ralph Fiennes starred in 1992. She was at the end of the movie.
I believe her mother had passed away not to long before she filmed this video
Sadly her mother was a piece of work, made it impossible for Sinead to be with her life.
R.I.P. Sinead
@@pagemeredith4532 Oh that's cool! I didn't know that!
Prince wrote this song
She was a warrior. She was outspoken and unapologetic. She was 100% herself. She truly did cry during the making of this. She was thinking of her mother. God rest her soul. She was a queen.
Her mother brutally abused her daily for years as a child. Very tragic! 😢
@@knowhere60 correct. She was mentally ill.
Blech- she cried as an act- That song did not and does not belong to her..they cry on queue
@@sahalachastain9962 who is “they”? And that was definitely not an act. 😂😂
@@sahalachastain9962 #HaveASeat.
She had 4 children from 4 marriages & a short time before she passed away, her 17yr old mirror image son Shane committed s*icide after fleeing from a facility where he was supposed to be under constant watch. Her own mental health had been fragile for some years & Shane's passing broke her completely. She called him 'the light of my life, the lamp of my soul'. Her own death was attributed to 'natural causes' but I'm guessing it was a broken heart 💔
She and Delores are both Irish. Watch the documentary about Sinead. It is soooooooooooooo important to learn about Sinead. She had the purest soul and she always backed up her words with actions. She stood up for justice at the cost of herself on behalf of those who were treated unjustly or abused over and over again. And, this was written by Prince.
YES!!! And at a time when it was NOT popular to rock the boat! She paid the price for it but stood true to herself
I'm Irish and i'm ashamed at how Sinead was treated in Ireland. Laughed at and ridiculed for her beliefs. She is simple a pure sole of love and compassion. There'll never be another SInead O'Connor
@@Darf652she was fantastic. Also a dub.
BP - you’d also love the Phil Lynott documentary - he sings your theme.
He was probably one of fewer than 100 black folk in Dublin growing up. Only one in his estate - it’s a great rock doc.
@@Darf652 While that's true with the general public she did find a lot of solice within the the Irish music community, particularly the likes of The Chieftains and Christy Moore who sort of circled the wagons after the whole SNL thing and helped her produce some of her greatest work in my opinion.
How did she pass away?
in 1989 She sang at the Grammy awards ceremony.
No rappers were allowed and no rap awards existed,
She walked on stage wearing Public Enemy's man in the crosshair logo in support of Chuck D. who had been banned.
She was fierce and always supported the underdog.
Glad the rappers kept out as long as possible
This song was written by Prince. Sinead was no actor. She felt deeply, grieved deeply. Her life was tortured and she lived it with grace. She took her life after losing her beloved son to suicide. She is greatly missed and her soul was beautifully crushed by the inequities in this world.
Coroner confirmed Sinead died of natural causes. You can die of a broken heart though.
Thank you, I didn't know what happened to her. She was a beautful person.
She is greatness
She did not take her life.
Please don't say something like someone took their own life unless you know it.
Sadly, our darling Sinead can no longer use her voice for us, she's singing with the angels now. Thank you for your courage lady, you did marvelous things.
I'm Irish - Sinéad was a master of 'Keening' ☘it stretches deep into our cultural heritage; it stems from loss/funerals/grieving We are still mourning our beautiful Daughter Sinéad💔She was a force of nature with unmatched talent, but she was also very fragile. The video was shot in one take and those tears are REAL - her mother had just recently died. (Sinéad had a very difficult relationship with her mother.)
*Please* react to her live acapella performance of 'I Am Stretched On Your Grave' - a 17th-century Irish poem that she transformed with just her voice and a James Brown 'beat box' sample; She was keening for our Country & it is pure perfection.
The media and music industry cruelly shunned her for speaking THE TRUTH about the catholic abuse of innocent Irish children, including herself & she was eventually proven CORRECT - now an acknowledged fact globally.
But the damage was already done to her and her career. I hope they're proud of their relentless victim shaming of a 23 year old girl who was brave enough to speak out.
I hope that she's finally at peace with her beloved son, Shane💚"Suaimhneas síoraí dá hanam"
I've always wanted to learn Gaelic. It's just as beautiful in print as it is in sound.
BTW, we in the US loved her too. We loved Dolores as well
RIP lassies💔
🌹💖🌹
Sinead was a beautiful young woman, the little I do know about her is very sad and feel she was fragile, frightened and mixed up but it never stopped her speaking up about the wrongs she and others endured especially the sexual abuse more so in Ireland.
I have always wanted to visit Ireland but never have, I’ve now promised myself once I get my health under control I’ll definitely be visiting Ireland before it’s too late. I have family from black rock but if I’m right there’s 3 or 4 black rocks and hopefully there’s a way to find out exactly what black rock I had / have relatives in. I’ve not heard the poem/ song you mentioned but ones I’ve posted this I’m going to look it up, watching her funeral was heartbreaking but also heartwarming seeing so many people turning out for their beautiful Irish sister.
Hopefully she has found peace. A beautiful woman who died far too soon. Her family, friends and the people of Ireland were blessed to have sinead in their lives x💕🏴
He mother had just recently died and Sinead said the lyrics "all the flowers that you planted mama in the back yard, have all died and withered away" caused her to cry watch a few seconds later the tears come. RIP Sinead
Go raibh mile maith agat. Maith an cailIn 💚
She was an angel. And a warrior. And a mother. And a poet.
BS
She lived this song because her life was harsh. She felt it deeply ❤
Real Truth , Real Pain , Real Tears ,
The power in her voice .
It’s a shame that the world wasn’t ready for such a beautiful woman.
You are so missed .
There is a person on here that states Sinead was not political; but, she lost her career over a political statement. She was on Saturday Night Live and during she act she ripped up the picture of Pope John Paul II. She was protesting the Catholic church cover-up of child abuse; the picture belonged to her mother and she planned to destroy it, but was waiting for the right time. She tore it up at the end of the song, then shouted "Fight the real enemy". She was banned from SNL and the media ripped her to shreds. Madonna mocked her by ripping up a picture of "Joey Buttafuoco" and saying the same words. He was a man that had an affair and his girlfriend tried, but failed, to kill his wife by shooting her in the face.
Ten years layer she was quoted as saying, "A lot of people say or think that tearing up the Pope's photo derailed my career. That's not how I feel about it," she wrote. "I feel that having a No. 1 record derailed my career and my tearing the photo put me back on the right track."
The very notion that speaking out aganst atrocities can ruin your life...Who exactly is in charge of this mockery of hell we live in?
@@bryanbrady877 There is multi layers of "who's in charge". #1 would be Christians and Catholics; #2 would be the power of the Catholic church; #3 weak political leaders.
@@stinky60096 Perhaps I was unclear in my intentions. I apologize and withdraw.
Sinead was a pop drama queen. She was young, cool and bald. Then she wasn't young, cool and bald.
And only Kris Kristofferson around to support her. Check out his tribute song to her, My sister Sinead
She shaved her head after doing a press meeting where the reporter didn't ask about her album, he asked about her pretty hair. She died last year. And yes, she was Irish, like Delores.
I read that she shaved it after the recording company asked her to grow her hair longer. She was a rebel.
@@angiel3412no she did it because her mom would introduce her and her sister as the pretty one and ugly one. So she shaved it off. She also said it was so no man can ever traumatize her by grabbing her by the hair
I was in the Navy when that happened and I shaved my hair after that. I was tired of the guys judging me for my looks instead of doing my job. So yeah i shaved my hair off after I saw what she had done back then.
If you grew up in the 80’s 🇬🇧 Sinéad was THE go to break up song artist. She was so different, she paved a different path for a lot os us. We miss her. 🖤🪽
yup, 2 doors down used to play this every other weekend, she must have had a fanny like a butchers bin.
She tapped into her own sadness and grief of losing her mother. She was an excellent artist. She was an advocate and speaker for those with no voice in some ways. Amazing.
She tried to warn the world, and everyone turned their backs on her.
No it's no fake tears. She stated in interviews that during the song that the lyrics made her think of her mom who died in a car accident in 1985. That song is a cover of a Prince song. Sinead had a fabulous voice and no doubt that Dolores of The Cranberries was probably influenced by her. Sinead appeared on the scene a few years prior. Also, there's a lot of Irish folk music that uses that vocal technique. Finally, Sinead was an activist for many causes mainly for women's right and mental health issues. She herself suffered from a bipolar disorder and she went through a lot of hardship in her life. She was a beautiful and sensitive soul and she is greatly missed 🙏
I think after seeing Britney Spears, she may also be on that spectrum. Not totally messed up, but unless something happens, it could get worse.
All so true.
YOU ARE CORRECT !!! She was BEAUTIFUL inside AND out.
She was a very delicate human being and sadly misunderstood. A gorgeous little Elfin songbird She was stunning RIP girl
This is an ANTHEM for us Gen X’ers!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Time has proven her correct, in her SNL stance!
♥️♥️♥️♥️
I knew she was correct then.
She tweeted some wonderful tweets about "Hi Ren" before she passed. Gave Ren some beautiful flowers!
Wish I had seen that,she was truly amazing.
@@adw2263 Her account is still up. You may be able to find them if you did a search
@@adw2263Google it and it should come up
@@adw2263you can find it on her community page I think, and it's on ren community page too
@@adw2263 From what I found after a quick search, her tweet said "Every song and or artist in history even Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, NWA, Ice Cube, and even Bob Dylan, is officially relegated to class B. As are every actor in history or legend: living or dead, male or female. We all are now defunct." in relation to Hi Ren.
Rest in peace Sinead I’m Irish and she is missed. And those tears are real. She hadn’t a fake bone in her body
Those are not fake tears at all. Those are her true emotions for her mom. I remember when this song came out I was working at a record store (in the 90s) and it took my breath away. She was a beautiful person inside and out. I got to see her in concert once and wow to hear her live was incredible!
Prince wrote the song, she is not acting, those are genuine tears.
Fun fact, a whole music video was created for this song, there were only supposed to be a few shots if her up close and personal but the effect was soooo raw and pure they used her close up for 90% of the video.
The inspiration for the song was Prince had a very close relationship with a housekeeper/cook that lived in his home for many years and eventually left because of a death in her family, "I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant, but nothing can take away these blues."
SINÉAD O’CONNOR'S VERSION OF 'NOTHING COMPARES 2 U' REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST ASTONISHING PERFORMANCES EVER RECORDED
Had me in tears whenever I heard her sing it. Beautiful version of it. RIP Sinead. You were a legend. ❤
I went to Lollapalooza in Thunderbird stadium in Vancouver in 1995 just to see Sinead perform, it was amazing.
Her real masterpiecs is a song called Troy, its a painfully tragic breakup song, which she wrote herself (unlike Nothing Compares).
When Sinead was on SNL she was the first to come out publicly and shame the Pope for cover up the abuse of children in the church and was what we now call canceled. She was a beautiful woman and activist.
No she was just the first to shock people
She was misunderstood! Then she was cancelled as fast as the wind without letting her explain! So wrong! A very hard life!
I think she did what was right and I commend her for it--as far as abuse on children. I'd just like to say that many people use the word "Activist" as if it is always a good thing on its own. Just because someone is an activist (being actively involved in a cause) does not mean the cause, itself, is good. For example, I think most people would think being an activist for NAMBLA (North American Man Boy Love Association) is sick. Or an activist for allowing children to decide to take sex hormones and surgically alter their genders (effectively sterilizing them) is insanity. When the say someone is an Activist---an activist for what????
Two months before her death, Sinéad discovered "Hi Ren". On her twitter account. she posted the MV for "Hi Ren" three times, along with these three tweets:
1. Holy motherfuckin SHIT! Someone just showed me this at the weekend. This Archangel from like, twelfth heaven or somewhere, has only gone and made the entire history of songwriting and performing look like a three year old’s birthday party at Burger King.
2. Every song and or artist in history even Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, NWA, Ice Cube, and even Bob Dylan, is officially relegated to class B. As are every actor in history or legend: living or dead, male or female. We all are now defunct.
3. It’s time to hit the welfare office: shoulda had that "thing to fall back on” like Brian May did. We’re fucked. Thanks be to God
She would tweet only three more times before she passed. On Sinéad's 33rd birthday, she attempted suicide and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2021, she had her last television appearance on the Dr. Phil show. She said she wanted to do the interview to "destigmatize mental illness", and she noted the prevalence of mental health problems among musicians. I can only imagine the profound impact it had on her to stumble across "Hi Ren"! I'm glad she found Ren before her death.
I am glad to have seen your words about Sinéad and Ren and her 3 tweets you quoted were astonishing. Thank You!
This needs more likes, especially knowing what a huge Ren fan BP (and many of the rest of us are) is.
Thank you for passing on those wonderful messages.
Wow. I am so moved by her words and so appreciative to have read your post. Have watched Hi-Ren Reactions over 200 times and still do and knowing what Sinade thought and wrote about Hi-Ren makes viewing those reactions even that much more special. Thanks for posting this. 😎😎😎😎💥💥💥💥💥💥
It was so heartbreaking when she lost her son. I think everyone expected her to completely fall apart or follow shortly after him. But in her Reinforced, stoic manner she said what she needed to, once again, advocating Mental Health support. In Awe of yet another creative artist lost from us.
She was a Gift... Beautiful soul and Woman!! 💗
When Sinead appeared at the Grammys to perform Mandika...with the PE logo dyed into her hair was a 2 finger salute to the record execs...awesome
She earned my respect when she came calling out the Catholic Church regarding the scandal with priests and kids.
Sinead wasn't "political." But being a woman in Catholic Ireland made her political just by her existence. She spoke out against the Church and its abuse years before the true scope of that horror was exposed and that act tanked her career. She was complicated, mad, maddening, brilliant. What you saw from her at any given time was absolutely genuine. We suffered a loss from her passing, but the real loss happened years before that, when the world turned on her for telling a painful truth.
There was nothing fake about her ever ❤ She was a very very special one ❤
Sinéad was the absolute embodiment of the tortured artist. She ashewed fame and fortune to do the one thing she wanted: to put out beautiful music for everyone. She fought desperately to bring awareness to the different issues and causes she felt needed a voice or advocacy. She was tortured by her past and her Catholic childhood full of abuse. She didn't want anyone to go through what she did. She not only suffered as a child, but was used and abused along the road to popularity and all that came with it. She never gave in to those who wanted to exploit her in the name of fame. Early on, they told her to get an abortion to advance her career, yet she defied them and had her baby. She endured years of mental struggles and was abandoned by her family and friends even though she cried out for the love and support she desperately needed. Sinéad left this world a better place by having her in it. I absolutely loved Sinéad and was heartbroken both for her life and her death.
She was very authentic. I remember when this came out we all really loved her music. She was done dirty by just about all those in power in the entertainment industry because she was so authentic. She did a brave thing and was one of the first celebs to call out the catholic church for the $3xu2l 2bu$e of children.
What kind of world are we living in where you have to hide saying sexual abuse on CZcams! Fuck them!( sorry for swearing)
Sinead was the first to call out the Catholic church for child abuse. Many had no idea and criticized her for tearing up the Pope photo on SNL.
No She Wasn't the first to call out the church
@@sahalachastain9962 let’s not get it too literal here, I’m talking about as far as celebrities go. I’m talking about in the age before any average person had any clue about it. But hey, you’re on the Internet, so you’re gonna do Internet stuff aren’t you? You people are amazing.
RIP that amazing voice & Princes incredible lyrics 🙏🙏 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
You need to do yourself a favour and watch her singing this live, truly awesome.
Sinead (Sh-anaid) and Dolores (The Cranberries) are both from Ireland. It may attribute to their similar vocals and style (re: short/shaved hair).
As for Sinead’s tears, they followed the line ‘all the flowers that you planted mama’. Sinead had a very brutal childhood (of abuse, etc.), and her mom played a big part in that. Her mom died before she ever found closure. Super tragic. From what I understand, the tears weren’t planned, and given the verse reference to ‘mama’, I can understand her sudden emotions.
Interesting hyphen placement. 🤔
She did have a son who passed away about a year before she did... tragic and unnecessary in both cases
She looks like an angel... and she sang like one, too. She has several great songs but this was her break through pop hit
Her childhood trauma and the loss of her son caught up with her in the end. May she rest in peace.
The tears are real. She was thinking of her mother. The song was written by Prince.
Sinead O'Connor revealed that her tears in the 1990 video for her song "Nothing Compares 2 U" were for her abusive mother Marie.
Exactly, so heartbreaking it's like she just couldn't heal.
Childhood trauma ..nothing worse x
real tears. her thoughts drifted to her deceased mother. the track was written and gifted to her by Prince.
There is a live version of her singing this song on youtube that I highly highly recommend - captivating singer and performer. She had a tragic, troubled yet inspiring life - great doco on her that gives some insight into that.
Genuine tears. She had a horrible, abusive relationship with her mother and said she was thinking about her mother when she did this video
I love that you have found Sinead, This song is the one that everyone reacts to, but she had so many incredible tracks and live perfromances. I hope you will seek them out.
Nothing fake about those tears. The emotion you see in her face is 100% real. Totally genuine and raw.
Her name was Sinead O’Connor and both she and Dolores O’Riordan were Irish. Sinead O’Connor spoke against the Catholic Church due to the sexual abuse that children suffered at the hands of priests. She did so by ripping the photograph of PopeJohn Paul II. Those were her genuine tears. Everything she did was in alignment with who she was. She left quite an impression on Gen X. I loved her
That tone mentioned 2.23 is what gives her voice it's unique character and that's what make it beautiful in my opinion.
She was not an actress. She was an amazing singer and women. She sadly died in July 2023. She was 56 years old. I think she died of a broken heart after her son, Shane O'Connor died tragically in January 2022. He Shane by suicide. He was 17 years old.
I think she committed suicide, as well. She's had mental health issues all her life with her abusive upbringing, and her son's suicide put her over the edge.
@beverlybrown2673 it was established that she did not commit suicide so please do not dishonour her like this...her heart was broken and that is how she died😢
She did appear in a few Irish movies and Father Ted
Small roles
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She is not being dishonored by any means .
Especially,when not all may have even known about her to begin with -- yet alone,may not have known the real cause of her death.
Sometimes,it is far better but far more wiser to not assume the automatic worst when others state their opinions & thoughts about someone whom,is not so highly known or vastly spoken about/ spoken of anymore .
Just my opinion & thoughts
Sinead made Prince's song her own. Like Johnny Cash with Hurt, the definitive version isn't the original, and I think that is an added testament to the songwriters and composers skill to make something that outlives them.
Sinead died last year, after being devastated by the death of her son. Her daughter sang a beautiful rendition of this song at an event recently, in tribute to her mother. Amanda Palmer posted it on her socials. Sinead also tweeted about Hi Ren in the months before her passing. It had a profound effect on her.
This is a song written by Prince. This is about, I think his maid, how she took care of him. She left his employ. It's about her not being there and expressing his loss from her leaving.
Prince wrote this song. It hit her hard because of her mother
The late Sinead spent her life advocating for the voiceless at great personal cost. She was one of if not the first to be cancelled by US media. 'Nothing compares to you' was her biggest commercial success, but IMO 'Troy', which she wrote when she was just 17, was her masterpiece. Troy has very complex themes based on the abuse she suffered as a child and inspiration taken from the poem 'No Second Troy' by Irish poet W.B. Yeats. I'd particularly recommend a live version.
Word! Troy is powerful.
It is pronounced "Shinaid". Song written by Prince. She really did have the voice of an angel. She is incredible live, you should check some of those performances. Incredibly courageous and ahead of her time.
This video 1990. The Cranberries’ first hit linger 1993. Not to mention everything she was and all that she did first and fiercest, but this video alone had all of us mesmerized and unable to stop watching and listening. Side note: Prince was a master songwriter and this song is as perfect as a song gets.
Sinead lost her mom a few years previously. She was in her early 20s. This song was about her mom. They were real tears 1990 was the year. .
An amazing woman, beautiful inside and out. Stood up for what she believed, for those unable to stand for themselves and a true political activist. Outspoken in all the right ways and cared not a shit for fame. The world treated her badly.
God rest her dear sweet soul. She sang like an angel, and now, she is one, up there with Dolores and both ladies so dearly missed. 💔💔
Yeah dude, she FELT this song DEEP. Those tears are indeed real.
The song was written by Prince who write it for his maid who left because her mother was sick. Sinead took the song and made it personnal. For her it was not a classic love song. She was an abuse child by her mother. And when Sinead sings that song, she sings it for her mother, because yes, her mother was bad to her but one only has one mother and Sinead wished she could have had another chance with her and a better relation. That is why she cried, because nothing compares to a mother, even a bad one, wich Sinead loved. And when her mother died, no reparation, nothing better was possible, all was lost forever. The video of her beautiful face was shot in ONE take.
The note and tone you're referring to I think is a form of keening; it's an Irish term used to refer the sound of wailing or expressing sorrow, loss or grief. Female Irish singers are exceptional at nailing this sound; check out the Corr's and the Cranberries; they do this despite the up-tempo sounds to some of their music
She was absolutely one of a kind, and was not acting. I find this song irresistible and watch every reaction that pops up in my feed. Good job!
No they are real tears😢this my first time listening to this since my mother passed last month😢 her flowers won't grow anymore😢
I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my mum 3 years ago & this set me off unexpectedly too.💔
@@fionaashton1738 thank you. Knew it would get me. Sorry for your loss too.
I’m sorry for your loss, I’m 15 years since I lost mine. Your life grows around grief, I lust hope you have people to vent to/cry on. They’re invaluable to me.
@@katashworth41 thank you.
Sinéad was a force of nature, a fierce, courageous soul who stood up for the unprotected, unloved and oppressed over and over, and experienced so much personal tragedy through her life. There’ll never be another like her. I hope she knew how much she was loved.
Prince wrote this song for her. He was AMAZING
"Black Boys on Mopeds" always get me. The hardest sound to sing and hold in tune is the "ooo" sound. And she nails it every time in this song.
That beautiful face, 40 years later and I still can't look away.
blech
She was stunning.
I recently was rewatching the voice past seasons and a young woman sang this song. Her name is Gina Miles and actually did a very nice job, highly recommend watching that. I love the original and will always go back to it but love when a cover is done justice as well.
Listen to more of her stuff. Like ”drink before the war”, ”feel so different” ”last day of our aquaintance”, all these Will give you goosebumps even in the warmest days!
RIP When Sinéad cried In the video, it was a real tear. In the Rolling Stone Top 500 songs issue, she said, "I didn't intend for that moment to happen, but when it did, I thought, 'I should let this happen.'"
In her memoir Remembering, O'Connor explained that the lyric that triggered the tear was:
All the flowers that you planted mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away
Her mother, who was abusive toward her, died in a car accident in 1985 when Sinéad was 18. That day, she removed the photo of Pope John Paul II from her mother's bedroom wall; this was the same photo she tore up on Saturday Night Live.
When O'Connor shed the famous tear, she thought she had ruined the take, but director John Maybury recognized it as a very real and visceral response that would belong in the video. After her parents divorced when she was a child, O'Connor lived with her mother Marie, who she has said was "not well" and would beat and kick her daily, often in the abdomen. O'Connor even wound up in the hospital. Sinead’s parents divorced, and she says her mother got upset that the kids were sad when their father left. As punishment she made them live outside in the shed for several months. The abuse finally stopped when Sinead got older. Peace out
*This song won her the Billboard Award for the #1 World Song of 1990*
The Song was Written by Prince and it´s beautiful
She did a duet with Shane MacGowan of The Pogues. It’s called “ Haunted.” I love. Love it. 2 of my favorites. RIP to both.
Sinead O'Connor has an emotion and passion that is rare. Listen to her Foggy Dew with the Chieftains.
Prince wrote the song.
The tears were real.
Great reaction 💜 -x-
Not everyone knew what was going on when she tore up that pic. I saw it when it aired, in Canada, non Catholic, we didn't have a clue. The mood in the studio was suddenly so intense, and so was she, we knew whatever it was, it was big. She sure got all us non Catholics asking questions. The answers didn't come all at once, incidents were minimized and treated like they were isolated and rare, but once the floodgates opened, they eventually opened wide, thanks to her and her bravery.
Oh and Prince wrote a great tune with this one, I hope this guy gives some kudos for that, someone needs to tell him! He's gonna feel some silly. And a woman has to be very beautiful to rock a bald head and look great! She had some giant balls (meaning only the highest respect).
I wacht🎉 this on MTV in 80s 90's. As soon I came home, the tv went on, and this song was super popular. I miss all these music videos from that time. ❤
RIP Sinead. She was controversial and beautiful.
THIS ICON !!! You need to watch her documentary… she was so down to protest for every right of everything.. When Public Enemy boycotted the Grammys she sang on stage with their logo painted on her head… She even was cancelled due to protesting the Vatican for child abuse… man so much to learn from her documentary… Her music is Amazing… would love to see you React to more of her music… she was even friends with the legendary, female rapper MC lyte in which they both appear in each other‘s music videos. “Lay your hands on me” has a rap break by MC Lyte.. The part where she says about all the flowers in the backyard is in reference to when her mother would abuse her and make her sleep in the garden for days and would not let her in the house..she was only 9 yrs old. Those are real tears. If you watch the documentary, there’s a whole segment about this music video in about the tears and fell from her eyes. No one was expecting that.
The most memorable thing I remember is when she first aired this video on MTV. I don't think anyone had ever done just their head through most of the video, and yes, as a teenager when I first saw this video, she was so beautiful. An angel sounds about right. Sad what ended up happening to her.
Go watch & listen to her perform her song Mandinka live on the Letterman Show. That performance was just absolute brillance.
RIP Sinead 🙏
Love her singing Mother by Pink Floyd at the live in Berlin.❤ Voice of an Angel.
She has a song called LAST DAY OF OUR ACQUAINTANCE that will Rip Your Heart Out.
It’s probably already been said but this song is what put her on the map. It was HUGE when it hit back in the day. It was on HEAVY rotation on MTV and most pop and rock radio stations.
AND….it’s a cover!!! Non other than the great Prince himself wrote and originally recorded this song. But she OWNED it and made it her own. She had a couple other minor hints (Mandinka) and then went into obscurity after a controversial appearance on SNL where she cut up a paper image of the pope. She also struggled with mental illness. Her voice was AMAZING. A close second is Chris Cornell’s (of Soundgarden fame) interpretation of this song.
Lastly, as a person trained in art and videography, I want to say you TOTALLY get the art of this music video. It was a one take and YES she was organically moved to tears as the camera rolled. This is deep and authentic baring of soul art at its finest and it had an impact on me as you can see by my post. Peace to all!
Watch her live version that power in her eyes is real. And she makes you feel it even greater live
One of the most beautiful songs that Price ever wrote. Sinead owned this song, and made us all feel her emotions even without seeing the video.
I still have this lp on cassette, lol. I was mesmerized by it. Mandinka is still my favorite... ❤️❤️❤️
Nothing compares to this song. Goosebumps every single time! And to know the video just happened on it's own. The producer had an idea but completely scrapped it when seeing her like this.
Those were real tears.
Her mother had died not long before she did this video. She brroght those emotions to this song and thought about her mother while singing.
😢 RIP. What a beautiful soul.
When I saw her ripping the picture of the pope, I said “YES” 💪 I was a child going to catholic school, I hated my school and the nuns were cruel.
Now we ALL know that she was right. 👍
Prince wrote it, but it was feelings around her mother that send the tears rolling. She talked about it in some interview. I was 15-18 in the years it came out so this song is the sound of most of my heartbreaks!!! LOVEDit!!!