Thank you from Ireland for your reaction☘We are still mourning our beautiful Daughter Sinéad💔 This is my favourite performance by Sinéad; she took this 17th-century Irish poem that she transformed with just her voice and a 'beat box' sample. She was 'keening' for our Country & it is PURE perfection. She was a force of nature with unmatched talent, but she was also very fragile. Rest easy sweet Sinéad - I hope you're finally at peace with your beloved son, Shane💚We'll NEVER forget you! PS This performance was in the 90's, long before her youngest son was born.
This is my favorite Sinead O'Connor performance. The lyrics are based on an old Irish poem translated to English. The drum beat - the often sampled "Funky Drummer" by James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield. Who else would combine all that? With such a passionate performance. And...a traditional dance at the end.
Her very first album (the Lion and the cobra) is one of my all time favorites. I only have it on cassette. Been watching for it on vinyl for years and now it's more expensive than ever. Oh well...this 3rd dimension is so small and life is short. Would love to have had a beer with Ms. O Connor. Just once. Rest in Peace ❤ Dear Sinead
Rest in Peace, Sinead. I was listening to her interview with NPR in 2021 and she was so sweet and funny and still extremely passionate about music. She actually told a story of how, after she tore up the picture of the Pope on SNL, that she heard about a protest against her so she wore a wig and disguise and went with a female friend. When they arrived there were only two or three guys there and she felt sorry for them so she and her friend joined in the protest to make them feel better. She was completely misunderstood at the height of her success, but she was elated to escape the gilded cage of pop "stardom" so she could be free again and play live shows on her own terms which is all she ever wanted to do.
As always, you have noticed a crucial point of the song by instinct of one really popular music addict. She was a great artist but unhappy person, with a family tragedy she suffered and mostly misuderstood by the media and general public for her ideas on contemporary topics. If it would be convenient for you I suggest the full concert of Talking Heads at Montreaux Jazz Festival from 1982. The video is more than eighty minutes long and if you consider it too long I may suggest tracks like Big Business, I Zimbra, Houses in Motion or Take Me To The River for reaction, executed at the occasion. Perhaps it might interests you, I was present at their concert in the same year but seventeen days later, which was a happening to remember for whole life!
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Thank you from Ireland for your reaction☘We are still mourning our beautiful Daughter Sinéad💔
This is my favourite performance by Sinéad; she took this 17th-century Irish poem that she transformed with just her voice and a 'beat box' sample. She was 'keening' for our Country & it is PURE perfection.
She was a force of nature with unmatched talent, but she was also very fragile.
Rest easy sweet Sinéad - I hope you're finally at peace with your beloved son, Shane💚We'll NEVER forget you!
PS This performance was in the 90's, long before her youngest son was born.
This is my favorite Sinead O'Connor performance. The lyrics are based on an old Irish poem translated to English. The drum beat - the often sampled "Funky Drummer" by James Brown drummer Clyde Stubblefield. Who else would combine all that? With such a passionate performance. And...a traditional dance at the end.
She was an outspoken activist who was often 100% correct in her causes.
Her very first album (the Lion and the cobra) is one of my all time favorites. I only have it on cassette. Been watching for it on vinyl for years and now it's more expensive than ever. Oh well...this 3rd dimension is so small and life is short. Would love to have had a beer with Ms. O Connor. Just once. Rest in Peace ❤ Dear Sinead
Rest in Peace, Sinead. I was listening to her interview with NPR in 2021 and she was so sweet and funny and still extremely passionate about music. She actually told a story of how, after she tore up the picture of the Pope on SNL, that she heard about a protest against her so she wore a wig and disguise and went with a female friend. When they arrived there were only two or three guys there and she felt sorry for them so she and her friend joined in the protest to make them feel better. She was completely misunderstood at the height of her success, but she was elated to escape the gilded cage of pop "stardom" so she could be free again and play live shows on her own terms which is all she ever wanted to do.
more sinead please.
I shall never die...I"m too mean
As always, you have noticed a crucial point of the song by instinct of one really popular music addict. She was a great artist but unhappy person, with a family tragedy she suffered and mostly misuderstood by the media and general public for her ideas on contemporary topics. If it would be convenient for you I suggest the full concert of Talking Heads at Montreaux Jazz Festival from 1982. The video is more than eighty minutes long and if you consider it too long I may suggest tracks like Big Business, I Zimbra, Houses in Motion or Take Me To The River for reaction, executed at the occasion. Perhaps it might interests you, I was present at their concert in the same year but seventeen days later, which was a happening to remember for whole life!
Actually, this performance was done early in her career and life, before she had children.
It was early, but she had her first child in '87.