In praise of Sinead O'Connor.

[Wookey]

The colonic irrigation technique?

Fuck you Purves and your dastardly bad timing. That was a slayer in context.

 

[purves grundy]

The colonic irrigation technique?

Fuck you Purves and your dastardly bad timing. That was a slayer in context.

As Enya once sang, "If I could turn back time..."

 

[rekil]

She does some great Irish Rebel Songs such as Cuimhnigh Arna Gcimi

don't know that one.

and 'gcimi' sounds like something out of Lord of Rings.

I'm guessing Firky is referring to "Ag Caoineadh Ar An Giomach", "Weeping Over The Lobster.", a particularly lugubrious ballad laden with impenetrable metaphors.

 

[girasol]

Listened to 'The Lion and the Cobra' and 'I do not want what I haven't got' to death, then got bored. I think I still have the tapes somewhere

She has the most expressive eyes ever.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Listened to 'The Lion and the Cobra' and 'I do not want what I haven't got' to death, then got bored. I think I still have the tapes somewhere

She has the most expressive eyes ever.

Hasn't she.

 

[Meltingpot]

"Troy" is great too, also "Mandinka" as has been said.

 

[Sasaferrato]

"Troy" is great too, also "Mandinka" as has been said.

One of my favourites is Black boys on mopeds.

 

[Badger Kitten]

This is a fantastic

 

[Aladdin]

Sinéad O’Connor was quiet and loud. Brilliant and bashful. She oozed a kind of creative lava

The singer rejected the easy life for one of truth-telling

www.irishtimes.com

I knew Sinead had a rough start in life...but didn't know all the details. I'll be getting this
Rememberings, by Sinéad O’Connor is published by Sandycove on June 1st (£20). © Sinéad O’Connor 2021. You can preorder a copy here

Yep

I was transfixed the first time I saw her on TOTP singing Mandinka, in her tutu, big boots, and skinhead. Went out, bought the album, played it to within an inch of its life, and some more. Seen her twice, almost named my daughter after her. One of the finest, most heartbreaking, brutal, and vulnerable voices in the universe. In fact, no one ever came close for sheer kicking me in the guts, apart from Janis Joplin, and as much as I love Janis, she's a country mile beneath Sinead

I could go on about her writing and producing for a while too, but I won't

Always liked her. She sings from her heart and her heart is huge.

 

[tommers]

Sinéad O’Connor was quiet and loud. Brilliant and bashful. She oozed a kind of creative lava

The singer rejected the easy life for one of truth-telling

www.irishtimes.com

I knew Sinead had a rough start in life...but didn't know all the details. I'll be getting this
Rememberings, by Sinéad O’Connor is published by Sandycove on June 1st (£20). © Sinéad O’Connor 2021. You can preorder a copy here



Always liked her. She sings from her heart and her heart is huge.

Yes. I wish her all the best.

 

[Kaka Tim]

just found her version of the parting glass - bit wonderful - perfect song for her to sing. (weirdly its not available on Spotify).

 

[Rebelda]

just found her version of the parting glass - bit wonderful - perfect song for her to sing. (weirdly its not available on Spotify).

That whole album is great if you can find it.

My auntie Anne loved Sinead and bought this album for me. I listened to the parting glass a lot when she died last year and sang it with my mum after the funeral. /

 

[Artaxerxes]

Son of Sinéad O’Connor dies at age of 17 after going missing

Irish musician says Shane O’Connor, last seen on Friday morning, ‘was the very light of my life’

www.theguardian.com

Terrible news

 

[clicker]

That's really sad.

 

[danny la rouge]

I just saw this on social media, it was posted by Shane MacGowane. Very sad indeed.

 

[A380]

That’s so fucking awful. Poor lad and the whole family.

 

[Rebelda]

heart breaking

 

[Steel Icarus]

Very sad, seventeen isn't old enough to have figured anything out yet is it. Poor lad, poor mum

 

[Dystopiary]

That's so sad. Poor guy, I'm so sorry for Sinéad and everyone else who loved him.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Poor woman - losing a kid at 17 must be hard.

 

[tommers]

Son of Sinéad O’Connor dies at age of 17 after going missing

Irish musician says Shane O’Connor, last seen on Friday morning, ‘was the very light of my life’

www.theguardian.com

Terrible news

Yeah I saw her tweet last night. Absolutely heartbreaking.

 

[JimW]

Oh no, bless her.

 

[Orang Utan]

Very sad, seventeen isn't old enough to have figured anything out yet is it. Poor lad, poor mum

Innit. Such terrible sad news. O’Connor has suffered so much already. I hope she can get through this.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

What a tragedy. 17 years old. How on earth will Sinead cope with this?

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[Edie]

Awful The very worst case scenario