Sinead Appreciation Society

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Sinéad with Mike and Andy

 

[gashonthenail]

There's quite a funny Manics interview where they talk about Richey being in the same rehab as Eric Clapton and Sinéad O'Connor. Nicky is also very complimentary:

Nicky: “But it’s good that Sinead came back from the abyss. The old Pope thing, I mean, that is so Manics-esque, it was so deeply admirable when she did that. We would have thought about it, but we would never have had the balls to do it. It was f***ing unbelievable.”

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‘She had only so much ‘self’ to give. She was dropped by her label after selling 7 million albums for them. She became crazed, yes, but uninteresting, never. She had done nothing wrong. She had proud vulnerability … and there is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’ (this I know only too well), and they are never praised until death - when, finally, they can’t answer back. The cruel playpen of fame gushes with praise for Sinead today … with the usual moronic labels of “icon” and “legend”. You praise her now ONLY because it is too late. You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you. The press will label artists as pests because of what they withhold … and they would call Sinead sad, fat, shocking, insane … oh but not today! Music CEOs who had put on their most charming smile as they refused her for their roster are queuing-up to call her a “feminist icon”, and 15 minute celebrities and goblins from hell and record labels of artificially aroused diversity are squeezing onto Twitter to twitter their jibber-jabber … when it was YOU who talked Sinead into giving up … because she refused to be labelled, and she was degraded, as those few who move the world are always degraded. Why is ANYBODY surprised that Sinead O’Connor is dead? Who cared enough to save Judy Garland, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holiday? Where do you go when death can be the best outcome? Was this music madness worth Sinead’s life? No, it wasn’t. She was a challenge, and she couldn’t be boxed-up, and she had the courage to speak when everyone else stayed safely silent. She was harassed simply for being herself. Her eyes finally closed in search of a soul she could call her own. As always, the lamestreamers miss the ringing point, and with locked jaws they return to the insultingly stupid “icon” and “legend” when last week words far more cruel and dismissive would have done. Tomorrow the fawning fops flip back to their online shitposts and their cosy Cancer Culture and their moral superiority and their obituaries of parroted vomit … all of which will catch you lying on days like today … when Sinead doesn’t need your sterile slop.”

MORRISSEY
26 July, 2023.

 

[gashonthenail]

Ever since her death this song keeps running through my mind. It's a beautiful song and almost prophetic lyrically. The production won't perhaps be to everyone's tastes - produced by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics. The production reminds me a little of some of the flaws of Joe Chiccarelli in some ways - but the power of the lyrics and the singing are incredible. Hard to listen to without getting a shiver down the spine. To be played at maximum volume as the saying goes.

 

[nicky wire's legs]

There's quite a funny Manics interview where they talk about Richey being in the same rehab as Eric Clapton and Sinéad O'Connor. Nicky is also very complimentary:

Nicky: “But it’s good that Sinead came back from the abyss. The old Pope thing, I mean, that is so Manics-esque, it was so deeply admirable when she did that. We would have thought about it, but we would never have had the balls to do it. It was f***ing unbelievable.”

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It's true, it was very manics-esque. But the difference is, if they had done it it probably wouldn't have been as big a deal because everyone would've thought they were just doing it to be controversial and as part of their 'act', whereas everyone knew sinead was 4real.

Nice words from nicky.

 

[goinghome]

Long-running Irish Hot Press music magazine is putting together a special memorial issue for Sinéad which can be pre-ordered here - https://shop.hotpress.com/products/preorder-sinead-oconnor-memorial-issue

 

[Mozzer1980]

 

[SuedeMoz]

Sinead O'Connor funeral - latest: Aerial pictures show fans line streets; Bob Geldof and Bono among mourners

Friends, family and fans of Sinead O'Connor gathered today to pay their respects to the acclaimed singer. The 56-year-old was found unresponsive by police at her southeast London home last week. The funeral was held in Bray, County Wicklow where O'Connor lived for some time.

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[The Wild Turkey]

Never knew that Sinead and Willie did a cover of Don't Give Up.
It came out kinda nice.

 

[gashonthenail]

It was touching to see people turn out in their thousands yesterday for Sinéad. There is something about any funeral that makes us stop and reflect. It's the destination that awaits us all some day.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

 

[Born to Harangue]

 

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[snapyou]

Gospel

Gospel

 

[goinghome]

...Bullies are cowards. They need followers. If you don’t want to stand up to them, simply don’t follow them.

How would you feel if you said or did something controversial, off the accepted path, and the whole world turned on you? Wouldn’t you feel misunderstood? What are the lasting effects? Try to think of that the next time an artist challenges something passionately and everyone turns on them.

And in case you’re wondering… no, it’s not your job to devote all your time and energy to keeping an artist alive. However, art of all kinds makes our world warmer and worth living. You already get so much for free.

It is our job, collectively, to keep the arts alive.

Artists who are ahead of their time often need the most support in the here and now. Why wait until they’re gone?

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You’re allowed to honor artists you respect before they’re gone. Here are some no-fail tips and tricks to get you started! Artists who are ahead of their time need your support in the here and now. Here are some ways you can get started today.

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