Princes estate will not allow Sinead O Connor to use Nothing Compares 2U in a new documentary

SupaCat95

https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/8251246/prince-estate-bans-sinead-oconnors-documentary/

Kind of "fupp around and find out what happens". Why do the media give her this attention?

TooTired123

She bad mouthed him all over the place at the time. There’s no actual evidence any of these things ever happened. In the 30+year career of Prince there are no other reports of similar behaviour. She’s an attention junkie of the worst kind.

Quantum Erasure

it's been seven years and 15 days...

SupaCat95

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118527722#Comment_118527722

Then there was the hatchet job she did on Arsenio Hall, something similar where she said Arsenio sold Prince the drugs that killed him. Arsenio came after her for defamation of character. I dont think she has many friends anywhere....

Flinty997

The original is linked here...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-princes-original-studio-recording-of-nothing-compares-2-u-629289/

Sineads version was amazing.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229646/princes-estate-will-not-allow-sinead-o-connor-to-use-nothing-compares-2u-in-a-new-documentary

Because it's showbiz news.

If it bothers you why open a thread linking to the media?

SupaCat95

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118528315#Comment_118528315

Just to remind people what a nasty piece of work she is.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118528346#Comment_118528346

You mean just to tell people that you think she is a nasty piece of work.

Thanks for the heads up about the documentary anyway.

Sleeper12

I don't think she is a nasty piece of work at all. I think that is harsh. She has suffered from mental illness all her life, as did her poor son. She has said & done very stupid things all her life ( I believe due to mental illness). Things that have annoyed me no end but I'm really not too sure haw responsible she is for her actions.

She treated Prince very badly. The only nice thing I can say about her is she does have a cracking voice

SupaCat95

Mental illness does not excuse atrocious behavior. Loads of People have mental health problems and never come to the attention of police. Remember hos she accused some poor assistant manager of sexually assaulting her in a hotel a few years back? That poor fella has that on his record, wether it was true or not for looking at her crooked. She needs proper accommodation.

Sleeper12

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118531404#Comment_118531404

Respectfully it's Shocking how little you know about mental illness

I don't like her as a person. I actually believe she should have been taken into care decades ago but if you aren't a harm to yourself or anyone else they wont do that. There is a reason all her children lived with their fathers & not her for most of their lives.

SupaCat95

When you live with someone with severe mental health problems... you get tired of the endless stories and problems with no solutions.

Sleeper12

That doesn't mean that they don't have mental illness though. Because their house mates /partner is tired of their problems still doesn't mean that they are responsible for the stupid /horrible things they might do

Sonics2k

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058229646/princes-estate-will-not-allow-sinead-o-connor-to-use-nothing-compares-2u-in-a-new-documentary

But... you literally just started a thread on her?

Tell me how

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118531503#Comment_118531503

Maybe you and they would be in a better position if you learned how to best understand their illness and support them through it. There are also support groups for people who are living with those who are unwell which could also be worth considering.

Undermining, dismissive or flippant comments are very rarely of any help.

It's a nasty move to start a thread specifically to have a dig at someone who recently suffered a tragedy as she did and more so to imply that her having mental illness is a problem in itself.

Larbre34

I thought a lot of the above about Sinead O'Connor too, until I watched her interview with Dr. Phil McGraw. (it's on YouTube)

It was then that I found out what a truly and permanently damaged person is and decided to cut her a quite a lot more slack. I cannot in my worst nightmares imagine what the suicide of her son has done to a woman who lives already in eternal and unceasing mental agony.

Maybe pause putting the boot in on her and try and understand where her lash out personality has stemmed from. When your own mother whips you with rosaries and chains and kicks you and tells you you're of the devil and are hated and despised and you were never wanted, well, perhaps she's actually doing better than many would.

silliussoddius

Well Prince wasn't exactly the most humble person either.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118531503#Comment_118531503

We are not likely to find any solutions to anything in this thread.

You just picked a bad time to put the boot into Sinead.

They haven't even had child's months mind.

Wanderer78

she clearly needs serious professional help, she may have a disorder such as bpd, this shouldnt be played out in the media....

SupaCat95

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118531934#Comment_118531934

The persona "Prince" was showmanship, had nothing to do with his private life where he gave massive amounts of money to charity discretely. Much like George Michael, Freddie Mercury and Jeremy Beadle.

SupaCat95

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118531797#Comment_118531797

I have tried and failed and tried again. Then gave up. It doesnt matter now because that person has completely passed out of my life. They drain the life out of you. I dont pity them, I pity the people who feel obliged to put up with them.

Viscount Aggro

A mate of mine was using an online dating site called POF.

He got a match with a female, and started to think he had seen this bird before.

Yes, it was Sinead, sending him a message. He told a few people, nobody believed him.

They went on one date, then a second date was arranged. She was appearing on the Late Late Show, then was going to meet my mate after, she had booked a hotel room. He told me he was bricking it, ended up cancelling on her.

Strumms

seems a bit OTT on behalf of Prince’s people … a bit vindictive… like her, loathe her… she’s known for being associated with the song through her performing it… successfully, for decades..

maybe there just should be a law whereby an artist wants to cover another persons work commercially they need permission, once it’s granted it can’t be removed.….

Padre_Pio

Just popping in to remind people that Sinead O'Connor was protesting child abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church nearly a decade before formal investigations were launched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0VpfiMcPPA

LillySV

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118531404#Comment_118531404

Both parents most likely made loads of money from their music career yet couldn’t care for their kid who was put under tusla …poor kid abandoned all his life while people were off partying…. Then at least one of them tried to blame others… no sympathy here … me feiner

Jequ0n

The woman is a liability, and has shown on many occasions that she will leap at any opportunity to wedge herself into the limelight (again). I am not surprised anyone sensible is trying to distance themselves to avoid another Twitter tirade, because they couldn’t win it atm with her holding the grieving mother of the year card.

As with most mental health conditions there comes a point when sympathy will run out, and when the person needs to decide whether or not they want to deal with their own behaviour. No pandering and pity will help, particularly if said person basks in it.

SupaCat95

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532302#Comment_118532302

Any time you hear that Tusla were called in you know either you seriously screwed up as a parent or your child has serious problems you never addressed. I have never heard a happily ever after story about Tusla.

Pawwed Rig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118531404#Comment_118531404

Well it does excuse atrocious behaviour. That is why you can plead it is criminal cases.

Someone who breaks the law and is deemed not mentally competent is not guilty

LillySV

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532506#Comment_118532506

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40781736.html

Terrible to think that after all that , an attempt then to be made to apportion blame to others .

SupaCat95

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118532252#Comment_118532252

It was a bit more than a once off incident, she used to rehash it at every available opportunity. Then she went after Arsenio Hall after Prince died. She really shat the bed on that one.

TooTired123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118531805#Comment_118531805

in fairness, Sinead’s mother isn’t around to defend herself and the stories have never been corroborated by family members.

Im not saying she’s lying, I’m saying that she possibly through mental illness and many years drug abuse, remembers things that possibly never happened.

She spent the days between her sons death and his funeral entirely alone. The mother of 3 surviving children. One of the most famous and recognizable faces in the world. A woman bereaved by suicide.

Theres a reason for that.

Yurt2

Sinead gets an awful kicking from despicable tabloid rags and elements of social media. For her to have the severity of mental illness she's had and to survive over the years cannot have been easy. The loss of her son must be utterly crushing for her. I hope she gets all the help she needs.

She was and is extremely talented as well.

Ashbourne hoop

Unpopular opinion, but I actually prefer Prince's version. Also prefer his version of Manic Monday too.

Sinead singing This is a rebel song is perfect though.

kirk.

What's Andy done now