I never realized Sinead O'Connor had the voice she had.

Pinch Flat · 21-11-2017 08:01PM

Her collaboration with The The is pretty cool. This from 1989s Mindbomb

https://youtu.be/ik3Dj6_RUWI

FrKurtFahrt · 21-11-2017 08:05PM

From 'In The Name Of The Father' just a stunning delivery by Sinead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bBlbyzN6g

21-11-2017 08:05PM

She is /was a brilliant singer.

It's all the baggage she carries around with her that puts most people off. She's still banned from Saturday Night Live in the States for ripping up the photo of the pope. I'm not religious but I can see how her actions would be akin to setting fire to the national flag live on TV.

druss · 21-11-2017 08:07PM

Combination of film placement and song, but I normally find there is something in my eye when her version of "Thief of your Heart" from "In the Name of the Father" starts.

Permabear · 21-11-2017 08:10PM

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peasant · 21-11-2017 08:13PM

The voice is certainly still there 20 years later (2008)

and the studio version 87

Call me Al · 21-11-2017 08:20PM

Thank you peasant.
She never fails to leave me wanting to hear more. I think she's incredible.

The Princess Bride · 21-11-2017 08:24PM

She has a stunning voice, no doubt.
But when she used it to spout gobbledygook rather than sing beautifully, a lot of people lost interest or cringed in embarrassment.
Pity.

Ewan Hoosarmi · 21-11-2017 08:35PM

Oh boy! "Raglan Road" with The Chieftans always gets me too.

strandroad · 21-11-2017 08:36PM

druss wrote: »

Combination of film placement and song, but I normally find there is something in my eye when her version of "Thief of your Heart" from "In the Name of the Father" starts.

The anguish she conveys there is so heartbreaking and rousing at the same time.

She's a true artist, and a very troubled human. I hate it when people pile on her when she's dealing with something bad; it's a mental health issue and we like to pay lip service to mental health but it's in Sinead threads where it comes out what we really think of "them attention seekers".

mr_edge_to_you · 21-11-2017 09:13PM

Permabear wrote: »

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I did. Cheers!

carolmon · 21-11-2017 09:21PM

her cover of "Gloomy Sunday" is amazing.....spine tingling!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LDN37-N3A

carolmon · 21-11-2017 09:26PM

and another of my favourite Sinead songs

This is to Mother You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9P9kf4QZ2E

I think she's amazing, could listen to her all day

maudgonner · 21-11-2017 09:26PM

Always brings me to the edge of tears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdeMkywlS54

Edit: beaten to it by mere seconds!

_Dara_ · 21-11-2017 09:43PM

Ipso wrote: »

Have a listen to her version of the Pogue's song, Haunted.

It's lovely but not a patch on the original. Cáit O'Riordan's vocals suit the song and subject matter better, IMO. Whereas Sinéad made 'Nothing Compares 2 U' her own.

splinter65 · 21-11-2017 09:45PM

strandroad wrote: »

The anguish she conveys there is so heartbreaking and rousing at the same time.

She's a true artist, and a very troubled human. I hate it when people pile on her when she's dealing with something bad; it's a mental health issue and we like to pay lip service to mental health but it's in Sinead threads where it comes out what we really think of "them attention seekers".

Around a year ago or so she was really really seriously mentally ill and lashing out on social media in long rambling rants in public on an almost daily basis at some of the fathers of her children and her eldest son and other associated family members.
She had been sectioned at the time I think.
I could not understand why,even for the sake of her younger kids, she was not physically prevented from accessing Facebook.
It was searingly painfull to watch.
She was then reported missing a couple of times, turning up first in a hotel and then in a Garda station.
I hope she’s well now.

J Mysterio · 21-11-2017 09:49PM

Lorelli! wrote: »

I don't know much of her other stuff but her version of Nothing Compares 2 U is amazing and the video is striking too.

I think I remember reading or seeing an interview where she said something about how she had to learn how to sing in her own voice, her own accent and how difficult that is to do.

For me, that's the best music video of all time. It's just so powerful, gets me evrytime. Yet it's also very simple. Brilliant.

About Nothing Compares 2 U... Prince wrote the song and the Sinead made it a hit, only without his permission. After, Prince was sore about it but invited her round to discuss it. They had a massive row and f'ed and blinded before Sinead stormed out, saying Prince was on the verge of throwing blows!

_Dara_ · 21-11-2017 09:49PM

She's a big musical influence on John Grant who I LOVE.

strandroad · 21-11-2017 09:55PM

"Fire on Babylon", about child abuse basically. Very powerful and creepy, but also quite a tune... big back in the 90s, on heavy rotation on MTV:

https://youtu.be/R29W_PvTT7M

The same director worked on Bjork's videos a lot, I remember having actual nightmares after her "Human Behaviour":

https://youtu.be/KDbPYoaAiyc

RiderOnTheStorm · 21-11-2017 10:06PM

Sinead.....If ever there was an example of tortured but talented artist, its her. Fantastic voice....mad as a box of frogs. I wouldn't change a hair on her head.

Call me Al · 21-11-2017 10:45PM

I just watched her live Mandinka performance. Sheer brilliance. Just a woman with a great vocal range, attitude and raw ralent. I actually shed a tear (again) watching it. These live performances are when i think shes at her best and when you see the real Sinead.
She doesn't need anything else. No special effects or dancers or anything to "dress" her performance.

Call me Al · 21-11-2017 10:47PM

RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »

Sinead.....If ever there was an example of tortured but talented artist, its her. Fantastic voice....mad as a box of frogs. I wouldn't change a hair on her head.

I would love to see her find peace with herself and the world. She seems so very distressed.

marketty · 21-11-2017 11:04PM

Just listened to 'My Darling Child' and I'm bawling!

Popeleo · 21-11-2017 11:14PM

A brilliant voice. Such a shame she has had so many demons to deal with.

Anyone old enough to remember the Red, Hot and Blue album?
She looks so different with a wig on - a nice close-up around 1:25.

Mam of 4 · 21-11-2017 11:17PM

RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »

Sinead.....If ever there was an example of tortured but talented artist, its her. Fantastic voice....mad as a box of frogs. I wouldn't change a hair on her head.

The phrase " A Tortured Soul " always comes to mind when I see her name .

Beautiful voice , as others have said , hopefully one day she'll get peace of mind .

Lougarden · 21-11-2017 11:24PM

Sinead has so many songs that really give that goosebumps feel up the arms to the neck. Unreal talent and I get how her talent has been missed over controversy or through a want for her well being, she is is a legend and I hope has solice because she will be seen as one of the greats always. So I hope rejoiced right here and now, one of a living legend. She is so so good!!!

Call me Al · 21-11-2017 11:33PM

Take a look at Heroine too. It's the first song I ever heard her sing. I think its from the mid 80s and she co-wrote it with Edge from U2.

Thank you Ads by Google... for bringing up her music. I've enjoyed looking back at her stuff.. And I agree with the poster who mentioned Mandinka while driving... I played it far too loud two weeks ago as i drove up through Maynooth main street :-) But it's the only way to listen to that song!

spurious · 21-11-2017 11:40PM

She even does a quirky version of Abba's 'Chiquitita' complete with some funny adlibs of her own (the double-check of the milk) in the video.

She's one of those artists who you just want to hug and tell it will be alright. Phenomenal live, even on her not so great days. Mental illness is a bastard.

Nekarsulm · 21-11-2017 11:41PM

Even "Take me to Church"shows her voice off so well.
Check out her version of "Oh ro she do beath abhaile"

wakka12 · 21-11-2017 11:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

My girlfriend, who's Vietnamese, has been playing all her old music recently and "Nothing Compares 2U" is one of them.

I just can't believe I grew up not realising how well she could sing. I know she's been through horrible times and thought she was just well-known in Ireland because she's Irish. But that song is one of the most beautifully-sung songs ever, even of she didn't write it.

Really very true. Song makes me feel very emotional for some reason

Also props to her for being looking that pretty with a shaved head

I never realized Sinead O'Connor had the voice she had.

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