Sinead O Connor to leave music world. Tour aborted in Germany.

Spread · 23-04-2012 08:23AM #1

For once her front page headlines seem genuine.
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/sinead-oconnor-bipolar-disorder-forces-star-to-cancel-tour-and-leave-music-business-3088615.html.

Hope she gets well and we don't want to hear about her after that.

Mr Benevolent · 23-04-2012 09:19AM

Meh.

tfitzgerald · 23-04-2012 09:24AM

I hope she gets better soon . I wish her the best of luck

chin_grin · 23-04-2012 09:25AM

tfitzgerald wrote: »

I hope she gets better soon . I wish her the best of luck

Jim Corr?

tallus · 23-04-2012 09:26AM

Mental issues are no joke. I wish her the best of luck and a speedy recovery.

Forest Demon · 23-04-2012 09:30AM

I hope the media leaves her alone

bc dub · 23-04-2012 09:31AM

Everyones allowed one abortion. Two if you're famous.

FearDark · 23-04-2012 09:34AM

Attention seeking whore. Don't care. Fúck off Sinead.

dvpower · 23-04-2012 09:42AM

FearDark wrote: »

Attention seeking whore. Don't care. Fúck off Sinead.

Nasty piece of work.

Your contribution, not Sinead.

Wibbs · 23-04-2012 09:43AM

tallus wrote: »

Mental issues are no joke. I wish her the best of luck and a speedy recovery.

+1. Being bipolar is a terrible affliction from what I've seen. Being bipolar and in the limelight? Jesus. Perfect storm time. I met her years ago. Seemed very pleasant and a little mad(in the better sense) and genuine with it. Hopefully getting out of the biz will help her.

crazygeryy · 23-04-2012 09:50AM

FearDark wrote: »

Attention seeking whore. Don't care. Fúck off Sinead.

I have to agree.if she just shut her mouth and sang she would be fantastic.shes a brilliant singer.
Mental issues my arse.where were her mental issues when she was ripping up pics of the pope on tv?or telling the whole world she was looking for a man.give me break.
Keep your opinions to your self sinead and just sing us a song or 2 every now and then.

Kolido · 23-04-2012 09:51AM

tallus wrote: »

Mental issues are no joke. I wish her the best of luck and a speedy recovery.

I absolutely agree with you, but she doesn't come across well in the public eye, I for one could do without hearing about her.

Monty Burnz · 23-04-2012 09:53AM

Spread wrote: »

Hope she gets well and we don't want to hear about her after that.

Agreed and agreed.

Ash.J.Williams · 23-04-2012 09:58AM

crazygeryy wrote: »

I have to agree.if she just shut her mouth and sang she would be fantastic.shes a brilliant singer.
Mental issues my arse.where were her mental issues when she was ripping up pics of the pope on tv?or telling the whole world she was looking for a man.give me break.
Keep your opinions to your self sinead and just sing us a song or 2 every now and then.

ripping up the pope showed amazing foresight, did it not?

clappyhappy · 23-04-2012 10:03AM

I really like her and her music, I wish her well and that she has the right people around her to get her back to full health.

Plazaman · 23-04-2012 10:03AM

Aw shít, she'll be back on Twitter now.

kfallon · 23-04-2012 10:06AM

Plazaman wrote: »

Aw shít, she'll be back on Twitter now.

You do know you don't have to follow her, yeah?

xsiborg · 23-04-2012 10:08AM

Wibbs wrote: »

+1. Being bipolar is a terrible affliction from what I've seen. Being bipolar and in the limelight? Jesus. Perfect storm time. I met her years ago. Seemed very pleasant and a little mad(in the better sense) and genuine with it. Hopefully getting out of the biz will help her.

i think though Wibbs there is an unfortunate trend though lately for celebrities to claim they are bi-polar as an excuse for their attention seeking behaviour, and this does a dis-service to people who genuinely suffer from the condition.

sinead o connor could've easily disappeared from the limelight and gone quietly. intead she courts the media and publicity and has built her "career" on doing so for the last 20 years. a quick google gave me plenty of celebrities that have claimed bi-polar dosorder for their erratic and irresponsible behaviour to garner sympathy and attention from the public.

this is what makes people cynical of any celebrities motives in claiming bi-polar disorder because it's becoming increasingly harder to distinguish the attention seekers who seek to revive their flagging careers, from those who genuinely suffer from the condition.

i expect this to be moved to the celebrity and showbiz forum shortly anyway.

EDIT: i fully expect her to make an appearance on the late late show shortly too, just in case world+dog doesnt bother with the twittersphere.

bullpost · 23-04-2012 10:12AM

And I hope she leaves the media alone.

Forest Demon wrote: »

I hope the media leaves her alone

I Heart Internet · 23-04-2012 10:14AM

I hope she gets well soon.

Say what you want about Sinead, but she imho has the voice of an angel and her new stuff was very good.

Forest Demon · 23-04-2012 10:15AM

xsiborg wrote: »

i think though Wibbs there is an unfortunate trend though lately for celebrities to claim they are bi-polar as an excuse for their attention seeking behaviour, and this does a dis-service to people who genuinely suffer from the condition.

sinead o connor could've easily disappeared from the limelight and gone quietly. intead she courts the media and publicity and has built her "career" on doing so for the last 20 years. a quick google gave me plenty of celebrities that have claimed bi-polar dosorder for their erratic and irresponsible behaviour to garner sympathy and attention from the public.

this is what makes people cynical of any celebrities motives in claiming bi-polar disorder because it's becoming increasingly harder to distinguish the attention seekers who seek to revive their flagging careers, from those who genuinely suffer from the condition.

i expect this to be moved to the celebrity and showbiz forum shortly anyway.

EDIT: i fully expect her to make an appearance on the late late show shortly too, just in case world+dog doesnt bother with the twittersphere.

I agree with you in regards to other celebs doing this but Sinead's behaviour has always been typical Bi-polar behaviour.

The media has lapped it up and presented it in a snide and cruel way. People have then lapped it up and slagged her off. Some people get great pleasure in others misfortune. That's what sells bitter rags to clowns so they can feel superior.

SEPT 23 1989 · 23-04-2012 10:17AM

Beautiful voice hope she gets her head together

Kerrydude1981 · 23-04-2012 10:25AM

Really like her new song and the album was getting great reviews,it seemed she was getting back on track,it seems to be one thing after another with Sinead.

Wibbs · 23-04-2012 10:25AM

crazygeryy wrote: »

if she just shut her mouth and sang she would be fantastic

and one would think considerably diminished in volume...

xsiborg wrote: »

i think though Wibbs there is an unfortunate trend though lately for celebrities to claim they are bi-polar as an excuse for their attention seeking behaviour, and this does a dis-service to people who genuinely suffer from the condition.

sinead o connor could've easily disappeared from the limelight and gone quietly. intead she courts the media and publicity and has built her "career" on doing so for the last 20 years. a quick google gave me plenty of celebrities that have claimed bi-polar dosorder for their erratic and irresponsible behaviour to garner sympathy and attention from the public.

this is what makes people cynical of any celebrities motives in claiming bi-polar disorder because it's becoming increasingly harder to distinguish the attention seekers who seek to revive their flagging careers, from those who genuinely suffer from the condition.

Oh too true. You don't have to go to celebs either, you can see it in everyday life. The amount of people you meet today claiming depression or some other mental illness to garner sympathy/attention/evade responsibility/fit in[delete as applicable] is very high IMHO. Significantly higher than a generation ago. Yes it was very much hidden in the past. Genuine sufferers were "ah shure he suffers from his nerves" BS. However I don't believe the popular stats for a second. Again IMHO a goodly chunk are low level "sufferers" of firstworldproblemitis.

That said X one could argue that her behaviour is pretty a good match for the condition. Diagnostic even. I'd also say that if she was doing this for the publicity throughout her career it didn't help said career, or become a get out of gaol free card(unlike with some others). It's been a serious disadvantage for her. Just my take, but I think she's genuine with this.

Forest Demon · 23-04-2012 10:29AM

People look at this example of a recent appearance on Graham Norton. I think she explains it well herself (1:47). I have also attached the performance (as it is amazing)

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn2WGhUSJ9Y

I don't find Sinead's mental illness half as annoying as Jedward or Boyzone but I suffer from the same illness as Sinead so what would I know?

The only harm she has ever done is to herself. I wish Sinead peace in the future.

Oink · 23-04-2012 10:35AM

Spread wrote: »

[...] Hope she gets well and we don't want to hear about her after that.

That's pretty much the thread opened and closed as far as I'm concerned.

She worked very hard to overcome her talent and become irrelevant. Job done, let's move on.

23-04-2012 10:55AM

I think it's a good thing for celebrities/people of note to be open about the likes of mental health issues. We still live in a world where to have one is almost akin to leprosy. Hell, even some of the posts in this thread prove it. And to those people: I hope you never experience mental health issues and then know exactly what it is like to have one.

WindSock · 23-04-2012 12:26PM

That's sad, she has an incredible voice, a truely talented artist. Just a shame that she is given the spotlight for the wrong reasons. She certainly never deserved any of the backlash she gets but if she needs to get out of the public eye to sort herself out then good luck to her. I hope she can find the strength to manage her illness and return in the future. And I hope people will not be so rapey with her personal life when she does.

AskMyChocolate · 23-04-2012 12:41PM

Forest Demon wrote: »

I agree with you in regards to other celebs doing this but Sinead's behaviour has always been typical Bi-polar behaviour.

The media has lapped it up and presented it in a snide and cruel way. People have then lapped it up and slagged her off. Some people get great pleasure in others misfortune. That's what sells bitter rags to clowns so they can feel superior.

Aye. I'd agree with you there. Poor old Carrie Fisher has had a torrid time with it too over the years. It's been extremely difficult for her family too. Although, I heard she's been much better over the last few years.

MoonDancer · 23-04-2012 12:43PM

I think she is being very brave! It's not an easy decision to cancel the tour. She's admitted defeat, holding her head high with no shame and yearning to get on with her life.
I wish her all the best.

Ellis Dee · 23-04-2012 12:59PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

ripping up the pope showed amazing foresight, did it not?

What she ripped up was a picture of the Pope.:rolleyes: She committed an act of violence against a piece of paper. It was symbolic. After all, the Protector of Paedophiles Everywhere is himself the head of a religious organisation that, as its central ritual, drinks the blood and eats the flesh of its founder. Symbolic cannibalism, if you wish.:D

I hope she gets her condition under control and that the hangers-on who have been such a bad influence on her now leave her alone and let professional persons help her. :cool:

Sinead O Connor to leave music world. Tour aborted in Germany.

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