RIP Sinead O'Connor

[AZSkiffyGeek]

Just hitting the wires. She was 56. No cause that I've seen yet.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/2023/07/26/sinead-oconnor-acclaimed-dublin-singer-dies-aged-56/

[2naSalit]

1. Oh dear.

She had troubles in her life...

[hlthe2b]

2. Wow. That's unexpected, though I think she'd dealt with drug addiction and some depression in past.

She was a good singer. RIP, Sinead

[AZSkiffyGeek]

6. She lost her son a year ago as well.

Her first two albums were breathtaking.

[hlthe2b]

10. Yes. Suicide at 17 yo, even while insitutionalized on a suicide ward in hospital...

Very hard to get over...

[lostnfound]

62. Jesus. Just getting him INTO that hospital must have been so traumatic / painful

Young people should be out enjoying their youth. What the hell has happened.

[hibbing]

23. Still get her big one out quite often

Last Day of our Acquaintance, I am Stretched on Your Grave and others.

You used to hold my hand when the plane took off....

Peace

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Oh DAMN!!!

Such a talent. Too young (my age actually).

[Hugin]

4. Oh, that is very sad news...

Her songs have always been a fixture in my life.

[electric_blue68]

5. Oh, feck! 😔

[KewlKat]

7. This is to mother you....

[Delphinus]

35. Oh my ...

I had never heard that and it is so beautiful and touching.

May you now find peace Sinead.

[niyad]

53. Just beautiful.

[LastDemocratInSC]

61. Wow.

That was 3 minutes of almost continuous goosebumps.

Thank you for sharing.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

73. Thank you

for posting that.

[Tommy Carcetti]

8. "Nothing Compares 2 U" is one of the best covers ever.

One which improves upon the original in every way and gives so much depth to it.

It was a beautiful gut-punch every time you listened to it.

[Hugin]

12. Thanks for posting this...

I really really needed to hear it right now.

[TheRealNorth]

18. +1

Prince wrote it, but she sang it so much better.

[Bird Lady]

21. Without a doubt one of the best songs ever written by Prince.

And sung my by Sinead O'Connor.
Every time I hear it, I weep.

[peppertree]

28. Too much

Just as I was going through a very sad breakup once, this came on the radio - almost as if on cue.

Sinead definitely knew how to touch a nerve.

All the Best to her, in her ew chapter up above.

[debm55]

29. That song touches my heart everytime I hear it.

RIP Sinead.

[Docreed2003]

9. ...

an incredible talent

[Deuce]

11. Truly was an impressive human being! She will be missed by many!!

[nolabear]

13. Oh no. Oh damn...

I won’t speculate anything but she had such a rough go. I’m so sad.

[speak easy]

52. Sinead's son committed suicide a year ago :(

[KewlKat]

14. Nothing compares 2 U

[Sky Jewels]

15. So sad!

We're about the same age and she made an impact on my musical formation.

I recently read her autobiography -- highly recommended. It will give you a very interesting insight into Prince, though, and it won't be a positive one, to say the least.

[Sky Jewels]

16. ...

[bronxiteforever]

17. Amazing singer. Rest in peace and power.

[chowder66]

20. Tears.

[Leith]

48. This is the song of hers that I like best

For those who don't know it, the poem was written by a priest who met soldiers on their way to join the Easter Uprising of 1916 in Dublin. The words are beautiful and the tune is haunting.

Rip Sinead O'Connor.

[TomSlick]

67. My favorite of hers.

Anyone who could swing the Chieftains as a backing band had something going on.

And back through the glen, I rode again
And my heart with grief was sore
For I parted then with valiant men
Whom I never shall see n'more.
But to and fro in my dreams I go
And I kneel and pray for you
For slavery fled, O glorious dead
When you fell in the foggy dew.

[malaise]

19. She has been suffering with cancer for years

Too sad

[iscooterliberally]

22. RIP

[Glaisne]

24. I always liked "The Emperor's New Clothes"

"Whatever it may bring
I will live by my own policies
I will sleep with a clear conscience
I will sleep in peace."

Take that MAGAt fascists!

[MagickMuffin]

25. Perhaps her last recording

[CaptainTruth]

27. We were just watching that & enjoying how she sang it...

Too soon...

[MagickMuffin]

31. Been binging on season 6, but heard Sinead sang the song for season 7

Was definitely looking forward to hearing it. I still haven’t listened yet.

I will now listen as a tribute to her transition from this earthly plane to the next otherworldly plane.

[cilla4progress]

44. Yes - been loving her version of the theme song

this season!

Haunting...

I know that the actor Caitriona Balfe, herself Irish, was very pleased to have Sinead sing the theme song this season. Nice tribute over on Instagram.

RIP dear one!

[BootinUp]

26. So young

This makes me sad. Maybe some of her lovely music will help.

[LoisB]

30. Rest in Peace. Thank you for your bravery.

[Effete Snob]

32. I hope she found peace

[Larissa]

33. Unimaginable grief

First thing I thought of, at the news of O'Connor's death, was her son's suicide. I, myself, am a suicide "survivor." My brother was 23-years old when he took his own life. For myself and others "survivors" of my brother, I don't think one ever gets over it. The so-called "trick" is to learn how to live with the most punishing, guilt-crushing, on-your-knees grief that I have ever known. It was as if my family members were lined up across a highway, mowed down by a semi, but managed to "survive" it with open wounds that do not heal. Someone once said that "Grief is the price we pay for love."

I am truly heart-broken about O'Connor.

[Deuxcents]

79. Your post touched my heart. 🫶

[Aristus]

34. I bought "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" when it was first released.

I could only listen to it all the way through three or four times. The sheer, raw emotional punch was overwhelming. I don’t think I’ve listened to it in the last thirty years or so. But I still know “Three Babies” word for word.

I’ve heard that she shaved her head because she didn’t want to be known for her looks. But I can’t be the only one who thought it added to her haunting beauty.

Death could not have taken her easily. He would have had a fight on his hands.

[Sky Jewels]

37. I read her autobiography. As I recall, her shaving her head was in part

a way to keep some men from sexually harassing her.

[Sky Jewels]

36. She was absolutely right and very brave to rip up a photo

of the head of the Child-Rape-Enabling Catholic Church, aka Women-Hating Grifters R Us.

[lillypaddle]

39. Amen! n/t

[Aristus]

40. And of course, we slew the messenger and ignored the message.

And we’re still dealing with the repercussions of that today.

The legendary Kris Kristofferson was one of her only supporters and allies in the weeks and months after the SNL incident. He knows the pain and sorrow of speaking truth to power.

[Sky Jewels]

41. Very true.

[AwakeAtLast]

68. She was absolutely vilified

And she was right! She never really recovered from it, and now there are millions of people denouncing the Catholic Church.

A treasure lost too soon.

[Sky Jewels]

70. Agreed.

She's one of those people I feel a bit more strongly about than I otherwise would because she's a cultural icon of my age cohort, those of us born in the mid-to-late 60s.

[AwakeAtLast]

81. 1970 here

I totally get what you mean!

[Sky Jewels]

82. ...

[lillypaddle]

38. Finally you can rest, Sinead O'Connor

Thank you for the beauty you have shared with us, your incredible voice, and your strength.

I hope your passing was easier than what you often found in life. May the next life fully appreciate your beautiful soul.



ETA:

&ab_channel=Michouberlin

[LisaM]

42. I am getting ready to board a plane to Dublin right now.

Tomorrow should be a sad day in Dublin.

[ancianita]

43. Beyond sad.

[liberal N proud]

45. Damn

[johnnyplankton]

46. Am amazing talent. Really dug deep. I saw her...

in 1988 after "Lion & the Cobra" release in Boston. Check this out:

&ab_channel=MyVirtuosity

Brilliant. Especially for those of us in recovery.

[Upthevibe]

56. johnnyplankton.............

The Lion and the Cobra is one of my favorite albums of all time....

I also saw her at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles after this masterpiece came out. I think it was in '88 or '89.

I feel horrible....

[IcyPeas]

47. RIP Sinead

[mia]

49. Rest in Peace, Sinead "Thank you...."

[leftstreet]

50. From The Talented Mr. Ripley

Not many knew this was actually her singing

RIP

[MorbidButterflyTat]

74. Hearing that song

just broke me.

[geardaddy]

51. ...

RIP

[Lemon Lyman]

54. Awful

We saw her at Lilith Fair in Columbus, OH in July '98. She was so talented.

[crickets]

55. .

[blogslug]

57. I will miss her

farewell

[ARPad95]

58. RIP, Sinead! Truly an original.

One of the last things she did was sing the theme song for the latest season (#7) of Outlander:

Outlander - The Skye Boat Song
Song by Bear McCreary

Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye

Billow and breeze, islands and seas
Mountains of rain and sun (mountains of rain and sun)
All that was good, all that was fair
All that was me is gone

Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye

Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?

A beautiful song for a beautiful lass!

[MayReasonRule]

59. You Better Try To Have Fun No Matter What You Do...

Damn! So very young!

[lambchopp59]

60. Something that simply mystifies me...

[EnergizedLib]

63. My favorite Sinead moment

https://m.

&pp=ygUTc2luZWFkIG8nY29ubm9yIHNubA%3D%3D

Boy, did she have them pegged, did she have number. She was way ahead of her time, and she paid for it.

R.I.P.

[jimlup]

64. I admire her because she stood by her convictions

She was a strong woman and will be missed!

RIP Sinead, I am sorry for the pain that our world caused you.

[Raine]

65. R‐I-P Sinead 🕯nt

[Celerity]

66. RIP to a true talent and visionary

Sinéad O'Connor - Jerusalem (Live in DVD "The Value Of Ignorance" ) - HD

[TomSlick]

69. An amazing talent.

Whether or not you agreed with all of her political and social ideas, she could move the soul with her voice.

[Scottie Mom]

71. OMG! So young!

Horrible news.

[MustLoveBeagles]

72. RIP

[cstanleytech]

75. Shocked as she is only 6 years older than I am.

[Skittles]

76. I had hoped she would beat her demons

a talented but troubled soul

[IGoToDU]

77. Rest in Peace

Sinead is gone. And there is an emptiness in my heart. What the music industry does to passionate women is a disgrace. She deserved better. We deserved more time with her.

[rhiannon55]

78. RIP beautiful Sinead

I've always loved her rendition of this song.

[They_Live]

80. A sad loss of a talented artist and vocalist

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