DJ360 6,730 Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 Shocking news that Sinead has died aged 56. A stunningly good singer. She was a troubled, but beautiful soul..who spoke her truth fearlessly, and was proved right. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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DJ360 6,730 Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 I'm disappointed, but not surprised, by the lack of love for Sinead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,422 Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 Quite frankly Col I'm amazed at all the fuss. It's sad when someone dies, more so in these circumstances but to my mind she was hardly great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,144 Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 I never heard her sing until they were discussing her death on R4. As they say ‘nothing to write home about’. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 I've never heard her sing. Sounds like she had a very troubled life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,144 Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 If you heard me sing you’d have a troubled life! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 I have earplugs!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,470 Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 I was aware of her musical career, but her 'greatest hit' Nothing compares 2 U is one of those songs that I can't stand, and if it comes on the radio I switch off. I have sympathy with some of her extra-musical activities. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 522 Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 How can you not like a song written by Prince? Also huge talent, gone too soon. Look at the tribute to George Harrison where he just rocked up on the stage. I always think that artists with huge mental health issues, treated usually by eventual addiction, write and sing from their experiences and from the heart. I went to see Whitney Houston in Birmingham on her last round of concerts and she was diabolical, what a great waste of talent. The music industry, the availability of drugs and associated media coverage must be so tough to cope with. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 8 hours ago, Brew said: Quite frankly Col I'm amazed at all the fuss. It's sad when someone dies, more so in these circumstances but to my mind she was hardly great Well.. in comparison to real vocal legends like Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell, Sarah Vaughan, Ella etc.. I can't disagree.. In comparison to 'folkies' like Mary Black, Sandy Denny and Co., she fares better... but that isn't quite the point... She was unflinchingly.. and almost suicidally committed to her causes. She railed against all sorts of injustice, but particularly against the Catholic Church in Ireland and its abuses of power. There's no doubt she was deeply troubled for much of her life yet she often admitted to mistakes.. but if anyone ever tried to fix both herself.. and the World she lived in.. it was her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,422 Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Can we ever be sure what she stood for? A passionate IRA supporter (youthful folly?), devout catholic. abandons both and ends as a muslim... She was certainly searching for something - I hope she found it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Is there a difference between a Republican and an IRA supporter? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,422 Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 I take it that's a rhetorical question? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,730 Posted July 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Sort of.... I actually have no idea whether she expressly supported the IRA, as opposed to just having Republican sympathies, and no time to research it now. But support for a paramilitary organisation would seem to be at odds with her generally non-violent, but admittedly confused stance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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