Sinead O'Connor... RIP

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Guy Smiley
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https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... s-aged-56/
Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56.


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Ms O’Connor is survived by her three children. Her son, Shane, died last year aged 17.

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Sad news.

1990 was one of about 5 different years in my life that really stick in the memory (incredibly hot summer, Italia 90, first year of secondary school, first time playing rugby) and Nothing Compares to You was one of the best songs of that year. I can never recall 1990 without thinking of that song. Life is just so cruel, I hope Sinead finds peace.
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Aah bollocks. Hope she truly does Rest In Peace.
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:wtf
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Very sad. Only 56 and apparently suffered terrible mental health problems
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Fuck...

She's an old friend of ex Mrs TB, they went to school together..

She used to turn up at my pub and sing, quite often, normally just her and a guitar.

Shared a lot of beers with her in the early 90s..

RIP..
I love watching little children running and screaming, playing hide and seek in the playground.
They don't know I'm using blanks..
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laurent
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Really sad.



Such a great interpret and voice.
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Kiwias
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Very sad news indeed.

RIP to a lovely songbird.
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Kiwias wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:26 pm Very sad news indeed.

RIP to a lovely songbird.
This.

RIP to a troubled soul.
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So sad.

She had the most perfect voice, it could break your heart, but she never had any sustained happiness in her personal life, & the debris of her childhood, poisoned all her adult relationships :cry:
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RIP
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mat the expat
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RIP hopefully
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Beautiful voice, RIP.
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It sounds like her last couple of years were complete turmoil. Losing a son must be unimaginable.

Poor soul, I hope they're together now.
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This is gorgeously haunting...

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Guy Smiley wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 6:06 pm https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... s-aged-56/
Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56.
I'll post my condolences on the 11th of August...
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This is the one that always gets me.
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Uncle fester wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:53 pm This is the one that always gets me.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
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mat the expat
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She really was stunning :|
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Uncle fester wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:53 pm This is the one that always gets me.


She could have been an extraordinary Sean-nòs singer, who knows, maybe that would have been better path for her, without the huge public profile and the pressures that come with it.

But she was never going to be restrained by a style or a genre.

One of the mountains of things I've seen over the days since her death made me think, it went along the lines of,

Outspoken and opinionated women are only celebrated in one place - the obituary column.
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Tichtheid wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:26 pm
Uncle fester wrote: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:53 pm This is the one that always gets me.


She could have been an extraordinary Sean-nòs singer, who knows, maybe that would have been better path for her, without the huge public profile and the pressures that come with it.

But she was never going to be restrained by a style or a genre.

One of the mountains of things I've seen over the days since her death made me think, it went along the lines of,

Outspoken and opinionated women are only celebrated in one place - the obituary column.
Yes, she wasn't made for fame. Arguably she'd have been better off if she was ugly as sin and she might have been let get on with a nice low key career.
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Such sad news. I've been listening to her a lot over the past week. I've always loved this song and her live performance here is mesmerising. May she rest in peace.

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troglodiet wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:58 pm
Guy Smiley wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 6:06 pm https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... s-aged-56/
Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56.
I'll post my condolences on the 11th of August...
It's been 7 hours and 15 days,
Since your life was taken away
ahhh haaa aah haaaaaaa.

(I suppose somebody had to do it)


RIP to a fantastic voice.
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