Wednesday, July 26, 2023

ITP V.023 ONLY ONE PER COFFIN: R.i.P. SINEAD O'CONNOR (ALTERNATIVE ROCK SINGER)

 


 

 


 

Irish pop, rock singer SINEAD O'CONNOR (Shuhada' Sadaqat) has died at 56, according to Irish news sources. No cause of death has been given.

 

 

 ITP V.023 EDITORS NOTE: 

I'm sad to hear alternative rock singer Sinead O'connor passed away at 56. Sinead battled mental health problems and  more recently the death of her son. Sinead was great music,,a great voice as she spoke out about the hypocrisy of the catholic church and sexual abuse.

 

FROM WASHINGTON POST: 

 Sinéad O’Connor, an Irish singer-songwriter who sold millions of records in the 1990s with her ethereal ballads and rebellious anthems, all while defying expectations of how a female pop star should behave, has died at 56. https://wapo.st/452Cass

 FROM LOS ANGELES TIMES: 

Sinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer-songwriter, who shot to fame in 1990 with a shaved head and the Prince-written hit “Nothing Compares 2 U,” who then cemented her place in pop culture by shredding a picture of the pope on “Saturday Night Live,” has died at 56.
Learn more about the soulful, complicated star's life and legacy at the link in our bio.
📸 Mick Hutson/Redferns via Getty Images

FROM CORKS RED FM:

 

The Dublin performer released 10 studio albums, with her song Nothing Compares 2 U was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards.
She was presented with the inaugural award for Classic Irish Album at the RTÉ Choice Music Awards in March this year.
She took the opportunity to put the spotlight on others saying: "I want to dedicate it to each and every member of Ireland's refugee community, not just the Ukrainian ones, and you're very welcome in Ireland."

FROM DEFECTED RECORDS: 

 

Rest In Peace to the amazing Sinead O'Connor. ✨
She took a legendary Prince song and made it her own, creating one of the biggest hits of the 90s.
An icon.
 
FROM KATE BUSH: 

It’s like a light has gone out, hasn’t it? A beacon on a high mountain. Sinead didn’t just move us with her incredibly emotive voice, she stood up with it.
    I salute her. We were lucky to have such a magical presence move among us.

     Kate

 
 
 
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FROM SMASHING PUMPKINS: 
 
RIP Sinéad O'Connor. From @billycorgan “Fiercely honest and sweet and funny, she was talented in ways I'm not sure she completely understood. But Sinead stands alone as a figure from our generation who was always true to the piercing voice within and without And for that I will always admire and respect her. And never forget that she was once cancelled for an act of simple resistance. Her crime? Tearing up a photo >MORE TRIBUTES TO SINEAD O'CONNOR LATER 
 
 
FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: 
 
In the wake of Sinéad O’Connor’s death, coverage details her personal failures: most of all, how she was never capable of playing the game the music industry demanded of her.
But O’Connor was clear that she wanted to be a protest singer not a pop star. By that metric, she was a screaming success. In fact, she mounted one of the most memorable and impactful artistic protests of all time, at great personal sacrifice. Her commitment sets her apart as a rarified figure, devoted to her cause and uninterested in marketable stardom, writes Finn McRedmond.
This puts her in stark contrast to the vainglorious and hollow pop protestations of the 21st century, like Taylor Swift’s risk averse “Only the Young”. Modern musicians lack any of the conviction of O’Connor, afraid to alienate parts of their lucrative fanbase.
 
FROM MC LYTE: 
What a beautifully kind lioness. Said what she felt and how she felt it. I first had the pleasure of meeting my dear sister Sinead at a swanky hotel lounge with her then manager Faulkner who knew my manager. I had only released I Cram to Understand U and she wanted me to appear on her remix. It was honestly my first paid appearance as a featured MC and she specifically wanted me to go off on her record. Lol. That's her.
Later that year, she and her manager met us out on the road and jumped on our tour bus. We stopped at the gas station, 15 of us jumped out and played a quick game of CoCalivia 123. She was in her element!! Sinead was IT and catching everyone!!! We had a blast and I recall her saying she couldn't remember a time she had had that much fun.
I loved her freedom and excitement for life.
Using her freedom of speech was always a must. I pray for peace for her children and the entire family. She will certainly be missed 🙏🏽🕊️💙
 
 
 
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FROM MASSIVE ATTACK: 

 

Sinéad
Devastated. How do you eulogise someone that you never knew well, but were blessed to have the honour of working with?
Honestly. To bear witness to her voice, intimately in the studio. On the road every single person stopped - dropped their tools during soundcheck.
The fire in her eyes made you understand that her activism was a soulful reflex & not a political gesture.
'Don’t be afraid
Open you mouth to say
Say what your soul sings to you.'
 
 
FROM THE DROPKICK MURPHY'S: 
 
 
For over 20 years we have started our shows with The Chieftans version of The Foggy Dew as our intro song. @sineadoconnorofficial ‘s haunting vocal performance on that beautiful tune will never not make the hair on the back of our necks stand up before we walk out onto stage. Thank you for the years of inspiration Sinéad. Rest in peace
🙏🏻☘️
 


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 FROM THURSTON MOORE (SONIC YOUTH): 
Leaving Dublin this morning (July 26) my eyes set upon Sinéad’s memoir in the magazine/book shop at the airport. I considered buying it even though I have a copy from when it was initially published. Sinéad’s spirit and beauty was sentient from just about every photo taken of her and I felt the desire to have the words and image near, particularly in this beautiful country of Ireland where her voice, energy and principles lived and rang soaring and true. Landing in London a few hours later and seeing the news on our phones was like being hit with that soul wrenching feeling of mercy and loss when a star vanquishes beyond the veil of any reason. I can only realize that the devastation of losing a child has to be the most unfathomable horror any mother or father could ever experience. Sinéad played the first couple of shows of Lollapalooza 95 and when meeting her I held my one yr old daughter Coco in my arms. Sinéad, touching her own tummy, said, “I have one of those in here” - I laughed at this sharing of personal news and told her how much magic was going to come into her world. She gave me a small smile then moved to the solace of her dressing room. After a couple of gigs she would bail from the tour, the enterprise possibly too ridiculous to entertain while pregnant. We all missed her, her presence fleeting, inscrutable, mysterious. An artist, feminist, thinker, seeker, someone in this generation which we have all been coexisting with all these decades - someone we hoped, in whatever aspects of fragility their lives were challenged, if not ravaged by, could survive the propensity of this continuously maddening reality of sexist, racist oppression and war infesting the Earth. The planet itself ready to combust in protestation. I can see from everyone’s writings today how we are completely blessed to have been sharing the pathways with such a remarkable person. We need to look out, take care of each other, always - sometimes it seems impossible and sometimes it may well be. But it’s always worth trying. If only to dignify ourselves as sisters and brothers. Sinéad O'Connor…Shuhada' - rest in holy peace - and music.
 
 
 
VIDEO BELOW: SINEAD O'CONNOR'S DEATH (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF CBS NEWS): 



 
 
 
VIDEO BELOW: SINEAD O'CONNOR "EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF SINEAD O'CONNOR): 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  VIDEO BELOW: SINEAD O'CONNOR: "MANDINKA" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF DAVID LETTERMAN): 


 

 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- R.I.P.

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