I'm not sure this is really accurate. There are so many great covers and some times people don't realize they are, ccr and led zeppelin have great hits that are covers. More recently disturbed's sound of silence cover is a great example. The thing is most times covers come from a love for the song and when it's the case it shows. Just going down a list of the top covers can be a shocking experience.
That's too much saying. Musically talking this cover is quite less complicated. Check Prince live version with Rosie Gaines. 😉 Edit: The singing patterns are almost identical, it has a more modern (90s) simple drum-machine (with real cymbals) and puts vocals (as a chorus) without silences between the notes instead of syncopated voices or instruments. I guess an artist of Prince's calibre carries a lot of weight if you're a real musician... I just love both versions (or even all three with the Family version).
When this song hit the radio airwaves in 1990, music lovers couldn't get enough of it. Between her voice and the lyrics, it just hit different (as you said). I followed Sinéad O'Connor's music from that point forward. Because I've been a fan for 30 years (and because she just passed away this summer), it's particularly poignant to hear by reactors recently. Your reaction captured the intense grief of the song as well as Sinéad's own passing better than any other reactor. Thank you for your courage while revealing your innate vulnerability/empathy as you honored this wonderful Irish vocalist! 🎤😥🎶💚🤍❤
Thank you from Ireland for your HEARTFELT reaction☘ We are mourning our beautiful Daughter Sinéad💔We lost her only a few weeks ago....tragic.She was a force of nature with unmatched talent, but she was also very fragile. Please react to her live acapella performance of 'I Am Stretched On Your Grave' - a 17th-century Irish poem that she transformed with just her voice and a 'beat box' sample; She was keening for our Country & it is pure perfection. The media and music industry cruelly shunned her for speaking THE TRUTH about the catholic abuse of innocent Irish children, including herself & she was eventually proven CORRECT - now an acknowledged fact globally. But the damage was already done to her and her career. I hope they're proud of their relentless victim shaming of a 23 year old girl who was brave enough to speak out. Rest easy Sinéad - I hope you're finally at peace with your beloved son, Shane💚
Some bastard sneaks up behind me and starts cutting onions every time I hear this song. Every time, he's been doing it to me since the early 90s, one day imma catch him! Man, Sinead was beautiful. RIP
Shon, I think you're one of the best reactors I watch. You really take your what your do very seriously; you do more than just present a song. You truly listen, truly feel, truly express so well. Keep up the great work!
Sinead O’Connor’s delivery of this song is STILL mesmerizing. She passed very recently 😢 Unfortunately, she had a very rough upbringing; I think that must play a part in how soulfully she sings.
GOD love her...may she be in peace surrounded by light & love. She suffered so much during her life with mental illness- but she was always REAL and trying to understand. When her son committed suicide she lost all will to live. She was just gorgeous here and your reaction & comments were phenomenal and insightful and so empathetic. You are a really good man, Shon.
Only a master like Prince could write a song like this and only a pure soul like Sinead could sing it like she did. Prince wrote it for a parallel project (The Family) as a man regretting his mistakes with with a girl. There's a live version recorded at Paisley Park, in a duo with Rosie Gaines (powerful soulful amazing voice), Kathy Jensen in the sax, Larry Graham on bass... that is absolutely fabulous. Men can cry, man, it's natural. It just makes you MORE HUMAN.
@@watcher6659 and... where is this coming from? did I miss something in the reaction? I don't mind if one artist or band is gay, from the moon, blue skin or with two asses. I'm concern about the talent.
This is one the most raw performances to include the up close video shots. It's like you can't look away from her intense gaze, and the simplicity of the violins is exquisite. And what makes it even more painful is knowing yes she was in deep thought about her mother who had recently passed. And yet her relationship with her mom was particularly painful in that her mom was horribly abusive toward her. RIP Sinead...❤
I appreciate your emotional response to the singing. We love sinead here in Ireland. The singing, goinng from high whispering notes ro strong raspy noted.is called keening. Its a very peculiar irish way of singing. Its specifically designed to evoke emotions from the audience
Watching young folks be moved to tears from music I’ve loved for decades is an amazing experience. This is why I love reaction videos! Thank you so much for sharing your raw emotions with us! 🥰
Her big hit is great. But her song "Troy" is my absolute favorite. She wrote it, and she fully invests that song with all her soul and emotion. And it's genuine. An absolutely brilliant song.
Although I loved my mother deeply, and she was never anything but loving and nurturing to me; I can't help but feel deep sorrow for her that her mother was abusive towards her. A death in our families leaves us wondering if we did enough, said enough and told them "I love you" enough, no matter the circumstances. That is what makes this performance so compelling. It leaves us with a feeling of wanting to know more. RIP Sinead..the pain has ceased to exist. ❤
My mother in law passed and came to me in a dream. I asked her what it felt like to die. She said the instant you die, you are in pure bliss. I am blessed to have this gift. She is zooming around the universe surrounded with pure love.
@@looneygardener My mom came to me in a dream about 2 weeks after she passed. I heard her voice clear as day as "we talked on the phone" and she said "I just wanted you kids to know how beautiful it is here." I was fine after that, I knew she arrived where she wanted to be. 🤗
Heart felt. This is why we must appreciate life, especially to those that are dearest to us. I feel that sometimes we judge ourselves out of possibly guilt and our worthiness. Time can be easily taken for granted. So therefore we must appreciate our valued time with parents, children and dearest friends. You owe it to them and to yourselves. Sorry can be the hardest word. Thank you Shon for the video.
@@User_vjp_92753 I had a phone call dream from my dad about 3 months after he passed. I felt he was confused. I told him he had passed away and he said, they haven't taken the cover off the light yet. Holy crap. It m ade me sad for him, but I wasn't surprised.
I was a senior in high school when this song (Sinead's version) came out. It was MASSIVE at the time. Always playing on the radio and Mtv. To this day, I still haven't ever heard Prince's version (and I love Prince). 🤔
I've been seriously mourning her death for the past month. Was not expecting it to hit so hard, but revisiting her music, interviews, live performances have really gotten to me. Beautiful, tortured soul
This was definitely her song. This video was played everywhere and the song was on the radio constantly. I didn't know Prince wrote this song until years later. I don't know if that was common knowledge. Definitely her hit.
Great reaction. Greetings from Ireland. Many thanks. Yes her tears WERE real. Everything about Sinéad was real even her craziness. But a beautuful and gentle soul, 😢🇮🇪
You should hear it live... 🤯🤯🤯 And I'm a HUGE Prince fan... adore him. RIP, Prince 😢🕊 But she blew this outta the water. She owned this track... full bodied. ❤❤❤❤ RIP, Sinèad 🕊 😢 I'm praying they have cast aside their differences and are singing together in Heaven. Edited to tell you Prince wasn't gay. His version I could put my arms around every girl I see Then about going to the doctor He said, Boy, you better try to have fun...
I just lost my momma last year on my dad's birthday. It's been so rough. I can't even describe the pain in my heart. I'm sitting here crying while typing. I love you momma! I miss her so deeply. If you still have your mother. Please give her a hug or a call. ❤
This is such an emotional video, every time it plays, we’re drawn in and it touches our soul❤. Shon, you are such a great reactor, thank you for paying the highest respect to Sinead❤. Warm wishes from Juneau, Alaska❤
I've seen other reaction videos of this amazing haunting song by Sinéad, and I want to thank you for actually listening to the lyrics and the meaning and heartfelt passion that she projected in the singing of this song. Thank you.
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor (8/12/1966 - 7/26/2023) The song 'Nothing Compares 2 U' was written by Prince and was her most famous song (1980). The song brings me tears at the latest when I see her tear. I understand your emotions. Greetings from Germany.
I've been a fan of Sinead before this song. Always knew this was about her ma, but it didnt hit until i lost mine 3 years ago. The big difference though my ma was the best. I would say though if you still have your mum, don't stress or worry about when the day you loose her. Its not worth the energy, and you'll have plenty of time to deal with it when it happens. In the meantime give her plenty of hugs and tell her you love as often as possible. Rid yourself of a live of regret when she goes. I think thats why Sinead sang this song as hard as she did.
As soon as her eyes lock into our eyes, we're mesmerised, she smashes through the screen and grabs your heart, a voice of platinum pearls and golden glass, RIP SWEETHEART,
I was 20 when this song came out and I remember hearing it for the first time and I obviously new princes’s version because for me, prince was everything I mean, I had posters of him all over my bedroom. Fell in love with this song when she sang it. She was an undeniable talent and such a beautiful woman what I love the most about this video is just her face with that black background just singing to the camera. It’s so intense it’s a brilliant video and she did it major justice!
Wow, that hit you right in the feels. I bet your mom loves you right back! You brought back how this song hit me the first time I heard it. That voice.
My are totally sweating too… and I’ve listened to this song at least 10,000 times before and that’s a lot of sweat. We’re lucky she shared this with us.
She had a dysfunctional, abusive upbringing, suffered with mental health issues, lost a son to suicide not too long ago, and her own recent death has been rumored to be suicide, as well. Like several great artists, she used her talent to turn her pain into passion and beauty.
I was a fan of Sinead’s from the get-go, talking early 90s when I was in high school. She had my heart all these years. I cried when she died and went on a super binge of listening to her for weeks. I highly recommend her autobiography, it’s just unbelievable.
Love the reaction bro, it does hit hard she dealt with her lose and suffered mentally and emotionally until the end, July 26th 2023 RIP Sinéad O'Connor a legend
Remember, this song was written by Prince, and is a break up song. Hes not referring to his mother when he writes "all the flowers that you planted mama", he's referring to his girl. "Mama" is a nickname for his girl in this context. Another example of "Mama" being used in this way is Mama I'm Coming Home by Ozzy Osbourne, he's referring to his wife Sharron in that song
I still have this song on cassette single. Another song with similar themes of loss is 1989's "Thinking of You" by Sa-Fire, who dedicated the song to the memory of her belated uncle.
This song reminds me of my dad. I lost him to a car accident when I was 11 and he was just 41. I feel like I missed out on a lot... Thanks for your reaction 💖🦋
She had a long career and 10 albums. Don't stop with this one! Check Mandinka, Emperor's New Clothes, Daddy I'm Fine, I am Stretched on Your Grave, No Man's Woman...
Yeah, there are some real "tear jerkers' out there.😢 Try getting through R.E.M. "Everybody Hurts" or Mike & The Mechanics "The Living Years" w/o shedding a few.
I loved your reaction especially how you felt her pain in this song. Thank you cause I love the way you really listen and pay attention to the lyrics of the the songs.
Damn big man.. let it fly.. the song killed me for 26 years. Lost my first wife due my own actions along with hers, i remarried that woman seven months ago.. but it still hurts. But without knowing what I lost all that time that wouldn't be so good now.. This may be your best reaction.. I think it is. You're the best keep them coming brother.
I loved her from the first time I heard her in 1990. I was in a horrible place back then an Sinead was right there helping me through. Thank you Sinead for lighting up the world the way you did R.I.P.
I have watched many people react to her song and you are literally the only person who I feel gave a genuine reaction. Meaning, I really feel that you tuned into the song and focused on feeling the song completely whereas most people I felt resisted the emotions and resisted feeling it completely which is why you got emotional because you allowed yourself to feel completely. Good job. A genuine reaction
This was one of my favorite reactions that you’ve done. To see that it brought that much emotion to you was very raw & touching. Love your reactions. Sending love from OKC. OKLAHOMA. ♥️💖💜
I really appreciate your reactions for Nothing Compares 2 U . It is a deeply moving song added with Sinead O'Conner's vocals pulls at the heart strings . Since you got so much out of this song I would really like to see your reactions and comments for the song "Monsters" by James Blunt ..... that is a song about his dad . Thank you for your channel and I look forward to more
I’ve heard this a million times over the last 30 years but I never heard the story about her mom passing. It really hit different after learning that. It had me crying as well. Never did that before.
This is such a heartbreaking song. RIP Sinead O'Connor. You gotta do the Chris Cornell version. It's just as heartbreaking as this. Love your channel bro 💯
prince wrote this song about ladies and stuff... Sinead covered this song and made it a searing wail of pain about her abusive mother, her death (right before this video) and the sadness of losing someone who you loved but didn't really love you properly and didn't take care of you at all. No wonder Prince recognized this as her song. Shon, you're killin it reppin for moms fr fr. A real one. Seriously.
Thanks for this one Shon! Enjoyed the reaction a lot. The double/triple with the flowers line is that yes, her mum died right before this, but also that her mum abused her and the relationship was tough all along... but still.. that's your mum right? This shit always wrecked me. Relationships are tough, family can be tough and all that. Anyway, thanks again for doing this one. RIP Sinead and RIP Prince.
You need to check out her singing with Pink Floyd, The Wall live in Berlin91, she sings the song Mother. Its another very beautiful performance by her❤❤RIP😢 Sinead.
