FIRST TIME HEARING Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U REACTION 

Yep, love her. She's fucking bonkers though!

@@stephenmclaughlin5191 true. But with what she's suffered, I'm not surprised. That's why the song is so good. She reaches right into your soul and says "FEEL MY PAIN!"

Sinead O'Conner acts on her beliefs. She lives according to what she knows is true. She stands out and seems crazy because everyone else is believing blindly in bullshit.

The SNL thing was gangsta! Especially for the time, but it sealed her fate in the US.

Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But she is not crazy. She is a sensitive intuitive person who is a able to sense the deceit and hypocrisy of the so called "not crazy" people, who are actually the real crazy people.

She is still going through a lot.

Thanks for explaining, I knew there was an issue, also knew she wasn't well for a while, didn't know what it was all about.

I should have known she spoke up against child abuse why we never seen more music from her 😞 sad

They twisted her because she spoke out against the Elite Child Abusers. There was a Media Smear Campaign against her and it twisted her spirit Edited it for punctuation 🤣 guess it was confusing.

She also suffers from bipolar.

She had such amazing vocal control.

Noone compares!

I believe I was in junior high when Sinead was on SNL and tore up the picture of the pope. I honestly didn't understand why it was such a big deal. She was merely sending a message of truth that was already out in the public. Besides, people shouldn't be worshipping any pope or idol but God himself.

I just learned about her passing away now from your comment.. May god have mercy on her soul..

It's amazing watching kids listening a song from a different age. Am not sure they understand the spirit of that time, but they make me laugh 😂

Yes.. but their entire attitude changed at the point of the graveyard scenes...I could see they were ripping emotionally and it was wonderful. Love all of your expressions. And yeah...she was amazing

52 here. I feel the same way!

@MsDicenice that tribute sounds amazing! Do you know if it happens to be on youtube?

Damn, I would have been sobbing.

I found this : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5KuGUP-C9Ko.html

2016 was a year of incredible music loss. Sigh.

I never knew that was her tribute to Prince. Just the thought of it makes me want to cry.

Go Margaret! You ARE still young!! ♥️♥️♥️

I’m 53 and LOVE these guys too!! So genuine and I love how open they are to all kinds of music. Their reactions are priceless - keep it up TWINS!!!

Gross 🤢

@@livelongandprosper70 what you grossing at???

You're as young as you feel sweetie 💜

💯💯💯💯💯

Amen! She was such a good girl, but she had a lot of problems with her mom and the Catholic Church. It’s really hard to accept that she’s not here anymore. I will keep her in my prayers, rest now, Sinead. ❤

She did Prince proud with this Cover of his song.

If you saw her interview with Dr Phil you'd know she wasn't shedding tears for her mother

It was her mother's mental illness that caused a lot of sineads problems but who walked in her mother's shoes to know what went wrong o her

​@@bernicewade9796 Sinéad has said herself, that tear in the video was because she was thinking of her mother in that moment.

Amen

Read Sinèad’s memoir, Remembering, she states she cried for her mother, singing Nothing Compares 2U, she said the line: All the flowers that you planted in the backyard,mama, died when you went away”, she was clearly mourning her mother and the extremely sad childhood she lived through.

Agree!.

TOTALLY agreed!!!🙋🏾‍♀️👊🏾

Love her albums Faith and Courage and Lion and the Cobra.

Lion and the Cobra is one of my favorite albums of the eighties, and she's tied with Annie Lennox for my second favorite female voice - Kate Bush is #1.

Sinead O' Connor stood up to the Vatican and Margaret Thatcher and knew she was right. Now the world knows. Thank you Sinead🌎🌎🌎

That's right Cindy

Yup! The King who was Prince.

I was just going to write this exact same comment.

Lol prince said the royalties bought him a house...

Didn’t Prince write this specifically for her? Miss him so...

Bravo brother. My dad was born in Boston but by time he was 3 years old he'd had enough of that country. So he moved to western Canada at age 3, bringing his parents and siblings with him. So I was born in western Canada. My mom's name was Kathleen Murphy. All 16 of my gg grandparents were born in Ireland. So I like to think that makes me as Irish as you. I say that lovingly and with all respect. "Our ancestors"... man, that description hit me like a ton of bricks. I am Irish. I am a Celt and have been for 20,000 years. My last name in the old Gaelic is O'Rioghbhardain. I doubt many other readers here can translate that, but I've a hunch you can, lol.

I remember her SNL appearance..NBC banned her from the network I cheered her on she was badass and she was one of the voices of my generation may she R.I.P

Is she singing about losing a lover breaking up with you; or did her live die??? Two different scenarios. Love the song. RIP Ms O’Conner.

@@TheJackie2006-b2kThe song was written by Prince about an ex-lover who was still alive. Once in her hands, it became in part about her late mother. "Mama" planted the flowers in the backyard in their home and they died after she did from lack of care. That's why she started crying in the video after singing that verse. So you picked up on both, which is cool.

@@lysanamcmillan7972 thank you for the info. Interesting, isn’t it?🙏🏽

Aw I’m sorry you went through that. I hope you’re ok now

What a brave Mama you had. This is your song.

Wow. A mother's love.

🌹

Did you hear her son committed suicide recently

WTF

I miss Prince.. You know he has an entire vault of unreleased music, videos and movies that will never see the light of day

HisSongGirl: MONI Doesn’t matter he got 100% of the writers share.

Sinead definitely made the best version of this song and I do love Whitney's version but Dolly's original will always be the best for me

Chris Stapleton also does a blues/country version

Agree!!!!

Hold ya horse, no one beauts Prince and Rosie Gaines. Then Chris COnnerly. Then Sinead

Have you heard You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart? Another great, emotional performance.

Her head was shaved at least a few years before this song. What I remember is she did it because she didn’t want to be objectified for her looks as a young woman.

Plus it was the first time someone cried on a popular music video. Oh and I recall her saying that she was thinking of her mother when she sang about the flowers dying when she went away.

My thoughts exactly ❤

I came here looking for this comment. We lost a true pure soul. Even with all the pain she endured in her life she still put herself out there and tried to help others. I hope she was reunited with her son. 😢😢😢

She said it always reminded her of her mother who died when she was 18 😢

LOL Prince didn't give her this. He wrote it, but she never even talked to him until after. When they finally met Prince tried to beat her up lol

@@ben1ben2ben1 Prince tried to beat a woman up over a song. Yeah he had issues too apparently

Prince was a blessing to all of us!!

Yes ❤

Prince’s manager Steve Fargnoli also managed Sinead O’Connor. He asked Prince if Sinead can record it, and he said yes. Originally, he wrote it for the band he was working with called The Family. But Sinead version was way better. Yes, Prince and Sinead had an altercation, and they didn’t get along... and yes, they didn’t meet until after she had recorded the song, but Prince was very aware of her recording it. I worked for Steve Fargnoli and Sinead for years (up until Steve’s passing in 2001). Both beautiful people. 💜

Came here to say this. :)

There’s also a version of the song that Prince sings. 🎶

Caroline Brown-Qualls ...Yes. That's because it his song that he wrote, and she sang a beautiful version of it. 🎶

@@nikir9177 Yes, I know...I’m one of his biggest fans!! He was such a musical genius! 🤗🥰🎶

Man he writes everything, I’m so sad we didn’t get to hear his unreleased stuff

I didn't read all the comments, but saw your recognition of Prince's lyrics first. Thanks for that! Amazing lyrics by Prince sung beautifully by Sinead. RIP to both!

Beautifully said

... and a 63 year old man

54 here!

@@cindychastain1702 love these guys , you can tell they were raised right

And a 55 years old - 80's Music is the Best👍👍👍

57 here and been a fan for awhile!

The story goes that he sent her flowers with just two words on the card: Thank you

She was a Rebel alright when she tore the pic of the Pope on SNL. The beginning of the end. Literally. Lol.

@@saiyongdawn7756 Yeah, an end that had 8 more studio albums after it. Such a terrible end, lmao.

@@BearODice She was never able though to reach the height of her first Album. Plus she received a lot of negative press which she brought on herself. .

Yes, written by the legendary Prince, who gave away lots of great songs that other artists went on to make hits.

Yes, I am glad you told them! Irish not country!

I about died when they said “country” 😂😂😂

@@ZannaDu They are young and have a lot to learn! I did too! Love your name!

That’s Irish soul

Tina Stoecker I agree. I love how open they are to different genres of music though. My grandson and I love watching them!! Thank you on the name comment 😃

Nope she wrote it. He bought it

Sophie Shinning what are you talking about? the song was written and composed by prince for his side project “the family” in 1985. sinéad o’connor released her cover in 1990. prince then released his own version in 1993.

@@camilladyrefrank it wasn't the same song at all. Nothing to do.

Sophie Shinning same song. of course she performed it different to the original, that’s what you do when making a cover.

Sophie Shinning Sinead covered the song.

Yes ❤

So sad and such a poignant song. Special times in those days too. Xx

This is also the song that I latched onto after my husband died two years ago. I cry every time I hear it.

Bless you sweetheart

I was grieving the end of a great love affair at that time. The song's rawness matched my own loss perfectly at the time. Will never forget.❤

💞

And they should review the Prince version.

They should definitely check out Prince's version.

Didn't know.. thamks

IMO Prince's version & Chris Cornell version much better than hers Not a fan of hers.

tawnyad they already have! Then everyone asked them to check this one out. I personally prefer this to the original. It’s got more emotional depth for me.

...as DOES Sinead!

@@enricovankeeken9503 Yeah but she didnt write this one. This is Princes song, recorded without his permission.

@@luistrevino355 Really? Well... I'll tell you something else. On HER album this prince song is my Least favorite!

And Sinead could sing one.

Yes!!!

Yes he did. A true genius. I shed one tear for him. Such a variety of music. A little of everything R i p

I was explaining I discovered Sinead O’Connor when I was 16. I never said I was 16 when she had a hit with this song. Glad you agree it’s a great song

@@katrinaklapproth8788 he didn't, prince hated this version and talked about that publicly multiple times. the record company let her do this cover without prince's knowledge or approval. even though i like prince's renditions better, i still think this is a magnificent performance of this song.

Same!

He didn't let her. She took it and recorded it without his permission. He wasn't thrilled about it.

One of the only songs I prefer as a cover ( it hurts my heart to say that, I very big loved Prince) The other was Whitney singing " I Will Always Love You" again, I'm sorry because I love Dolly

Wow i forgot about that

She was very good at covers...Elton John Loretta Lynn, Kurt Cobain, van Morrison..patty lupone..

This prayer is NOT written by Prince, but by St. Francis of Assisi.

@ulla5330 what prayer are you talking about? The rest of us are talking about the song "Nothing Compares To You".

That’s right!!

This one hits ya right in the soul! Goosebumps and tears!

Oh that's right, I forgot about that!

And now she is manic depressive... done lots of crazy stuff since she got older

Prince's version from Originals is very good!

YES!!

Yessy

Or One More Try 😊

@@Julieroo28 Now that George is gone, One More Try makes me misty.

L G I can no longer listen to a few of his songs. He was my favorite singer. 😢

Yep, and she was ostracized by the entertainment industry for ripping a poster of the Pope on SNL. They really did her wrong.

I was once told that people in Appalachia often understand Shakespeare more readily than many in “today’s world”; that their speech has been protected from outside speech influences. You can find many stories passed down with the sing-song cadence of these people. It’s quite impressive.

And the Irish LOVE country music.

Prince wrote this song

Yes!

The greatest country singer ever Johnny Cash traced his roots back to Fife in Scotland, he was very proud of that fact. Americas deep south white people could all trace their roots back to Scotland, indeed most country singers could. Country music as a whole was basically all decended from Scottish folk music, not Irish. Hillbillies all decended from Scotland and they took folk music and tweeked it to what you see today.

Lol. Seriously

❤❤

I hope she watches this 💕

Yea she was pretty possed at the pope

She also had abuse by her mother but still wanted her mothers love after she died ..

She tried to warn us of child sexual abuse by priests. She ripped up a picture of the pope because she felt the Catholic Church aristocracy was complicit. She was despised for it 😡

True, but even Prince agreed that Sinead performed it in a way beyond how he originally heard it. This happens sometimes in songwriting. Bob Dylan wrote "All Along The Watchtower" but Jimi Hendrix breathed life into it in a way beyond Dylan's mind. Leonard Cohen wrote "Hallelujah" but Jeff Buckley took it beyond Cohen's vision. Sometimes the songwriter and the song performer are both needed for a song to reach its full potential.

Prince performed this song 10 times better....

@@anthonylee5982 thank goodness opinions aren't facts 👍

Actually I could see that. I smell prince all over this

Always

This video was filmed just after she had broken up with her boyfriend(?

Interesting that Prince (or his band) wrote this song. Always heard she wrote this for her mother. I guess she must have said sang it for her mother (after her mom died). Gives a much different meaning to the song when you listen to the lyrics.

@@nomoresnacks I think it was just after her mother had died. The bit ‘all the flowers that you planted in the backyard, momma, died when you went away’ was apparently what got to her.

@@nomoresnacks it was also soon after her mothers death and they had a very difficult relationship. She really was dealing with a lot. of personal things during the filming of this video...that tear was real. Ppl day it wasn't but it you watch it closely you see her eyes welling up several times earlier until she finally just let it go.

People got so angry about the Pope thing they talked about beating her up: _Sinead O'Connor performed an a cappella cover of Bob Marley's "War" on Saturday Night Live on October 3, 1992, rewriting a few of the lyrics to address child abuse, in addition to the song's initial topics of racism and the horrors of war. As she finished the song, she produced and tore to shreds a photograph of Pope John Paul II, shouting, "Fight the real enemy!" In his opening monologue the following week while hosting SNL, actor Joe Pesci insisted that had he been in charge of the show, he would have given O'Connor "such a smack." This echoed an event from the previous year when O'Connor insisted that the National Anthem not be played before her concert at a venue in New Jersey. Frank Sinatra, while performing at that same venue the next night, threatened to "kick her ass." And Jonathan King, a millionaire British television and record producer, and the executive producer of the BPI Awards, stated in an interview with Billboard that she needed to be spanked for her display of bad manners. Ten years later, King would be convicted of several counts of sexual assault on 14- and 15-year-old boys and sentenced to seven years in prison_ www.pri.org/stories/2014-10-03/remembering-why-sinead-oconnor-tore-popes-picture-national-tv

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@@Jacob_Junge I thought her performance was brilliant. I understood her because several children I grew up with were abused by priests. This was covered up and perpetuated for generations. Unfortunately it happens in many religious groups, not only within the Catholic Church. It's a horror that needs to be stopped. Sinead was a big help in bringing this to light.

I remember her tearing up the Pope's picture on Saturday Night Live in. That was very awkward.

@@Jacob_Junge Exactly.....

She represents truth, selflove after much work on self... So much #he suffered,some of us are ment to suffer..

Totally.

Eeeewwwwwww she had only one song written by PRINCE and was a freak!

@@donnakawana masochist. No one is made to suffer. We're made to live a good life.

@@mujathepaganprepper7610 nope lil girl she had many songs . Prince wrote one for her that went #1... Read before you comment... Lol

yup, Sinead is freaking brilliant....She has a new song out right now also. Really pretty

@@michellewilliams8161 Wait. What?!?!? Do not play with my emotions. Really? Thank you for this information. I'm going to find it right now!

Same , this song gets me every time.

That is one emotional ride!😭

Michelle Williams Okay I ran to iTunes but cannot find it in new music. Help!

Ever heard the original album recording? This song was already perfect when The Family recorded it. Every subsequent version is just building on that.

@@tinkdnuos thanks for mentioning the Family. Many think Prince wrote it for Sinead. Though I love this version. I want people to know its history

The best part is the guys may not realize they actually did the live version of this song 10 months ago sung by Prince, who wrote the song, and Rosie Gaines. Remember you noticed the Batmobile? ☮️💟

@Haiji Toro You and I both!

I was 13 when this song came out and man did me and my best friend need this song at that time 😍😍

@@nashang75 Me, too!

Dopamine all day

No one can do this song justice other than her.

@@sakattt how about the original singer of it?

True! I actually marked my calendar for the 7th hour of the 15th day after my first boyfriend broke up with me just to really break myself. (Oh to be 15 again, LOL)

Yeees...Alanis, Melissa Etheridge, Jewel, Cranberries

😭 tears!

Was thinking this exact thing

I want to see that reaction video!

I’ve requested that song many times. I’m hoping they will listen to it soon!

Oh my god they haven't hit Alanis Morissette yet? Oh god that will be fun to see. The whole damn album was fantastic. But definitely you outta know...

@@gailremp8389, one of the only albums that I actually listen to every song! Can't wait, my daughter is taking me to see her next summer. (I hope) She got the tickets for mothers day and the concert was in Aug. Of course it was canceled, it has been rescheduled for 2021. This album was pretty much my daughters introduction into rock. She was 4 and she still has it on her playlist to this day.

That's the saddest line ever written :-(

@@jayteegamble yes it is the saddest line ever

Nice story, but that line is actually in the Prince version, not just the Sinead version.

Prince didn't like her singing this! 🤷‍♀️😖

Prince wrote this and that line was about his housekeeper (who was probably more of a friend than an employee), who resigned to have more time with her family, who used to put flowers by his piano... or something like that.

Yes! I completely agree 💗

Oh shit they twins

Yeah and they enjoy it i like that you know? My respect for this guys

Oh them you need to hear Jayvaugh's reactions at Jayvee TV channel. He is so authentic and gets taken away by the songs

That’s what musics all about. Feeling the words.

Both so good but Black Velvet gets me to stop every time. That gravely voice..

Agree!!

Ooh yeah, Black Velvet is fire

Yeah, 'Wicked Games' with sexy Helena Christensen on the beach in Herb Ritts' B/W video! Still on top over most sexiest videos of all time (MTV) :)

Yes to both of these, but definitely Wicked Games first.

WELL SAID !!!

True that!! 😀

Angelic.

And voice!

All these years later I see Natalie Portman-Keira Knighly resemblance. Of course they ware probably toddlers when this came out

Incredible to hear her speak on Dr. Phil The reason she shaved her hair was due to her mom (who was abusive) told her sister Sinead had the most beautiful hair and not her sister (somewhere along those lines) so she shaved her head.

Brian Miller I can see the resemblance (are we sure Portman and Knightley aren’t the same person?). But Sinead’s got those light eyes. ❤️

Shoot, what if she's from the countryside in Ireland tho?

Many parts of the Southern US accent are brought to you by the good people of Ireland. We all came from somewhere.

@@ladiesbane that is historically inaccurate

I thought that was cute of them

Irish with attitude, amen.

He let her have it. He wrote it for a1985 project.

Me too

She did even More so with Massive Attack!

I have chills as we speak...!

You typed that it wasn't written by Prince. It WAS written by Prince! And the 79 people who liked this comment can't catch an obvious error. Jesus!

The sleeper, because she dared to speak out against the Pope for covering up so much sexual abuse! She cared about her morals more than her fame...I was proud of her then, and still am.

@@jackandpiper Yes, I knew that, and I always felt sympathetic to her for her own demons she was fighting. I think she had some mental health challenges.

Have you listened to R.E.M "everybody hurts" it's along these same lines. But we are all going through it together. Very powerful.

Your talking like they dont know who she is,

She was ultimately proven right !

yeah, I get that. But she actually talks/ sings about the loss of her mother. But I guess you could also interpret it as a heartbreak :)

Nora Noelle indeed it is, I thought how innocent and sweet that they hadn’t been heartbroken. It’s not a derogatory comment just that they so obviously hadn’t been heartbroken.

@@dianeshelton9592 Same. I want to see the reaction video after they've lived through some heartbreak, I don't think they know what's she's talking about

taogoat27 well yes but I don’t want them heart broken. I like the hope and innocence of pain.

diane shelton oh yes, you’re definitely right!!!

Omg the Commitments!!! What a movie, I'm gonna have to rewatch that later

@@krissielundy9934 Right?! Classic! My favorite part is when the back up singers are getting yelled at for using their Irish accents! “It’s ride Sally RIDE! Not riot Sally RIOT!”

The movie Song Catcher is awesome also. It’s about the origins of the songs of the Appalachian Mountain people coming from songs brought over by Irish immigrants. Bluegrass began with these folk songs of old Ireland.

blue eyed soul

I love that movie 🍿🎥!!

Plus he tried to beat up Sinead

Prince is a legend.

Aw come on you, Prince a genius? I could've written that song easy, simple lyrics.

He truly was a genius. I mourn him still. Gone too soon.

I think what they were hearing was traditional Irish music and singing styles which had a lot of influence on American country and folk music in some parts of the US, especially in places like Appalachia.

She was not unknown and this wasn’t her debut. Perhaps it was this song that was her breakthrough in the U.S., but in Europe she had already made the deepest impression with her debut album ‘The Lion and the Cobra’, and its stunning lead single ‘Troy’ in late 1987 that I think is even greater than this brilliant Prince cover.

He also didn't let her record it, his record label did, unbeknown to Prince. Prince hated this version and has been very vocal on it in the past.

@@sperrin I wasn’t specifically aware of that. What I do recall is Sinead saying she went to meet Prince, and he was aggressively dismissive of her, so much so that she left, feeling very distraught. That did sorta give it away, of course..

"Her first album The Lion and the Cobra was "a sensation" when it was released in 1987[13] and it reached gold record status and earned a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor

@@flowerpink724 Yeah, I remember that now, too. What an effed up experience that must have been for Sinead. :-(