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PLEASE take the time to learn her story. She was at the top of her career until she decided to be the first one to speak out about the sexual abuse of innocent children with the catholic church's everywhere!!!!! People weren't ready to admit this even though everyone knew about this for years!!!! Everyone turned on her with a vengeance!!!!!! She made it her mission to bring this out to the public for the sake of all of these abused children!!!! After her career was totally destroyed within a year the people opened their eyes and demanded a change and prosecution for these children. Not one person stood up for her after everyone opened their eyes to this. She lost EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF HER COURAGE TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK OUT OVER THIS!!!! This true story will make you cry for her! I absolutely love this courageous lady!!!!!!😪💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜❤
He does his reactions not knowing the back story because that's the whole point in giving a raw, real reaction!!! Do your research before you judge him or anyone else that does reaction videos! Love you you and everyone, everywhere!
@@karenrowell337 You misunderstood my comment. I never leave rude comments. He really liked her so I was wanting to let him know that he should read up on her backstory. It's a very interesting story. He would appreciate her even more. 💜
Sinead O'Connor singing Bob Marley's War in front of a hostile crowd at Madison Square Garden is the BRAVEST thing any musician has ever done. May she rest in peace.
Sinead was no joke. She sang when her soul spoke to her. She was a lot like Prince. They made music because they wanted to, not because that they had to out if ego and money making. RIP Sinead and RIP Prince. Nothing will ever compare to either one of you
Also becaue her heinously abusive mother would introduce her as the pretty daughter and her red-haired sister as the ugly daughter, so she keptbher hair short becauee of the negstive associations with being pretty. She had also been sexually abused by more than just her mother. But definitely, she was well aware of how music industry exploits women for their looks too!
Surely by shaving her hair she drew more attention to her looks, she was also more stunningly pretty without hair, so I am not convinced what message she was trying to project
And she didn't stint on the makeup... the shaved head was just a style. Sinead was an extraordinary woman and her version of "Nothing Compares To You" is surely the most heartwrenching and beautiful, yet sorrowful song performance ever. But no need to embellish her talent and achievement with myths about her deliberately trying to look unattractive.
10:10 No she's not an actor, the verse before it talking about "all the flowers planted mama, died when you went away" made her think of her own mother, the tears are real.
She and Delores are both Irish. Watch the documentary about Sinead. It is soooooooooooooo important to learn about Sinead. She had the purest soul and she always backed up her words with actions. She stood up for justice at the cost of herself on behalf of those who were treated unjustly or abused over and over again. And, this was written by Prince.
I'm Irish and i'm ashamed at how Sinead was treated in Ireland. Laughed at and ridiculed for her beliefs. She is simple a pure sole of love and compassion. There'll never be another SInead O'Connor
@@Darf652she was fantastic. Also a dub. BP - you’d also love the Phil Lynott documentary - he sings your theme. He was probably one of fewer than 100 black folk in Dublin growing up. Only one in his estate - it’s a great rock doc.
@@Darf652 While that's true with the general public she did find a lot of solice within the the Irish music community, particularly the likes of The Chieftains and Christy Moore who sort of circled the wagons after the whole SNL thing and helped her produce some of her greatest work in my opinion.
This song was written by Prince. Sinead was no actor. She felt deeply, grieved deeply. Her life was tortured and she lived it with grace. She took her life after losing her beloved son to suicide. She is greatly missed and her soul was beautifully crushed by the inequities in this world.
She was a warrior. She was outspoken and unapologetic. She was 100% herself. She truly did cry during the making of this. She was thinking of her mother. God rest her soul. She was a queen.
I'm Irish - Sinéad was a master of 'Keening' ☘it stretches deep into our cultural heritage; it stems from loss/funerals/grieving We are still mourning our beautiful Daughter Sinéad💔She was a force of nature with unmatched talent, but she was also very fragile. The video was shot in one take and those tears are REAL - her mother had just recently died. (Sinéad had a very difficult relationship with her mother.) *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 James Brown '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. I hope that she's finally at peace with her beloved son, Shane💚"Suaimhneas síoraí dá hanam"
I've always wanted to learn Gaelic. It's just as beautiful in print as it is in sound. BTW, we in the US loved her too. We loved Dolores as well RIP lassies💔
He mother had just recently died and Sinead said the lyrics "all the flowers that you planted mama in the back yard, have all died and withered away" caused her to cry watch a few seconds later the tears come. RIP Sinead
She had 4 children from 4 marriages & a short time before she passed away, her 17yr old mirror image son Shane committed s*icide after fleeing from a facility where he was supposed to be under constant watch. Her own mental health had been fragile for some years & Shane's passing broke her completely. She called him 'the light of my life, the lamp of my soul'. Her own death was attributed to 'natural causes' but I'm guessing it was a broken heart 💔
in 1989 She sang at the Grammy awards ceremony. No rappers were allowed and no rap awards existed, She walked on stage wearing Public Enemy's man in the crosshair logo in support of Chuck D. who had been banned. She was fierce and always supported the underdog.
Yes!!she was at one concert and the crowd booed her off made her cry she was walking off stage and Chris kristofferson was there hugged her and told her fuck those people and get up and do your concert !!! And she did❤❤
Sadly, our darling Sinead can no longer use her voice for us, she's singing with the angels now. Thank you for your courage lady, you did marvelous things.
No it's no fake tears. She stated in interviews that during the song that the lyrics made her think of her mom who died in a car accident in 1985. That song is a cover of a Prince song. Sinead had a fabulous voice and no doubt that Dolores of The Cranberries was probably influenced by her. Sinead appeared on the scene a few years prior. Also, there's a lot of Irish folk music that uses that vocal technique. Finally, Sinead was an activist for many causes mainly for women's right and mental health issues. She herself suffered from a bipolar disorder and she went through a lot of hardship in her life. She was a beautiful and sensitive soul and she is greatly missed 🙏
There is a person on here that states Sinead was not political; but, she lost her career over a political statement. She was on Saturday Night Live and during she act she ripped up the picture of Pope John Paul II. She was protesting the Catholic church cover-up of child abuse; the picture belonged to her mother and she planned to destroy it, but was waiting for the right time. She tore it up at the end of the song, then shouted "Fight the real enemy". She was banned from SNL and the media ripped her to shreds. Madonna mocked her by ripping up a picture of "Joey Buttafuoco" and saying the same words. He was a man that had an affair and his girlfriend tried, but failed, to kill his wife by shooting her in the face. Ten years layer she was quoted as saying, "A lot of people say or think that tearing up the Pope's photo derailed my career. That's not how I feel about it," she wrote. "I feel that having a No. 1 record derailed my career and my tearing the photo put me back on the right track."
@@bryanbrady877 There is multi layers of "who's in charge". #1 would be Christians and Catholics; #2 would be the power of the Catholic church; #3 weak political leaders.
There was an amazing Netflix documentary recently about her. The lyrics about, all the flowers in the front yard, Mama, have died… resonated with her because she and her mother never saw eye to eye, and her mother made her sleep outside on the lawn. That is what made her cry in the filming of this video, thinking of her mother. Then, her mother kicked her out as a teen and Sinead got locked up in an unwed mothers home, (though not one herself), which were horrible institutions in a very strict religious country. But, it was there she really intensely practiced her vocal stylings. Ireland has a lot of protest singers, so when she ripped up picture of pope on tv, she was just acting in the spirit of protest like any Irish singer would, against the horrible abuses of the Catholic Church against children. She was vilified by many, many in this country, receiving death threats as a young person. Her start was hard. She was a big part of New Wave/post-Punk movement in the 90’s, with a lot of great songs. This was Prince’s, of course, but also check out The Emperor’s New Clothes, Mandinka and I Want Your Hands on Me. She kept making albums, but never regained her success in this country, after people turned on her. Of course, later everyone knew she was right.
She shaved her head after doing a press meeting where the reporter didn't ask about her album, he asked about her pretty hair. She died last year. And yes, she was Irish, like Delores.
@@angiel3412no she did it because her mom would introduce her and her sister as the pretty one and ugly one. So she shaved it off. She also said it was so no man can ever traumatize her by grabbing her by the hair
I was in the Navy when that happened and I shaved my hair after that. I was tired of the guys judging me for my looks instead of doing my job. So yeah i shaved my hair off after I saw what she had done back then.
I'm a 58-year-old white woman in the middle of Oklahoma and I absolutely stumbled across this video when I was setting up a playlist to clean my room and for some reason I chose this video instead of her regular video on vevo or whatever it is. Your face when the tears appeared in her eyes You're shock kind of moved me. I don't know how she sang that song without crying her eyes out. ❤️
If you grew up in the 80’s 🇬🇧 Sinéad was THE go to break up song artist. She was so different, she paved a different path for a lot os us. We miss her. 🖤🪽
@@adw2263 From what I found after a quick search, her tweet said "Every song and or artist in history even Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, NWA, Ice Cube, and even Bob Dylan, is officially relegated to class B. As are every actor in history or legend: living or dead, male or female. We all are now defunct." in relation to Hi Ren.
When Sinead was on SNL she was the first to come out publicly and shame the Pope for cover up the abuse of children in the church and was what we now call canceled. She was a beautiful woman and activist.
I think she did what was right and I commend her for it--as far as abuse on children. I'd just like to say that many people use the word "Activist" as if it is always a good thing on its own. Just because someone is an activist (being actively involved in a cause) does not mean the cause, itself, is good. For example, I think most people would think being an activist for NAMBLA (North American Man Boy Love Association) is sick. Or an activist for allowing children to decide to take sex hormones and surgically alter their genders (effectively sterilizing them) is insanity. When the say someone is an Activist---an activist for what????
Real Truth , Real Pain , Real Tears , The power in her voice . It’s a shame that the world wasn’t ready for such a beautiful woman. You are so missed .
Two months before her death, Sinéad discovered "Hi Ren". On her twitter account. she posted the MV for "Hi Ren" three times, along with these three tweets: 1. Holy motherfuckin SHIT! Someone just showed me this at the weekend. This Archangel from like, twelfth heaven or somewhere, has only gone and made the entire history of songwriting and performing look like a three year old’s birthday party at Burger King. 2. Every song and or artist in history even Willie Dixon, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, NWA, Ice Cube, and even Bob Dylan, is officially relegated to class B. As are every actor in history or legend: living or dead, male or female. We all are now defunct. 3. It’s time to hit the welfare office: shoulda had that "thing to fall back on” like Brian May did. We’re fucked. Thanks be to God She would tweet only three more times before she passed. On Sinéad's 33rd birthday, she attempted suicide and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In 2021, she had her last television appearance on the Dr. Phil show. She said she wanted to do the interview to "destigmatize mental illness", and she noted the prevalence of mental health problems among musicians. I can only imagine the profound impact it had on her to stumble across "Hi Ren"! I'm glad she found Ren before her death.
Wow. I am so moved by her words and so appreciative to have read your post. Have watched Hi-Ren Reactions over 200 times and still do and knowing what Sinade thought and wrote about Hi-Ren makes viewing those reactions even that much more special. Thanks for posting this. 😎😎😎😎💥💥💥💥💥💥
It was so heartbreaking when she lost her son. I think everyone expected her to completely fall apart or follow shortly after him. But in her Reinforced, stoic manner she said what she needed to, once again, advocating Mental Health support. In Awe of yet another creative artist lost from us.
Prince wrote the song, she is not acting, those are genuine tears. Fun fact, a whole music video was created for this song, there were only supposed to be a few shots if her up close and personal but the effect was soooo raw and pure they used her close up for 90% of the video.
The inspiration for the song was Prince had a very close relationship with a housekeeper/cook that lived in his home for many years and eventually left because of a death in her family, "I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant, but nothing can take away these blues."
Sinead wasn't "political." But being a woman in Catholic Ireland made her political just by her existence. She spoke out against the Church and its abuse years before the true scope of that horror was exposed and that act tanked her career. She was complicated, mad, maddening, brilliant. What you saw from her at any given time was absolutely genuine. We suffered a loss from her passing, but the real loss happened years before that, when the world turned on her for telling a painful truth.
Sinéad was a force of nature, a fierce, courageous soul who stood up for the unprotected, unloved and oppressed over and over, and experienced so much personal tragedy through her life. There’ll never be another like her. I hope she knew how much she was loved.
She was connected to her personal experience. She gave her all!! She wasn’t acting. Prince wrote it but she owned it. She always gave her all, please listen to more of her. Beautiful warrior Sinead. RIP beautiful angel Yeah you were right, it is shinead Thanks Pegasus, loved your reaction
She was very authentic. I remember when this came out we all really loved her music. She was done dirty by just about all those in power in the entertainment industry because she was so authentic. She did a brave thing and was one of the first celebs to call out the catholic church for the $3xu2l 2bu$e of children.
Sinead (Sh-anaid) and Dolores (The Cranberries) are both from Ireland. It may attribute to their similar vocals and style (re: short/shaved hair). As for Sinead’s tears, they followed the line ‘all the flowers that you planted mama’. Sinead had a very brutal childhood (of abuse, etc.), and her mom played a big part in that. Her mom died before she ever found closure. Super tragic. From what I understand, the tears weren’t planned, and given the verse reference to ‘mama’, I can understand her sudden emotions.
She was troubled, but such a beautiful soul, always genuine. She put her stamp on this song...no matter how many times I've heard it, I still get chills over it.
This is what i miss in music nowadays: vulnerability. We live in an age where being "hard", badass, stone cold, unflinching, and unshakable is glorified and championed...and that reflects in the music being made. We lost something beautiful when we stopped being able to vent emotions other than contempt and anger...when we stopped embracing self reflection. Nothing highlights all this for me more than listening to this track after so many years. Beautiful song performed by a beautiful voice
@@sahalachastain9962 let’s not get it too literal here, I’m talking about as far as celebrities go. I’m talking about in the age before any average person had any clue about it. But hey, you’re on the Internet, so you’re gonna do Internet stuff aren’t you? You people are amazing.
I just discovered this channel. It's wonderful watching you fall in love with artists I fell in love with so long ago. Thank you for branching out and listening to other kinds of music.
She did have a son who passed away about a year before she did... tragic and unnecessary in both cases She looks like an angel... and she sang like one, too. She has several great songs but this was her break through pop hit
She was not an actress. She was an amazing singer and women. She sadly died in July 2023. She was 56 years old. I think she died of a broken heart after her son, Shane O'Connor died tragically in January 2022. He Shane by suicide. He was 17 years old.
I think she committed suicide, as well. She's had mental health issues all her life with her abusive upbringing, and her son's suicide put her over the edge.
@beverlybrown2673 it was established that she did not commit suicide so please do not dishonour her like this...her heart was broken and that is how she died😢
@@JobHuntingAbroad She is not being dishonored by any means . Especially,when not all may have even known about her to begin with -- yet alone,may not have known the real cause of her death. Sometimes,it is far better but far more wiser to not assume the automatic worst when others state their opinions & thoughts about someone whom,is not so highly known or vastly spoken about/ spoken of anymore . Just my opinion & thoughts
She tapped into her own sadness and grief of losing her mother. She was an excellent artist. She was an advocate and speaker for those with no voice in some ways. Amazing.
I love that you have found Sinead, This song is the one that everyone reacts to, but she had so many incredible tracks and live perfromances. I hope you will seek them out.
Sinéad was the absolute embodiment of the tortured artist. She ashewed fame and fortune to do the one thing she wanted: to put out beautiful music for everyone. She fought desperately to bring awareness to the different issues and causes she felt needed a voice or advocacy. She was tortured by her past and her Catholic childhood full of abuse. She didn't want anyone to go through what she did. She not only suffered as a child, but was used and abused along the road to popularity and all that came with it. She never gave in to those who wanted to exploit her in the name of fame. Early on, they told her to get an abortion to advance her career, yet she defied them and had her baby. She endured years of mental struggles and was abandoned by her family and friends even though she cried out for the love and support she desperately needed. Sinéad left this world a better place by having her in it. I absolutely loved Sinéad and was heartbroken both for her life and her death.
New to you and really appreciating your options and take on the songs. Love that can see your real reaction which aligns with what you say about the performance. This was always going to be great, and when I first heard this, it was clear why Prince gave this song to her 💛
Great reaction, I subscribed because of it and because you seem genuine also Sinead's tears were genuine. She was very passionate, yes she lives on through her music but it's sad she is gone. Her son died at 17 years old that was tragic.
An amazing woman, beautiful inside and out. Stood up for what she believed, for those unable to stand for themselves and a true political activist. Outspoken in all the right ways and cared not a shit for fame. The world treated her badly.
I’m sorry for your loss, I’m 15 years since I lost mine. Your life grows around grief, I lust hope you have people to vent to/cry on. They’re invaluable to me.
Sinead made Prince's song her own. Like Johnny Cash with Hurt, the definitive version isn't the original, and I think that is an added testament to the songwriters and composers skill to make something that outlives them. Sinead died last year, after being devastated by the death of her son. Her daughter sang a beautiful rendition of this song at an event recently, in tribute to her mother. Amanda Palmer posted it on her socials. Sinead also tweeted about Hi Ren in the months before her passing. It had a profound effect on her.
There is a live version of her singing this song on youtube that I highly highly recommend - captivating singer and performer. She had a tragic, troubled yet inspiring life - great doco on her that gives some insight into that.
Not everyone knew what was going on when she tore up that pic. I saw it when it aired, in Canada, non Catholic, we didn't have a clue. The mood in the studio was suddenly so intense, and so was she, we knew whatever it was, it was big. She sure got all us non Catholics asking questions. The answers didn't come all at once, incidents were minimized and treated like they were isolated and rare, but once the floodgates opened, they eventually opened wide, thanks to her and her bravery. Oh and Prince wrote a great tune with this one, I hope this guy gives some kudos for that, someone needs to tell him! He's gonna feel some silly. And a woman has to be very beautiful to rock a bald head and look great! She had some giant balls (meaning only the highest respect).
The late Sinead spent her life advocating for the voiceless at great personal cost. She was one of if not the first to be cancelled by US media. 'Nothing compares to you' was her biggest commercial success, but IMO 'Troy', which she wrote when she was just 17, was her masterpiece. Troy has very complex themes based on the abuse she suffered as a child and inspiration taken from the poem 'No Second Troy' by Irish poet W.B. Yeats. I'd particularly recommend a live version.
The song was actually written by Prince and he didn't even realize that she did a cover of it. Which she's the one that made the song what it is, and she said in an interview before that this song is really about her relationship with her mother who never showed her love
It is pronounced "Shinaid". Song written by Prince. She really did have the voice of an angel. She is incredible live, you should check some of those performances. Incredibly courageous and ahead of her time.
This video 1990. The Cranberries’ first hit linger 1993. Not to mention everything she was and all that she did first and fiercest, but this video alone had all of us mesmerized and unable to stop watching and listening. Side note: Prince was a master songwriter and this song is as perfect as a song gets.
Damn, dude. You are highly intelligent and have a great sense for music. I watch a ton of reactions, but you bring insight and make extremely prescient points. Your remark about the intimacy of the video and how it almost feels like a date, that's tremendous. That's why I like to click your vids when I see a song I like being reacted to.
It’s probably already been said but this song is what put her on the map. It was HUGE when it hit back in the day. It was on HEAVY rotation on MTV and most pop and rock radio stations. AND….it’s a cover!!! Non other than the great Prince himself wrote and originally recorded this song. But she OWNED it and made it her own. She had a couple other minor hints (Mandinka) and then went into obscurity after a controversial appearance on SNL where she cut up a paper image of the pope. She also struggled with mental illness. Her voice was AMAZING. A close second is Chris Cornell’s (of Soundgarden fame) interpretation of this song. Lastly, as a person trained in art and videography, I want to say you TOTALLY get the art of this music video. It was a one take and YES she was organically moved to tears as the camera rolled. This is deep and authentic baring of soul art at its finest and it had an impact on me as you can see by my post. Peace to all!
Prince wrote this song for Sinéad. She did the crying scene by thinking about her dog which had died. She had children her favourite son unalived himself and she did the same a few months later. Yes this song was in the 90’s.
RIP When Sinéad cried In the video, it was a real tear. In the Rolling Stone Top 500 songs issue, she said, "I didn't intend for that moment to happen, but when it did, I thought, 'I should let this happen.'" In her memoir Remembering, O'Connor explained that the lyric that triggered the tear was: All the flowers that you planted mama In the back yard All died when you went away Her mother, who was abusive toward her, died in a car accident in 1985 when Sinéad was 18. That day, she removed the photo of Pope John Paul II from her mother's bedroom wall; this was the same photo she tore up on Saturday Night Live. When O'Connor shed the famous tear, she thought she had ruined the take, but director John Maybury recognized it as a very real and visceral response that would belong in the video. After her parents divorced when she was a child, O'Connor lived with her mother Marie, who she has said was "not well" and would beat and kick her daily, often in the abdomen. O'Connor even wound up in the hospital. Sinead’s parents divorced, and she says her mother got upset that the kids were sad when their father left. As punishment she made them live outside in the shed for several months. The abuse finally stopped when Sinead got older. Peace out
RIP to my fellow Irish woman Sinead o Connor ❤ one of my favourite songs and she really was a character that was her real emotion in that video. And it’s pronounced shin-aid. It was from the 90s She became a priest one time in her life. She’s been through it.
