Sinead is 19 years old here. 19 years old!!! She wrote most of the songs for the Lion and the Cobra during her late teens. I once heard her voice described as supernatural and I think that that is spot on. Absolutely mesmerizing.
Sinéad is 19 here, pregnant and her abusive mother had just died. Rather than hide from all of these edges (youth, pregnancy, abuse, death) she rides the edges of humanity like a skilled surfer on a wave. F*#k your renaissance man, she’s truly a natural wonder. She used to get a lot of crap from repressed 20th century society... but of course people react negatively to somebody who is trying to wake us up from sleepwalking through life!
I saw her on this tour in Berkeley, California, and it was a truly organic experience. It was just her on a stage, with that great, big voice, vulnerable and awkward, yet mesmerizing. What a talent she is!
I’ve been listening to her literally non-stop since she passed away and I could kick myself for not keeping up with her over the years. I was obsessed with her in the early 90s, but I lost track of her and am sad that I’m just now coming back. I have read nothing but positive and loving comments about her since she died. I pray that she new that people really DID love her. She felt unloved up until the end. I can’t stop crying.
i was only born in the late 90s and while i always knew her name, i was never really confronted with her music until she died and i started to obsessively read up on her life. i know exactly what you mean, i‘m livid that i missed out on so many years and the more i learn about her, the sicker i feel. i hope so badly that she knew what an ethereal voice she had and how inspirational and strong and smart she was and how much her music and her actions meant. i hope someone told her. she deserved so much better than how this world treated her.
A grown man in his 50s crying all week for the young woman who I obsessed about in my late teens. Not just the physical or the extraordinary voice but the rebel who would not be quietened and spoke out when I couldn't. And Jesus but this performance is beyond anything I've ever heard. Did she even realise at the time
She paved the way for artists such as Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple, Jewel, and even Alanis Morissette. Her originality was her selling point. Nothing compares to her.
I've been a huge fan since the Release of "The Lion and The Cobra ". Saw her on MTV AWARDS SHOW?, singing Mandinka. Went to Tower Records next payday and bought the album. I wore it out in a week. Now, watching her live, I'm in AWE! I want to share this with today's generation to show them real talent. They have very few female "SINGERS/ARTISTS " to look up to these days
For those of us who know & love this song, we know what's supposed to happen at 3:35. It still doesn't make it any less awe-inspiring that it actually does happen tho. Sinead delivers those high clear torrid notes perfectly, brimming with the subtlety & mixed emotions that are her calling card. I shake my head in wonder, & say a little prayer of thanks to the great spirit: I lived my young turbulent girl years at the same time Sinead lived hers, & she's one of the keys to my survival.
This performance was my first introduction to Sinead. I was 13 and it was love at first note and... sight. She took my breath away and forgot to give it back.
Lion and the Cobra is back in my album rotation after 30 years. It’s fun listening to this masterpiece album with more mature ears and finding that you were spot on for loving this way back then. The power and range of her voice and the ease in which she did it remains unmatched. She was an incredibly beautiful girl as well... the symmetry and bone structure in her face was that of a supermodel. Truly a gifted artist that deservedly shot to superstardom quickly. Unfortunately her career was cut short because her political and social opinions were too advanced for the average person to grasp. After it turned out she was 100% accurate about the Catholic Church and the coverup of the abuse and rape of children, the world owed her a HUGE apology and she never got it, even to this day.
i saw this on uk tv when it was aired , loved her since that night , absolutely compelling live , a truth speaker, i had a crush on this woman since that night until the end , RIP prophet x
I wish SOOO much I had gone to see her live!!! She is mystical and wraps her heart of music to a level where it feels spiritual. I don't know any other way to put it!! I flew from California to Dublin to be at her funeral. It was absolutely amazing to hear hundreds of thousands of people singing her songs along with her on the big speakers...all together
I have never heard a more soulful version than this. The interviewer is very crappy but this song.....She was a rebell and so,so shy at the same place! I really hope that you will find peace Sinéad. Rest in peace❤❤❤
I vividly remember the first time I was exposed to her music. I,an angsty teenager as most if not all of them are,hanging out at a friends place in the summer of '87. Watching a canadian music program (Good Rockin' Tonight) and Sinead O'Connor-Troy came on...well..I can admit in my 13 yr old ignorance I didn't understand the phenomenon on the screen,possibly even dismissed it as "too weird for me"...but now,jeezus. It's arguably the best debut album of all time,cuts so deep in so many places,brilliantly written,the pathos and conviction etc etc.
Absolutely spot on with those thoughts IMO Her loss will be felt so incredibly and I will continue to listen to the lion and the cobra with sadness Rest easy Sinead 💔
Compositrice e interprete dotata di una voce sublime, da sola era un' orchestra....avrebbe potuto cantare qualsiasi brano da solista....grande, non ti dimentichero'....
After hearing the sad news of her passing away, I stumbled upon this version of this magnificant song. For me, she will allways be remembered because of her beautiful, emotional and yet powerful voice. I hope she has found the peace she was looking for. R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (8 december 1966 - 26 juli 2023)
This is such a magnificent piece of music, it is complex & bursting So exquisite in its layers yet she executes every piece of the whole with ease & simplicity Its Genius! Peace 🇬🇧👧
I do lose and adore Sinead ' but the album version of this song is the ultimate version. A true masterpiece! In fact, the album version of Just Like You Said It Would Be is the most underrated song of the history of pop and mankind in general!
I mean, I think that this live performance was pretty damned spot on, so I don't think I agree. The only thing I missed from the studio version was the beautiful harmony on the 1st "mama".
The audience's reaction throughout this song saddens me. This is my all time favorite Sinead song, and she just belted her heart out, and no on in the audience (at least that I could see) emoted in anyway. Except for the obligatory clap at the end. Sinead, if I was there, I would have been front row rocking out with you on this musical experience you shared with the world. RIP lovely lady.
@@magus26 That explains a lot, thanks for enlightening me. I'm about 20% less disappointed though, but not so upset at the audience anymore. *Le sigh* Joshua Tree is a beautiful album too and definitely deserved its recognition.
Ma belle irlandaise je t'aime, que de moments magiques que j'ai raté dans ma jeunesse 😢, tu étais très peu représenté dans les médias français et j'ai honte de ne pas avoir suivi ta carrière. J'ai le même âge que toi ma belle, et maintenant je réalise tardivement l'extrême qualité des tous tes albums. J'ai maintenant l'intégralité de tes chef-d'œuvre et bonus. Grâce à internet maintenant je vis avec toi❤ et que pour toi. Je voudrais repartir dans le passé , j'aurais voulu te soulager de tes souffrances 😢. Pour moi tu es la meilleure des ames et artistes, une journée sans entendre ta voix est une journée perdue. Ma Sinéad je t'aime infiniment ❤❤❤ Quand tu ouvres les yeux, je suis aux anges, totalement troublé❤
This was the first time I ever saw her. I still have the VHS. Please be in witness protection & not dead. We KNOW you knew about the children. SAVE OUR CHILDREN.
Never knew Rob Dean, ex-Japan, performed with her here. I was abroad at the time so not able to watch OGWT. Bought The Lion and the Cobra when it came out though, impressive album still.
Amazing. This performance is as much poetry as music, and the poetry is from a deep core that rattles and racks Sinead's body. The beat and the arrangement are perfect. And that's the strangest outfit I've seen on her. Sinead is the real thing. There's genius there, and bi-polar brilliance. I feel for her.That shy smile of thanks and connection is so sweet. A moment of peace.
Si, hay genialidad y brillantez ahí. Concuerdo. Pero porqué dices genialidad bipolar? El tener este diagnóstico no hace a la persona talentosa o no, es sólo un detalle. Yo tengo bipolaridad. Saludos desde Argentina!
Es maraviloso lo que Sinéad es capaz de realizar con su voz, sus altos, bajos y cambios de ritmo son fantásticos. Desde aquí, desde Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, la adoramos.
She was a Mum too. Comfort the chidren and grandchildren whom are missing their Mother now. 😢some people are close to their family. Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world. John 16:33
