Her career was just getting going at the conclusion of the decade, as she released her first album in 1987.
Yet, just three years later, Sinead O’Connor’s career would explode with a song that was both haunting and eerie.
I heard the news yesterday she had died at the age of 56.
Nothing compares…
It was my third year of university, so the 1989-1990 school year, when I heard this song that just sat with me. It wasn’t as much enjoyable as uncomfortable. But I suspect that was the intention.
It was my third year of university, so the 1989-1990 school year, when I heard this song that just sat with me. It wasn’t as much enjoyable as uncomfortable. But I suspect that was the intention.
Heightening the whole sensation was the music video, which featured this shaved bald woman singing straight into the camera.
It was called “Nothing Compares 2U” and it was by this newcomer from Ireland named Sinead O’Connor.
The song would go all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and be a worldwide success, propelling O’Connor to stardom.
Parting thoughts
Wikipedia says Sinead O’Connor would go on to use her music to draw attention to social issues such as child abuse, human rights, racism, and women’s rights.
Wikipedia says Sinead O’Connor would go on to use her music to draw attention to social issues such as child abuse, human rights, racism, and women’s rights.
I do recall she tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II when she hosted an episode of “Saturday Night Live” in 1992. For whatever reason, I thought it had something to do with her Irish nationalism.
Boy was I wrong.
She tore up that picture to protest abuse in the Catholic Church.
Yet, as the 1980s ended, Sinead O’Connor was just getting started.
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