It’s not good to cross Mother Nature. That being said, she seemed angry for what ever reason...not a good way to rejoice I suppose.
Convert to Islam
1st LP was great. She was nuts but very talented which happens a lot.
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No Second Troy
By William Butler Yeats
Why should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Or hurled the little streets upon the great,
Had they but courage equal to desire?
What could have made her peaceful with a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire,
With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind
That is not natural in an age like this,
Being high and solitary and most stern?
Why, what could she have done, being what she is?
Was there another Troy for her to burn?
Sinead took the poem and built a song around the concept of painful love:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c4v7fp5GC8
I always liked Enya more.
Who?
Sinead had been in a fragile mental state for many years, then when her son Shane committed suicide 18 months ago, her deterioration became a faster process.
Shane bore a remarkable resemblance to his mom. Almost like a clone, except a head taller. He eventually would have outgrown that Pixie look as a fully grown adult.
A similar thing seemed to happen to Lisa Marie Presley, after her adult son did away with himself.
Conclusion: Enjoy your loved ones while they remain in your life. Open up and let them know they matter to you.
Still dead, but keep on postin’!
” the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.” (Ezekiel 28:13-14)
And now with his fallen dark music. Especially since the 60s.
Prince of the Air.
Hit the trail skinhead
95.7 BEN-FM is playing her right now. They’ve been playing her every couple of hours since the news came out.
Her act got old very fast, at least for me.
Received this in my email from the Catholic League.
Sinead O’Connor Dead At 56
Bill Donohue
July 26, 2023
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has passed way at age 56.
In her better years, O’Connor sold millions of record albums, winning a Grammy for her work.
She became an overnight sensation in 1992 when she appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II. Her antics, often controversial, were condemned not only by rank-and-file Catholics, but by celebrities such as Madonna and Frank Sinatra.
The “SNL” stunt was uncalled for, but it was her advocacy of violence that was more disturbing. In 2011, she warned Pope Benedict XVI not to come to Ireland, saying that if he did there would be a “f***in bloodbath.”
O’Connor was also delusional, perhaps a reflection of her drug habits. In 1999, she announced that she had become a priest; she even wore priestly attire. She described herself as Mother Bernadette Mary and claimed the authority to say Mass and administer the Sacraments.
When I was asked about this, I told The Star she “must be hallucinating. Next week, she’ll be a Buddhist monk. The week after, maybe she’ll turn into an Orthodox rabbi. She is no more a priest than I am a camel. The woman is obviously certifiably crazy.”
I once debated her on Larry King’s CNN show on the subject of clergy sexual abuse. The discussion floundered when I mentioned that most of the victims were postpubescent, meaning that it was homosexual priests, not pedophiles, who were the offenders. She asked, “What does postpubescent mean?”
O’Connor was a victim of child abuse and her travails were long standing. In 1997, she admitted, “I’ve been a very troubled person.” So true. She had at least two abortions, suffered from mental health issues, and contemplated suicide; her son killed himself last year at age 17.
May she find peace at last.
As so many have echoed lately - “Live your best life.”
So many celebrities live as if they are tortured.
Why be miserable? Life is short no matter what.
Enjoy the gift of life while you have it.
but essentially, this woman was just unhappy and miserable, perhaps by her own making....
she apparently tore up a pic of the Pope on tv at one time.....knowing what I think I know about the hierarchy of my church, perhaps she wasn't that far off...
I vividly remember the scandal she caused when she tore the pope's picture on Saturday Night Live.
She later did an event or concert with other artists. When she came on, some angry audience members starting chanting, "Baldy ... baldy ... baldy ..."
RIP, despite her politics and religious views, she is and was one of my favorite performers. Beautiful voice, great songs.