Sinead O'Connor puts up a very personal ad on her website

[Devils'Advocate]

Listened to the album last night... I really liked "8 Good Reasons" about her struggles with depression/suicide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXhv9ANCoxM

If I could have gone
Without it hurting anyone
Like a child, I would have found me mum
Like a bird I would have flown

You know I don't much like life
I don't mind admitting that it ain't right
You know I love to make music
But my head got wrecked by the business

Everybody wanting something from me
They rarely ever wanna just know me
I became the stranger no one sees
Cut glass I've crawled upon my knees

But I got 8 good reasons to stick around
8 good reasons, well maybe nine now

[Yasa]

Who the hell is Sinead O'Connor?

[NinePack]

Originally Posted by Yasa

Who the hell is Sinead O'Connor?

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[Itse]

Originally Posted by Yasa

Who the hell is Sinead O'Connor?

Singer-songwriter with a feminist tint that was huge for a rather short time in late eighties. Think a better looking Alanis Morrissette with more talent, better voice and just more political substance overall.

Pretty much self-destroyed her career as a rising superstar, mostly by ripping up a picture of the pope during her SNL visit, as a part of her personal campaign to draw attention to child abuse in the Catholic Church. Did not go over well, especially in her home country of Ireland. This was way before the child abuse problem in the Catholic Church was a thing people could openly discuss.

Hard to say how much "crazy" was in her before that, but after that she certainly went through some rough patches, to put it kindly.

She was a problematic, opinionated character in a time when record companies had way more power and pop stars were mostly expected to be pretty and well behaved. Might be fair to say that something was just bound to happen.

Great singer and performer though. Her version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" is still a showstopper. Her own song Troy is still a personal favourite of mine.

Would certainly not mind a comeback.

[Itse]

Seems to have her head on somewhat straight now.

[Hanna Sniper]

Originally Posted by Itse

Pretty much self-destroyed her career as a rising superstar, mostly by ripping up a picture of the pope during her SNL visit, as a part of her personal campaign to draw attention to child abuse in the Catholic Church. Did not go over well, especially in her home country of Ireland. This was way before the child abuse problem in the Catholic Church was a thing people could openly discuss.

It was a lot more calculated that that really, people like to dump on that because the media loves to push people down but the truth is... she didn't want to be that star and did everything in her power to be out of that

It's no coincidence that the album after I Do Not Want was in fact was a Big Band album... if you want to be moved off the charts thats the way to do it. Along the way, along with the big band album, she has also recorded a reggae, Irish Trad, Religions albums too . Any time she's went along and played the game and had what would be a "comeback" album by the music industry she has found an easy way to go back into isolation to deflate he own rise.

The SNL live stunt is way over rated and had very little to do with her being off the charts... it's created a lot more heat for her and if she was interested that heat could have been cashed in for major cash. While most wanted her to be that angry doc wearing bald rebeling teenager the turth was she was a mother and that was her thing

[Vulcan]

This song shows off her vocal strength

[Swift]

If this is gonna be a Sinead O'Connor love-in, allow me to add this...

[Devils'Advocate]

I really do not recommend watching that movie. I was depressed for weeks after. Some "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" material.

[Engine09]

That new song is really damn good (Take Me to Church). Took one listen to wrap my head around the melody and get interested, 2nd listen hooked me in.

[Bagor]

Bump

Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor has announced she has converted to Islam.
The artist, who is best known for her 1990 hit version of the song Nothing Compares 2 U, said she had changed her name to Shuhada'.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45987127

[SportsJunky]

Good for her. Good for you Sinead O'Connor.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Good for her. Good for you Sinead O'Connor.

It’s “Shahuda.”


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[GordonBlue]

with her fragile mental health, it probably won't be long until we hear a rant about the evils of western culture and/or Christianity.

[bob-loblaw]

She's definitely off Donald Trump's playlist now.

[OMG!WTF!]

The calls to prayer are going to sound a lot better now. But I'm not sure she's going to find a paradigm free from the hypocrisy and abuse she loathed in her catholic tradition. I hope she's much happier though.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

It’s “Shahuda.”

For now... all the best to you Sinead O'Connor/Mother Bernadette Mary/Magda Davitt/Shahuda.

[Thor]

I hope it helps her find some peace, she has a rough go of it these last years especially.

[Locke]

You got to pick a name! You went from Sinead and you could have had any name you wanted! You lived all your life as Sinead and you went with: Shahuda?

Missed opportunity Shahuda. Missed. Opportunity.

[bizaro86]

Does Islam allow female imams or abortions? What do you think would happen if she ripped up a picture of Mohammed on TV?

I can see this potentially going a number of different ways...