Sinéad O'Connor died
She was... I'm at a loss for words, I've been in tears and sadness since yesterday. Less than a month ago I wrote a 20 page article about her and still, still there is something to say. (The majority of) people really don't know, really don't know who Sinéad O'Connor was, her music, her message, her art.
Here she was 23 years old and with just her voice, without the help of any band or any choreography, she destroyed the entire American music industry. She was already a legend.
Other amazing songs that, unluckily, not many knows
(This song is a B-side of Mandinka from 1987, never released otherwise, what a shame.)
This was her very first song, in 1986, when she was just 19. The first word she sang was "afraid". She was... I still don't know what to say, at least for me she was literally everything.
In the 1990', an Italian journalist described her as "
Tellurica" (do not confuse it with the english telluric), something of "shocking intensity or depth: like a
earthshaking scream"
Her scream at the 3 minute mark always makes me cry.
This was to be her final concert. The last song of the show is "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance", a song dedicated to her first husband, John Reynolds, who plays drums behind her and has produced her entire discography over 35 years (if that's not love...). Before the song begins, she introduces the members of the band and herself as "the bald one that sings".