My First Time Hearing Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Reaction!!)

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[@Alice-xy3fi]

I don't know specifically about MAD's mocking O'Connor, but I'm guessing it was just part of the backlash she received for calling out the Church and the Pope for the cover up of the rampant child abuse, molestation and rape by priests and other Church authorities, and the Church's protection, for many years, of the perpetrators. She did this in her appearance on SNL, which is probably why SNL came to mind for you in connection with her. For telling a truth people didn't want to hear, she was cruelly and hatefully reviled, mocked, threatened and derided-- figuratively crucified-- ironically receiving the figurative version, for her truth telling, as Jesus literally received for his. Here's an excerpt about it from a New York Times article: July 27, 2023 Americans began to grapple with a nationwide epidemic of child abuse in Catholic parishes and other religious organizations in 2002, after a landmark Boston Globe investigation revealed a pattern of misdeeds and cover-ups in Boston that went back decades. Ten years earlier, Sinead O’Connor became a pop culture pariah in the United States for an on-air protest intended to raise awareness of the same problem. The backlash to her actions - tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” and then shouting “Fight the real enemy!” - was swift. Prominent Americans, including celebrities like Madonna and Joe Pesci, denounced her. Protesters brought a 30-ton steamroller to crush her cassettes in Rockefeller Center. Catholic leaders were outraged, including some who were forced to resign years later for their roles in covering up abuse. Many people in America derided her as “somebody looking for attention,” said Cahir O’Doherty, the arts editor of The Irish Voice, an Irish diaspora newspaper in New York City. “It never occurred to anyone that maybe she had a point,” he added. www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/nyregion/sinead-oconnor-childhood-abuse.html#:~:text=Ten%20years%20earlier%2C%20Sinead%20O,enemy!%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%94%20was%20swift. p.s. I think she's more beautiful with very short hair, which, imho, is often the case for people with very beautiful, or very interesting (or both) features.

[@spikebeans9563]

Her appearance on SNL when she tore up the Popes photo on TV and openly ousted the catholic church is the reason SNL continues to make fun of her. 😢 they ruined her life over speaking about the truth back then, hmmm sounds like today's world😢. She has an angelic voice. Very very beautiful lady. RIP Sinead.

[@spikebeans9563]

She does an excellent live cover of Mother by Pink Floyd, the Live in Berlin 91 with Roger Waters. ❤well worth checking it out.

[@bubbacosta8758]

Prince wrote this song,but I think the Chris Cornell cover is better You should check it out

[@lceidolon]

The studio version does not compare to her live as you surmised. Here's an incredible example of her performing this live; no autotune.. and it's so much better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHKyfK2sgZ2Xnc0

[@cherokeehogman9170]

Beautiful reaction to a beautiful song. Had this song played at my wife’s funeral 5 years ago. This the first time I have been able to listen to it again. Still cried like a baby. RIP to Sinead, Prince, and my dear Katrina.

[@cyndeetaylor]

Blessings to you and your Katrina

[@ronniestobbart4759]

❤❤❤

[@lightningbug276]

❤😢

[@luvL3e]

I'm so sorry for yr loss😢. ❤

[@tbirdsteve1]

Respect.

[@KaiOcean]

She was a child abuse victim and was tired of of being sexually objectified as a female performer. So she shaved her head in hopes of stopping the negative attention. Obviously, that didn’t work…she’s as beautiful as ever. Then her SNL performance made her a pariah. She got death threats etc. She told the truth but continued to be vilified. She was 100% right about exposing Catholic Church’s coverups and is owed an apology by all who taunted her. Rest in love Sinead. ❤

[@herrglad9726]

And she was threatened by the likes of Joe Pesci and Frank Sinatra....😮

[@KaiOcean]

@@herrglad9726 Right! Disgusting . But I think you meant Joe Piscopo.

[@kimjaceolson]

Need to watch “Troy” about her abuse from her mother.

[@KaiOcean]

Forgot to mention that Sinead’s abuser was her own mother, her 17 year old son committed suicide and Sinead was diagnosed as bipolar.

[@puuwai977]

“It was dangerous to be pretty too, because I kept getting raped and molested everywhere I went.”-Sinead O’Connor

[@kittenklub1964]

Thank you from Ireland for your reaction☘We are mourning our beautiful Daughter Sinéad💔 Sinéad was a force of nature with unmatched talent, but she was also very fragile. Please react to her live acapella performance of 'I Am Stretched On Your Grave' - a 17th-century Irish poem that she transformed with just her voice and a 'beat box' sample; She was keening for our Country & it is pure perfection. The media and music industry cruelly shunned her for speaking THE TRUTH about the catholic abuse of innocent Irish children, including herself & she was eventually proven CORRECT - now an acknowledged fact globally. But the damage was already done to her and her career. I hope they're proud of their relentless victim shaming of a 23 year old girl who was brave enough to speak out. Rest easy sweet Sinéad - I hope you're finally at peace with your beloved son, Shane💚

[@hemlock399]

Very well said.

[@irishguy200007]

Her greatest cover is of Mother by Pink Floyd live.

[@christibrennan4086]

💚

[@AWJ-zf8cf]

So true. Stretched on your grave is absolutely one of the best songs!! I love the beat to it. I play it in the morning getting ready for work lol. She is legend.

[@ko0974]

​@irishguy20000you should hear her version of all kinds of everything with Terry hall from the specials, it's too good and funny, my all time favourite cover is Tallahatchi bridge it is class

[@harleygal420]

I remember when this song was released, back in 1990. The music world was captivated.... We heard it on the radio, we saw the video on MTV. She was lovely, the voice was awesome & the song & lyrics so meaningful. R.I.P.

[@CaptainCowboy476]

“Like a bird without a song” one of the best descriptions of being lonely , devastated from heartbreak!

[@joskaemck5784]

I thought it was ‘ a burn without the sun’! Haha!

[@haydeeze]

This song was written by Prince. Made famous by Sinéad and covered beautifully by Chris Cornell. Sinéad died recently. She was a unique and amazing artist whose career suffered after she based the Catholic Church on SNL ( for priests sexual abuse cover up.) She was ahead of her time. In recent years She struggle with mental health issues exacerbated by the death of her 17 year old son to suicide last year. RIP to an amazing artist, with a powerful voice and a gentle soul.

[@DocRock71]

Sad that every person who wrote or covered this song has died.

[@drunkenpixiarts4907]

I think this was one of the best of the covers that Chris Cornell did.

[@susanspande6079]

They made fun of her because she was willing to tell truths others were not ready for. Rip up a picture of the Pope on SNL? Twenty years later we learn about clergy abuse and the Magdalene Launderies. Then there's the Bobcat Goldthwait line, "If she's not a witch, I'm a toaster!" Gone too soon to suicide. Rest in peace.

[@pauletteraspberry2923]

I still cry when I watch this. Her life was so sad especially after her SNL performance. She was right and as we hear more and more about the cover ups, I think she would get a different reaction today. She was a tortured soul and loosing her son to suicide made things worse. She didn’t deserve to die feeling that way.

[@djinnee1792]

Only forgotten first performers are left. One of them long rumored to be the song's inspiration.

[@tyostroff4259]

Thank you Prince for writing such a heartbreaking and beautiful ballad.

[@jacqueline4514]

Omg Polo, there is DEFINITELY a live version where she kills it! Her energy was fantastic. I’m sure the requester told you that Prince wrote the song ❤. This song still gives me goosebumps after all these years! I had (still have) her Lion and Cobra album. And I’ve always thought she was beautiful without the hair; her face can pull it off, and she didn’t want to be objectified, which is what most of today’s female artists seem to want. Much sexier if you don’t look like you are trying too hard! Here’s the link to the live performance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHKyfK2sgZ2Xnc0si=hQCW68YlfeoZ58rT

[@greg967]

Piece of trivia - Prince was an AMAZINGLY unselfish artist. He has 6 or 7 songs of his own which were number 1 hits by other artists. Obviously this one, but others including Manic Monday by the Bengals (which, like others if I am not mistaken, he never even recorded, just wrote it and gave it to them, free of charge, because he thought they would kill it, which they obviously did).

[@frankrappa4765]

I got chills the first time I heard Sinead sing this ❤ Prince's version was a little different in the beginning. Prince sang it's been 7 hours and 13 days. Sinead added a couple of days lol.

[@kevinm9999]

Her song Troy is a masterpiece. Her vocals on that track are stunning. She wrote it at a very young age. That makes the track even more impressive. I would recommend the official video since it is the full length version.

[@kimjaceolson]

Troy was my introduction to Sinead. It is so haunting when you listen to her talk about writing it to deal with the abuse from her mother.

[@jimcooper4098]

Troy is a masterpiece

[@williamwagner5673]

She didn't write the song, Prince did

[@Desmond.TuTu.]

@@williamwagner5673 what the song Troy ?

[@kevinm9999]

@@williamwagner5673 Prince wrote Nothing Compares 2 U. Sinead wrote “Troy.” I was recommending the song “Troy.”

[@jamiem4941]

A beautiful but very complicated woman with the most Angelic voice! This is so good, brings back memories for sure. Thanks Polo.

[@ckunderck7318]

Love me a complicated woman

[@Shawney-jf6kc]

I’d say she isn’t the complicated one. Trying to survive the complicated ones.

[@interrupted9671]

@@Shawney-jf6kcYES….she was abused by her mother for years…when she cries in this video she once said it had to do with her mother. Unfortunately I GET IT!

[@kathygreen966]

Prince was an excellent song writer! He’s so missed! ❤️

[@nadiap.5900]

One of my favorites ever. RIP, beautiful Sinead ❤

[@battletestedbeauty3758]

She told the truth about more than just the church and she burned for it while we all watched, laughing as SNL added fuel. Rest in love and power, Sinead. Thank you for reacting to this

[@yolandagarcia-qt1le]

She has an amazing voice! Thanks for checking this out.

[@kevinslayzak1214]

Her entire first album is incredible..THE LION AND THE COBRA

[@Shawney-jf6kc]

Sinead..what a voice! Not many out there like that. That song has a story if you look.

[@Grizazzle]

She's beautiful with or without hair.

[@JennRighter]

The most beautiful eyes I’ve ever seen this woman. May she Rest In Peace.

[@marcieharreld286]

Thank you for this reaction!!! She is one of my heroes!! She was willing to sacrifice her career for her beliefs and she called out the Catholic Church, and the Pope on nation wide TV for the ongoing abuse. She ripped a picture of the Pope in half on SNL. She was a beautiful person!! 🎶🎼🎵🎸🥁🎹🎤🔥🔥💜💜💜 By the way, Prince wrote this and gifted it to Sinead and she made it famous. But you should hear Chris Cornell's version!! Definitely something to check out!!

[@VitaminJay12]

I don't know if he "gifted" it to her, according to an interview she did with Pierce Morgan a few years back, she said when she ran into Prince after recording this song he chased her around her car and tried to beat her up.. apparently it was a deal made between record labels and he was not happy with her version.

[@marcieharreld286]

@@VitaminJay12 wow!!! I read it on the internet somewhere.....thanks for the info!! I still like Chris Cornell's version the best!!😉😉

[@jmeck1381]

And she was right!

[@marcieharreld286]

@@jmeck1381 which "she"? 😉🤣

[@jmeck1381]

@@marcieharreld286 so, I am a Prince fan, but of course I meant the other "she"

[@alexandryan100]

You should check out a live version. She's incredible.

[@girlcheck]

Prince wrote this song about his housekeeper. She had to leave to take care of family. He missed her greatly. She would cook his favorite dishes, worked in the garden and placed fresh flowers around the house all the time. She made a home for him and was someone to come home to after the long road. She was like a mother to him and cared for him like no one else could or understand 💕

[@theresashadwell9060]

Loved her loved her passion ✊️

[@Thatgirl1973]

She was the GOAT. RIP

[@marilynrigsby6874]

Remember something about freaking out on the POPE 😮 WENT NUTS

[@shamrock-eq2ep]

This is actually a prince song

[@Mapleleaffarm]

Gorgeous. So talented. Strong message. Corrupt Media would of course make fun of her.

[@jonathandavid6010]

She made an awesome reggae compilation, through down your arms is the name fantastic.

[@mulsanneblue7708]

She was beautiful without hair, too. RIP Sinead.

[@nolansteiner4771]

RIP Sinead. Try her 'Troy' (official version), it's really an underrated masterpiece IMO

[@martindunstan8043]

Great reaction to a classic 👍written by Prince for his then band 'the family' in 1985 it was re released by Sinead in 1990 and is without doubt a beautiful track✌️

[@terismoshbee-oleary7142]

I've always been a fan of Sinead O'Connor. May she rest in peace

[@eileenmckenna5357]

Correct !!

[@pfella1878]

R.I.P. SINAED OCONNOR ........BEAUTIFUL SOUL X

[@cliffwheeler7357]

Sinéad O’Connor is how you spell her name. It’s even there on the title to the video.

[@pfella1878]

@@cliffwheeler7357 sorry the spelling police!

[@moggieo7313]

Written by Prince... But she killed it, and she was amazing ... RIP

[@aknudsen93]

This song was released before she tore up the photo of the pope on SNL. It's unfortunate because she was demonized and SNL took it and made her a joke. She had a tough life but was had a beautiful voice and was an authentic person. She said what she believed.

[@nomiddled7290]

And she was right.

[@kimzwolinski9919]

@@nomiddled7290exactly what I was going to say

[@TheDivayenta]

She was protesting the never ending sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. She was a brave beautiful soul. ❤

[@mikej9372]

Her live version is unreal depth especially if you know her back story.

[@tuijakantola6550]

I loved her, rip ❤

[@marianorman6640]

Oh, I LOVE Sinèad!!!

[@carolynfeser3582]

She suffered so much in a harsh world. 😢 ethereal voice. It was written by Prince.

[@brandy012173]

My favorite first line ever, “It’s been seven hours, and fifteen days…” It says so much more than if it said, ‘It’s been fifteen days, and seven hours…’ because when you are that grief stricken it’s the minutes that hurt most; the days just blend together. Dam, Prince could write. But she sailed this better than he probably felt it in the first place.

[@terryfowler4893]

Another belter by her is The Foggy Dew with The Chieftains live,

[@Albertjulia1910]

The live version is absolutely amazing

[@ObscureAlternstives]

Hey Cat- she’s singing to Peter Gabriel ( genesis) real ode to a broken heart - watch for the tears

[@injunsun]

@poloreacts27 you may also like two of her more painful songs as well. They are "Three Babies," and "I am Stretched on Your Grave." She shows her emotional range. Btw, this song was one of my late sister's and my young favourites. We both covered it karaoke, and it was played at her funeral. This video was done in one shooting, as was her recording of the track. She got black-balled from the U.S. because after singing this song on SNL, she took out a pic of the pope at the time and tore it in half on live t.v. (in protest over her being a Protestant in Northern Ireland when they were still having violence). See Also, The Cranberries song, "Zombie."

[@cjswatchinglist9498]

Black Boys on Mopeds is great and her cover of Sacrifice is amazing

[@michaelwheeler109]

This song was written by Prince and you MUST SEE Prince with Rosie Gaines perform this! Simply AMAZING!!!

[@interrupted9671]

She was a beautiful intelligent woman! RIP to a sensitive soul.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

THIS WHOLE ALBUM WAS EXCELLENT!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤

[@tonistokes1790]

Sinead= Shin-aid… definitely a singer to check out. She was ahead of her time as an activist. She had a very traumatic childhood and adolescence. One of Ireland’s most famous singers, along with U2 and others.

[@stevecrisell108]

Classic. R.I.P. Sinead.

[@barbarino2000]

She used her SNL opportunity to bring awareness of the Catholic church abusing children. And lost her career over it. And as time passed… the world learned that she was right.

[@McQueenX420]

The live version is even better!

[@HaggiyoPilipinas]

May her soul Rest in Peace😢

[@JosephHuntelvisnspiders]

Pronounced 'Shin-ade' My partner is Sinéad, there's a fada over the e (Irish). Some of the nicknames are 'Shinners' and 'Nead' Sending good vibes from the west of Ireland, O'Connor was a legend, for such a small country we seem to have a lot of them in music. Check out 'Mandinka', it's was her first hit here and she kicked the door down on the pop charts with her attitude and look. RIP Love your reactions.

[@JustBuck24]

Polo!! Now that youve heard Sinead....YOU HAVE TO REACT to Chris Cornell's live version. He performed it before he passed.....if this didnt bring tears to your eyes that will!!.. Price wrote it, Sinead made it famous, Chris made iconic.

[@dingleberrysnigglefritz]

I think she tore up a picture of the Pope at a time when that was not a popular thing to do. She did it on SnL, when SnL was HUGE.

[@gliebzeit]

It's so easy to see how much this music hits you, Polo. Sinead is all in. Helluva performer she was - gone way too soon. Gotta say, I am lovin' your new listening environs and style.

[@tinastanley4444]

FIRE ON BABYLON Sinead O'Connor a banger.

[@noptimized]

There is a performance of Sinead O'Connor singing Mother by Pink Floyd live (with Roger Waters and members of The Band), and it is incredible.

[@veeheer]

She started as a model in Ireland. She was very outspoken politically and at times protested aspects of the Catholic church which suppressed women’s rights. She felt that she wasn’t taken seriously politically bc of her beauty and being a model so she decided to shave her head in an act of protest against being judged by her beauty and not her mind. Along the way she carried this thru into her music career and came to prominence internationally with the release of “Nothing Compares 2u” which was originally written by Prince.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

This female ABSOLUTE POWERHOUSE will blow your mind right out of your head,, Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight" (Live From Capitol Studio A Video)

[@Seanadun]

Gorgeous Irish singer, Sinead sadly passed away this year only 56. She was a critic of Catholic Church and tore up 2:36 a picture of the pope on tv. She was ahead of her time.she was fearless and fragile. RIP Sinead.

[@margaretwaite7226]

Fantastic live performance in Brazil . My favourite of any live ever.

[@Ralphies_Mom]

I know several people mentioned her ban from SNL, but more recently before her death, Dr Phil had her on his show and sent her to some sort of treatment center and filmed it all. I feel like he truly wasn't there to help her, which he rarely is, it was all about making her look as crazy as possible for ratings and I just think he is an awful human. her single tear in this video is part of what makes this video is what makes this song so memorable and so beautiful because it makes you feel her pain and it makes you feel your pain as well

[@user-xh7jq1xu3b]

I've seen a live version that absolutely blew this version away! And I love this video.

[@KravMagoo]

This song came out within 2-3 days after my wife moved out. About a week later, she moved back in.

[@Spooky_515]

Prince had an eye for talent. Her voice is haunting and this single blew up. It was all over MTV back in ‘90. I got this one in my iTunes. Heart break jams are my guilty pleasure lol

[@sandrasupple1848]

RIP... Beautiful song.

[@Tele-gram_me_Mr_PoloReacts.]

🏆🏆

[@trishboyd-reininger950]

You're right. This album was released in 1990 ✌️

[@scottsperico2098]

Here is a great contrast to this song. Check out a live video of Sinead doing "I am streached on your grave" on KZbin • Sergio SPBR • July 24, 2011. Here, she sings to a Beat Box rhythm, and near the end, a violin joins in while she does an Irish jig. Very different.

[@Larry-o7u]

Awesome singer who went through so much God bless her soul

[@simonatkinson6389]

As others have said, Prince wrote this but for me this cannot be sung as beautifully as she did. The tears in the video were Not scripted. She was so into the meaning of the song they just happened and were left in the video. This is another song that lives permanently on my True Icon song list like Stairway to Heaven, Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton), Bohemian Rhapsody and In the Air Tonight.

[@yhamez]

Classic. I also strongly recommend the Chris Cornell cover

[@01chittock]

Like Bob Dillon who rote watch tower, and Jimmy made it his, like prince who rote this, Sinéad she made this hers!, I remember being a club pup when this first came out…..we all went silent and watched her! Amazing then and still is!

[@johnharkness7114]

RIP, sweet fierce spirit

[@docwells7]

Watch Chris Cornell's acoustic version.

[@silvertongue3003]

There’s just something about Irish singers 🥰

[@debbiehopewell5544]

The first 2 videos that come up when you search for the live are fantastic! Great reaction 🙌

[@TheOnespeedbiker]

You asked if she killed this live, well yes, she sang the song for the video in one continuous take, so except for the studio music, its a live performance.

[@maxgrass8134]

Man i envy you for being able to hear it for the first time. I must habe been about 15 years old.

[@ClifHaley]

Sinead singing directly to camera was such a good move. It makes you as the viewer feel like you're who she's talking to. You feel complicit. Brilliant.

[@Lorcan-dx8hg]

Polo its been months & u still havent reacted to the live version of this! U really need to see it ❤

[@susanlindner8626]

Chris Cornell (lead singer of Soundgarden/Audioslave/Temple Of The Dog & his solo songs) did a version of this song ... worth listening to!

[@tommonk7651]

RIP Sinead! Life was a struggle for you. We will miss your talent.... Powerful song written by Prince. But Sinead made it her own....

[@thegridrunner9976]

Her face, paired with the lyrics, makes me wanna apologize for breaking up with her....and I wasn't even the one that did it. Beautiful face and vocals. I could fall in love with her based on the video alone. The controversy surrounding Sinead O'Connor was when she tore up a pic of the pope in protest of Catholicism. Prince wrote the song, she covered it and owned it. She does have a live version where she goes all in on it. Chris Cornell did an excellent cover of it as well. As the song says: Nothing Compares....to Sinead's version.

[@danielmarshall3102]

Sadly the deep emotion she could foster to display the beauty in this song and others got the best of her in life RIP Sinead ...

[@john-vx2rt]

Band; Traffic Song; The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

[@glassontherocks]

Harry Nilsson "Jump into the fire"

[@jamestaylor3805]

Raise your hand if you've been advocating for Sinead since her SNL appearance? This poor woman deserved to elevated not isolated. She deserved reverence not irreverence. We do not deserve to be able to enjoy her talent because of what "we" did to her.

[@hocheye]

She was the best! Incredible voice! RIP Sinead.

[@karenoneill2748]

I wish you would have listened to her live. The lion and the cobra tour is amazing…

[@rogerrowles8702]

No SPECIFICALLY HER PERFORMANCE WAS UNIQUE , AND SO NUANCED YET POWERFUL!! ICONIC MAY BE A UNDERSTATEMENT!!..😅

[@Beitlet]

She looks like this beautiful angel in this song & those eyes, yes!

[@kaylucas51]

This no 1in loads of countries

[@vickisanders7120]

She tore up a picture of the Pope when she was on SNL. If i'm not mistaken!

[@davidmoss2548]

Sinead was an Irish singer. As soon as you hear the music, you can hear Prince Rodgers Nelson. He wrote this and said nobody else could sing it.

[@moirabaker458]

RIP Sinead ❤

[@jdr806]

Written by Prince!