Members bellcurve Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn5uY9etyEo I'm actually shocked that I found this on YouTube. SNL materials usually never stay up on their site, and seeing as though NBC has only shown this performance once on national TV(and in a DVD of SNL Musical Performances), I'm shocked it hasn't been removed. But I love this performance and the act of defiance at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R!ck Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 ^ Thanks for that link bellcurve, Sinéad is amazing and I hate that her American career was over so quick, but I completly understand her actions against the church at the time, and I applaud her for it. The Dixie Chicks seem to have suffered the same fate as Sinéad. It's sad that free speech comes with a pricetag. She is truly one of the greatest singer/songwriters in history, and I'm proud to be a fan. Here's some more of her videos, If anyones interested? No Man's Woman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogu9kgO4iys...ad%20O%27Connor Jealous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDYPq97BBiM...ad%20O%27Connor Fire on Babylon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZNg2vn0f6w...ad%20O%27Connor Three Babies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3mQYj86JRM...ad%20O%27Connor All Apologies (Nirvana Cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVHr_my7YEo...ad%20O%27Connor Don't Give Up (Duet with Willie Nelson) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgy1VGA2BE8...ad%20O%27Connor Black Boys on Mopeds (MTV Unplugged) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDkSQVgXZk8...%20black%20boys The Last Day of our Aquaintance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLGobWuiYuc...%20black%20boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 I enjoy Nothing Compares. She shouldn't have done it, but it was blown SOOO out of proportion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JER Soaps Fan Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 I'm sorry, I don't get how anyone could 'applaud' her for what she did. What was going on in the church at that time? Something I missed? Because if anything she just looked like an idiot for ripping up a picture of someone as peaceful and iconic as JP II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R!ck Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 I agree Mike, she shouldn't have done it, but I understand her reasoning. She wanted mass attention toward the church for the cover ups and she got it...for a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JER Soaps Fan Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 Edit: That said, I liked "No Man's Woman" ever since they played it in the Book Cafe on "Passions," lol. It totally matched the Sheridan/Luis scenes at the time, back in 2000. Cover-ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R!ck Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 Of course you don't get it, you probably don't even remember it, It was 1992. Educate yourself on the situation and then make your analysis. Here ya go, Sinead's Behind the Music Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8bUujGvLg...ad%20O%27Connor Wikipedia's Church Sex Scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholi...x_abuse_scandal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 I always thought that it would be cool if at the Daytime Emmys, they let a fan present an award or something, and I decided that if I was ever that fan, at the end of presenting the award, I would hold up a picture of Brian Frons and scream "fight the real evil" before tearing it in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 The church is filled with corrupt, filthy, disgusting men. I wouldn't have risked my career for it the way she did, though. That was a dumb move to me. But was she right? Um, yeah. OBVIOUSLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bree Posted July 17, 2006 Members Share Posted July 17, 2006 I agree. And after that happened, I remember Frank Sinatra saying he wanted to kick her ass. So then 98 Rock in Baltimore did a parody where a Frank Sinatra impersonator sang to the tune of Nothing Compares 2U about beating her up. Madonna also spoofed Sinead when she appeared on SNL later that year. She tore a picture of Joey Buttafuoco in half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kwing42 Posted July 18, 2006 Members Share Posted July 18, 2006 I am so glad that the church is wrong because people want to have morals and values that differ from people who chose other paths. Why is it so wrong that people believe in God, and life and love and redemption and the afterlife. If you want those to ONLY see your side..how fair is that? What she did was wrong. Her belief is one thing, to act like a moron...well that is her right too, but it was wrong. There are wrong, crooked, nasty vile people in all walks of life. If you hated one group because of someone who was wrong who was associated with them....you would not like a single person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted July 18, 2006 Members Share Posted July 18, 2006 Well, and I'm not an expert on this whole thing at all, but did she ever say that she hated Catholics? Did she say anything? I mean, if, like everyone has said, she did it because of the corruption in the church, well....it's a fact. Oodles of dirty things go on in the church. Personally, I thought it was idiotic and just plain stupid for her to use a variety show as a platform for her to prop her beliefs. Write a fricken book, Sinead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JER Soaps Fan Posted July 18, 2006 Members Share Posted July 18, 2006 Well, I had no idea that the sex abuse was happening in such a public way back then. Of course, I was in second or third grade. That said, I always just thought it was Sinead being anti-Catholic. After all, she didn't mention her reasons on the telecast. She just said "fight the real evil" or "fight the real enemy" or whatever, and then did the deed. I don't remember her reasons for it. Thank God for Joe Pesci. He certainly righted that wrong. Oh, but then young, impressionable children wouldn't be able to hear her hate speech. I was eight or nine when that happened and I remember it like it was yesterday. Clearly, O'Connor's hate speech filled its purpose for reaching the children of tomorrow. I agree, kwing. And why rip a pic of the pope? Does she have proof he covered up? I've just read that "high-ranking church officials," which certainly doesn't single out the pope. She was wrong, if only for ASSUming. But I still think the action was a blanketed anti-Catholic act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R!ck Posted July 18, 2006 Members Share Posted July 18, 2006 So your telling me that preists who molest young boys should be protected because they have "values that differ from people who chose other paths?" She never said she hated the church or God or anyone else. She loved God and the church and that's why she wanted the child abuse scandal brought to the forefront of the media. She was a devout catholic and said she prayed to God every day that if he would help her out of the hell she was living as a child, she would spread his message and work for him always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members King Posted July 19, 2006 Members Share Posted July 19, 2006 The Pope represented the heirarchy of the church that was trying to pay off these families and cover up the priests criminal acts. At least that is my take on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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