• DrummyB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been aware of her since she was the background singer for World Party. And that ages me, I know.

    Also her first album was The Lion and the Cobra, NOT the one with Nothing Compares 2 U, as the media keeps reporting. And that first album is pretty much an under-appreciated masterpiece.

    She was so mistreated by the media and the world, man.

    Such a fucking shame :(

    RIP

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      1 year ago

      Thank you for setting her music in a contest for (slightly less old) people like me (not that I’m young).

      I just listened to her debut album and you are right, this is extremely good stuff. I was a bit surprised that it came out in 87, the production reminds me more of a more spacious trip hop record - so far it seems to have aged very well.

      Thanks again for recommending this, you made a person which would probably have never listened to that do it with headphones on a stormy evening - guess that’s the most you can do for a musician you adored.

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      And that first album is pretty much an under-appreciated masterpiece.

      Indeed! Her love versions of “Troy” give me the chills. It’s a good song on record but her intensity of the live performances lifted it into legend territory.

      Edit: spelling (two words).

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        Yes.

        Troy is the first Sinead O’Connor song I ever heard. It’s filled with so much love and pain and rage. I was too young to understand it, but I listened to it a lot. It remains one of the most powerful artistic expressions I’ve encountered. Here is a live performance and the music video.