The Irish musician found worldwide fame with hit single Nothing Compares 2 U in 1990
  • DrummyB@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1261·
    2 years 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

    • torghbo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      2 years 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.

    • MartinXYZ@lemmy.mlEnglish
      81·
      2 years ago

      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).

  • hactar42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    2 years ago

    I grew up in the 80s and 90s in catholic house, so all I really knew about her was she ripped up a picture of the pope on SNL. I wasn’t familiar with her music at all. Then around 2001 I went to a Dropkick Murphys concert and before they came on stage they played The Foggy Dew by The Chieftains. I had never heard this song before and I remember being absolutely enamored by the ghostly vocals and having no idea it was her singing. 20+ years later I still get chills listening to it.

    And for those who haven’t heard it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keWnPZOd2cw

  • nl4real@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    2 years ago

    Stood up to the Church when few would. Her Cover of The Foggy Dew is one of the greatest performances I’ve ever heard. Lost a legend today.

    • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Dropkick Murphys used to (maybe still do?) play her Foggy Dew as the lead-in track to their set, and it never failed to get the crowd stomping, and well up tears in my eyes.

      • kroy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        2 years ago

        I wouldn’t be surprised. She’s had a number of wellness checks called on her

        • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
          8·
          2 years ago

          Low key this is why I’m happy I am an externalized. As I told my psychologist once years ago when I was going through a rough patch “it’s not that I want to kill myself. It’s that I want everyone else to die”

          That said I’m not insane and clearly ain’t noone got the time and energy to kill the world nor is that a healthy thing to do. Lol

          • SomeoneElse@lemmy.worldEnglish
            14·
            2 years ago

            For what it’s worth, the times I’ve been closest to suicide I no longer expressed it as “I want to die” it was “I can’t live anymore”. I know it sounds pedantic but for me it’s a good indicator of when I’m having a bad depressive episode vs when I’m a suicide risk. Wanting to die means you still care enough to want something, if that make sense? When I can’t bring myself to care about life, death, my loved ones, anything at all, that’s when I need help asap. Everyone is different of course, I just thought it might be worth sharing in case someone reading this recognises that apathy in a loved one.

      • Dad2DnA@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        I fear that this is likely the case. I can’t imagine losing one of my children and wanting to go on living.

    • RocksForBrains@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      2 years ago

      Estate isn’t saying but she’s had a public struggle with extreme depression following the death of her son.

  • theostermanweekend@lemmy.mlEnglish
    19·
    2 years ago

    Aw man…that’s sad. Say what you want, She was herself and fuck anyone had a problem with that. Will miss her.

  • Favrion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    235·
    2 years ago

    I hope that the people who criticized her for tearing the Pope’s picture in half die in a violent fire.

    • Hangglide@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2314·
      2 years ago

      It was cool at the time but she converted to Islam, became a finatic and became the very thing she was taking a stand against.

      • UniquesNotUseful@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        2 years ago

        She was protesting about the physical and sexual abuse of children by the church. The criticism helped to continue the protection of pedophiles, which continued for decades and still happens.

        Joe Pesci (a study in short man syndrome) said on TV he wanted to slap her for ripping up a photo and the audience applauded him for it.

          • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            So someone off-handedly expressing their disdain for a group of people in a Lemmy comment is tantamount to setting a precedent about all speech?

      • propaganja@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        hyperbole
        hī-pûr′bə-lē
        noun
        A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.

  • bmoney@lemmy.worldEnglish
    182·
    2 years ago

    i wasnt really familiar with her, but my wife likes her a lot.

    just reading about all she did makes me sad I am so late to her music and story. def lost a true artist.

    Rest in Power

    Tiocfaidh ár lá

  • TronLives@lemmy.nzEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    Whatever is on the other side, I hope she’s at peace now. She’s earned that much at least.

  • LeanFemurs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 years ago

    When I first heard her on ‘The Lion and the Cobra’ in '87 her voice hit me like a truck, and it left a mark that never went away. She was 100% an artist, never a mere entertainer. Such a loss 💔