{"id":5005,"date":"2023-07-30T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2024-11-29T17:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T22:20:41","slug":"everything-about-sinead-oconnor-was-striking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=5005","title":{"rendered":"Everything About Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor Was Striking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything about <strong><em>Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor<\/em><\/strong> was striking: her soul-piercing gaze, her siren of a voice, her outspoken politics. And, yes, her shaved head, which upended traditional pop-star models of femininity when the singer, born near Dublin in 1966, stormed alt-rock radio with her equally dreamy and edgy 1987 debut, The Lion and the Cobra. But with 1990\u2019s I Do Not Want What I Haven\u2019t Got, O\u2019Connor became a global phenomenon, thanks in large part to a devastating cover of a little-known Prince composition, \u201cNothing Compares 2 U,\u201d which, with the help of its iconic video, became her calling card.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5006\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/4863\/sinead-oconnor-sinead-oconnor-essentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5006\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sinead-OConnor-Essentials.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sinead-OConnor-Essentials.jpg 700w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sinead-OConnor-Essentials-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Sinead-OConnor-Essentials-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/4863\/sinead-oconnor-sinead-oconnor-essentials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Stream Sin\u00e9ad O&#8217;Connor Essentials<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>O\u2019Connor used her stardom as a pulpit to speak out on all manner of injustice, famously responding to the Catholic Church\u2019s sexual-abuse scandals by ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II during a 1992 Saturday Night Live performance.<\/p>\n<p>But that fiery persona belies the spiritual longing that\u2019s always coursed through her work, whether in her transformation of the Irish standard \u201cHe Moved Through the Fair\u201d into ethereal gospel-soul or her elevation of Nirvana\u2019s \u201cAll Apologies\u201d into a modern folk hymn. O\u2019Connor remained an artist driven by her passion and convictions, pursuing priesthood in the Irish Orthodox Catholic Church (before converting to Islam in 2018) and using her public struggles with bipolar disorder to encourage open discussions about mental health. O\u2019Connor passed away in 2023 at age 56.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything about Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor was striking: her soul-piercing gaze, her siren of a voice, her outspoken politics. And, yes, her shaved head, which upended traditional pop-star models of femininity when the singer, born near Dublin in 1966, stormed alt-rock radio with her equally dreamy and edgy 1987 debut, The Lion and the Cobra. 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