![]() ![]() “I was always being made out to be crazy by the media,” says O’Connor in the documentary. ![]() ![]() One filled with coldness, hostility, rampant sexism and a cruel disregard for mental health a time and place in which speaking out about such horrific, and since proven true, incidents wasn’t necessarily welcomed as brave or important but often belittled. In the context of contemporary popular music, where political statements are relatively commonplace – often to the point of being performative, disingenuous or a form of marketing manipulation – the film paints a vastly different landscape via the 1990s music industry. Things were a little grim there to say the least, with the Troubles still rumbling away in the North and the Catholic Church still very influential in the South, she represented hope. “I loved everything about her, what she stood for, how she looked, her lyrics, her boldness and what she meant to a young girl growing up in 80s and 90s Belfast. ![]() This moment of protest, in response to sexual child abuse in the Catholic Church, is an apex moment in the film, which covers a six-year period (1987-1993) spanning the meteoric rise of a young woman from Dublin to pop star and activist who was revered into megastardom but quickly reviled into exile.įor director Kathryn Ferguson, who we caught up with after the film’s EU premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, O’Connor represented positivity growing up. This event came just 13 days after her infamous Saturday Night Live appearance, in which she ripped up a photo of the pope over an impassioned and impromptu version of War by Bob Marley, declaring “fight the real enemy” to an audience full of people stunned into silence. “It was the fucking weirdest noise I’ve ever heard in my life,” O’Connor says, while narrating a new documentary about her life, Nothing Compares. “An artist synonymous with courage and integrity.” She walked slowly onto the stage as the crowd erupted into an overwhelming and jarring concoction of cheers and boos. “I’m real proud to introduce this next artist,” he declared. I’ll have a look at the insurance and see if it’s covered.In 1992, Kris Kristofferson introduced Sinéad O’Connor on stage at a 30th-anniversary concert for Bob Dylan. It might have got a shot of the thief’s face.įather: All right. But there’s a CCTV camera on the entrance. It was someone in a blue tracksuit, and there are loads of people who wear those. Anyway, I didn’t think it would happen to me.īoy: No. But did you know that that might happen? Is that a dangerous spot?īoy: Well, I had heard of that happening, but I’d forgotten. Except for one little thing …įather: Why do I have a sinking feeling in my stomach?īoy: Do you remember you lent me your phone?īoy: Well, I was standing just outside school, texting Jack, and somebody ran past and grabbed it.įather: No, I suppose not. What about you? Good day at school?īoy: Yeah, pretty good. I’ll come round and see you later, OK?įather: Same as usual, really. I’m sorry, that was a really insensitive thing to say. Girl 2: We’d had him since he was a tiny puppy. We took him to the vet’s immediately, but there was nothing she could do. Girl 2: And Bonzo jumped over the hedge after it and he got hit by a car. Girl 2: Well, I was playing with Bonzo in the garden with a ball, and the ball went over the hedge into the road, and … Girl 1: What? Sorry, take your time, and tell me when you’re ready. Girl 2: Well, something terrible happened this morning … (voice trembling) I’ll talk to the teacher again and see if I can retake it. Things are difficult enough as it is.īoy: I know, Mum. I’m not sure we can afford for you to take it again. Mother: Oh, Ryan! It’s a really expensive course. What does that mean?īoy: Well, I’ll probably have to retake the whole course. Mother: You failed it! But wasn’t that an important one? Apart from going out until four in the morning, you mean?īoy: Well, I have to relax a little, even if I’m revising. Boy: You know that Economics exam I had last week?īoy: I did revise for it. ![]()
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