RIP Sinéad O'Connor

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot bid farewell to the late singer, songwriter and activist Sinéad O’Connor, who recently died at age 56. Jim and Greg are longtime fans of both O’Connor’s music and her devotion to speaking truth to power, even when the world felt like it was against her. The hosts revisit their interview with documentarian Kathryn Ferguson about her 2022 film Nothing Compares, plus they share some of their favorite Sinéad tracks.

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Featured Songs:

Sinéad O'Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U," I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Ensign/Chrysalis, 1990
The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967
Sinéad O'Connor, "Horse on the Highway (demo)," n/a, n/a, 2020
Sinéad O'Connor, "Trouble Will Soon Be Over," God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson, Alligator, 2016
Sinéad O'Connor, "Last Day of Our Acquaintance," I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Ensign/Chrysalis, 1990
Sinéad O'Connor, "Mandinka," The Lion and the Cobra, Ensign/Chrysalis, 1987
Sinéad O'Connor, "I Am Stretched on Your Grave," I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Ensign/Chrysalis, 1990
Sinéad O'Connor, "Thank You For Hearing Me," Universal Mother, Ensign/Chrysalis, 1994
Sinéad O'Connor, "Marcus Garvey," Throw Down Your Arms, Chocolate and Vanilla, 2005
Sinéad O'Connor, "Jackie," The Lion and the Cobra, Ensign/Chrysalis, 1987
Sinéad O'Connor, "Peggy Gordon," Sean-Nós Nua, Vanguard, 2002
Sinéad O'Connor, "This Is a Rebel Song," Gospel Oak EP, Chrysalis, 1997
Living Colour, "Cult of Personality," Vivid, Epic, 1988

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0:00.0	Hey there, if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon,
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0:30.0	You're listening to Sound Opinions and this week we're talking about the music and life of the late Chinato Conner.
0:42.0	I'm Jim D. Wurgatus.
0:44.0	And I'm Greg Kot. We'll talk to Documentarian Catherine Ferguson about her film, Nothing Compares,
0:50.0	as well as share some of our favorite underrated songs by Chinate.
0:54.0	And a note to our listeners, this episode does mention suicide.
0:59.0	Greg Chinato Conner, at the age of 56, was found dead in her home in London on July 26th.
1:08.0	She'd been living in the last couple of years in a small Irish village, moved back to the city,
1:13.0	a great piece in the New York Times about the villagers just accepting her as a regular person, a mommy, as they said.
1:21.0	Playing into this was the suicide at the age of 17 of her son, her fourth child Shane in January.
1:32.0	She was devastated by that loss.
1:35.0	And the last tweet that she made on social media just not long before her death was been living as unbed-night creature since.
1:46.0	He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul.
1:49.0	We were one soul and two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally.
1:55.0	I am lost in the bardo without him.
1:57.0	A tragic loss to say the least.
2:00.0	Yeah, it's tragic. I also think somewhat tragic is the way her career in her life has been covered in media.
2:09.0	And I think what we're going to try to do with this show is maybe make some amends for that.
2:14.0	And talk about the whole of the musical legacy, most of all, but also as a person, the activist that she was.
2:23.0	You can distill a lot of the coverage to like five bullet points.
2:28.0	Yeah, sadly, disgusting.
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