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April 22, 2016

SINÉAD O'CONNOR - 5/4 : The Biography



Irish Republican Army (IRA)
1989 - Sinéad O'Connor 公開支持激進愛爾蘭共和軍, 引起公眾對她不少非議; 一年後, 她把這公開聲明收回。



"Saturday Night Live"
1990 - 五月, Sinéad O'Connor 首次參加電視節目 "Saturday Night Live" 演出, 由於主持人 Andrew Dice Clay 講了一個蔑视女同性戀的笑話"脫口秀", 引起同場演出的女歌手 Nora Dunn 和 Sinéad 反感, 兩人齊杯葛這次演出。

Frank Sinatra
1990 - 八月, New Jersey 新澤西州一次巡迴演出前, 而該洲傳統在盛會開始時, 主辦方必會奏出美國 "The Star-Spangled Banner 星條旗" 國歌。她是早已知道此事實, 臨場卻拒絕演出, 她聲稱: "在的音樂會當中, 是不能接受奏出任何國歌, 包括我自己的國家在內, 因為這類樂曲與流行音樂扯不上半點關係"

最後, 主辦方被迫妥協, 如期演出。翌曰, 她成了媒界的頭條人物; 晚上, 該演唱會再由 Frank Sinatra 演出, 他對此荒誕劇作出咆哮: "我真的要踢她的屁股!"。 

幾個月後, Sinéad 在 "Esquire Magazine 紳士雜誌" 作出反擊: "我不會對一個七十八歲的老人揮拳還手的, 但我會把他幹掉 !"

"Grammy Awards 格蘭美獎"
1991 - "Nothing Compares To You" 被提名五項 "Grammy Awards 格蘭美獎"; 結果, 榮獲1990年 MTV Awards: "Best Post-Modern Video",  "Best Female Video", "Video of The Year" 三個獎項; 另獲個人獎項: "Best Alternative Album"。1991年, 頒獎禮當晚, 她杯葛和拒絕出席這盛會, 以示抗議, 聲稱這些奬項極商業化, 不能以此來斷定一個歌手的成就。


教宗 Pope John Paul II 
1992 - 正當樂壇、媒體、樂迷大眾同聚焦她在另一次 "Saturday Night Live" 演唱會, 她演譯 Bob Marley 的一曲 "WAR", 當唱完之時, 把教宗 Pope John Paul II 的相片, 在眾目睽睽下撕掉, 並譴責天主教才是 "真正的敵人"。儘管如此, 但她仍然是一個有虔誠的天主教徒。



"The Irish Times"
1993 - Sinéad O'Connor 請求公眾停止對她作針對和傷害, 在六月份一天的 "The Irish Times" 刊登公開信稱: "希望能夠擺脫父母的陰影, 重拾我的自尊, 使我能夠真正回到歌唱的工作"。

在信中, 她再次覆述受訪時, 曾透露被虐待的往事; 而哥哥 Joseph 圍護父親之外, 各人給母親暴力虐待, 對外直言不諱。她又稱 : "我們一家很糟糕, 各人互不聯絡, 全活於苦惱當中, 對我來說是極度痛苦"。

"Fire On Babylon"
1994 - Sinéad O'Connor 的作品, 一首反影她年幼時被虐待寫照的歌曲; 自此, 她馬不停蹄為被虐兒童個案作法律申訴的代表。


Sinéad O'Connor - "Fire On Babylon"
She took my father from my life oh
Took my sister and brothers oh
I watched her torturing my child
Feeble I was then but now I'm grown

Fire on Babylon
Oh yes a change has come
Fire on Babylon
Fire, Fire, Fire

She's taken everything I liked
She's taken every lover oh
And all along she gave me lies
Just to make me think I loved her

Fire on Babylon
Oh yes a change has come
Look what she did to her son
Fire, Fire, Fire on

Life's backwards
Life's backwards
People turn around
The house is burned
The house is burned
The children are gone

Fire, Fire

Fire on Babylon
Oh yes a change has come
Fire on Babylon
Fire, Fire, oh Fire, oh

Fire on Babylon
Oh yes a change has come
Look what she did to her son
Look what she did to her son
Fire, haha  Fire, haha

Fire, Fire, Fire, aha
Fire on Babylon
Fire on Babylon

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