considering the life story of both Hall and Sinead, that video makes me sad. Hall died last december
Yes indeed, sad news. She had a difficult time of it. It seemed to all go down hill since she tore up a photo of the Pope on SNL. There was just so much backlash.
Just for my own clarification here,... But "not how she felt about" what?I can see how that would be the headline on a retrospective of her life, but that was not at all how she felt about that.
But didn't she pay so much for challenging the powers that be? She faced a lot of closed doors just for having the conviction of her beliefs and stating them. She continued to perform, put out 10 albums but certainly with less cooperation from the music industry that she called out or any faction that supported the church unconditionally.RIP, very brave for what she did, if mostly a OHW as a music artist, I'm surprised she didn't translate more into the late 90s and early 00s when people like McLachlan were popular with a style friendly to her.
There were things she’s said or done over time that she either regretted or walked back, tearing the photo of the pope was never one of them.Just for my own clarification here,... But "not how she felt about" what?
Yes indeed, sad news. She had a difficult time of it. It seemed to all go down hill since she tore up a photo of the Pope on SNL. There was just so much backlash.
I never meant to imply that she did. I just meant that in doing that it seemed to have destroyed her career. Certainly she didn't regret that show of protest, but I don't think she was happy with how her own personal life went following that.There were things she’s said or done over time that she either regretted or walked back, tearing the photo of the pope was never one of them.
You really have no way of knowing that though. She had depression problems but that certainly doesn't mean she wasn't happy with her personal life.I never meant to imply that she did. I just meant that in doing that it seemed to have destroyed her career. Certainly she didn't regret that show of protest, but I don't think she was happy with how her own personal life went following that.
I never meant to imply that she did. I just meant that in doing that it seemed to have destroyed her career. Certainly she didn't regret that show of protest, but I don't think she was happy with how her own personal life went following that.
She was diagnosed bipolar and borderline personality. Whether that was a symptom of that, I guess we can never know, but there’s been little if not nothing obvious to suggest that she saw that as a negative. Her view was that being toxic to major record labels hurt them more and forced her to be dependent on being a live performer which is what she wanted to do anyways.You really have no way of knowing that though. She had depression problems but that certainly doesn't mean she wasn't happy with her personal life.
Always respected that she didn't take back her conviction. Seems in present day people speak their mind, get cancelled, and then recant everything as if its torture and inquisition. The whole rotten entertainment and record industry should feel some shame that Sinead was cancelled under their watch. Music is art and art is supposed to be means of expression.There were things she’s said or done over time that she either regretted or walked back, tearing the photo of the pope was never one of them.
You kidding? She was dropped from her record label after selling millions of albums for them, there was an event where her albums were bulldozed, She was booed off stages in the US and ironically at a Bob Dylan tribute concert. Joe Pesci threatened her with physical violence, so did Frank Sinatra, and Madonna, a national disgrace with no decency, even bashed her. She didn't seem to get very much rotation, promotion etc. after the SNL incident and the US anthem stance.How was she canceled? She put out ten albums and enjoyed, I'm assuming, full capacity performances wherever she played.
Milli Vanilli got canceled, she did not
Here's what I think in response to that. She had a strong outward character and she believed that what she did was the right thing. Nevertheless, the backlash and the shunning hurt and I think hurt a lot, but her pride wasn't about to let that public know, at least not directly, just how much of an affect it had on her.Judging by the quote she gave it sounds like she was perfectly fine with the "fallout" and would do it all again. Did some people and groups not like what she said? Of course, but she wasn't the first and she won't be the last that will face some financial consequences for speaking their beliefs...but she wasn't canceled, that's absurd and a gross use of a word that's lost its actual meaning.
I'm curious of what your definition of "cancelled" is, if not exactly what was just described about SineadJudging by the quote she gave it sounds like she was perfectly fine with the "fallout" and would do it all again. Did some people and groups not like what she said? Of course, but she wasn't the first and she won't be the last that will face some financial consequences for speaking their beliefs...but she wasn't canceled, that's absurd and a gross use of a word that's lost its actual meaning.
Whats absurd is your position on this. Its generally accepted that Sinead was cancelled and she feels that she was, several other musicians and pundits think she was. Not sure why you would need to be so pedantic, out of the blue, in rejecting a term that in common parlance is somewhat loosely applied. At best you're playing at semantics.Judging by the quote she gave it sounds like she was perfectly fine with the "fallout" and would do it all again. Did some people and groups not like what she said? Of course, but she wasn't the first and she won't be the last that will face some financial consequences for speaking their beliefs...but she wasn't canceled, that's absurd and a gross use of a word that's lost its actual meaning.