Nothing Compares

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Lest me say that I WORSHIP THIS WOMAN! Her voice can Stop Time. I have about 8 of her 11 albums and no one moves me to my utter core, as does her voice. It envelops me. No one will ever convince me that she deserved the treatment that she got, including the flipping Prince Estate for them denying her use of the song "Nothin Compares To You" for use in this documentary. Fork Them! I was as riveted to the documentary as I am to the woman, and felt it offered good representation of her many facets. As a musician, she is beyond brilliant. As a human, she continues to grow, as do we all. This movie brought us full-circle from her defiant beginnings to the humbled and still beautiful soul that she has become. Sinead was definitely before her time. She is Once In A Lifetime.

This documentary is worth a view if you respect Sinead as an artist, grew up in her heydays, or take an interest in the history of feminism and women's rights. I have always liked Sineads music a lot, and have been interested to learn more about the music she made in those mysterious years after her 'cancellation' by conservative voices following her tearing up the picture of pope JP II during het performance at Saturday Night Live. Unfortunately, that scene from the nineties is the end of this movie, so the desire to learn more of the much less documented later period stays undocumented. The movie mainly focuses on her youth, rise to fame and her heydays and her downfall, the latter two of which are all too familiar subjects already. The other two parts (youth & rise) are interesting, also as a context for what would follow later, as they explain well how Sineads activist side grew. As is the case with the music of the last.30 years, her life of those years is also missing from this documentary. Conversion to Islam, rumored lesbianism and the very sad death of her son recently are not here, and that's a journalistic choice that can only be respected. However, there would be a lot of years & material left for a sequel to this documentary, describing the years post 1992. Maybe less commercially viable, but I'd watch it! Finally, I've always respected Sinead as an artist and as a human, and this documentary has further solidified that image of her. A troubled mind, but a wonderful principled and sincere person - and a unique artist.

A singer who got lucky with ONE cover song...yes only a cover song!!! And has lived off it ever since (example: the documentary's title) ..a typical one hit wonder then! Yet many here say she was "before her time" ..that she was new and original, even first in her thinking..all very strange, considering her one big hit was covering a much bigger artist's record! She then spent the rest of her life bouncing around various campaigning issues pointing fingers, blaming everyone but herself (of course) and ended up publicly contradicting herself on those issues several times, losing any and all credibility. There are people in life who emanate joy when they walk into a room, then there are others like her who seem to attract and/or generate turmoil at every turn. No doubt her faithful lifelong malcontent followers are of a similar ilk ..birds of a feather etc. It was like watching a child grow up on camera, only in her case she stopped growing and has stayed as a rebellious troubled teen her whole life..which isn't particularly original, Geldof et al did all that long before her but to his credit at least he got out there and did something useful. And at 56 the clock ticks are running out! You only have to look at an up-to-date photo, to see the toll her chosen path of being a Trouble magnet has taken.

Nothing Compares (2022) by Kathryn Ferguson is beautifully crafted tribute to one of the most iconic singers of my generation. Sinead's story is both epic, tragic as well deeply inspiring and the director here captured the true value and respect she so rightly deserves. The film gives us a greatly balance montage of performances by Sinead and the political environment surrounding her career and whether you are new to Sinead's work or a lifelong fan honestly i'd say this is a film to see. If you are gonna see one doc this year let it be this one. It's certainly has revitalised my interest in Sinead and well frankly I am in awe of her bravery and passion. Well done to the director, I look forward to her future projects, I know they will be equally as worthy. 8 0ut 10.

Being ahead of one's time can be a dual-edged sword. On the plus side, it can get you noticed. And, on the downside, it can get you noticed, but not necessarily in a positive light. Such was the experience of Irish pop star Sinead O'Connor, who exploded on the music scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The musical sensation became known for one of the most distinctive set of pipes in the business, with an ability to jump octaves in a single bound and to be able to go from a soft whisper to a banshee scream at the drop of a hat. But, as director Kathryn Ferguson's new Showtime documentary illustrates, O'Connor underwent a fall from grace that unfolded almost as quickly as her stratospheric rise, a change driven by a string of unpopular public protests against the Roman Catholic Church, American and Irish government policies, and cultural practices that ran afoul of her views about militarism, abortion rights and other hot button issues. She became a pariah, unable to get airplay for her new music and even facing death threats. Her gestures were seen as acts of career suicide, none of which fazed her, given that she couldn't in good conscience stay silent. But, as she faded into obscurity, her views gained ground, eventually leading to changes in line with those opinions. Indeed, she truly was ahead of her time, and this film examines that history in detail through archive footage, interviews with the artist and observations from those who knew her during her meteoric rise, her subsequent fall and her resurgence as both a performer and social activist. And, as the film capably shows, in the end, nothing truly compares to her.