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Nothing Compares

Following the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.

Director

Kathryn Ferguson

Year

Genre

documentary, music

Box Office

N/A

Production

Tara Films,Ard Mhacha Productions,Field of Vision

Awards

5 wins & 12 nominations

Homepage

https://www.sho.com/titles/3516714/nothing-compares

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[audience boos and cheers] - Nothing Compares

[audience boos and cheers]

-[videotape squeals]
-[boos and cheers continue] - Nothing Compares

-[videotape squeals] -[boos and cheers continue]

[mysterious music] - Nothing Compares

[mysterious music]

I didn't mean to be strong - Nothing Compares

I didn't mean to be strong

I regret that I spent
so many years - Nothing Compares

I regret that I spent so many years

Ran down
And the lady said it - Nothing Compares

Ran down And the lady said it

Oh, oh, Jerusalem - Nothing Compares

Oh, oh, Jerusalem

There was no therapy when I was growing up - Nothing Compares

There was no therapy when I was growing up

So the reason I got into
music group was therapy, - Nothing Compares

So the reason I got into music group was therapy,

Everybody in music has a story
in terms of their upbringing - Nothing Compares

Everybody in music has a story in terms of their upbringing...

There's something they need
to get off their chest, - Nothing Compares

There's something they need to get off their chest,...

They're all, they're all
looking at you, Sinéad, - Nothing Compares

They're all, they're all looking at you, Sinéad,...

And for me - Nothing Compares

Like I remember like yesterday
I was lying on my pillow - Nothing Compares

Like I remember like yesterday I was lying on my pillow...

...all the streets were dark - Nothing Compares

...all the streets were dark

When I'm 11 my brother comes home with Slow Train Coming - Nothing Compares

When I'm 11 my brother comes home with Slow Train...

My mother had this
fantastic record collection - Nothing Compares

My mother had this fantastic record collection

Her musical tastes
ranged from John Lennon - Nothing Compares

Her musical tastes ranged from John Lennon

That was all that
was ever on telly, - Nothing Compares

That was all that was ever on telly,

My father was into cello, - Nothing Compares

My father was into cello,

My parents separated
when I was quite young, - Nothing Compares

My parents separated when I was quite young,

And she was physically - Nothing Compares

And she was physically

[tense music] - Nothing Compares

My mother was a beast - Nothing Compares

My mother was a beast

My father is the type
of man that didn't want - Nothing Compares

My father is the type of man that didn't want

The cause of my own abuse
was the church's effect - Nothing Compares

The cause of my own abuse was the church's effect...

I spent my entire childhood
being beaten up - Nothing Compares

I spent my entire childhood being beaten up

I'd a terrible - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] I began
studying scriptures - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] I began studying scriptures

Why were my grandparents
so miserable - Nothing Compares

Why were my grandparents so miserable

So divorce, contraception, - Nothing Compares

So divorce, contraception,

It was a mortal sin,
for example, - Nothing Compares

It was a mortal sin, for example,

[Sinéad] I had loved
the Catholic church, - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] I had loved the Catholic church,

That was a contract
with the holy spirit I made, - Nothing Compares

That was a contract with the holy spirit I made,

I went into care when I was 14, - Nothing Compares

I went into care when I was 14,

The place was called
"An Grianan,"
which means "The Sunrise." - Nothing Compares

The place was called "An Grianan," which means &qu...

Some had come from
other children's homes, - Nothing Compares

Some had come from other children's homes,

Others had come from
insecure family settings - Nothing Compares

Others had come from insecure family settings

[Sinéad] They got
a guitar teacher in - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] They got a guitar teacher in

[Jeannette]
The first night, I was there - Nothing Compares

[Jeannette] The first night, I was there

And I won't forget it
as long as I live, - Nothing Compares

And I won't forget it as long as I live,

One love - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] In the congregation
was her brother, Paul Byrne, - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] In the congregation was her brother, Paul Byrne,...

After chatting with Sinéad
on the steps of the church, - Nothing Compares

After chatting with Sinéad on the steps of the church,...

So we went back up
the next night
and she sang it to us, - Nothing Compares

So we went back up the next night and she sang it to us,...

We had to book
a couple of hours
on a Wednesday afternoon - Nothing Compares

We had to book a couple of hours on a Wednesday afternoon...

Picked her up, did two hours
of vocals with her, - Nothing Compares

Picked her up, did two hours of vocals with her,

She sent me to sleep
in the hospice part
of the laundry - Nothing Compares

She sent me to sleep in the hospice part of the laundry...

And the poor ancient ladies
who were the Magdalene girls - Nothing Compares

And the poor ancient ladies who were the Magdalene girls...

Take my hand - Nothing Compares

[Jeannette] These women, - Nothing Compares

[Jeannette] These women,

These women, who through
no fault of their own, - Nothing Compares

These women, who through no fault of their own,

Very often the cases were
they had been raped - Nothing Compares

Very often the cases were they had been raped

They had to pay the price - Nothing Compares

They had to pay the price

[Sinéad] The whole of Ireland
talks about these ladies, - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] The whole of Ireland talks about these ladies,...

These people convinced my
father that they could help me - Nothing Compares

These people convinced my father that they could help me...

Young woman
With a drink in her hand - Nothing Compares

Young woman With a drink in her hand

I think she really knew
what she wanted to do, - Nothing Compares

I think she really knew what she wanted to do,

And I remember going
into these suburban houses, - Nothing Compares

And I remember going into these suburban houses,

Eventually I ended up
meeting this dude
called Colm Farrelly - Nothing Compares

Eventually I ended up meeting this dude called Colm Farrelly...

I had a job at the Bad Ass Cafe
on Crown Alley, - Nothing Compares

I had a job at the Bad Ass Cafe on Crown Alley,

Nigel Grainge and Chris Hill
came over to Dublin - Nothing Compares

Nigel Grainge and Chris Hill came over to Dublin

[tense music] - Nothing Compares

He said, "Well,
why don't you come to London - Nothing Compares

He said, "Well, why don't you come to London...

For five long years - Nothing Compares

For five long years

[Mike] I worked with Sinéad
from her arrival in London - Nothing Compares

[Mike] I worked with Sinéad from her arrival in London...

She'd already found her voice, - Nothing Compares

She'd already found her voice,

[John] So we went into
a rehearsal studio in Putney - Nothing Compares

[John] So we went into a rehearsal studio in Putney...

It makes a big difference
if you can go in - Nothing Compares

It makes a big difference if you can go in

He was quite used to putting
people into a position - Nothing Compares

He was quite used to putting people into a position

I'm just as guilty as you - Nothing Compares

I'm just as guilty as you

[John] The first time
I heard Sinéad's voice, - Nothing Compares

[John] The first time I heard Sinéad's voice,

It was jumping octaves - Nothing Compares

It was jumping octaves

And - Nothing Compares

You often hear artists saying - Nothing Compares

You often hear artists saying

[John] They were very,
very personal - Nothing Compares

[John] They were very, very personal

[Mike] In some respects,
I think the band that we were, - Nothing Compares

[Mike] In some respects, I think the band that we were,...

Fachtna O'Ceallaigh had been
Boomtown Rats' manager - Nothing Compares

Fachtna O'Ceallaigh had been Boomtown Rats' manage...

[reggae music] - Nothing Compares

He used to have
the Dread Broadcasting Company - Nothing Compares

He used to have the Dread Broadcasting Company

[Sinéad] Bearing
in mind I'm Irish - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] Bearing in mind I'm Irish

Love to everyone. You're back
in tune to The Rankin' Miss P, - Nothing Compares

Love to everyone. You're back in tune to The Rankin...

[John] She was really shy - Nothing Compares

[John] She was really shy

We did a lot of driving
around London, you know, - Nothing Compares

We did a lot of driving around London, you know,

They wanted me to grow the hair long - Nothing Compares

They wanted me to grow the hair long

[Sinéad] They wanted me
to grow the hair long - Nothing Compares

[Sinéad] They wanted me to grow the hair long

I think... I went
to see some friends, - Nothing Compares

I think... I went to see some friends,

You got to look
through the letter box, - Nothing Compares

You got to look through the letter box,

[dramatic music] - Nothing Compares

[dramatic music]

You just looked at
somebody and went, - Nothing Compares

You just looked at somebody and went,

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Following the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Kathryn Ferguson

Writer: Eleanor Emptage, Kathryn Ferguson, Michael Mallie

Production: Tara Films,Ard Mhacha Productions,Field of Vision

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 76/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 Sep 2022

Awards: 5 wins & 12 nominations

Homepage: https://www.sho.com/titles/3516714/nothing-compares

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