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Nothing Compares

They wanted me to grow the hair long and wear short skirts and high heels, make-up, and...

Sinéad O'Connor: They wanted me to grow the hair long and wear short skirts and high heels, make-up, and the whole works, and write songs that wouldn't challenge anything. But, then, I come from a country where there used to be riots in the streets over plays. That's what art is for

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They wanted me to grow the hair long
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and wear short skirts and high heels
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makeup and the whole works
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write songs that wouldn't challenge anything
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But then I come from a country where
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there used to be riots in the streets over plays
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That's what art is for
Duration
19 seconds
Views
111
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:30
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2024
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Tara Films,Ard Mhacha Productions,Field of Vision

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Movie Summary

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.
I think... I went to see some friends, - Nothing Compares 00:08
I think... I went to see some friends,
You got to look through the letter box, - Nothing Compares 00:07
You got to look through the letter box,
[dramatic music] - Nothing Compares 00:09
[dramatic music]
You just looked at somebody and went, - Nothing Compares 00:12
You just looked at somebody and went,
[Sinéad]   Me and John were friends for a year - Nothing Compares 00:05
[Sinéad]   Me and John were friends for a year
And then we just kind of drifted into it, - Nothing Compares 00:04
And then we just kind of drifted into it,
The doctor announces that the record company have spent - Nothing Compares 00:07
The doctor announces that the record company have spent...
[Mike]   Ensign tried to dissuade her - Nothing Compares 00:13
[Mike]   Ensign tried to dissuade her
Fachtna O'Ceallaigh was working very hard - Nothing Compares 00:09
Fachtna O'Ceallaigh was working very hard
Basically they said, "Have a go." - Nothing Compares 00:07
Basically they said, "Have a go."
And I was like, "well, it ain't worth it - Nothing Compares 00:10
And I was like, "well, it ain't worth it
I came from a patriarchal country - Nothing Compares 00:05
I came from a patriarchal country
I figured, well, if I didn't take it from the system - Nothing Compares 00:05
I figured, well, if I didn't take it from the system...
[John]   The whole of "The Lion and the Cobra" - Nothing Compares 00:05
[John]   The whole of "The Lion and the Cobra"...
Put your hands on me - Nothing Compares 00:08
Put your hands on me
Hands, gimme love - Nothing Compares 00:06
Hands, gimme love
Hands, gimme those - Nothing Compares 00:06
Hands, gimme those
I want your - Nothing Compares 00:05
I want your
[Sinéad]   When we got the first album cover, - Nothing Compares 00:06
[Sinéad]   When we got the first album cover,
So that's why there's the picture of me - Nothing Compares 00:07
So that's why there's the picture of me