What was Sinead O'Conner doing on SNL in the first place?

JVS

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Fri Nov-09-07 12:36 AM
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What was Sinead O'Conner doing on SNL in the first place?

Edited on Fri Nov-09-07 12:37 AM by JVS

Somewhere along the line someone signed off on her singing an acapella version of "War". The ensuing controversy aside, who the hell thought that would be good entertainment?

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dpbrown

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Fri Nov-09-07 12:37 AM
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1. Protesting the Pope, right?

Isn't that why everyone goes on SNL, to attack Catholics?

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njdemocrat106

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Fri Nov-09-07 04:12 AM
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6. Or so "Doctor" Bill Donohue would have us believe... (nt)

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ruiner4u

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Fri Nov-09-07 12:41 AM
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2. she was popular at the time?

:shrug:

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JVS

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Fri Nov-09-07 12:43 AM
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3. really?

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ruiner4u

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Fri Nov-09-07 12:47 AM
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4. I know!.. Hard to imagine.

then again, Wilson Phillips was popular once.. How fucked up was THAT?

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JVS

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Fri Nov-09-07 12:49 AM
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5. I was alive at that time. Those bands were not popular!

One of the kids at camp liked Wilson Phillips and we teased him without mercy. Same think when good ol' baldy O'conner came onto the TV in my house. My brother and I would sit in front of the TV declaring the massive suckitude of her music and videos.

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HughBeaumont

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Fri Nov-09-07 07:57 AM
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8. I still say 1987 was the year popular music went straight in the toilet.

Some of the bands and acts that got famous during the late 80s/early 90s . . . I mean DAMN. Musical lows not seen since after the Clear Lake plane crash and before the British Invasion. Even the worst 70s pop song is better than most of that forgettable and loathsome dreck.

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NashVegas

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Fri Nov-09-07 08:25 AM
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10. It's Not My Fault

Some people were listening to Winger when they could have been enjoying Bob Mould, Camper Van Beethoven, and Sinead O'Connor.

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idgiehkt

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:40 PM
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15. you seriously need to pull the old noggin out of the old

anal cavity, and listen to some of her albums. Just a suggestion. :) :hi:

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Drunken Irishman

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:54 PM
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16. She really wasn't that popular. Maybe in Ireland, but not here in the States.

She had fans, no doubt, but I wouldn't say she was popular.

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JCMach1

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Fri Nov-09-07 06:06 AM
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7. Irony, she was dead right... she did it to protest child abuse by priests

and we all know what happened with that...

Any yeah, her music is still pretty good.

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supernova

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Fri Nov-09-07 08:01 AM
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9. Have to agree

She was right. SO has got a vision and sticks with it, regardless of what others might think.

And she has a wonderful voice too.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Fri Nov-09-07 08:28 AM
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11. Because she's a brilliant singer with a stunningly amazing voice.

She deserved to be there, and the night she tore up the Pope's picture was one of the few nights I was actually SNL.

And I applauded, and that moment is forever etched into my memory.

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unpossibles

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Fri Nov-09-07 08:29 AM
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12. because she has a great voice and had a hit song at the time

just like why every other music guest gets on. I thought it was great.

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supernova

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Fri Nov-09-07 08:43 AM
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13. Video for those who were too young

or don't remember

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYw8JR1N90o

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idgiehkt

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Fri Nov-09-07 05:39 PM
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14. she used that song to protest

children being abused by priests in the Catholic Church in Ireland. The vatican did knew about it and did nothing, and that was a symbolic gesture. She was way, WAY, ahead of her time on that issue.

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Parche

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Fri Nov-09-07 06:12 PM
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17. I Cant Stand her

We dont need sin need...........:puke: :puke: :puke: :hi:

AND HER MUSIC SUX TOO

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