Sinead was horribly abused by her mother, then the Catholic church. She was passionate about speaking out against it, and was shunned for it. Thank you for covering her, please do more. May she rest in peace.
I remember buying the album I was 19 had a skin head and bought the album bc I was si intrigued by her physical presence...I absolutely fell in love with the album .but troy was the one song that lifted me to another realm haunting powerful and so relevant to the tweeny angst ..
I saw her live in 1990 at the San Diego State Amphitheater. She commanded such a beautiful , raw, intensity, that the entire audience was completely silent during her performance of this song. We were in awe of her , and rightly so. A true artist.
The first time I heard this when The Lion and the Cobra was released, I got goose bumps. Each time I listen to it my body viscerally reacts and I get goose bumps -- including now. Literal goosebumps. Her death devastated me. What we and music has lost.
If you think this was intense you really should listen to her performance of Troy live at Pinkpop ‘88. Just her voice and her guitar, my favourite version by far
My parents bought this album when it came out in 1987. I was 7. Imagine the impression she made on me! She taught me what singing from the heart really meant. RIP, beautiful soul.
great analysis. People just get away from "Nothing Compares..." and see other much better Sinead Songs like this... RIP Sinead. You will be sadly missed
I'm glad you get her and have watched more than Nothing Compares 2 U. So many other reactors either don't get her or just watch that one song written by Prince and don't hear any of her songs.
Love your reaction. I agree Sinead made every song seem real. Pure passion in every song she sings. Troy is a work of art in my opinion. Superb in every way.
All the lucky people who discovered her from the beginning, I envy you, I just discovered her greatness efter her passing. Thanks Harry for featuring her in your channel.
This is a pretty perfect song in this version, the way she uses her voice is just so amazing, there are very few people who are in such absolute control of it as she is and her tone is so perfect. The orchestra too makes this an unbelievable experience, it's 1:20 on the video before the orchestra starts that repeated rhythmic phrase and the song moves from the introduction. She is so effortlessly beautiful too, even with her head shaved, and her facial expressions can suddenly hit you - as does that little aside when she suddenly says, "Now." You're right about the obsessiveness too, which to me revolves around the repeated phrase, "you should have left the light on" where she blames him for allowing her to have a sexual relationship with him. To me, it sounds as though she is still in the relationship but absolutely wracked with jealousy whether of a real person or not doesn't matter. I'd keep a close eye on the knife drawer. Something to notice is that there is no melody to this song and it is just a single long rambling verse but you get drawn in to such an extent that you don't realise. I always think too that the fire sequence is important. The flames appear in her eyes and mouth as though hell was inside her. She is terrifying, even though she is such a small, slight figure. "There is no other Troy for you to burn" she quotes. Her partner may or may not be pulling apart the relationship but like Samson, she would gladly pull down the temple to destroy both of them together.
This song is one of my favourite Sinead songs. It's so perfect and has seen me through a couple of break ups where my SO sprung on me that he'd found someone else while seeing me. I love the way this moves from insecurity to the righteous anger of being screwed over and lied to.
She is a riveting performer. Her voice transmits her vulnerability woven with her strength in a rare and captivating manner. Her songs come from the depth of her bones - her commitment to every phrase and note is completely unwavering. She deserves a future filled with inner peace and endless love, she’s been through enough misery for several lifetimes.
Dude I knew it😂. I knowed it😭. I never doubted for a second that this would be in your list. I’m a through and through metal fan but Sinead is just in a level all her own
"Every look that you threw - told - me - SO!!!" For some reason, that line always reaches down deep into me -- Anyway, FINALLY someone reacting to something other than Nothing Compares to U -- please thank your patron for me :-) And, consider reacting to the song Fire on Babylon or any songs from I Do Not Need what I Haven't Got (besides NCto U).
Mate The Lion and The Cobra is her best work! Nothing compares lol Enya is featured on this album. 1987. She dedicated this album to her mother who passed away.
Right on! Shout out to your Patreon, this is one of my absolute favorites of her's. I'm glad you didn't do a live version, they're good but this one is more powerful to me.
This is in my top 10 all time favourites. Good you didn't interrupt to much because it's a song that's building up. She did this live only accompanying herself on an acoustic guitar, basically playing 2 chords. Her voice just blows you away.
Nailed the reaction about being the innocent party of an abusive relationship. No telling what her life might have been like if her mom hadn’t abused her and then died in a car crash when Sinead was a teen. Such betrayal, sorrow, hate, defiance and venom in this performance.
I remember buying this album when it came out. She discussed the song in a documentary that the song references a traumatic experience involving her mother when she was a girl.
This song is about the physical, mental and sexual abuse she endured by her mom from birth to the age of 13!! What an incredible woman to survive all of that, god speed to her ❤❤❤ RIP my sister in faith.
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When she recorded this song in 1986, she was 19. She was so talented and brave, despite having experienced a very difficult childhood. RIP Sinead
She will rise. A phoenix from the flame! Artists like her never really die.
That's true!
Sinead was horribly abused by her mother, then the Catholic church. She was passionate about speaking out against it, and was shunned for it.
Thank you for covering her, please do more.
May she rest in peace.
Sinéad is amazing. This album sounds nothing like anything else from 1987, before or after. It's like she created her own genre for this album.
I remember buying the album I was 19 had a skin head and bought the album bc I was si intrigued by her physical presence...I absolutely fell in love with the album .but troy was the one song that lifted me to another realm haunting powerful and so relevant to the tweeny angst ..
No. but there will be no another sinead oconnor, like you said - before or after.
I saw her live in 1990 at the San Diego State Amphitheater. She commanded such a beautiful , raw, intensity, that the entire audience was completely silent during her performance of this song. We were in awe of her , and rightly so. A true artist.
The first time I heard this when The Lion and the Cobra was released, I got goose bumps. Each time I listen to it my body viscerally reacts and I get goose bumps -- including now. Literal goosebumps. Her death devastated me. What we and music has lost.
This song is about her childhood with her abusive mother, when you know Sinead's life story it's even more powerful.
Correct. Not about a lover, but her abusive mother.
It's hard to believe that, given the lyrics.
I think at least in parts it's not so much about her mother, but she is doing her mother. And the 'you' is Sinead. The 3rh party is her stepmother.
RIP Sinead. You will be so sorely missed.
If you think this was intense you really should listen to her performance of Troy live at Pinkpop ‘88. Just her voice and her guitar, my favourite version by far
My parents bought this album when it came out in 1987. I was 7. Imagine the impression she made on me! She taught me what singing from the heart really meant. RIP, beautiful soul.
Absolutely incomparable. Please more Sinead. Highly recommend Fire On Babylon, Three Babies, Black Boys on Mopeds, Last Day of Our Acquaintance…
My favourite song by her.
Drink before the war ..its amazing too.
Almost 40 years on and this song still gives me chills and makes my eyes tear up… just so much pain in her voice, and it’s like I can feel it all.
More Sinead, more more!!
great analysis. People just get away from "Nothing Compares..." and see other much better Sinead Songs like this... RIP Sinead. You will be sadly missed
She made a couple of magical and gorgeous albums but this epic song is probably my favorite. So, so, so , so good
Roaring like a lion and striking like a cobra. Nothing compares to Sinead O’Connor’s debut album. Astonishing.
I'm glad you get her and have watched more than Nothing Compares 2 U. So many other reactors either don't get her or just watch that one song written by Prince and don't hear any of her songs.
Sinead was a one of a kind talent. R.I.P.
Love your reaction. I agree Sinead made every song seem real. Pure passion in every song she sings. Troy is a work of art in my opinion. Superb in every way.
All the lucky people who discovered her from the beginning, I envy you, I just discovered her greatness efter her passing.
Thanks Harry for featuring her in your channel.
This is a pretty perfect song in this version, the way she uses her voice is just so amazing, there are very few people who are in such absolute control of it as she is and her tone is so perfect. The orchestra too makes this an unbelievable experience, it's 1:20 on the video before the orchestra starts that repeated rhythmic phrase and the song moves from the introduction. She is so effortlessly beautiful too, even with her head shaved, and her facial expressions can suddenly hit you - as does that little aside when she suddenly says, "Now."
You're right about the obsessiveness too, which to me revolves around the repeated phrase, "you should have left the light on" where she blames him for allowing her to have a sexual relationship with him. To me, it sounds as though she is still in the relationship but absolutely wracked with jealousy whether of a real person or not doesn't matter. I'd keep a close eye on the knife drawer.
Something to notice is that there is no melody to this song and it is just a single long rambling verse but you get drawn in to such an extent that you don't realise. I always think too that the fire sequence is important. The flames appear in her eyes and mouth as though hell was inside her. She is terrifying, even though she is such a small, slight figure.
"There is no other Troy for you to burn" she quotes. Her partner may or may not be pulling apart the relationship but like Samson, she would gladly pull down the temple to destroy both of them together.
One of the best vocal performance of any song in my song knowledge. The best artist to come out of Delta IV too!
This song is one of my favourite Sinead songs. It's so perfect and has seen me through a couple of break ups where my SO sprung on me that he'd found someone else while seeing me. I love the way this moves from insecurity to the righteous anger of being screwed over and lied to.
She was truly in another world in terms of producing and singing. RIP ❤ thank you for honoring her
"Mad Ireland hurt her into poetry" to paraphrase W.H Auden
Have a listen to her singing songs called Jerusalem and never get old. Look for the studio versions. Strap yourself in.
One of a kind. That voice!
She is a riveting performer. Her voice transmits her vulnerability woven with her strength in a rare and captivating manner. Her songs come from the depth of her bones - her commitment to every phrase and note is completely unwavering. She deserves a future filled with inner peace and endless love, she’s been through enough misery for several lifetimes.
Dude I knew it😂. I knowed it😭. I never doubted for a second that this would be in your list.
I’m a through and through metal fan but Sinead is just in a level all her own
Hope you get the peace you always deserved !
I am so sad she is gone. Though, I hope now her soul can be at rest
"Every look that you threw - told - me - SO!!!"
For some reason, that line always reaches down deep into me --
Anyway, FINALLY someone reacting to something other than Nothing Compares to U -- please thank your patron for me :-)
And, consider reacting to the song Fire on Babylon or any songs from I Do Not Need what I Haven't Got (besides NCto U).
@Melissa Fraser Thanks, Melissa!!!
Mate The Lion and The Cobra is her best work! Nothing compares lol Enya is featured on this album. 1987. She dedicated this album to her mother who passed away.
Your reaction is spot on. Sinead is electric! One of my favorite vocalists and songwriters
I'd like you to do more Sinead reactions. Some of her many great songs are 'Take off your shoes' and 'Fire on Babalon'.
She was a person who did things that were out of the ordinary but with a lovely voice. Thanks Harri you are the Best
Lyndon
So glad you reacted to this ! It’s amazing !
masterpiece!
is it a song...when i first heard this in my teens it knocked me off my socks..it has stayed with me ever since..
Her debut. Stunning, huh?
Right on! Shout out to your Patreon, this is one of my absolute favorites of her's. I'm glad you didn't do a live version, they're good but this one is more powerful to me.
This is in my top 10 all time favourites. Good you didn't interrupt to much because it's a song that's building up. She did this live only accompanying herself on an acoustic guitar, basically playing 2 chords. Her voice just blows you away.
Nailed the reaction about being the innocent party of an abusive relationship.
No telling what her life might have been like if her mom hadn’t abused her and then died in a car crash when Sinead was a teen.
Such betrayal, sorrow, hate, defiance and venom in this performance.
Sinead can sing what the gods are afraid to say.
Goodness. First time hearing this. Loved her from time back. Thanks Harri 😳🤎✊🏽
The video she did when she sang the Prince song "Nothing compares to you ".. will tear your heart out f your chest . You feel her pain... so raw
She is a song shifter! She is a shaman!
It's not a relationship, she's using the city of "Troy" as a metaphor for her abusive mother.
You will love her version of House of the Rising Sun. There is no video with it, but no need for one. One of the best covers ever.
Another great vid Harri. If you plan to do any Christmas songs check out Sinead’s version of Silent Night…so beautiful
If more people understand, than we all could be alive.
Art 🎨
I remember buying this album when it came out. She discussed the song in a documentary that the song references a traumatic experience involving her mother when she was a girl.
I would like to to make another reaction video, from knowing of the extreme child abuse she went through, in which this song is actually about.
This song is about the physical, mental and sexual abuse she endured by her mom from birth to the age of 13!!
What an incredible woman to survive all of that, god speed to her ❤❤❤ RIP my sister in faith.
never heard anything like it...nor will I
Thanks Harri please listen to her version of ode to Billy Joe..
She's intense bc this is about the child abuse she experienced from her mother.
May she always be under the protection & blessing of Allah swt 😕
I like Paul Dover - he has good suggestions
Listen to Conor McGregor's walk out song ....sung by her....UFC.....the song will never leave you.....for life
Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains - "The Foggy Dew"
It's about her abusive mother who died when she was a teenager.
At the point...
FYI Harri, she is singing about Helen of Troy
Blacks love the Irish sorry but its unrequited
Not my favorite, sounds flat acouple times.
Freak show
R.I.P. Sinead.....❤