i never really got sinead as a teen
when i was getting into music
i wasnt inspired by furious post catholic female angst
despite the lovely jassy giving me the big hit 7 inch single for my 17th bday
in a bland shopping centre reproduced from a gringo corporate masterplan
that could have been in istanbul, johannesburg or bogota
(you too could look like arseville dakota!)
she just seemed like a funny talented madwoman
from a distance
she came across as a nutter
and a nutter she was
but she had a fucking point
(and it wasnt just that her trousers had rucked up!)
her rants about the catholic church were light years ahead of world events
and the doc has shown her to be far from the sensationalist freak that she was portrayed as at the time
she didnt shave her head to shock
she didnt say ugly truths to shock
she was bucking against the vicious hyper conservative ireland in which she lived
then she got ordained by some side church lot
later she became a muslim
because thats the only thinking christian thing to do etc etc
fuck all that sky high
she was a mighty brave, talented beast
in the form of a petite young woman
who faced an epic torrent of shit
from the (almighty) establishment
starring the self serving cuntery behemoth that is the catholic church
and the febrile bastion of ignorance which is the gringo christian right
((who wouldnt know a jebus if he showed up and shat in their letterboxes) AND left a calling card))
amongst others
which left an irreparable dent in her career
still
she did gain worldwide notoriety
(not that she sought it)
so much so that she became an ep cover
by the ultimate iconoclasts
after they got legally ken doned
btw
i wonder how elke is doing...
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