Chords for Sinead O'Connor - Interview Toronto 1987-88
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Spotlight, uh, Sinead O'Connor in the spotlight.
I want your hands on me, Mandinka and Troy.
We'll see those videos, uh, plus a little chittin' and chattin' with her in a couple seconds.
Sinead O'Connor, if you don't know already, the new sensation of the pop music field.
Of course, you'd hate that.
Uh, 20 years old, born and raised in Dublin.
Um, she's lived in London for the past couple years, and that is a result, of course,
of the fact that she had to move there to get all the stuff together for this demo tape.
Um, the name of her debut LP is called The Lion and the Cobra.
It's a line from Psalm 91.
She says she finds the Bible very intriguing and inspiring, and she's written a lot of songs
based upon stuff that she has read in the Bible.
Now, how she met?
Um, it was a chance [G#] meeting.
The Edge from, uh, U2 [Em] heard her singing, uh, [A] for a group called In Tua Nua, and was very intrigued
by her voice and her songwriting style, and asked her if she would co-write a song with him,
which they did do.
The song was called Heroin, and it appeared on a [A#] soundtrack album called
Captive, and the rest kind of is history, though she does claim, quite adamantly,
that she is no one's protege, including The Edge or anyone from U2.
So, let's do I Want Your Hands
on Me, Mandinka and Troy, and let's listen to Sinead O'Connor here in the spotlight.
[N]
How much did you have to do with putting together the video?
Um, I didn't really need to sort of express any opinions about what I wanted,
because the guy that did the video is a guy called John Mabry, who's a film director,
an artist, and he's a friend of mine, and he's, I've known him for about a year, [C#] and he's listened
to the music quite a lot, and I had an awful lot of trust in him, in what he, you know, would do,
so he never asked me to do anything that I felt uncomfortable with, so I, you know.
[N] Having seen a lot of videos [A] myself, why I think [C#] this video is particularly amazing,
is because it [F#m] captures about 20 [N] different emotions in five minutes, like all your songs do.
Yeah, that's why I like it, because the album is, you know, changeable, and [F] so it does change
[C#] my songs, so it sort of gets everything out in a few minutes.
[B]
[Cm] [Fm]
[B] I have [F] very specific beliefs about very specific [A]
political things, and I would do whatever I could
to help those things, [N] and if somebody asked me to do something and I knew nothing about their
organisation or anything, I wouldn't do it, unless I knew about them and felt very strongly about
what they were doing and everything else.
Does anyone fit that bill currently?
Not really, I mean, I
was asked to do an Amnesty International festival, which I think Amnesty International are a very
admirable organisation and everything, but they, as you know, help political prisoners in all over
the world and everything else, but they specifically deny rights to Irish political prisoners,
which is obviously a thing that I feel very strongly about, so I wouldn't work with them,
for example, unless they were prepared to help
I want your hands on me, Mandinka and Troy.
We'll see those videos, uh, plus a little chittin' and chattin' with her in a couple seconds.
Sinead O'Connor, if you don't know already, the new sensation of the pop music field.
Of course, you'd hate that.
Uh, 20 years old, born and raised in Dublin.
Um, she's lived in London for the past couple years, and that is a result, of course,
of the fact that she had to move there to get all the stuff together for this demo tape.
Um, the name of her debut LP is called The Lion and the Cobra.
It's a line from Psalm 91.
She says she finds the Bible very intriguing and inspiring, and she's written a lot of songs
based upon stuff that she has read in the Bible.
Now, how she met?
Um, it was a chance [G#] meeting.
The Edge from, uh, U2 [Em] heard her singing, uh, [A] for a group called In Tua Nua, and was very intrigued
by her voice and her songwriting style, and asked her if she would co-write a song with him,
which they did do.
The song was called Heroin, and it appeared on a [A#] soundtrack album called
Captive, and the rest kind of is history, though she does claim, quite adamantly,
that she is no one's protege, including The Edge or anyone from U2.
So, let's do I Want Your Hands
on Me, Mandinka and Troy, and let's listen to Sinead O'Connor here in the spotlight.
[N]
How much did you have to do with putting together the video?
Um, I didn't really need to sort of express any opinions about what I wanted,
because the guy that did the video is a guy called John Mabry, who's a film director,
an artist, and he's a friend of mine, and he's, I've known him for about a year, [C#] and he's listened
to the music quite a lot, and I had an awful lot of trust in him, in what he, you know, would do,
so he never asked me to do anything that I felt uncomfortable with, so I, you know.
[N] Having seen a lot of videos [A] myself, why I think [C#] this video is particularly amazing,
is because it [F#m] captures about 20 [N] different emotions in five minutes, like all your songs do.
Yeah, that's why I like it, because the album is, you know, changeable, and [F] so it does change
[C#] my songs, so it sort of gets everything out in a few minutes.
[B]
[Cm] [Fm]
[B] I have [F] very specific beliefs about very specific [A]
political things, and I would do whatever I could
to help those things, [N] and if somebody asked me to do something and I knew nothing about their
organisation or anything, I wouldn't do it, unless I knew about them and felt very strongly about
what they were doing and everything else.
Does anyone fit that bill currently?
Not really, I mean, I
was asked to do an Amnesty International festival, which I think Amnesty International are a very
admirable organisation and everything, but they, as you know, help political prisoners in all over
the world and everything else, but they specifically deny rights to Irish political prisoners,
which is obviously a thing that I feel very strongly about, so I wouldn't work with them,
for example, unless they were prepared to help
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Spotlight, uh, Sinead O'Connor in the spotlight.
I want your hands on me, Mandinka and Troy.
We'll see those videos, uh, plus a little chittin' and chattin' with her in a couple seconds.
Sinead O'Connor, if you don't know already, the new sensation of the pop music field.
Of course, you'd hate that.
Uh, 20 years old, born and raised in Dublin.
Um, she's lived in London for the past couple years, and that is a result, of course,
of the fact that she had to move there to get all the stuff together for this demo tape.
Um, the name of her debut LP is called The Lion and the Cobra.
It's a line from Psalm 91.
She says she finds the Bible very intriguing and inspiring, and she's written a lot of songs
based upon stuff that she has read in the Bible.
Now, how she met?
Um, it was a chance [G#] meeting.
The Edge from, uh, U2 [Em] heard her singing, _ uh, [A] for a group called In Tua Nua, and was very intrigued
by her voice and her songwriting style, and asked her if she would co-write a song with him,
which they did do.
The song was called Heroin, and it appeared on a [A#] soundtrack album called
Captive, and the rest kind of is history, though she does claim, quite adamantly,
that she is no one's protege, including The Edge or anyone from U2.
So, let's do I Want Your Hands
on Me, Mandinka and Troy, and let's listen to Sinead O'Connor here in the spotlight.
_ _ [N]
How much did you have to do with putting together the video?
Um, _ _ I didn't really need to sort of express any opinions about what I wanted,
because the guy that did the video is a guy called John Mabry, who's a film director,
an artist, and he's a friend of mine, and he's, I've known him for about a year, [C#] and he's listened
to the music quite a lot, and I had an awful lot of trust in him, in what he, you know, would do,
so he never asked me to do anything that I felt uncomfortable with, so I, you know. _ _
[N] _ _ Having seen a lot of videos [A] myself, why I think [C#] this video is particularly amazing,
is because it [F#m] captures about 20 [N] different emotions in five minutes, like all your songs do.
Yeah, that's why I like it, because the album is, you know, changeable, and [F] so it does change
[C#] my songs, so it sort of gets everything out in a few minutes.
[B] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm]
[B] I have [F] very specific beliefs about very specific [A]
political things, and I would do whatever I could
to help those things, [N] and if somebody asked me to do something and I knew nothing about their
organisation or anything, I wouldn't do it, unless I knew about them and felt very strongly about
what they were doing and everything else.
Does anyone fit that bill currently?
Not really, I mean, I
was asked to do an Amnesty International festival, _ which I think Amnesty International are a very
admirable organisation and everything, but _ _ they, as you know, help political prisoners in all over
the world and everything else, but they specifically _ _ deny rights to Irish political prisoners,
which is obviously a thing that I feel very strongly about, so I wouldn't work with them,
for example, unless they were prepared to help
I want your hands on me, Mandinka and Troy.
We'll see those videos, uh, plus a little chittin' and chattin' with her in a couple seconds.
Sinead O'Connor, if you don't know already, the new sensation of the pop music field.
Of course, you'd hate that.
Uh, 20 years old, born and raised in Dublin.
Um, she's lived in London for the past couple years, and that is a result, of course,
of the fact that she had to move there to get all the stuff together for this demo tape.
Um, the name of her debut LP is called The Lion and the Cobra.
It's a line from Psalm 91.
She says she finds the Bible very intriguing and inspiring, and she's written a lot of songs
based upon stuff that she has read in the Bible.
Now, how she met?
Um, it was a chance [G#] meeting.
The Edge from, uh, U2 [Em] heard her singing, _ uh, [A] for a group called In Tua Nua, and was very intrigued
by her voice and her songwriting style, and asked her if she would co-write a song with him,
which they did do.
The song was called Heroin, and it appeared on a [A#] soundtrack album called
Captive, and the rest kind of is history, though she does claim, quite adamantly,
that she is no one's protege, including The Edge or anyone from U2.
So, let's do I Want Your Hands
on Me, Mandinka and Troy, and let's listen to Sinead O'Connor here in the spotlight.
_ _ [N]
How much did you have to do with putting together the video?
Um, _ _ I didn't really need to sort of express any opinions about what I wanted,
because the guy that did the video is a guy called John Mabry, who's a film director,
an artist, and he's a friend of mine, and he's, I've known him for about a year, [C#] and he's listened
to the music quite a lot, and I had an awful lot of trust in him, in what he, you know, would do,
so he never asked me to do anything that I felt uncomfortable with, so I, you know. _ _
[N] _ _ Having seen a lot of videos [A] myself, why I think [C#] this video is particularly amazing,
is because it [F#m] captures about 20 [N] different emotions in five minutes, like all your songs do.
Yeah, that's why I like it, because the album is, you know, changeable, and [F] so it does change
[C#] my songs, so it sort of gets everything out in a few minutes.
[B] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm]
[B] I have [F] very specific beliefs about very specific [A]
political things, and I would do whatever I could
to help those things, [N] and if somebody asked me to do something and I knew nothing about their
organisation or anything, I wouldn't do it, unless I knew about them and felt very strongly about
what they were doing and everything else.
Does anyone fit that bill currently?
Not really, I mean, I
was asked to do an Amnesty International festival, _ which I think Amnesty International are a very
admirable organisation and everything, but _ _ they, as you know, help political prisoners in all over
the world and everything else, but they specifically _ _ deny rights to Irish political prisoners,
which is obviously a thing that I feel very strongly about, so I wouldn't work with them,
for example, unless they were prepared to help