Rememberings

From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter&nbsp;Sinéad&nbsp;O'Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, fearless activism, and of the enduring power of song. &nbsp; Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament,&nbsp;Sinéad&nbsp;O'Connor rose to massive fame in the late 1980s and 1990s with a string of gold records. By the time she was twenty, she was world&nbsp;famous--living&nbsp;a rock star life out loud. From her trademark shaved head to her 1992 appearance on&nbsp;Saturday Night Live&nbsp;when she tore up Pope John Paul II's photograph,&nbsp;Sinéad&nbsp;has fascinated and outraged millions.&nbsp; In&nbsp;Rememberings,&nbsp;O'Connor recounts her painful tale of growing up in Dublin in a dysfunctional, abusive household. Inspired by a brother's Bob Dylan records, she escaped into music. She relates her early forays with local Irish bands; we see&nbsp;Sinéad&nbsp;completing her first album while eight months pregnant, hanging with Rastas in the East Village, and soaring to unimaginable popularity with her cover of Prince's "Nothing Compares 2U." &nbsp; Intimate, replete with candid anecdotes and told in a singular form true to her unconventional career,&nbsp;Sinéad's&nbsp;memoir is a remarkable chronicle of an enduring and influential artist. &nbsp;

O'Connor, Sinéad

Humor & Entertainment

Dey Street Books

From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, struggles with illness, and of the enduring power of song.\nBlessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sinéad O’Connor rose to massive fame in the late 1980s and 1990s with a string of gold records. By the time she was twenty, she was world-famous—living a rock-star life out loud. From her trademark shaved head to her 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live when she tore up Pope John Paul II’s photograph, Sinéad has fascinated and outraged millions.\nIn Rememberings, O’Connor recounts her painful tale of growing up in Dublin in a dysfunctional, abusive household. Inspired by a brother’s Bob Dylan records, she escaped into music. She relates her early forays with local Irish bands; we see Sinéad completing her first album while eight months pregnant, hanging with Rastas in the East Village, and soaring to unimaginable popularity with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.”\nIntimate, replete with candid anecdotes and told in a singular form true to her unconventional career, Sinéad’s memoir is a remarkable chronicle of an enduring and influential artist.

THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICON\nSinéad O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her recording of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on American television.\nO'Connor was unapologetic and impossible to ignore, calling out hypocrisy wherever she saw it. 
She has remained that way for three decades.\nNow, in Rememberings, O'Connor tells her story - the heartache of growing up in a family falling apart; her early forays into the Dublin music scene; her adventures and misadventures in the world of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll; the fulfilment of being a mother; her ongoing spiritual quest - and through it all, her abiding passion for music.\nRememberings is intimate, replete with candid anecdotes and full of hard-won insights. It is a unique and remarkable chronicle by a unique and remarkable artist.\n'Inspiring, liberating, hilarious and fascinating' Irish Times\n'Beautifully observed ... lyrical, funny and anguished' Guardian\n'Her voice on the page is as fearless, riveting and unforgettable as her voice in song. The cadence alone is hypnotic, her story essential. Rememberings is a must-read' Michael Stipe\n'So good, you'll want to read it twice' Sunday Independent\n'A soul-bearing, brutally honest account of an extraordinary life' BBC Online\n'Devastating, wise, hilarious and original' Róisín Ingle

Rememberings: Sinéad O'Connor

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Sandycove

Beneïda amb una veu extraordinària temperada pel seu activisme insubornable, Sinéad O’Connor va irrompre, molt a desgrat seu, en la constel·lació de les grans rockeres a finals dels vuitanta, amb una pompa que no feia per a ella i de la qual acabaria abjurant en poc temps. Per quan voltava els vint ja era mundialment coneguda i s’havia vist inadvertidament arrossegada a una vida amb les servituds pròpies d’una estrella amb majúscules. Pel seu aspecte iconoclasta i les seves cèlebres intervencions televisives ―com quan esquarterà la fotografia del papa a Saturday Night Live amb el lloable objectiu de donar empenta a la seva campanya contra els abusos de menors―, ha fascinat i indignat milions d’apocalíptics i integrats. A Remembrances, O’Connor desgrana els detalls de la seva tempestuosa infantesa, un infern d’abusos i violència parental que no trigarà a deixar enrere arran del precoç triomf que la somriu amb els seus primers treballs en l’univers sonor. Un clam imparable acompanya la seva irrupció al si d’una indústria discogràfica que tracta de fagocitar el mite nouvingut i contra la qual va enfrontar-se fent bandera de la seva llibertat artística. Tot inspirant-se de ben petita en els discos de Bob Dylan (qui, anys més tard, la trairà en el concert d’homenatge al bard de Minnesota), cerca i aviat troba refugi en la cançó protesta. És aquesta també la crònica de les seves primeres incursions en l’escena musical irlandesa; època a la qual seguiran la gravació del seu primer àlbum a Londres als vuit mesos d’embaràs i l’exegesi dels ensenyaments dels profetes amb els rastes de l’East Village, però també l’aclaparadora popularitat sobrevinguda amb l’inimaginable èxit que li va arribar amb la seva versió del tema de Prince «Nothing Compares 2 U». Íntima, sincera i en oberta contraposició al grandiloqüent abocament de grans fites i proeses ―propi d’altres companys d’arpes―, la partitura vital d’O’Connor aclareix els motius del seu autoimposat aïllament i de la seva decidida renúncia a comprometre el seu desenvolupament artístic i espiritual a mans d’una indústria que castiga i demonitza aquells que s’aparten dels designis del gran capital i del mainstream redemptor.

Remembrances: Escendes d'una vida complicada

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Rememberings: Sinéad O'Connor

Remembrances: Escendes d'una vida complicada