Sinead O'Connor Hates Kylie Minogue's Music

[Brian Damage]

Outspoken singer Sinead O'Connor has launched a scathing attack on Kylie Minogue, insisting she can't "bear" to listen to the antipodean's music. The controversial Irish star - who once tore up a photo of the late Pope John Paul II on stage - was so aurally offended by a recent live Minogue broadcast, she had to switch off her TV.

She says, "I really can't stand Kylie's music at all. I know Australian fans might want to shoot me for saying this, but that would be a far better option than to listen to one of her albums. She was on Irish television recently. I couldn't bear it and had to turn it off."

O'Connor isn't the only musician to voice disapproval of the Australian singer - last week former Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown blasted the Brit Awards board for handing Minogue the Best International Female prize.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23265248-5001026,00.html

[Ireneparalegal]

Who the hell cares abt Sinead? No one. Which is why she lives her days blasting people with her stupid remarks, as if anyone will listen to her and agree. :mad:

Hey Baldy, if you don't like her music, DON'T LISTEN TO IT THEN...STUPID!

[Dean Winchester]

rofl, I like Sinead and Kylie both, but how is this even news? Sinead is viewed by most people as a hasbeen, and Kylie's last album hasn't done well at all

[Sterling Holobyte]

No one cares, SineAid!
You were a has-been even before you walked off the stage on Saturday Night Live.

[Dean Winchester]

if it's any consolation, Sinead has owned up to being bipolar, she went on Oprah not too long ago to talk about it.

I personally like the woman, there's never been anyone like her before or since. It was easy at the time to condemn her for the SNL performance but in years since, she's discussed the hows and whys she did what she did (about child abuse in Ireland that the Vatican was doing nothing to stop). She is one hell of a vocalist as well, and has the ability to do so many different genres of music. But a lot of her work is incredibly boring nowadays, tho I give her respect and credit for doing all sorts of styles (religious music, reggae, sean-nos Irish music, dance music ,etc...) instead of sticking in a corner and doing The Lion And The Cobra soundalikes for the rest of her life.

However, I still don't get why her liking or disliking Kylie's music is "news". Kylie may not be a big fan of Sinead's music either :lol:.

[Ireneparalegal]

The Vatican is supposed to stop child abuse in Ireland? Besides, I heard many reasons for her calling the church the "enemy" and none of them were good in my opinion.

Being bi-polar is no excuse to blabber one's mouth and put people down, especially to the media. What an insult to people who have bi-polar.

[Dean Winchester]

The Vatican is supposed to stop child abuse in Ireland? Besides, I heard many reasons for her calling the church the "enemy" and none of them were good in my opinion.

Being bi-polar is no excuse to blabber one's mouth and put people down, especially to the media. What an insult to people who have bi-polar.
I think it had something do to with priests and kids. Sinead actually has become a very religious woman and her last album is nothing but self-penned Christian songs.

I have bipolar disorder too, and much like Sinead, I say and do things that five minutes later am "why did I do that?". However, unlike Sinead, I've never been a pop star so I don't have the potential audience she can reach.

[TJL]

Is it just me, or do I think Sinead would make a great judge on American Idol?

;)

[Dean Winchester]

the part that cracks me up is O'Connor's criticism follows new Minogue abuse from former Stone Roses singer Ian Brown.

Brown made headlines last year when he said Minogue looked like a horse.

"I do think she looks like a horse,'' Brown told The Sunday Telegraph last week. "She looks like a pony.''


I love Kylie's music, but that had me :rofl: since I've always read people calling her Horsey (along with Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff, Alanis Morissette and Natasha Bedingfield also get the "horse-face" remarks) Minogue on other message boards. I never thought a celebrity (granted, he's not much of one) would publically say that.

[waichingliu81]

she's probably jealous because kylie has had a much successful career than hers. at least kylie doesn't stoop so low by slating people in the press and in public. sinead sounds like a sore loser

[waichingliu81]

Hey Baldy, if you don't like her music, DON'T LISTEN TO IT THEN...STUPID!

:rofl:

[88survivor]

What has Sinead done recently? Nothing...:crazy: don't speak on the news! Stupid! Now, Sinead's next move is burning the Pope's bridges while in Italy. **shakes head**

[coffield3]

Sinead need's to get laid, she is full of hatred, go buy a Johnny Cash album.
Kylie is worth more than that crazy fool, why say that about another artist, it clearly make's you sound jealous.

[Dean Winchester]

What has Sinead done recently? Nothing...:crazy: don't speak on the news! Stupid! Now, Sinead's next move is burning the Pope's bridges while in Italy. **shakes head**
actually, she did Oprah a few mos ago to come out about her bipolar disorder. She really looked like hell though, her face looked swollen. She released an album last year too, but it's one of the most boring cd's I ever heard, AND IT'S TWO DISCS ON TOP OF THAT.

[88survivor]

I know she appeared on Oprah, but Sinead done crap ever since.

[friendsfan77]

Hey Baldy, if you don't like her music, DON'T LISTEN TO IT THEN...STUPID!
:rofl:

WIN.

[Dean Winchester]

I know she appeared on Oprah, but Sinead done crap ever since.
she recently toured the US. It's just been so long since her heyday that she doesn't get the attention she did in the early 90's. I always find it funny she refuses to do "Nothing Compares 2 U" because Prince wrote it, not her. I can understand why she prefers her own material, but NC2U is the song that launched her to stardom. She has a lot of other great songs, but still, when you have a hit that was so much bigger than the rest of your catalog, you should perform it to give the fans what they want. Someone like Madonna can get away with bypassing big hits, because while she may not perform "Borderline" in concert, she has enough other hits that the fans won't miss it. Sinead had a few other alternative radio hits (Mandinka, Emperor's New Clothes, No Man's Woman), but nothing that comes to the impact Nothing Compare 2 U made.

[SBTB Geek]

Kylie's music is electropop. I could see why she doesn't like it.

[88survivor]

Kylie hasn't made a decent hit in seven years. Forget the 2001 comeback...she has been threading high waters since she started going disco all of a sudden. It's either late 80s innocent Kylie or the 2001 comeback album. But Kylie has always been a one-trick pony. Always.

[Dean Winchester]

Kylie hasn't made a decent hit in seven years. Forget the 2001 comeback...she has been threading high waters since she started going disco all of a sudden. It's either late 80s innocent Kylie or the 2001 comeback album. But Kylie has always been a one-trick pony. Always.
Kylie's not US-based, that's the problem. She is UK/Australian based. She's never made a conscious effort to break America. In the UK, she's had more hit singles than Mariah and Janet combined and is second only to Madonna for female artists.

She's kind of along the lines of ABBA and Queen (granted, they both did have US hits, and have both become "classic" in the years since their demises, but in Europe and Australia rivalled The Beatles in their primes) in the sense that their American popularity is a mere blip on the radar compared to the superstardom they had abroad.

[Ireneparalegal]

actually, she did Oprah a few mos ago to come out about her bipolar disorder. She really looked like hell though, her face looked swollen. She released an album last year too, but it's one of the most boring cd's I ever heard, AND IT'S TWO DISCS ON TOP OF THAT.
She looked like hell?


karma you beeyotch!!!!!!!! Slam my pope again will ya! :p

[SBTB Geek]

Kylie hasn't made a decent hit in seven years. Forget the 2001 comeback...she has been threading high waters since she started going disco all of a sudden. It's either late 80s innocent Kylie or the 2001 comeback album. But Kylie has always been a one-trick pony. Always.

I actually like Kylie's post-2001 music the best. Oh.. and I'm American.

[Dean Winchester]

Me too. I don't like Kylie's early SAW songs from the 80's and early 90's. As far as I'm concerned, her career didn't begin until the self-titled 1994 album

[coffield3]

Sineads a ****ing idiot

[Dean Winchester]

anyone else find it funny there's now a banner promoting her "Theology" album (her worst album to date) at the bottom of the page?

[Ireneparalegal]

I actually see a banner for MIAMI VICE. But I did realize depending on the thread topic, you will see something relating to the subject matter, appear either at the top or the bottom of the screen. :lol:

[Dean Winchester]

I keep seeing this http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CKSEwt7Su9rhcBDYBRhPMghPaRPA2xY9fg

at the bottom of the thread, lol

[Ireneparalegal]

I keep seeing this http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CKSEwt7Su9rhcBDYBRhPMghPaRPA2xY9fg

at the bottom of the thread, lol
How funny. :lol: That MIAMI VICE banner keeps following me. :eek: :lol:

[Dean Winchester]

regardless with whatever you think about Sinead, there's no denying she's got a hell of a voice, and that "Nothing Compares 2 U" was one of the greatest records of the 90's.

[Ireneparalegal]

One ultimate hit (I know she had more but that is what made her famous and seems to be the only thing people will remember her for).

One miserable woman.

Having a gigantic hit doesn't give her the rights on slamming people. She can give billions in charity and it still doesn't mean squat to be a rude, crude and classless person.

I'd rather listen to J-Lo rather than listen to someone who slams the pope and other people.

[Dean Winchester]

One ultimate hit (I know she had more but that is what made her famous and seems to be the only thing people will remember her for).

One miserable woman.

Having a gigantic hit doesn't give her the rights on slamming people. She can give billions in charity and it still doesn't mean squat to be a rude, crude and classless person.

I'd rather listen to J-Lo rather than listen to someone who slams the pope and other people.
personally, I don't like the pope we have at the present moment at all either, as a matter of fact, I think he's setting the church back about 200 years and spends all his time condemning gays instead of going after issues with more importance. Instead of talking about what's going on in Iraq or in Korea or Iran or whatever, he's got a one-track-mind against anything homosexual, and people have actually bashed him for it. Granted, she was slamming John Paul II, not Benedict, but I wouldn't give the man we call pope currently any more respect than Sinead did John Paul because he obviously has no respect for me. Just because one is pope doesn't mean he's entitled to being loved, any more than there will always be people who dislike the president. Hell, he even called holy war on Harry Potter, John Paul II actually enjoyed the series!!!!

The real reason Sinead is pretty much a one-hit-wonder is all her doing. I've listened to a lot of her recordings and like numerous songs of hers, but she never set out to be a "pop star". NC2U is pretty much a one of a kind song in her catalog, the rest of that album (which went to #1 pretty much just on the back of that one song) was extremely political about things going on in Ireland, and a couple other deeply personal songs, that didn't have the pop edge Prince gave her.

I respect the fact that Sinead has an opinion, even if it pisses people off. You see people like Celine Dion or Kylie Minogue (who is on the topic) who are afraid to ever say anything that might possibly offend or alienate any potential fanbases. Sinead had the type of balls that only Madonna and Roseanne had during that early 90's period. She was never going to change to appeal to masses, and I think that's to be commended. Way too many artists sell out and change everything about them in hopes of gaining one more fan, Sinead didn't care.

[SBTB Geek]

regardless with whatever you think about Sinead, there's no denying she's got a hell of a voice, and that "Nothing Compares 2 U" was one of the greatest records of the 90's.

We're in 2008 and that record still holds up as being one of the best modern pop songs.

The entire Pope photo incident was so blown out of proportion. People act as if it was an image of Jesus of Himself.

[Ireneparalegal]

It was more than a photo tearing incident. It was someone using SNL time to evoke her own views on viewers who had no idea that was forthcoming. No different then Kanye West blowing his top on television abt his views abt George Bush. There is a time and a place for that kind of crap.

[waichingliu81]

One ultimate hit (I know she had more but that is what made her famous and seems to be the only thing people will remember her for).

One miserable woman.

Having a gigantic hit doesn't give her the rights on slamming people. She can give billions in charity and it still doesn't mean squat to be a rude, crude and classless person.

I'd rather listen to J-Lo rather than listen to someone who slams the pope and other people.

it may be her one hit, but it wasn't her own song- prince wrote that song and performed it and personally speaking, i prefer his version over sinead's. he sung that with real passion and soul. all she will be remembered for musically is nothing compares 2 u, and yet every time she is on tv she has that miserable look on her face. WTF is all that about, i'd like to know?

and irene, you admitting you like j-lo's music? now that's a surprise

[waichingliu81]

Me too. I don't like Kylie's early SAW songs from the 80's and early 90's. As far as I'm concerned, her career didn't begin until the self-titled 1994 album

being born in the 80s, i loved SAW's music especially kylie's. they were absolutely huge here in the uk. and so, i much prefer songs like i should be so lucky, better the devil you know and hand on your heart over the post-kylie era stuff

[Dean Winchester]

being born in the 80s, i loved SAW's music especially kylie's. they were absolutely huge here in the uk. and so, i much prefer songs like i should be so lucky, better the devil you know and hand on your heart over the post-kylie era stuff
I'm only a year or so older than you. SAW wasn't quite as popular in America as in the UK but we still heard a lot of it. To me, it was just the Max Martin of the 1980's, I liked Dead Or Alive and some Bananarama (who also IMO were much better without them), but most of it sounded the same. 80's Kylie was fun, but it was almost as generic as Miley Cyrus or someone today is IMO. I much prefer indie-rock Kylie from the 90's and disco/r&b Kylie of now.

[Dean Winchester]

it may be her one hit, but it wasn't her own song- prince wrote that song and performed it and personally speaking, i prefer his version over sinead's. he sung that with real passion and soul. all she will be remembered for musically is nothing compares 2 u, and yet every time she is on tv she has that miserable look on her face. WTF is all that about, i'd like to know?

and irene, you admitting you like j-lo's music? now that's a surprise
while I am a much bigger Prince fan, I do think Sinead did steal the song away from him, kinda like Chaka did I Feel For You and Cyndi did When You Were Mine. His version was good, but Sinead took that song and ran with it and made it her own IMO.

It's the fact that it was Prince's song that Sinead hates it and doesn't want to perform it in concert, because she'd rather be remembered for her own songs.

[waichingliu81]

I'm only a year or so older than you. SAW wasn't quite as popular in America as in the UK but we still heard a lot of it. To me, it was just the Max Martin of the 1980's, I liked Dead Or Alive and some Bananarama (who also IMO were much better without them), but most of it sounded the same. 80's Kylie was fun, but it was almost as generic as Miley Cyrus or someone today is IMO. I much prefer indie-rock Kylie from the 90's and disco/r&b Kylie of now.

yeah the max martin/SAW comparison is in a way justified- they are conveyor belt produced production pop companies that made bubble gum pop that appealed to kids. SAW with my generation- the 80s, and max with britney, BSB, nsync for the 90s kids. interestingly enough SAW used the same signature beat in all their songs- the cowbells and big beats that you can hear in all their records and which is why people have said in the past that their records sound as similar to each other as the last one.

also SAW's harding and cunnow remixed and produced many songs for US artists such as donna summer and debbie gibson

[Ireneparalegal]

Sinead is a whacko. Bottom line. She also accused Prince of some sexual assault or battery abt a year after her song hit it big. Whatever became of that? Nothing, from what I can recall. She gets her name in the news by slamming people. I never saw the Oprah interview so I don't even know if she actually blamed bi-polar for her behavior. If so, she sounds like she is giving herself an excuse to get away with bashing people. And if it is in fact true that her slamming people is a result of her bi-polar disorder, then why is any credence given to what she is saying now? It is either ALL BI-POLAR related or it is her being a beeyotch. I will take the latter.

Like I said, there was a time and a place to do what she did, she chose the wrong way, why else was she so sneaky abt what she was going to do? SNL had no idea and they certainly would not have authorized her to do that crap. She is no different than any of those celebs out there who bash other people for publicity.

[waichingliu81]

i don't fall for BS such as bi-polar in regards to her lashing out. she just has this nasty habit in taking her frustrations out on people, of whom we consider as good people. she should take anger mangement classes because from how she is portrayed through the media, she looks like an angry woman.

sinead needs to get over herself and stop being so ****ing negative and pissed and let people like us know about it because it is annoying and it does get on people's nerves. i don't want to know about it from her, and nor do i care

[Ireneparalegal]

i don't fall for BS such as bi-polar in regards to her lashing out. she just has this nasty habit in taking her frustrations out on people, of whom we consider as good people. she should take anger mangement classes because from how she is portrayed through the media, she looks like an angry woman.

sinead needs to get over herself and stop being so ****ing negative and pissed and let people like us know about it because it is annoying and it does get on people's nerves. i don't want to know about it from her, and nor do i care
Thank you. If you (in general) are going to defend Sinead's actions (blasting people) then you need to defend all the other people out there who slam others for apparently no good reason (Kanye West, Natalie Cole, etc). Kylie has dealt with breast cancer and it was a scary time for her. To bash someone who has bigger issues on her mind, is nothing but a petty person with no agenda other than being a beeyotch.

[MrCleveland]

Who the hell is Kylie Minogue?:confused:

[88survivor]

Kylie is a Aussie pop singer. Use to be a Aussie soap star in the 80s.

[waichingliu81]

Who the hell is Kylie Minogue?:confused:

she used to be a star in a big australian soap opera called neighbours back in the 80s. in fact that show has spawned the likes of jason donovan, natalie imbruglia and alan dale who starred in 24 and ugly betty in the US. since she left neighbours, kylie has carved out a singing career and has become australia's most successful entertainer, ever and sold millions upon millions of records across the globe. although as stated earlier, her pop success is due to her popularity in europe, australia and asia

[ilovethe80s]

I like Kylie she had a hit a few years back with Can't Get You Out of My Head and in the 80's she had a hit with Locomotion and a few others.

[Ireneparalegal]

Kylie has the kind of career that Sinead can only wish she had.
I hate using Wikipedia as a source, but it appears to be accurate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue


She had a big hit with "Can't Get You Out of My Head."

Here is some more on her breast cancer fight:
Kylie Minogue, 37, diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer in May 2005, is reported to be in full remission. After eight months of surgeries and chemotherapy, she is said to be gaining weight and feeling optimistic about the future. In addition to the conventional medical treatments for breast cancer, Minogue used a variety of alternative therapies, including visualization practices, nutrition, massage and Reiki. Minogue is spending time with her family in Melbourne, Australia, tending to the garden and possibly writing a book for children. She plans on touring later this year.

[waichingliu81]

Kylie has the kind of career that Sinead can only wish she had.
I hate using Wikipedia as a source, but it appears to be accurate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue


She had a big hit with "Can't Get You Out of My Head."

Here is some more on her breast cancer fight:
Kylie Minogue, 37, diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer in May 2005, is reported to be in full remission. After eight months of surgeries and chemotherapy, she is said to be gaining weight and feeling optimistic about the future. In addition to the conventional medical treatments for breast cancer, Minogue used a variety of alternative therapies, including visualization practices, nutrition, massage and Reiki. Minogue is spending time with her family in Melbourne, Australia, tending to the garden and possibly writing a book for children. She plans on touring later this year.

in terms of chart rivalry, cher and madonna are arguably the two main rivals to kylie- all three have had hits in all 3 decades- the 80s, 90s and 00s. i was gonna say mariah as well, but whilst she has had massive success in the US, she hasn't been a huge success in the uk, than say kylie has

[Ireneparalegal]

Cher (with Sonny and without) had hits in the 60's and 70's too. So Cher is one mega woman having had singles in each decade since the 60's...that's 40 YEARS!!!!!! :cheers:

[Dean Winchester]

Who the hell is Kylie Minogue?:confused:
she's a pop music icon in Australia and the UK. She's had some US success (namely The Locomotion and Can't Get You Out Of My Head) but nothing compared to what she has there, she's been cranking out the hits since 1987 and has the #5 hit in the UK this week with "Wow"