Songbird, Sinead O'Connor calls for Pope's ouster

[JohnStOnge]

Nobody is forcing you to remain an American.

Wouldn't you more respect people that want to stay and make it better?

The United States is a representative Republic. One of its fundamental principles is that the People are the final authority. People are supposed to try to influence the direction of government through voicing their opinions and arguments to try to convince other people to come around to their point of view as well as to vote in order to have an impact. That's very different from the idea of the Catholic Church. I was born into a Catholic family and went to parochial school for 9 1/2 years. Everyone else in my family is still Catholic. I have a brother who is all into theology and Catholic tradition and studies it all the time. It is a "top down" organization. The layity have no "right" to influence Church positions. They have no vote.

Plus you don't have to really "leave" anything to leave the Catholic Church. You can work the same job, live in the same house, etc. All you have to do is say "I am no longer a Catholic" and quit participating. I did. It's easy.

[kalm]

Funny, I think there might have once been a singer with that name.

Most Irish singers that try and sing in a rock format sound like they are whining, including U2

Van Morrisson, the Waterboys, Flogging Molly, Thin Lizzy, the Pogues? You need to listen to more Irish music my friend.

BTW D1B, the Shins are from Portland, OR via New Mexico.

[kalm]

Hasn't Sinead been anti-Pope for something like two decades now? I think this thread was first started back in the '80's (well, maybe they waited for the internet to be invented before they posted it) when she had her hit song come out and then she tore a picture of the Pope while on Saturday Night Live. Heck, I think Dana Carvey was still on staff at SNL back then. (*note - not absolving the Pope and the Church hierarchy of the blame and emnity they well deserve, just noting that it's not really newsworthy that Sinead O'Connor is speaking out against the Pope - she's always done that).

It's a new Pope though. She's just restating what she said back in the early 90's.


I still miss Phil Hartman.

He put Sinead in her place.

[D1B]

Most Irish singers that try and sing in a rock format sound like they are whining, including U2

Van Morrisson, the Waterboys, Flogging Molly, Thin Lizzy, the Pogues? You need to listen to more Irish music my friend.

BTW D1B, the Shins are from Portland, OR via New Mexico.

I stand corrected, thanks K

[kalm]

Van Morrisson, the Waterboys, Flogging Molly, Thin Lizzy, the Pogues? You need to listen to more Irish music my friend.

BTW D1B, the Shins are from Portland, OR via New Mexico.

I stand corrected, thanks K

I thought they were british as well.

If you haven't already, check out the act Broken Bells with producer Danger Mouse (of Gnarls Barkley and Modest Mouse fame) with Shins front man James Mercer.

It's good stuff.

[JohnStOnge]

Holy smoke I'm 52 years old and until this day I didn't realize that Van Morrison is Irish. What a great, GREAT artist. Here's to Ireland for producing him!

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

Most Irish singers that try and sing in a rock format sound like they are whining, including U2

Van Morrisson, the Waterboys, Flogging Molly, Thin Lizzy, the Pogues? You need to listen to more Irish music my friend.

BTW D1B, the Shins are from Portland, OR via New Mexico.

Hell, I thought this was just gonna be another religion thread so I didn't even open it. If I had known that it was gonna involve some good Irish artists I would have been here days ago.

Huge Pogues fan. The documentary on Shane MacGowan is fantastic.

Van Morrison "Cleaning Windows" on a sunny Friday afternoon can make your whole weekend good.
A cover but...still good. Couldn't find Van with this one.
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