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sinead o'connor's new album
theology
made me cry.
i listened to it over and over again
walking around halifax today.
Although O'Connor claimed fear kept her gaze downward, her stage presence did not suffer. She chatted about becoming addicted to television preachers during a brief time living in Atlanta prior to the Celtic-reggae hybrid "Lamb's Book of Life." And she mused about doing interviews with the Christian press for her new album "Theology" and the fact that a small percentage of the interviewers would take issue with her suggestion that "God perhaps doesn't want war."
As a rebuttal she offered up "If You Had a Vineyard," with its direct quotations from Isaiah and lush backing vocals, which pulled the listener along as if caught up in a current.
While "Theology" draws inspiration from scripture, a well O'Connor has tapped since her debut album, "The Lion and the Cobra," it was not the ecclesiastical that produced the night's most rapturous moment. That occurred when O'Connor stood at the microphone and lifted her voice for "In This Heart." As she was joined in harmony one by one by her bassist, fiddler, and guitarist, the intertwined notes pulled a little bit of heaven onto the stage and easily survived a momentary lapse of lyrical memory
she quotes from song of solomon- the most erotic book in the bible
and gives a surprisingly amazing rendition of jesus christ superstar's "i don't know how to love him"
the whole thing is an unabashed love letter to jesus
knowing the realities of how fucked everything is- and never denying that for a second.
she offers instead-
the possibilities of something beautiful.
truly .
near weepy on barrington st.
one of those days.
the good kinds of days.
sinead o'connor's new album
theology
made me cry.
i listened to it over and over again
walking around halifax today.
Although O'Connor claimed fear kept her gaze downward, her stage presence did not suffer. She chatted about becoming addicted to television preachers during a brief time living in Atlanta prior to the Celtic-reggae hybrid "Lamb's Book of Life." And she mused about doing interviews with the Christian press for her new album "Theology" and the fact that a small percentage of the interviewers would take issue with her suggestion that "God perhaps doesn't want war."
As a rebuttal she offered up "If You Had a Vineyard," with its direct quotations from Isaiah and lush backing vocals, which pulled the listener along as if caught up in a current.
While "Theology" draws inspiration from scripture, a well O'Connor has tapped since her debut album, "The Lion and the Cobra," it was not the ecclesiastical that produced the night's most rapturous moment. That occurred when O'Connor stood at the microphone and lifted her voice for "In This Heart." As she was joined in harmony one by one by her bassist, fiddler, and guitarist, the intertwined notes pulled a little bit of heaven onto the stage and easily survived a momentary lapse of lyrical memory
she quotes from song of solomon- the most erotic book in the bible
and gives a surprisingly amazing rendition of jesus christ superstar's "i don't know how to love him"
the whole thing is an unabashed love letter to jesus
knowing the realities of how fucked everything is- and never denying that for a second.
she offers instead-
the possibilities of something beautiful.
truly .
near weepy on barrington st.
one of those days.
the good kinds of days.