This Is Just A Rebel Song

Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor sure has upset a few people in her time. With her outspoken views on child abuse and poverty. Her infamous appearance on Saturday Night Live. Singing of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church live on American TV. Calling Pope John Paul II; "evil", and ripping up his photo saying; "fight the real enemy" on NBC didn't do her any favours either.

Did she expect anything other than what she got? Was she trying to emulate the Beatles having her records destroyed and radio stations refusing to play her songs? Even up until today, NBC still refuses to rebroadcast the sequence.

Foolish, naive act of an innocent rebel with the right motives our just a ridicules publicity stunt? Who knows.

I do, however, get the feeling there is a really nice person in there somewhere. One capable of chilling performances like this...