I bought Sinéad O’Connor’s debut tape The Lion and The Cobra soon after its release in November 1987, probably at Record & Tape Traders in Towson, Maryland.
I too was a fat kid who was looking for emotional connection in music, and I too felt back then like something about her was "too angry." Part of it was probably my internalized sexism and now I realize (thanks to you) a big part of it was her vulnerability that scared me. And only recently, I really started appreciating how she could be so vulnerable even from the time she was preciously young and beautiful. Thank you.
I too was a fat kid who was looking for emotional connection in music, and I too felt back then like something about her was "too angry." Part of it was probably my internalized sexism and now I realize (thanks to you) a big part of it was her vulnerability that scared me. And only recently, I really started appreciating how she could be so vulnerable even from the time she was preciously young and beautiful. Thank you.