The softer side of me
Filed Under (etcetera) by Don C on 24-03-2008
I wouldn’t exactly say that I am a big fan of the ballad love song genre but I heard this song on Sunny 99.1 the other day and didn’t have a clue who sang it or what it was about. I tuned in right at about the time the performer was working over the lyric no-thing compares to you in diva like fashion. Reminiscent of the operatic performance of The Diva Dance by Inva Mula in the Fifth Element I was enthralled by the vocals.
On the way out of town for Easter on Good Friday I hummed a few bars for the Wife and Kidz and the Wife nailed it immediately — it was Sinead O’Conner performing Nothing Compared 2 U from circa 1990. I am all like, no way!
But yes, way, it is indeed Sinead O’Connor. Come to find out after returning home from Easter visitation and reconnecting to the Big Brain, Nothing Compared 2 U has been thoroughly done by various artists, including Prince who originally wrote the piece.
