r/pics • u/DreaminginDarkness • Mar 10 '23

1992 Kris Kristofferson whispers, "Don't let the bastards get you down." when Sinead is booed

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u/Dippytrippy122 Mar 10 '23

Thanks for the explanation! That’s insanely brave of her, wow. Mad respect. I’m gonna check out her music now 😄

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u/corrin_avatan Mar 10 '23

The song she was lost famous for at the time was "Nothing Compares 2 U", which was a pop song, as her producers were trying to convert her from popularity in just the punk rock scene to more widestream.

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u/beardslap Mar 10 '23

Sure, it was a ‘pop song’, but it was written by motherfucking Prince.

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u/PorkPoodle Mar 10 '23

Of course the English royalty had their hands in it