The world spit on her for the following:

O’Connor’s career took a political shift — especially in the United States — on 3 October 1992, when she appeared on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest. She was singing an a cappella version of Bob Marley’s “War”, which she intended as a protest over the sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, by changing the lyric “racism” to “child abuse.”[15] She then presented a photo of Pope John Paul II to the camera while singing the word “evil”, after which she tore the photo into pieces, said “Fight the real enemy,” and threw the pieces towards the camera.

Who’s laughing now, huh? I never heard the ‘child abuse’ part when I was growing up, how about you?

The song is a cover of Ralph McTell:

Which is actually a cover of Pachelbel, but further discover is up to you.

Tags: ralph mctell, sinead o'connor

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 18th, 2010 at 04:16.