Sinéad O'Connor - Troy High Quality

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The original video for Sinéad O'Connors Troy from her groundbreaking 1987 debut album The Lion And The Cobra

Released: November 4, 1987
Recorded: 1986-1987, Oasis Studios
Label: Ensign/Chrysalis
Producers: Sinéad O'Connor and Kevin Mooney

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[nikachicky]

Props to the uploader. flawless.

[Grendel Nin]

Why thank you. If you think the clip is flawless compressed down to 5MB needed to upload, you should see the clip in it's original High-Def surround sound 1.2GB format. ;-)

[wtfpye]

I have to say that Sinead is so underrated and so unappreciated....she will always have a special place in music collection.

[tonybond1208]

Ireland has produced some amazing musicians. This song remains on my top 20 list of best songs ever (in my opinion).

[newfanglejr]

I remember this song was number one on local radio (CFNY, Toronto) for weeks and weeks. I'd listen to the countdown Thursday nights on my Sony Walkman while riding the subway. Parts of the subway were above ground (radio worked) and most were below (radio did not). I actually got off the train and sat in an above ground station until this song played/was over.

Very under-rated artist - tearing up a picture of the pope on live TV didn't help though...

[reasonable2me]

No it is not my version. She had an interview with Oprah and I read the article. Those were her words I copied.

[Unsound Methods]

The camera man did it all wrong. Just a bit wider next time please

[Eleonore70]

One of the most beautiful songs ever.

[eloisealice]

Is it your version ? Or She talked about that...?

[eloisealice]

I remember I was listenning this song, when I was student in art...And I was sure she was not normal...

[reasonable2me]

And I didn't have anybody around me who I knew before, so you're not seeing yourself reflected back at yourself from anyone around you. It can be a massive identity crisis."

Sinéad says even as she struggled to deal with her abusive upbringing and her fame, the music remained an outlet. "In Ireland, we're still quite behind in terms of recovery and therapy and all that kind of stuff," she says. "So when I was growing up there was no such thing as talking to anyone about abuse and what

[reasonable2me]

She had a sad life story. I encourage every one to read about her.

Shortly after her mother died when she was 17, Sinéad left her abusive home and moved to England to begin her music career. "I started making records and suddenly became this pop star thing, but I never had time to form my own identity, if you like, or recover from my upbringing," she says. "It really confused me. I didn't know who I was or what I was.