 The Lion and the Cobra (1987) [ larger cover art ] |
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I'm dancing the seven veils
Want you to pick up my scarf
See how the black moon fades
Soon I can give you my heart
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't see the flame
But I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
I do
They're throwing it all this way
Dragging it back to the start
And they say, "See how the glass is raised?"
I have refused to take part
I told them "drink something new"
Please let me pull something through
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't
I don't know no shame
I feel no pain
I can't see the flame
But I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
I do know Man-din-ka
I do
I do
I do
I say I do
Soon I can give you my heart
I swear I do
Soon I can give you my heart
I do
Mandinka
Soon I can give you my heart
Soon I can give you my heart
Soon I can give you my heart
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: May 17, 2013 - 10:46 lmic wrote: B52s? ;) A little bit. Well, maybe more than just a little, but that is one reason I like it. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Mar 15, 2013 - 16:31 B52s? ;) |
| bev (Reno, NV) | Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 07:30  I agree with that review. "She yanks the listener into her turmoil..." A terrible beauty indeed. The Lion and the Cobra was for me personally a true masterpiece of angst and her voice gave voice to my own pain and confusion.(8?» wrote: Here's an interesting review from Awesome 80s Sinead O'Connor - The Lion And The Cobra To quote her fellow Irishman, poet William Butler Yeats, when Sinead O'Connor's debut, The Lion and the Cobra, was released, a terrible beauty was born. O'Connor has a haunting voice as dark as the Irish bogs, and her unwavering delivery simultaneously inflames and chills. She sings in two ranges: her soprano ("Never Get Old," "Jackie") is a nearly monastic chant that's angular and breathy like a pan flute or a tin whistle, while her alto, reigning in "I Want Your (Hands on Me)" and "Mandinka," is a suspended, forceful spoken-word tone that never quite yells. By switching back and forth between these two vocal modes, she yanks the listener into her turmoil, giving you no choice but to empathize. She was only 20 years old during this recording, and her difficult relationships with lovers, motherhood, her parents, and the Catholic Church were traumatic and fresh. But rather than mellow with maturity, she gained notoriety with publicly unfavorable political antics that would accompany and often overshadow her equally astounding follow-up, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |
| Middleton (along for the ride) | Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 07:20 perfect to get the blood flowing this morning!!  |
| cShaggy (..inna state of being..) | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 23:01 ..this is one of my desert isle discs..Sinead's voice, energy, & intensity were primal at that moment.. |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Dec 11, 2012 - 13:57 I think when she grows up she wants to be a member of the Go-Gos. |
| kcar | Posted: Oct 09, 2012 - 20:24 ajlept wrote: This brings back memories of SNL's "Sinatra Group." Bill Hartman (RIP) doing the "Chairman" calling her Uncle Fester. LMAO! Nice tune, too.  I remember that skit—"Sinatra" got into a fight with Billy Idol, who wouldn't stop sticking out his lower lip and glaring. He did a great skit as Reagan—slightly doddering and stiff in public, but a raging tiger of genius plotting and skullduggery behind closed doors with his cabinet. His Clinton imitation wasn't quite as good as Darryl Hammond's but it was pretty funny. |
| jberko (Franklin, TN) | Posted: Sep 08, 2012 - 06:41 Awful song... done listening to RP for the day. |
| Bobert_ParkCity (Park City Utah) | Posted: May 04, 2012 - 20:28 You gotta move to this.... |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 15:11 Did you know that in Swahelle language, Mandinka means " I have a shinny head" yep, all true |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 22:07
Sinead O'Connor - Óró 's é do bheatha 'bhaile, Live Dublin"Never heard this sung with more passion." halwro "tak,naprawdę wspaniała interpretacja tej pieśni dokonana przez Sinéad:) Rewolucja będzie trwała dopóki choć jeden naród nie będzie w pełni wolny...rewolucja lub ewolucja,jeśli wiele osób będzie MYŚLEĆ...to co w środku-to także na zewnątrz...pozdr." zephir332 |
| Seahunt (Parent's Basement) | Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 12:30 Jack_Jefferson wrote: "I've been doing this gig long before you were a gleem in some drunken mick's eye!" Phil Hartman as Sinatra on SNL My favorite line was "I got chunks of guys like you in my stool." |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 12:24 and out |
| thewiseking (New York, New York) | Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 09:46 perfect power pop |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 06:29 ice-9 wrote: He (as Sinatra) also called her "Shinehead" O'Connor. ...but I'll miss him most as Lionel Hutz. Phil Hartman as Sinatra on SNL |
| ice-9 | Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 14:17 cosmiclint wrote: Yes, RIP, Phil Hartman. ;) P.S. Now you've got me thinking about Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy as Sinatra and Stevie Wonder singing Ebony and Ivory. Thank goodness for YouTube :) He (as Sinatra) also called her "Shinehead" O'Connor. ...but I'll miss him most as Lionel Hutz. |
| allearsny (New York City, and mountains north and west) | Posted: Sep 12, 2010 - 20:05 What a bunch of whiners. Most of y'all need to get your panties out of a wad, and learn to take enjoyment in each song for what it is. Or jump the RP ship and go back to commercial radio. THAT would give you something to cry about. |
| Bachka (Lithuania, Panevezhys) | Posted: Sep 12, 2010 - 19:37 My doughters one of the favourite songs. And she's only 3 Years old... Go Sinead! |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 21:51 Caly, is it really necessary to post such gigantic photos that basically fill the entire page (and thus bumping all the song comments)? Perhaps a smaller pic or a link for those that are interested? |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 23, 2010 - 18:15  Sinead O'Connor 3 by ~Ronanj ©2007-2010 ~Ronanj "Nice to see her smiling..." |
| Dillinquent (Hertford, UK) | Posted: May 08, 2010 - 07:28 Excellent, one of my fave albums. Go on Bill, treat us to Troy... Please. |
| stewliscious (northGA) | Posted: Apr 06, 2010 - 14:39 Coulda sworn that was the chick from B-52's.... |
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 11:50 this is on the PA in the fitness gym at the Vatican. ;) |
| (former member) (Infinity and Beyond) | Posted: Dec 01, 2009 - 16:37 cirruss wrote: I've never really heard much of Sinead but I must say I am digging this.... was she really this new wavey? This first record was really really good. I still clearly remember standing in a record store and they put on Never Grow Old and I thought "OMG! It's a female Peter Gabriel! This is smart, interesting, and well produced." Had high hopes for her. This is a record worth owning, for sure. |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 08:31 ajlept wrote: This brings back memories of SNL's "Sinatra Group." Bill Hartman (RIP) doing the "Chairman" calling her Uncle Fester. LMAO! Nice tune, too. Yes, RIP, Phil Hartman. ;) P.S. Now you've got me thinking about Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy as Sinatra and Stevie Wonder singing Ebony and Ivory. Thank goodness for YouTube :) |
| bhallmark (The Administrative Zone of the District of Columbia) | Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 17:41 Another fun one, this totally takes me back to NYC in the 80s. I saw her live at the Beacon Theatre a million years ago. During one of her acoustic, almost silent moments, some guy in the back shouts, full on brooklyn accent: "Sinead!!!! I fuckin love yooow!" Awesome, awesome. |
| cirruss (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles) | Posted: Aug 29, 2009 - 05:36 I've never really heard much of Sinead but I must say I am digging this.... was she really this new wavey? |
| countyman (09 Stanley Cup Champs and Sixburgh) | Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 16:13 OldFrenchie wrote: Horrible horrible horrible. I liked it better when Shine-head faded away to obscurity. Like you, up there in Mannytonka. |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jun 26, 2009 - 21:51 This brings back memories of SNL's "Sinatra Group." Bill Hartman (RIP) doing the "Chairman" calling her Uncle Fester. LMAO! Nice tune, too. |
| Welly (Vangroovy) | Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 10:20 Wow. I don't think I've heard this since the time when the album came out. Sure takes me back! |
| HarrO (Just Down the Hill from Paradise) | Posted: Mar 23, 2009 - 21:42 Rock & Roll on a Monday night !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! |
| rachlan (nyc) | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 08:17 fun singing along :) |
| a_genuine_find (Nieuw Amsterdam) | Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 15:03 I do I do I do I do like them Sam I am   |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 15:03 I knew this girl once, her name was Mandinka...well never mind. |
| jhorton | Posted: Dec 19, 2008 - 00:47 Singing aside. I just LOVE this woman. As you were. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 06, 2008 - 20:20
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| aquadonia (Green Bay, WI) | Posted: Sep 18, 2008 - 18:01 I like this one lots... but "Fire On Babylon"...  |
| vit | Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 07:09 Dang it, dang it. Always look before hitting play. |
| pvcnote (SP/SP) | Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 07:07 The Voice! |
| Odyzzeuz (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Jun 12, 2008 - 13:21 This is great. |
| steeler (Staring, blankly, into the abyss) | Posted: Jun 12, 2008 - 13:20 Waste of her talents. When she has the right vehicle, brilliance ensues. This isn't it. |
| Krispian (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 14:58 Guilty favourite :) |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 14:46 Something about that 80's dum dum duuuuuuum dum sound and that cheesy repeating guitar make it almost impossible for me to like a lot of this era's music even from musicians I respect like Sinead, or even revere, like Bowie (who can honestly listen to Never Let Me Down) |
| skdenfeld (Bend, Oregon) | Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 14:42 Alafia wrote: I had to look and see what everyone's comments on this song were, and was interested to see all the "I don't like her music, but I like this song" comments. I like her music a lot, but this song sucks.
I'm definitely more in line with you, bud! |
| Alafia (on the slopes) | Posted: Feb 07, 2008 - 16:08 I had to look and see what everyone's comments on this song were, and was interested to see all the "I don't like her music, but I like this song" comments. I like her music a lot, but this song sucks. |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 10:32 More_Cowbell wrote: Mis-guided passion and ignorance is the motivation here, but I will not cast a stone. This song is a 9. No stones cast here, she did some good stuff since SNL, only it could use a little more cowbell. |
| araujokrl (the county) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 10:31 wolf-howling |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 10:31 fredriley wrote: Shades of the B52s?
That's why I like it. |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 10:29 fredriley wrote: Shades of the B52s?
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| rickhoran (Eastern PA) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 10:29 the only song of hers i like. Its a great song if you ignore the name of the artist. |