Breaking Glass - Hazel O'Connor

Breaking Glass, the sound of a shattered career

Advantages: Good music and insight into Britain in the early 80's
Disadvantages: Certain scenes are very difficult to watch now

1980, Punk was dying and 2 Tone was only just getting established in the Midlands. Music was either the New Wave alternative, Glam Rock , Prog Rock or Disco. And what was Coventry songstress Hazel O'Connor doing with herself. Making this movie, Breaking Glass. It's about a young woman called Kate (apparently named after Kate Bush) trying to break into music from the bottom in the London music scene. Along with a fairly young Phil Daniels fresh from Quadrophenia who plays her manager Danny are Jonathan Pryce playing their deaf saxaphone player Ken, Ken Campbell playing the pub landlord who hosts the bands early gigs (and consistantly refuses to pay them for any), Mark Wing Davey (better known as Zaphod Beeblebrox) playing the record exec that Phil is helping to artifically create sales for. As far as other musical talent there is ...

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Waxy O'Connor's Glasgow - My Favourite Reading Room

Advantages: Great food. Friendly, helpful staff. Location, location, location!!
Disadvantages: A bit of a Maze inside.....so you might lose your friends....

, or to meet friends, to eat good food and take a break from shopping. I can camp in a quiet corner with my book and no-one is going to bother me. And sometimes all you want is somewhere to have an afternoon of "me-time". (Waxy O'Connor's states on their website that they are strictly over 18's only) ...

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O'Connor does Irish Folk with Style

Advantages: Beautiful renditions of traditional songs. Fantastic powerful singing.
Disadvantages: None.

On Sean-nos Nua Sinead O'Connor has tapped into the great wealth of Irish folk songs to find a superb selection and then stamped her own unique style on them. On the sleeve notes she explains that this is the album she has always wanted to make and she has obviously given it a lot of her attention. This album reaffirms Sinead O'Connor as one of the greatest female singers of our time. She uses her voice with both soft and gentle beauty and immense power. If you like Irish folk music you will like this as the songs are classics, but you probably haven't heard them done quite like this before - be prepared for a pleasant surprise. If you like Sinead O'Connor's previous work you will not be disappointed either as here her voice is as great as ever and this album is as good if not better than anything she has done before. If you ...

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