The Cranberries - Zombie REACTION! Oh my...

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The Cranberries - Zombie REACTION! Oh my...

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[BlackPegasusRaps]

Today I learned a lot from the comments. This song was about Irelands civil war and people even soldiers at times being like zombies following orders mindlessly. This is a protest song. Most importantly this is going on all over the world still. Rest in Paradise Dolores O'Riordan 🙏🏽 Your people and humanity are grateful for your contribution…

[matthewshea]

RIP. one of greatest female voices of easy 3 generations

[catherinemccullough]

I have lived in Belfast my whole life, I am 79 years old. I was raised Catholic, I met my husband when we were teenagers, he was Protestant. The relationship was frowned upon by everyone, my father refused to give permission for us to marry, my mother told me to get out of her house, at 18 I had to go to live in a hostel. At 21 I was free to marry without permission, none of our families were there. He died seven years ago from bone and prostate cancer six weeks before our 52nd wedding anniversary. I miss him every day, we have a son and a daughter and two wonderful grandchildren. I worked with youth services, youth clubs etc, and my role was to bring together young people across the divided communities to let each side know that they were all the same, same clothes, same music, same sports etc. living through the troubles was a nightmare, but I see a lot of changes in attitudes, most people just want to live in peace, have a decent job and a roof over their heads, but there are a few narrow minded idiots on both sides who won’t let go of their prejudices.

[-B-B]

I can't believe in the 90's we took this music for granted.

[susannemurray]

It's northern ireland. Im from there, and that is exactly what it was like. We lived in civil war for 30 years. I was born into a war . Thank god it's ended now. 🙏

[jackbassett]

An IRA bomb was set in a rubbish bin outside a store in England killing a toddler and his older companion died a day or so later. The Cranberries were touring England at the time. Deloris being a mother of young children and Irish she was outraged and hurting. She was singing in an Irish mourning style called Keening. She wanted to express her personal pain and outrage. She wanted them to know that although she was Irish it was not done in her name. This song actually brought the IRA and the UK into peace talks.

[bridgetmccracken]

Dolores used keening perfectly in this song. The mournful wailing sound brought the pain of this tragic event to light

[katann]

I am Irish and she does the Irish Galik singing. I played this loud when I left a very abusive man. It was war in my life. It was an anthem for me for a year. I left black and blue over 3/4 of my body, with a 5 mo. old and 4 year old. He had taken my shoes. I just left with them. Nothing. No clothes, money. War was real to me. I walked out into the world and trusted it to catch us. I did say I was Irish, I meant Irish Catholic. The priest told me he was sick, I was wrong to leave. It was a spiritual, physical war.

[emilyc]

I was injured by an IRA bomb in London in 1983. I was a kid. Walking wounded but still see the three small scars every day and I can remember every moment like it was yesterday. This song was 10 years later, it was so impactful at the time, a time when it felt like the violence was just here to stay and yet we find ourselves somewhere better now. Peace is like a marriage, both sides have to make it work if they want to keep it. I agree with the previous poster that it will take a couple more generations to fully heal, generations who know nothing but peace.

[shanegarrihy]

This song played a big part in getting people to stand up to the killing on both sides, people decided not to be "zombies" any more. Many peace marches from both sides followed & the thw people demanded peace talks to stop the murder. R.I.P Delores, never forgotten 😢

[neilflood]

This was a masterful piece of lyricism by a then 21 year old woman who captured the feelings of the vast majority of people in her country and mine following the terrorist murder of two young boys aged 3 and 12 in Warrington in 1993. I have heard two terrorist explosions in my life, one IRA a month after the event that Dolores writing about in Zombie, and the other an Islamic bus bombing on 7th July 2005.

The Cranberries are all from Limerick in the South West of Ireland. The reference to 1916 was the Easter Rising in Dublin that year agaist the British occupation of Ireland. Dolores passed away in a hotel the night before she was due to record the video with Bad Wolves.

R.I.P. Dolores O'Roirdon, Tim Parry & Jonathan Ball.

[pirateylass]

Ever since Delores’ death, I can’t hear this song without tearing up. 😢
First fell in love with her voice and The Cranberries’ music when I was 12, back in ‘92, and been a completely devoted fan since. The Wolves did a genuine tribute to this song, but the flawless original will forever mean so much more to me. RIP sweet lady. We miss you so much ❤

[michaelmeehan]

At a concert in Melbourne, Australia many moons ago, Dolores and the band performed this song with just Delores on the acoustic guitar, singing the song so quietly. Everyone in the audience was in tears by the end of it. If I had a time machine, I would go back to that night again and again.

[irishqueen]

Her style of signing in certain parts is called "keening" an Irish form of signing for funerals...

[shapeach]

When you are constantly exposed to unimaginable fear, violence, and the horrors of War...you become so numb, just going through the motions..and the killing has gone on for so long you don't even know what your fighting for....such an Incredible vocalist ..was an amazing musician.

[Desu-Desu-Chan-San]

One of the best war protest songs out there, it is so haunting.

[phillipbarker]

Delores was a great gift to the world.

[candi_renee_]

The song was written in response to the death of Johnathan Ball, aged 3, and Tim Parry, aged 12, both of whom had been killed in the 1993 Warrington bombings, when two IRA improvised explosive devices hidden in trash cans were detonated in a shopping street in Warrington, England.

Ball died at the scene of the bombing as a result of his shrapnel-inflicted injuries, and five days later, Parry lost his life as a result of head injuries.

Parry died in his father's arms in a hospital in Walton, Liverpool.

The two boys had gone shopping to buy Mother's Day cards on one of the town's busiest shopping streets.

56 others were injured, some seriously.

[iyjhwfs]

The Cranberries, including Dolores, are from Limerick. A small city on the west coast of Ireland which has a history going back 1, 200 years. 1916 is a reference to the revolution that took place that year in Ireland, against British rule.

[davideastham]

Been listening to this for the last 30 yrs and it always tears me apart. RIP to the beautiful Dolores O'Riordan. May her music live on forever ❤