CAPTURING THE HEARTS & MINDS OF IRELAND?! First Time Hearing The Cranberries - Zombie Reaction!

Dolores has one of the most haunting and melodic voices ever.. We all miss her. ❤❤❤

Warrington is in England. Dolores was 21 when she wrote Zombie, an amazing song that captured the feelings of the vast majority of the people in her country and mine. Rest in Peace Tim Parry, Jonathan Ball and Dolores O'Riordan.

When you tell your drummer to play "angry". This song helped change the world for the better.....powerful.

She sings with a "keen" that is absolutely haunting. Keening is a traditional lament for the dead, and knowing that makes this hit harder. Amazing group, incredible singer, and we all miss her.

This was inspired by the IRA bombing in Warrington, Cheshire, England on March 20, 1993. Two children, Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry, were killed. Lead singer Dolores O'Riordan claimed that "Zombie" speaks about "the Irish fight for independence that seems to last forever." The lyrics even say, "It's the same old theme since 1916." The video was shot by Samuel Bayer, who flew to Belfast shortly before the ceasefire to get footage of the area - those are real British soldiers and local children. Bayer intercut these scenes with striking images of Dolores O'Riordan, standing by a cross and covered in gold paint, as similarly gilded children look on. Getting painted for the video was O'Riordan's idea. Explaining the symbolism, she told us, "It was to make it magnificent in a way, at the cross. It was metaphoric for all the pain that was being caused, and it was slightly religious as well." Source: Songfacts

The Cranberries have such a unique sound but are also very diverse within their own catalog. Linger and Dreams are both hits worth reacting to... can't go wrong with any of their music. R.I.P. Delores ❤

R I p dolores You had an angelic voice And it's missed

It was an anthem in the 90’s. After listening Zombie for a million times for the last 30 years I still get goosebumps ❤❤❤

Let's remember their names: Three-year-old Johnathan Ball was killed when two bombs hidden in litter bins detonated on a busy shopping street in March 1993. Tim Parry, aged 12, died five days later. There were many other victims, but this is the incident that inspired the song.

2 children died as a result of that bombing, Dolores used a form of singing called keening which is used at funerals as it has a wailing and mournful sound, it was perfect as it brought the pain of this tragic event to the masses

Dolores O'Riordan was such a phenomenal artist/performer. If you have a chance to see a concert footage of a Cranberries concert, she takes command of the stage and has the audience on the palms of her hands. RIP.

R.I.P. Dolores....fantastic Song! Greetings from Berlin 🇩🇪

What Dolores is doing in the song with her "accent" is called keening.....a vocalized lament for the dead, particularly when it comes to mothers of Scottish or Irish descent for their children. Still one of the most powerful cries against war in music history.

Very emotional song. Delores was a remarkable talent gone too early. RIP Delores. There was a bomb that killed 2 young boys. A long conflict between protestant and Catholic religion Check out linger. Such a magnificent talent.

Drummer attacking that snare. Has that martial sound and evokes the rat-a-tat of gunfire.

It was written about an IRA bombing in Warrington,England that killed two schoolchildren….here’s what Delores said about why she wrote the song. “There were a lot of bombs going off in London and I remember this one time a child was killed when a bomb was put in a rubbish bin -– that's why there's that line in the song, 'A child is slowly taken,'" O'Riordan told Songwriting Magazine. "We were on a tour bus and I was near the location where it happened, so it really struck me hard – I was quite young, but I remember being devastated about the innocent children being pulled into that kind of thing. So I suppose that's why I was saying, 'It's not me' – that even though I'm Irish it wasn't me, I didn't do it. Because being Irish, it was quite hard, especially in the UK when there was so much tension." She told Vox magazine in 1994 that the song was written in part as a mechanism to grapple with her identity as an Irish citizen that did not support the actions of the IRA. "The IRA are not me. I'm not the IRA. The Cranberries are not the IRA. My family are not. ... When it says in the song, 'It's not me, it's not my family,' that's what I'm saying. It's not Ireland".

So fortunate to have Dolores' magical voice for all of time. Still missing her.

Mother's Day 1993, the IRA set off bombs in Warrington, Chesire. Three year old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while 12-year-old Tim Parry was seriously injured. He died five days later after his life support was switched off. 54 other people suffered injuries.

This song tears me UP! STILL can't make it through it without crying.....Thanks for reacting to it!! RIP, DELORES!!!

Growing up in Belfsst during the troubles, I understand why they used the setting and the kids. We were all practically groomed for conflict from an early age