Finnish Vocal Coach Reacts: The Cranberries: "Zombie" (CC)

[@vincentmb238]

As long as there are people crying over this music video, over this song, all hope for humanity is not lost. Nice react.

[@CYRILLEJacob]

humanity is just wars, destructions and profits.

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

From your lips, to God's ears !

[@giuliogrifi7739]

I'm afraid it's........

[@Sussilando]

Das haben Sie schön formuliert und trifft den Nagel auf den Kopf! Musik kann eben sooo viel bewirken und Menschen in der Mehrzahl doch zum Nachdenken bewegen!

[@noldo3837]

When my mind was breaking like a bone during a skiing accident, it was not easy to keep it together. Sometimes I felt comfortably numb. But, when I cried - I felt - as long as I am able to cry - there is hope. If the feelings were gone, I would become just another brick in the wall.

[@AinsleyGovan]

I'm Northern Irish and grew up during the tail end of The Troubles… Dolores is a legend in this neck of the woods. Great reaction … When this comes on in the pub at the end of the night it nearly takes the roof off the place!

[@allengray5748]

I'd like to see that. Preferably live but video would be cool. ☮️

[@tribblefluffer]

I would love to experience that. I'm American but this song still brings on the waterworks even after decades of listening to it.

[@chrisalldis3375]

The most unique, distinctive & beautiful voice since Karen Carpentar.

[@IceMan-p8w]

Dolores is a legend everywhere brother (usa here).

[@timdyer5903]

I always wish that the people of northern Ireland and the North of Ireland have the best ever future. You people are fantastic. Greetings from a Brit overseas.

[@davidputterman2719]

Great song, great vocalist. Dolores O'Riorden always sang from her heart. RIP Dolores.

[@mayam1141]

Dolores

[@davidputterman2719]

Thank you for heads up on that typo,@@mayam1141

[@fineflavour4493]

Sorry but it's O’Riordan.

[@monte2115]

50 years from now Dolores will still be a unique voice in a universe of voices

[@garrycleak3055]

This song seems so relevant in 2024, tears for the young victims of conflict..

[@dehro]

the fact that you know this song inside and out, and still have this reaction says a lot about the song, the performance, the lyrics, but also about you.

[@miguelangelperezolivares2379]

SOLO TE OBSERVO EN TU ESPEJO...LO QUE SE VE NO SE AFIRMA...

[@BonniBarlow-fn6oj]

In 2018, when Dolores passed away, everyone was talking about and listening to this song. The father of one of the boys who died in that bombing said he never realized before that the song was about his son. It really helped him to know that so many people were sympathetic to what they had gone through.

[@chickedee1085]

She killed herself

[@matthewweflen]

"This is ageless art." I've never heard it more succinctly and beautifully put.

[@annavaskelainen]

Thank you!

[@petrichor649]

Bang on

[@katiemurray5862]

Dolores told the guys, especially the drummer, to play as hard as they can. She wanted people to feel the anguish. Such a beautiful song. Makes me cry every single time.

[@Bleebbot]

Yea so I went from tearing up to completely sobbing after reading this and paying attention to the drums, thank you 😭😭

[@RandomDustBunny]

The pain and expression in her voice speaks of every war of every conflict. Women can see beyond the egos and territory, to the futility. Dolores delivers a timeless masterpiece.

[@garyrobb5341]

Beautiful reaction. Your tears help the rest of the world to release their emotions about such things.

[@georgegiouri5668]

If you are human that song makes you become emotional 100%. Thanks Anna 😊😊

[@RandallMorris222]

Thanks for your honest reaction. To my mind, the term Zombie, as used in this piece, refers to everyone involved in these generations-long conflicts just replaying the same thoughts, feelings, and actions as their ancestors ("It's the same old theme since 1916") without stopping to think about whether it's right, or even changing things they thought they would change ("When the violence causes silence, we must be mistaken").

[@hemlock399]

Mindless repetition of cycles of trauma & suffering & brutal violence across generations. And, as we all know all too well, far from the first or the last instance of this phenomenon in world history. It's the fact that it's so easily recognisable & yet is driven on by its own internal psychological momentum that makes it so tragic & heartbreaking.

[@basedmase777]

Interesting, I always interpreted this as portraying men who come back from war with ptsd as becoming zombies to their families and friends. They cant shake the images of war from their head and keep replaying moments over and over and become distant and cold towards others, "zombifying" themselves. Your analysis seems more right than mine through, thank you for sharing.

[@hemlock399]

@@basedmase777 That's a perfectly good interpretation, too - it fits.

[@kevinstull8552]

It could also possibly be that people have become desensitized to violence on a daily basis. We act like the George Romero zombies, ones that move slowly, in that we just continue to shuffle at a slow pace in our lives without reacting to the violence and death and not be outraged by it all. I obviously could be wrong about my answer to this.

[@mburkitt7678]

Just my TCW - When a situation has gone on for so long without resolution, or even significant movement in one direction or another, it seems like everyone has become 'dead' to looking at another viewpoint or aspect. They are all 'zombies', each walking their own path and looking through their own blinders.

[@streganona8185]

Dolores' singing is actually a traditional Celtic style called, "Keening," which is done at funerals to lament or mourn the loss of a loved one. It certainly does what it is intended to do, which is to allow the listener to feel the pain internally.

[@annavaskelainen]

Yup there's definitely a lot of folk influences in her voice! Thank you for the insight, I didn't quite know how to call that because Irish trad. music is definitely not my strenght. 😂

[@darkestdarker3726]

So rare to see such a genuine reaction in vocal coach videos... Thank you, Anna.

[@annavaskelainen]

Thank you for sticking through this with me!

[@vampfashions]

@@annavaskelainen I would have to add to "sticking through this.." I stopped less than 1 minute into this video and subscribed and set notifications. You are a genuinely beautiful human with a heart full of love. I look forward to seeing all the other wonderful work you have created. Thank You!

[@kennethvannorwick3557]

The song itself is an amazing testament to how music can evoke emotions from horror to rage to sadness, but when it is combined with the visuals in the video it takes it to the next level.

[@peterhowells7309]

Greetings from Scotland! It is impossible to NOT get emotional when watching/listening to Dolores singing this. She put ALL of her emotions into this song and you can feel it, like something tangible. So very very sad that she is not still here, still singing.

[@tonogtube]

Extremely emotional. I have goosebumps all over. R.I.P. Dolores O’Riordan ❤

[@juliehubbard9752]

Talk about singing straight from the heart….one of the best songs and performances I’ve ever seen or heard.

[@MsSharondenadel]

I was a teen when that song was made, i didn't understand english at that time, didn't know a thing about the theme of the song, but the clip, the music and Dolores' voice touched my soul. 30 years later, and i listen to it, with the same intensity. It really is a timeless piece.

[@walterbrockman5194]

Great reaction and analysis. I'm 72 and was aware of "The Troubles" at the time. This song played a big part in forcing the IRA to negotiate a peace. I read that the "head voice" as you refer to it, (like yodeling) is a traditional Irish lamentation which Deloris incorporated into the vocals as a direct reaction to the death of the two children. Your the first person to cry as much as I have, every time I hear Deloris sing this song. Thank you

[@GQkid13]

The lyrics, visual, sounds, everything this song is such a masterpiece!! So sad with 2024 it is still so relatable...Ukraine, Yemen, Africa, Gaza,....Etc) This song makes me emotional every single time I watch or listen to it, Love the reaction, thank you.

[@darren6202]

Beautiful lady giving a Beautiful reaction to a beautifully powerful song!

[@deanwebster1904]

Dolores is a legend ,zombie will always remind us things still have to change after all these years c just a reminder how important this song was for humanity

[@joedirt3970]

Thank you for not being afraid to show exactly what the art was made for. For us to feel the soul message and therefore must unravel the intended result.

[@bernardoosses7384]

Completamente de acuerdo contigo

[@annavaskelainen]

Thank you for being so kind! This was a hard reaction to make and to publish!

[@vampfashions]

@@annavaskelainen The bravery and courage to sit and film yourself while you break into a very emotional and raw reaction, and then the struggle to compose yourself enough to complete the video, while jumping between 2 languages, and also "sub-title self" is wonderful. A lovely, heartfelt reaction and experience from a truly beautiful woman is such a random, valuable gift to find randomly in some recommended list. This is, like timeless art, a gift from the angels.

[@blastingweevil2968]

this song was written after the IRA detonated two bombs in the English town of Warrington in March 1993. The bombs were hidden in litter bins near a shopping centre and killed two children, three-year-old Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry (12) and injured many more.. i was posted to Northern Ireland in 1990 and i have nothing but respect for the irish people so many where so nice to us.

[@kdoc1483]

Not gonna mention all the kids your lot killed over here which is what the video is showing and happened far to much. There's no one here that didn't suffer and we all know where the blame is.

[@paulthomas9271]

I remember that happening from Liverpool

[@ShannonLafferty-i2o]

Unfortunately no one is clean during wartime but most people are just trying to survive the English and ira are horrible but no one said life is fair war is a fact of life

[@bligh1156]

​@user-ic5wc8po1m Those children weren't at war with anyone, and England wasn't at war with Ireland. Your opinion is downright despicable.

[@seansersmylie]

@@bligh1156 The British army murdered numerous children and tortured, murdered and locked up without trial many adults in the north. When I was a child in the 80's I had British guns pointed at me every week. The English have tormented Ireland for centuries.

[@darkjedi447]

How can someone cry so much and still look so beautiful!!!😍 Great reaction to a timeless song. Keep smiling👍🙂

[@christophercasey3530]

As a person from the north of ireland, you made me cry.... and im a 33 year old man so thank you, great reaction

[@NativeNewMexican]

I saw The Cranberries open for The The in Santa Fe, NM at a venue with around 200 people. Their performance was powerful and I knew they'd be super influential. When I saw her performance on MTV unplugged she brought tears to my eyes and every time I hear the song I well up.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

"Smile through tears or tears through a smile" is very poetic, Anna! This today is a milestone on the channel! I love and appreciate the blend of technical vocal analysis, emotional impact reaction, and lyrical observation! 🎉 🎤 🎙 🎧 🌌 🧟‍♂️ 🧟‍♀️ 🪖 🎸 🥁 🏹 🇮🇪

[@alesxemsky]

This song and mv always break me up no matter what age i am and how many times i listen to it. Ageless art indeed.

[@szeleddie]

This woman was so unique and different with her style of singing when first came out basically everyone knows and love this song!!! R. I. P. Dolores the diamond of the emerald island!!!

[@slartibart35]

I'm neither Irish nor lived through the events mentioned in the song, yet this piece of music manages to convey what it felt like living through the Troubles wonderfully, and still giving me shivers after all these years. Timeless piece of art. A great analysis as always ❤

[@stiofandundealgan1280]

Your reaction, while hearing this beautiful song, is the best I've ever seen, for sure ! Thanks a lot for that moving moment !

[@RickINFJ]

😢 Bless your empathic heart Anna. You truly got every intention of this song. She will be forever missed. ❤

[@ENTE-METAL]

I cried with you and it was liberating. What an incredibly emotional song. A masterpiece. Even back than. And forever. Greetings from germany. RIP Dolores ❤

[@AK-bx3ft]

I was a British soldier in the time of the Troubles. I'm so glad peace came.

[@loughy1]

You are lucky to be still alive pal, count your blessings.

[@AK-bx3ft]

@@loughy1 Not luck, just good training and drills my friend.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

I am English with Irish ancestors I am glad it came to and end also I have mixed feelings about the troubles, to be honest I dont know what to think about it.

[@chadrat39]

The pt is you fight some elites memo pushing war when in all honesty reality, the Brits ann Irishman on the battlefield could go out and have a good time drinking beer. Think about that...​@@AK-bx3ft

[@saltydroog854]

She was so beautiful in so many ways. Her voice is absolutely mesmerizing. And she was such a complex and tortured person.

[@flip8702]

This is one of those pieces that one needs a box of tissues. Beautiful emotional reaction. 🫶

[@peterhormell1511]

This is one of the most moving reactions to a song that I have ever experienced. I couldn’t make it through the entire analysis in one sitting. Thank you for sharing this with us. ❤️💔❤️‍🩹

[@annavaskelainen]

❤️‍🩹

[@iainmac6136]

RIP Dolores. Love from Scotland.

[@iuEnglishLyrics]

"Zombie" refers to old conflicts which refuse to die. Dolores says "but you see, its not me, it's not my family ... in your head, they're still fighting" Anna, I loved your point about the contrast in texture between "violence" and "silence". It seems to me that matching the lyric meaning with the vocal texture and the music is what makes a good singer-songwriter.

[@davidward9737]

I remember being a teenager in the 90's (yes im old) when this came out and thinking "wow" what a banger of a song and her voice" we obviously didnt have you tube, and had to watch the video on MTV. Then seeing on the news the problems in Ireland and the IRA. It was a light bulb that went off "in my head" that this song was so much deeper than just being a banger. Wrote a report on it in Music class. Such a powerful song as it was then and still is till this day. Love and goodwill to everyone ❤

[@tommccafferty5591]

I was a teenager in the 60s, so you are actually really young in comparison. 🙂

[@davidward9737]

@@tommccafferty5591 well thank you. Age is all about perception, you are young to a 90 year old

[@tommccafferty5591]

@@davidward9737 Touché. Everything is relative.

[@carlesmacuaid]

I'm from Northern Ireland and I love that Delores has a presence representing both eras of the country. This song obviously was written during, and is about the conflict in the country, but the song I hear most these days is Dreams. It's played a lot at sporting occasions and is and ode to love, hope, joy and optimism which we should all aspire to a little bit more.

[@arnodobler1096]

As soon as the song starts with the riffs I still have goosebumps, even after all these years. ❤😢

[@kebonhawk1081]

You make me want to learn Finnish. I've not heard the language much in my life but it's beautiful. Great analysis of this song. I want to see and love it when you cry because it kind of validates my own tears when listening to great music. Thank you.

[@areacode911]

Her guitar riffs in this song will stand against the ages. RIP. Legendary and iconic song.

[@LiuKang-tu8ub]

That song is powerful, heavy and full of emotions. Gives me goosebumps every time. Well done by The Cranberries! R.I.P Dolores O’Riordan.

[@dakermark1]

BY FAR the best and concise assessment of this classic I've seen. Coming from someone outside of the UK and Ireland shows how effective it is in delivering the message is testament to this.

[@oraculox]

Smile through tears sums up the connection to music that is so hard to find in the people that intersect your life as you age .

[@tjdearing4176]

Bless your gentle heart. There often seems to be no limits to the cruelty man is capable of; and yet there is also the purity of your emotions serving as a counter balance.

[@tomekd789]

BTW, since you asked: I interpret the "zombie" as an ideology that overshadows and blocks the more human assessment of the situation. The zombie in your head may be the Nation, some religious figure, the idea of Justice, etc.

[@Elezium]

I'm Scottish, my mother is Northern Irish and as a child I spent my summers there staying with her side of the family, during the late 70's and all through the 80's...I saw some of The Troubles as a child/teenager, the constant army presence, the random roadside checkpoints, there was always an army helicopter in the sky and the pub down the road from the family got blown up a few times. You had areas to avoid, on both sides, and people to avoid. I had a few close calls myself, once went through a checkpoint 30 minutes before it got blown up, one day I was meant to go with an uncle somewhere in his workvan and it was almost hijacked, and once got off a train just as the place had a bomb threat phoned in and it was in the middle of being evacuated! For me, a song is meant to make you feel something, wether it be anger, or sadness, or love, or hate...if an emotional song brings tears due to what it's about, then it's done it's job, so to speak, and Dolores did that so many times!

[@Irish780]

As a irishman ira robbed our banks and I was one of those who hit quite a few im old man now how dare them Raid us eventhough I belive in a free Ireland

[@rogerbianchini2982]

Man, girl, you are nailing the emotions & impetus of this song right off the bat around the 2:10 mark of this video -- I'll shut up now and just listen. -- THANK YOU for CRYING with me as I always do watching this epochal song, performance, and "official video" ...... DAMN, human history HURTS, here, there, and everywhere

[@christianmeyer6724]

Congrats 👏🥳🤗👍👏 60K subscribers ! Well deserved 👏👍👏

[@annavaskelainen]

Thank youuuu Christian! 🥰

[@g54b95]

You were wearing the right thing for this reaction. A warm, thirsty sweater. Damn. Almost had me crying.

[@nightmusic8]

Back in the day (My day) this was a gamechanging song between all the eurodance music. (which i still love) It was so different from most other music. Dolores just instanly pierces through your walls and enters the emotions in your brain. Other early 1990's songs with similar big impacts were : - Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy - R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts - Julee Cruise - Falling (Theme Twin Peaks) - Seal - Crazy - Guns n' Roses - You Could Be Mine & November Rain - Nirvana - Smells like teen Spirit - Annie Lennox - Why - Whitney Houston - I Will Always love you /nm8 /J

[@satuhamalainen8903]

I' ve Been listening to Seal: Grazy quite often for few weeks now, don' t know why. It is defenitely a very good 0:00 Song.

[@tommytigerpants]

I think I could just watch you feel emotional and cry as a sort of vicarious cathartic experience. Beautiful. Thank you

[@cicada05]

I was born in 1983 and I always adored Zombie and Dolores’ voice since I was a teenager in 1990s.. also this years were when Şebnem Ferah became famous in Turkey as well. Listening to your comments about Dolores’ intelligence in using her voice and also honorable mention to Şebnem was amazing.. thank you ❤

[@rudigerschrodel7911]

I'm glad that I found your reaction to this song. It was honestly emotional and the best one I've seen until now. Great respect and compliments! The song tells us so much about European - at that point Irish - history and human nature which can be horrible as we know nowadays again. "Zombie" reflects the painful time during the Irish civil war happening in the name of God and Jesus Christ - rather unthinkable but it happend indeed. The song is a masterpiece and would deserve the Nobel Price. By the way: it's a pity that I don't understand Finnish to understand all your words, but I'll be back again. Greetings from Germany! ✌

[@nigeldepledge3790]

Oh, Anna, I want to give you a great big hug! Thank you for keeping your raw reaction in this video. It's kind of what this song is about. Dolores's delivery is perfect - she mixes the vulnerability and the pain and anguish and loss with the resultant outrage and anger, taking us to all those dark places with her. Others more knowledgeable than I will tell you about the techniques she uses from traditional Irish folk singing to achieve this. There's a thing in the lyrics that a lot of people won't get unless they grew up in Ireland. "It's the same old theme since 1916," is a reference to the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This was brutally repressed by the English officials, and marks the beginning of the Irish war for independence. By 1921, the English had lost control of most of Ireland. In 1922, a compromise was reached in which a portion of the north of Ireland would remain under English rule (that's Northern Ireland), while the remainder would become a free state within the British Commonwealth. IIUC, the Irish Free State left the Commonwealth in 1946 to form the Republic of Ireland. However, the compromise in 1922 was the result of a schism within the Irish Republican Army - one faction was just tired of the fighting and was prepared to accept what they could get, while the other faction was adamant that all of Ireland had to be freed from English rule. Thus, the division of Ireland into a new nation and a piece that remained within the UK was never a happy settlement. In later years, this repeatedly broke out in renewed violence which came to be known as "the Troubles". The violence mostly ended with the Good Friday agreement of 1997, but some resentment lingers, which is not helped by the militant language and obstinacy of organisations like the DUP. As a Finn, I'm sure you can relate to the Irish. IIUC, Finland obtained independence from Russia at around the same time (give or take a few years).

[@annavaskelainen]

Hug received! This was hard to make and to publish. Thank you for your insight and support!

[@KristerBarrabasWadstedt]

this show how beautiful person you are inside like outside,human and heart of gold.All love and respect

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Deep breath ❣️😢 ...its a hard one from another hard time .... 🧙‍♂️ The keening is an Irish folk trait.. The tribute to her and this performance is almost as harrowing. Remember life goes on.... 🦋 ☘️🧙‍♂️🇬🇧

[@XDoode12345]

The use of union jack in your post is painfully misplaced. 😬

[@realmadridnews254]

I have never felt so much for someone, you are incredible Anna Vaskelainen, sensitive, delicate and adorable. Who knows, maybe one day we can meet. Great video.

[@eerohorila1109]

This is about Warrington bomb attack by IRA in '93. Two innocent kids age 3 and 12 died. Now the 🇫🇮 card. '98 peace negotiaton involved Harri Holkeri and the follow up arms control was overseen by Martti Ahtisaari.

[@ChrisPage68]

A friend of mine escaped by seconds, turning the corner just before the bomb detonated. I would never have met him otherwise.

[@ceciliasoriano3122]

Congratulations. Perhaps the best reaction and response to music I have ever heard.

[@annavaskelainen]

🥰

[@ceciliasoriano3122]

Btw…I cried too.

[@howardsmith3758]

There are innocent young boys playing at war, in the ruins of the war made by young soldiers they will grow up to be. Dolores's voice is the wailing of all the mothers who have lost their sons to t the old men, the zombies, who can think of nothing but "winning", and who send generations of young endlessly into futile war. The music is the sound of war. The drums are gunfire and bombs. The guitar is cries and shouts. The bass is the heartbeat of a soldier. I've been listening to this since 1994, and I still cry every time. If you understand her song, and you're human, you can't help but cry.

[@orangeandblackattack]

and just think..all of that could be avoided if the limeys would just get the hell out of our country.

[@David-m9p6v]

I love your description of a touching song. as "a smile through tears or tears through a smile." How perfectly fitting for this song. Your heart-felt analysis is always spot on. My tears flowed along with yours.

[@primalengland]

I was in Warrington the day after the bombing that killed Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball. I lived in nearby Lowton and Warrington was our place to shop. Cranberries were on tour and this drove Dolores to write this. ‘Child is slowly taken.’ It took Tim 3 days to die. I lost friends in the troubles. Friends on both sides. Never again. RIP Dolores, Tim and Johnathan. X Her singing style is called ‘keening’ and is used in Ireland in mourning.

[@The_Scienceboy]

It makes me cry as well Anna. So emotional. Thank you.

[@chrisoralls3555]

Wonderful reaction! Now you should check out the Bad Wolves cover and the the story behind it.

[@rondaddio4004]

Your reaction is pure! This is a tough song, and how Delores transcribed it was unique

[@derrickramsburg6084]

Bad Wolves did a cover of this in 2018. They were going to do it in 2015 and Delores was supposed to do the vocals, but passed on the day they were going to record it (is my understanding of the situation). In the 2018 cover they give ALL the respect to Delores (including all the proceeds to her children) and even pay homage to this video with an actress in the gold paint and costume.

[@ЮрийСтёпин-ь1о]

Какая же Вы светлая душа... Спасибо Вам и конечно же Долорес. Браво. ❤

[@ianshort5208]

Ihave always felt that zombie refers to the mindless repetition of violence without regard to the innocent victims . thank you for you honesty in showing your emotions, Once again an insightful reaction

[@DavidEllsworth-fb4rz]

I am so glad I found this reaction/review from a professional. I first heard the song and I was drawn in by her voice so I could hear the lyrics. To respond to your question about the word "Zombie". I think it refers to how blind society has become to the violence and it's effects on our children. When I finally saw the video, I was stunned by the imagery. Thank you Anna!

[@twistedpixel756]

this song will always be relevant sadly. Her prudence with the line "it's the same ol' thing, since 1916" is a masterpiece, and a tragedy.

[@Caambrinus]

"it's the same old theme, since 1916".

[@jns8393]

So glad you let your emotion show. This song gets me every time.

[@nathanjacobus3577]

To me the Zombie is a dual representation of both the mindlessness of the fighters fighting their war, as well as the casual exceptance of everyone else who's grown numb to the horrors of war. As least that's my personal interpretation.. Thanks for sharing this Anna and can't wait to see what you have for us next! :)

[@osmanerdem5838]

This shows so well emotionally how a reaction should be. How brave and real. The fact that your face turned red in the very beginning, your eyes filled with tears inch by inch until they started to drip, but you still analyzed them is wonderful in itself. More than me fell until those two drops of tears finally fell. I'm a little too emotional, but forget about me. :) Those two drops gathered on your chin in a big way, but you were so emotional that you probably didn't notice it. Then, when you reached out to wipe them, they fell on your sweater just a few milliseconds before. This exemplified so well what I've been thinking since the beginning. No matter how much you try to control an emotion, it somehow finds a way out and you can't hold it back. That's why it's always better to go for it than to be afraid, and you did it perfectly. As Şebnem Ferah says, "Better than be afraid", as you said '' KORK MAK TAN SA'' :) Love and respect from İstanbul... 🖤

[@HS-ol4zl]

Anna, even when you're crying, you're beautiful...!

[@thseed7]

I absolutely love the your description of the violence and anger being distortion and the innocent children being the clean notes shimmering throughout. A beautiful sentiment that I will carry with me every time I listen to this song now.

[@frederickgramcko5758]

Music like this moves people, Anna, like us. . . That why we enjoy it so much. . . And that's why we love you ❤ and your channel.. . . 💙🌹🙏✌👍🇺🇸🇩🇰🏴‍☠️

[@nightmusic8]

Music can do such amazing things.

[@annavaskelainen]

🥰

[@jdwoods2008]

This is the uncountable multi-thousandth time I've watched the Zombie video and not the first time I've seen your reaction. And yet a new thought occurred to me at 6:04 of your video. "She may be on her soap box, but that's her cross to bear" and it seemed fitting. Be well. Great reaction.

[@robertmarriott6767]

I joined the British army when i was 16 years old because I wanted to be a good guy. I left as soon as i realised we weren't 😢

[@robinstreets1792]

This song is about 2 kids killed by the IRA in Warrington, not the British Army

[@joey0988]

​@@robinstreets1792yes but it was about "all" the troubles in Ireland which was caused by the English, she's singing about all the atrocities that happened on both sides she's not picking any side she's basically saying both sides are wrong for killing eachother and no more children should die, but at the end of the day England started this war and us Irish were only defending our country and ourselves, England has a lot of blood on their hands but yet still the Irish were classed as the terrorists

[@Veritas-TheGoader]

Unfortunately there are no good guys in war

[@pauldryburgh6346]

@robertmarriott6767 Why would you leave when as a serving member you could actuate change to that with which you thought was wrong?

[@pauldryburgh6346]

​@joey0988 Are you deflecting or actually trying to justify the killing of innocents by the IRA? I'm Scottish, pissing contests on historical injustices as an attempt to justify the unjustifiable says everything about you.

[@bondibois]

It's one of those songs/performances that always brings a tear for me. Delores was an exceptional artist. I was lucky to see the Cranberries live in Sydney in 1996 - extraordinary.

[@pikkadollen]

The world is a scary place right now. Thank you for showing emotions, that is what make us human and humanity is exactly what we need now! Watching this as innocent children of Gaza gets slaughtered made me cry so hard. 🇵🇸💔

[@annavaskelainen]

😭

[@bonniebernido8510]

I was so young when this song came out, and i still cry when i hear it decades later. Your reaction to her message resonates, and it was perfect for such a beautiful and timeless song

[@mabsfreeman1187]

Its powerful, because its going on today. The violence, the screaming children, the pain. Ireland stands with Gaza. Thank you

[@stephenmcdonald8013]

We stand with Israel

[@mabsfreeman1187]

@@stephenmcdonald8013 Even Nazi Germany had its supporters

[@kratoleaf7619]

God Bless you for playing the whole song thru without interrupting so you get the full emotion and message. This is the best vocal coach review who doesn't like to here themselves talk or be fake.

[@tonogtube]

Please, Don't Cry 😀

[@AnastasTarpanov]

Thank you for your beautiful reaction. Thank you for being open and vulnerable. 🙏🏽

[@VictorHugoUrruti-tv5lo]

Tu emoción es real y tú comprensión amiga... Tus ojos y sentimientos mandan ..

[@0s0n3gr0]

I love your perspective and how you share your very soul when you react. Thank you Anna.

[@annavaskelainen]

Thank YOU. :)

[@fordcorsair]

Your ability to analyse (in a foreign language) and empathise is unique x I felt your tears through the screen - great reaction! 💞

[@annavaskelainen]

❤️‍🩹 Thank you!!!

[@cliveklg7739]

I always wondered if the drumming in parts like 4:16 were intentional to almost sound like gun fire. Every time he comes off the cymbals to strike the drums there it jumps out like a shot fired.

[@RobinC63]

I feel that too. Also in the instrumental part before the 2nd verse and during it he hits the tom-tom and I wondered if that represented explosions.

[@michaelg6932]

I just meet you Anna, although this is the second reaction video I seen from you . The first was Hi Ren. Anna, your brilliant. I love how you break down the lyrics and how they are used in the song. You crying made me cry. What I love about you is your so comfortable speaking finish then you switch to English and suddenly your speech gets slow but your more cautious on pronouncing the right word. For some reason that drives me, well it seems to have a captivating response. No woman has done this to me because I see right through them. They do it all wrong in my point of view. I was not expecting that but it works. lol love how you react to the video's so far your in my top 5.

[@grantreilly7124]

"Tears through a smile or smiling through tears" what a fantastic analogy for the clean and distorted guitars. Great reaction/analysis of an iconic song

[@rongotwalt4487]

I cried with you Anna ! It's an iconic masterpiece of the alternative rock era! I was fortunate to see Dolores and the Cranberries and she was a reviting and dynamic performer ! Thank you for posting this gem ! Loved it and it brought back great memories ! Take care Anna ! 👍🇨🇦❤️

[@stevenmacdonald3791]

"This is ageless art." Love that!

[@TheAtticradio]

very touching reaction for such a powerful song! love your descriptive words!

[@Fawkes1978]

Thank you for covering this song. It will always be an emotional roller coaster. People mentioned REM's Everybody Hurts in the comments, but Loosing My Religion could also be a good candidate for this era. Good Luck