FIRST TIME HEARING THE CRANBERRIES ZOMBIE

[@Wombatmetal]

Dolores once said "This song is our cry against the violence in London, and the war in the North of Ireland. And we want it to stop." RIP Dolores, your voice is missed.

[@bosprocket]

londonderry

[@briandavis3832]

DERRY 🕶🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@labanwall7202]

@@bosprocket This why Shes a traitor to her ancestors and people XD. You colonist should all be kicked out when we get NI back.

[@efcefc-gu5dg]

@@labanwall7202 haha never going to happen

[@karmakat8016]

Jay don't listen to the knuckle heads,we got peace on our little island because of the likes of John Hume RIP recently deceased,God bless the peacemakers 🙏🙏

[@jerryogara1677]

The style of her singing by raising the pitch at the end of a word with a breathy push is called "keening" Its an Irish thing often at funerals. It signifies sorrow. Some confuse it and say its Irish yoddeleing.

[@DokktorDeth]

yodelling

[@evalevy2909]

That makes this make alot more sense

[@daphneclifford8684]

It's awesome, love it.🐝

[@s.l.s.l.1405]

I have to say even though i prefer heavy metal lol....those irish ladies do have beautuful voices and to me unique.

[@Theomite]

I did not know this. And now I do. For this, you get a like.

[@xjamesx7047]

One of _Cranberries's Iconic Songs_ ever written in the 90's, *_Zombie_* is one of 'em and also *RIP Dolores.*

[@kayakutah]

She was a tortured soul, but that was the power behind her work.

[@a_l_e_k_sandra]

I was growing up in war-torn Bosnia, I remember the tune from that time, but had no idea what the song was about. Imagine how this resonated with the youth of our country back then and how it still touches all of us. It was also played often during '99 NATO bombing of my country (yes, that' s surviving two wars before hitting puberty) and at that time I was already twelve and I learned English enough to understand. This song will remain timeless.

[@ala0284]

Aleksandra Karan never realised this was that popular outside of the uk and ireland. Guess europe in the 90s was a complete mess... but the music is what kept people together

[@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax]

@@ala0284 It was No. 1 in Australia and we never had any wars. It's just a great song with a powerful message.

[@mslaurastuart]

God Bless you for your strength as well

[@JustTanya.]

It is a song about a specific situation but can resonate with many different areas of life where people live with violence and oppression. The Cranberries also wrote and released a song called Bosnia on their album To The Faithful Departed about what happened in Sarajevo and the war-torn actions that was done to you all in Bosnia. It is almost parallel to Bosnia's war that Zombie is to Ireland's war. It also is a heartbreaking song. Amazing that you have survived through those times, I cannot even begin to imagine.

[@valerycro3853]

Serbia oficialy never involved in war ,but killed so much people .

[@beatlesnut2947]

RIP Delores. Love their song Linger.

[@MrJHarley17]

Dreams is also very good

[@tammywilson1638]

Yes!!!

[@rancidcrabtree.]

"Another mother's breaking Heart is taking over When the violence causes silence We must be mistaken" About 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, but the message transcends the events that inspired it.

[@KenjaTimu]

She's singing in front of a cross. Protestants and Catholics fighting over Northern Ireland.

[@nhugh23]

@@KenjaTimu Contrary to popular belief, the Troubles were never about religion, they were political, Pro-Irish nationalists (most often Catholic) vs Pro- British Unionists (most often Protestant). Please educate yourself on the matter. Many of the greatest fighters for Irish nationalism were protestant. It was about those who want to reunify Ireland, free from all British control and those who feel that Ireland, or even the small part they are in, should be part of the UK.

[@KenjaTimu]

@@nhugh23 - Who are you kidding? The only difference between northern ireland and ireland is religion.

[@nhugh23]

@@KenjaTimu You really need to read about it. The division is nationalist vs unionist. anyone with a- knowledge of the area, b- been watching anything pertaining to Brexit could tell you that. Some of Ireland's greatest nationalist heroes were Protestant. also, NI and Ireland is the same place, the island is Ireland ;)

[@KenjaTimu]

@@nhugh23 - I know, it's the same place. But one has a different religion. So you have two groups in the same place separated by religion but their fighting isn't about religion? I don't buy it.

[@SaidiLouise]

This song means so much more than what one thinks just by listening. It is a powerful political song. Hits my heart each time.

[@tcov22]

Thanks for reacting to this. The song is all about the conflict between England and Ireland and how previous wrongs perpetuate the hatred and violence. “It’s the same old thing since 1916 - in your head” like a zombie returning over and over to draw people in. Beautiful song, amazing message.

[@kemitamenophis3221]

I have been reviewing reactions to this one of my favorite songs. I only saw two guys who got very emotional. One guy was in Jordan and debated whether he should post his very tearful reaction saying that he had friends who lived next door in Palestine. The other guy was mostly stoney faced and dry eyed. But he could not hide the cracks in his facade and then admitted that he was once a gangbanger in California and regretted some of the things that he used to be involved in.

[@BST-lm4po]

I always thought it was a question to those who continued the bloodshed, "What's in your head"? ...that could make you numb to the innocent lives who are dying in the conflict? Are you so emotionless,..that you are a Zombie?

[@gmdhargreaves]

Poor lass, she spent a her last day with her family they later said she was the happiest they had seen her for years, she then went back to her hotel room alone in London ,ran a hot bubble bath and drank her self to death and drowned, she felt no pain. RIP beautiful lady.

[@DoctorMeatDic]

I don't think she ever could be happy with her life post the mega fame of the 1990s. There were a couple of incidents before this where she lost it. Her marriage had broken up and she was trying her best to become a huge star again, but it wasn't to be. It's a desperate shame what happened, I only wish she could have been home with her kids and not alone in a hotel. Hotels are awful, lonely places for those who should be at home. I never got the sense she was ever content though. The price of fame and all that.

[@woeshaling6421]

@@DoctorMeatDic i don't think she'd want her kids finding their mother. that sounds overly cruel

[@DoctorMeatDic]

@@woeshaling6421 What are you talking about? She didn't kill herself, it was an accident.

[@christoffesedao3579]

Just because she drank alcohol that night does not mean she intended to die.

[@gmdhargreaves]

@@christoffesedao3579 sadly the coroner verdict was death by misadventure due to the amount of alcohol consumed, together with family statements it was clear she had her final happy day then ended it- kids or no kids depression has zero time for sentiment, family or kids

[@Revelwoodie]

I think when she's saying, "It's in your head," she's talking about how people perpetuate violence by nursing centuries old grievances. "Your people hurt my people 500 years ago, so you must DIE." It becomes a poison in your mind. You become a zombie. EDIT: Specifically, we're talking about "The Troubles" in Ireland, in case you're not familiar with that situation. It's especially relevant now, because the peace is barely 20 years old, and there are concerns that Brexit might reignite violence.

[@ninline2000]

I'm always amazed at how the younger generation doesn't know about things like this. History apparently isn't taught the way it was when I was a kid. I guess they haven't gotten done revising it. "We've always been at war with Eastasia."

[@labanwall7202]

*900

[@moominmay]

revelwoodie really good comment thanks I understand the lyrics much better now 🥺

[@catherinegillen9496]

That's correct up to a point. However, in the case of Ireland it isn't 500 years ago. The republic is only 70 years old and the rest of Ireland is still occupied. The video depicts that occupation. The song was written in response to an atrocity perpetrated by the IRA and was an angry response to the ongoing violence. It is pre Good Friday Agreement and the relative peace that it brought but as long as the island of Ireland is divided there is the danger of a return to unrest.

[@mackereltabbie]

And now it has, Unionist riots

[@kencarpenter8967]

There is a live version of this song, easily found on KZbin, filmed at a concert in Paris in 1999, five years after this video was produced. It is absolutely incredible and Delores had a voice that boomed and commanded. RIP, beautiful lady.

[@kencarpenter8967]

@@chocolatmilk2041 Yes, she was wearing a red blouse.

[@paulpagotto1846]

A true legend. RIP Delores we love you. The Irish should be proud of the cranberries such an iconic band

[@robindude8187]

"...a way of drowning out what's going on in your environment..." In part. This song was written after a bombing in London killed two children. This was part of 'The Troubles', a 30 year conflict between Northern Ireland and England. It had been going on so long that people were basically _used_ to it. They wanted the violence to stop, noting (as the lyrics mention) that this recent conflict was really just an extension of conflicts running since 1916, which had calmed a bit but then flared up in the late 1960s. It wasn't an all-out war, but a bunch of hostility, bombings, and other such activity. And, to be fair, those who were doing a lot of this bombing had a legitimate gripe (when the local government sends in the army to quell protests and kills 14 likely unarmed civilians, then clears everyone because the soldiers say they saw weapons, of which there's no evidence... there's a problem). Basically think of them as something along the lines of the tensions of race in the USA, but with violence breaking out in part because unlike _race,_ the differences between people here were invisible, ideological. The singer, who was _from_ Norther Ireland herself, was against the bombing, even though it was in service of 'her side' (though the conflict wasn't religious in nature, it split along religious lines, with the Protestant Irish and English being nasty to the more conservative Catholics in the area, and Dolores was Catholic). She disliked the use of violence like this, and obviously blowing up kids who had nothing to do with the problems was unacceptable. Her song points out that when we let violence silence us through intimidation, or worse silence the innocent directly, we're doing something wrong. Anyway, great reaction. Have a nice day!

[@gablen23]

Another great song from them is Linger, and I like "Just my Imagination" too.

[@sukioki6983]

Linger came out in my Senior year of high school. It was my favorite song back then and still one of my favorites today. It's flawless to me.

[@violetenergy4392]

My favorite song, great suggestion.👍👍😁💯

[@TheGaryQ]

The Cranberries was always one of my favorite groups, just about everything they did was great. We lost a great one when Dolores died. RIP

[@benmobi]

I loved Cranberries and have always felt pain for the people of Ireland / Northern Ireland ... Dolores left us far to early, may she rest in peace.

[@billholder1330]

If this doesn't make you cry, there's something wrong with you. I'm Irish and Scottish both, it tears me in half. My grandparents were Irish Catholic and Scottish Protestant and came here to escape that crap...

[@sandramorris893]

Zombie is up there with the most iconic songs ever written. Bad Wolves rock version is brilliant, Dolores was to sing with them on the recording but she died the night before and Bad Wolves after talks with her family went ahead and released it with one of the most heart wrenching videos dedicated to Dolores, all proceeds from the song were sent to her family. Dolores' voice is a one off and so easily recognised, love her.

[@jcbogdon]

Sandra Morris aboustly love that version gave me chills! Was great!

[@neatdesign]

Dolores O'Riordan was one of the best singer-songwriters of her generation, hands down. Although I like this song, personally I think some other Cranberries songs showcase her voice and lyrics better than "Zombie," like "Daffodils Lament" or "Linger" (the first song she ever wrote). Actually, the entire "No Need to Argue" album is amazing; it's very much a part of my life's soundtrack and got me through some tough times. My heart broke when I heard she'd died. 💔 p.s. Just to add that, for some reason, all the various reactors on KZbin only react to "Zombie," which is strange to me because the Cranberries have SO many great songs. Her voice is so unique, so haunting and emotional, and the music and lyrics are golden. I would love to see reactions to their other songs -- I think people would be very pleasantly surprised and glad they did.

[@crestenify]

"Ode to my Family" is my favorite!

[@DaveCosley]

To me, the song that best showcases the Dolores' voice is "I don't need you". A hauntingly beautiful song.

[@Sense008]

Not that weird most people choose to react to Zombie... It is their most recognisable and well known song (though not neccesairly their best), so when people search for The Cranberries the chances that Zombie pops up first is very big

[@edwardsbarbara25]

I only found them after Dolores died. And, am addicted ever since. First 3 songs I learned to play on guitar, Dreams, Linger, Zombie. The world lost a real treasure

[@edwardsbarbara25]

@gary jones Not sure how to take this. Selling your 'daughter'?. She is not property. Do not think in any way Dolores would approve of your perceptions

[@hahatoldyouso]

Love her voice, so unique. RIP Dolores

[@fernandas6952]

"Ode to my family" from the cranberries is one of my favorites

[@missylee3022]

He's so cute. He must be a baby to have never heard this song.

[@cindyweir9645]

She passed away a couple of years ago. She was so gifted and wrote most of their songs. RIP Delores 😪💔

[@danicallmeover4778]

This song is just perfect, and it has so much meaning... I used to listen to it a lot when I was younger and I still do sometimes. Her voice was just amazing, rest in peace Dolores 🙏

[@aussiepie4865]

RIP Dolores, an amazing voice.

[@K78644]

i can't even imagine what it's like to have never heard of this song. my entire childhood and youth was dominated by the iconic Cranberries and their legendary song Zombie. Losing Dolores in 2018 was like losing a piece of myself that I will never get back..

[@mallaka8]

Dolores was from a republican family but disagreed with the violence used by the IRA. I am British and narrowly missed both the Piccadilly bus bombing and the South Quay bomb. Despite this I support a United Ireland. The British have no place in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately, it has gone on so long that the loyalist groups will never support a UK withdrawal and Sinn Fein will never rest until Ireland is united again. We should learn lessons from our history and we have a duty to educate ourselves on the mistakes of our ancestors. I don't have much respect for what modern day Ireland has become(tax haven for rich companies) but I will always believe in a united Ireland. One day I hope we wil get there.

[@devinluoto873]

RIP Dolores! Great band, great voice!

[@jaynerushton9298]

One of the best songs ever written.

[@christreanor6637]

It's about "the troubles" in Ireland

[@silverlightx6]

RIP Dolores O'Riordan. I wore this CD out..

[@pam1574]

silverlightx6 I did too♥️

[@suzannelemieux3357]

The things that are "in your head": hatred, the need for revenge, grievances, plans for retribution, racism, sectarian differences. All the things that keep us from peace.

[@kylefisher5138]

pretty much blood calls out for blood

[@mikochild2]

Some children's cartoon used this song for a Halloween episode. I heard my 8 year old daughter singing along with the video and I was like , wait, what do you know about the cranberries. She said "who?" Lol

[@kenwelch198]

Pain of war touches everyone. Even those not directly involved.

[@xoxxobob61]

It's kind of sad & tragic how War seems to bring out the most heartfelt passionate songs.

[@ericanderson8886]

rip dolores, what a voice

[@stephenerickson775]

Rest in peace DOLORES

[@johncampbell756]

RIP Delores. This song doesn't have much of a guitar solo, but I like that she's the one who plays it.

[@mix6809]

loved the reaction, tnx jay. this song is about... well you have to l isten to it to know...

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

The drummer is killing it in this song trying to address the violence by attacking the drums. Very effective. This is REAL. The War in Ireland has lasted the past 100 years. This is about REAL people dying. This is not a video game world, this is reality for many.

[@jamesbarrett3958]

It is to cry. Tears come every time I hear this.

[@Aventon500wheelie]

The black and white footage isn't actors, they're real people and soldiers. Makes it that much more powerful. RIP Dolores

[@ally_bally6728]

I’ve known this song for years but never really listened to or understood the lyrics. So powerful.

[@jonasmark2009]

This is my favourite track and I like the message they are giving, they dedicated the song to the troubles in northern ireland wishing for peace there.

[@kris71uk]

the important lyric is "Another head hangs lowly, child is slowly taken." It's what we each our children that...

[@Efferri]

This song is atypical of The Cranberries, check out Linger to get a feel of their normal sound. Love this song. Great reaction.

[@christinerobinson548]

Rest In Peace, Delores. You are immortal.

[@ronfirth5198]

I seldom subscribe, but your commentary, and the fact that you are willing to give so much of the older music chance has me hooked.

[@kentmains7763]

Dolores has one of the most iconic voices of her generation.

[@caistigh2062]

I haven't seen it mentioned, but her comment about it being in their head, is largely referring to it from a modern (in 94) viewpoint on it. The civil war had ended mostly, but there were still tensions

[@orlock20]

In 1916, a group of Irish tried to start a revolution to end UK rule in Ireland. That group became the IRA which battled the British military for decades.

[@baneh1329]

i have afew distant relatives in among the founding members, so im told

[@kimbunchalastnames5357]

@M 40 isn't it funny then that less than two years later sinn féin swept the december '18 election in a landslide, convened the first dáil in 1919 and announced the independence of the irish republic, and persevered until the irish free state was declared free of outside rule.

[@gonzo2495]

@M 40 Thats a half-truth. The IRA from 1916 were Republicans fighting for an independent and catholic Ireland. The following "Official IRA" were self declared marxists. The today active "Real IRA" is back at the roots, catholic and republican.

[@gonzo2495]

@M 40 English is not my first language, be indulgent. Yes, there were marxists in the IRA, as i said, and some of them made their "own" IRA. And i never understood how catholicism and socialism get along. Thats totally oppositional, Marx left not one good word about religion.

[@Hobodeluxe960]

@M 40 that's a huge mis-characterization of what it was about. it was more or less catholics v protestants. the catholics wanting to not be under the thumb of the church of England and the Protestants who were okay with their majority status quo.

[@Jamesfoster48]

I'm old enough to remember "the troubles", I remember going on a school trip to The Natural History Museum in London and going through a train station that had been bombed a week or two before, I was scared the whole time I was in that station. I was only about 8 but I remember it like it was yesterday. I only recently made the connection that this song is about the IRA and it almost brings me to tears every time I hear it now.

[@nhugh23]

It's not that long ago, yet feels like a lifetime ago. I used visit my family in the 6 and we used to have British soldiers with guns at checkpoints demand we open the boot of the car we were in and checking it. It was terrifying to see this army lad with bored disgust on his face looking at you and you're only 9 years old and all you want to do is visit your cousins 20 minutes away because of an imaginary border made less than 100 years ago. Now you drive over the road and the only difference is the km/h and mph signs. Hopefully, it will remain so

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

" the violence causes silence" - and it goes on every day, every where. This song is about the "troubles" as the Irish called it. Battles between English and Irish over more independence for Ireland. And a war between Catholics and Protestants, if you can fathom that. wow. The lead singer has passed, too young. She did a nice guitar solo on here as well. Unique voice and profound song. Thanks for commenting Jayvee.

[@shawnk7832]

Sometimes I think Dolores is singing to her Mom, because it has improved. Sometimes I think she is singing to the UK Government about covering it up. She's my countylady. RIP amazing Dolores. 🙏

[@maosdevera]

This song holds back so many memories... the day my mother died, I kept hearing it in loops in my head. To this day, I can't hear this song without going backl to that day when at 16 yo I lost my mother to cancer...

[@Mcweeever]

This song resonates pain through the Celtic soul.

[@slaybells6848]

I love how this song had you pretty much silent the whole way through.

[@myopicseer]

My thought on the lyrics is that people only see and hear about the dying in the fight for independence, and she is asking those people who see it on the news "what's in your head...zombies". She says it's not me, it's not my family... so the people you see dying on the news doesn't have the impact on you that it should until it is personal...so nothing ever really gets resolved (since 1916)

[@robertshulenberger]

Rest in Peace Dolores O'Riordan This song is such a classic. This is my first time watching any of your videos on your KZbin channel Have you checked out the Bad Wolves version of this song ?!?! It's amazing

[@lblincoe2094]

I've seen you do some 90s grunge rock from time to time, but have you done Silverchair yet? Their first album "Frogstomp" was good all the way throughout, but the amazing part is that they were only FIFTEEN at the time and they wrote and produced the entire album themselves. Daniel Johns is such an amazing song writer and vocalist! Listening to them back then, I had no idea he was just a kid, he kept up with every other lead singer that was out at the time. Their big, breakout songs were "Tomorrow" and "Israel's Son", but "Ana's Song" is my favorite!

[@mariak4247]

One of my favorites songs from Delores is: Zucchero & Dolores O'Riordan ( the Cranberries) - pure love. RIP Delores!

[@JoeBlow_4]

She was my crush in the 80s. Man, she was beautiful.

[@renafielding945]

A life altering experience to hear this. I love watching your face taking this in.

[@andreacollins3204]

This was the song of my teens here in Southern Ireland. RIP Dolores ❤️🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@kelst75]

Iconic. I remember when this came out, was huge in New Zealand

[@reddragon6964]

A great selection! There are often so many great songs that are born out of War and Revolution. This was one of them. Hopefully you will also get the chance to react to Greg Holden's 'The Lost Boy'. I think you will really like it.

[@777OpHiUcHuS]

“Animal Instinct” My favorite song of theirs. Reminds me of my mother.

[@michaelvanderwerff8896]

Thanks for all the time you're putting in! Would you please check out Ode to my Family? Totally different Cranberries vibe.

[@victorramsey5575]

The quick answer is dont be a Zombie and go around killing for someone else's agenda. This song is even more relevant now than it was 20+ years ago! Damn! RIP DELORES, you are very missed by the world.

[@swayjaayy5495]

Such an underrated voice and artist. So glad I got to grow up with the The Cranberries

[@leedstown]

Another of my favourites Haunting. The cranberries albums are masterpieces Other songs "Dreams" and "Linger" are good

[@wilmascholte7607]

I just love that it goes "in your head, in your head" and that will be stuck in your head, in your head for the forseeable future.

[@justin_hvn3108]

this song makes me cry every time, close to me in Friesland there was a big stashplace for the ira (dutch) this song should be played on every school in the world

[@katet398]

Also would like to suggest "Linger". And to add like others, RIP. I felt gutted when she died. Such an amazing voice.

[@jerryasher9443]

This man is the gold standard of react vids!!! Thank you brother

[@nmtb1972]

"The Troubles" have, sadly, produced some epic songs. This one together with "Sunday bloody Sunday" by U2 and "Belfast child" by the Simple Minds.

[@coachbigdawg41]

2 boys were blown up in that revolution by British soldiers. The producer of the video was a famous journalist who went to Belfast and shot that footage live as it was happening.

[@johannesaid244]

You should have listen/watch her live performance for this song, just amazing

[@astasiukstaite4860]

I used to listen to zombies every morning before school 😊 lots of memories

[@steveg8102]

yep when she goes ey ey ey oh oh oh...that is keening, its a thing Irish women do at funerals and in this song its extremely powerful.

[@irishrugbyslainte7140]

Proud to be Irish Great Irish band hate when people think their British. Rip dolores Ireland Angel

[@rullmourn1142]

There are walls that run throughout Belfast Northern Ireland that separate the catholic and protestant neighborhoods from each other, they were built long ago. They are still there right now, and no one wants them to come down because if they do, there will be blood.😥

[@greghardwick6502]

I love Dolores, and miss her greatly. RIP. ❤️

[@Valrae69]

RIP Dolores....

[@ednaldojosedasilva347]

Estou aqui no Brasil! Essa é uma das minhas músicas preferidas dentre todas da banda!

[@eileenbaran7040]

This is written about the side of Ireland if you visited you would not see. Those beautiful scenes of Ireland you see on the website television was the Catholic side. The Protestant side you would never travel to. This was England's hold. This is what the song is about. All they wanted was to be released from England.

[@drgwhatsthetruth3783]

The drums are what hooked me to this song

[@ryno1509]

As someone that remembers the troubles like it was yesterday I hope more people discover this song

[@bridgetdraper8671]

Listen to Depeche mode! Higher, Walking in my shoes, I'm taking a walk with my best friend, stripped, so many truly good songs! A must hear!

[@tkmorrison6404]

Their “Enjoy the Silence” is one of my fav songs ever!

[@belewda]

I'm actually kinda happy that the Troubles aren't a thing that people recognize today.

[@martinmillar7137]

Cept they do... its still there..

[@steveg8102]

This song did as much to end the fighting in Ireland as any peace accord! As an Irishman raised to hate the British it made me ashamed of that whole "will you die for Ireland" thing and the hate i was raised to believe in. We fought for so long we just couldn't get the idea of peace into our heads. This song changed all that.

[@michaelmojosmith]

im a former british soldier,and now a parent.it wont happen but i pray for peace world wide.we are all one race and need to protect our vulnerable not kill them over greed.wars are started by the rich and powerful and fought by the poor.only the rich prosper.there is enough wealth and resources in this world for everyone.no human is above another.god bless.

[@mckidney1]

Well context is ethnical conflict that has been mentioned here several times. The meaning is that people are physically and mentally born into this conflict and live on borrowed time. AKA Walking Dead AKA Zombie.

[@shammerhead666]

The cranberries were in London getting their start when an Irish bomb killed some children and injured others. It was a cry to say although we're Irish, we didn't do this and condemning the violence from this conflict all together. Powerful song, I can't help but feel raw emotion every time I hear it.

[@davinamissick6780]

Fantastic song, R.I.P Darling x

[@TammyUrban-v2w]

This song is about the Irish Republican Army and the “troubles” in Ireland. It was Ireland vs. Britain, Catholic vs. Protestant. It was about Ireland’s right to self determination. Unfortunately Delores O’ Rierden died a few years ago (suicide). She was brilliant!

[@celticfire64]

It's about how Irish Catholics are persecuted. Find Bloody Sunday 1972. Irish Rising 1916... Irish Hunger Strikers. Padraig Pearse, Bogside Riots. The Reverend Jesse Jackson visited the Bloody Sunday Museum in Derry. He described Bloody Sunday as ''Your Selma''.

[@ETIENNE8100]

I have the honor and opportunity to do her makeup in Germany as I work for MTV television in the 90th ,she was the sweetest person ever,people sad to me she is a difficult person,but not, I have the most sweet experience with her.

[@angelascovel1406]

Bad Wolves did a version of this that was supposed to be with Dolores, but she passed away before it could be done. Bad Wolves covered it anyway, and the proceeds of this song are to be given to Dolores" children for a college fund.

[@timebandito4278]

I always thought that the bombs going on inside her head were war flashbacks. In one line she says "It's the same old thing as 1916." I know this song is about a war that took place in her home country. She's basically talking about the ravages of war, and she uses the children as the imagery of innocent victims. It seems like she's some sort of supernatural guardian or angel, and these were the children who were killed. That's what I got from it, at least. The victims of war and also PTSD often feel like zombies.

[@arianamarie1799]

My favorite cranberries song is “when you’re gone”

[@orlaithgreenan7506]

Oh this makes me cry every time.. beautiful