The Cranberries - Linger (REACTION!)

[@LostInVegas]

Happy New Year all! We appreciate your continued support and wish everyone love, peace and happiness in 2023!

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

A band I love The Cranberries

[@PhiZelak]

@@Jamessmith-xk3fh "Linger" is my favorite song by them. Happy New Year!!!

[@givemebackmypurse.6894]

Glad to see another year, dont let it go to waste.

[@AwkwardTruths]

I'm just here to see if George drops another "luck of the Irish" mimic. (LOL). Happy New Year.

[@Bnat36]

Happy New Year! you know were such a fool for you

[@88stephenmorrison]

I love that her voice doesn't hide her accent like a lot of singers voices do. That's my favorite part of her voice.

[@MrFredstt]

Good point actually. I like that a lot too

[@treff9226]

Exactly, her accent makes that gorgeous voice all the more alluring! John Lennon same thing - his accent is pure magic! RIP Dolores, you were a gift to music fans around the world - great, great band!!!

[@kylehoward4979]

That's hilarious I was thinking the same thing.

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

Most singers don't try to hide any accents. They sing to the music and it informs the accent ... nothing could make that more clear than blues, folk and country, no one is hiding anything

[@treff9226]

@@theccpisaparasite8813 Yessir - I believe that some vocalists simply lose some of their accent naturally, all singers are unique into themselves. I do tend to gravitate towards singers who keep a lot of their accent while vocalizing: John Lennon, Liam Gallagher, Van Morrison, Morrissey, Sinead O' Conner. I really dig that British accent above all others! I don't think you can sing properly TRYING to hide your accent. Nice comment! Cheers!

[@prending]

Dreams by the cranberries is the quintessential song you need to listen to that demonstrates her vocal ability. It's beautiful

[@drbo42]

100% agreed. That's a banger.

[@christina9841]

I love Dreams, but it's a little "girly"? I feel like they would enjoy Yeats Grave and Daffodil Lament ( as one song) more..... but I do love Dreams.

[@flaviojosefo7130]

@@christina9841 agreed, but her voice is simply gorgeous in every song. Dolores was so special

[@DjDarkD]

Promises is the one.

[@necro5129]

For real, that melody she hits at the end is just epic

[@Compendyum]

RIP Dolores O'Riordan. Her angelic voice and musical talent put out legendary songs that will play forever.

[@862lbGORILA]

I love that you fellas fuck with just about any genre any artists

[@ciarabult2296]

Kids won't understand how her voice can shake up a thousand depressed souls.. Delores was an angel

[@chaost4544]

Happy New Year! "Ode To My Family" is another beautiful song of theirs and has an amazing music video.

[@ankaraMessi21]

This is the one🔥

[@Funktaro5]

Amen. Up there with Zombie as their best song.

[@bryancue2238]

The best thing about this song. Dolores was auditioning for the Cranberries. Things went fine. They gave her an instrumental version of this on tape to see if she could write some lyrics. Next week she came back with this and the rest is history.

[@danbrownellfuzzy3010]

Amazing story. Really doubles her talent level doesn't it.

[@MickLoud999]

After she left the guys looked at each other and collectively remarked "How is she NOT already in a band". I believe she was 18 or 19 when she auditioned. She brought a broken keyboard and rode there on a bike. I also heard she was kinda couch surfing as she had a disagreement with the parents over her career choices. They quickly patched it up though.

[@Nvwheeler]

She was 19 at the time

[@jackie_jrml]

Gorgeous song. Vocally and instrumentally. I heard this when I was 12 and was blown away. Still my favorite. Stunning. Thanks for recognizing and praising her layering vocals. So good!!

[@dire51]

I had the privilege to meet the Cranberries a decade ago, along with two of my daughters (ages 8 and 9 at the time) when their mother and I were in the middle of divorcing. Dolores was so sweet to them, treating them like her own kids (she even pointed them out to the crowd between songs). Our paths may have only crossed that one time, but she is very much missed.

[@buckdraper303]

One of the most beautiful songs of the 90s.

[@matiasa4624]

Im a metalhead. But cranberries is one of my favourite no metal band. And the voice is pure magic 😱👌🏻

[@weenusdeletus8068]

brother I bump this louder than most of my shitkicker playlist, this song specifically fucks

[@natlovell122]

It’s the kitties titties

[@bericagulbranson1630]

This song is so good. Her voice is magical. ❤️

[@GenXer1979]

Love this song! I was a teenager in the 90s when this came out. I listened to everything from Metallica, Nirvana, to Nas, Wutang, and groups like the Cranberries ect. If you like this song, Mazzy Star Fade into you is a good one too. There are just way too many great groups/songs of all genres of the music from the 80's and 90's to list.

[@markiep8477]

Man, the early 90s were an amazing time for rock music and rap.

[@GenXer1979]

@@markiep8477 So true!!!

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

Same here. I came home late one night and this song was on a channel I used to watch all the time that played new video clips. I was transfixed. I immediately scribbled down the song name.

[@nathanisaksson7750]

I second Mazzy Star’s Fade Into You

[@mikea.4477]

I grew up in the 90s too lol. It definitely was a time period where rock and hip-hop listeners started to merge…especially in the late 90s. I listened to mostly rap in the early 90s but by the early 2000s rock was on my playlists. Funny how music / listeners evolve over time!

[@scottlowman6058]

I literally cried the day she passed away . I'm not too tough to say it with music being a large part of my life . Music can do anything for you in a time of need (depression, loneliness, bad day , frustration ). Just turn up the music thst hits you , let it play , and listen away . Things will get better , I swear it .

[@luciacmartins3989]

I agree. Music is a transcendental thing.

[@williamj.sheehan2001]

In the refrains, that lilting, super-high voice in the background, tucked discreetly into the mix, is so very nice!

[@nsukabula5322]

Dreams MUST be the next! Keep up the great work 🇦🇴

[@kat19805]

I was about 18 at college in the UK when this came out. In a time when there was a lot of great unique bands out - Nirvana, Pumpkins, Radiohead, Massive Attack, Portishead… - The Cranberries stood out and held their own, not following any trends, just being their utterly unique selves and showcasing that unbelievably incredible voice. Their first two albums will always have a special place in my heart - I only have to hear the opening notes from Linger and I’m a teenager again. RIP Delores - gone too soon ❤️

[@Cadinho93]

Dolores O'Riordan was one of a kind and her voice was pure heaven. May she rest in peace! Also, this song is haunting, but deep, sad and beautiful all at the same time. I'm still intrigued by this song.

[@JB-jd7yp]

The vocalizations in the background are what really brings this song together for me.

[@jasonhaynes2952]

This is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Her voice is the closest thing to raw emotion any singer has ever relayed

[@josephberg1586]

You're going to lose your minds when you hear "DREAMS" by The Cranberries. Happy New Year @Lost In Vegas

[@dangauldin6497]

Lsitening to your reaction and I'm crying. I was in High school when this album came out, I had the first 3 Cranbrries albums and Delores was so one of a kind. Knowing I'm presently hearing the angelic voice of a true angel fills me with sadness.

[@morganopramolla1557]

I'm immediately transported to the backseat of my family car and my dad having the radio on and this🖤 song playing ALL THE TIME

[@MyRunningjournal]

Shout out to you guys from Ireland 🇮🇪 Great to see you listening to musicians from my country

[@Dustydanswhiskeyreviews]

This song is a masterpiece!

[@shack8110]

reached #8 on billboard 1994, but was deeply loved by so many, became an instant classic

[@leogothisoscar271]

I'm glad you paid attention to the words and got the meaning, a lot of people think this is a bubbly feel-good love song.

[@argaen21]

This is my favorite Cranberries song. Thanks for reacting to it.

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

my god she is WONDERFUL .................................Peace and Love

[@hugh_jasso]

This song came on one night at 2 am right as i was turning the tv off and I instantly fell in love her voice and sat there memorized. Bought the album when it came out and was a fan 'til the end. RIP Delores.

[@jlaw3255]

Those MTV days when you could watch music videos at 2am lol those were good times.

[@PhiZelak]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! This song is just pure beauty! Thank you guys!!!

[@BRIDINC1972]

Her 'crooning' is an Irish style called keening, usually a lament for the dead

[@MH-is9xi]

Cranberries. ❤ i listened to it so much when I was in grade school and high school. 90s are the best.

[@PCamron90]

I genuinely can't listen to this song without resisting the urge to cry

[@Tunainthebrine79]

I listened to this song so many times when I was 14 in 93/94. Sound track to my life, for sure.

[@anthonyblakely399]

This song is always playing in the Malls at Christmas time.....all the time......looked the song up on You Tube a dew years ago and found out it was the Cranberries.....just fell in love with her and the group!!!!

[@IzthatafaC]

She was a fantastic Irish singer, she brought the vocals of Irish folk music into rock n roll and it was such a pretty sound. May you rest forever in our hearts, minds and ears dear Delores ❤.

[@sherrybrown2830]

I love that you guys are so open to all kinds of music. I'd like to see more Alternative bands being played, Cage The Elephant, Poets of the fall, Breaking Benjamin, Cold, Crossfade, Beck. Three Days Grace, 10 Years... so many more to explore. Ty.

[@ryukan250]

Dead Letter Circus, Karnivool, Dredg, Caligula's Horse, The Butterfly Effect, The Contortionist

[@fadedidentity]

out of that entire list I’d say only Cage the Elephant and Beck fall under alternative. Breaking Benjamin, Crossfade, Three Days Grace, etc. are much more along the lines of hard rock

[@BoredAndSarcastic]

I feel like they would really like 10 Years

[@fadedidentity]

this song make me emotional anytime I hear it. her beautifully unique voice, along with the melancholy vocal melody and string arrangement is a very powerful combination

[@AdrenalineConcept]

Another beautiful female voice of that era/genre you could get lost too from the UK was Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays. Their song "Goodbye" is great with the guitar work too - the guitar player David Gavurin also being her husband. Great group who quit the scene in 97.

[@SethHMG]

Phenomenal band

[@roberthieber1]

Yea, love the Sundays.

[@poo5894]

Dolores o riordan isn’t from the UK

[@AdrenalineConcept]

@@poo5894 thought the band was from Northern Ireland. See that is not the case. Well, from that neck of the world then

[@arnoldcox9128]

You're absolutely right she had a mesmerizing voice, happy new year 🎉

[@christina9841]

First thanks for keeping me company on New Years, I have to work early tomorrow so no party for me. Lol This song means so much to me. It's one of the rare ones where I remember where i was the first time i heard it.. sitting in a car with friends and this song comes on and it felt like she was singing everything in my heart. I bought the album as soon as I had enough money. Something about the Cranberries just resonates with me.. I would recommend that you check out Yeats Grave and Daffodille Lament and that you do them as a pair.. Daffodil Lament follows Yeats Grave and they sort of go together (imo) in terms of lyrical meaning and mood and they are both absolutely amazing. and compliment each other. God bless you guys and Happy New Year!!!

[@SwAeromotion]

Happy New Year! Such a talented person taken from us way too soon. RIP Dolores.

[@Alfaqwad]

Her voice is so unique and captivating

[@KennyRooks]

Happy New Year's to Ryan and George also looking forward to you guys reacting to more Spiritbox

[@sebmcneb1]

Dreams is the absolute ultimate cranberries song, must listen to this! The vocal range from Delores in this is breathtaking

[@vanessa.jasmine]

This song always reminds me of River Phoenix, because it was popular around the same time of his death.

[@jordonbond668]

I've been watching you guys for years now, and yall always help me when I'm depressed. Open minded and beautiful souls with great energy.

[@ricobonifacio1095]

What I like best about this song is how nostalgic it is. As soon as you hear the beginning and her vocalizing with the music, it takes you back to when you first heard it. Hard to believe it's been almost 30 years!

[@drj2171]

This whole album is great! Her voice! RIP!

[@majorbigss1]

This song is very nostalgic. You just get lost in your ealry 90s memories when u listen to this song

[@Supermex16]

This song instantly brings me back to highschool. Most nostalgia I've ever felt from a song in my entire life.

[@jacquesdemaille8653]

Geez. As soon as her voice started, tears welled up. Damn this song. 😢

[@brianclark4713]

same

[@9609blairwitch]

One of my favorite Cranberries songs is "No need to Argue". Not radio played, but so weighty and haunting. It takes a voice like hers to take a simple song and pierce your heart. Timeless.

[@jaccobreedveld7149]

Zombie was my first acquaintance with the Cranberries and I liked that album instantly, so then I listened to this album with Linger on it and fell in love with their sound and Delores her voice for good. Such a talented group!

[@justinrgray4979]

The Gaelic vocals made this band’s sound so special. I cried hard when I heard Dolores passed away.

[@K1ng69Floyd]

Happy New Year everyone!!! keep the good times rolling with Lost in Vegas! Cheers!

[@debbiecostello6949]

Dolores has a soothing, lovely voice. Nice reaction! TY and Happy 2023.

[@dougstrong1750]

This is an impeccably crafted song. Every aspect of the music fits perfectly with all of the others. The lead vocal, and the haunting harmonies, are the icing on the cake.

[@otisyoungblood]

Delores and her strong Irish accent is what made the cranberries good

[@scottferry2625]

Happy New Year guys!! Rock on. Love the show!!

[@timomara6055]

This song is a masterpiece

[@lastborn11]

In the soundtrack of life certain songs are assigned to memories … this one always brings back a young woman who made the high school experience better

[@LTJfan]

🎵"Do you have to, do you have to let it linger?"🎵 I love that part

[@user-ue8vp6fy8y]

I'm Irish and we were singing this in a pub over Christmas. Most beautiful song, it just give these mad vibes. So glad you reacted to this 😭

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

Great track! I enjoy singing this in an Elmer Fudd voice. RIP Dolores.

[@xanajak]

One of the most penetrating moody broody songs of the last 30 years. The video added so much more. RIP Dolores.

[@rockstaa13]

Happy new year guys. Wishing for some more deep purple in the new year. Some more Mark 3 purple - stormbringer album or burn album are awesome.

[@DouglasRyan-ux9cj]

Cranberries…awesome band! Loved them since 1994!! It’s 12-31-2023, 8:45pm Denver Colorado Happy New Year’s Eve Everyone!! 🦅 ⚓️

[@chrisdelisle3954]

One of a handful of songs from the 90's that played hundreds of times on the radio that still sounds amazing every time.

[@chaplinj6512]

Even for being a diehard metal fan, this is very relaxing and enjoyable.

[@mikea.4477]

5:12 It’s funny I didn’t grow up on rock either so I can relate to you guys. I grew up mostly on 90s hip-hop but once I got into rock in my early 20s it was definitely a whole new world. Many of the songs I love today I would hear in passing at restaurants, stores, in movies, or in public bathrooms etc. lol 😂

[@beekellee841]

❤️ My favorite of all their songs. RIP🙏

[@michaelconnor1542]

This song was EVERYWHERE in the nineties and early two thousands, and is still in rotation. You can't be held responsible to hearing bits in the grocery store or while scanning the dial.

[@brentcrude8565]

This was the song that introduced me to The Cranberries back when it first came out. It was on heavy rotation on MTV back in the day (when MTV still played MUSIC). I had never heard anyone before that sounded like Dolores (and no one since, either). She was one of a kind. Became an instant fan. Rest in peace, you beautiful soul. ❤

[@boothbytcd6011]

This is the 2nd cd I ever bought for myself. After The Breeders - Last Splash and before Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream.

[@chuckboswell7875]

I love the fact that you guys dig this song. I think it’s time you guys checked out Enya. Both awesome Irish singers with incredible vocals. I think you’d dig it.

[@thetrappedchatterbox7941]

Great shout

[@ryukan250]

How about Lisa Gerrard? Bjork?

[@Brb559]

Happy New Year!

[@jesserapkin2660]

I had no idea I was going to love these albums as much as I do. As soon as you hear her sing, it’s just game over.

[@HiroBrown]

I think you guys would love their song Promises. A good balance of heavy and melodic sounds from the band and the vocals are beautiful as always

[@craktroop]

Just my imagination too!

[@kohhna]

This, Ode to my family (which is a very cool, slow one) and Dreams (which is the quintessential Cranberries song where she really goes off with the vocal) are the other two big Cranberries tunes, everything after this is a deep cut.

[@richredlionable]

Love y'all. I'm going to listen to Dreams now.

[@chema08]

dreams live in Woodstock, 1994, is an amazing performance!!! highly recommend it

[@UpliftedCapybara]

5:20 That’s weird… the last time I heard this was also at a chipotle

[@dojonane]

Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye (Grace or Mojo Pin) is a must!!!! Like this to boost the request. Jeff needs love on this channel. ✨

[@Katy-sh3ru]

Yep, yep and yep

[@KarriSimone]

Thank you for this song choice

[@NilZed1]

I like you admit you’ve heard the song in passing. I’ve heard lots of not my type of music when I’m out and about, when reactors say they’ve not heard certain songs, depending on their age, it can sound very unlikely. Then again I knew a white American woman who was certainly the right age to have heard a lot of classic rock in the 70s and she lived in NYC so how did she not? Classical music fan. Totally immersed. All her albums and radio station settings and concert experiences were classical. the group of younger (Gen X) friends she had acquired in old age had a great time introducing her to Queen and trying to explain Bohemian Rhapsody. She became a big fan. RIP Ms KL.

[@blacxthornE]

Ode to my Family was what made me fall in love with this band. Dreams is also one of their greatest.

[@walla1je]

Man… this song reminds me of being a really young teenager from a nothing hick town in Michigan and going to Ann Arbor (U of M campus) and sneaking into bars we shouldn’t have been allowed to be in. It was one of those popular 90’s songs that made me feel like I understood adulthood when I was way too young to understand adulthood.

[@scottmcclean2566]

Hey guys, if you just sit back and concentrate on the background vocals, it's Delores singing the angelic/siren part. Her voice is so unique and it does transcend genre preference. ❤😇

[@thetrappedchatterbox7941]

Happy New Year lads. At some point you have to hit on the Manchester bands like Stone Roses or Oasis. They were culture defining in the UK in the 90s and they were absolutely outstanding. The UK bands even in the 90s were unreal. Have to check them out.

[@PauTay942]

this song is incredible, and the sound is so fucking good.

[@caseyketchell3289]

I first heard this song over twenty years ago, the beautiful instruments & melodic vocals makes this one of the greatest love songs of all time, yall gotta do "Ode To My Family" & "Ridiculous Thoughts" next.

[@csspenab]

fave singer ever!!!!!!

[@barryschalkwijk9388]

one of the best of songs in the last 30 years no cap.

[@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers]

I'm looking forward to your reaction to Dreams. I my opinion it's the best example of her vocal talent and truly demonstrates the beauty of her voice.

[@dankline7091]

Absolutely unique sound.

[@sherriecosby7968]

Takes me back to 10th grade. I am still sad that she is gone!!!

[@TAYLORGANG116]

This song is legendary