The Cranberries - Zombie - Reqeusted reaction

[@katherina7741]

"It's almost like a cry" is right. It was a terrible time for Ireland and for England. The truce that we have now is now precious, we cannot lose that, we cannot go back to that time. Loved your reaction. Much love from Dublin, Ireland.

[@JimmyJupp]

Dolores O'Riordan (lead singer) wrote this protest song about the two young victims of an IRA bombing at a shopping Centre in Warrington England in March 1993.

[@Pasovineyard]

Passionate, then write a master piece. Not this

[@sammyd8860]

@@Pasovineyard What do you mean ?

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Two bombs!

[@NCSUJenny]

​@MrChristbait this is a masterpiece. Children being extremized and used as cannon fodder or just existing and being the same, due to where they were born, is worth lamenting.

[@grahamclarke9486]

Are you on drugs ​@@Pasovineyard

[@edreed2658]

When i hear the song Zombie it has always brought tears to my eyes. She wrote the song for reasons stated by many but i think in her young age she had seen this happen before many, many times. The song is a statement of past, present and future killing of innocent children by the power of one group of people abusing and oppressing another group of people. The song is a universal sound of protest and calling out of killing innocent children while asking why do the people act as if in a zombie state (heartless) like nothing is going on in this world as still thousands of innocent children are killed by 2,000 pound bombs in the year 2024. The song rose from her heart of what she experienced in Ireland but the song continues to open the hearts of people that are in a zombie state. The power of this song continues to heal the zomies in every nation.

[@demoneIephant]

"music is a reflection of the environment within which it was created" is such deep and meaningful analysis!

[@0011-h4r]

I can only agree with that!

[@ChristineKelly1000]

R.I.P Tim Parry and Jonathan Ball. The two children aged 3 and 12 killed in the atrocity that was the Warrington Bombings😢😢😢

[@StevieH1055]

Was born in Warrington.Was not there when this happened emigrated to Australia in 1970

[@TinaCBR750]

Thank you for reacting to this song ! Dolores wrote this song after my home town in England was hit by 3 bombs ! The first one failed and 2 terrorists were arrested and when the UK courts system refused to release them they set 2 more bombs in our town centre ! I was 14 at the time, when they placed the bombs on a highstreet which gets packed, especially on the day before Mothers day where families went shopping to buy Mothers their cards and gifts.. When the first bomb went off it sent all those still able to run straight into the second bomb, killing 2 children and injuring countless others myself included !! This song is held in the hearts of all that remember this day.. A day which still gives me nightmares both asleep and awake.. Again thank you for your reaction to this and RIP to Dolores, the people of Warrington will always keep you in their hearts ❤

[@world2364]

The song was written for all the kids hurt and killed,as you can see in the video,it's a British soldier shooting a child in northern Ireland

[@owenfitzgerald5928]

​@@world2364The song is anti-war. It is anti-violence from both sides of the conflict. It was inspired by the bomb in Warrington

[@TinaCBR750]

@@world2364 Yer, I live in that town, happened when I was 14 and being hit bye 2 bombs is no joke.. Which I believe I posted above ffs

[@ooohnooo8029]

💜

[@christophersmith7041]

Absolutely a masterpiece this song reached N01 in 26 countries! Great reaction thanks 🙏

[@Pasovineyard]

A masterpiece???? If you are passionate you do not produce trash

[@jameswiglesworth5004]

According to my research it made no 1 in 7 countries and only 14 in the U.K.

[@simonmetcalfe5926]

RIP. Dolores O'Riorden 💔

[@GergLounge]

Thank you for the solemn appreciation and respectful insight on the subject matter

[@markdermody9698]

I am so glad you get the meaning behind this song as it was hard hitting and all about 'The Troubles' as the Northern Ireland Conflict was more widely known to the people at the time! This song was written about the deaths of 2 young children bombed by the Provisional IRA as they stuck at the heart of Britain by bombing Manchester! It's a true protest song asking for resolution! ❤️‍🔥

[@acorrado5529]

Thanks for your reaction. Delores O'Riordan from The Cranberries was suppose to reprise her vocals in a cover of this song with Bad Wolves in 2018 but died the day they were supposed to record it together. I would highly recommend that you react to the Bad Wolves "Zombie" cover and tribute to Delores while this one is fresh in your mind- it is a stunning tribute and cover!

[@paulschmehl2124]

Can you give me a url? When I looked it up on YT, I found multiple versions.

[@acorrado5529]

@@paulschmehl2124 Not sure but it says official video and has 535 million views (also has golden lady in it's thumbnail picture).

[@paulschmehl2124]

@@acorrado5529 found it.

[@AaanElle]

“Music is a reflection upon the place from which it was created” or words to that effect, just earned you a Subscribe, sir. Yes to all you said about this song. Dolores O’Riordan was an angel, gone too soon. ❤

[@paulschmehl2124]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@PhilH919]

Your got it right brother. I am an old UK vet and it saddens me to see what happens with conflicts which need not have happened.

[@angelastant6554]

Well done for a great reaction to a brilliant song about conflict and all it entails! RIP Dolores!

[@IAMisLove]

A performance that deals with a tough issue. A great reaction. 🖖❤

[@teej-h7w]

The bi g dealio here is the sound she uses..... keening, weeping for the dead .. . . a custom in many countries. And Irelend.

[@NateOlson]

America is on the brink of this today. I have cancer so I won't be around, but I hope you all remember we're all Americans in the days to come.

[@paulschmehl2124]

May God grant you peace. I pray that your prayer comes true.

[@tirokopita]

I'm not a Murican.

[@jacobissac]

Respect to you sir

[@krg1605]

With age comes wisdom - thank you for your wise and well chosen words. You Vets from both sides of 'the pond' are our heroes. Much love and respect from the UK 🥰

[@tirokopita]

Did you not understand the message of the song? Running around with guns killing people is futile.

[@Pyanfar]

Thanks one more time! ❤ I love it too!This video is heartbreaking.

[@espenvippen]

It was written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington, England, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

[@paulschmehl2124]

Don't you love how it's euphemistically called "The Troubles". It's almost like no one got hurt, we just had some troubles.

[@ChristineKelly1000]

One of the greatest under statements ever.

[@tonylyons7711]

Just to correct Daniel..Delores actually wrote this song about two very young English children " Boys" It happened in Warrington in the UK . The bomb was placed in litter bin by the IRA. They both lost their lives..How do i know?...because Iive here .😢

[@oldmansportsog2514]

So sad so many kids on both sides got caught up in that bs

[@tnightwolf]

When she says "It's the same old theme, since 1916"... that just hits me everytime!

[@Pyanfar]

Every time I watch this, my chest gets tight, and my eyes moisten 😪

[@cynthiaspalding8027]

"Get me outta here" yes, i agree.

[@patricialehrke7688]

New subscriber .Born again, so glad you showed up as I was scrolling.Looking forward to more insightful reactions.

[@paulschmehl2124]

Thanks for subbing

[@cesarserrazes]

Wonderful song.

[@Stefnmaddy]

What an insightful and thoughtful reaction. So happy to have found you. Subscribed.

[@vinesinloops5161]

Love the background, love the shirt and most importantly, I love you man!

[@SamJohnstone-t3k]

awesome reaction, hey im from New Zealand we still use the A4 skyhawk, its a Vietnam era fighter but we still use it, its our century fighter

[@tirokopita]

Did you not understand the message of the song?

[@shmick6079]

This is certainly one of the most powerful songs ever recorded, and the music video elevates it further. While the subject of the song is specific to the Irish experience, the imagery, pain and overall message are universal and can be adapted to other situations. Adding the concept of the “zombie” to describe people who could make a difference but don’t just adds another layer.

[@NCSUJenny]

Thank you. I first watched this video and heard this song as a sheltered kid in the US and it still touched me deeply. We don't choose where we are born, what religion, what race. I still worry deeply for all people born into these areas where they're forced to fight or die regardless for things that are out of their control. I will never harm others as far as I can help it.

[@QueenBabylonnia]

She wrote this song after the IRA (Irish Republican Army) who would set off bombs everywhere laid bombs in an English shopping centre in Warrington killing two small boy,and maiming others. British soldiers had to be called into Ireland to try to keep the peace between the Catholics and Protestants, because the Catholics wanted Northern Ireland to be completely independent to Britain, but the Protestants did not. As in the song this antagonism had been going on for a very long time. And had started to culminate in the bombings of innocent people. So Delores wrote this song, with the Keening in her voice (the traditional wailing sound at funerals). Although many have covered this song, none bring in the passion felt with this.The boys were Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball, aged three and twelve. 54 people were injured (some badly) this caused widespread public anger. Shortly after the bombings, a group called "Peace '93" was set up in Dublin. The main organiser was Susan McHugh, a Dublin housewife and mother. The IRA were responsible for many bombs laid in a very cowardly manner to kill and maim innocent people of all kinds.

[@seamusbob3458]

It's since come to light the the British security forces ignored some coded telephoned warnings about when and where bombs would go off and let them happen

[@jameswiglesworth5004]

Worth mentioning, it was not the IRA alone, there were other factions, including the Ulster Volunteer Force, Irish Liberation Army and Ulster Defence Association

[@seamusbob3458]

@@jameswiglesworth5004 *National**

[@finno4398]

The British soldiers sent to keep the peace that conspired with the prods to murder countless innocent Catholics, are they the British soldiers ya talking about

[@Tornadotommy]

R.I.P. Dolores, Irish Angel 💚

[@dannycraig1980]

You've got my subscription 🤟

[@paulschmehl2124]

Thank you for the sub.

[@scottyscot8]

You are a wise man sir,great reaction to a beautifully sad song 🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶❤️🎧

[@raymondengstrom1078]

Great reaction! I noticed you haven't done a reaction to a Depeche Mode song yet...If you do, start with Personal Jesus or Enjoy the Silence and you'll want to react to more from them....

[@davidsleith7222]

great reaction cheers. rip delores.

[@johngoodison3160]

As a Vietnam vet you need to listen to hand of doom black sabbath

[@steviesellers]

RIP Dolores O Riordan

[@GarethWatson-i4e]

Seems above your head

[@ThisTimeLady]

1:24 hehe, Sir, that's what my Apple Music and Spotify look like (throw in some classical, some sacred choral music and some film scores and perfect! I think it's one of the best ways to go about things. One will always have the one or two genres and artists that click with us but when we can take in and appreciate so many different styles, the world,the universe seems to open up it feels like 😊

[@tirokopita]

Get back on your medication.

[@timothybryant665]

Thank you for your service and insight sir.

[@tirokopita]

Did you not understand the message of the song?

[@billgangsta539]

Hello sir! I am not an American but i wanna thank you for your service!

[@tirokopita]

Did you not understand the message of the song?

[@billgangsta539]

@@tirokopita what makes you think that friend?

[@billgangsta539]

@@tirokopita i am just giving the man some respect thats all.

[@jonsmith7718]

Thanks for supporting this, Dolores ❤‍🩹 Very insightful understanding of what makes music, and the real world situations it reflects.

[@switchhandissomebody]

Amen

[@abigailkenny970]

❤️

[@sabinasabina2010]

Free Palestine. I grew up in Uk with three countries always obressed, South Africa (apartheid), Northern Ireland and Palestine. Before social media came along. It was what we were seeing in the news. I get this song because I lived in England during the troubles and enough was enough- what can I say other than history just keeps repeating itself.

[@vincentcardo192]

Me and my family viisit IRELAND because of their support to PALESTINE !!! irish are great gentlle kind very simple !!!!! and the landscape are incredible !! very love the porte of HOWTH we enjoy meet a great nation of Irlande !!!!!!! when i awas there i thought to this GREAT TALENT SINGER Dolores Oriiordan !! RIP SISTER !!!!

[@ThePred2009]

I thought its about the conflict between Catholics and protestants in Ireland?

[@ianest]

Yes it's to do with that conflict but during that the IRA planted bombs in some English city's

[@tirokopita]

@@ianest *cities

[@bobbobertbobberton1073]

Where did you serve dude?

[@paulschmehl2124]

San Diego, San Francisco, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada.

[@Luca84v]

That’s been really good choise. The Cranberries are one of my favourite band. May i now request a reaction to Steven Wilson - What Life Brings ? please let me know

[@paulschmehl2124]

You can view existing reaction requests here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Czfa1JK_NeFDmcHxEGZPV7HcGSPESjRb8BP1kCcrdRA/edit?usp=sharing If you don't see it there, please submit your reaction request here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4zzbTDjnAVHwNXUYZV6bUpT_1NDGJUufEEJhns4-DYA7q5g/viewform

[@tirokopita]

*choice

[@jonassundell9366]

I think there were no more bombings after this song acctually. It did kind of disarmed the whole thing. People felt ashamed. Bless you too! Greetings from gothenburg.

[@jameswiglesworth5004]

simplistic nonsense

[@robertgieseler1220]

Another great reaction from you -- as if that wasn't to be expected.... Bottomline, a song about the absolute uselessness of violence. Everything else has already been said by yourself and by those who already commented. BTW, the trauma you mentioned is even inherited, sometimes not only to the next generation, but to several generations to come... By causing trauma over and over again, we are permanently ruining our own future and of those that come after us. Some glimmers of hope -- going by the name Angelina Jordan, for example -- are working against it, but it's a Sisyphean task. So sad that Dolores O'Riordan is no longer with us. All best from Germany

[@paulschmehl2124]

Sadly it is a Sisyphean task. And at my age, it's easy to give up.

[@Metal19063]

thx for watching greetings from germany...

[@TheDeaFiles]

Amen! Copy that, Sir!

[@matte1666]

Please react to JINJER - Pisces (Live Session)

[@paulschmehl2124]

You can view existing reaction requests here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Czfa1JK_NeFDmcHxEGZPV7HcGSPESjRb8BP1kCcrdRA/edit?usp=sharing If you don't see it there, please submit your reaction request here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4zzbTDjnAVHwNXUYZV6bUpT_1NDGJUufEEJhns4-DYA7q5g/viewform

[@matte1666]

@@paulschmehl2124 Added it. Thanks. The lead singer Tatiana has a voice you will never forget.

[@jerryholdcroft4607]

TBH I'm not sure he knew what the video was about, no mention of Ireland, the troubles, IRA, bombings, shootings etc, just general comments about people being oppressed? He didn't even mention the beautiful and poignant song sung by Dolores which to me was the point of the 'reaction' video!?

[@TanelTheAntiWokeGuy]

The most complicated Civil War to me!

[@andreasbrey6277]

I give you thumbs up, because Vet's voices should be heard from time to time. Could you interrupt the music you are reacting to and interpret it on the spot or give your emotional react? I strongly recommend this. Carry on!

[@tirokopita]

Did you not understand the message of the song?

[@andreasbrey6277]

@@tirokopita Every listener has his or her interpretation-slash-understanding. Certainly. Was this your answer to my recommendation ;-) ?

[@kierstenridgway4634]

❤✌️

[@Templarofsteel88]

Would love to see your reaction to Bad Wolves cover of this song: Dolores was going to be in it but sadly passed away right before, you will get more of the story at the start of the video.

[@politicalscientist8880]

Hi. Im from Limerick (where the Cranberries are from) thanks for this. I d love to see you react to the video of ONE by Metallica (worth having the lyrics there) and Sinead O Connor (more Irish) Take Me to Church. Ive also subbed. Wanna see how youre journey continues and its nice to see someone here just to experience and enjoy new music 🙂 (ill be cheeky and suggest the Dead South - In hell ill be in good company)

[@paulschmehl2124]

Thank you for the sub. I don't have Metallica or Sinead on my request list. You can view existing reaction requests here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Czfa1JK_NeFDmcHxEGZPV7HcGSPESjRb8BP1kCcrdRA/edit?usp=sharing If you don't see it there, please submit your reaction request here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4zzbTDjnAVHwNXUYZV6bUpT_1NDGJUufEEJhns4-DYA7q5g/viewform

[@johnwitherschristian]

Thank you for your reaction. Never being in war myself, I could only imagine what it could do to your mind. I took 2 rounds of a .45 some years back, but wouldn't try to compare it to being at war. Thank you for serving. I like your ending commentary about God. May God bless you in all your endeavors and praise our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for loving us so much that He took our place on that cross, so to be reconciled back to Him simply by believing that He was/is the Son of God who rose from the grave on the 3rd day and accepting His FREE gift of eternal salvation with Him. Thanks again my big brother in Christ.

[@elvirazandee8530]

Dan vasc also covered this one‼️😇

[@paulschmehl2124]

I added his cover to my bonus reactions that I'm planning.

[@davidbush1852]

You should do a reaction to Rage against Hero of War, They want war by U.D.O. and all things Sabton because all of their songs are amazing. Also, thank you for your service.

[@shanejohns7901]

Such a terrible loss -- even though we tend to see more of such types of loss in the artistic community. I totally love the Irish sound to her voice in this song. It's amazing -- it gives location specifics to an otherwise generalized anti-war song. Drowned while drinking... What an utterly stupid, if not intentional, way to go. But she definitely left us a hell of a gift of a song about war, in general, before she left us.

[@ChristineKelly1000]

It wasn’t a general anti war song. It was a protest against a specific bombing incident in Warrington where two young boys were among the dead. The first sentence “Another head hangs lowly, child is slowly taken” refers to one of the boys, who was put on life support, days later his parents had to make the heart breaking decision to turn the machine off. The first line of the last verse, “Another Mothers breaking heart, is slowly overtaken” This song couldn’t be more specific.

[@shanejohns7901]

@@ChristineKelly1000 There were no deaths before those boys or after? It is generalized anti-war. But it does focus on a single bombing, but in the larger overall context of war. Bombs tend not to discriminate on age, sex, religion, or anything really.

[@philshorten3221]

check out "Thankyou God" by Tim Minchen

[@Tina-p6x5s]

Watch the 8th of November by big and rich

[@tamirudi8128]

Semoga sukses

[@ecgodsmack86]

R.I.P. Dolores

[@johnnyblitzkrieg8985]

I'm fan of yours. React 22-Pistepirkko's Birdy.

[@jonassundell9366]

PS. Sir, please react to Dire Straits "Brothers in arms". It is such a gentle song dignifing fellow humans. DS.

[@Saranda4787]

Det är bara i Sverige som vi skriver D.S. vid slutet av ett P.S., så du kan skippa det.

[@jonassundell9366]

@@Saranda4787 Hej. Fick lära mig på 60 talet att det var fel att bara skriva ps utan ds Deinde Scriptum. Tack för tipset. Jonas.

[@paulmason6474]

React to Angelina Jordan’s new song If I were a boy please❤❤

[@dacutler]

Thank you for a good and thoughtful, worthwhile reaction. But let's, please, not forget that the whole background to this cry for sanity is the hatred that has grown between two sects of the same religion. Christianity. As you hinted in your last words, there is power for good, that we should consider, but not allow that power to be used to create the very thing we are trying to get away from. The Troubles in Northen Ireland took approximately the same number of lives as on Sept 11 2001 in New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon.

[@tirokopita]

AI bot is AI bot.

[@Newbs-9680]

Listen to allie sherlock sing Adele or tennessee whisky

[@arnodobler1096]

Anti war song, rare

[@tirokopita]

Ar ar ar!

[@arnodobler1096]

@@tirokopita ?

[@danielknight47]

This song was written in response to 4 or 5 young Irish boys who were shot and killed by British soldiers during the British occupation of Belfast.

[@QueenBabylonnia]

It was a protest song against the IRA bombings…. British soldiers were not randomly shooting young boys. This was against the IRA laying bombs to just Kill innocent victims. Two young boys were killed with other innocent victims of these bombs laid by them IN A SHOPPING CENTRE. They were at this time laying bombs in lots of places. Such a hateful crime, that’s why she wrote it.

[@QueenBabylonnia]

It was in response to the bombings by the IRA killing and maiming innocent people.

[@mubbles1066]

Well Daniel I think you’ve been given the wrong information, That’s not the meaning at all,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".

[@sammyd8860]

Bollocks mate. It was written in response to the IRA's killing of 2 young innocent boys in Warrington in 1993. Get your facts straight

[@sammyd8860]

BTW I lived my entire childhood in Belfast during the Troubles and don't remember being "occupied". You need to find some better history books that reflect the actual truth

[@tizioincognito5731]

Hi there. Please forgive my english, i am italian born and bread. I want to say u thank you for your service sir. Eu and italy dont forget your sacrifice for democracy and freedom.

[@paulschmehl2124]

Grazie. Sentitevi liberi di commentare in italiano. Posso leggerlo utilizzando Google Translate.

[@tizioincognito5731]

@@paulschmehl2124 grazie e voi. Grazie per il vostro servizio.

[@tirokopita]

*bred

[@tizioincognito5731]

@@tirokopita tnx. 🤣

[@azazelfukuda]

T IS VERY SHOCKING, EVEN FOR WAR VETERANS WITH A SENSE OF LIFE'S URGENCY, THANK YOU FROM: SÃO PAULO - BRAZIL - SOUTH LATAM AMERICAN - LAND'S OF THE TEARS

[@helfgott1]

Sir greets from bavaria I dare to ask you kindly to react to : The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (Live) and btw I do like your channel 👍👍

[@paulschmehl2124]

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