The Cranberries - Zombie (REACTION!) 

I was going to say the same thing

To the fallen..

I appreciate Bad Wolfs tribute and their fundraising for her kids

@@hydratanksamari I do too, but my buddy tried to argue that the Bad Wolf version is better….he almost walked home that day 😂.

@@DiverDev83 Yeah that’s nuts. Nothing can touch the original.

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@@edlohrer987 huh?

I kinda think the Lost in Vegas guys missed a huge amount here. In the old days, they would analyse the lyrics and discuss what it might mean. Here they have a very surface level disussion... makes me feel they're just dialling it in.. It's not like the lyrics are that subtle smh

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@@andrewsvoboda6010 With all due respect to Americans, I bet 1 out of 1000 would be able to tell you what the Troubles were if you asked.

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yes! hahaha

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Can’t wait for the Scorpions ya

He's playing the "ghosting" pattern on the snare but he's hitting really hard so it sounds aggressive and syncopation.

Feargal Lawler is an absolutely amazing drummer and he never gets any credit for it anywhere! My favourite drumming of his is probably on I Can’t Be With You

dang i have heard this song a trizillion times and this has never occured to me! thank you!

It’s what Lars did back in the good days. It caught my ear as a 5th grader.

She told him to put all his anger into his playing(drums) his pain for those little boys trying to get mothers day cards. Instead lingering in pain for several days before dying. (The anger and sadness are real)

Sean Nos is used in all kinds of Irish folk tunes as it is musical ornamentation- I use it vocally and in my flute playing based on listening to Planxty and Niamh Parsons and many other artists. Keening however takes place at funerals.

I'm so glad you mentioned the keening she uses in her music. Thanks for explaining it further by providing the Irish interpretation of keening as sean-nós.

Thank you! I've been dying to know how to google this for years ... so I can hear more of it!

Please STOP spreading this completely false information! I keep seeing you and STOP IT! You have been corrected again and again. Delores never keened a second of her life! She sang with the Irish Yodel technique. STOP lying to sound smart

The rest of the internet calls it keening as well. As I understand, keening is used as lament, like with funerals. This song sounds like a lament to me. I'm not saying she didn't also yodel in her performances, but the general consensus seems to be she's keening in this song.

But, you see, the suffering of those two children sparked this reaction when the murder of 1000's of her own didn't. There"# peculiar rush to praise this song. It's clumsy, naive and performative. And nothing special.

@@jpgduff hello zombie.

@@jpgduff Ever see the Monty Python skit where the arrogant, egotistical film director is doing an interview with John Kleese and is rambling on with an offensive air of superiority? John Kleese finally has had enough and tells the snob to "Oh, shut up." I have the same feeling about you. so....Oh, SHUTUP! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wfSZ65GodOQ.html

@@jpgduff you don't seem to understand the song. Don't like it? No worries. You don't get it though.

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My family back in Dublin saw a lot of those early troubles back in the Michael Collins' years....and of course my parents saw the later trouble when they grew up. They immigrated to the US in the '60s bringing my older sister. Myself and my brother were born here, but we certainly got an education of sorts about Ireland.

Lime Rick Ireland hahaha

I love metal too, but if Linger comes on I have to listen.

@@J13-h6y I’ll stop and listen to most Cranberry songs. They’re one of those special bands that have the ability to snap you back to a specific place and time with their music. I was listening to them on heavy rotation around the mid 1990s and whenever I hear songs off their albums from the mid 90s and before, I’m instantly back to when I was listening to them on repeat. It’s a massive feeling of nostalgia.

Absolute legend.

*few

@@bobthebear1246 Dang! I hate autocorrect. lol

Salvation was pretty heavy too, for the Cranberries

@@roberthieber1 I was going to mention Salvation, def their only heavy album.

What about Hammer smashed face? Or Fucked with a knife? Those are brutal too.

The style of the song was demanded by the label to ride the e coattails of grunge.

I'd say "Promises" & " This is the day" are kinda heavy.

AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely. You can't properly appreciate this song without understanding its historical context. A lot of people enjoy this song as a banger, and it is. But it's so much more.

Agree!

THIS ^^^^^^

And watching the official video for this song makes me cry 11 out of 10 times.

Came here looking for the keening comment ;)

No it’s not. It’s not keening at all. Keening isn’t singing.

@@JohnSmith-gp3coI didn't say her whole singing style was keening, just that she used it as a technique. I've heard it said that she used a yodel rather than keening technique too, but it's closer to the sean-nos style keening than yodel in my opinion.

@x I'd love to know why sharing a part of our culture with people who don't know, is a bad thing 😂 Yes it's repetitive, but a lot of people don't even know they're Irish, let alone the elements of Irish culture The Cranberries mixed into their music 🤷

@@sarahmmedia even the technique you’re talking about her using is not keening. I’m from Ireland. I’ve heard the old ones keening. It’s not what Delores does.

And anger, she growls “Zombie” with an anger element

She ended up being dead? Didn't realize that. She must have been wicked young.

@@John_Locke_108 yes she passed away hun. There was an amazing tribute by Bad Wolves who covered this song. Watch the original first, then watch the Bad Wolves video. You’ll see what I mean

...but more tragic for the Irish....

@@mikeodonnell9962 oh absolutely hun. There’s no doubt about that. I feel for everyone who was affected by it all. I remember mum telling me, when I was 3, myself and my mum were in Manchester City for a look out and went to Piccadilly train station to come home. We got turned away as there was a bomb scare. That’s why there are no longer any bins in the station now as apparently it was in a bin. My nephew was in Manchester when a bombing happened too. It was terrifying. Thankfully he wasn’t in the area it happened which was odd as usually that’s the area he used to go to but decided that day not to. That was enough for me. I can’t imagine what it was like over in Ireland. It was all so tragic

*Dolores

This kind of music is still happening. Just gotta seek it out. :)

@@AquaticDot Examples you could point me to?

@@AquaticDot no....it's not

@@AquaticDot I would appreciate some examples as well. I've been hearing people say this for years, and I've searched for it myself, but I've never found any aside from maybe Hodera. They're good but a little hipster-ish

@@dizgroontled okay.

Yes, I support this comment.

Definitely they need to see the video. It hits hard. It was a lesson to people who only read about the troubles in Ireland.

Couldn’t agree more. Delores decked in gold with the cross and the children/cherubs screaming is a vision that will haunt me until the day I die, I’m sure. The song has always affected me - but after seeing the video with the music - whew, overwhelming and hard not to tear up.

Totally. I’m 60, so in ‘94 I was 32 and not watching music videos. Living in nyc and having Irish friends, I knew what the song was about, but it didn’t have a heavy effect on me. Fast forward over 25 years and I stumbled across the music video for the first time in a reaction video and I was actually moved to tears. Powerful stuff. I remember the 70’s/80’s.

so beautiful

You are so right. When I first received a distortion peddle, this was the first song I played to try it out. RIP Dolores. I love you.

@@davidemery4759 I don't want to see Ryan and George hate on another punk band for being 'simple' after praising this so much. lol.

also beautiful and unique how she basically does a yodel in many parts of the verse and prechorus

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alternative and grunge tends to have similar roots when it comes to pain and tragedy leading to these amazing songs being created. To be honest, I love those types of songs too.

@@0SuperTacoMan0 Chris Cornell is a good example of this.

Same!!!

Its why Irish musicians used to write good music

How old are you now?

This and their reaction to "Puss in Boots" by Wheeler Walker Jr. have been the funniest things I have watched in this channel

I thought he was gonna bust into the chorus for frosted lucky charms (they're magically delicious)!

DO THIS ONE PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEEE

Linger will always be my favorite of theirs. So nostalgic.

George is ready to travel to Ireland.

As an Irish person, I endorse this message.

I laughed so loud that I disturbed my cat in another room. My daughter sent me a pic with her eyes wide, ears back. 🤣

You and me, both. Probably the most impactful and emotional loss of someone famous in my life. The Cranberries are a part of my life forever.

I assume you're not Irish or British (Brazilian/Portuguese judging by the name?) So thanks for the kind words, I'm from the Republic of Ireland not the North, but God I hope peace is maintained to. It's funny what short memories people have. The Tory Government in Britain are doing everything possible with all the Brexit stuff to reignite tensions without a care whether they do so or not. A remarkably incompetent group of people.

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You win the comment section today!

Straight out of Lime-rick.

So it wasn't about religious conflict? I am not up to speed on those times.

@@iwannaseenow1 That was sort of part of it, with the opposing sides, Nationalists being mostly Catholic and Loyalists being Protestant. But it went and goes far beyond that, with, as the gentleman's comment above me stating it being moreso about Northern Ireland's position either remaining in the UK, or unifying with the rest of the Republic.

Yes, but no?: The conflict & antipathy began w/ Anglo- Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when England & Irish were Both wholly Catholic. England maintained control in whole or part thru mid 1641. English control was strongest in the North where lands were given to Eng Nobility as early as 12th cent. When Henry VIII left Catholic Chruch, religious suppression Ireland incled English & Irish Catholics there. Ulster rebellion in 1641 inclded Ireland's Galic & English Catholics took back part of Ireland, But Cromwell landed & put Ireland to the torch & sword. Now religious antipathy is added to the political. His hatred of Catholics led to up 30- 50% of Irish inhabitants being killed in 10 yrs. Most remaining Irish Catholics refuse to take oath to Eng & renounce their Faith. 50K sent to Brit colonies, the rest resettled in the poor lands of Connaught & lands given to English by the 1652 Acts of Settlement. Catholic Faith is outlawed, those caught at illegal Mass were tortured & hung, then drawn & quartered. Irish War of Independece, 1921-22, regains Irish Republic. English Northern MPs, allowed to vote Irish or English rule, choose England, & many Catholics Irish & English w Land & fam, now N. Ireland who stayed felt growingly disenfranchised & discriminated against. THIS antipathy led 1960s "campaign to end their discrimination". Loyalists saw as a front for Irish unification. This led to the Troubles & well documented bloody actions & reactions of IRA & Loyalists militia, until the 98 Good Friday Peace . All to say if the Irish were pagan or atheist the Troubles were gonna happen. It was a political fight w two nationslist groups of "different" religions. Sorry for length. But ...

@@mark-be9mq 👏👏👍👍 Im Irish meself, and theres no need to apologise for the length of yer words. 👍 Brilliantly written and stated. Knowing where to even start, regarding the beginnings and main issues and points regarding the history is hard to lay down here, especially within the context of a song reaction video. But you got a lot across there, so fair play to ye.👍

@@kylereece1979 Thank you very much Kyler, that's means a great great deal coming from you. Some of it the events only recently were made clear to me, seemed a pity to waste what little functioning knowledge I have , esp to put that which is easily into labeled a fuller context. Peace and God bless you.

Omg! I thought I was the only one.

IMO, the 90s were the greatest decade of music.

Live Throwing copper was my favorite 90’s album!!

@@iwannaseenow1 just the 90s in general was great all around. Everything was absolutely perfect and great. I honestly don't think there was a better time in history where just about everything was at it's greatest height. Nothing from that time could ever be duplicated.

Live never gets the recognition they deserve…top 3 band for me

It's about the Troubles but specifically about the IRA bombing in Warrington, England which killed two little boys

@@mothpig Shame all.the kids getting in killed in Ireland didn't warrant a song...

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Thanks for that link, oh my that was amazing! She has such control and so unique.

That was good. She has a mastery of mic positioning.. maybe that's normal for vocalists, not sure. i'm a guitarist :)

Thank you for the link!!!!

Agreed. Her take on it is definitely a fave of mine.

I'll check that out ty 😊

Don't think I could handle another Cranberries song tonight. This is rough enough.

Franz Ferdinand and Modest Mouse there too

Agreed!

Reptilia- The Strokes.

The Strokes is a must!