Dolores wrote this song in 1993 after an IRA bomb killed two young boys - Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball - in Warrington, England. She was outraged at the deaths of more innocent children and poured her anger into the song. The song comes from a very real place and I think that’s why it resonates with so many people.
the song actually had a profound effect across Ireland and England. its no exaggeration to say that it played a huge role in the call for restraint instead of retaliations from the public which then lead to a ceasefire a few weeks after
I need to say she does NOT make a political statement. That's why she shows the UK army and the IRA. The people were smashed between them, pro Irish (Catholics) or pro UK (protestants) This is still not solved and allthough the violence is less, people still die in Northern Ireland in the name of religion and UK. The tanks and guns point towards the UK army and the bombs to the IRA. I still see the images for me. :/
"It's the same old theme Since nineteen-sixteen In your head, in your head, they're still fighting" She's not talking about WW1; she's talking about The Troubles. Specifically the Easter Rising of 1916 that was kind of the beginning of the Irish War for Independence.
she is talking about the political propoganda, who is influencing war, in your head they are fighting* means they are fighting a way for your mind, and your dead, your a zombie. wtf kinda fake ass comment did u make?
IRELAND radio listeners just voted today ... "Zombie " is the Irelands greatest Hit of all time. Quite a remarkable achievement for the band.. but also it not surprising as it brought a hault to war in the North of Ireland. This songs resonates not just with the war then but with the world wars and times now.. RIP Dolores and thank you.. im sure you would have been so proud. ❤💔😪
Incorrect. The tireless work of politicians such as John Hume (RIP) brought the troubles to an end. I'm Irish - I'm calling bullshit on your entire comment. This song is awful. It's naive and the epitome of 'west brit'bullshit. Thousands of Irish children have been slaughtered by the british and she spoke not a word. But the same tragedy befalls the children of the occupiers and this shite is released. She mocks the brave men and women who fought for Irish freedom (it's the same.old theme since 1916. In your head in your head...zombies) and sided with the colonisers. Shite song from a bang average band.
1916 refers to the Easter rebellion in Ireland launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland, it lasted only six days, but 590 people lost their lives
The style being used by Dolores in this song was Keening which used to be a ritual of death song don by the celts at funerals on behalf of the families of the fallen. Which is very appropriate considering the song is about the Irish Troubles and the trauma it leaves behind. Another band that did this well was U2 in their early songs especially Sunday Bloody Sunday. Which I would also recommend if you want more of an intro into what happened in 1916 on a Sunday which marks the start of "the Troubles".
Bloody Sunday happened January 1972, but 1916 was the precursor to The Troubles that escalated and occurred throughout the late 60s to 1998. Sunday Bloody Sunday will be reacted to eventually by Anton. I'm working my way to requesting it! Yes, keening is the style she uses here, thank you. Couldn't remember the term. :)
This song brings me to tears every time. My home town is Warrington and I was the same age as Tim Parry when it happened. I was in Warrington that day and walked past the bombs many times with my mum while we were shopping. We were just lucky that we weren’t within blast range when they detonated. Will never forget it.
This is one of the best songs ever created.....it touches me in a way that almost no other song does. It is emotional in its own way. In my top 10 best 90s songs,what a masterpiece 👌
It's the keening that Delores does that makes it so powerful. Keening (Irish: Caointeoireacht) is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition, known to have taken place in Ireland and Scotland.
I was in college when "Zombie" came out, and I remember being floored by the harder sound that the music had, compared to previous sings like "Linger" or "Dreams". At a live festival performance of this song, Dolores dedicated it to the victims of war and troubles in Ireland, and then extended that to the victims of fighting in Bosnia, and Rwanda (Rwanda was undergoing a genocide at the time). I can't hear the song or watch the video, 28 years later, without getting emotional. That, friends, is the sign of a powerful, impactful song. I still compare it to John Lennon's "Imagine", Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?", and U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" because of its passion and the way it pays tribute to the victims of a horrible situation.
The drummer was told to put all his RAGE into playing. I think it got that across well. Also the tribute from Bad Wolves is fantastic. They have the girl in the video write the date of Dolores death on the glass... watch for it.
1916 is a reference to the precursor of 'The Troubles' in Northern/Ireland with England (UK) and why Ireland still today does not consider themselves part of UK. The soldiers in the video are real soldiers and the kids are the real kids they encountered to make the video. It's about Dolores' pain over the Warrington England March 1993 IRA bombing killed two children. The Irish people lived with this. The Troubles lasted from late 60s to 1998. It's also known as the Northern Ireland conflict. Parts of Northern Ireland wanted to be part of UK and parts wanted to leave and be part of united Ireland. There were protests and escalation leading to the deployment of British troops and included walls to keep the two communities apart. There were various groups formed and involved in everything and Britain's longest conflict. At first seen as peace-keeping the soldiers were eventually seen as hostile especially after Bloody Sunday January 1972. Tensions and protests, etc. led to increased segregation and prohibited areas. All told there were 3500 killed. Bloody Sunday itself resulted in the shooting dead by soldiers of 13 unarmed men and wounding of 15 other civilians during a rally in Derry. Soldier to civilian peaked at 30 per 1000 citizens the highest in history in counterinsurgency warfare. So, the song is about - all of that, about what it meant to be in Northern/Ireland and Northern/Irish when people from one's own country were so oppressed and afraid (and had been killed in the streets by British soldiers) they were forming rebellions ultimately causing death themselves. This song is very personal to Ireland and to England and to the English and the Irish, the incident that occurred with the children being killed. The song was and is very special to many people. It had and has an ethno-nationalist impact and import to those people who lived with it and whose ancestors lived it. It's the same old theme since 1916 is about war, yes, but as said, very specific to The Troubles as it became and is known. April 24, 1916 was the beginning of it all. A group of rebellion rose against the British in declaration of a Republic for all of Ireland, and thus everything began. This song was very personal to her. The pain was real and, although can be about what any war is like and can do, it was particularly about her homeland and people and neighboring homeland and people. You're right, yeah, you can feel her pain here. It feels very real. It was her visceral response to the death of two children and the band's cry against inhumanity towards each other. 'What's in your head' was a question to the extremists and 'Zombie' the reply. The father of one of the child victims being sung about called the song majestic and powerful. At the end of the video one of the silver children is seen pointing his arrow towards her. Externally, I learned to hide my emotions too (unless I feel close to someone/trust them). It may have to do with the criticism and so forth experienced when young. Favorite Cranberries songs include this, Dreams, Linger, Ode to My Family. Thank you for the reaction.
1916 was not the start of it all. The hundreds of your of colonial brutality and savage genocidal acts by the british is the precursor. If you don't know what it is you're taking about then don't talk about it.
It's an embarrassingly bad song. Naive and ham-fisted and mocks the people of Ireland who fought to free themselves from the brutality of the British. I'm from where the video was shot. It is despised there. Rightly so.
@@jpgduff Why don't you get over yourself, and if you can't be anything but an effing jerk, keep your mouth shut. Try that maybe while you're handing out advice.
@@jpgduff Art isn't bad or good. It's subjective. The song doesn't mock anyone. Your interpretation of it does. Again, get over yourself, and maybe find someone else to preach to. Why don't you run along and look for comments you don't like about Disturbed's version, or U2's song. Or, are you looking just for my comments for some unfathomable reason. You seem real pleasant. Ugh.
The reference to 1916 wasn't referring to the First World War but to the Easter Rising in Ireland for self rule and to overthrow British rule in Ireland. This song was written after an IRA bomb killed 2 innocent boys in Warrington (near Liverpool), England. The images of the soldiers, the murals in the walls, the kids running around ruins of building was from Northern Ireland and the situation that was ongoing from a period known as The Troubles in the 1960s where there was basically a civil war in Northern Ireland between the Unionists backed by the British government and the IRA, a terrorist group targeting British and Unionist institutions there. The song was a call to peace between the two sides that later less to the Good Friday Agreement in 1997 when power sharing between the two communities was introduced and peace and relative prosperity was achieved, something now being severely tested by Brexit with the UK leaving the free trading area that Ireland is in and that meant no border was necessary, a key part of the agreement. By the way Niall (the Irish version of Neil) is pronounced Niyal, and Delores surname is pronounced like Reardon.
Funny you mention ira bombing when the British in Easter rising murdered hundreds of innocent Irish men woman and children peacefully protesting against the discrimination by the British of the Irish Catholics ….worse than any discrimination which any people have ever endured
I don't think she means the first world war when she sings "It 's the same old theme since 1916". I think she means the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916.
Many below have described the specific event (the IRA bombing) which so affected Delores and comes out in the emotion of this song. And while she sings about these children's death and the pain she and the whole world felt, she is also singing against war and terrorism. When we are so afraid that we will not call out evil.....and when we lose our voices to cry out against the insanity and violence, 'we must be mistaken'. The sound of silence can not win.
Those sounds in her voice is called keening. It is a style of singing in Gaelic tradition (Ireland, Scotland) that shows sorrow for someone who passed. Not easy to sing that way! Deloris is amazing. RIP
Dolores RIP to a beautiful soul her music is timeless I love her voice because it's so unique it's sad that all the good ones go because of mental health
I had forgotten how much I loved The Cranberries! I remember the first time I every heard Dolores, I asked my then boyfriend who she was- such a strong haunting beautiful voice! Thank you for this throwback.
Others have already given plenty of backstory, but I just like to add, this was filmed in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Those soldiers and children in the street weren't actors. Those are real people. That's what life in Belfast was like 30 years ago. Soldiers walking around on patrols, stopping and searching anyone that walked past. Children playing in the ruins of buildings that were bombed by paramilitaries. That's not an emotional, theatrical recreation, that was real life.
Such a powerful song - the lyrics, Dolores' singing (keening), and the video are immense. I grew up during the Troubles - I'm in Scotland but it affected the whole of Great Britain and Ireland. The drumming is meant to mimic that of the Orange Lodge Loyalist and Republican/IRA parades and marches that take place mainly in NI, but also in Scotland and small parts of England. 1916 isn't WW1 in this case, it's the Easter Rising where the Irish republicans fought and won (eventually) independence for the Republic of Ireland from the British, but partly it left a part of Ireland still 'owned' by Britain - which is Northern Ireland - and that's where The Troubles lie - the Irish republicans want a united Ireland and the loyalist Brits want NI to stay British. Jeez, this is complicated and I'm Scot from Irish descendants so can only say what I have learned. RIP Dolores. Thanks, Anton. x
I actually served in Northern Ireland with the Armed forces and they are the most loving beautiful people i have ever met, who have been plagued with the two religions destroying such a beautiful country, i can honestly say its the worst situation ive been in alongside kosovo in 1999, then we had iraq and afghanistan and started all over again such a loss off innocent life. But its the most beautiful song, but please also see BAD WOLVES ZOMBIE. Please please Anton will you look at OASIS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN and do a review ASAP buddy
she'd write about anything she was felling at any moment, when you look back and listen to all the rest of the albums.. man it's kind of like her whole life, i feel it is kind of like that, i mean the start of the band and the stuff going on in those days in her life, AND even when the last album came out it's like she just wanted to get it all out, thanks to the rest of the band for made such a beautiful album 💚i miss her. Great analysis!! HOPEFULLY we'll see more of the cranberries.
It's interesting to see new reactions to this song, which I was obsessed with back in the nineties... When the war first started in Syria every time I listened to the song tears would flow without control
Im around same age as Dolores and i was at uni in Belfast when this came out. By that stage all my life was spent in the conflict and i was absolutely sick of it..like a lot of folk. This song expressed the anger, frustration and pain I felt. Still brings a lump to my throat when i hear it. Belfast is so different today but the sectarianism that caused the troubles is still very much alive.
My dad grew up in N. Ireland during the troubles and left in the 80s. When it came time for him to tell us about Northern Ireland and the troubles as we grew up, he used this song to express how the every day citizens felt constantly being afraid of bombings or killings in the streets. Belfast has changed a lot, but I 100% agree that the divide is still very much there
Dreams is dreamy lol. Their typical sound was soft and dreamy like that one. This song was a bit of departure for them (although they had a couple more rock type songs).
The 'Troubles' were from 1969 to 1998. 1916 is a reference to the doomed to failure Easter Rising by Irish patriots against the British. The participants knew it would fail but wanted to make a statement against the evil empire.
Please Anton check out more of their music, Animal Instinct, Ode to My Family, Dreams, Promises... Dolores put her heart and soul to every one of those lyrics. She will be forever missed and I honestly feel very sad that many many people don't really know WHO The Cranberries are.
I will never forget first hearing this song. I was a student and luckily had not had a lot of pain in my life. Yet I understood her pain instantly. This song has haunted me ever since. The Troubles were extensively covered in the news so I knew a lot of the facts surrounding it, but this since made it human, and real. She was amazing, I was very sad when she passed away, RIP Dolores
It's hard for me to pick a favorite song from them, she i feel like sang from the heart and with full heart. I shared this video with my cousin who I introduced the channel too as well, she's a massive fan of Dolores and I know she will love your take and break down of this song. This is truly an underrated channel, you deserve many many more people to see these videos, not just reaction videos but the podcast videos as well. I would like to suggest "Lie to me" by Cher which was written and has some vocals as well by Pink.
Yay, you finally reacted to The Cranberries. Zombie is a masterpiece, but it’s not their usual sound, it’s a lot more grunge/hard rock. Most would recommend to check out Dreams, Linger and Ode To My Family. If you like their harder rock stuff, i recommend Promises, Forever Yellow Skies and Salvation. Roxette also has a song called Salvation, i think you might like that one, although Roxette’s is a ballad. ETA: my personal favorite Cranberries song is Daffodil Lament.
Anton, I get it, I get you. Makes me wonder if that is why so many people are depressed, seeing all the wrong-doings by the elite while most people don't seem to care or even say, "sure there's nothing we can do about it!" Makes me wonder. Thanks for the great reaction Anton. Love from Ireland
It's funny you said you sense Dolores is pain because she ended up dying from alcohol related issues very young. Was deemed in an accident but her alcohol level was quadruple what it should be. She's from Ireland I believe in the Catholics and the Protestants were at war when I was a kid thousands of people died it wasn't a peaceful country. People think of the UK as a happy place but it was more like Afghanistan over God and religion.
You’re right the children pay in every dispute and war. I struggle to keep going and living from a place healing, with all the disgusting things that keep happening. I do stand-up to relieve tension in peoples lives (and work the visitations at a Funeral home for balance) 🌎✌️
I love it when you look into the song at the end. So we get a full story and see your thoughts on the real meaning as well as the raw interpretation beforehand.
As someone from Northern Ireland, can I just add some info too... I feel the name given to this time was to downplay it to begin with, so 1 side could show how unaffected they were by anything the other side done, (all sides showing this btw), but it was the innocent people that were suffering from it all. People need to realise the "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland were not just protests & riots or civil unrest, it was a full blown civil war, that continued for over 30yrs & 3500 INNOCENT people, died as a result of bombs, shootings, beatings' etc. People were 'taken' by the opposite side to be interrogated, most didn't come back & even now their bodies have never been recovered. Young children were recruited by the paramilitaries on both sides too 'join & fight for the cause', whole families got brought in too...they would get into people's heads by claiming it was the right thing, the only thing to do... women involved would use a baby in a pram, to get bombs passed the checks into shops, public transport etc in town/cities. Everyone was stopped & had any bags checked through, just like at an airport customs check...shops banned baby's prams/strollers etc from going in... Towns/cities had barriers to close off them off in the evenings, so vehicles couldn't get in...There were certain areas that we couldn't go into because of fear of attacks, even as kids. Bomb threats & beatings' were common, as was a huge presence of police & army walking/driving around in full body armour & semi-automatic rifles etc. My Mum is a local girl from outside Belfast, my Dad was in the British army at the time(now retired). I've lived in Northern Ireland my whole life, right through the 80s-90s. We would fill the bath with water every night & put several towels in it, just incase our home was 'petrol bombed' (set on fire with a Molotov Cocktail) overnight. The towels were to place over our heads & hold over our mouths & noses, so we could breathe through the smoke, so we could get out of the house. My Dad was told by British army to change his name when he arrived, he had to use his middle name instead, as British army said his 1st name would cause 'issue' with each side in the conflict ... At the start the British army were brought in to help the Catholic side of the community here but it soon shifted to helping the Protestant community instead, then it became a 3way war - with Catholics fighting Protestants/Protestants fighting Catholics & both fighting British army independently of each other as they said the British were protecting the opposite side... Everyday was the same, more anger, more hatred, more fighting. I guess, like many on here, as I was born during it(in 1979), I grew up through it & knew no different, that it was just normal, everyday life here. Now there's been 'peace' for a while, when we look back, we can see just how bad it was. I was sheltered from alot of it, due to where I lived & my family making sure we didn't get pulled in by paramilitary groups. I had a large family with lots of cousins, so we really just played/hung a round in family groups, away from other kids. I had a rough childhood, in a war-torn country, but it was still a fun-filled childhood with lots of love & laughter, running about, playing our silly innocent kid games outside... just as long as we stayed within shouting distance from our home & our parents knew where we were & who we were with at all times. Also that 'yodelling' sort of sound Dolores makes is called 'keening' is a form of the traditional Irish intense wailing sound made particularly by mothers who have lost their child, but also some other mourners after a death, during a funeral & wake. The images in the video are all real, these are the 'normal' images people in Northern Ireland saw every single day for over 30yrs...
I like your commentary - you really listen intently to the lyrics. Dolores was a sensitive soul and a great artist. As many TH-cam users wrote, it is a very specific song referring to The Troubles that occurred in Northern Ireland, from the ‘60s to the late 90s. In the North, there is a division between Catholics who identify as Irish and strive for an Independent Ireland and Protestants who largely identify as British ( and Unionist- they are the descendants of English and Scottish settlers who colonised the North of Ireland in the 17th Century). If you want to know more about this, the Tv show Derry Girls - Netflix- is a good place to start .
4:27 this song has nothing to do with world war 1.....One of The Cranberries' biggest hits is 'Zombie' from the album No Need to Argue. The singer of the band does not write the song without reason, because in 1993 something happens that the singer cannot just get rid of. It is a summer day on March 20, 1993. People are shopping in Warrington when suddenly two bombs go off. The bombs are placed by the IRA* and they cause a lot of casualties. At least fifty people are injured and two children die. One boy is twelve year old Tim Parry and the other is Johnathan Ball. He is only three years old. The Cranberries are on their UK tour when Dolores O'Riordan hears the news.
No, 1916 was the Irish Rebellion, it's not a reference to World War One. I also recommend the version by Bad Wolves. Delores was going to sing it with them, but she died just before they recorded. They dedicated the song to her, and agreed to give all of the proceeds to Delores's children. Their version is much harder.
they have an interesting aproach to music. they sing about love, pain and revenge in such a unique way! there´s alot of great crandberries song but i can personally recomend ANIMAL INSTINCT... salutes from México!
Please check out some of Ireland’s Eurovision entries , Jonny Loagan , just another year and hold me now , Niamh Kavanagh in your eyes , , Eimear Quinn The voice , and Sophie lemons officiak video for Solas , so beautiful in the Irish language ☘️
This was my first 'favourite' song. Don't think I could even speak full sentences yet, but I felt the emotion. My mum used to play their album at night to put me to sleep. ❤
98% of people do not know who i really am. Its crazy cause now thinking about it cause a lot of society is like that. I purposefully do not get close or let people see my true personality or my mind. Im very sure that i come out like a bitch or just like a loner which is far from what i really am. Zombie still to this day gives me chills that are different than any feeling i have experienced is a haunting aura.
Idk if this is true but there was this dude who had Scitzophrenia (idk how to spell it) and he fought in World War 1 and a few years after the war ended but he heard fire works and he thought it was gunshots but he went on this killing spree and he killed loads of people cuz he thought the war was still going
R.I.P., Dolores....you had a hard life and spent your last years raising awareness and $$$$ for children caught in war zones around our troubled world........we miss your talent and your heart........her vocal technique is "keening", an Irish expression of lament, especially at funerals.........
All of the video footage was real. The director went to Northern Ireland and took the video there. They said they were making a documentary so they were allowed to film real British soldiers on the streets of Northern Ireland, and those were ordinary young boys out playing who were filmed.
It wasnt just a rockstar preaching.She lived through it.We all did, both sides of the Irish sea.I remember seeing unattended bags in stations and thinking the worse.She was saying Fuck the politics and the hate.We're the same, literally.
This is also a f#cking damn great track - I listened this day before. But I bet you thought the same as I thought ---> imidiately I was searching if Avril Lavigne did a spontaneous cover of it. And after all the time listening to Avril's songs - even if "Zombie" is a masterpiece, but her voice sounds a little "dry" compared to Avril. I would love to hear her singing this!
1916 in Ireland did not have anything to do with would war one can please research the history it makes the song more heartbreaking and more hunting I.m Irish and almost 25 years later the scars are still there.
Actually, because of the deliberate acts of the British government to force Irish people into utter destitution, many Irish men felt that they had no option but to fight in WW1 for the British army, because they got clean clothes (a uniform), footwear (boots), pay and food. Many Irish men on returning to Ireland after the war were ostracised by the Irish population.
Yup Unfortunately Folks brother like me you are old enough to understand this just like Other Version Zombie more relevant today than it was back then and they're still fighting but with way more powerful accurate weapons like drones which is a new add on in badwolves that everyone likes in that version so it updates what Dolores was trying to say all those years ago about if nothing changes nothing changes but us and more ways to wipe us out that's why today especially this song means way more than people realize it means even back in 1994 it was about kids being killed in another senseless war that could have been discussed diplomatically but since WW1 the world has been on another collision course of epic disaster like Dolores talks about here in my favorite song of hers Zombie. This song has more meaning than all the songs combined in the last 10 years which unfortunately says something about where are species has been heading since 1916 like she said in this powerful song just like my other meaningful favorite song from 1994 Keep talking from Pink Floyd which are society has stopped for along time now and if we don't wake up fast there will be another World War if we keep up the track we're heading on it's a recipe for catastrophe on all levels now never thought possible in 2023 but like me and my WW2 veteran family members that are still alive think specially after the last 3 years if eye awakening moments of nobody saw coming until it was stearing us right in the face and we couldn't look away no more but unfortunately it was to late another massive war in Europe that could have been avoided from communication and diplomacy once again we chose poorly It's like one my favorite songs Folks Keep Talking from my favorite bands Pink Floyd when Stephen Hawking did his famous Commercial in the 90s saying as long as Mankind keeps communicating the human race still has a chance to turn it around no matter how close we get to another catastrophic global disaster like now we face in 2023.
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Dolores wrote this song in 1993 after an IRA bomb killed two young boys - Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball - in Warrington, England. She was outraged at the deaths of more innocent children and poured her anger into the song. The song comes from a very real place and I think that’s why it resonates with so many people.
I didn't know that part!!!! Sad history...
Heartbreaking! Deloris was a mad crush for me in 95! I'm old..
She also openly stated that it was to show that the vast majority of people in Ireland didn't support the violence (from either side).
the song actually had a profound effect across Ireland and England. its no exaggeration to say that it played a huge role in the call for restraint instead of retaliations from the public which then lead to a ceasefire a few weeks after
I need to say she does NOT make a political statement. That's why she shows the UK army and the IRA. The people were smashed between them, pro Irish (Catholics) or pro UK (protestants) This is still not solved and allthough the violence is less, people still die in Northern Ireland in the name of religion and UK. The tanks and guns point towards the UK army and the bombs to the IRA. I still see the images for me. :/
"It's the same old theme
Since nineteen-sixteen
In your head, in your head, they're still fighting"
She's not talking about WW1; she's talking about The Troubles. Specifically the Easter Rising of 1916 that was kind of the beginning of the Irish War for Independence.
she is talking about the political propoganda, who is influencing war, in your head they are fighting* means they are fighting a way for your mind, and your dead, your a zombie. wtf kinda fake ass comment did u make?
The reference to 1916 is not about WW1 but the fight for Irish independence from the British
Easter Rising 1916.
Anton not familiar with our irish history he just assumed it was the world war.. leave off with the hassle guys
IRELAND radio listeners just voted today ... "Zombie " is the Irelands greatest Hit of all time.
Quite a remarkable achievement for the band.. but also it not surprising as it brought a hault to war in the North of Ireland. This songs resonates not just with the war then but with the world wars and times now.. RIP Dolores and thank you.. im sure you would have been so proud. ❤💔😪
i did not know this. thanks for posting. i think it is one of the greatest songs ever written.
Incorrect. The tireless work of politicians such as John Hume (RIP) brought the troubles to an end.
I'm Irish - I'm calling bullshit on your entire comment.
This song is awful. It's naive and the epitome of 'west brit'bullshit.
Thousands of Irish children have been slaughtered by the british and she spoke not a word. But the same tragedy befalls the children of the occupiers and this shite is released.
She mocks the brave men and women who fought for Irish freedom (it's the same.old theme since 1916. In your head in your head...zombies) and sided with the colonisers.
Shite song from a bang average band.
1916 refers to the Easter rebellion in Ireland launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland, it lasted only six days, but 590 people lost their lives
The style being used by Dolores in this song was Keening which used to be a ritual of death song don by the celts at funerals on behalf of the families of the fallen. Which is very appropriate considering the song is about the Irish Troubles and the trauma it leaves behind. Another band that did this well was U2 in their early songs especially Sunday Bloody Sunday. Which I would also recommend if you want more of an intro into what happened in 1916 on a Sunday which marks the start of "the Troubles".
Bloody Sunday happened January 1972, but 1916 was the precursor to The Troubles that escalated and occurred throughout the late 60s to 1998. Sunday Bloody Sunday will be reacted to eventually by Anton. I'm working my way to requesting it! Yes, keening is the style she uses here, thank you. Couldn't remember the term. :)
Thank you! I was trying to figure out what it's called after remembering someone else saying something similar!
This song brings me to tears every time. My home town is Warrington and I was the same age as Tim Parry when it happened.
I was in Warrington that day and walked past the bombs many times with my mum while we were shopping. We were just lucky that we weren’t within blast range when they detonated. Will never forget it.
I'm so sorry you lived with and through that.
I was there the day before with my kids who must be your age. We lived in Lowton at the time. It was horrific.
This is one of the best songs ever created.....it touches me in a way that almost no other song does. It is emotional in its own way. In my top 10 best 90s songs,what a masterpiece 👌
I was in Warrington with my kids the day before. My kids were the same age as Johnathan and Tim.
RIP Johnathan, Tim and the wonderful Delores.
Very powerful song.I still have chills when I hear it. Dolores was very unique and emotional singer.
It's the keening that Delores does that makes it so powerful.
Keening (Irish: Caointeoireacht) is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition, known to have taken place in Ireland and Scotland.
Everyone should know this song. It’s a masterpiece.
The official video has well over a billion views, it's not exactly a hidden gem.
RIP, Dolores. I hope you are now in true peace. x
One of the most awesome songs ever written ! RIP Delores ! Taken from us way too soon !
I was in college when "Zombie" came out, and I remember being floored by the harder sound that the music had, compared to previous sings like "Linger" or "Dreams". At a live festival performance of this song, Dolores dedicated it to the victims of war and troubles in Ireland, and then extended that to the victims of fighting in Bosnia, and Rwanda (Rwanda was undergoing a genocide at the time). I can't hear the song or watch the video, 28 years later, without getting emotional. That, friends, is the sign of a powerful, impactful song. I still compare it to John Lennon's "Imagine", Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?", and U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" because of its passion and the way it pays tribute to the victims of a horrible situation.
The drummer was told to put all his RAGE into playing. I think it got that across well.
Also the tribute from Bad Wolves is fantastic. They have the girl in the video write the date of Dolores death on the glass... watch for it.
1916 is a reference to the precursor of 'The Troubles' in Northern/Ireland with England (UK) and why Ireland still today does not consider themselves part of UK. The soldiers in the video are real soldiers and the kids are the real kids they encountered to make the video. It's about Dolores' pain over the Warrington England March 1993 IRA bombing killed two children. The Irish people lived with this.
The Troubles lasted from late 60s to 1998. It's also known as the Northern Ireland conflict. Parts of Northern Ireland wanted to be part of UK and parts wanted to leave and be part of united Ireland. There were protests and escalation leading to the deployment of British troops and included walls to keep the two communities apart. There were various groups formed and involved in everything and Britain's longest conflict. At first seen as peace-keeping the soldiers were eventually seen as hostile especially after Bloody Sunday January 1972. Tensions and protests, etc. led to increased segregation and prohibited areas. All told there were 3500 killed. Bloody Sunday itself resulted in the shooting dead by soldiers of 13 unarmed men and wounding of 15 other civilians during a rally in Derry. Soldier to civilian peaked at 30 per 1000 citizens the highest in history in counterinsurgency warfare.
So, the song is about - all of that, about what it meant to be in Northern/Ireland and Northern/Irish when people from one's own country were so oppressed and afraid (and had been killed in the streets by British soldiers) they were forming rebellions ultimately causing death themselves. This song is very personal to Ireland and to England and to the English and the Irish, the incident that occurred with the children being killed. The song was and is very special to many people. It had and has an ethno-nationalist impact and import to those people who lived with it and whose ancestors lived it.
It's the same old theme since 1916 is about war, yes, but as said, very specific to The Troubles as it became and is known. April 24, 1916 was the beginning of it all. A group of rebellion rose against the British in declaration of a Republic for all of Ireland, and thus everything began.
This song was very personal to her. The pain was real and, although can be about what any war is like and can do, it was particularly about her homeland and people and neighboring homeland and people. You're right, yeah, you can feel her pain here. It feels very real. It was her visceral response to the death of two children and the band's cry against inhumanity towards each other. 'What's in your head' was a question to the extremists and 'Zombie' the reply. The father of one of the child victims being sung about called the song majestic and powerful.
At the end of the video one of the silver children is seen pointing his arrow towards her.
Externally, I learned to hide my emotions too (unless I feel close to someone/trust them). It may have to do with the criticism and so forth experienced when young. Favorite Cranberries songs include this, Dreams, Linger, Ode to My Family. Thank you for the reaction.
1916 was not the start of it all. The hundreds of your of colonial brutality and savage genocidal acts by the british is the precursor.
If you don't know what it is you're taking about then don't talk about it.
It's an embarrassingly bad song. Naive and ham-fisted and mocks the people of Ireland who fought to free themselves from the brutality of the British.
I'm from where the video was shot. It is despised there. Rightly so.
@@jpgduff Why don't you get over yourself, and if you can't be anything but an effing jerk, keep your mouth shut. Try that maybe while you're handing out advice.
@@jpgduff Art isn't bad or good. It's subjective. The song doesn't mock anyone. Your interpretation of it does. Again, get over yourself, and maybe find someone else to preach to. Why don't you run along and look for comments you don't like about Disturbed's version, or U2's song. Or, are you looking just for my comments for some unfathomable reason. You seem real pleasant. Ugh.
The reference to 1916 wasn't referring to the First World War but to the Easter Rising in Ireland for self rule and to overthrow British rule in Ireland. This song was written after an IRA bomb killed 2 innocent boys in Warrington (near Liverpool), England. The images of the soldiers, the murals in the walls, the kids running around ruins of building was from Northern Ireland and the situation that was ongoing from a period known as The Troubles in the 1960s where there was basically a civil war in Northern Ireland between the Unionists backed by the British government and the IRA, a terrorist group targeting British and Unionist institutions there.
The song was a call to peace between the two sides that later less to the Good Friday Agreement in 1997 when power sharing between the two communities was introduced and peace and relative prosperity was achieved, something now being severely tested by Brexit with the UK leaving the free trading area that Ireland is in and that meant no border was necessary, a key part of the agreement.
By the way Niall (the Irish version of Neil) is pronounced Niyal, and Delores surname is pronounced like Reardon.
Funny you mention ira bombing when the British in Easter rising murdered hundreds of innocent Irish men woman and children peacefully protesting against the discrimination by the British of the Irish Catholics ….worse than any discrimination which any people have ever endured
Wow. I haven't seen this video in a long time. Very emotional. She is missed by many.
I don't think she means the first world war when she sings "It 's the same old theme since 1916". I think she means the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916.
Absolutely that's what she means.
Yes of course, but Anton isn’t from our part of the world so we must make allowances.
@@davidsanderson4442 We on his channel make allowances for him all the time. He's that type you know? Kidding. We love Anton.
Her tone is reminiscent of keening, a celtic dirge that is akin to trying to speak or sing through tears.
Great song from a great group. A lot of Irish artists seem to be able to express themselves in very moving ways. Great reaction!
R.I.P Dolores you had a beautiful voice. i was stationed in northern ireland during the troubles it was not a good place or time for anyone.
Mostly because of you and yours who shouldn't have been there.
Many below have described the specific event (the IRA bombing) which so affected Delores and comes out in the emotion of this song. And while she sings about these children's death and the pain she and the whole world felt, she is also singing against war and terrorism. When we are so afraid that we will not call out evil.....and when we lose our voices to cry out against the insanity and violence, 'we must be mistaken'. The sound of silence can not win.
My third ultimate song of all time. Thanks Anton! Glad You are feeling better!
A masterpiece.
Those sounds in her voice is called keening. It is a style of singing in Gaelic tradition (Ireland, Scotland) that shows sorrow for someone who passed. Not easy to sing that way! Deloris is amazing. RIP
Dolores RIP to a beautiful soul her music is timeless I love her voice because it's so unique it's sad that all the good ones go because of mental health
I love this song and have listened to it countless times but not once have I smiled during it.
I had forgotten how much I loved The Cranberries! I remember the first time I every heard Dolores, I asked my then boyfriend who she was- such a strong haunting beautiful voice! Thank you for this throwback.
Great reaction. The Cranberries were brilliant and Dolores was such a talent and is very much missed. This song is so powerful.
no, not WW1. she is singing about the irish troubles
Others have already given plenty of backstory, but I just like to add, this was filmed in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Those soldiers and children in the street weren't actors. Those are real people. That's what life in Belfast was like 30 years ago. Soldiers walking around on patrols, stopping and searching anyone that walked past. Children playing in the ruins of buildings that were bombed by paramilitaries. That's not an emotional, theatrical recreation, that was real life.
Absolutely, no performance or interpretation or anything about this. It's authentic in every sense.
@@lauraallen55it just EPiC This song, the writing.. The video and the performance
@@jackjackson3769 Absolutely!
no only is she writing from experience but actually has the vocal instrument to give it full vent. great great music
Such a powerful song - the lyrics, Dolores' singing (keening), and the video are immense. I grew up during the Troubles - I'm in Scotland but it affected the whole of Great Britain and Ireland.
The drumming is meant to mimic that of the Orange Lodge Loyalist and Republican/IRA parades and marches that take place mainly in NI, but also in Scotland and small parts of England.
1916 isn't WW1 in this case, it's the Easter Rising where the Irish republicans fought and won (eventually) independence for the Republic of Ireland from the British, but partly it left a part of Ireland still 'owned' by Britain - which is Northern Ireland - and that's where The Troubles lie - the Irish republicans want a united Ireland and the loyalist Brits want NI to stay British.
Jeez, this is complicated and I'm Scot from Irish descendants so can only say what I have learned.
RIP Dolores. Thanks, Anton. x
I actually served in Northern Ireland with the Armed forces and they are the most loving beautiful people i have ever met, who have been plagued with the two religions destroying such a beautiful country, i can honestly say its the worst situation ive been in alongside kosovo in 1999, then we had iraq and afghanistan and started all over again such a loss off innocent life. But its the most beautiful song, but please also see BAD WOLVES ZOMBIE.
Please please Anton will you look at OASIS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN and do a review ASAP buddy
she'd write about anything she was felling at any moment, when you look back and listen to all the rest of the albums.. man it's kind of like her whole life, i feel it is kind of like that, i mean the start of the band and the stuff going on in those days in her life, AND even when the last album came out it's like she just wanted to get it all out, thanks to the rest of the band for made such a beautiful album 💚i miss her. Great analysis!! HOPEFULLY we'll see more of the cranberries.
Love her!
You’re an insightful dude.
It's interesting to see new reactions to this song, which I was obsessed with back in the nineties...
When the war first started in Syria every time I listened to the song tears would flow without control
Dreams is best of the bunch, definitely, but Linger, Ode To My Family and Promises are also excellent.
Im around same age as Dolores and i was at uni in Belfast when this came out. By that stage all my life was spent in the conflict and i was absolutely sick of it..like a lot of folk. This song expressed the anger, frustration and pain I felt. Still brings a lump to my throat when i hear it. Belfast is so different today but the sectarianism that caused the troubles is still very much alive.
I'm sorry you grew up with and live with that.
My dad grew up in N. Ireland during the troubles and left in the 80s. When it came time for him to tell us about Northern Ireland and the troubles as we grew up, he used this song to express how the every day citizens felt constantly being afraid of bombings or killings in the streets. Belfast has changed a lot, but I 100% agree that the divide is still very much there
This song will always slap!
Underrated channel. I truly hope you go far my friend. Love from Hungary 🫵🏼
Hi anton!! I love this record, this song and this band, was part of my younger years❤️❤️❤️❤️
Great analysis, as always, Anton! I don't know very many Cranberries songs, but of the ones I do, I especially love "Dreams."
Dreams is dreamy lol. Their typical sound was soft and dreamy like that one. This song was a bit of departure for them (although they had a couple more rock type songs).
Anton has the best smile😍
not much to smile when you listen to this masterpiece.
Irish troubles 1916
The 'Troubles' were from 1969 to 1998.
1916 is a reference to the doomed to failure Easter Rising by Irish patriots against the British. The participants knew it would fail but wanted to make a statement against the evil empire.
Every time I hear this I wonder how many drum sticks and guitar strings were broke. IT HAS TO LOUD but it always crushes me
She has since passed away she was a great singer
Great thoughts on such a special sore love you
Please Anton check out more of their music, Animal Instinct, Ode to My Family, Dreams, Promises... Dolores put her heart and soul to every one of those lyrics. She will be forever missed and I honestly feel very sad that many many people don't really know WHO The Cranberries are.
I will never forget first hearing this song. I was a student and luckily had not had a lot of pain in my life. Yet I understood her pain instantly. This song has haunted me ever since. The Troubles were extensively covered in the news so I knew a lot of the facts surrounding it, but this since made it human, and real. She was amazing, I was very sad when she passed away, RIP Dolores
It's hard for me to pick a favorite song from them, she i feel like sang from the heart and with full heart. I shared this video with my cousin who I introduced the channel too as well, she's a massive fan of Dolores and I know she will love your take and break down of this song. This is truly an underrated channel, you deserve many many more people to see these videos, not just reaction videos but the podcast videos as well. I would like to suggest "Lie to me" by Cher which was written and has some vocals as well by Pink.
Yay, you finally reacted to The Cranberries. Zombie is a masterpiece, but it’s not their usual sound, it’s a lot more grunge/hard rock. Most would recommend to check out Dreams, Linger and Ode To My Family. If you like their harder rock stuff, i recommend Promises, Forever Yellow Skies and Salvation. Roxette also has a song called Salvation, i think you might like that one, although Roxette’s is a ballad.
ETA: my personal favorite Cranberries song is Daffodil Lament.
She was intense. And very much loved. Bad wolves did the cover in her memory. You should see it.
Oh ya, I love Bad Wolves and Tommy (vocalist who did the cover)
Anton, I get it, I get you. Makes me wonder if that is why so many people are depressed, seeing all the wrong-doings by the elite while most people don't seem to care or even say, "sure there's nothing we can do about it!" Makes me wonder. Thanks for the great reaction Anton. Love from Ireland
My favorite band and album since my fourteen. 🥰 My favorite music is "Disappointment" ❤️
It's funny you said you sense Dolores is pain because she ended up dying from alcohol related issues very young.
Was deemed in an accident but her alcohol level was quadruple what it should be.
She's from Ireland I believe in the Catholics and the Protestants were at war when I was a kid thousands of people died it wasn't a peaceful country.
People think of the UK as a happy place but it was more like Afghanistan over God and religion.
You’re right the children pay in every dispute and war. I struggle to keep going and living from a place healing, with all the disgusting things that keep happening. I do stand-up to relieve tension in peoples lives (and work the visitations at a Funeral home for balance) 🌎✌️
Legendary band 🙌
I love it when you look into the song at the end. So we get a full story and see your thoughts on the real meaning as well as the raw interpretation beforehand.
Another good one to check out: Ode To My Family. ✌
As someone from Northern Ireland, can I just add some info too... I feel the name given to this time was to downplay it to begin with, so 1 side could show how unaffected they were by anything the other side done, (all sides showing this btw), but it was the innocent people that were suffering from it all. People need to realise the "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland were not just protests & riots or civil unrest, it was a full blown civil war, that continued for over 30yrs & 3500 INNOCENT people, died as a result of bombs, shootings, beatings' etc. People were 'taken' by the opposite side to be interrogated, most didn't come back & even now their bodies have never been recovered. Young children were recruited by the paramilitaries on both sides too 'join & fight for the cause', whole families got brought in too...they would get into people's heads by claiming it was the right thing, the only thing to do... women involved would use a baby in a pram, to get bombs passed the checks into shops, public transport etc in town/cities. Everyone was stopped & had any bags checked through, just like at an airport customs check...shops banned baby's prams/strollers etc from going in... Towns/cities had barriers to close off them off in the evenings, so vehicles couldn't get in...There were certain areas that we couldn't go into because of fear of attacks, even as kids. Bomb threats & beatings' were common, as was a huge presence of police & army walking/driving around in full body armour & semi-automatic rifles etc.
My Mum is a local girl from outside Belfast, my Dad was in the British army at the time(now retired). I've lived in Northern Ireland my whole life, right through the 80s-90s. We would fill the bath with water every night & put several towels in it, just incase our home was 'petrol bombed' (set on fire with a Molotov Cocktail) overnight. The towels were to place over our heads & hold over our mouths & noses, so we could breathe through the smoke, so we could get out of the house. My Dad was told by British army to change his name when he arrived, he had to use his middle name instead, as British army said his 1st name would cause 'issue' with each side in the conflict ...
At the start the British army were brought in to help the Catholic side of the community here but it soon shifted to helping the Protestant community instead, then it became a 3way war - with Catholics fighting Protestants/Protestants fighting Catholics & both fighting British army independently of each other as they said the British were protecting the opposite side... Everyday was the same, more anger, more hatred, more fighting. I guess, like many on here, as I was born during it(in 1979), I grew up through it & knew no different, that it was just normal, everyday life here. Now there's been 'peace' for a while, when we look back, we can see just how bad it was. I was sheltered from alot of it, due to where I lived & my family making sure we didn't get pulled in by paramilitary groups. I had a large family with lots of cousins, so we really just played/hung a round in family groups, away from other kids. I had a rough childhood, in a war-torn country, but it was still a fun-filled childhood with lots of love & laughter, running about, playing our silly innocent kid games outside... just as long as we stayed within shouting distance from our home & our parents knew where we were & who we were with at all times.
Also that 'yodelling' sort of sound Dolores makes is called 'keening' is a form of the traditional Irish intense wailing sound made particularly by mothers who have lost their child, but also some other mourners after a death, during a funeral & wake. The images in the video are all real, these are the 'normal' images people in Northern Ireland saw every single day for over 30yrs...
I like your commentary - you really listen intently to the lyrics. Dolores was a sensitive soul and a great artist. As many TH-cam users wrote, it is a very specific song referring to The Troubles that occurred in Northern Ireland, from the ‘60s to the late 90s. In the North, there is a division between Catholics who identify as Irish and strive for an Independent Ireland and Protestants who largely identify as British ( and Unionist- they are the descendants of English and Scottish settlers who colonised the North of Ireland in the 17th Century). If you want to know more about this, the Tv show Derry Girls - Netflix- is a good place to start .
1916 refers not to WW1, but the Easter Rising I'm Dublin to overthrow British power
Love your passion for music. ❤️
This is the hit, but there’s a lot of great and amazing songs to discover.
Dolores is unique
4:27 this song has nothing to do with world war 1.....One of The Cranberries' biggest hits is 'Zombie' from the album No Need to Argue. The singer of the band does not write the song without reason, because in 1993 something happens that the singer cannot just get rid of.
It is a summer day on March 20, 1993. People are shopping in Warrington when suddenly two bombs go off. The bombs are placed by the IRA* and they cause a lot of casualties. At least fifty people are injured and two children die. One boy is twelve year old Tim Parry and the other is Johnathan Ball. He is only three years old. The Cranberries are on their UK tour when Dolores O'Riordan hears the news.
Definitely check out Linger Dreams And When You're Gone and maybe Animal Instinct and Promises too by The Cranberries
Que en paz descanse la gran y extraordinaria Dolores, vivirá por siempre en la potente voz que nos dejó 🙌✊✊
RIP dear Delores O'Reardon 🙏🙏🙏
Definitely a grunge heaviness in the chorus 100%. Reminded me of Smashing Pumpkins musically.
Butifull. RIP DOLORES O’RIORDAN. ♥️
No, 1916 was the Irish Rebellion, it's not a reference to World War One.
I also recommend the version by Bad Wolves. Delores was going to sing it with them, but she died just before they recorded. They dedicated the song to her, and agreed to give all of the proceeds to Delores's children. Their version is much harder.
RIP one of the best song ever!!!
they have an interesting aproach to music. they sing about love, pain and revenge in such a unique way! there´s alot of great crandberries song but i can personally recomend ANIMAL INSTINCT... salutes from México!
1916 doesn't refer to World War 1 but the Easter Rising
1916 references the Easter rising in Dublin Ireland in 1916. You should look it up
She is Keening this is the Irish traditional way of expressing GRIEF !!
1916 refers to the Easter Rebellion.
Please check out some of Ireland’s Eurovision entries , Jonny Loagan , just another year and hold me now , Niamh Kavanagh in your eyes , , Eimear Quinn The voice , and Sophie lemons officiak video for Solas , so beautiful in the Irish language ☘️
Now u have to do this same song by Bad Wolves!!!! All proceeds were donated to Cranberries lead singer’s children after she died
This was my first 'favourite' song. Don't think I could even speak full sentences yet, but I felt the emotion. My mum used to play their album at night to put me to sleep. ❤
98% of people do not know who i really am. Its crazy cause now thinking about it cause a lot of society is like that. I purposefully do not get close or let people see my true personality or my mind. Im very sure that i come out like a bitch or just like a loner which is far from what i really am. Zombie still to this day gives me chills that are different than any feeling i have experienced is a haunting aura.
Idk if this is true but there was this dude who had Scitzophrenia (idk how to spell it) and he fought in World War 1 and a few years after the war ended but he heard fire works and he thought it was gunshots but he went on this killing spree and he killed loads of people cuz he thought the war was still going
R.I.P., Dolores....you had a hard life and spent your last years raising awareness and $$$$ for children caught in war zones around our troubled world........we miss your talent and your heart........her vocal technique is "keening", an Irish expression of lament, especially at funerals.........
i miss Delores. Check out her cover of Go Your Own Way
Anton,I would highly recommend checking out the good the bad and the ugly performed by the Danish orchestra
All of the video footage was real. The director went to Northern Ireland and took the video there. They said they were making a documentary so they were allowed to film real British soldiers on the streets of Northern Ireland, and those were ordinary young boys out playing who were filmed.
It wasnt just a rockstar preaching.She lived through it.We all did, both sides of the Irish sea.I remember seeing unattended bags in stations and thinking the worse.She was saying Fuck the politics and the hate.We're the same, literally.
I'm 65 this makes me tear up every time when listening if it doesn't make you sad don't bother(ww1 not)
Some times there are these songs that just get stuck in your head, in your head, in your hea-ead ....
This is also a f#cking damn great track - I listened this day before. But I bet you thought the same as I thought ---> imidiately I was searching if Avril Lavigne did a spontaneous cover of it. And after all the time listening to Avril's songs - even if "Zombie" is a masterpiece, but her voice sounds a little "dry" compared to Avril. I would love to hear her singing this!
We (boomers) miss her so much
The Greatest Irish Band and Song of all time! ❤Rip Dolores 😢
1916 in Ireland did not have anything to do with would war one can please research the history it makes the song more heartbreaking and more hunting I.m Irish and almost 25 years later the scars are still there.
Dolores 💔
The Irish didn’t fight alongside the British or the Allie’s . They were against ww1
Actually, because of the deliberate acts of the British government to force Irish people into utter destitution, many Irish men felt that they had no option but to fight in WW1 for the British army, because they got clean clothes (a uniform), footwear (boots), pay and food. Many Irish men on returning to Ireland after the war were ostracised by the Irish population.
Yup Unfortunately Folks brother like me you are old enough to understand this just like Other Version Zombie more relevant today than it was back then and they're still fighting but with way more powerful accurate weapons like drones which is a new add on in badwolves that everyone likes in that version so it updates what Dolores was trying to say all those years ago about if nothing changes nothing changes but us and more ways to wipe us out that's why today especially this song means way more than people realize it means even back in 1994 it was about kids being killed in another senseless war that could have been discussed diplomatically but since WW1 the world has been on another collision course of epic disaster like Dolores talks about here in my favorite song of hers Zombie.
This song has more meaning than all the songs combined in the last 10 years which unfortunately says something about where are species has been heading since 1916 like she said in this powerful song just like my other meaningful favorite song from 1994 Keep talking from Pink Floyd which are society has stopped for along time now and if we don't wake up fast there will be another World War if we keep up the track we're heading on it's a recipe for catastrophe on all levels now never thought possible in 2023 but like me and my WW2 veteran family members that are still alive think specially after the last 3 years if eye awakening moments of nobody saw coming until it was stearing us right in the face and we couldn't look away no more but unfortunately it was to late another massive war in Europe that could have been avoided from communication and diplomacy once again we chose poorly
It's like one my favorite songs Folks Keep Talking from my favorite bands Pink Floyd when Stephen Hawking did his famous Commercial in the 90s saying as long as Mankind keeps communicating the human race still has a chance to turn it around no matter how close we get to another catastrophic global disaster like now we face in 2023.