As you probably know, Ireland had been fighting for its independence from England for decades. In March of 1993, a bomb was detonated in the town of Warrington, England, that had been left in a trash receptacle on one of the city’s streets, resulting in the death of a 3-year old and a 12-year old child. This tragic incident, combined with the decades-long ongoing conflict between England and Ireland (Delores O’Riordan’s native country), inspired her to write “Zombie”. If memory serves, she died in 2018 as a result of a drowning accident. One of the most unique and best vocalists ever. RIP Delores O’Riordan 🕊️🕊️😇🙏Peace my brother ✌🏾
@@pepiblanco Yep, my bad . But I had it correct in the beginning, and I don’t know what possessed me to write Scotland after that. Sorry about that. Ireland, not Scotland 🫡🇮🇪
@@TommyLMason all good. Kind of figured you knew what this song is really about. Lots of people sadly don't. BTW, I'm not Irish. Sentiment is still there. Be well
Your first sentence is misleading. The Republic of Ireland (which is most of the island of Ireland) has been fully independent from England for a very long time. The problem is Northern Ireland. Even then, about half of the population of N.I. are loyal to England. The fight was really the terrorist war waged by the IRA. The Cranberries, being from the Republic, are basically just spectators of the fighting. It isn't their war. They don't take sides in the song.
Dolores was going to sing this song with Bad Wolves she tragically passed away the same day they were going to record it. Bad wolves went on and recorded and released it with all the proceeds donated to her children. R.I.P. Dolores
Hi, I love your reactions! 😃Amazing band, Dolores was one of a kind, so talented! Her style of signing in certain parts is called "keening", an Irish way of signing for funerals. You can find more incredible songs like : “Linger”, “Ode to my family”, “Dreams”. see you next time, cheers
I once read that when a truce did come it was quipped by someone that they had better vote for peace or Dolores would write another song about them. In an interview with Dolores she said she was actually a bit afraid to write a song because she might get in some kind of trouble. Well she didn't and she did good! RIP Dolores
Loved your take: when will it end? When indeed. People always want to know, whose side are you on? Let's all be on the side of innocent men, women and children dying in someone else's war.
you are so wise bro.. the more you know the less you know -- as we understand things the more questions we have to discover. This song in particular, because of my family, makes me piss tears almost every time. She's spitting wisdom in this one bro
The song was written in 1993, 5 years before in 1998 the „Good Friday Agreement“ was signed that brought a brittle peace to the region, that has been lasting now for more than a quarter of a century.
Great choice for a reaction. Dolores was a global treasure, RIP. Every time I hear this song I am transported back to the day she passed and instantly become emotional over the content of the song. Wonderful job again in your interpretation of the lyrics/video concepts. ❤
Check out the English Wikipedia article "The Troubles" for more information on the civil war in Northern Ireland. The Troubles have been going on for longer than since 1916. That was just the latest bout of fighting. R.I.P. Dolores O'Riordan and your wonderful voice.
Happy to come in first. What an amazing group and reaction. I love watching your reactions. A very sad song about children being killed in England during the Irish Republican Army wartime.
Echoes of the artillery barrage and automatic weapons fire from the 1916 Easter Rising, and the firing squads thereafter, kept ringing in everyone's ears.
M8 this is a very heavy song About the IRA , and bombing in 1993 where the life of two Young boys were taken. The woman singing was also An activist against all violence and war crimes happening in times when Ireland was critical. Also relevant these days as innocent kids are dying for example in Gaza in a war they did not choose for... Thanks for reaction video. Would really like to meet you one Day, the way you 'feel" songs is really interesting me.
Dolores interview: What it was was we wanted an abstract message as well as visually the real, actual Belfast footage. The idea of the gold was my idea; I wanted to paint my body in gold and be all glamorous and beautiful and perfect and gold, you know. The cross was the director’s idea, and the cross symbolized Christ suffering and dying, and all the pain that was caused to him. And all the little kids on the bottom were all painted in silver, but they’re screaming. Silver and gold to symbolize the beauty that we see in the world or that we care to open our eyes to. Then the screaming and the cross and the real, black-and-white footage symbolize the pain that’s there and we close our eyes to: the children that suffer, and the parents and families that suffer.
As an Australian with Irish and English heritage, we always knew about the troubles. We grew up seeing it on the news all the time and I remember when two Australian men were shot in Amsterdam by the IRA in front of their wives in the 80’s as they had been mistaken for off duty British soldiers. Most people lost any sympathy with the IRA when they just indiscriminately planted bombs and killed innocents. It was truly disgusting.
Great reaction bro, when you get time please research the meaning behind this song as it has a very very sad story to it. also when you get time would you please react to the cover of this song by a band called bad wolves (must be the music video) again there is a really sad story to the cover version aswell. stay safe bro
@@theneverenderreacts thanks bro you will love the cover of it, as far as covers go its about the best you will hear. looking forward to seeing it and hopefully you enjoy it
Well I don’t know about that,it was written about an IRA car bomb 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".
why ere their more people going to concerts back then... Dude back then Interweebs was in it's infancy. there was no TH-cam... google wasn't even a rea word... streaming? okay now you're just making up words....
GOOD DAY SIR NEVER REACT PLS CHECK THIS OUT FRANZ RYTHM FAMILY BAND RENDITION OF ZOMBIE ITS A WORTHY TO WATCH THIS COVER MORE POWER TO UR CHANNEL SIR NEW SUB HERE🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭👍👍👍
Pick some simple meaning songs that you will understand. You may not understand what is going on but you never listen to the lyrics ( I think you don't understand them) but you don't watch the video. Instead you pretend to be a head banging, grunting rocker.
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As you probably know, Ireland had been fighting for its independence from England for decades. In March of 1993, a bomb was detonated in the town of Warrington, England, that had been left in a trash receptacle on one of the city’s streets, resulting in the death of a 3-year old and a 12-year old child. This tragic incident, combined with the decades-long ongoing conflict between England and Ireland (Delores O’Riordan’s native country), inspired her to write “Zombie”. If memory serves, she died in 2018 as a result of a drowning accident. One of the most unique and best vocalists ever. RIP Delores O’Riordan 🕊️🕊️😇🙏Peace my brother ✌🏾
Ireland not Scotland
@@pepiblanco Yep, my bad . But I had it correct in the beginning, and I don’t know what possessed me to write Scotland after that. Sorry about that. Ireland, not Scotland 🫡🇮🇪
@@TommyLMason all good. Kind of figured you knew what this song is really about. Lots of people sadly don't. BTW, I'm not Irish. Sentiment is still there. Be well
@@pepiblanco Same here, my friend. Not Irish, but the sentiment is definitely still there. ✌️
Edit: Corrected my mistake in my original comment.
Your first sentence is misleading. The Republic of Ireland (which is most of the island of Ireland) has been fully independent from England for a very long time. The problem is Northern Ireland. Even then, about half of the population of N.I. are loyal to England. The fight was really the terrorist war waged by the IRA. The Cranberries, being from the Republic, are basically just spectators of the fighting. It isn't their war. They don't take sides in the song.
This song does have so much power. It's timeless. RIP Dolores, what a talent and a beautiful soul.
written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington, England, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
This song is as relevant today as it was during the troubles.
NE, you "got" this song from the very start! The best and most visceral response to it that I ever seen. Slainte!!
Dolores was going to sing this song with Bad Wolves she tragically passed away the same day they were going to record it. Bad wolves went on and recorded and released it with all the proceeds donated to her children. R.I.P. Dolores
I love that you did both versions! Thank you so much!!
Hi, I love your reactions! 😃Amazing band, Dolores was one of a kind, so talented! Her style of signing in certain parts is called "keening", an Irish way of signing for funerals. You can find more incredible songs like : “Linger”, “Ode to my family”, “Dreams”. see you next time, cheers
She was amazing in all aspects, she is missed and will never be forgotten
She also utilized a vocal technique known as “keening” which is a traditional Irish form for mourning the dead.
I once read that when a truce did come it was quipped by someone that they had better vote for peace or Dolores would write another song about them. In an interview with Dolores she said she was actually a bit afraid to write a song because she might get in some kind of trouble. Well she didn't and she did good! RIP Dolores
Absolutely phenomenal a masterpiece and a No1 hit in 26 countries, great reaction thanks 🙏
Loved your take: when will it end? When indeed. People always want to know, whose side are you on? Let's all be on the side of innocent men, women and children dying in someone else's war.
No phones in that crowd. The good, old days.
She looked so fantastic in gold❤
you are so wise bro.. the more you know the less you know -- as we understand things the more questions we have to discover. This song in particular, because of my family, makes me piss tears almost every time. She's spitting wisdom in this one bro
Yup. Still gives me the chills.
Great reaction video. This song is iconic from that time. Loved your appreciation of her voice and the amazing Drummer!
Very good reaction, good job, it's nice to see there are some reactors that care and have a brain.
I appreciate that
Another beautiful soul and powerful voice gonna way too soon. Great reaction
U have a keen ear & open heart makes for a great reaction ❤️
The song was written in 1993, 5 years before in 1998 the „Good Friday Agreement“ was signed that brought a brittle peace to the region, that has been lasting now for more than a quarter of a century.
Great choice for a reaction. Dolores was a global treasure, RIP. Every time I hear this song I am transported back to the day she passed and instantly become emotional over the content of the song. Wonderful job again in your interpretation of the lyrics/video concepts. ❤
She was from Northern Ireland and was singing about the Catholic-Protestant war in Northern Ireland in the 1990’s.
She is from limerick..!!!
Check out the English Wikipedia article "The Troubles" for more information on the civil war in Northern Ireland. The Troubles have been going on for longer than since 1916. That was just the latest bout of fighting. R.I.P. Dolores O'Riordan and your wonderful voice.
"the drummer is killing it!" ... < yeah! the drums sounds like gun-shots on purpouse! :-/
oddly enough, sometimes people overshadow Dolores by focusing on the drummer
Happy to come in first. What an amazing group and reaction. I love watching your reactions. A very sad song about children being killed in England during the Irish Republican Army wartime.
In the lyrics it has “and their bombs, and their bombs”. I find that really unexpected and powerful
Best reaction iv seen on this song, i clearly feel u bro 🙏🙏
A searingly emotional song,thanks for the reaction to a truly amazing track 🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶❤️⚠️🚸⚠️
yooo you need to do 115 - Elena siegman, her voice is so angelic but yet so powerful, the song is used in the black ops zombies soundtrack!!
Echoes of the artillery barrage and automatic weapons fire from the 1916 Easter Rising, and the firing squads thereafter, kept ringing in everyone's ears.
M8 this is a very heavy song About the IRA , and bombing in 1993 where the life of two Young boys were taken. The woman singing was also An activist against all violence and war crimes happening in times when Ireland was critical.
Also relevant these days as innocent kids are dying for example in Gaza in a war they did not choose for...
Thanks for reaction video.
Would really like to meet you one Day, the way you 'feel" songs is really interesting me.
The kids were golden too! The issue was lighting. Back in the day they put more light on the kids and that changed the looks
Dolores interview: What it was was we wanted an abstract message as well as visually the real, actual Belfast footage. The idea of the gold was my idea; I wanted to paint my body in gold and be all glamorous and beautiful and perfect and gold, you know. The cross was the director’s idea, and the cross symbolized Christ suffering and dying, and all the pain that was caused to him. And all the little kids on the bottom were all painted in silver, but they’re screaming. Silver and gold to symbolize the beauty that we see in the world or that we care to open our eyes to. Then the screaming and the cross and the real, black-and-white footage symbolize the pain that’s there and we close our eyes to: the children that suffer, and the parents and families that suffer.
great reaction
both versions yeah
RIP Dolores 😢
💟R.I.P. Dolores O'Riordan
As an Australian with Irish and English heritage, we always knew about the troubles. We grew up seeing it on the news all the time and I remember when two Australian men were shot in Amsterdam by the IRA in front of their wives in the 80’s as they had been mistaken for off duty British soldiers. Most people lost any sympathy with the IRA when they just indiscriminately planted bombs and killed innocents. It was truly disgusting.
Great Reaction dude
No war but the Class War brother. Peace and love to you and yours.
To quote Billy Joel; only the good die young. And,,,,, she was so good.😢
Always do the official video, the quality of sound is always better
Great reaction bro, when you get time please research the meaning behind this song as it has a very very sad story to it.
also when you get time would you please react to the cover of this song by a band called bad wolves (must be the music video) again there is a really sad story to the cover version aswell.
stay safe bro
I will, thank you so much
@@theneverenderreacts thanks bro you will love the cover of it, as far as covers go its about the best you will hear.
looking forward to seeing it and hopefully you enjoy it
@@theneverenderreacts Yes this cover is a must watch.
And that is why Ireland is supporting Gaza, they know!
Well I don’t know about that,it was written about an IRA car bomb 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".
What a ridiculous comment!
In this case she is signing about the catholic and protestant religion war going on since 1916 ...great reaction
Great song!! You shold react to the best rapper in spanish called "Canserbero"...you will not regret!
Hi, im new, i like your videos
Have you ever listen to Jinjer Pisces live session? Or Molotov gimme the power?
Yes I have. It's on my channel
You have to react to Kasey Chambers cover of Eminem's song Lose Yourself! You will be blown away!
YOU are awesome
Oh my God .
Pls check this out CHAR OF FRANZ RYTHM FAMILY BAND RENDITION OF ZOMBIE 🇵🇭
Please set a bad word version of Zombie dedication to Delores
you figure ot out if you just played it thru once, then reran it with stops... mebe)
Needless violence us evident when humans don't love everyone and share our cultures gently.
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Check out Guns-N-Roses Paradise City
Do a research on IRA, you will learn more on Belfast and this conflict.
react exdous ''Blacklist'' pls man, PLEASE :(
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why ere their more people going to concerts back then...
Dude back then Interweebs was in it's infancy. there was no TH-cam... google wasn't even a rea word... streaming? okay now you're just making up words....
She keening for the dead
GOOD DAY SIR NEVER REACT PLS CHECK THIS OUT FRANZ RYTHM FAMILY BAND RENDITION OF ZOMBIE ITS A WORTHY TO WATCH THIS COVER MORE POWER TO UR CHANNEL SIR NEW SUB HERE🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭👍👍👍
never
is this man blind or why has he no intention to watch the videos he is "reacting"?
surely your reacting to the song, not the video tsk
You are busy with the music , and missed a lot of the message.
Pick some simple meaning songs that you will understand. You may not understand what is going on but you never listen to the lyrics ( I think you don't understand them) but you don't watch the video. Instead you pretend to be a head banging, grunting rocker.
Absolutely ruined this reaction with your ridiculous behaviour and singing over the Artist???
Fly a kite
"Spiritbox - Circle With Me" is my suggestion.
Great reaction by the way, your energy is great ♥
Yes they too now know occupation!