You really have to watch the official video to ‘get’ this. Dolores is spellbinding in it. She wrote it after two young boys, Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry were killed in Warrington, my home town, by two bombs hidden in waste bins by the IRA. I was there the day before with my kids who were the same age. Dolores was touring England at the time, and wrote this in anger. Fact! Their recording company gave them a cheque for £1 million not to release it because it was so controversial. Delores tore the cheque up. RIP Johnathan, Tim and the wonderful Dolores.
The cranberries have a lot of great great live versions of their songs. Dolores Oriordan was amazing on the stage !! Just take a look : zombie mtv unplugged, Delilah live in Paris, promises live in Paris, ridiculous thoughts live in Detroit and so much talent of them 🙌
Takes me right back to 1995 this. Dolores was such a great vocalist and the lyrics of this are their very best. Shes greatly missed Cranberries were quite "rock" but they had more ballads too. Amazing album tracks. Youve probably heard this song in half the Irish films and shows ever produced. Was in Derry Girls recently
They were one of many popular bands when I was in middle School back around '97 - '98. They have a really great music video for this song! Imo they are iconic for their era and have a great aspiration for making political protest song. That was essentially the rock n roll genera of music of the mid - late 1960's and early 1970's.. political protest songs against the Vietnam War. I live in America.
It's the only song I ever liked of theirs. If you put this in the TH-cam search bar you'll find an excellent live performance of this song to watch: The Cranberries - Zombie 1999 Live Video
You really have to watch the official video to ‘get’ this. Dolores is spellbinding in it.
She wrote it after two young boys, Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry were killed in Warrington, my home town, by two bombs hidden in waste bins by the IRA. I was there the day before with my kids who were the same age.
Dolores was touring England at the time, and wrote this in anger.
Fact!
Their recording company gave them a cheque for £1 million not to release it because it was so controversial. Delores tore the cheque up.
RIP Johnathan, Tim and the wonderful Dolores.
The cranberries have a lot of great great live versions of their songs. Dolores Oriordan was amazing on the stage !!
Just take a look : zombie mtv unplugged,
Delilah live in Paris, promises live in Paris, ridiculous thoughts live in Detroit and so much talent of them 🙌
Thanks for checking out the video, looking forward to listening to more Cranberries soon 🎶
Takes me right back to 1995 this. Dolores was such a great vocalist and the lyrics of this are their very best. Shes greatly missed
Cranberries were quite "rock" but they had more ballads too. Amazing album tracks. Youve probably heard this song in half the Irish films and shows ever produced. Was in Derry Girls recently
They were one of many popular bands when I was in middle School back around '97 - '98. They have a really great music video for this song! Imo they are iconic for their era and have a great aspiration for making political protest song. That was essentially the rock n roll genera of music of the mid - late 1960's and early 1970's.. political protest songs against the Vietnam War. I live in America.
Dreams, Linger, and Ode To My Family are worth checking out too man
It's the only song I ever liked of theirs. If you put this in the TH-cam search bar you'll find an excellent live performance of this song to watch:
The Cranberries - Zombie 1999 Live Video
Thanks for the suggestion!!
About "The Troubles".
You would enjoy the "music video".
Oficial video say a lot more