Today I learned a lot from the comments. This song was about Irelands civil war and people even soldiers at times being like zombies following orders mindlessly. This is a protest song. Most importantly this is going on all over the world still. Rest in Paradise Dolores O'Riordan 🙏🏽 Your people and humanity are grateful for your contribution…
I’m Australian and we always knew about the troubles in Northern Ireland. Two Aussies were murdered in Amsterdam I think by the IRA who thought they were British and those poor men were just on holiday with their wives. Even when I was in Grade 1, I was upset that because my little boyfriend Owen was Catholic and we were Protestant that I could never marry him (I was 6). So all of my life we were aware of what was going on, and the awful atrocities committed in the name of religion and independence. This song, so beautifully written and played, was huge here. R.I.P. Delores, what an amazing woman you are for not staying silent! Everyone had had enough of the unnecessary bloodshed, especially of those 2 little boys in Warrington. It was all so senseless but most conflicts are!
This was not an Irish civil was but about the British (my nation) occupation of Ireland, which for 26 of the 32 counties ended in 1922. In the view of some of the inhabitents (the minority) of the other 6 counties that forms Northern Ireland there should be a united Ireland. Between the late 60's and 1999 there was terrorist action from both communities in Northern Ireland to promote either continuation of the union with Britain or a united Ireland.
I have lived in Belfast my whole life, I am 79 years old. I was raised Catholic, I met my husband when we were teenagers, he was Protestant. The relationship was frowned upon by everyone, my father refused to give permission for us to marry, my mother told me to get out of her house, at 18 I had to go to live in a hostel. At 21 I was free to marry without permission, none of our families were there. He died seven years ago from bone and prostate cancer six weeks before our 52nd wedding anniversary. I miss him every day, we have a son and a daughter and two wonderful grandchildren. I worked with youth services, youth clubs etc, and my role was to bring together young people across the divided communities to let each side know that they were all the same, same clothes, same music, same sports etc. living through the troubles was a nightmare, but I see a lot of changes in attitudes, most people just want to live in peace, have a decent job and a roof over their heads, but there are a few narrow minded idiots on both sides who won’t let go of their prejudices.
The world needs people like yourself to set the tone. If only we all focused more on what we have in common that what divides us. Your words remind me of an article I read recently about Terri Hooley who ran a record label/shop in Belfast that also managed to bridge the gap by bringing young people together from both sides through a love of music (punk mainly). I think he signed The Undertones.
God bless you! I’m German, but lived in Ireland from 1997 to 2000 and still love that Emerald Isle! My deepest sympathy to the loss of your dear husband! He will live on in the memory of those who love him!❤
I am Irish and she does the Irish Galik singing. I played this loud when I left a very abusive man. It was war in my life. It was an anthem for me for a year. I left black and blue over 3/4 of my body, with a 5 mo. old and 4 year old. He had taken my shoes. I just left with them. Nothing. No clothes, money. War was real to me. I walked out into the world and trusted it to catch us. I did say I was Irish, I meant Irish Catholic. The priest told me he was sick, I was wrong to leave. It was a spiritual, physical war.
Hope that you’re in a better place. Never accept abuse, no one deserves to be mistreated. You have one life, and you have to be an example to your children about what is and isn’t acceptable. ❤
People who are not Irish or don't know Irish traditions don't know about keeping. It is built into the Irish soul, my sister in law is Irish and she keened when my brother/her husband died.
Agreed her choice of that particular vocal technique took a powerful song with powerful lyrics and added for me at least another level of brilliance on top of it and made it even more distinctly Irish (Gaelic/Celtic).
@@paulleach3612 and she brought it for the world to see. No if you are not from Ireland, you can't fully understand, but you now have an idea of the beauty of the culture. Dolores was simply amazing RIP!
I was injured by an IRA bomb in London in 1983. I was a kid. Walking wounded but still see the three small scars every day and I can remember every moment like it was yesterday. This song was 10 years later, it was so impactful at the time, a time when it felt like the violence was just here to stay and yet we find ourselves somewhere better now. Peace is like a marriage, both sides have to make it work if they want to keep it. I agree with the previous poster that it will take a couple more generations to fully heal, generations who know nothing but peace.
The IRA injured my father with the Brighton Bomb and my grandma with the Harrods one. But nothing compares to what the people of Belfast dealt with, as the world carried on around them. What a world.
Thanks for this, and it is how i feel. Im from ROI and was too young (born late 80s) to know the good firday agreement was, my parents kept me out of anything like that on the news so a random school day where a teacher made the class write an essay on the bombing that had happend and how it made them feel, i didnt know what the fuck she was on about and just parroted what she said and waffled for the required amount of lines about how people dying was bad. It means that by my teenage years, when i was paying attention to the world and politics and could get a grasp on the situation, i was living in peace, with only overheard mentions in the background, an extreme example being the one time i heard "did you know X was in the IRA" from my aunt which got a "we dont talk about that" from my father. Shit was over, leave it. Ive no kids myself, but my nieces and nephews are now the next generation down, and are even more ignorant about it than i was, which is a good thing. they can read up about why things happened, if that is what they want to do. It is being taught in their history classes. Im not saying ignorance is bliss, but if hate is what is being taught, then not knowing the hate is the way to go. So yea, to sum up, we are hopefully just one more generation away from "what was all the fuss about anyway?" kind of conversation. I'll also just add, im sorry for your injuries. My mother was nearly killed in a dublin boming around the same time, she just for some random reason decided to take another street. where she should have been if she followed her normal route would have put her in the blast at the exact time... fuck war
Dolores was in London for a recording session with Bad Wolves when she tragically passed. The members of Bad Wolves gave all proceeds to her children. She is most definitely missed.
The song was written in response to the death of Johnathan Ball, aged 3, and Tim Parry, aged 12, both of whom had been killed in the 1993 Warrington bombings, when two IRA improvised explosive devices hidden in trash cans were detonated in a shopping street in Warrington, England. Ball died at the scene of the bombing as a result of his shrapnel-inflicted injuries, and five days later, Parry lost his life as a result of head injuries. Parry died in his father's arms in a hospital in Walton, Liverpool. The two boys had gone shopping to buy Mother's Day cards on one of the town's busiest shopping streets. 56 others were injured, some seriously.
This was a masterful piece of lyricism by a then 21 year old woman who captured the feelings of the vast majority of people in her country and mine following the terrorist murder of two young boys aged 3 and 12 in Warrington in 1993. I have heard two terrorist explosions in my life, one IRA a month after the event that Dolores writing about in Zombie, and the other an Islamic bus bombing on 7th July 2005. The Cranberries are all from Limerick in the South West of Ireland. The reference to 1916 was the Easter Rising in Dublin that year agaist the British occupation of Ireland. Dolores passed away in a hotel the night before she was due to record the video with Bad Wolves. R.I.P. Dolores O'Roirdon, Tim Parry & Jonathan Ball.
It's northern ireland. Im from there, and that is exactly what it was like. We lived in civil war for 30 years. I was born into a war . Thank god it's ended now. 🙏
I'm sorry for what the country I was born in did! I from a British military family and left home in 1986, nearly 16 years old! I know what the British army did, like David sterling in Egypt and his private army 🙄 I better shut up, I was brought up Catholic in a VERY British military, cost of arms family and I'm also genetically ill from the way the established families married cousins to cousins!!! I'm very angry over it all as I'm literally 1 in a billion being nearly 54 with all my genetic illnesses including vascular ehlers danlos syndrome Dead by 48 years old was my prognosis. They were part right, I died for 17 minutes aged 46 years old. Makes me digress 🤣
@@Zalentsia I'm so sorry for what it did to you too! Thank you for sharing your life story. Music does bring people together. It helps us see each other. It also helps teach the next generation. BP did not know about any of this until he reacted to this song. Now he carries both sides of this history forward. Both of you are remarkable for sharing with all of us.
My niece has that disease. My brother is a Vietnam Vet. Agent Orange is the cause of her disease. Unfortunately she passed it down to her son. ,** edit, God bless. I know you're in a lot of pain. ❤
The Cranberries, including Dolores, are from Limerick. A small city on the west coast of Ireland which has a history going back 1,200 years. 1916 is a reference to the revolution that took place that year in Ireland, against British rule.
At a concert in Melbourne, Australia many moons ago, Dolores and the band performed this song with just Delores on the acoustic guitar, singing the song so quietly. Everyone in the audience was in tears by the end of it. If I had a time machine, I would go back to that night again and again.
@@karlweir3198ohhh oui dommage vous savez de quoi est elle dcd je me souviens plus merveilleuse chanson musique et une voix je l'ai écouté 10000fois 😢
@@patriciacloix71 retrouvée inanimée dans la salle de bain de sa chambre. Les résultats de l'enquête sur la cause de la mort révèlent que la chanteuse s'est noyée accidentellement dans sa baignoire alors qu'elle était fortement alcoolisée...
@@patriciacloix71 Google can, ish. "yes too bad you know what it is dcd I remember the most wonderful song music and a voice I listened to it 10000 times"
St Patrick was just a moment ago, and I saw many Irish people singing this from the top of their lungs while flying the Palestinian flag. God bless them, and RIP Dolores. We miss you dearly
When you are constantly exposed to unimaginable fear, violence, and the horrors of War...you become so numb, just going through the motions..and the killing has gone on for so long you don't even know what your fighting for....such an Incredible vocalist ..was an amazing musician.
indeed. maybe one of the bext songs ever written and recorded, protest song or no. really, this song is well known around the world and a lot of people can sing along regardless of language. it's quite beautiful.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 Well, depends on who you ask. Music is subjective and different people resonate with different messages. For me, this is one of my top 10 because I am Irish and it means a lot to me.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 Ah yes, it is me being childlike... You are literally here, commenting on my subjective post to tell me my opinion on what I like is wrong. Smart
1916 was the year of the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland (British Ruled), Dublin is the capital of Republic of Ireland, in context of the song Zombie its basically saying we are Zombies for following and still fighting/killing people without thinking, as others have said it was written after hearing about 2 young children killed by IRA (mindless killing - like a Zombie)
Your self talk in the middle about not knowing something was great to hear. Not enough people are fair to themselves and to do it openly was great of you. Keep it up BP.
I feel that the "zombie" part of this is referring to those who can't wake up and realize that there's no good reason to perpetuate hatred and war between themselves and someone else just because something happened 100 years ago. It's a lack of waking up and seeing the destruction caused by such mentalities...they just remain zombies and accept the status quo.
"It's not me; it's not my family." Hearing that line, again, made me recall what the atmosphere was like in Britain in the '80s. There was so much distrust between the English and Northern Irish (I don't know about Scotland or Wales). There were people who would have believed that all Catholics were linked to, or supported the IRA; others would have believed that all Protestants were linked to or supported the loyalist paramilitary groups. Distrust and hatred are infectious, like poison running through veins. People, who should have been neighbours and friends, looked at each other and saw an enemy. It's sadly true that this is the same old, worn-out story in every country ravaged by terrorism and war. :(
My Mothers family are Belfast born and bred... I love this song.. and it has stood the test of time. As relevant today as ever it was during the 30+ years of 'The Troubles' in NI
Seeing men in balaclavas was a regular sight. I was born in the early 90s and remember being on mý dads shoulders and men shooting in the air shouting no surrender and at bonfires as well. I also remember soldiers running out of a chinnook in the field next to me when I was playing football with my mate. Every family suffered in one way or another and is a dark time in our period. A lad from a unionist/Protestant background who is now married to a catholic girl from the south with two great kids. Times are getting better.
One of my uncles is from Northern Ireland. When he was a kid, his mother went to the store to pick up something for dinner. She never came back, never was found. The family was told to not ask questions about it. My uncle left the country as soon as he was old enough. Never went back.
The Cranberries do have many great songs, Dreams, Linger, Ode to my family. None of them are as hard as Zombie but Dolores has such a unique and special voice that she seems to grab your heart and bring you on a ride and it's amazing. My parents were born in Ireland and I have heard about the troubles and the senseless killings. Thanks god it has stopped and I believe the song Zombie may have helped in ending it.
This is a real departure from their usual fare of light, floaty, "girl rock." But that it has become one if their most recognizable and longest enduring titles, is an epitaph for Delores I wouldn't have any other way.
"Don't diss yourself, you just don't know" I have to learn that. This song takes me back. I loved it in the 90s and it reemerged in my life a few years back. It's definitely powerful
This will always be the best version as the lyrics were so personal. The band lived through it. Perfectly encapsulates the feeling on both sides of the conflict who just wanted it to end and not brainlessly hate, fight and kill eachother like Zombies.
"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. It was written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington, England, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
I grew up listening to this song, born and raised in Dublin towards the end of the troubles. She told the drummer to play this track hard to represent their anger over what happened to those two young boys, and the years of trobles before it. People in Ireland, North and South feel this song in their hearts every time
I grew up hearing about this damn near every night on the news. BP there is a very long history of Ireland, Scotland, Wales fighting the rule of England going way back. This song is about Ireland. Check out the movies Belfast and Michael Collins, a documentary The walls of Shame: Northern Ireland's Troubles as well as U2's song, Bloody Sunday.
Bloody Sunday is one of the most heinous crimes committed by the modern day British army on unarmed civilians and the whitewashed inquiry that proceeded I find totally abhorrent and I'm English.
While some of this was on the news in England, most of it and certainly the truth of it was hidden. A few old BBC News people have recently spoken out about how they were prevented from saying what was really going on over there.
This song played a big part in getting people to stand up to the killing on both sides, people decided not to be "zombies" any more. Many peace marches from both sides followed & the thw people demanded peace talks to stop the murder. R.I.P Delores, never forgotten 😢
I think 'Zombie' stands for "being stuck in a toxic mindset". In this case it describes a very specific war, but as she said: it's been going on since 1916, and even though they are not at war anymore, they are still stuck in their old predjudujes. AKA: Toxic thinking in their brains like 'Zombies'.
I've tried to get Joe E to react to this video as it uses real footage captured of the residents of Belfast and British soldiers patrolling the streets. It was shot by Samuel Bayer under the ruse of it being a documentary on the peace keeping efforts in Ireland. The song itself was written after the Warrington IRA bombing in the Northwest of England 93', which very sadly killed two young boys Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball in the town centre. Dolores was reading an article on this atrocity, whilst on route to a gig near Warrington and the words "a child is slowly taken", is the what stood out and inspired her. Even with a public outcry at the time from both Ireland and England, a peace deal could not be struck, not until five years later by which time several more bombings had occurred, one being the neighbouring city of Manchester in 96', which was the largest bomb on British mainland since World War II. Hundreds of people was injured and maimed, but for the grace of God, thankfully no one was killed.❤🙏❤
My late uncle served in the British armed forces and did several tours in Northern Ireland he seen his best mate get blown up by a car bomb and quit the Army not long afterwards. Therre is peace there now but still an undercurrent is present and it will probably always be like that. Its a shame because the Irish are some of the nicest people you will ever meet.
@@RobertSmith-vm7nm so you believe what the British done to the Irish for centuries should not be remembered, I'm not advocating for any violence and do not support any Irish military militia group, I am saying had the Brits not invaded Ireland force the crown and their religion upon the Irish people none of this conversation would be happening Perhaps it's in your head to not see the crimes against Ireland done by the British crown and people
@@williammoore841 not in my head. And yes remember but The past is gone, can never fix it for everyone. And violence is just an excuse to keep sh#t going. And make money from peoples misery It’s like the reparations some Americans (blm) want now for what happened hundreds of years ago. Who gets the reparations and who pays. People are living in the past where our problems are happening now. As I said it’s in their heads. And my great grandparents were from Ireland.
This is one of my favourite songs of all time. I blast it in my car sometimes. It is a classic! They don’t make music that actually means anything these days.
Listening to this song again with older ears n heart, along w/what's going on still round the world🤯 I vividly remember this song coming out being played on MTV, surrounded by controversy, but being a self-absorbed teen n USA, didn't 1. Didn't grasp the words 2. what those words/ messages were truly bout 3. realize how amazing her voice was r banging the band is as well😮🤯🤔
Zombie was written after the band saw reports of a 3 year old boy and a 12 year old boy that were killed in an IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombing. This was all taking place during "The Troubles" which as the conflict in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland was occupied and is currently part of the UK even though it's part of the Ireland mainland. Ireland proper is not part of the UK. Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 is also about The Troubles. Maybe you can react to that one too. Be sure to watch the performance live at Red Rocks. It is iconic both for U2 and Red Rocks.
I believe the cranberries stop their tour and wrote the song. Then they snuck into the city under the guise of “journalists“ filming a documentary. All the graffiti is still there from years and years past. They recorded the video and got out quickly. Yes Delores grew up with this as her daily life. Saw them in concert in NYC in 1995. Incredible. RIP Delores
The song was specifically about the conflict in Northern Ireland, although it can certainly be applied to other wars as well. They also had huge hits with the songs: Dreams and Linger.
It's N Ireland, I came from Belfast and was there during the troubles. Believe it or not it brought out so much humour, that's what got us through. God Bless my homeland ,Not nearly as much violence as the U.S .
As an high school music teacher, let me please just give you so much praise for how you pause the video and you start your learning journey. This is something that I try to instill in my students - to follow their curiosity - to learn as they react and listen...the cultural context for music is often what makes it so much more powerful. And here we are...30 years past this song and we have Gazza, we have Ukraine, we have Syria...we have so much senseless war killing so many...and so many children...
What a thoughtful comment. Context is so important, especially in lyrics. I'm Irish, and we know our history, and our culture. Dolores O'Riordan is beloved here at home. I love that you mention curiosity -- it's the key (stupid pun). It must be a joy being a music teacher --well, mostly, I hope. I'm linking a couple of videos you or a few students might enjoy -- sort of dragging film background atmosphere into actual performance , so many instruments, and voices (Danish Orchestra). Adiemus is by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins - a wonderful choral piece. czcams.com/video/enuOArEfqGo/video.htmlsi=Bzch8Q3y2FPVOLYO czcams.com/video/Z7kyEptalJA/video.htmlsi=5zTVaSpYhohRU2Cr
The Cranberries have other songs that are nothing like this one. In fact, this was an outlet for them, and in a way that's what made it even more powerful. Off the top of my head, "Linger" is another great song from them.
I remember thinking how the troubles seemed far away. Then I moved to the UK and saw a documentary about the Troubles, and given how, you know streets and houses look, all of a sudden it felt very near.
The Bad Wolves were going to do a collaboration with Dolores, but she unfortunately passed away in a freak drowning. Such a beautiful, powerful song and message. Listen to their entire album, it's well worth it!! May she rest in peace. 🤍🪽
I’m from Canada and have not been personally affected by the troubles, but it has always touched me deeply. It was a mix-tape favourite of mine in the 90’s. This one and Black Boys on Mopeds by Sinead O’Connor.
song is about the violence in Ireland and Northern Ireland. the Reference to 1916 was that was the year the Irish Revolted against the English. Ireland eventually got independence, but Norhtern Ireland stayed part of the UK. For decades the IRA (and the Protestant Militias) was committing terrorist acts in No Ireland- well into the 90's when this song was written. I think she's saying the people (both the IRA and the Protestants) are acting like its still 1916- zombies who only know fighting and terrorists acts.
1916 refers to the easter uprising that really kicked off the irish civil war. You could pair this song with U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday which is about a demonstration in 1972 where british patatroopers open fired killing & injuring a lit of unarmed protesters.
Heartbreaking she passed on. War inside of your head. It is when we battle ourselves are the dark night of the soul so to speak like in Batman. It’s going literally we all go to war. We just do it at different times.
There’s something so powerful about the combination of her voice and the video, especially if you know the history. Her voice carries so much emotion and weight randomly this song will just make me tear up randomly when listening to it
They have great songs. Ode to my family is another big one. I liked Linger back in the day. Seeing this makes me want to listen to the album for first time in decades.
❤ Ok some of the history I had to look up but some of it I knew because I remember it happening. I was 9 or 10.. if you were in Germany 93/94 you may remember some of the news about it as well. "zombie” is a metaphor describing soldiers following orders mindlessly killing without question and civilians just watching it happen without any protest..She was tired of Irish people dying for no reason. The song was her protest for what I understand was Ireland's "civil war" called the troubles. She wanted to call out the dehumanising effects of war and violence between Northern Irish nationalists, unionists, who wanted Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK. In 1993 IRA bombed Warrington, England, and killed two really young boys and injured a lot more. But basically nobody batted an eye or thought to stop the violence. Heartbreaking. 😢😢
This is an incredible breakdown. Holy smokes, I kinda was right about us people being zombies just watching this happen from the tv and not doing anything but the soldier part you spoke of is wild and just hit me like a train 🤯 Makes so much sense. Sad,, I don’t even know what to think.
I was born 1970 lived in military bases until aged 42 years old, died aged 46 for 17 minutes and when I woke up and was told I've got vascular ehlers danlos syndrome, let's just say it gave me more reason to hate my blue blooded English family that I tried to dump just before I was 16 years old and had to tell them all, welcome to my world you're all in need of genetic testing, here's a letter and a tube, spit and retort in the or paid envelope if you want to know if you too have zero hope of making old bones 🤣 yes, I do joke about it because of I didn't I would not be bonkers writing poetry and enjoying reactions from people a decade younger than me, while my world sleeps and I can't because I'm bored! Why I relate to artists like Ren. Oh, before I died I used to get drunk in places like downing street, it's not 1 house inside, downstairs it's all one house! Letting secrets of now😅 It's time to run away 😆
@@charliecosta3971 didn't say anything about it related to Germany.. Those Americans that were stationed in Germany at the time remember as we were put on alert because it involved a bomb.
The Wolftones recorded that song hours after learning about Dolores' suicide earlier that morning. She was SUPPOSED to be there in the studio, instead she committed suicide
It always had a feel to me that it’s about PTSD. But I don’t know, the emotion in the voice brings out emotion. The line “it’s still 1916 in, in your head”.
The reason why you are awesome Pegasus, is that you are okay with growing. As one of your favorites once said: "The older I am getting the more I feel the hunger"
Delores O'Riordan, the lead singer, was supposed to reprise her vocals on the Bad Wolves cover of this song, only she died in an accident on the way to record it. They chose to go on with the cover to pay homage to her.
I am crying every time when i hear Cranberry's "Zombie". In 1990.'s, in former Yugoslavia, civil war(s) destroyed that country. I am from Serbia, 48 years young 😊,and i remember, when i first heard "Zombie" as a young boy, i was wondering why we don't HEAR Dolores.. Still wondering...Dolores, angel...R.I.P.😢 LET IT LINGER...❤❤❤
I love the fact that you are able (and willing) to listen to all the different music that we old farts lived with in the years gone by, and that you appreciate the music and take it seriously. Thanks, I appreciate your opinion and outlook.
The 1916 lyric comes from the start of the troubles. Ireland always had it's troubles, but in the modern histories, the easter rising which gave birth to the Republic of Ireland happened in 1916
🤘🤘 We were in Northern Ireland 6-8 years ago with a tour group. Our first night in town we had dinner at the hotel and our server was awesome. He was a fellow Metal Head and beer drinker, so we got along quite well. He told me there were a couple clubs nearby that had some Metal bands. He went from full, ear to ear smile, to complete sadness when I asked, "But is it safe to walk here at night...?" I felt terrible because he wanted to show off his City/Homeland and my first question was one out of "fear." He said it's a common thought with tourists and wished it wasn't so 😢
I used to own their album "To the faithfully departed" on a cassete. Played it so many times it broke apart. So many good songs on there. Dreams, Zombie and So cold in Ireland are my favourites by them.
What was in our head was trying to stay alive and protect our mates and the innocent civilians around us. I wore Uniform, I was a Target, I accepted that! But slaughtering women and children out shopping was reprehensible, shooting fathers on their doorsteps in front of their kids was reprehensible!
This is the only song that brings tears to my eyes. It is painful to think of the destruction caused by war, especially when it includes children. As a father, I want my son to outlive me, as it should be. I sympathize for the parents of the children lost in another senseless war. 😢😢😢
Today I learned a lot from the comments. This song was about Irelands civil war and people even soldiers at times being like zombies following orders mindlessly. This is a protest song. Most importantly this is going on all over the world still. Rest in Paradise Dolores O'Riordan 🙏🏽 Your people and humanity are grateful for your contribution…
"Linger" ❤ Cranberries
Please react to Linger by the same group. Her voice is incredible and worthy of a listen. Cheers & Peace Out ✌️
I’m Australian and we always knew about the troubles in Northern Ireland. Two Aussies were murdered in Amsterdam I think by the IRA who thought they were British and those poor men were just on holiday with their wives. Even when I was in Grade 1, I was upset that because my little boyfriend Owen was Catholic and we were Protestant that I could never marry him (I was 6). So all of my life we were aware of what was going on, and the awful atrocities committed in the name of religion and independence.
This song, so beautifully written and played, was huge here. R.I.P. Delores, what an amazing woman you are for not staying silent! Everyone had had enough of the unnecessary bloodshed, especially of those 2 little boys in Warrington. It was all so senseless but most conflicts are!
This was not an Irish civil was but about the British (my nation) occupation of Ireland, which for 26 of the 32 counties ended in 1922. In the view of some of the inhabitents (the minority) of the other 6 counties that forms Northern Ireland there should be a united Ireland. Between the late 60's and 1999 there was terrorist action from both communities in Northern Ireland to promote either continuation of the union with Britain or a united Ireland.
@neilflood6508 I'm from Co.Armagh northern ireland you are spot on.
I have lived in Belfast my whole life, I am 79 years old. I was raised Catholic, I met my husband when we were teenagers, he was Protestant. The relationship was frowned upon by everyone, my father refused to give permission for us to marry, my mother told me to get out of her house, at 18 I had to go to live in a hostel. At 21 I was free to marry without permission, none of our families were there. He died seven years ago from bone and prostate cancer six weeks before our 52nd wedding anniversary. I miss him every day, we have a son and a daughter and two wonderful grandchildren. I worked with youth services, youth clubs etc, and my role was to bring together young people across the divided communities to let each side know that they were all the same, same clothes, same music, same sports etc. living through the troubles was a nightmare, but I see a lot of changes in attitudes, most people just want to live in peace, have a decent job and a roof over their heads, but there are a few narrow minded idiots on both sides who won’t let go of their prejudices.
It’s people like you, bringing people together, who have made the difference. Much respect.
The world needs people like yourself to set the tone. If only we all focused more on what we have in common that what divides us. Your words remind me of an article I read recently about Terri Hooley who ran a record label/shop in Belfast that also managed to bridge the gap by bringing young people together from both sides through a love of music (punk mainly). I think he signed The Undertones.
My father, a Catholic, married a protestant, English woman. No one in my Irish family batted an eyelid... not everyone was so narrow-minded.
God bless you! I’m German, but lived in Ireland from 1997 to 2000 and still love that Emerald Isle! My deepest sympathy to the loss of your dear husband! He will live on in the memory of those who love him!❤
bless you
I am Irish and she does the Irish Galik singing. I played this loud when I left a very abusive man. It was war in my life. It was an anthem for me for a year. I left black and blue over 3/4 of my body, with a 5 mo. old and 4 year old. He had taken my shoes. I just left with them. Nothing. No clothes, money. War was real to me. I walked out into the world and trusted it to catch us. I did say I was Irish, I meant Irish Catholic. The priest told me he was sick, I was wrong to leave. It was a spiritual, physical war.
Hope that you’re in a better place. Never accept abuse, no one deserves to be mistreated. You have one life, and you have to be an example to your children about what is and isn’t acceptable. ❤
@@luisasheldon2010 Thank you, I am in a much better place. This is a song I really connected with to pull me and my girls up!
I can't believe in the 90's we took this music for granted.
And we took for granted the awareness of the important things which were going on in other countries.
Dolores used keening perfectly in this song. The mournful wailing sound brought the pain of this tragic event to light
People who are not Irish or don't know Irish traditions don't know about keeping. It is built into the Irish soul, my sister in law is Irish and she keened when my brother/her husband died.
Agreed her choice of that particular vocal technique took a powerful song with powerful lyrics and added for me at least another level of brilliance on top of it and made it even more distinctly Irish (Gaelic/Celtic).
Unless you've been brought up around Irish traditions it's bloody unlikely you'd know just how deeply keening is ingrained into the national psyche.
@@paulleach3612 and she brought it for the world to see. No if you are not from Ireland, you can't fully understand, but you now have an idea of the beauty of the culture. Dolores was simply amazing RIP!
I was injured by an IRA bomb in London in 1983. I was a kid. Walking wounded but still see the three small scars every day and I can remember every moment like it was yesterday. This song was 10 years later, it was so impactful at the time, a time when it felt like the violence was just here to stay and yet we find ourselves somewhere better now. Peace is like a marriage, both sides have to make it work if they want to keep it. I agree with the previous poster that it will take a couple more generations to fully heal, generations who know nothing but peace.
Peace is like a marriage... very well said
The IRA injured my father with the Brighton Bomb and my grandma with the Harrods one. But nothing compares to what the people of Belfast dealt with, as the world carried on around them. What a world.
I agree@@susannemac2800
That is crazy.
Thanks for this, and it is how i feel. Im from ROI and was too young (born late 80s) to know the good firday agreement was, my parents kept me out of anything like that on the news so a random school day where a teacher made the class write an essay on the bombing that had happend and how it made them feel, i didnt know what the fuck she was on about and just parroted what she said and waffled for the required amount of lines about how people dying was bad. It means that by my teenage years, when i was paying attention to the world and politics and could get a grasp on the situation, i was living in peace, with only overheard mentions in the background, an extreme example being the one time i heard "did you know X was in the IRA" from my aunt which got a "we dont talk about that" from my father. Shit was over, leave it.
Ive no kids myself, but my nieces and nephews are now the next generation down, and are even more ignorant about it than i was, which is a good thing. they can read up about why things happened, if that is what they want to do. It is being taught in their history classes. Im not saying ignorance is bliss, but if hate is what is being taught, then not knowing the hate is the way to go.
So yea, to sum up, we are hopefully just one more generation away from "what was all the fuss about anyway?" kind of conversation.
I'll also just add, im sorry for your injuries. My mother was nearly killed in a dublin boming around the same time, she just for some random reason decided to take another street. where she should have been if she followed her normal route would have put her in the blast at the exact time... fuck war
Dolores was in London for a recording session with Bad Wolves when she tragically passed. The members of Bad Wolves gave all proceeds to her children. She is most definitely missed.
The song was written in response to the death of Johnathan Ball, aged 3, and Tim Parry, aged 12, both of whom had been killed in the 1993 Warrington bombings, when two IRA improvised explosive devices hidden in trash cans were detonated in a shopping street in Warrington, England.
Ball died at the scene of the bombing as a result of his shrapnel-inflicted injuries, and five days later, Parry lost his life as a result of head injuries.
Parry died in his father's arms in a hospital in Walton, Liverpool.
The two boys had gone shopping to buy Mother's Day cards on one of the town's busiest shopping streets.
56 others were injured, some seriously.
Thanks for explaining this tragic story. What does violence ever do but terrify and oppress especially the meek and gentle. Rip Deloris
This was a masterful piece of lyricism by a then 21 year old woman who captured the feelings of the vast majority of people in her country and mine following the terrorist murder of two young boys aged 3 and 12 in Warrington in 1993. I have heard two terrorist explosions in my life, one IRA a month after the event that Dolores writing about in Zombie, and the other an Islamic bus bombing on 7th July 2005.
The Cranberries are all from Limerick in the South West of Ireland. The reference to 1916 was the Easter Rising in Dublin that year agaist the British occupation of Ireland. Dolores passed away in a hotel the night before she was due to record the video with Bad Wolves.
R.I.P. Dolores O'Roirdon, Tim Parry & Jonathan Ball.
It's northern ireland. Im from there, and that is exactly what it was like. We lived in civil war for 30 years. I was born into a war . Thank god it's ended now. 🙏
I'm so sorry you had to live through that!
That’s so crazy bro. Thank you for sharing and know I got love for ya on this side of the pond!! ❤️🙌🏽
I'm sorry for what the country I was born in did!
I from a British military family and left home in 1986, nearly 16 years old!
I know what the British army did, like David sterling in Egypt and his private army 🙄 I better shut up, I was brought up Catholic in a VERY British military, cost of arms family and I'm also genetically ill from the way the established families married cousins to cousins!!! I'm very angry over it all as I'm literally 1 in a billion being nearly 54 with all my genetic illnesses including vascular ehlers danlos syndrome
Dead by 48 years old was my prognosis. They were part right, I died for 17 minutes aged 46 years old.
Makes me digress 🤣
@@Zalentsia I'm so sorry for what it did to you too! Thank you for sharing your life story. Music does bring people together. It helps us see each other. It also helps teach the next generation. BP did not know about any of this until he reacted to this song. Now he carries both sides of this history forward. Both of you are remarkable for sharing with all of us.
My niece has that disease. My brother is a Vietnam Vet. Agent Orange is the cause of her disease. Unfortunately she passed it down to her son. ,** edit, God bless. I know you're in a lot of pain. ❤
The Cranberries, including Dolores, are from Limerick. A small city on the west coast of Ireland which has a history going back 1,200 years. 1916 is a reference to the revolution that took place that year in Ireland, against British rule.
At a concert in Melbourne, Australia many moons ago, Dolores and the band performed this song with just Delores on the acoustic guitar, singing the song so quietly. Everyone in the audience was in tears by the end of it. If I had a time machine, I would go back to that night again and again.
Her style of signing in certain parts is called "keening" an Irish form of signing for funerals...
RIP Dolores 😢
Yes she was a wonderful person and her voice was so unique
@@karlweir3198ohhh oui dommage vous savez de quoi est elle dcd je me souviens plus merveilleuse chanson musique et une voix je l'ai écouté 10000fois 😢
@@patriciacloix71 can't translate to English
@@patriciacloix71 retrouvée inanimée dans la salle de bain de sa chambre. Les résultats de l'enquête sur la cause de la mort révèlent que la chanteuse s'est noyée accidentellement dans sa baignoire alors qu'elle était fortement alcoolisée...
@@patriciacloix71 Google can, ish.
"yes too bad you know what it is dcd I remember the most wonderful song music and a voice I listened to it 10000 times"
St Patrick was just a moment ago, and I saw many Irish people singing this from the top of their lungs while flying the Palestinian flag. God bless them, and RIP Dolores. We miss you dearly
When you are constantly exposed to unimaginable fear, violence, and the horrors of War...you become so numb, just going through the motions..and the killing has gone on for so long you don't even know what your fighting for....such an Incredible vocalist ..was an amazing musician.
One of the best war protest songs out there, it is so haunting.
indeed. maybe one of the bext songs ever written and recorded, protest song or no. really, this song is well known around the world and a lot of people can sing along regardless of language. it's quite beautiful.
Always remember the greatest songs come from a hurting soul.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 Well, depends on who you ask. Music is subjective and different people resonate with different messages. For me, this is one of my top 10 because I am Irish and it means a lot to me.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 Okay? And? What is your point? I like this one, piss off.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 Ah yes, it is me being childlike... You are literally here, commenting on my subjective post to tell me my opinion on what I like is wrong. Smart
Been listening to this for the last 30 yrs and it always tears me apart. RIP to the beautiful Dolores O'Riordan. May her music live on forever ❤
her music will live forever
❤
‘Sunday bloody Sunday’ by U2 is also about ‘the troubles’.
1916 was the year of the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland, Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland (British Ruled), Dublin is the capital of Republic of Ireland, in context of the song Zombie its basically saying we are Zombies for following and still fighting/killing people without thinking, as others have said it was written after hearing about 2 young children killed by IRA (mindless killing - like a Zombie)
My rule in life is, 'Educate, don't hate, teach!'
Your self talk in the middle about not knowing something was great to hear. Not enough people are fair to themselves and to do it openly was great of you. Keep it up BP.
That was a great moment of managing self-talk
I feel that the "zombie" part of this is referring to those who can't wake up and realize that there's no good reason to perpetuate hatred and war between themselves and someone else just because something happened 100 years ago. It's a lack of waking up and seeing the destruction caused by such mentalities...they just remain zombies and accept the status quo.
Beautifully summed up.
The video of the boys play fighting shows how the hatred and violence is passed on to each new generation.
In 2024 in America, "zombie" is the Cult of Trump.
I think it’s a reference to soldiers with ptsd.
"It's not me; it's not my family."
Hearing that line, again, made me recall what the atmosphere was like in Britain in the '80s.
There was so much distrust between the English and Northern Irish (I don't know about Scotland or Wales). There were people who would have believed that all Catholics were linked to, or supported the IRA; others would have believed that all Protestants were linked to or supported the loyalist paramilitary groups.
Distrust and hatred are infectious, like poison running through veins. People, who should have been neighbours and friends, looked at each other and saw an enemy.
It's sadly true that this is the same old, worn-out story in every country ravaged by terrorism and war. :(
Proud to be an Irishman. Born and Bred 🇮🇪💚
My Mothers family are Belfast born and bred... I love this song.. and it has stood the test of time. As relevant today as ever it was during the 30+ years of 'The Troubles' in NI
Seeing men in balaclavas was a regular sight. I was born in the early 90s and remember being on mý dads shoulders and men shooting in the air shouting no surrender and at bonfires as well. I also remember soldiers running out of a chinnook in the field next to me when I was playing football with my mate. Every family suffered in one way or another and is a dark time in our period. A lad from a unionist/Protestant background who is now married to a catholic girl from the south with two great kids. Times are getting better.
One of my uncles is from Northern Ireland. When he was a kid, his mother went to the store to pick up something for dinner. She never came back, never was found. The family was told to not ask questions about it. My uncle left the country as soon as he was old enough. Never went back.
Oh that is just awful. I am so sorry for your family. No one was safe back then.
The Cranberries do have many great songs, Dreams, Linger, Ode to my family. None of them are as hard as Zombie but Dolores has such a unique and special voice that she seems to grab your heart and bring you on a ride and it's amazing. My parents were born in Ireland and I have heard about the troubles and the senseless killings. Thanks god it has stopped and I believe the song Zombie may have helped in ending it.
Linger is one of my favorite songs. I love this song as well through tears of course.
Cranberries are one of my favorite groups from the 90s
Promises would be my recommendation for a heavier song, not as hefty as Zombie but similar vein.
This is a real departure from their usual fare of light, floaty, "girl rock." But that it has become one if their most recognizable and longest enduring titles, is an epitaph for Delores I wouldn't have any other way.
Dreams is great!
When you said you were getting goosebumps I shouted at the TV.."so you should mate!".
Zombie is magnificent and will be forever.
"Don't diss yourself, you just don't know"
I have to learn that.
This song takes me back. I loved it in the 90s and it reemerged in my life a few years back.
It's definitely powerful
This is one of THE great anti war songs. RIP Dolores you poor tortured soul.
Some of the greatest vocals ever put to record, full stop.
This will always be the best version as the lyrics were so personal. The band lived through it. Perfectly encapsulates the feeling on both sides of the conflict who just wanted it to end and not brainlessly hate, fight and kill eachother like Zombies.
And this is why the Irish people ( proud to be Irish myself) stand in solidarity with 🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. It was written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, about the young victims of a bombing in Warrington, England, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Dreams, Linger, Ode to My Family
Yesssss
I grew up listening to this song, born and raised in Dublin towards the end of the troubles. She told the drummer to play this track hard to represent their anger over what happened to those two young boys, and the years of trobles before it. People in Ireland, North and South feel this song in their hearts every time
She passed away not too long ago. Such a talent. Her voice was haunting.
I cry every time ❤
R.I.P Jonathan Ball , Tim Parry and Dolores O'Riordan 😭
I grew up hearing about this damn near every night on the news.
BP there is a very long history of Ireland, Scotland, Wales fighting the rule of England going way back. This song is about Ireland.
Check out the movies Belfast and Michael Collins, a documentary The walls of Shame: Northern Ireland's Troubles as well as U2's song, Bloody Sunday.
Oh wow. I need a history lesson for real
Bloody Sunday is one of the most heinous crimes committed by the modern day British army on unarmed civilians and the whitewashed inquiry that proceeded I find totally abhorrent and I'm English.
While some of this was on the news in England, most of it and certainly the truth of it was hidden. A few old BBC News people have recently spoken out about how they were prevented from saying what was really going on over there.
@@BlackPegasusRaps Used to be an IRA donation jar on every Irish bar counter in Boston. I don't think people knew exactly what they were funding.
@cobaltfog a lot of resentment towards the plastic paddies from that part of the USA
The Bad Wolves were actually in the process of recording a version of this with her when she died.
So important to know what this song is about...makes you really feel it so much more
It’s a really complicated history that you should hear directly from an Irish person, they’ll be able to articulate it much better than anyone else.
This song played a big part in getting people to stand up to the killing on both sides, people decided not to be "zombies" any more. Many peace marches from both sides followed & the thw people demanded peace talks to stop the murder. R.I.P Delores, never forgotten 😢
There are a lot, a lot of female singer worth listening to and deserve credit
I think 'Zombie' stands for "being stuck in a toxic mindset". In this case it describes a very specific war, but as she said: it's been going on since 1916, and even though they are not at war anymore, they are still stuck in their old predjudujes. AKA: Toxic thinking in their brains like 'Zombies'.
The style of her singing includes what's called keening, which is an Irish thing. It's used as style for mourning.
Keening is also a Scottish thing
I've tried to get Joe E to react to this video as it uses real footage captured of the residents of Belfast and British soldiers patrolling the streets. It was shot by Samuel Bayer under the ruse of it being a documentary on the peace keeping efforts in Ireland.
The song itself was written after the Warrington IRA bombing in the Northwest of England 93', which very sadly killed two young boys Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball in the town centre. Dolores was reading an article on this atrocity, whilst on route to a gig near Warrington and the words "a child is slowly taken", is the what stood out and inspired her.
Even with a public outcry at the time from both Ireland and England, a peace deal could not be struck, not until five years later by which time several more bombings had occurred, one being the neighbouring city of Manchester in 96', which was the largest bomb on British mainland since World War II. Hundreds of people was injured and maimed, but for the grace of God, thankfully no one was killed.❤🙏❤
My late uncle served in the British armed forces and did several tours in Northern Ireland he seen his best mate get blown up by a car bomb and quit the Army not long afterwards. Therre is peace there now but still an undercurrent is present and it will probably always be like that. Its a shame because the Irish are some of the nicest people you will ever meet.
Yeah they shouldn't of been in Ireland
@@williammoore841as the words in the song goes. In your head.
@@RobertSmith-vm7nm so you believe what the British done to the Irish for centuries should not be remembered, I'm not advocating for any violence and do not support any Irish military militia group, I am saying had the Brits not invaded Ireland force the crown and their religion upon the Irish people none of this conversation would be happening
Perhaps it's in your head to not see the crimes against Ireland done by the British crown and people
@@williammoore841 not in my head. And yes remember but The past is gone, can never fix it for everyone. And violence is just an excuse to keep sh#t going. And make money from peoples misery
It’s like the reparations some Americans (blm) want now for what happened hundreds of years ago. Who gets the reparations and who pays. People are living in the past where our problems are happening now. As I said it’s in their heads.
And my great grandparents were from Ireland.
They have a number of hit songs. Her voice is like no other. She was amazing.
This is one of my favourite songs of all time. I blast it in my car sometimes. It is a classic! They don’t make music that actually means anything these days.
RIP Delores! I got the chance to see The Cranberries live in the very early 90s and holy crap, she sang her ass off!
She said 1916 take a look at Irish history in particular the troubles and you may have a better understanding of this song. Dolores was one of a kind.
Listening to this song again with older ears n heart, along w/what's going on still round the world🤯 I vividly remember this song coming out being played on MTV, surrounded by controversy, but being a self-absorbed teen n USA, didn't 1. Didn't grasp the words 2. what those words/ messages were truly bout
3. realize how amazing her voice was r banging the band is as well😮🤯🤔
Miss her so much. A voice till eternity.
Delores was such an icon. Beautiful voice please dive into more of the Cranberries Linger Dreams just a few. RIP Delores ❤
Zombie was written after the band saw reports of a 3 year old boy and a 12 year old boy that were killed in an IRA (Irish Republican Army) bombing. This was all taking place during "The Troubles" which as the conflict in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland was occupied and is currently part of the UK even though it's part of the Ireland mainland. Ireland proper is not part of the UK. Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 is also about The Troubles. Maybe you can react to that one too. Be sure to watch the performance live at Red Rocks. It is iconic both for U2 and Red Rocks.
I believe the cranberries stop their tour and wrote the song. Then they snuck into the city under the guise of “journalists“ filming a documentary. All the graffiti is still there from years and years past. They recorded the video and got out quickly. Yes Delores grew up with this as her daily life. Saw them in concert in NYC in 1995. Incredible. RIP Delores
Strongly seconding "Sunday Bloody Sunday."
U2 halftime show at superbowl,,,9/11 tribute also was AMAZING
Dude, I'm so glad i found this channel. Your reaction is so visceral, so genuine and emotive. I'm weeping. Thank you
Been a fan of this song since it came out and without fail, every time I listen to it the meaning gets deeper and deeper.
The song was specifically about the conflict in Northern Ireland, although it can certainly be applied to other wars as well.
They also had huge hits with the songs: Dreams and Linger.
Only piece of music that ended a war
It's N Ireland, I came from Belfast and was there during the troubles. Believe it or not it brought out so much humour, that's what got us through. God Bless my homeland ,Not nearly as much violence as the U.S .
As an high school music teacher, let me please just give you so much praise for how you pause the video and you start your learning journey. This is something that I try to instill in my students - to follow their curiosity - to learn as they react and listen...the cultural context for music is often what makes it so much more powerful. And here we are...30 years past this song and we have Gazza, we have Ukraine, we have Syria...we have so much senseless war killing so many...and so many children...
What a thoughtful comment. Context is so important, especially in lyrics. I'm Irish, and we know our history, and our culture. Dolores O'Riordan is beloved here at home. I love that you mention curiosity -- it's the key (stupid pun). It must be a joy being a music teacher --well, mostly, I hope. I'm linking a couple of videos you or a few students might enjoy -- sort of dragging film background atmosphere into actual performance , so many instruments, and voices (Danish Orchestra).
Adiemus is by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins - a wonderful choral piece.
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This. I do this every time I listen to a new sabaton song
We have Israel too…..you forgot to mention them mrsvarillas
The Cranberries have other songs that are nothing like this one. In fact, this was an outlet for them, and in a way that's what made it even more powerful.
Off the top of my head, "Linger" is another great song from them.
I remember thinking how the troubles seemed far away. Then I moved to the UK and saw a documentary about the Troubles, and given how, you know streets and houses look, all of a sudden it felt very near.
The Bad Wolves were going to do a collaboration with Dolores, but she unfortunately passed away in a freak drowning. Such a beautiful, powerful song and message. Listen to their entire album, it's well worth it!! May she rest in peace. 🤍🪽
I’m from Canada and have not been personally affected by the troubles, but it has always touched me deeply. It was a mix-tape favourite of mine in the 90’s. This one and Black Boys on Mopeds by Sinead O’Connor.
song is about the violence in Ireland and Northern Ireland. the Reference to 1916 was that was the year the Irish Revolted against the English. Ireland eventually got independence, but Norhtern Ireland stayed part of the UK. For decades the IRA (and the Protestant Militias) was committing terrorist acts in No Ireland- well into the 90's when this song was written. I think she's saying the people (both the IRA and the Protestants) are acting like its still 1916- zombies who only know fighting and terrorists acts.
The Easter Rising was a revolt against British Rule, so not specifically the English
1916 refers to the easter uprising that really kicked off the irish civil war. You could pair this song with U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday which is about a demonstration in 1972 where british patatroopers open fired killing & injuring a lit of unarmed protesters.
Heartbreaking she passed on. War inside of your head. It is when we battle ourselves are the dark night of the soul so to speak like in Batman. It’s going literally we all go to war. We just do it at different times.
Dolores was so cool. An enigma. So talented. She is a great loss .
visually, they video is so hard. I always get tears in my eyes when I see it and feel my heart being torn apart. We humans are bastards to each other
There’s something so powerful about the combination of her voice and the video, especially if you know the history.
Her voice carries so much emotion and weight randomly this song will just make me tear up randomly when listening to it
They have great songs. Ode to my family is another big one. I liked Linger back in the day. Seeing this makes me want to listen to the album for first time in decades.
❤ Ok some of the history I had to look up but some of it I knew because I remember it happening. I was 9 or 10.. if you were in Germany 93/94 you may remember some of the news about it as well. "zombie” is a metaphor describing soldiers following orders mindlessly killing without question and civilians just watching it happen without any protest..She was tired of Irish people dying for no reason. The song was her protest for what I understand was Ireland's "civil war" called the troubles. She wanted to call out the dehumanising effects of war and violence between Northern Irish nationalists, unionists, who wanted Northern Ireland to remain part of the UK. In 1993 IRA bombed Warrington, England, and killed two really young boys and injured a lot more. But basically nobody batted an eye or thought to stop the violence. Heartbreaking. 😢😢
Great explanation!!
This is an incredible breakdown. Holy smokes, I kinda was right about us people being zombies just watching this happen from the tv and not doing anything but the soldier part you spoke of is wild and just hit me like a train 🤯 Makes so much sense. Sad,, I don’t even know what to think.
I was born 1970 lived in military bases until aged 42 years old, died aged 46 for 17 minutes and when I woke up and was told I've got vascular ehlers danlos syndrome, let's just say it gave me more reason to hate my blue blooded English family that I tried to dump just before I was 16 years old and had to tell them all, welcome to my world you're all in need of genetic testing, here's a letter and a tube, spit and retort in the or paid envelope if you want to know if you too have zero hope of making old bones 🤣 yes, I do joke about it because of I didn't I would not be bonkers writing poetry and enjoying reactions from people a decade younger than me, while my world sleeps and I can't because I'm bored!
Why I relate to artists like Ren.
Oh, before I died I used to get drunk in places like downing street, it's not 1 house inside, downstairs it's all one house! Letting secrets of now😅
It's time to run away 😆
The song is about a terrorist attack in London. Nothing to do with Germany.
A young child lost his life and it really deeped her
@@charliecosta3971 didn't say anything about it related to Germany.. Those Americans that were stationed in Germany at the time remember as we were put on alert because it involved a bomb.
The Wolftones recorded that song hours after learning about Dolores' suicide earlier that morning. She was SUPPOSED to be there in the studio, instead she committed suicide
Not correct. It was Bad Wolves. She died of alcohol abuse, drowned in the bathtub. So sad, but most likely accidental, not suicide.
Remeber listening to that song the first time. Still getting goosebumps. So sad Dolores left the stage forever...
It always had a feel to me that it’s about PTSD. But I don’t know, the emotion in the voice brings out emotion. The line “it’s still 1916 in, in your head”.
The reason why you are awesome Pegasus, is that you are okay with growing. As one of your favorites once said:
"The older I am getting the more I feel the hunger"
Delores O'Riordan, the lead singer, was supposed to reprise her vocals on the Bad Wolves cover of this song, only she died in an accident on the way to record it. They chose to go on with the cover to pay homage to her.
Beautiful song
R.I.P. Dolores.
Their song "Ode to my family" is absolutely beautiful, you should check it out
"Ode to my family" from the Cranberries is a good one too.
I am crying every time when i hear Cranberry's "Zombie". In 1990.'s, in former Yugoslavia, civil war(s) destroyed that country. I am from Serbia, 48 years young 😊,and i remember, when i first heard "Zombie" as a young boy, i was wondering why we don't HEAR Dolores.. Still wondering...Dolores, angel...R.I.P.😢 LET IT LINGER...❤❤❤
I love the fact that you are able (and willing) to listen to all the different music that we old farts lived with in the years gone by, and that you appreciate the music and take it seriously. Thanks, I appreciate your opinion and outlook.
This is a masterpiece!! Nuf said thats all it is its perfect
And as you can see with this song, and other Major bands going back to the 1970's, they were telling us beforehand...
Always shed a tear when I hear this song, no matter how old I get.
I have always loved this song but never knew the history behind it, and now I’m crying🥺
The child slowly taken was about the boy who was kept on life support for a while.
I’ve always liked the Cranberries, and that song is emotional and the sound of it is amazing ❤
huge incantation...this song is so deep...it impacts you for life
Rest in Peace Delores. You were a star and will always be remembered in our hearts ❤
The 1916 lyric comes from the start of the troubles. Ireland always had it's troubles, but in the modern histories, the easter rising which gave birth to the Republic of Ireland happened in 1916
The album this song is on is one of my favourite albums ❤💔
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We were in Northern Ireland 6-8 years ago with a tour group. Our first night in town we had dinner at the hotel and our server was awesome. He was a fellow Metal Head and beer drinker, so we got along quite well.
He told me there were a couple clubs nearby that had some Metal bands. He went from full, ear to ear smile, to complete sadness when I asked, "But is it safe to walk here at night...?" I felt terrible because he wanted to show off his City/Homeland and my first question was one out of "fear." He said it's a common thought with tourists and wished it wasn't so 😢
I used to own their album "To the faithfully departed" on a cassete. Played it so many times it broke apart. So many good songs on there. Dreams, Zombie and So cold in Ireland are my favourites by them.
The way she sings Zombie sounds like she's singing; what's in your head Tommy, Tommy, referring to the nickname for English soldiers
What was in our head was trying to stay alive and protect our mates and the innocent civilians around us. I wore Uniform, I was a Target, I accepted that!
But slaughtering women and children out shopping was reprehensible, shooting fathers on their doorsteps in front of their kids was reprehensible!
This is the only song that brings tears to my eyes. It is painful to think of the destruction caused by war, especially when it includes children. As a father, I want my son to outlive me, as it should be. I sympathize for the parents of the children lost in another senseless war. 😢😢😢