Finnish Vocal Coach Reacts: The Cranberries: "Zombie" (CC)

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  • čas přidán 9. 02. 2024
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    In this video, I'm reacting to "Zombie" by The Cranberries. I cry my eyes out but I also break down their impressive performance, dive into Dolores O’Riordan’s vocal techniques, and share my thoughts on what made it truly outstanding.
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Komentáře • 875

  • @vincentmb238
    @vincentmb238 Před 2 měsíci +252

    As long as there are people crying over this music video, over this song, all hope for humanity is not lost.
    Nice react.

  • @AinsleyGovan
    @AinsleyGovan Před 3 měsíci +504

    I'm Northern Irish and grew up during the tail end of The Troubles… Dolores is a legend in this neck of the woods. Great reaction … When this comes on in the pub at the end of the night it nearly takes the roof off the place!

    • @allengray5748
      @allengray5748 Před 3 měsíci +9

      I'd like to see that. Preferably live but video would be cool. ☮️

    • @tribblefluffer
      @tribblefluffer Před 3 měsíci +15

      I would love to experience that. I'm American but this song still brings on the waterworks even after decades of listening to it.

    • @chrisalldis3375
      @chrisalldis3375 Před 3 měsíci +11

      The most unique, distinctive & beautiful voice since Karen Carpentar.

    • @user-ny3bs6us1b
      @user-ny3bs6us1b Před 3 měsíci +15

      Dolores is a legend everywhere brother (usa here).

    • @timdyer5903
      @timdyer5903 Před 3 měsíci +11

      I always wish that the people of northern Ireland and the North of Ireland have the best ever future. You people are fantastic. Greetings from a Brit overseas.

  • @BonniBarlow-fn6oj
    @BonniBarlow-fn6oj Před 3 měsíci +33

    In 2018, when Dolores passed away, everyone was talking about and listening to this song. The father of one of the boys who died in that bombing said he never realized before that the song was about his son. It really helped him to know that so many people were sympathetic to what they had gone through.

  • @streganona8185
    @streganona8185 Před 3 měsíci +76

    Dolores' singing is actually a traditional Celtic style called, "Keening," which is done at funerals to lament or mourn the loss of a loved one.
    It certainly does what it is intended to do, which is to allow the listener to feel the pain internally.

    • @annavaskelainen
      @annavaskelainen  Před 3 měsíci +11

      Yup there's definitely a lot of folk influences in her voice! Thank you for the insight, I didn't quite know how to call that because Irish trad. music is definitely not my strenght. 😂

  • @matthewweflen
    @matthewweflen Před 3 měsíci +64

    "This is ageless art." I've never heard it more succinctly and beautifully put.

  • @davidputterman2719
    @davidputterman2719 Před 3 měsíci +273

    Great song, great vocalist. Dolores O'Riorden always sang from her heart. RIP Dolores.

    • @mayam1141
      @mayam1141 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Dolores

    • @davidputterman2719
      @davidputterman2719 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Thank you for heads up on that typo,@@mayam1141

    • @fineflavour4493
      @fineflavour4493 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Sorry but it's O’Riordan.

    • @monte2115
      @monte2115 Před 2 měsíci +1

      50 years from now Dolores will still be a unique voice in a universe of voices

  • @S.C.O.R.P.I.O.N.123
    @S.C.O.R.P.I.O.N.123 Před 7 dny +1

    Не первый раз смотрю твою реакцию на эту пестню The Granberries. И твои слезы говорят о том что не все потеряно..

  • @dehro
    @dehro Před 2 měsíci +62

    the fact that you know this song inside and out, and still have this reaction says a lot about the song, the performance, the lyrics, but also about you.

  • @stephenkozak7344
    @stephenkozak7344 Před 25 dny +1

    "this is ageless art"
    no one should ever attempt to cover this again. Not even think about attempting.
    Cranberries delivered perfection here 👍

  • @RandallMorris222
    @RandallMorris222 Před 3 měsíci +198

    Thanks for your honest reaction. To my mind, the term Zombie, as used in this piece, refers to everyone involved in these generations-long conflicts just replaying the same thoughts, feelings, and actions as their ancestors ("It's the same old theme since 1916") without stopping to think about whether it's right, or even changing things they thought they would change ("When the violence causes silence, we must be mistaken").

    • @hemlock399
      @hemlock399 Před 3 měsíci +14

      Mindless repetition of cycles of trauma & suffering & brutal violence across generations. And, as we all know all too well, far from the first or the last instance of this phenomenon in world history. It's the fact that it's so easily recognisable & yet is driven on by its own internal psychological momentum that makes it so tragic & heartbreaking.

    • @masonmurphy1941
      @masonmurphy1941 Před 3 měsíci +8

      Interesting, I always interpreted this as portraying men who come back from war with ptsd as becoming zombies to their families and friends. They cant shake the images of war from their head and keep replaying moments over and over and become distant and cold towards others, "zombifying" themselves. Your analysis seems more right than mine through, thank you for sharing.

    • @hemlock399
      @hemlock399 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @@masonmurphy1941 That's a perfectly good interpretation, too - it fits.

    • @kevinstull8552
      @kevinstull8552 Před 3 měsíci +7

      It could also possibly be that people have become desensitized to violence on a daily basis. We act like the George Romero zombies, ones that move slowly, in that we just continue to shuffle at a slow pace in our lives without reacting to the violence and death and not be outraged by it all. I obviously could be wrong about my answer to this.

    • @mburkitt7678
      @mburkitt7678 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Just my TCW - When a situation has gone on for so long without resolution, or even significant movement in one direction or another, it seems like everyone has become 'dead' to looking at another viewpoint or aspect. They are all 'zombies', each walking their own path and looking through their own blinders.

  • @dakermark1
    @dakermark1 Před 8 dny +1

    BY FAR the best and concise assessment of this classic I've seen. Coming from someone outside of the UK and Ireland shows how effective it is in delivering the message is testament to this.

  • @garyrobb5341
    @garyrobb5341 Před 3 měsíci +91

    Beautiful reaction. Your tears help the rest of the world to release their emotions about such things.

  • @RandomDustBunny
    @RandomDustBunny Před 2 měsíci +3

    The pain and expression in her voice speaks of every war of every conflict. Women can see beyond the egos and territory, to the futility. Dolores delivers a timeless masterpiece.

  • @jdwoods2008
    @jdwoods2008 Před 10 hodinami

    This is the uncountable multi-thousandth time I've watched the Zombie video and not the first time I've seen your reaction. And yet a new thought occurred to me at 6:04 of your video. "She may be on her soap box, but that's her cross to bear" and it seemed fitting. Be well. Great reaction.

  • @katiemurray5862
    @katiemurray5862 Před 3 měsíci +35

    Dolores told the guys, especially the drummer, to play as hard as they can. She wanted people to feel the anguish. Such a beautiful song. Makes me cry every single time.

  • @blastingweevil2968
    @blastingweevil2968 Před 3 měsíci +113

    this song was written after the IRA detonated two bombs in the English town of Warrington in March 1993. The bombs were hidden in litter bins near a shopping centre and killed two children, three-year-old Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry (12) and injured many more.. i was posted to Northern Ireland in 1990 and i have nothing but respect for the irish people so many where so nice to us.

    • @kdoc1483
      @kdoc1483 Před 3 měsíci

      Not gonna mention all the kids your lot killed over here which is what the video is showing and happened far to much. There's no one here that didn't suffer and we all know where the blame is.

    • @paulthomas9271
      @paulthomas9271 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I remember that happening from Liverpool

    • @user-ic5wc8po1m
      @user-ic5wc8po1m Před 2 měsíci

      Unfortunately no one is clean during wartime but most people are just trying to survive the English and ira are horrible but no one said life is fair war is a fact of life

    • @bligh1156
      @bligh1156 Před měsícem +8

      ​@user-ic5wc8po1m Those children weren't at war with anyone, and England wasn't at war with Ireland. Your opinion is downright despicable.

    • @seansersmylie
      @seansersmylie Před 21 dnem

      @@bligh1156 The British army murdered numerous children and tortured, murdered and locked up without trial many adults in the north. When I was a child in the 80's I had British guns pointed at me every week. The English have tormented Ireland for centuries.

  • @AK-bx3ft
    @AK-bx3ft Před 3 dny

    I was a British soldier in the time of the Troubles. I'm so glad peace came.

  • @iuEnglishLyrics
    @iuEnglishLyrics Před 3 měsíci +4

    "Zombie" refers to old conflicts which refuse to die. Dolores says "but you see, its not me, it's not my family ... in your head, they're still fighting"
    Anna, I loved your point about the contrast in texture between "violence" and "silence". It seems to me that matching the lyric meaning with the vocal texture and the music is what makes a good singer-songwriter.

  • @georgegiouri5668
    @georgegiouri5668 Před 3 měsíci +128

    If you are human that song makes you become emotional 100%. Thanks Anna 😊😊

  • @JasonMinks-xk3if
    @JasonMinks-xk3if Před 3 měsíci +1

    "zombie" refers to people living in war and how it both takes over your mind sometimes to where you see the horrors over and over again but then oddly also numbs you to the violence around you and that maybe you yourself do. In this song they are talking about what the fighting was doing to their children (generations growing up as "zombies" and then continuing the same fight). This song is essentially saying; "What are we doing to generations of our kids? We've got to stop" - and they did.
    This is one of the best songs ever written.

  • @philiphalpin1997
    @philiphalpin1997 Před měsícem +1

    One of the most powerful records of the 20th Century.

  • @kennethvannorwick3557
    @kennethvannorwick3557 Před 3 měsíci +30

    The song itself is an amazing testament to how music can evoke emotions from horror to rage to sadness, but when it is combined with the visuals in the video it takes it to the next level.

  • @deanwebster1904
    @deanwebster1904 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Dolores is a legend ,zombie will always remind us things still have to change after all these years c just a reminder how important this song was for humanity

  • @christophercasey3530
    @christophercasey3530 Před měsícem +2

    As a person from the north of ireland, you made me cry.... and im a 33 year old man so thank you, great reaction

  • @The_Scienceboy
    @The_Scienceboy Před měsícem +1

    It makes me cry as well Anna. So emotional. Thank you.

  • @tomekd789
    @tomekd789 Před měsícem +2

    BTW, since you asked: I interpret the "zombie" as an ideology that overshadows and blocks the more human assessment of the situation. The zombie in your head may be the Nation, some religious figure, the idea of Justice, etc.

  • @GQkid13
    @GQkid13 Před měsícem +2

    The lyrics, visual, sounds, everything this song is such a masterpiece!! So sad with 2024 it is still so relatable...Ukraine, Yemen, Africa, Gaza,....Etc) This song makes me emotional every single time I watch or listen to it,
    Love the reaction, thank you.

  • @Ryan-ff2db
    @Ryan-ff2db Před 2 měsíci +1

    This song is emotional to it's core but the video takes it to the next level. Everything about this is a masterpiece. I also love it when you can hear the native accents of the singers, rather than putting on an American accent. Her heavy use of Irish Keening amplifies this further, which I absolutely love.

  • @peterhowells7309
    @peterhowells7309 Před 3 měsíci +44

    Greetings from Scotland! It is impossible to NOT get emotional when watching/listening to Dolores singing this. She put ALL of her emotions into this song and you can feel it, like something tangible. So very very sad that she is not still here, still singing.

  • @MsSharondenadel
    @MsSharondenadel Před 2 měsíci +14

    I was a teen when that song was made, i didn't understand english at that time, didn't know a thing about the theme of the song, but the clip, the music and Dolores' voice touched my soul.
    30 years later, and i listen to it, with the same intensity.
    It really is a timeless piece.

  • @bwilson5401
    @bwilson5401 Před 13 dny

    Finnish is a Beautiful language.You can see why Tolkien loved the Scandinavian voices.Theres a Beauty to them.

  • @rightlydividingwroblee8936
    @rightlydividingwroblee8936 Před měsícem +1

    That one guitar lick is an ambulance going by and dopplering into the distance

  • @rogerbianchini2982
    @rogerbianchini2982 Před 3 měsíci +1

    & Anna, to answer your question about the "ZOMBIE" reference, in my humble opinion, yes, it refers to the soldiers who would kill children pretending to fight them with toy guns, BUT ALSO the long-brewing mindset that allows people on either side of the fight to just accept the killing of innocent children as a consequence of the dispute on either side. PS - thank you for crying along with me - it happens every time I watch & listen to this video - & with the Bad Wolves cover version too

  • @eerohorila1109
    @eerohorila1109 Před 3 měsíci +11

    This is about Warrington bomb attack by IRA in '93. Two innocent kids age 3 and 12 died. Now the 🇫🇮 card. '98 peace negotiaton involved Harri Holkeri and the follow up arms control was overseen by Martti Ahtisaari.

    • @ChrisPage68
      @ChrisPage68 Před 3 měsíci +6

      A friend of mine escaped by seconds, turning the corner just before the bomb detonated. I would never have met him otherwise.

  • @joedirt3970
    @joedirt3970 Před 3 měsíci +17

    Thank you for not being afraid to show exactly what the art was made for. For us to feel the soul message and therefore must unravel the intended result.

    • @bernardoosses7384
      @bernardoosses7384 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Completamente de acuerdo contigo

    • @annavaskelainen
      @annavaskelainen  Před 3 měsíci +7

      Thank you for being so kind! This was a hard reaction to make and to publish!

  • @rogerbianchini2982
    @rogerbianchini2982 Před 3 měsíci +1

    PS to my earlier comment, PLEASE review the Bad Wolves official video cover of this song. Delores was poised to sing with them on the cover but died the night before. The band dedicated the proceeds from the song to her children. It is SO EMOTIONAL a cover, you'll see with the "golden ghost" of Delores appearing in the video.

  • @tonogtube
    @tonogtube Před 3 měsíci +52

    Extremely emotional. I have goosebumps all over. R.I.P. Dolores O’Riordan ❤

  • @walterbrockman5194
    @walterbrockman5194 Před 3 měsíci +16

    Great reaction and analysis. I'm 72 and was aware of "The Troubles" at the time. This song played a big part in forcing the IRA to negotiate a peace.
    I read that the "head voice" as you refer to it, (like yodeling) is a traditional Irish lamentation which Deloris incorporated into the vocals as a direct reaction to the death of the two children.
    Your the first person to cry as much as I have, every time I hear Deloris sing this song.
    Thank you

  • @moonwind6303
    @moonwind6303 Před měsícem

    This is one of the heaviest songs to experience. War is hell. No one wins. Everyone lose.

  • @realmadridnews254
    @realmadridnews254 Před měsícem +1

    I have never felt so much for someone, you are incredible Anna Vaskelainen, sensitive, delicate and adorable. Who knows, maybe one day we can meet. Great video.

  • @nigeldepledge3790
    @nigeldepledge3790 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Oh, Anna, I want to give you a great big hug!
    Thank you for keeping your raw reaction in this video. It's kind of what this song is about. Dolores's delivery is perfect - she mixes the vulnerability and the pain and anguish and loss with the resultant outrage and anger, taking us to all those dark places with her.
    Others more knowledgeable than I will tell you about the techniques she uses from traditional Irish folk singing to achieve this.
    There's a thing in the lyrics that a lot of people won't get unless they grew up in Ireland. "It's the same old theme since 1916," is a reference to the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This was brutally repressed by the English officials, and marks the beginning of the Irish war for independence. By 1921, the English had lost control of most of Ireland. In 1922, a compromise was reached in which a portion of the north of Ireland would remain under English rule (that's Northern Ireland), while the remainder would become a free state within the British Commonwealth. IIUC, the Irish Free State left the Commonwealth in 1946 to form the Republic of Ireland.
    However, the compromise in 1922 was the result of a schism within the Irish Republican Army - one faction was just tired of the fighting and was prepared to accept what they could get, while the other faction was adamant that all of Ireland had to be freed from English rule. Thus, the division of Ireland into a new nation and a piece that remained within the UK was never a happy settlement. In later years, this repeatedly broke out in renewed violence which came to be known as "the Troubles". The violence mostly ended with the Good Friday agreement of 1997, but some resentment lingers, which is not helped by the militant language and obstinacy of organisations like the DUP.
    As a Finn, I'm sure you can relate to the Irish. IIUC, Finland obtained independence from Russia at around the same time (give or take a few years).

    • @annavaskelainen
      @annavaskelainen  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Hug received! This was hard to make and to publish. Thank you for your insight and support!

  • @miguelangelperezolivares2379
    @miguelangelperezolivares2379 Před 3 měsíci +1

    JAMÁS OLVIDES QUE ERES UNA MUJER MARAVILLOSA. SIEMPRE ESTOY JUNTO A TI Y TODOS LOS SERES HUMANOS..ABRAZO GIGANTE MIAMOR. YO SOY EL QUE SOY

  • @sombrehero3738
    @sombrehero3738 Před 17 dny

    I was 9 years old at the time, and it was music that had an impact on me, even if I didn't understand the lyrics.
    There was a sound, a tone particular to the 90s.

  • @billsmith-hl8rk
    @billsmith-hl8rk Před měsícem

    A beautiful song that really does capture the anguish felt by so many during 'the troubles'. Ireland has brought us so many fantastic musicians over the years of which Dolores is in the top tier. She may be gone but her legacy lives on immortal.

  • @Elezium
    @Elezium Před 3 měsíci +15

    I'm Scottish, my mother is Northern Irish and as a child I spent my summers there staying with her side of the family, during the late 70's and all through the 80's...I saw some of The Troubles as a child/teenager, the constant army presence, the random roadside checkpoints, there was always an army helicopter in the sky and the pub down the road from the family got blown up a few times. You had areas to avoid, on both sides, and people to avoid. I had a few close calls myself, once went through a checkpoint 30 minutes before it got blown up, one day I was meant to go with an uncle somewhere in his workvan and it was almost hijacked, and once got off a train just as the place had a bomb threat phoned in and it was in the middle of being evacuated!
    For me, a song is meant to make you feel something, wether it be anger, or sadness, or love, or hate...if an emotional song brings tears due to what it's about, then it's done it's job, so to speak, and Dolores did that so many times!

    • @Irish780
      @Irish780 Před měsícem

      As a irishman ira robbed our banks and I was one of those who hit quite a few im old man now how dare them Raid us eventhough I belive in a free Ireland

  • @szeleddie
    @szeleddie Před 2 měsíci +7

    This woman was so unique and different with her style of singing when first came out basically everyone knows and love this song!!! R. I. P. Dolores the diamond of the emerald island!!!

  • @arctic_haze
    @arctic_haze Před 2 měsíci +1

    I know the song by heart but it still was incredible to watch it anew with your eyes.

  • @Ikigami-qv7sk
    @Ikigami-qv7sk Před 10 dny

    Questo è un capolavoro,sia canzone che video,che semplicemente non ha tempo. Quanto manchi Dolores❤️😣😢

  • @douginorlando6260
    @douginorlando6260 Před měsícem +1

    One of my all time favorite songs … so emotional, so tragic. It’s hard to describe all the thoughts and feelings on what Zombies are but It includes the dehumanizing nature of conflict and it’s Jungian. We live in dangerous times where leaders will try to make us fear, despise and hate others. Not everyone will fall for it but some will. Be strong, the ruling elite are expert manipulators.

  • @RickINFJ
    @RickINFJ Před 3 měsíci +28

    😢 Bless your empathic heart Anna. You truly got every intention of this song. She will be forever missed. ❤

  • @rudigerschrodel7911
    @rudigerschrodel7911 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I'm glad that I found your reaction to this song. It was honestly emotional and the best one I've seen until now. Great respect and compliments!
    The song tells us so much about European - at that point Irish - history and human nature which can be horrible as we know nowadays again.
    "Zombie" reflects the painful time during the Irish civil war happening in the name of God and Jesus Christ - rather unthinkable but it happend indeed. The song is a masterpiece and would deserve the Nobel Price.
    By the way: it's a pity that I don't understand Finnish to understand all your words, but I'll be back again.
    Greetings from Germany! ✌

  • @sulosky
    @sulosky Před 3 měsíci +1

    Kiitos Anna upeasta reaktiosta. Bad Wolves niminen yhtyeen oli tarkoitus tehdä coveri yhdessä alkuperäisen laulajan Dolores O'Riordanin kanssa. Dolores menehtyi vähän ennen nauhoituksia ja kappale nauhoitettiin tribute -mielessä ilman häntä Doloresin muistoksi. Doloresin pois lähteminen tekee Bad Wolvesin versiosta entistä herkemmän ja alkuperäistä teosta on kunnioitettu upeasti. Suosittelen lämpimästi tutustumaan siihen versioon. Elämä onneksi jatkuu ja meidän pitää elää se täysillä. Kaikki lopulta päättyy hyvin ❤

  • @heffatheanimal2200
    @heffatheanimal2200 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I was 14 when this came out, and to begin with it was just a cool song getting heaps of radio play. Until I saw one of my relatives reaction to it.
    I'm 7th gen Australian, but almost all Irish ancestry and surnames. This relative was in his 50's and a genealogist, who had spent a lot of time around Ireland during his research in the 80's. We were at a family weekend thing, all sitting round talking, us kids messing around, when suddenly he burst into tears. He'd just seen the Zombie music vid playing on the TV we were sort of half watching, and it was his first encounter with it.
    All the stories came out, what he'd seen and experienced, all our family names. It was my first awareness of The Troubles.

  • @darkestdarker3726
    @darkestdarker3726 Před 3 měsíci +3

    So rare to see such a genuine reaction in vocal coach videos... Thank you, Anna.

  • @nathanjacobus3577
    @nathanjacobus3577 Před 3 měsíci +8

    To me the Zombie is a dual representation of both the mindlessness of the fighters fighting their war, as well as the casual exceptance of everyone else who's grown numb to the horrors of war. As least that's my personal interpretation.. Thanks for sharing this Anna and can't wait to see what you have for us next! :)

  • @dougm659
    @dougm659 Před 3 měsíci

    As a Scot growing up in the 60’s and 70’s the Irish Troubles were seldom out of the news, it was a running sore for everyone in Ireland…shootings, knee-cappings, bombings, kidnappings it was a horrific time and a shocking waste; the anger within Dolores’s lyrics and voice is so raw

  • @rayray6982
    @rayray6982 Před 3 měsíci +1

    gotta see Bad Wolves cover and tribute to which Delores was to sing with them the day she passes....amazing

  • @user-dw2dr7kp8x
    @user-dw2dr7kp8x Před měsícem

    I don't know you but, to see the sadness in your face was sole crushing. R.I.P . "Delores". And to you young lady. I hope you have a great life.✌️🙏

  • @darren6202
    @darren6202 Před měsícem +3

    Beautiful lady giving a Beautiful reaction to a beautifully powerful song!

  • @holzi6151
    @holzi6151 Před 3 měsíci

    Well, actually I'm not the only one, who has to cry during this song. Thank you for sharing your emotions. I feel you...

  • @graxxor
    @graxxor Před měsícem

    I love the way in this song that the almost military tight rat-tat-tat of the drums are reminiscent of guns... and the cymbals echos... just incredible.

    • @annavaskelainen
      @annavaskelainen  Před měsícem +1

      Yes! Especially that snare brought the same feeling for me!

  • @darkjedi447
    @darkjedi447 Před 3 měsíci +43

    How can someone cry so much and still look so beautiful!!!😍
    Great reaction to a timeless song. Keep smiling👍🙂

  • @bballboyjumpshot9353
    @bballboyjumpshot9353 Před měsícem

    A new deep appreciation of this protest song! Beautiful but very sad!. Feel the anger and angst. Thank you Anna

  • @NativeNewMexican
    @NativeNewMexican Před 3 měsíci +14

    I saw The Cranberries open for The The in Santa Fe, NM at a venue with around 200 people. Their performance was powerful and I knew they'd be super influential. When I saw her performance on MTV unplugged she brought tears to my eyes and every time I hear the song I well up.

  • @tommytigerpants
    @tommytigerpants Před měsícem +2

    I think I could just watch you feel emotional and cry as a sort of vicarious cathartic experience. Beautiful. Thank you

  • @5891jonathan
    @5891jonathan Před 3 měsíci

    When Delores sings I believe every word she’s singing.

  • @genghisgalahad8465
    @genghisgalahad8465 Před 3 měsíci +32

    "Smile through tears or tears through a smile" is very poetic, Anna! This today is a milestone on the channel! I love and appreciate the blend of technical vocal analysis, emotional impact reaction, and lyrical observation! 🎉 🎤 🎙 🎧 🌌 🧟‍♂️ 🧟‍♀️ 🪖 🎸 🥁 🏹 🇮🇪

  • @mabsfreeman1187
    @mabsfreeman1187 Před 2 dny

    Its powerful, because its going on today. The violence, the screaming children, the pain. Ireland stands with Gaza. Thank you

  • @carlbode666
    @carlbode666 Před měsícem

    A genuine reaction to an incredible piece of work about a horrific act of terrorism and loss of beautiful lives ... genuinely moved ..subbed ❤

  • @basharun
    @basharun Před měsícem

    Beautiful reaction. I think "Zombie" does refer to the mindless troops as you said, but it also refers to all of us who are so desensitized to wars and conflicts because of news, films, etc. that we forget there are real people and children who are suffering. So we are like zombies, and she asks us "What's in your head?".

  • @juliehubbard9752
    @juliehubbard9752 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Talk about singing straight from the heart….one of the best songs and performances I’ve ever seen or heard.

  • @eugeniogonzalez4334
    @eugeniogonzalez4334 Před měsícem

    This is music where I want this one to take it with me, we will return one day to listen to songs like her that reach the heart 🌹😢

  • @carlesmacuaid
    @carlesmacuaid Před 3 měsíci +12

    I'm from Northern Ireland and I love that Delores has a presence representing both eras of the country. This song obviously was written during, and is about the conflict in the country, but the song I hear most these days is Dreams. It's played a lot at sporting occasions and is and ode to love, hope, joy and optimism which we should all aspire to a little bit more.

  • @ianshort5208
    @ianshort5208 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Ihave always felt that zombie refers to the mindless repetition of violence without regard to the innocent victims . thank you for you honesty in showing your emotions, Once again an insightful reaction

  • @davidward9737
    @davidward9737 Před 3 měsíci +16

    I remember being a teenager in the 90's (yes im old) when this came out and thinking "wow" what a banger of a song and her voice" we obviously didnt have you tube, and had to watch the video on MTV. Then seeing on the news the problems in Ireland and the IRA. It was a light bulb that went off "in my head" that this song was so much deeper than just being a banger. Wrote a report on it in Music class. Such a powerful song as it was then and still is till this day. Love and goodwill to everyone ❤

    • @tommccafferty5591
      @tommccafferty5591 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I was a teenager in the 60s, so you are actually really young in comparison. 🙂

    • @davidward9737
      @davidward9737 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@tommccafferty5591 well thank you. Age is all about perception, you are young to a 90 year old

    • @tommccafferty5591
      @tommccafferty5591 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@davidward9737 Touché. Everything is relative.

  • @twistedpixel756
    @twistedpixel756 Před 3 měsíci +5

    this song will always be relevant sadly. Her prudence with the line "it's the same ol' thing, since 1916" is a masterpiece, and a tragedy.

    • @Caambrinus
      @Caambrinus Před 3 měsíci +1

      "it's the same old theme, since 1916".

  • @d.kyrstede3556
    @d.kyrstede3556 Před 3 měsíci

    I still get emotional when I here "Zombies" by the Cranberries. R.I.P. Dolores.

  • @alesxemsky
    @alesxemsky Před 3 měsíci +12

    This song and mv always break me up no matter what age i am and how many times i listen to it. Ageless art indeed.

  • @primalengland
    @primalengland Před 2 měsíci

    I was in Warrington the day after the bombing that killed Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball. I lived in nearby Lowton and Warrington was our place to shop. Cranberries were on tour and this drove Dolores to write this. ‘Child is slowly taken.’ It took Tim 3 days to die. I lost friends in the troubles. Friends on both sides. Never again. RIP Dolores, Tim and Johnathan. X
    Her singing style is called ‘keening’ and is used in Ireland in mourning.

  • @howardsmith3758
    @howardsmith3758 Před 3 měsíci +13

    There are innocent young boys playing at war, in the ruins of the war made by young soldiers they will grow up to be. Dolores's voice is the wailing of all the mothers who have lost their sons to t the old men, the zombies, who can think of nothing but "winning", and who send generations of young endlessly into futile war. The music is the sound of war. The drums are gunfire and bombs. The guitar is cries and shouts. The bass is the heartbeat of a soldier. I've been listening to this since 1994, and I still cry every time. If you understand her song, and you're human, you can't help but cry.

    • @orangeandblackattack
      @orangeandblackattack Před 3 měsíci

      and just think..all of that could be avoided if the limeys would just get the hell out of our country.

  • @justinneill5003
    @justinneill5003 Před 2 měsíci

    As a Catholic I grew up and went to school in a London Irish community during the Troubles, which cast a huge shadow over us at that time with divided loyalties, tension and suspicion at every turn, so I can’t imagine what it was like to live in the thick of it. Thank God it’s all behind us now, and please God that it will never come back.

  • @thesoundship
    @thesoundship Před 19 dny

    I was crying myself the first 20 times I saw this one.

  • @derrickramsburg6084
    @derrickramsburg6084 Před 3 měsíci +9

    Bad Wolves did a cover of this in 2018. They were going to do it in 2015 and Delores was supposed to do the vocals, but passed on the day they were going to record it (is my understanding of the situation). In the 2018 cover they give ALL the respect to Delores (including all the proceeds to her children) and even pay homage to this video with an actress in the gold paint and costume.

  • @shspurs1342
    @shspurs1342 Před 3 měsíci

    This song was made in response to shopping centre bombing where children died. It happened less than 1 hour away from were i was living.

  • @michaelg6932
    @michaelg6932 Před 7 dny

    I just meet you Anna, although this is the second reaction video I seen from you . The first was Hi Ren. Anna, your brilliant. I love how you break down the lyrics and how they are used in the song. You crying made me cry. What I love about you is your so comfortable speaking finish then you switch to English and suddenly your speech gets slow but your more cautious on pronouncing the right word. For some reason that drives me, well it seems to have a captivating response. No woman has done this to me because I see right through them. They do it all wrong in my point of view. I was not expecting that but it works. lol love how you react to the video's so far your in my top 5.

  • @LyleAllbritton
    @LyleAllbritton Před 3 měsíci +1

    I always loved "With their tanks and their bombs; And their bombs and their guns" because the repeated "bombs" is 1) an accurate reflection of one of the tactics used by the IRA, 2) an emphasis on the chaos, and 3) a depiction of the desperation in the song. Like imagine a witness saying: "They had tanks and bombs and... bombs... and guns"
    I also cried watching this.

  • @slartibart35
    @slartibart35 Před 3 měsíci +20

    I'm neither Irish nor lived through the events mentioned in the song, yet this piece of music manages to convey what it felt like living through the Troubles wonderfully, and still giving me shivers after all these years. Timeless piece of art. A great analysis as always ❤

  • @pubnoir
    @pubnoir Před 7 dny

    thnx for the reaction. i remember dolores and cranberries again. much love ♥

  • @DoctorD250
    @DoctorD250 Před měsícem

    Great music makes me weep as well. It is the sign of a deep soul.

  • @nightmusic8
    @nightmusic8 Před 3 měsíci +11

    Back in the day (My day) this was a gamechanging song between all the eurodance music. (which i still love) It was so different from most other music. Dolores just instanly pierces through your walls and enters the emotions in your brain. Other early 1990's songs with similar big impacts were :
    - Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
    - R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
    - Julee Cruise - Falling (Theme Twin Peaks)
    - Seal - Crazy
    - Guns n' Roses - You Could Be Mine & November Rain
    - Nirvana - Smells like teen Spirit
    - Annie Lennox - Why
    - Whitney Houston - I Will Always love you
    /nm8 /J

    • @satuhamalainen8903
      @satuhamalainen8903 Před 3 měsíci

      I' ve Been listening to Seal: Grazy quite often for few weeks now, don' t know why. It is defenitely a very good 0:00 Song.

  • @saltydroog854
    @saltydroog854 Před 3 měsíci +10

    She was so beautiful in so many ways. Her voice is absolutely mesmerizing. And she was such a complex and tortured person.

  • @dasninjastix
    @dasninjastix Před měsícem

    Such a beautiful reaction, this such a painfully sad song and Dolores sings it with the anger of a Fury. It is unfortunately timeless in that people will never stop hurting themselves and one another. It will never not be relevant to be outraged and indignant over the violence we perpetuate, especially when children are the victims. As much as I love her voice, I admire Dolores for taking a stand against violence through art. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, expertise, and emotions with us. Art moves and enlightens, but some of us need great teachers like yourself to better understand what we're witnessing. Thank you ✌️❤

  • @flip8702
    @flip8702 Před 3 měsíci +10

    This is one of those pieces that one needs a box of tissues.
    Beautiful emotional reaction.
    🫶

  • @giovannivisentin1026
    @giovannivisentin1026 Před 2 měsíci

    ...I'm anything but a musician but listening to this song I feel the same emotions as you

  • @ENTE-METAL
    @ENTE-METAL Před 3 měsíci +5

    I cried with you and it was liberating. What an incredibly emotional song. A masterpiece. Even back than. And forever. Greetings from germany. RIP Dolores ❤

  • @ncktop4511
    @ncktop4511 Před měsícem

    Thanks Anna for your video, Dolores is legend and you are lovely with tears and emotions.
    I always cry when I listen it and when we play it live with our band I have to control myself! Who's is not touched by its lyrics, vocals and instrumental is not human, because it is hearts shattering. This is my favourite rock song ever, I don't understand Finnish but I love you. Nick

  • @danmccaulley2578
    @danmccaulley2578 Před 28 dny

    When you exhale at the end, as you gather your emotions. It speaks volumes of the power of Delores' voice .

  • @ceciliasoriano3122
    @ceciliasoriano3122 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Congratulations. Perhaps the best reaction and response to music I have ever heard.

  • @brianboye8025
    @brianboye8025 Před 3 měsíci

    Being visually oriented, I see the zombie in the youth, the next generations, the golden children. The video is inseparable from the song and almost as impactful.

  • @giannirizzi8646
    @giannirizzi8646 Před 20 dny

    Anna, you are a very very beautiful soul!!!
    Your reaction is very touching!
    I Repeat, beautiful person and beautiful woman.