FIRST TIME Reaction To The Cranberries - Zombie

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• ME

  @Metal-Forever-70 · 4 years ago

  This one of those songs that no cover can ever do it justice. Delores's voice is too unique and no one could ever imitate it.

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• PR

  @primalengland · 4 years ago

  Great reaction. Probably already been said, but Dolores wrote this after two young boys were killed my home town of Warrington. I was there with my own kids just the day before. The inflection in her voice is called ‘keening’ and is used at Irish funerals.<br>RIP Johnathan, Tim and the wonderful Dolores.

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• BL

  @blastingweevil2968 · 3 years ago

  i was an english soldier posted to nothern ireland during the &quot;troubles&quot; and it was not a good time for anyone.. every single irish person i met was really nice and kind. warfare turns people into mindless zombies that just follow orders.

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• FU

  @fugawiaus · 4 years ago (edited)

  React as you see fit, say what you feel. Be you and don’t worry about comments.<br>Ps, damn that drummer is feeling it.

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• NA

  @naijahgrant5037 · 4 years ago

  This song always gets me emotional. Especially, since Delores&apos;s passing.

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• PI

  @PixelVibe-RGB · 2 years ago

  For years, I listened to this song without knowing the context (the tragic events) that inspired it. <br>The context explains the way of playing of drummer Fergal &quot;Patrick&quot; Lawler, who seems to rage against this murderous madness.

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• SP

  @spacemanspiff3052 · 4 years ago

  First off, sorry some gave you grief about not knowing the Cranberries. I give mad credit to the Bad Wolves for their tragic by triumphant tribute to the memory of Dolores O’Riordan. &nbsp;<br><br>Back when I was in college I heard what I still consider the most beautiful and haunting voice coming down the hallway from my dorm. I followed it to a room where some of the guys in my dorm were listening to the Cranberries’ “Linger.” I stood at the open doorway jaw dropped as the guys listening to the band’s CD for the first time sat transfixed. After the track ended I asked the guys who was singing and they showed me the CD. I got on my bike immediately and ride to the record store to by The Cranberries’s CD “Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We.” I played it over and over again that week, I was so enchanted with Dolores O’Riordan’s soulful brogue; it was truly the first, and last, time I fell in love with a celebrity.<br><br>Unfortunately I never got to see The Cranberries live in concert. I have a picture of Dolores hung in my room next to photos of the two other musicians I most admire, Tom Petty and Cyndi Lauper.<br> Dolores’ singing in The Cranberries’ “Zombie” is so incredibly iconic. I’m actually glad you saw the Bad Wolves version first. It was fantastic in itself, but it also got you to react to the version I hold most dear to my heart, the original sung by Dolores O’Riordan, my she rest in glory.

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• AD

  @adamleiper2006 · 4 years ago

  r i p &nbsp; dolores fantastic singer and a great band with an iconic song &nbsp;that is still known after all this time

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• TH

  @thatpatrickguy3446 · 3 years ago

  I tear up from the opening riff. &nbsp;Such an incredibly intense song.

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• HE

  @heywally2739 · 4 years ago (edited)

  One of the best songs of my 70 years and unfortunately, still relevant, in general.

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• SE

  @seckler17 · 2 years ago

  Delores vocal technique is called &quot;Keening&quot; or sean-no`s. &nbsp;It&apos;s a traditional Gaelic/Celtic form of singing almost wailing to morn death. Very fitting given what this song is about.

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• PH

  @philkrugel1452 · 3 years ago

  You definitely never get sick of hearing it. I have been listening to it for almost 30 years now and it gives me chills every time! Dolores was supposed to be on the Bad Wolves cover too, but she died before she could. The Bad Wolves video is a complete tribute to her.

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