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The Cranberries, Zombie - Amy’s First Listen and Analysis (Patreon)

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2024-12-11 12:45:28
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I never would have believed it, but here I am appreciating a song titled “Zombie”. Even more, I find it eloquent and tender.

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Rea Lavi

I really hope you'll do Empty, that song has an amazing melody. Cranberries are great

El Jimi

Finally :)

Rea Lavi

I've never read up on this song, but to me the zombie is someone with severe PTSD from war. "In your head, they're still fighting"

Stefan Martelius

A really great band, and Dolores was a fantastic singer. (The video for this song is very impactful). Dolores has said : “This song is our cry against man’s inhumanity to man, inhumanity to child” .. and .. "This song is our cry against the violence in London, against the war in the north of Ireland. And we want it to stop"

Tracey Baron

A combination of tradition and modern music done with both gentleness and power.

Jon M Dhuse

They have a song about Sarajevo - the song title is "Bosnia", from the album "To The Faithful Departed"... There is a lot of protest, both personal and cultural, in their music.

RAD1

Dolores's lovely Irish inflections and tones and lilting melodies are on full display in other songs like 'Dreams' and 'Linger'. I think you'll greatly enjoy those.

Peter Buwen

Such a good song. And one of the saddest I know because it's about a real event.

steveRock

Paul McCartney"s "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" was banned on BBC radio and John Lennon released "Give Peace a Chance". Both of these songs were time adjacent to the "The Problems" in Ireland. For the most powerful Irish protest anthem Listen to U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday".

Paul D. Hoffmaster III

A side note on this type of song about civil war and other wars that people go thru. I remember protest songs about the Vietnam War, but I don't remember any songs against the wars that we were in the Mideast many years later. I guess without a military draft, that would involved most people in some way, the songs were not made. If there were, please tell me those songs, I never heard them on the radio. A good review Amy. Children hurt and killed thru something that they have no control over, goes right thru to my heart.

Paul D. Hoffmaster III
>>158008210

Yes, Anti-War, but years later. I used to load B52s with bombs for the Vietnam War and I have many pictures on Flickr showing that.

Richard Harrison

"Zombie" is unique is my knowledge as a popular protest song whose criticism is aimed at the left/progressive side of a conflict. The repeated references to "we" and "our" come from an Irish singer addressing the activities of a group that purported to act in the name of the Irish people. An unflattering comparison can be made with Paul McCartney's song "Give Ireland Back to the Irish", which dealt with the same conflict from a conventional, indeed trite, perspective. It was one of Paul's rare missteps.

r_iskey

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday should be next , another Irish masterpiece of a protest song

Rick Kress
>>157966867

It could certainly be PTSD, but I think it is referring to carrying an idea culturally (since 1916) until it loses its meaning and people just kill without understanding why and without having a clear perspective of the action. It's in your head not in your personal reality.

Rick Kress

You MUST view the official video to get a full understanding of this IRA protest song. The visual impact can not be described verbally. Its images and symbolism are very strong. The video is one of the most important works of art from the Rock genre. The style of singing employs keening. Definition: Keening (Irish: caoineadh, pronounced [ˈkiːnʲə]) is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition, known to have taken place in Ireland and Scotland. There is an anger in the crying. This song helped end the 'Troubles' by putting so much public pressure on the IRA they came to the negotiating table. The repetition of 'bombs' is not just for impact but also for the two children killed. The Zombies are us. We who do not think about what our actions do (or our inaction) mean we are Zombies. Particularly if we remain silent. You get it, Amy.

Mike Clancey

Great reaction to a great song. I was not expecting you to get to this for awhile. Glad you liked it, I love The Cranberries.

Pete Sattler

Must listens: Waltzing Back, Daffodil Lament, Ridiculous Thoughts

Terence colin Shortman

The lyrics are all the more poignant when you consider its inspiration Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken And the violence caused such silence Who are we, mistaken? Three-year-old Johnathan Ball died at the scene. He had been in town with his babysitter, shopping for a Mother's Day card. The second victim, 12-year-old Tim Parry, was gravely wounded. He died on 25 March 1993 when his life support machine was switched off, after tests had found only minimal brain activity. Another 54 people were injured, four of them seriously.

Timothy Jones

There is a longer version with Dolores O'Riordan's lead guitar break, which I think gives the song a more urgent edge.

Mark Ventura

Great song, glad you liked it. The ohs at the end sort of sound like a yodel. My favorite by them is "Ode to my family," a REALLY tender one.

DJ Marquis Marc Rambeau du Tacoma
>>158008210

Your point about the military draft (particularly as it relates to the Vietnam war) is spot on. It has always bothered me that people have to spend so much of their lives struggling to get by that they don't pay much attention to what their own government does in their name with their money... (heavy sigh...)

Jon Payne

If you truly are looking for something else of theirs to listen to, the song they were most famous for before this was probably "Linger". Not exactly a lighthearted, per se, but nowhere near as heavy as this.