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  • @kimkathrein2463
    @kimkathrein2463 6 місяців тому +102

    Her singing style is called keening. It’s an Irish form of wailing. She’s crying out over the violence and how people ignore the fighting. Just living like zombies. Not doing anything to make it better. Pretending it’s not happening. Super iconic song.

    • @tonyporenshenko425
      @tonyporenshenko425 6 місяців тому +2

      Was about to say something similar but you said it first

    • @ladyofthelake5950
      @ladyofthelake5950 6 місяців тому +2

      Was about to say simular, but u put it so much better into words than I could've! 😊

    • @marzinjedi6437
      @marzinjedi6437 6 місяців тому +1

      Yep you summed it up nicely !

    • @jameswiglesworth5004
      @jameswiglesworth5004 4 місяці тому +1

      Your assumptions about the people of Northern Ireland are simplistic nonsense and deeply offensive

    • @marzinjedi6437
      @marzinjedi6437 4 місяці тому

      Nothing you said upset me and is correct ✅ as I am a Scottish Irish person . But some people commenting don’t understand that you know what you are talking about and that Irish people have thick skin !

  • @angelinagalvan1992
    @angelinagalvan1992 6 місяців тому +113

    At the time the song was written, the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland were at their height. The IRA continued their terror campaign against the British government’s involvement and presence in Northern Ireland and attacks on the British mainland were commonplace.
    20 March 1993 was a Saturday - the busiest shopping day of the week and a time when lots of children were out buying Mother's Day cards and presents to give that Sunday.
    In the North Western town of Warrington, Cheshire, the IRA had planted bombs in cast iron dustbins: one outside the local Boots and McDonalds and the other outside the nearby Argos. The terrorists phoned Merseyside police just before midday with a coded warning that there was a bomb outside a Boots - but they didn't say which town.
    When one bomb exploded in Warrington 25 minutes later, panicked crowds ran directly into the path of the second explosion.
    Three year old Johnathan Ball died at the scene, while 12-year-old Tim Parry was seriously injured. He died five days later after his life support was switched off. 54 other people suffered injuries.
    Hailing from Limerick in South Ireland, The Cranberries were on tour in the UK in March 1993, supporting the release of their debut LP that same month entitled Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?
    Zombie was a direct response from the Irish musicians to the horror of Warrington and all the other atrocities that had taken place, pleading: "Another mother's breaking / Heart is taking over / When the violence causes silence / We must be mistaken."
    When she sings "bombs" twice in a row, its to represent the loss of the two young boys that died during the bombing. 😢

    • @CCUnderhill1007
      @CCUnderhill1007 6 місяців тому +5

      This is the perfect explanation

    • @seansersmylie
      @seansersmylie 6 місяців тому

      At the time , the British were continuing their centuries long campaign against Ireland. You absolute clown!

    • @Keeter24
      @Keeter24 6 місяців тому +3

      This is it

    • @ko0974
      @ko0974 6 місяців тому +12

      Except you are leaving out the other parties involved in the Troubles and the reason they exist is the British Government, British army , the loyalist , the UDA and the RUC ... they bombed, shot and tortured the civilians and members ...

    • @mubbles1066
      @mubbles1066 6 місяців тому +10

      @@ko0974But the reason behind why they wrote this song was specifically about the IRA bombing in Warrington…. Here’s Delores own words on the subject. “There were a lot of bombs going off in London and I remember this one time a child was killed when a bomb was put in a rubbish bin -- that's why there's that line in the song, 'A child is slowly taken,'" O'Riordan told Songwriting Magazine. "We were on a tour bus and I was near the location where it happened, so it really struck me hard - I was quite young, but I remember being devastated about the innocent children being pulled into that kind of thing. So I suppose that's why I was saying, 'It's not me' - that even though I'm Irish it wasn't me, I didn't do it. Because being Irish, it was quite hard, especially in the UK when there was so much tension."
      She told Vox magazine in 1994 that the song was written in part as a mechanism to grapple with her identity as an Irish citizen that did not support the actions of the IRA.
      "The IRA are not me. I'm not the IRA. The Cranberries are not the IRA. My family are not. ... When it says in the song, 'It's not me, it's not my family,' that's what I'm saying. It's not Ireland".

  • @amypowell6307
    @amypowell6307 6 місяців тому +22

    I'm black Irish heritage. My family came from nothing but Irish slavery and war. This song hits deep

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 6 місяців тому +31

    She was one of the very best ever! Rest in Peace Dolores.

  • @Goober-o6p
    @Goober-o6p 6 місяців тому +47

    This is a actually a really important song if u know the meaning behind it lads.

    • @kevingouldrup9265
      @kevingouldrup9265 6 місяців тому

      YES!!

    • @marcburger8458
      @marcburger8458 6 місяців тому +1

      Should be played nowadays on every radio station worldwide😢look at the whole world fighting, shitty times

  • @janihaavisto79
    @janihaavisto79 6 місяців тому +19

    Song was done after IRA bombed a school where some children died. It was one of the bloodiest era of Irish history.

    • @ashleighhogan941
      @ashleighhogan941 6 місяців тому +7

      It was written after the Warrington bombing by the IRA and killed three year old Jonathan Ball and twelve year old Tim Parry. She called the bombers Zombies and that it wasn't done in her or her family's name. Respect to Dolores.

  • @britblue
    @britblue 6 місяців тому +30

    The song is a comment on "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland between Republicans (Catholics) & Loyalists (Protestants) and the Armed conflict that has been going on there until fairly recently

  • @justinhowell8873
    @justinhowell8873 6 місяців тому +36

    She is singing about the war in Northern Ireland between Protestants and Catholics. Her wailing is known as keening in the Gaelic language, and is a wail for the dead!

    • @DylanMush
      @DylanMush 25 днів тому

      @@ORCChannelwell that’s not correct is it because the people they are fighting are also Irish

  • @fredvelez7703
    @fredvelez7703 6 місяців тому +23

    It's a civil war of sorts, spiritual and political. Zombie has become a rally cry against those that choose violence over peace. RIP Dolores.

  • @cyclops60
    @cyclops60 6 місяців тому +14

    I'm going to go easy on you guys because the song hits hard when you understand the back story. The backdrop is the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland which was a historical conflict between on one side (Catholics) fighting for a united Ireland, the other (Protestants) wanting to stay as part of the United Kingdom. The British Army were the soldiers in the video assigned to keep the peace between the two sides.
    The song was written after IRA (Catholic) terrorists killed two young boys (3 & 12) in England with a bomb placed in a trash can in a busy shopping area (1993). Zombies refers to the mindless actions of terrorists caught up in the past. That's a simplified version of complex events played out over hundreds of years. Thankfully both sides have (mostly) given up fighting with bombs and guns and are living a largely peaceful existence although tensions do rise from time to time. Hope this helps, Peace.

  • @xonnadarkangel
    @xonnadarkangel 6 місяців тому +11

    singer Dolores O’Riordan was slated to go into a London studio on Monday (Jan. 15) to record her vocals for a cover of her band’s iconic 1994 hit “Zombie” by the hard rock act Bad Wolves. she wanted to add her own magic to the track slated for their upcoming debut album. O’Riordan was found dead on Monday in her London hotel room, and never made it to the studio that day. So, on Friday (Jan. 19), the group released their cover It is important to note that Bad Wolves’ cover of “Zombie” is a loving tribute as well they finishing this and donating proceeds to her children.

  • @Judymoe
    @Judymoe 6 місяців тому +7

    You saw Dolores playing guitar (blonde woman) before you saw her in gold makeup, so no, she doesn't always wear that gold. Such a heartbreaking, beautiful song.

  • @CCUnderhill1007
    @CCUnderhill1007 6 місяців тому +9

    The thing she does with her voice is called Keening, a Celitc/Gaelic form of vocal lament for the dead.

  • @AylaCT
    @AylaCT 6 місяців тому +3

    My interpretation of this song for a long time was that it was about the kids. How all sides were molding their young boys into mindless zombies to send to war.

  • @art2736
    @art2736 6 місяців тому +6

    They been fighting since 1916. They are on auto pilot, zombies, retaliating after retaliation like zombies no thought put into it.

    • @jameswiglesworth5004
      @jameswiglesworth5004 4 місяці тому

      check your facts 1916 refers to the Easter Uprising, not the start of conflict in Ireland, it has been going on for centuries

    • @art2736
      @art2736 4 місяці тому

      @@jameswiglesworth5004 the songs reference point.

    • @jameswiglesworth5004
      @jameswiglesworth5004 4 місяці тому

      @@art2736 Yes I will take 1916 as a reference point in the song, but it should not be misinterpreted as the start
      of conflict between the two Countries

    • @oloplyflapdar7384
      @oloplyflapdar7384 2 місяці тому

      @@jameswiglesworth5004 i mean, while everything has a historical lineage 1916 seems like a fair date, and well, this is a song not a doctoral thesis on Irish resistance to English dominion, so well 1916 works.

  • @QwarkE1
    @QwarkE1 6 місяців тому +9

    never say sorry for asking the question! is what the song is about .

  • @Bloom_007
    @Bloom_007 6 місяців тому +3

    They have many more amazing song, they allways had a deeper straight meaning behind theyre songs so that makes them stand out

  • @Robbikelly
    @Robbikelly 5 місяців тому +3

    As an irish person i feel personally offended at the doja cat comparison.

  • @christophersmith7041
    @christophersmith7041 6 місяців тому +4

    Zombie was a N01 hit in 26 countries!

  • @evabyrum3327
    @evabyrum3327 6 місяців тому +2

    I have always thought of the gold paint to represent the mother and children are precious like gold. Yes...Zombie is a mindless, heartless creature with it's only intention is violence and causes death. This song is about a war in Ireland which ultimately caused the death of two young boys.

    • @JC-gm3zs
      @JC-gm3zs 6 місяців тому

      The 'war in Ireland' has caused the death of countless boys, girls and adults, over hundreds of years.

  • @meenki347
    @meenki347 5 місяців тому +1

    There is an important detail that is crucial to understand this war, that all of these comments don't bother to mention.
    Though both the Protestants and Catholics were both "White". The Protestants were the ruling group/class/caste and the Catholics in Northern Irland were treated like Black people in Jim Crow America.
    The Black Panther Party and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) were fraternal organizations in the 1960s.

  • @MartinawardWard
    @MartinawardWard 6 місяців тому +5

    Hey guys goggle 1916/1998 Ireland its alot to take in so im from Ireland i wont go too hard on us but 1000's died went missing, injured and left with a broken country and what their talking about that war went on so long people where walking around like living zombies numb to all the horrors of war... ❤❤ from Ireland

    • @jameswiglesworth5004
      @jameswiglesworth5004 4 місяці тому

      1916 references the Easter Rising, conflict between England and Ireland goes back centuries, you say you are from Ireland but
      your phrase "I wont go to hard on us" sounds very apologetic and simplistic and not what I would expect to hear from an
      Irishman that fully understand's the history of the conflict between the two Countries

    • @MartinawardWard
      @MartinawardWard 4 місяці тому

      @@jameswiglesworth5004 what's the story just seen what you said I was shocked then started laughing I would never say sorry for what any fighter's, leader's men and women of Ireland did, not just for our country but my family I missed typed I ment to say yous as in the rest of the world and Britain never US fuck that I will die on that. Nearly pissed meself laughing when I looked at how it could look, so thanks for letting me know hand on heart

    • @MartinawardWard
      @MartinawardWard 4 місяці тому

      Oh I'm a fucking bird by the way you thought I was a bloke your funny, your sound man again thanks for letting me.

    • @jameswiglesworth5004
      @jameswiglesworth5004 4 місяці тому

      @@MartinawardWard We all make mistakes, read your name as Martin, apologies for that

  • @espenvippen
    @espenvippen 6 місяців тому +1

    The song was published in 1994 and expresses lamentation about the death of two children by the Irish Republican Army in the 1993 Warrington bombings

  • @mostlyharmless1
    @mostlyharmless1 6 місяців тому +1

    There are definitely no zombies in this video lol!

  • @jason1911
    @jason1911 6 місяців тому +1

    Kids were dying in bombings in Ireland. It had gotten to where it wasn't even affecting people the way it should.

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 6 місяців тому +1

    The violence and the conflict and killings had been going on so long people were becoming almost immune to it. It was Ireland and part of England’s normal 68-94.

  • @stefaniebrauer128
    @stefaniebrauer128 6 місяців тому +1

    You guys are aright. No worries it is not an easy thing to sort coming in cold. Respect for reacting to it and trying to learn the meaning.

  • @lizrobins85
    @lizrobins85 6 місяців тому +2

    You are right. It is about being brain-dead and following along with the hate that has developed over a century. The zombie part is the people who can't get beyond the history of the Irish conflict. The fighting and dying goes on and on - inside people's heads.

  • @brianmcafee2269
    @brianmcafee2269 6 місяців тому +1

    I think it is a comment on no matter how hard you try, people can never forget the past and forget that war is over,or hatred should be forgotten. Zombies

  • @KOLLIS1969
    @KOLLIS1969 6 місяців тому +4

    Less talk. More Listen.

  • @Keeter24
    @Keeter24 6 місяців тому +2

    Yeah like the comments said, u might be to young but this has a really important message behind it.

  • @shanemason4031
    @shanemason4031 6 місяців тому +6

    They're referring to zombies being mindless and doesn't realize the reality of what is going on around them

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 6 місяців тому +3

    Read the comments and research the Troubles .

  • @agatehuntress499
    @agatehuntress499 6 місяців тому +1

    RIP Dolores, you are so missed.

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 6 місяців тому +1

    No she didn’t say bombs dropping or guns to people’s heads. The people living during the Troubles were so used to violence on a daily occurrence in their heads they were becoming like zombies almost emotionless and mentally immune. Look up and read the lyrics and read about the Troubles 68-94 which had its origins in 1916. This song helped bring an end to the conflict. Rest in Peace Tim Parry and Jonathan Small.

    • @JC-gm3zs
      @JC-gm3zs 6 місяців тому

      The 'Troubles' did not have its 'origins' in 1916. Educate yourself, before making ignorant comments about Irish history.

  • @worldfamouslanglois4805
    @worldfamouslanglois4805 Місяць тому

    You saw Bobby Sands on the wall in the video: Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh;[2] 9 March 1954 - 5 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands died on 5 May 1981 in the Maze's prison hospital after 66 days on hunger strike, aged 27

  • @kimzwolinski9919
    @kimzwolinski9919 6 місяців тому +5

    Hi guy’s 😊
    Just subscribed watching your Falling In Reverse live reaction.
    The band is from Ireland. This song was inspired by a bombing by the IRA where two kids were killed.

  • @Danbvb
    @Danbvb 6 місяців тому +2

    she is saying we are zombies we dont think about them

  • @JJ-hz1lk
    @JJ-hz1lk 6 місяців тому +3

    Do Americans know there are other countries, aside from America?

    • @janinecarson8380
      @janinecarson8380 6 місяців тому +1

      Many of us are well aware. Just not these two. Sad.

  • @demoneIephant
    @demoneIephant 5 днів тому

    Another head hangs lowly
    Child is slowly taken
    And the violence caused such silence
    Who are we, mistaken?
    But you see, it's not me, it's not my family
    In your head, in your head, they are fightin'
    With their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their guns
    In your head, in your head, they are cryin'
    In your head, in your head
    Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
    What's in your head, in your head?
    Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie, oh
    Doo, doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo, doo
    Another mother's breakin'
    Heart is takin' over
    When the violence causes silence
    We must be mistaken
    It's the same old theme, since 1916
    In your head, in your head, they're still fightin'
    With their tanks and their bombs and their bombs and their guns
    In your head, in your head, they are dyin'
    In your head, in your head
    Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie
    What's in your head, in your head?
    Zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie
    Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, eh-eh-oh, ya-ya

  • @TacomaGirl
    @TacomaGirl 6 місяців тому +1

    Some of these comments are just wild. Why would you get pissy if someone doesn't understand a song or doesn't know the history of every war? People are tripping. 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @MaRoach7
    @MaRoach7 6 місяців тому +1

    Bad Zombies does a badass cover of this song with more of a rock feel

    • @seamusbob3458
      @seamusbob3458 6 місяців тому +1

      Do you mean the bad wolves

  • @tonilharmon
    @tonilharmon 6 місяців тому +1

    If you haven't already, check out Janis Joplin's "Ball and Chain live at Monterey Pop ". It will leave you with your jaw on the floor. GUARANTEED. Seriously.

  • @chrisparkin1786
    @chrisparkin1786 6 місяців тому +1

    The IRA also wanted to pay her 1 Million to not release this song.

  • @jacwarner2324
    @jacwarner2324 6 місяців тому +1

    A bomb went off killing kids that were out buying a mothers day gift, this is what she is singing about, the war in northern ireland went on for years

  • @trician9964
    @trician9964 6 місяців тому +1

    Have heard the bad wolves heavy metal cover as a tribute to Delores

  • @AthenaC-v3n
    @AthenaC-v3n 21 годину тому

    This is the original.

  • @Foxsuper1
    @Foxsuper1 6 місяців тому +1

    'Ode to My Family ' next

  • @barbaralindsey9587
    @barbaralindsey9587 6 місяців тому +2

    Free your minds

  • @catfrab
    @catfrab 6 місяців тому +3

    Naive ignorance and disrespect.

  • @philflynn9161
    @philflynn9161 6 місяців тому +1

    Great reaction lads❤

  • @janinecarson8380
    @janinecarson8380 6 місяців тому +2

    Please, there's big wide world out there. Learn some history.

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 6 місяців тому

    It represents the religious part of the conflict between the Catholics and Protestants.

    • @jameswiglesworth5004
      @jameswiglesworth5004 4 місяці тому

      No it does not, that is a simplistic view that is complete nonsense

  • @Carlynnmccarthy
    @Carlynnmccarthy 5 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

  • @asietorres4142
    @asietorres4142 6 місяців тому +2

    I truly feel that both of you have a lot of maturing to accomplish in order to have serious indepth reactions about this type of music. For that reason I won't be joining your platform good luck though!

  • @hansmolders1066
    @hansmolders1066 6 місяців тому +4

    The eff, learn some history!

  • @harveyhc7438
    @harveyhc7438 6 місяців тому +4

    Wow you missed off the bat.

  • @stevendonovan4296
    @stevendonovan4296 6 місяців тому +1

    These might be the black Bevus n butthead

  • @barrypos55
    @barrypos55 6 місяців тому +1

    Don't just follow the rest of the ' Reaction channel dudes' look for some original songs. This has been reviewed dozens of times. But hey good luck with the channel.

  • @mollyfitch8036
    @mollyfitch8036 6 місяців тому +6

    A truly horrible reaction. I mean even if you're not sure of the background or lyrics you should be able to tell from the tone of the video that this is a serious and very sad song.

  • @tbrown3243
    @tbrown3243 6 місяців тому

    Bad wolves version next asap

  • @bar5radass
    @bar5radass 6 місяців тому +3

    Dudes, listen and absorb before you start popping off and sounding foolish. You can clearly tell this is a serious song. Try taking in the lyrics, using context clues and make an intelligent observation…jc

  • @LindaHopkinson
    @LindaHopkinson 6 місяців тому +1

    RIP Angel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪😇😇😇

  • @curtisain1931
    @curtisain1931 6 місяців тому +2

    You 2 must have skipped or not attended World History class in high school. I'm a retired teacher and I've seen my share of droolers just like you. Oh! by the way, I taught in Compton and LOVED it. Oops, did I say a was white, imagine that.

  • @mama-llama4527
    @mama-llama4527 6 місяців тому

  • @freewill8218
    @freewill8218 2 місяці тому

    Jfc. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Stacy55ish
    @Stacy55ish 6 місяців тому

    Zombies lack a conscious.

  • @jackiehopkins6575
    @jackiehopkins6575 6 місяців тому +1

    Would it not help looking up about the song and artist before making comments about it😊

  • @Sonotfrench
    @Sonotfrench 2 місяці тому +1

    Omg you guys. It takes 2 seconds to look up the back story on your phone. DO IT and stop being so ignorant.

  • @mikkohapponen5728
    @mikkohapponen5728 6 місяців тому

    Brits invaded ireland

  • @elizabethfranco1284
    @elizabethfranco1284 6 місяців тому +1

    Has nothing to do with zombies.

  • @NondescriptMammal
    @NondescriptMammal 6 місяців тому

    turn off the reverb guys!

  • @tamiramos5873
    @tamiramos5873 6 місяців тому

    Too much background noise and the video is not very loud.
    The word zombie is used as an analogy.

  • @OCEROKK
    @OCEROKK 6 місяців тому +1

    zooombie

  • @evapho2745
    @evapho2745 6 місяців тому

    Zombie because you don’t think for yourself. You let others propaganda run you like a programmed zombie.

  • @jdktoo
    @jdktoo 6 місяців тому

    northern ireland.. what is so hard to understand?

  • @flatdog1951
    @flatdog1951 3 місяці тому +1

    A really poor reaction. It shows how bad the education system in the USA is. Ignorance rules.

  • @brooksboyd1959
    @brooksboyd1959 6 місяців тому +9

    You guys need a new profession. First and last watch of your videos.

  • @mleb6095
    @mleb6095 6 місяців тому +6

    You guys react with your eyes,,, not your ears,, that's why you don't get it.

  • @MaRoach7
    @MaRoach7 6 місяців тому +2

    BTW ya'll are great

  • @sabinasabina2010
    @sabinasabina2010 6 місяців тому +1

    You missed the important part because you stopped. I notice the younger generation pay more attention to videos and beats rather than lyrics but it is cool- the lyrics you missed "But you see it is not me, it's not my family"

  • @zimbo65a
    @zimbo65a 6 місяців тому +4

    Really? For a three minutes song I've gotta listen to nine minutes dumb talking of an ADHS guy with the attention span of a firefly and his poor buddy? No, thank you.

  • @patrickquinlan3056
    @patrickquinlan3056 6 місяців тому +5

    I give up! A classic song mutilated by you two. So disrespectful. Right from the beginning you missed the point and then it got worse and continued to get worse. Bye.

    • @sabinasabina2010
      @sabinasabina2010 6 місяців тому +7

      Not disrespectful, why would these 2 young men from a different place in time know what the song is about? I really do not understand why people get so angry at young people on youtibe for not knowing everything before they were born. Just chill and educate them. Like did you know at their age every song on the planet related to a specific conflict.

  • @mostlyharmless1
    @mostlyharmless1 6 місяців тому +1

    There are definitely no zombies in this video lol!