Let's remember their names: Three-year-old Johnathan Ball was killed when two bombs hidden in litter bins detonated on a busy shopping street in March 1993. Tim Parry, aged 12, died five days later. There were many other victims, but this is the incident that inspired the song.
I rarely look up "professional" interpretations of songs, since I enjoy the subjectivity to a degree. I always wondered whether the keening is meant to be the type at a funeral, or actually just musical banshee wails. The difference would be subtle, but huge. Mourning wails at a funeral, or prophetic wails of mourning to come. Based on why they wrote this, it's primarily mourning, but in this time period we all expected more. I was less impacted down south, but we all still knew.
wow, thanks for sharing, didnt know this after all these years of loving this song. i like cliff only realized a few years ago the meaning behind this masterpiece
Damn, I never knew the full story behind this song. As a Palestinian, it hits home to see the same kind of of genocide and atrocities committed against my people
Wow 😮 I had no idea. Thanks for sharing this. This has been one of my top 5 favorite songs since I was a teen. I googled keening after reading your comment and I totally hear it. 🤯
As a German I think I can refer to that feeling and what it means to acknowledge and embrace your country's dark spots of history. I'd like emphazise that I chose the word 'think' cautiously because I'll never know what it means how an Irish feels as much as you'll never know who it feels to be German, but it's about the common knowledge of a pain we share not being free.
Thanks, Mama Beats, for recommending. I'm 76 and it's obvious your son is intelligent and thoughtful. Good job to you and his Dad for raising him "right."
Bad Wolf's cover is really good. Delores was supposed to record it with them, but died a few days before. They recorded it and gave the money they made off of it to her family.
I didn't care for how they changed one of the bombs to drones. I understand wanting to update it, but I always felt the word bombs was used repetitively because the bombs were used repetitively.
For those who may be unaware: On Easter Monday 1916, Irish nationalists launched an armed revolt against British rule in Ireland. Although quickly suppressed by the British Army, the rising was a seminal moment in modern Irish history. The song itself is anti-war,/anti-terrorism and references the killing of two children during the IRA bombings in 1993 in Warrington, Chesire, England.
@@barbaravance6774the trigger point for creating this song was the IRA bombing in Warrington. Of course Dolores references both sides, but only one side tried to buy her off so she wouldn't release it and it wasn't the side with the tanks.
Dear Cliff, thank you in advance for reacting to this eternal masterpiece. Please, please check the Story behind and don't be shocked... A good Cover of the Song has been done by a Band called Bad Wolfes. It is more or less the completion of the song, the story and the loss of Dolores. 😢😢😢
The Bad Wolves cover is great. Dolores was supposed to sing on it, she passed away on the day it was supposed to be recorded. The video is incredible and pays homage to her look in the original vid. Def worth watching.
@@bradymcelveney Such bad timing... Also, I love the slightly updated lyrics, 'it's the same old thing in 2018' and 'With their tanks and their bombs and their guns and their drones' those lines adds more to this song as the same shit is happening now...
A classic song. Dolores was so enraged by the killing of two young boys in the Warrington bombing of 1993 that she wrote this protest song against the Irish Republican movement, accusing them of being zombies, stuck in the old days of 1916. It was a very brave song to write and an incredibly powerful one. RIP Dolores
it was a terrifying time. It's hard to imagine having the power to write such an incredible song. They must have feared reprisals, surely. It was (is) a war where every little hurt goes punished.
It was a protest song about the violence on BOTH sides. She was saying BOTH sides were acting like zombies. The IRA didn't have tanks. The IRA was a result of 700 years of English conquest and suppresssion of everything Irish including culture, language, religion, music, politics and land ownership. As a direct result of the English agricultural policy in Ireland 3 million Irish died in the potatoe famine alone.
Cliff, kudos to your mother for making this request. While I'm an American like you, I grew up while "The Troubles" (as they were called back then) were going on. The video for the song is absolutely perfect, and in many ways reminds me of my own childhood back in the 1970s. Us kids ran around the neighborhood, playing with weapons we didn't understand the true purpose of. But of course, we didn't have to worry about being stopped by armed forces in certain areas, having our cars searched, or worrying about a bomb going off as we were headed to school.... but we all heard about this stuff going on over there, because it made the news quite frequently. Plus, the news media needed something violent to focus on once Vietnam was over with. Give "Momma Beats" a hug from us all, will you?
My husband lived through 30 years of the troubles. When they left the house they never knew if they would make it home or not. I can't imagine how hard it was for parents sending their children to school not knowing if they would return at the end of the day.
@@shonamcnally5855 I felt the same way (not knowing if I was going to make it or not) after 'participating' in the Cuban Missile Crisis as an 11 year old. It may be a universal feeling of youngsters world wide that find themselves in conflicts.
The Keening in Dolores‘s voice is an Irish sound of sorrow. This song is based upon the troubles of Ireland and the bombings that killed two little boys. The IRA fighting for sovereignty of Ireland from England. It’s a lot deeper than that for those of us of Irish descent and who lived through the troubles the first time I heard this song I couldn’t stop crying. Because this happens all over the world and is relevant today sadly as it ever has been. May peace be upon the Earth and war never seen again.
Do you actually live in Ireland? You sound like those who live elsewhere and think they know. Did you live with the violence and death on your doorstep? If not shut up. You probably sent money to fund the violence . If you were not actuallythere but think you know what happened you don’t. This song was inspired by the death of 2 boys from Irish violence in England ! No one was ever in the right in the so called ‘ troubles ‘ If you did not actually live in Ireland or England where the violence and death spilled over you know nothing
I’m English born in 84 and this song brings me to tears, so oblivious to what was going on in Ireland while only hearing we can’t have bins in London because they fear the IRA would put bombs in there. Thanks to Derry Girls for a little lighthearted insight too, I hope one day in England we will be taught some history as it’s shameful how oblivious us English are over this period of time (my generation and younger at least) I’m sorry that you grew up surrounded by such violence I hope to educate myself more.
The IRA were not fighting for Irish sovereignty - they were fighting for themselves. One of the impediments to peace are guys who had to (in their minds) choose between being the "Local Provisional IRA commander" and never pay for a drink, or go back to be an unemployed car mechanic, or whatever. . . . . the money they made from bank raids, drugs running and protection rackets was addictive.
I always taught my boys "we have it good here. We don't have to worry about bombs going off out of nowhere like in Ireland." My daughter is of Irish descent and I think she has survivor guilt.
Great song, Great reaction. Shout out to Mom Beats and all the moms out there that raised their kids with LOVE and not raising them while holding a deep seeded grudge that the kids exist to begin with.
As a kid i also never knew what she was singing. I actually thought the song is literally about zombies and by Rihanna. Hit me like a brick wall once my English got better and i realized what i was dancing and singing along to as a kid. Now its one of the most sad and powerful songs i know. She is usually a rock singer so everyone apparently was shocked when she dropped this wailing anti -war anthem. RIP Dolores.
Your Momma has good taste. This track has so much importance to me. I'm a Brit and I grew up during the Troubles. It's hard to explain the weight that hangs on you knowing that your city could get bombed at any time. It was bombed when I was in secondary school and my mum worked a few blocks away from where the vehicle exploded. If the council hadn't taken the bomb warning seriously and evacuated everyone she would have been terrifyingly close. This song made me realise that everyone was suffering, a profound thing to realise when you're a kid. The bravery to make this song, which was basically a very public FU to people who literaly bombed places and had fire fights with the military... it just cannot be understated how much of an impact it had. There were protests in Northern Ireland after this song, with people holding banners saying "not in my name." This song helped bring the Peace Agreement to fruition because it broke through the terrified silence on both sides and brought people to the table. Rest in Peace Delores.
We must be similar age. I grew up terrified of shopping in the city centre (Leeds, for me) because Manchester and Birmingham were already bombed. It brought war home to us, although we were not officially at war with anyone. This song was brave. There were other songs too. But this was so mainstream, and people round the world learned the horrors the Irish on all sides were suffering, and we Brits were collateral because of decisions our governments made.
It is about loosing the next generation, not just to violence but in the sustaining of the cultural divide. A tribal conflict lasting centuries and perpetuated by religion. A masterwork of a song.
One thing I’m glad about is my children will never know what it’s like growing up in the Ireland I had and many others had to grow up in, unfortunately this video shows what it was like growing up in Belfast during the troubles
What got me when I learned it is how Dolores was so passionately enraged and grief-stricken and made this song happen on the fly and said to the drummer right at go time 'play as loud and as hard as you f*cking can' and he just RELEASED on those drums and it is so powerful it makes me cry every time.
Ya know Cliff, I like you. One of my favorite reactors by far. You seem like a solid dude. That fact that you did this for your mother reinforces that.
It's funny that you talk about having kids and thinking differently about murder. When my kids were real small babies, I watched The Departed. The scene at the beginning where the husband and wife are bound on a beach and executed made my breath catch in my throat. I think it was when the wife was shot. The husband just sat there on his knees looking defeated. The wife was screaming her head off. Probably because she wasn't that involved and just wanted to see whatever kids they had again. I empathized with that. Scenes like that never bothered me before my kids were born. That one reasonated. Seeing that 15 year old girl get the back of her head smashed off the pavement in MO had me feeling sick at work for a few hours. Having kids gives a whole new appreciation for life. I never knew I could have that much love in my heart until they got here. I love my wife. She's amazing, but she never evoked that kind of emotion in me. I'd kill for her and I'd die for her, but damn...
Every single time I get affected by this song. I can’t put it in a playlist or have it on shuffle it simply needs to be heard, listened to, felt and appreciated. Tears & goosebumps are optional although sometimes involuntarily.
Lots of us came from humble roots. Don't be embarrassed. This was one of my favourite songs as a teenager. I live in Australia, but my family is from Ireland. RIP, Delores.
This song used to get blasted in my first car. It was great during its time. 🎵 Your mom loves you and was already worried about your future way back when you were just a little boy. A mothers love never ends. ❤
Bad Wolves were supposed to collaborate with Dolores on this song and I believe it was the day before studio time when she passed. They did do a remake of it though and incorporated her part....it's pretty amazing. Check it out if you can. P.S. I have the cranberries on "cassette" still. May she RIP!
As a little kid when this song came out I always questioned why she said bombs twice, then I get a little older and learned the story behind the song and it all made too much sense..
This song was written in memorioum of 3 year old Johnathan Ball and 12 year old Tim Parry, brutally murdered on the streets of a Northern English town. No matter what you think of troubles in Northern ireland (and consistantly there has been wide support of staying part of the UK) thos two kids and 50 other people who had their lives ruined had nothing to do with it. I was in manchester in 1996 when they blew up a massive truck bomb, 200 injured in that attack.
Everything from the classic vocals, the drums belting out that driving rhythm, the bass and the guitar work creating that haunting melody. Everything about this song is classic.
One thing to point out this is not just the sadness of the children but the SOLDIERS were children and they live with the scars as well... For what!?!... for who!?! you can see this in the way the children are playing at war.
Cliff! You gotta check out Bad Wolves cover of this song. They were actually going to record the song with the original artist, but she passed shortly before they were scheduled to record it.
Dolores and sinead were the voice of my generation of irish woman. Unique, raw and missed. Zombie is sung st itish internatioal rugby matches by the fans
I love this song... but it seriously makes me cry every time I see it... I can't watch it without crying. Such a powerful song. As someone who grew up in the 70's and 80's... I remember a LOT of the news coming out of the area then... during this time and it was frightening... was hard to understand as well... hard to watch. You can watch U2 sing Sunday Bloody Sunday... and learn a bit more about it. Also a good song.
Great, heartfelt reaction- thanks! I remember when the violence (that we referred to as "The Troubles") in Northern Ireland had escalated bad in the 1980's and how worried we were for our family living there (one of my young cousins was killed during this time period). This song was written as a protest song following an incident of two children being killed on Mother's Day while they were walking to the store to get a Mother's Day card for their mom. Glad you had the lyrics up and were focused on understanding the meaning of the song as I had trouble when the song first came out (no google or anything like that then). As others have stated in the comments, her use of the "keening" vocal technique common in Irish folk songs and used at funerals really tears your heart out here. The Bad Wolves had a planned remake of this scheduled at a studio with Delores but she passed away the day before it was done. The Bad Wolves did go on and record it later and it is stunning- check out the Bad Wolves cover of this song.
Delores was offered a million pounds by the IRA not to release this song and turned it down . It touched people all over the uk and even influenced the political scene . The scene of the kids depicted christ dying for our sins is such a powerful message and relevant in everytime
As others have said, one of the fundamentally fabulous things about this song is that it IS so Irish. So often you hear singers sound a bit more Americanized on their records, so for Dolores to not only make sure her accent is coming through, but to do the keening style, makes perfect sense for a song about the Troubles.
One of the most difficult songs to react to in a meaningful way, but you got it. The song is one of those extremely rare masterpieces that not just captured the time (after the Warrington Bombings) but also the emotions, the frustrations, the utter heartache seeing what our Troubles led to.. on both sides. 1.5 billion views.. wow.. there are not many videos or songs that were released before UA-cam existed, that have anything near that.
wheni was oyunger i thought the 'troubles' would never stop, its a miracle thats we've got to where we are now, n o more bobms left outside supermarkets, no more dead children,
Fckn great reaction, and your mother is a hero for loving this song! I grew up with it as a teen, but only since i got older it always chokes me up. Her rage is real! Thank you for speaking about the ongoing wars too! Us military aid is so crucial for Ukraine! Thanks from Europe
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Let's remember their names: Three-year-old Johnathan Ball was killed when two bombs hidden in litter bins detonated on a busy shopping street in March 1993. Tim Parry, aged 12, died five days later. There were many other victims, but this is the incident that inspired the song.
thank you
It's horrible and so sad killing musicians on the road by the so called police ruc and bombing Dublin too that's kept quit
This is still happening in Ukraine every day. Every day. By russkies.
The way she used the keening, that mournful wailing used at funerals really brought the sadness of this tragic event to light.
Straight banshee. But like, in a good way.
I was wondering what that was used for 😊 ty 🤯
I have learned over the years of watching reactions to this song, that there is a special kind of wail that is use with funerals
I rarely look up "professional" interpretations of songs, since I enjoy the subjectivity to a degree.
I always wondered whether the keening is meant to be the type at a funeral, or actually just musical banshee wails.
The difference would be subtle, but huge. Mourning wails at a funeral, or prophetic wails of mourning to come.
Based on why they wrote this, it's primarily mourning, but in this time period we all expected more. I was less impacted down south, but we all still knew.
@@julieb3996it's called keening, a traditional Irish vocal lament❤
This way of singing is called keening, it's a lament for funerals in Ireland.
wow, thanks for sharing, didnt know this after all these years of loving this song. i like cliff only realized a few years ago the meaning behind this masterpiece
Damn, I never knew the full story behind this song. As a Palestinian, it hits home to see the same kind of of genocide and atrocities committed against my people
Wow 😮 I had no idea. Thanks for sharing this. This has been one of my top 5 favorite songs since I was a teen. I googled keening after reading your comment and I totally hear it. 🤯
@@ShadzVibez it is tragic that this song continues to be relevant
@@ShadzVibez there was a lot of pro-palestine street art made in Ireland.
One of my favorite songs of all time. Her voice is fucking haunting.
Yes!
as an irishman... its the '1916' that breaks me
As a German I think I can refer to that feeling and what it means to acknowledge and embrace your country's dark spots of history. I'd like emphazise that I chose the word 'think' cautiously because I'll never know what it means how an Irish feels as much as you'll never know who it feels to be German, but it's about the common knowledge of a pain we share not being free.
@spring_in_paris yes. I also listen to Rammstein
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Thanks, Mama Beats, for recommending. I'm 76 and it's obvious your son is intelligent and thoughtful. Good job to you and his Dad for raising him "right."
it is what is in your heart that makes you rich.❤
Totally agree. 100%
Bad Wolf's cover is really good. Delores was supposed to record it with them, but died a few days before. They recorded it and gave the money they made off of it to her family.
agreed
She was going to go out on a tour with bad wolves also
Apparently she actually died the morning of the day she was due to record her vocals for it
I didn't care for how they changed one of the bombs to drones. I understand wanting to update it, but I always felt the word bombs was used repetitively because the bombs were used repetitively.
They BUTCHERED IT. I like what they were going for. But they BUTCHERED it.
For those who may be unaware: On Easter Monday 1916, Irish nationalists launched an armed revolt against British rule in Ireland. Although quickly suppressed by the British Army, the rising was a seminal moment in modern Irish history.
The song itself is anti-war,/anti-terrorism and references the killing of two children during the IRA bombings in 1993 in Warrington, Chesire, England.
I love how thus is always pointed out. Yes those deaths affected her. But, the IRA weren't the ones with tanks.
I think the conflict goes back much farther than that. Theyre are lots of history books.
@@barbaravance6774the trigger point for creating this song was the IRA bombing in Warrington. Of course Dolores references both sides, but only one side tried to buy her off so she wouldn't release it and it wasn't the side with the tanks.
The other way around-Ireland was invaded by the British & see The Wearing of The Green!
@@barbaravance6774correct - Ending the Irish for wearing Green and Shamrocks forbidden - see Bloody Sunday and the Foggy Dew!
Up until today I thought she was saying sorry. At 36 I never knew
No would could ever sing this song better. RIP to Delores 🖤.
Bad Wolves did a danged good job of trying.
Dear Cliff, thank you in advance for reacting to this eternal masterpiece. Please, please check the Story behind and don't be shocked... A good Cover of the Song has been done by a Band called Bad Wolfes. It is more or less the completion of the song, the story and the loss of Dolores. 😢😢😢
I was just about to say this. As an Irish man I'd love for people to see the history of it.
The Bad Wolves cover is great. Dolores was supposed to sing on it, she passed away on the day it was supposed to be recorded. The video is incredible and pays homage to her look in the original vid. Def worth watching.
♡ Tommy Vext 🎤 was amazing remaking this song ☆☆☆
@@bradymcelveney Such bad timing... Also, I love the slightly updated lyrics, 'it's the same old thing in 2018' and 'With their tanks and their bombs and their guns and their drones' those lines adds more to this song as the same shit is happening now...
I love their version of this song!!
A classic song. Dolores was so enraged by the killing of two young boys in the Warrington bombing of 1993 that she wrote this protest song against the Irish Republican movement, accusing them of being zombies, stuck in the old days of 1916. It was a very brave song to write and an incredibly powerful one. RIP Dolores
it was a terrifying time. It's hard to imagine having the power to write such an incredible song. They must have feared reprisals, surely. It was (is) a war where every little hurt goes punished.
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It was a protest song about the violence on BOTH sides. She was saying BOTH sides were acting like zombies. The IRA didn't have tanks. The IRA was a result of 700 years of English conquest and suppresssion of everything Irish including culture, language, religion, music, politics and land ownership. As a direct result of the English agricultural policy in Ireland 3 million Irish died in the potatoe famine alone.
Not just a protest song, possibly the best anti-war protest song ever written.
Have you ever heard the Pentatonix version? It pretty amazing!
Cliff, kudos to your mother for making this request. While I'm an American like you, I grew up while "The Troubles" (as they were called back then) were going on. The video for the song is absolutely perfect, and in many ways reminds me of my own childhood back in the 1970s. Us kids ran around the neighborhood, playing with weapons we didn't understand the true purpose of. But of course, we didn't have to worry about being stopped by armed forces in certain areas, having our cars searched, or worrying about a bomb going off as we were headed to school.... but we all heard about this stuff going on over there, because it made the news quite frequently. Plus, the news media needed something violent to focus on once Vietnam was over with.
Give "Momma Beats" a hug from us all, will you?
My husband lived through 30 years of the troubles. When they left the house they never knew if they would make it home or not. I can't imagine how hard it was for parents sending their children to school not knowing if they would return at the end of the day.
I had a pen pal in northern ireland he used to write about what was going on. Sometimes I still think about him and hope he is okay.
@@shonamcnally5855 I felt the same way (not knowing if I was going to make it or not) after 'participating' in the Cuban Missile Crisis as an 11 year old. It may be a universal feeling of youngsters world wide that find themselves in conflicts.
She will be missed always 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
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That’s the Ivory Coast flag. 😂
@@myrongainz6313 you’re confused. THAT👆Is the flag of Ireland. THIS is the flag of the Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 Notice the subtle differences. You’re welcome…
The Keening in Dolores‘s voice is an Irish sound of sorrow. This song is based upon the troubles of Ireland and the bombings that killed two little boys. The IRA fighting for sovereignty of Ireland from England. It’s a lot deeper than that for those of us of Irish descent and who lived through the troubles the first time I heard this song I couldn’t stop crying. Because this happens all over the world and is relevant today sadly as it ever has been. May peace be upon the Earth and war never seen again.
Do you actually live in Ireland? You sound like those who live elsewhere and think they know. Did you live with the violence and death on your doorstep?
If not shut up. You probably sent money to fund the violence .
If you were not actuallythere but think you know what happened you don’t.
This song was inspired by the death of 2 boys from Irish violence in England !
No one was ever in the right in the so called ‘ troubles ‘
If you did not actually live in Ireland or England where the violence and death spilled over you know nothing
I’m English born in 84 and this song brings me to tears, so oblivious to what was going on in Ireland while only hearing we can’t have bins in London because they fear the IRA would put bombs in there. Thanks to Derry Girls for a little lighthearted insight too, I hope one day in England we will be taught some history as it’s shameful how oblivious us English are over this period of time (my generation and younger at least) I’m sorry that you grew up surrounded by such violence I hope to educate myself more.
The IRA were not fighting for Irish sovereignty - they were fighting for themselves. One of the impediments to peace are guys who had to (in their minds) choose between being the "Local Provisional IRA commander" and never pay for a drink, or go back to be an unemployed car mechanic, or whatever. . . . . the money they made from bank raids, drugs running and protection rackets was addictive.
I always taught my boys "we have it good here. We don't have to worry about bombs going off out of nowhere like in Ireland." My daughter is of Irish descent and I think she has survivor guilt.
@@carlamarlene2927 I don’t know where you lived but it also wasn’t on the British mainland
Great song, Great reaction. Shout out to Mom Beats and all the moms out there that raised their kids with LOVE and not raising them while holding a deep seeded grudge that the kids exist to begin with.
As a kid i also never knew what she was singing. I actually thought the song is literally about zombies and by Rihanna. Hit me like a brick wall once my English got better and i realized what i was dancing and singing along to as a kid. Now its one of the most sad and powerful songs i know. She is usually a rock singer so everyone apparently was shocked when she dropped this wailing anti -war anthem. RIP Dolores.
❤ Mama
I'm scottish and love the song 10/10
Good review Cliff. Keep it up Brother !💠
Your mom has great taste in music. The Cranberries were amazing and this song is so powerful. I believe it helped end the war in Northern Ireland.
Verse 1 applies to boy 1 who was killed instantly.
Verse 2 applies to boy 2 and his mother making the decision to pull the plug 😢
Cliff, I've probably heard this song 1000 times by now, and it still gives me the chills.
Your Momma has good taste.
This track has so much importance to me. I'm a Brit and I grew up during the Troubles. It's hard to explain the weight that hangs on you knowing that your city could get bombed at any time. It was bombed when I was in secondary school and my mum worked a few blocks away from where the vehicle exploded. If the council hadn't taken the bomb warning seriously and evacuated everyone she would have been terrifyingly close.
This song made me realise that everyone was suffering, a profound thing to realise when you're a kid. The bravery to make this song, which was basically a very public FU to people who literaly bombed places and had fire fights with the military... it just cannot be understated how much of an impact it had. There were protests in Northern Ireland after this song, with people holding banners saying "not in my name." This song helped bring the Peace Agreement to fruition because it broke through the terrified silence on both sides and brought people to the table.
Rest in Peace Delores.
We must be similar age. I grew up terrified of shopping in the city centre (Leeds, for me) because Manchester and Birmingham were already bombed. It brought war home to us, although we were not officially at war with anyone. This song was brave. There were other songs too. But this was so mainstream, and people round the world learned the horrors the Irish on all sides were suffering, and we Brits were collateral because of decisions our governments made.
It is about loosing the next generation, not just to violence but in the sustaining of the cultural divide. A tribal conflict lasting centuries and perpetuated by religion. A masterwork of a song.
Your mom knows what it’s good 👍🏻
Like Soul Asylum - runaway train, I loved the song when it came out, didn't realize it was about missing/runaway children until much later..
I used to play this one on the jukebox at the college pub back in the 90s.
One thing I’m glad about is my children will never know what it’s like growing up in the Ireland I had and many others had to grow up in, unfortunately this video shows what it was like growing up in Belfast during the troubles
Released in 1994 one of the best songs of the 90`s
What got me when I learned it is how Dolores was so passionately enraged and grief-stricken and made this song happen on the fly and said to the drummer right at go time 'play as loud and as hard as you f*cking can' and he just RELEASED on those drums and it is so powerful it makes me cry every time.
Thank you for this. Your comment made me cry
Ya know Cliff, I like you. One of my favorite reactors by far. You seem like a solid dude. That fact that you did this for your mother reinforces that.
It's funny that you talk about having kids and thinking differently about murder. When my kids were real small babies, I watched The Departed. The scene at the beginning where the husband and wife are bound on a beach and executed made my breath catch in my throat. I think it was when the wife was shot. The husband just sat there on his knees looking defeated. The wife was screaming her head off. Probably because she wasn't that involved and just wanted to see whatever kids they had again. I empathized with that. Scenes like that never bothered me before my kids were born. That one reasonated. Seeing that 15 year old girl get the back of her head smashed off the pavement in MO had me feeling sick at work for a few hours. Having kids gives a whole new appreciation for life. I never knew I could have that much love in my heart until they got here. I love my wife. She's amazing, but she never evoked that kind of emotion in me. I'd kill for her and I'd die for her, but damn...
Every single time I get affected by this song. I can’t put it in a playlist or have it on shuffle it simply needs to be heard, listened to, felt and appreciated. Tears & goosebumps are optional although sometimes involuntarily.
Am from Northern Ireland BELFAST This song hits home hard ❤god bless all families and people hurt and still being hurt through Political issues.
Eire forever 🇨🇮🇨🇮
Rip to a legend ❤
Epic song .
Mama Beats, you raised a good man 👏👍
Tagically beautiful. Now we need Badwolf Zombie cover. She picked them to cover her song.
Lots of us came from humble roots. Don't be embarrassed. This was one of my favourite songs as a teenager. I live in Australia, but my family is from Ireland. RIP, Delores.
RIP, Dolores, I mists your beautiful voice and your spirit. Hauntingly beautiful. Great reaction, Cliff your Mom has wonderful taste.
This was playing every few hours on MTV when I was in college. I was enamored. I was changed by this.
This song used to get blasted in my first car. It was great during its time. 🎵
Your mom loves you and was already worried about your future way back when you were just a little boy. A mothers love never ends. ❤
Still so relevant. It never ends and is always going on somewhere in our world. Heart wrenching 💔
Bad Wolves were supposed to collaborate with Dolores on this song and I believe it was the day before studio time when she passed. They did do a remake of it though and incorporated her part....it's pretty amazing. Check it out if you can. P.S. I have the cranberries on "cassette" still. May she RIP!
Love Bad Wolves cover
That is an amazing cover
Thank you MamaBeats for this!
As a little kid when this song came out I always questioned why she said bombs twice, then I get a little older and learned the story behind the song and it all made too much sense..
cant hear this song without getting the chills..
Great request momma Beats! You raised a phenomenal son! Much love ❤️
This anthem...
Dolores you will forever live in our hearts! ❤️
This song was written in memorioum of 3 year old Johnathan Ball and 12 year old Tim Parry, brutally murdered on the streets of a Northern English town.
No matter what you think of troubles in Northern ireland (and consistantly there has been wide support of staying part of the UK) thos two kids and 50 other people who had their lives ruined had nothing to do with it.
I was in manchester in 1996 when they blew up a massive truck bomb, 200 injured in that attack.
Great suggestion Momma Beats
Great job, Mama Beats 🎧!!!❤
Such a masterpiece love the Song
My heart goes out to you... from Tasmania 🧡🙏
Mama Beats knows go 90s music.
The whole arrangement of this song is genius. The dissonant guitar reflects the chaos at the time.
Everything from the classic vocals, the drums belting out that driving rhythm, the bass and the guitar work creating that haunting melody. Everything about this song is classic.
This is one of those songs that will never be forgotten and will always be playing somewhere. It's as beautiful as it's sad.
Hello from Danmark. Shouts out to you mom for having a greate taste in music. I guess I am her age and I get it:)
One thing to point out this is not just the sadness of the children but the SOLDIERS were children and they live with the scars as well... For what!?!... for who!?! you can see this in the way the children are playing at war.
Great song for the world today
Your mom has excellent taste in music!!!💜🤘💜🤘🎵🎼🎶🥁🎸🎤🎧🎹🔥🔥🔥
Big hugs to you and your Mum. ❤🤘✌️
I love this song. Dolores had such a beautiful yet haunting voice. Such a sad loss for the music world. 😢
Thank you for your memory filled reaction. ❤
What's crazy is that most of this imagery is real. The soldiers on patrol and so on because the video was shot before the cease fire
Cliff! You gotta check out Bad Wolves cover of this song. They were actually going to record the song with the original artist, but she passed shortly before they were scheduled to record it.
Your Mama is a genius for asking you to do this right now. I love to hear about your personal life and memories too
Dolores and sinead were the voice of my generation of irish woman. Unique, raw and missed. Zombie is sung st itish internatioal rugby matches by the fans
MamaBeats has a great taste in music. This is a powerful song indeed!
I love this song... but it seriously makes me cry every time I see it... I can't watch it without crying. Such a powerful song. As someone who grew up in the 70's and 80's... I remember a LOT of the news coming out of the area then... during this time and it was frightening... was hard to understand as well... hard to watch. You can watch U2 sing Sunday Bloody Sunday... and learn a bit more about it. Also a good song.
Such a powerful song, their best one
I've always loved this song, and the hauntingly beautiful voice of Delores O'Riordan...gone too soon... Rest In Power, Rise In Glory 💔
It needs more bravery to end a war than to begin it sometimes
The Cranberries I have loved, from their beginning
Love this song
Great, heartfelt reaction- thanks! I remember when the violence (that we referred to as "The Troubles") in Northern Ireland had escalated bad in the 1980's and how worried we were for our family living there (one of my young cousins was killed during this time period). This song was written as a protest song following an incident of two children being killed on Mother's Day while they were walking to the store to get a Mother's Day card for their mom. Glad you had the lyrics up and were focused on understanding the meaning of the song as I had trouble when the song first came out (no google or anything like that then). As others have stated in the comments, her use of the "keening" vocal technique common in Irish folk songs and used at funerals really tears your heart out here. The Bad Wolves had a planned remake of this scheduled at a studio with Delores but she passed away the day before it was done. The Bad Wolves did go on and record it later and it is stunning- check out the Bad Wolves cover of this song.
I love this song... Thanks for reacting to this song... I love all their songs
One of the greatest songs ever, probably besides fast car
Yes they both stand the time, maybe because saddly their are both still accurate. 😞
Great song great voice RIP
Delores was offered a million pounds by the IRA not to release this song and turned it down . It touched people all over the uk and even influenced the political scene . The scene of the kids depicted christ dying for our sins is such a powerful message and relevant in everytime
It sounds like originally you thought it was talking about actual zombies. 😅
Incredible song. I'm glad that you were able to revisit it. ♥️
My 34ish year old son got his love of music from me. A part of my legacy that I cherish. He also knows ALL the freaking music I used to rock! ❤
Now that's a good son😊😊😊😊😊
always love this song
Im old and now appreciate it. Didnt listen to it or like it back then. Its a good song.
As others have said, one of the fundamentally fabulous things about this song is that it IS so Irish. So often you hear singers sound a bit more Americanized on their records, so for Dolores to not only make sure her accent is coming through, but to do the keening style, makes perfect sense for a song about the Troubles.
Thank you to Momma Beats for requesting this! I was a senior in high school when this came out in 1994 and it was everywhere! Still rocks🤘
Such an iconic song
one of my favorite songs of all time
One of the most difficult songs to react to in a meaningful way, but you got it.
The song is one of those extremely rare masterpieces that not just captured the time (after the Warrington Bombings) but also the emotions, the frustrations, the utter heartache seeing what our Troubles led to.. on both sides.
1.5 billion views.. wow.. there are not many videos or songs that were released before UA-cam existed, that have anything near that.
I still cry and get goosebumps every time I hear this song, since the very time I heard it, the year it was released.
😊 one of my favorite songs
wheni was oyunger i thought the 'troubles' would never stop, its a miracle thats we've got to where we are now, n o more bobms left outside supermarkets, no more dead children,
What a classy reaction. Respect!
Thank you Cliff’s mom for this song request
Fckn great reaction, and your mother is a hero for loving this song! I grew up with it as a teen, but only since i got older it always chokes me up. Her rage is real!
Thank you for speaking about the ongoing wars too! Us military aid is so crucial for Ukraine! Thanks from Europe
Please don't forget the ladies wo rock! Pat Benatar. Joan Jett. Eurythmics/Annie Lennox. And of course, more Stevie Nicks!
One of the best 90s band. Love them!
Yes! Mama Beats, has EXCELLENT taste in music. Send her our love ❤