First Time Hearing The Cranberries "Ode to my Family"! Vocal ANALYSIS of more Dolores O'Riordan!
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- I was familiar with The Cranberries before we dove straight into "Zombie" last month, but I learned so much more than I was ready for in that experience. Due to all of your suggestions, I'm going to analyze a The Cranberries song I've never heard before, and it's just the right time of year to do it!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to The Cranberries performing "Ode to my Family" for the first time.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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Dolores O'Riordan wrote this song on their first US tour. She was missing home very badly. While she was extroverted after a while, she was extremely shy initially. In the pubs of Ireland they couldn't get her to face the crowd. That voice carried her around the world. Now she rests eternally beside her father, back in the place she was missing so much when she wrote this.
Also, this song is just so full of yearning, warmth, melancholy, wit. Sung by the voice of an angel. No one could do it like Dolores O'Riordan.
Well said, Sir.
Every time I hear a Cranberries song these days, I tell Dolores we miss her. No idea if there's anything after death, but regardless it feels right
@@nikipinzмилая Долорес…😢❤❤❤🙏💖
You should write eulogies or obituaries, this was beautifully written
It is so sad she's not around anymore. Cranberries were one of my childhood favourites that I liked so much especially thanks to Dolores's heavenly voice but also great lyrics that resonated perfectly with our society back in time.
Kind regards from Croatia
Dreams should be next, it's not just her main track, her backing vocals are going to make you jump out of your chair.
I'd love to see something live. Also, Bad Wolves' cover of "Zombie" because that video... damn.
@@seanj3667 unfortunately live version of Dreams won't have the backing vocals, which, from a singing point of view is the best part of the song.
Dont forget the amazing drums!
Dreams at woodstock 94 please haha
Yes dreams is the best song ever
"When you're gone" is an extremely overlooked masterpiece ❤
Yes! With some vocal technique that coach would find very interesting
As a young man, I cut my teeth playing in the same Limerick pubs as "The Cranberry Saw Us" and was also recording demos in Xeric studios while Pearse Gilmore was recording their first demos with their new lead singer as "The Cranberries".
There was a sense of excitement about the band even then, with this waif of a girl writing the songs and singing in her broad County Limerick accent. Fast forward to 1993 - I see them supporting Hothouse Flowers in Stockholm and they are already well on their way to becoming superstars.
If ever there was a band that was greater than the sum of their parts, it was this one. It was pure joy to see a band from one of the most deprived cities in Europe conquer the world stage. And such a tragic ending for an outstanding talent - I was devastated when Dolores died.
An excellent memory to have.. Thank you for sharing.
@@system3008Limerick was pretty bad, and before the early '90s, Ireland was one of the poorest countries in Europe, including the old Eastern Bloc.
You're mistaking Ireland back then for Ireland now.
Bro I've been looking for this comment for months just to read it again!
@@talideon I'm not going to pretend I know what that looks like because I don't. I've got a feeling were all going to suffer this immigration wave. Which is completely illegal.
@@system3008ireland in the 80s and 90s seen a generation leave our shores to work in UK and US. We were the paupers of the eec
This song played on the radio the day after Dolores passed away. I was on my way to work and it brought me to tears. One of my favorites by her. This entire album is spectacular. I love every single song on it.
The 90s were fantastic in the world of music, there were so many bands of different styles with amazing work.
After her father passed away she would refuse to perform or sing this song especially for her live performances because she’d be in tears. The one show she did live she brought this song back into her set but started crying before the lyric about her father and had the audience finish it for her as she was in tears. You can see every emotion she felt through her songs both early on in her life and even later as she performed these songs a lot, even the songs on her solo albums she did. She has and always will be one of the greats in my opinion. Just wish she got more recognition for her talent than she’s been given. She is 100% my idol and always will be. Every single time I sing her songs I channel her energy and imagine as if she was right there singing with me ❤
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭👍
is there any vid abt that live perform?
I'm welsh.. she brings my emotions 2 another level.. be proud Ireland xx
There is a Portuguese word that kind of discribs the feeling songs like this give people
Saudade - A deep and philosophical longing for something that's likely lost forever. The feeling involves recognizing the transience of life while also desiring something more permanent.
That word describes perfectly the dream I awoke from this morning. I awoke with a lingering sadness from a dream that combined a couple of memories from my visits over the years to where I grew up in NJ - the sight of the hole where my paternal grandparents' house was, after they were both gone and it had been knocked down, and the home (empty, the last I saw it) of my surrogate grandparents that lived next door (and made up for my maternal grandparents' absence). In the dream, the neighbor-grandparents' house was nothing but a hole, partially back-filled. The neighbors were Irish-Americans from Jersey City, a police officer and his wife. Every time I visited NJ, I would go visit Agnes and spend some time with her. The last time I saw her, she was mostly absent, and she had a live-in nurse looking after her. The next time I went back, she was gone.
I also saw this word described as “ Being happy from sad memories and sad from happy memories “
Kind of like
You can miss someone but remember the great things
You can miss great and happy times
Her voice alone invokes so much emotion in me, but the lyrics push it over the edge. Tears, every time I hear this song.
truth.
Yes I’m tearing right now just her voice and Elvis do that to me
No worries, I'm grown man and this beautiful song played by such a heavenly voice of Dolores always brings me very close to tears.
It is so emotional yet beautiful song that resonates with everyone that has soul!
Kind regards from Croatia
I recall the first time I heard this song and album. Virgin Store, Dundee on the morning of its release.
Knocked me for six and I spent the entire album just stood pretending to browse.
Of course I bought it. Brings tears to my eyes still.
In my humble opinion, they have the best Music Videos ever made
And I also think they capture the soul of the 90's, in other words, they are the soul of 90's.
Agreed!!!!
Definitely... Everything good about 90s music is in The Cranberries.
Totally agree. Especially this video. It's not simply reminiscent of a fun and great childhood, it's a childhood lived in poverty with the people around you struggling to stay afloat, not a childhood of big hopes and dreams, but of harsh realities. But 20, 30 years on yearning to go back to that time when you might not have had much, but you had the warmth and safety of your family's love.
I remember back in 1994 when I first heard Dolores's voice. It was HUGE experience, I instantly fell in love with her voice. And now, after so many years, I still have goosebumbs hearing her voice... and a lot of tears knowing that we won't hear anything from her. But she was a real treasure.
In my mind, Ode To My Family is the opposite side of the same coin as Zombie. Ode opens the album that Zombie is a part of. Both songs are tied to the same time and place. Ode is very airy and dream-like while Zombie is very harsh and powerful. Light and shadow. Different ways of viewing where Dolores comes from.
Thank you for completely understanding this song. Not many do. 🤘
thank you.
YES.
The same place, the same circumstance, the same sadness, a different point of view.
Not really. Zombie is about bombings during the Troubles of Northern Ireland, whereas this one was about her homesickness as a young musician in the USA
Wonderful analysis of a beautiful song., and as for the portrait of JFK, his success and Irish roots were a point of pride for many Irish people.
Indeed. Just commented that not realizing you already had.
@@Airborne_Airassault JFK was the 1st Catholic elected to the Presidency. Prior to him, Catholics were subject to lack of trust. I guess that they feared that the Pope might hold sway over the country.
Seems like she doesn't even know they are Irish. She thinks the R sounds are exaggerated for effect. That's called an accent...
@@dessertstorm7476 She knows quite well. She broke down "Zombie" and the struggles between the Protestants and Catholics.
Thanks for anwering this question i've been having for decades... !
When people talk about the cranberries it’s usually zombie and Dolores style in that song. She was much more than that. This song shows that, next try Dreams please and be amazed
Animal instinct
She?
100% agree, especially the vocalization toward the end.
It isn't a great song, but I really enjoy "You and Me".
For the main chorus, they double her voice with a trombone (or maybe it is a French horn), which is unusual.
I’m with you on “Dreams” !! One of my fav! ❤
I love her strong Irish accent that comes through in her singing. Very powerful to me.
Watch any interview of Dolores and you’ll see just how rich her accent is, sometimes you have to really work at catching particular words. Most noticeable to me in this song when she sings ‘my mother’. Beautiful
I love Dolores' accent in her singing and in interviews. It's so unique and amazing.
Definitely "mother" is really a strong word , right to our deepest heart..
As I've grown up with this song, the "Does anyone care?" line morphed from "Does anyone care about where I came from? Does anyone care about how much I miss home?" to "Does anyone care to give this sort of childhood to the next generation? Will you care enough to give this to your kids?" - In my different stages of life, I see that line as so many things. This is one of my favorite songs on that album, and I hope you do Daffodil Lament next! It's a whole emotional ride from sad to relieved to happy.
My belief on her use of “does any one care”, the whole song seems to be about how her family views her and the relationship they had with her. She mentions that she loved her childhood, but she also mentions that she became something else in life. Something that the family frowned upon? Maybe? They might have thought that she didn’t love her family and she asks, does anyone care. This is an ode to her family, saying she did love them, and her simple childhood. Her father has passed, graveyard scenes, and she’s reassuring them if her love for them and wondering if they care for her. My thoughts on why she says does anyone care.
I think its universal. We all wonder if anyone cares at some point in our lives especially the struggles.
Someone in the comments mentioned that Dolores wrote the song on their first tour in the US, and now I feel like this can also be a question for people who came to see the show and hear Linger again. A lot of them probably wouldn't care about her being homesick
I always thought it meant that to her family she was still just Dolores, so they didn't see her fame as a big deal. But then hearing she wrote it as a homesick young musician in the USA, I thought it was about how people didn’t care that she was feeling torn up inside. I'm Irish and living away from my beautiful country for almost 10 years now. It's a magical place that you truly appreciate when you can no longer experience it every day 😢🇮🇪
I always thought that everyone's childhood story is important to them, but how much does anyone care about anyone else's childhood story, really? It's all more or less the same.
I thought that with the emotion of her music and her somewhat shy persona the public just assumed that she had a traumatic childhood and this is her "ode to her family" about how much she was loved, but does anyone actually care?
This song never fails to make me weep, especially the video with all its images of home and family.
Same
This has always been my favorite Cranberries song. It's basically just perfection.
Beautiful, lovely, angelic, such a touching song. Her voice is like a cold, thin breeze on an otherwise warm and sunny day. Just immediately steals your attention and tickles your skin. Miss her dearly.
I loved your reaction and analysis of this, Elizabeth. Dolores wrote this about missing her simpler life when she was younger with her family after finding fame and all that it entails. The 'Does anyone care' line refers to the media wanting to know all about what she was currently doing and what was ahead for the band, but not caring about her really, she found fame difficult and sadly died from alcohol poisoning in January 2018. Other songs by them I recommend are: "Dreams", "Pretty", "Linger", "I Still Do", "Everything I Said", there are others but these for me are their best.
I'm really fond of Ridiculous Thoughts, and it has some gnarly vocal stuff.
I love Ridiculous Thoughts too, it's a great song.
@@aldeayeahYes, it's a great track, it escaped me when I made my suggestions.
@@doloreserinYes, that's another great track by them, it's a pity that people only seem to know the band for 'Zombie' not all the other great tracks too.
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My mam passed away last year at the realitively young age of 62, the first of her 16 brothers and sisters (we are a huge Irish family) and I found Deloras' raw vocals to be almost painful to my soul to listen to. Her voice is incredible, but maybe her vocal styling deep rooted in Irish mourning really got me - when I hear this song, it reminds me of the love my parents had for me and how they did their best to raise me to be a decent and caring man. It reminds me of cold eveinings by the fireside and my mam bringing in a sandwich I hadn't asked for - but I so badily needed. It reminds me of every hug we shared and the profound pain and emptiness that we suffer without her. It also reminds me of the beauty she left behind. So as I am trying to recoinsile with loss, I am too with this song....and I guess thats kind of beautiful.
Dolores certainly was incredible. My personal favourite form this album is Ridiculous thoughts, another great (and I feel technically interesting) performance.
Agree with you. That's my fave from the album as well.
More Cranberries please. Any song from No Need to Argue would be great, but I really love Daffodil Lament. Also Dreams from their debut album is an absolute must. And I hope no one brings up "keening" again like they do on every Cranberries video. I don't know how that misconception got started, but it was only after she died. This isn't keening, people. She just really loves her vocal breaks.
Daffodil Lament is such a good song!!!!
Yesss, I love this song
Such an underrated song!
Absolutely 100% yes to Daffodil Lament!
Yes, Daffodil Lament is my favorite song on No Need to Argue! Such an amazing song.
If you want a unique live performance from Dolores you should check out her impromptu performance of Go Your Own Way in a radio station booth, frickin amazing
yeah amazing perfromance
yeah, totally agree
I would love to see you analyze this, especially Go your own way!
Dolores died way too young. I feel like she had so much more to transport via her singing.
Rest in peace, Dolores. We miss you!
Dolores and Sinead. Two great losses for Irish music 😢.
Rest in power. Not lost but gone before
One of the fist cds my brother bought was “No need to argue”, because Zombie was playing very often on the radio. Ode to my family is the first track of the album and what really got me, when I was fourteen, into one of the bands (I’m a hard rock guy mostly) that walked me through my hole life. Today, for me, is melancholy on top of nostalgia, and I think you pretty much caught the essence of it.
I love this song so much, it is on my regular play list even to this day, Dolores has such yearning in her voice it is simply beautiful, the whole Album "No Need To argue" is one of those put it on and let it flow over you albums, Dolores has such a haunting voice at times and very few singers can even come close
Thank you for analyzing this song!
RIP Dolores, you're missed a lot by your fans, i wish i had had a chance to go to any of their concerts before she passed:(
I highly recommend as some people suggested in other comments her somg Daffodil Lament, its quite beautiful
As you did Zombie and now this one... Dreams and Promises are both really good too ... She really had a voice that gave you goosebumps when listening to her .. Such a talent!
I hope she sees this comment because those are the two songs I want to see her react to next.
Promises!! 😢
I remember many years ago seeing her perform Dreams at the Much Music Headquarters in Toronto Canada and was amazed at how good she sounded especially singing that song I was shocked that she actually made me like the live version even more than the studio one.
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Promises kicks so much ass. Its my favourite song from them.
she wrote all the songs too. amazing top tier talent
Most in conjunction with the guitarist, important distinction that they had a good writing partnership.
Finally!!!
Her live performance on the Tiny Desk show is really awesome.
Thank you for covering this. I adore this song! My favorite of theirs, and I really appreciate you giving a vocabulary to what strikes me so much about her vocal performance in it.
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
@@TheCharismaticVoiceplease do their song LINGER. It’s the type of song you will adore
The Cranberries, this album especially, just make me so so emotional. I cried when I was 13 and I cry now at 39. It's the same rush of melancholy and despair and rage and romance.
So happy you covered this song, it absolutely melts me every time I hear it!
This just transports me back to being a freshman in high school and sitting in my bedroom listening to Cranberries CDs and just having that teenage melancholy lol. Also their music was so good for breakups. Just so much emotion coming out of her soul. It's just tangible. God I miss the 90s
Yes, more Dolores! Would also like to see your reaction to Hope Sandoval/Mazzy Star
Yep, that was a portrait of JFK. As the first Irish-American president he was a great source of pride in the country and thus, the 'holy trinity' of portraits that hung in many a granny's parlor was The Sacred Heart, the Pope and JFK. I'm not kidding, it was really common to see back in the day.
My grandparents came over on the boat from Ireland, and there were so many pictures of JFK in their apartment, that as a 5 year old, I thought he was just another family member.
Haunting yet tender voice, sad she's gone.
I love this song, and absolutely adore Dolores. Can't wait for tomorrow!
Equating her harmonies to layers of memory was so insightful, and opened an aperture of interpretation and perspective to me, thankyou.
I absolutely love this song. Dolores' singing is so freaking pretty and emotive and the whole vibe of the song is just wonderful. The mixture of sweetness, melancholy, nostalgia and warmth together with the shifts in intensity give it such a unique and authentic feel imo. At the same time, it can sometimes be kinda hard to listen to as someone who had a very rough childhood filled with all sorts of abuse and neglect and has had to cut all contact with my family. I won't ever let that stop me from listening to this beautiful song though.
This is the first song I liked from Cranberries. I hadn't heard the song since Dolores died. Hearing it today, with its lyrics full of nostalgia about the moments in her life when she was happiest is just... it hits hard.
I used to nearly hate this song back in the day because I heard it too often, but I’ve started to appreciate it more since I’ve had time to put a distance to being drowned in it so much way back then. It is a nice song.
That point where Delores’ voice breaks almost like a yodel still kills me every time even all these years later. I knew she was spectacular the very first time I heard her sing.
I don't cry much when I hear about artists dying. I feel sad of course, but I accept it as part of life. Only 3 have brought me to tears in recent years: Neil Peart (as a drummer I felt such a connection and huge fan of his lyrics), Chester Bennington (whose anger and emotion I fully identified with for a long time), and Dolores with that unique voice and the music that defined my 90's. With my parents now passed and our family not nearly as close as we once were, this song always brings me to tears too.
My mom would play a cassete on our way home everyday, and this song was the 1st one on the list. Probably an anthem about motherly love to me, makes me weep every single time.
I hadn't listened to this song since she died. I was in tears pretty much from the beginning. I typically watch these videos while having breakfast or lunch, and let me just say I've never cried while eating pizza before now.
I'm sure people said it in the chat, but the repetition of "Does anyone care?" speaks to me of isolation and loneliness, the kind you get when you're surrounded by people that don't connect to you. I think it's clear she was missing her family mightily, but also it rings true for the rest of us because we all feel alone sometimes, and can look at the world and feel invisible.
I'd still like to see you listen to "Linger".
Delores's voice is so perfect in this song. The Cranberries were big when I was in my teens and I will always have memories of their music linked to those carefree days. Thanks for giving them more exposure and hopefully turning new people on to their music. I would love to see you analyze Portishead and Beth Gibbon's voice. She is another unique talent from the UK.
Dolores is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen and heard. She breaks my heart every time I hear her.
Dolores's voice is, IMO, one of the absolute biggest losses for music in this century. I'm so happy I got to see her live and healthy, it's one of the best concert memories I have.
I can't wait for you to look at Dreams. My absolute favorite of their songs.
Another tragic loss of an amazing singer. still give me goosebumps when I hear her sing.
I'm crying now. Dolores is so into my heart. I miss her so much. I grew up with her songs in my ears and this one in particular can touch my soul at every listening.
As a father, this song has made me tear up countless times, one of my favorites by this band 🥰
Опять слезы на глазах. Любимая песня от любимой Долорес. Нежное и страстное признание в любви к своей семье, своей малой родине, своей Ирландии.
А вы заметили с какой любовь в клипе сняты люди? С какой заботой к деталям? Как бережно и аккуратно. Каждый человек в видео, ребенок или старик, выглядит близким и родным, за каждым чувствуется какая-то история, они не безликие персонажи.
I feel blessed that I was able to go to one of her concerts. It was an amazing experience
You mean "their" concerts. The music is just as important setting the mood/atmosphere as the vocals are in this band.
Deloris was, is, and will always be such a force. So glad she was able to share her talents with us during her "not long enough" time here on earth
When I think Ireland 🇮🇪 I think three bands: U2, Hot House Flowers, and The Cranberries! I’ve seen all three in concert! I saw both bands open for U2. They were all sensational but Delores vocals stuck in my head the most and just how beautiful The Cranberries sound is in general! RIP DELORES! Your voice is one of a kind in my book! Peace ☮️ ✌🏻 ❤
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RIP Delores. She is one of my favorite singers. Her death left a hole in my heart.
This is a masterpiece of an album. I've loved it ever since it came out when I was in high school.
I think I always understood the repetition of "does anyone care?" as carrying a note of desperation to convey her feelings and to be understood, but feeling like she's just not getting through to the listener. You know that feeling when you are trying to put something into words perfectly or convey something in a piece of art but it feels like no one is really getting it.
it's a grand song, and a wonderful video, for nostalgic feels. I've never been to Ireland, but it still brings in that feeling of "home" and "childhood" and the people and places we love.
Another vote for dreams
I love that you reviewed this song!! Big part of my childhood.
Her voice in my ears is pure bliss.
The English spoken in Ireland (Hiberno-English) is Rhotic which influences how we roll the r from the top of the mouth, not much different to American English - if you listen to an irish person say words like "world" or "colour" it's much closer to American English than it is to the English spoken in Britian (which is non-rhotic). Dolores also sung with her accent (proudly) and you can hear it especially when she rolls her R's.
Delores is my favorite singer. She's not afraid to use that beautiful Irish accent and Irish passion in her singing! 30-ish years after buying this album, she still gets me teary-eyed. More Cranberries please!
What a voice. What a song.
I'm a 55 year old male and Dolores had a big impact on me. I mourn her passing because it was so tragic and she was so young. I find myself watching Cranberries concerts because I never got to see them perform live in person. She was very special.
That surge and offset that fascinates you is just Delores being Irish.
I've always loved this song.
I never fully uderstood the lyrics or watched the music video.
I had a tear running down my cheek reading the lyrics and watching the music video.
She delivered her longing for home and her people in such a heart wrenching way.
A gentle soul taken far too young.
❤
Love this song. I hope you eventually get the chance to analyze their song "I don't need/I don't need you". Delores does some really cool stuff with her voice on this song also. 😊
I love all of their music Delores will be missed forever she left us far too early.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
JFK's great grandfather fled from Ireland to America during The Great Famine. JFK visited Ireland in June of 1963 and it left a lasting impression. He also stopped by to visit with relatives. The Irish Post has an article on it from 2019.
JFK is the first Catholic US president is popular in Ireland.
this song was released the year I left home for college. that 12 hour, 675 mile drive took me to a different world... I didn't know it at the time, but I wouldn't look back; I couldn't go back. this song was a perfect emotional break for me, and helped me to leave my family in a nostalgic, happy memory.
She is such an intensely beautiful woman. And her voice is so naturally impassioned. Hind sight is always so cruel...and maybe it's clouding my judgement, but she appears so obviously complex and tortured, even in such a happily reminiscent video. I do not remember noticing that when this was new...Maybe I was just too young.
This is such a beautiful song for Thanksgiving week. As hard as it is to miss your family and long for yesteryear, it's a wonderful indicator of a great childhood. We should all be so lucky to feel that particular kind of sadness.
Aside from her unique approach and sound, we must not overlook that the music itself accompanied by her singing not only automatically makes you feel things, but as love is a state of being, their music transports you to that place of being what they are conveying in their songs. Not a lot of artist can accomplish this, but Dolores and the Cranberries never miss the mark with each one of their songs. “Dreams” as a song, is powerful, not because is a beautiful love song, but because of the energy that always carries , moves and transmutes within you.
Thank you Elizabeth for sharing your experience with us.
So, another request :) to analyze Mad Season or Portishead. The first band is a supergroup from Seattle with Layne Staley on vocals, and the second band is the amazing Beth Gibbon on vocals. Once again greetings from the Mediterranean coast.
I'd love to see her listen to Wake Up by Mad Season. To me it's Layne at his best. And the subject matter of the song is so sad. Just a masterpiece imo.
Yes - Mad Season needs to be done!
I think she’s done Mad season in the past..
@@dirtyaggelos I didn't find it. Post the link if you have because I'm a big fan of Mad Season.
Dolores is my all-time favorite female rocker. I am so sad that she is gone. I have loved the cranberries since I was 18 years old. So many memories, so many great songs, and she was truly amazing!
Yeat’s Grave is one to check out. Very somber song but her vocals are just so amazing.
This song is one of my all time favorits ♥️
A beautiful song a beautiful voice a beautiful soul ... Would have been able to see them .. damn ... Amazing Cranberries amazing Dolores
Hope Sandoval, wow
Omg I asked for this one, so glad you made this
Dolores had a wonderful voice that complimented the songs perfectly.
If you haven't already then you should check their first 2 singles Dreams, my personal favourite, and Linger, which was their breakthrough single. Both of these are earlier than Zombie so show the band when they were a couple of years younger.
Dreams has at least 3 'official' videos if you search on UA-cam but the original, and for me the best, is
'The Cranberries - Dreams (Dir: Nico Soultanakis) (Official Music Video)'
which is from the original release of it as a single and shows as VEVO on UA-cam.
I SO admired and loved Dolores for not trying to disguise her native accent. She totally embraced her Irish heritage and made it a focal point of her songwriting. MORE Cranberries!
Her voice reminds me of an accordion or harmonica❤
I think all the natural joy you have as a person and listener is obscuring you from the pain and sadness mixed in with nostalgia of this song. Even when she sounds wistful Dolores sings “Unhappiness was when I was young….” The power of her voice is that she captures sadness and joy, strength and vulnerability all at once. “Does anyone care?” is a real sentiment she you are different and sad in your bones, as she surely felt. It’s an incredible song. So lovely and bittersweet
This is a tear jerker for me. I also love doing it for karaoke. 💙💙💙
One of the best, sweetest and emotional songs ever written. From our beloved sister and this amazing band. Get me to tears almost every time. Im so glad that people like you can find , experience and feel this kind of music. Thank you! And, some tears are from joy. Is what missing in the world now days. They are the best. Is very gorgeous and special, when see people show theyr feelings and emotions genuinely.
If you ever react to more Cranberries you should definitely check out something from their NPR Tiny Desk Concert, it's amazing! One of the best Tiny Desks I've seen. She's even better in that stripped-down setting.
That concert was certainly superb !
I watch their NPR concert at least once a month...
One of my favorites for sure!!
You should check Lisa Hannigan’s Tiny Desk Concert if you haven’t seen it. Fantastic.
Definitely a superb performance ! Always great audio quality, too@@Dreyno
My dad used to play this a lot and I didn't really appreciate it back then, but it really hits me different now that I'm a middle aged man myself.
The Cranberries are such a fantastic band
Whether by nostalgia, or the fact that each and every childhood is a one and only, both this song and the movie, "Big," have me bawling every time.
You should check out "When You're Gone". I think that is one of the more underrated songs by The Cranberries.
Thank you for bringing and having so much affection for a song that was part of so many good and difficult moments in my life, including the lack of Dolores.
You should listen to Flyleaf, I think you would be pleasantly surprised by Lacey Sturm. Another great female metal singer.
And watching the Cranberries live was one of the best concerts of the 90’s.❤️🙌
In my opinion, the "does anyone care" sentiment being repetitively expressed is her wondering if those she misses miss her as much as she misses them.
The reason she sings ‘does anyone care’ is, that to you her family means nothing but to her in that moment it means the world to her. You don’t have her memories with her family and that’s why the line hits so hard, you certainly care as much for your family, but not for hers, naturally
This song as with all Cranberries songs on this album, reminds me of the mid nighties when it came out. Happiness, the sun always shining and long hot summers as a late teenager. But also with that, I get goosebumps and shivers because her voice is so beautiful and I've always loved how her accent comes through.
Her voice is like a warm blanket on a cool night, it's just so comforting. May Dolores Rest In Peace.. I always loved how her accent shined through in her songs and that she didn't feel the need to change it to sound like a typical band. If you haven't done yet, I would definitely give "Linger", and also "Dreams" from The Cranberries a go, two very very great songs. Linger has to be my favorite, the emotion of young love and rejection is felt through that song.
That weird "R" sounds that you mention is her beautiful Limerick accent.
What am I thankful for? The Charismatic Voice and the Cranberries, Wisconsin's state fruit. Happy turkey day to all, and RIP Delores.