Finnish Vocal Coach Reacts: The Cranberries: "Zombie" (CC)
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2024
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In this video, I'm reacting to "Zombie" by The Cranberries. I cry my eyes out but I also break down their impressive performance, dive into Dolores O’Riordan’s vocal techniques, and share my thoughts on what made it truly outstanding.
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As long as there are people crying over this music video, over this song, all hope for humanity is not lost.
Nice react.
humanity is just wars, destructions and profits.
From your lips, to God's ears !
I'm afraid it's........
I'm Northern Irish and grew up during the tail end of The Troubles… Dolores is a legend in this neck of the woods. Great reaction … When this comes on in the pub at the end of the night it nearly takes the roof off the place!
I'd like to see that. Preferably live but video would be cool. ☮️
I would love to experience that. I'm American but this song still brings on the waterworks even after decades of listening to it.
The most unique, distinctive & beautiful voice since Karen Carpentar.
Dolores is a legend everywhere brother (usa here).
I always wish that the people of northern Ireland and the North of Ireland have the best ever future. You people are fantastic. Greetings from a Brit overseas.
In 2018, when Dolores passed away, everyone was talking about and listening to this song. The father of one of the boys who died in that bombing said he never realized before that the song was about his son. It really helped him to know that so many people were sympathetic to what they had gone through.
Great song, great vocalist. Dolores O'Riorden always sang from her heart. RIP Dolores.
Dolores
Thank you for heads up on that typo,@@mayam1141
Sorry but it's O’Riordan.
50 years from now Dolores will still be a unique voice in a universe of voices
Dolores' singing is actually a traditional Celtic style called, "Keening," which is done at funerals to lament or mourn the loss of a loved one.
It certainly does what it is intended to do, which is to allow the listener to feel the pain internally.
Yup there's definitely a lot of folk influences in her voice! Thank you for the insight, I didn't quite know how to call that because Irish trad. music is definitely not my strenght. 😂
"This is ageless art." I've never heard it more succinctly and beautifully put.
Thank you!
Bang on
the fact that you know this song inside and out, and still have this reaction says a lot about the song, the performance, the lyrics, but also about you.
SOLO TE OBSERVO EN TU ESPEJO...LO QUE SE VE NO SE AFIRMA...
Thanks for your honest reaction. To my mind, the term Zombie, as used in this piece, refers to everyone involved in these generations-long conflicts just replaying the same thoughts, feelings, and actions as their ancestors ("It's the same old theme since 1916") without stopping to think about whether it's right, or even changing things they thought they would change ("When the violence causes silence, we must be mistaken").
Mindless repetition of cycles of trauma & suffering & brutal violence across generations. And, as we all know all too well, far from the first or the last instance of this phenomenon in world history. It's the fact that it's so easily recognisable & yet is driven on by its own internal psychological momentum that makes it so tragic & heartbreaking.
Interesting, I always interpreted this as portraying men who come back from war with ptsd as becoming zombies to their families and friends. They cant shake the images of war from their head and keep replaying moments over and over and become distant and cold towards others, "zombifying" themselves. Your analysis seems more right than mine through, thank you for sharing.
@@masonmurphy1941 That's a perfectly good interpretation, too - it fits.
It could also possibly be that people have become desensitized to violence on a daily basis. We act like the George Romero zombies, ones that move slowly, in that we just continue to shuffle at a slow pace in our lives without reacting to the violence and death and not be outraged by it all. I obviously could be wrong about my answer to this.
Just my TCW - When a situation has gone on for so long without resolution, or even significant movement in one direction or another, it seems like everyone has become 'dead' to looking at another viewpoint or aspect. They are all 'zombies', each walking their own path and looking through their own blinders.
Beautiful reaction. Your tears help the rest of the world to release their emotions about such things.
If you are human that song makes you become emotional 100%. Thanks Anna 😊😊
this song was written after the IRA detonated two bombs in the English town of Warrington in March 1993. The bombs were hidden in litter bins near a shopping centre and killed two children, three-year-old Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry (12) and injured many more.. i was posted to Northern Ireland in 1990 and i have nothing but respect for the irish people so many where so nice to us.
Not gonna mention all the kids your lot killed over here which is what the video is showing and happened far to much. There's no one here that didn't suffer and we all know where the blame is.
I remember that happening from Liverpool
Unfortunately no one is clean during wartime but most people are just trying to survive the English and ira are horrible but no one said life is fair war is a fact of life
@user-ic5wc8po1m Those children weren't at war with anyone, and England wasn't at war with Ireland. Your opinion is downright despicable.
@@bligh1156 The British army murdered numerous children and tortured, murdered and locked up without trial many adults in the north. When I was a child in the 80's I had British guns pointed at me every week. The English have tormented Ireland for centuries.
Dolores told the guys, especially the drummer, to play as hard as they can. She wanted people to feel the anguish. Such a beautiful song. Makes me cry every single time.
The pain and expression in her voice speaks of every war of every conflict. Women can see beyond the egos and territory, to the futility. Dolores delivers a timeless masterpiece.
The song itself is an amazing testament to how music can evoke emotions from horror to rage to sadness, but when it is combined with the visuals in the video it takes it to the next level.
Extremely emotional. I have goosebumps all over. R.I.P. Dolores O’Riordan ❤
Greetings from Scotland! It is impossible to NOT get emotional when watching/listening to Dolores singing this. She put ALL of her emotions into this song and you can feel it, like something tangible. So very very sad that she is not still here, still singing.
Не первый раз смотрю твою реакцию на эту пестню The Granberries. И твои слезы говорят о том что не все потеряно..
Thank you for not being afraid to show exactly what the art was made for. For us to feel the soul message and therefore must unravel the intended result.
Completamente de acuerdo contigo
Thank you for being so kind! This was a hard reaction to make and to publish!
😢 Bless your empathic heart Anna. You truly got every intention of this song. She will be forever missed. ❤
I was a teen when that song was made, i didn't understand english at that time, didn't know a thing about the theme of the song, but the clip, the music and Dolores' voice touched my soul.
30 years later, and i listen to it, with the same intensity.
It really is a timeless piece.
I'm Scottish, my mother is Northern Irish and as a child I spent my summers there staying with her side of the family, during the late 70's and all through the 80's...I saw some of The Troubles as a child/teenager, the constant army presence, the random roadside checkpoints, there was always an army helicopter in the sky and the pub down the road from the family got blown up a few times. You had areas to avoid, on both sides, and people to avoid. I had a few close calls myself, once went through a checkpoint 30 minutes before it got blown up, one day I was meant to go with an uncle somewhere in his workvan and it was almost hijacked, and once got off a train just as the place had a bomb threat phoned in and it was in the middle of being evacuated!
For me, a song is meant to make you feel something, wether it be anger, or sadness, or love, or hate...if an emotional song brings tears due to what it's about, then it's done it's job, so to speak, and Dolores did that so many times!
As a irishman ira robbed our banks and I was one of those who hit quite a few im old man now how dare them Raid us eventhough I belive in a free Ireland
Great reaction and analysis. I'm 72 and was aware of "The Troubles" at the time. This song played a big part in forcing the IRA to negotiate a peace.
I read that the "head voice" as you refer to it, (like yodeling) is a traditional Irish lamentation which Deloris incorporated into the vocals as a direct reaction to the death of the two children.
Your the first person to cry as much as I have, every time I hear Deloris sing this song.
Thank you
BY FAR the best and concise assessment of this classic I've seen. Coming from someone outside of the UK and Ireland shows how effective it is in delivering the message is testament to this.
How can someone cry so much and still look so beautiful!!!😍
Great reaction to a timeless song. Keep smiling👍🙂
"Zombie" refers to old conflicts which refuse to die. Dolores says "but you see, its not me, it's not my family ... in your head, they're still fighting"
Anna, I loved your point about the contrast in texture between "violence" and "silence". It seems to me that matching the lyric meaning with the vocal texture and the music is what makes a good singer-songwriter.
I was a British soldier in the time of the Troubles. I'm so glad peace came.
This woman was so unique and different with her style of singing when first came out basically everyone knows and love this song!!! R. I. P. Dolores the diamond of the emerald island!!!
I remember being a teenager in the 90's (yes im old) when this came out and thinking "wow" what a banger of a song and her voice" we obviously didnt have you tube, and had to watch the video on MTV. Then seeing on the news the problems in Ireland and the IRA. It was a light bulb that went off "in my head" that this song was so much deeper than just being a banger. Wrote a report on it in Music class. Such a powerful song as it was then and still is till this day. Love and goodwill to everyone ❤
I was a teenager in the 60s, so you are actually really young in comparison. 🙂
@@tommccafferty5591 well thank you. Age is all about perception, you are young to a 90 year old
@@davidward9737 Touché. Everything is relative.
"Smile through tears or tears through a smile" is very poetic, Anna! This today is a milestone on the channel! I love and appreciate the blend of technical vocal analysis, emotional impact reaction, and lyrical observation! 🎉 🎤 🎙 🎧 🌌 🧟♂️ 🧟♀️ 🪖 🎸 🥁 🏹 🇮🇪
I'm from Northern Ireland and I love that Delores has a presence representing both eras of the country. This song obviously was written during, and is about the conflict in the country, but the song I hear most these days is Dreams. It's played a lot at sporting occasions and is and ode to love, hope, joy and optimism which we should all aspire to a little bit more.
I saw The Cranberries open for The The in Santa Fe, NM at a venue with around 200 people. Their performance was powerful and I knew they'd be super influential. When I saw her performance on MTV unplugged she brought tears to my eyes and every time I hear the song I well up.
Oh, Anna, I want to give you a great big hug!
Thank you for keeping your raw reaction in this video. It's kind of what this song is about. Dolores's delivery is perfect - she mixes the vulnerability and the pain and anguish and loss with the resultant outrage and anger, taking us to all those dark places with her.
Others more knowledgeable than I will tell you about the techniques she uses from traditional Irish folk singing to achieve this.
There's a thing in the lyrics that a lot of people won't get unless they grew up in Ireland. "It's the same old theme since 1916," is a reference to the Easter Uprising in Dublin in 1916. This was brutally repressed by the English officials, and marks the beginning of the Irish war for independence. By 1921, the English had lost control of most of Ireland. In 1922, a compromise was reached in which a portion of the north of Ireland would remain under English rule (that's Northern Ireland), while the remainder would become a free state within the British Commonwealth. IIUC, the Irish Free State left the Commonwealth in 1946 to form the Republic of Ireland.
However, the compromise in 1922 was the result of a schism within the Irish Republican Army - one faction was just tired of the fighting and was prepared to accept what they could get, while the other faction was adamant that all of Ireland had to be freed from English rule. Thus, the division of Ireland into a new nation and a piece that remained within the UK was never a happy settlement. In later years, this repeatedly broke out in renewed violence which came to be known as "the Troubles". The violence mostly ended with the Good Friday agreement of 1997, but some resentment lingers, which is not helped by the militant language and obstinacy of organisations like the DUP.
As a Finn, I'm sure you can relate to the Irish. IIUC, Finland obtained independence from Russia at around the same time (give or take a few years).
Hug received! This was hard to make and to publish. Thank you for your insight and support!
To me the Zombie is a dual representation of both the mindlessness of the fighters fighting their war, as well as the casual exceptance of everyone else who's grown numb to the horrors of war. As least that's my personal interpretation.. Thanks for sharing this Anna and can't wait to see what you have for us next! :)
So rare to see such a genuine reaction in vocal coach videos... Thank you, Anna.
Thank you for sticking through this with me!
I'm neither Irish nor lived through the events mentioned in the song, yet this piece of music manages to convey what it felt like living through the Troubles wonderfully, and still giving me shivers after all these years. Timeless piece of art. A great analysis as always ❤
Finnish is a Beautiful language.You can see why Tolkien loved the Scandinavian voices.Theres a Beauty to them.
The lyrics, visual, sounds, everything this song is such a masterpiece!! So sad with 2024 it is still so relatable...Ukraine, Yemen, Africa, Gaza,....Etc) This song makes me emotional every single time I watch or listen to it,
Love the reaction, thank you.
As a person from the north of ireland, you made me cry.... and im a 33 year old man so thank you, great reaction
This song and mv always break me up no matter what age i am and how many times i listen to it. Ageless art indeed.
This is about Warrington bomb attack by IRA in '93. Two innocent kids age 3 and 12 died. Now the 🇫🇮 card. '98 peace negotiaton involved Harri Holkeri and the follow up arms control was overseen by Martti Ahtisaari.
A friend of mine escaped by seconds, turning the corner just before the bomb detonated. I would never have met him otherwise.
She was so beautiful in so many ways. Her voice is absolutely mesmerizing. And she was such a complex and tortured person.
"this is ageless art"
no one should ever attempt to cover this again. Not even think about attempting.
Cranberries delivered perfection here 👍
Ihave always felt that zombie refers to the mindless repetition of violence without regard to the innocent victims . thank you for you honesty in showing your emotions, Once again an insightful reaction
BTW, since you asked: I interpret the "zombie" as an ideology that overshadows and blocks the more human assessment of the situation. The zombie in your head may be the Nation, some religious figure, the idea of Justice, etc.
"zombie" refers to people living in war and how it both takes over your mind sometimes to where you see the horrors over and over again but then oddly also numbs you to the violence around you and that maybe you yourself do. In this song they are talking about what the fighting was doing to their children (generations growing up as "zombies" and then continuing the same fight). This song is essentially saying; "What are we doing to generations of our kids? We've got to stop" - and they did.
This is one of the best songs ever written.
This is the uncountable multi-thousandth time I've watched the Zombie video and not the first time I've seen your reaction. And yet a new thought occurred to me at 6:04 of your video. "She may be on her soap box, but that's her cross to bear" and it seemed fitting. Be well. Great reaction.
It makes me cry as well Anna. So emotional. Thank you.
This is one of those pieces that one needs a box of tissues.
Beautiful emotional reaction.
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Its powerful, because its going on today. The violence, the screaming children, the pain. Ireland stands with Gaza. Thank you
Back in the day (My day) this was a gamechanging song between all the eurodance music. (which i still love) It was so different from most other music. Dolores just instanly pierces through your walls and enters the emotions in your brain. Other early 1990's songs with similar big impacts were :
- Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
- R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts
- Julee Cruise - Falling (Theme Twin Peaks)
- Seal - Crazy
- Guns n' Roses - You Could Be Mine & November Rain
- Nirvana - Smells like teen Spirit
- Annie Lennox - Why
- Whitney Houston - I Will Always love you
/nm8 /J
I' ve Been listening to Seal: Grazy quite often for few weeks now, don' t know why. It is defenitely a very good 0:00 Song.
Bad Wolves did a cover of this in 2018. They were going to do it in 2015 and Delores was supposed to do the vocals, but passed on the day they were going to record it (is my understanding of the situation). In the 2018 cover they give ALL the respect to Delores (including all the proceeds to her children) and even pay homage to this video with an actress in the gold paint and costume.
This song is emotional to it's core but the video takes it to the next level. Everything about this is a masterpiece. I also love it when you can hear the native accents of the singers, rather than putting on an American accent. Her heavy use of Irish Keening amplifies this further, which I absolutely love.
Dolores is a legend ,zombie will always remind us things still have to change after all these years c just a reminder how important this song was for humanity
RIP Dolores. Love from Scotland.
& Anna, to answer your question about the "ZOMBIE" reference, in my humble opinion, yes, it refers to the soldiers who would kill children pretending to fight them with toy guns, BUT ALSO the long-brewing mindset that allows people on either side of the fight to just accept the killing of innocent children as a consequence of the dispute on either side. PS - thank you for crying along with me - it happens every time I watch & listen to this video - & with the Bad Wolves cover version too
I'm glad that I found your reaction to this song. It was honestly emotional and the best one I've seen until now. Great respect and compliments!
The song tells us so much about European - at that point Irish - history and human nature which can be horrible as we know nowadays again.
"Zombie" reflects the painful time during the Irish civil war happening in the name of God and Jesus Christ - rather unthinkable but it happend indeed. The song is a masterpiece and would deserve the Nobel Price.
By the way: it's a pity that I don't understand Finnish to understand all your words, but I'll be back again.
Greetings from Germany! ✌
I cried with you and it was liberating. What an incredibly emotional song. A masterpiece. Even back than. And forever. Greetings from germany. RIP Dolores ❤
There are innocent young boys playing at war, in the ruins of the war made by young soldiers they will grow up to be. Dolores's voice is the wailing of all the mothers who have lost their sons to t the old men, the zombies, who can think of nothing but "winning", and who send generations of young endlessly into futile war. The music is the sound of war. The drums are gunfire and bombs. The guitar is cries and shouts. The bass is the heartbeat of a soldier. I've been listening to this since 1994, and I still cry every time. If you understand her song, and you're human, you can't help but cry.
and just think..all of that could be avoided if the limeys would just get the hell out of our country.
Talk about singing straight from the heart….one of the best songs and performances I’ve ever seen or heard.
I have never felt so much for someone, you are incredible Anna Vaskelainen, sensitive, delicate and adorable. Who knows, maybe one day we can meet. Great video.
A beautiful song that really does capture the anguish felt by so many during 'the troubles'. Ireland has brought us so many fantastic musicians over the years of which Dolores is in the top tier. She may be gone but her legacy lives on immortal.
I think I could just watch you feel emotional and cry as a sort of vicarious cathartic experience. Beautiful. Thank you
Beautiful lady giving a Beautiful reaction to a beautifully powerful song!
I was 14 when this came out, and to begin with it was just a cool song getting heaps of radio play. Until I saw one of my relatives reaction to it.
I'm 7th gen Australian, but almost all Irish ancestry and surnames. This relative was in his 50's and a genealogist, who had spent a lot of time around Ireland during his research in the 80's. We were at a family weekend thing, all sitting round talking, us kids messing around, when suddenly he burst into tears. He'd just seen the Zombie music vid playing on the TV we were sort of half watching, and it was his first encounter with it.
All the stories came out, what he'd seen and experienced, all our family names. It was my first awareness of The Troubles.
PS to my earlier comment, PLEASE review the Bad Wolves official video cover of this song. Delores was poised to sing with them on the cover but died the night before. The band dedicated the proceeds from the song to her children. It is SO EMOTIONAL a cover, you'll see with the "golden ghost" of Delores appearing in the video.
One of the most powerful records of the 20th Century.
A new deep appreciation of this protest song! Beautiful but very sad!. Feel the anger and angst. Thank you Anna
As soon as the song starts with the riffs I still have goosebumps, even after all these years. ❤😢
A genuine reaction to an incredible piece of work about a horrific act of terrorism and loss of beautiful lives ... genuinely moved ..subbed ❤
Congratulations. Perhaps the best reaction and response to music I have ever heard.
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Btw…I cried too.
You make me want to learn Finnish. I've not heard the language much in my life but it's beautiful.
Great analysis of this song. I want to see and love it when you cry because it kind of validates my own tears when listening to great music.
Thank you.
This is one of the heaviest songs to experience. War is hell. No one wins. Everyone lose.
I just meet you Anna, although this is the second reaction video I seen from you . The first was Hi Ren. Anna, your brilliant. I love how you break down the lyrics and how they are used in the song. You crying made me cry. What I love about you is your so comfortable speaking finish then you switch to English and suddenly your speech gets slow but your more cautious on pronouncing the right word. For some reason that drives me, well it seems to have a captivating response. No woman has done this to me because I see right through them. They do it all wrong in my point of view. I was not expecting that but it works. lol love how you react to the video's so far your in my top 5.
Smile through tears sums up the connection to music that is so hard to find in the people that intersect your life as you age .
I was 9 years old at the time, and it was music that had an impact on me, even if I didn't understand the lyrics.
There was a sound, a tone particular to the 90s.
As a Scot growing up in the 60’s and 70’s the Irish Troubles were seldom out of the news, it was a running sore for everyone in Ireland…shootings, knee-cappings, bombings, kidnappings it was a horrific time and a shocking waste; the anger within Dolores’s lyrics and voice is so raw
Какая же Вы светлая душа... Спасибо Вам и конечно же Долорес. Браво. ❤
Thanks Anna for your video, Dolores is legend and you are lovely with tears and emotions.
I always cry when I listen it and when we play it live with our band I have to control myself! Who's is not touched by its lyrics, vocals and instrumental is not human, because it is hearts shattering. This is my favourite rock song ever, I don't understand Finnish but I love you. Nick
Fantastic reaction! This song has me balling 😢 every time i hear it! She puts so much into the vocals 😢
I know the song by heart but it still was incredible to watch it anew with your eyes.
Kiitos Anna upeasta reaktiosta. Bad Wolves niminen yhtyeen oli tarkoitus tehdä coveri yhdessä alkuperäisen laulajan Dolores O'Riordanin kanssa. Dolores menehtyi vähän ennen nauhoituksia ja kappale nauhoitettiin tribute -mielessä ilman häntä Doloresin muistoksi. Doloresin pois lähteminen tekee Bad Wolvesin versiosta entistä herkemmän ja alkuperäistä teosta on kunnioitettu upeasti. Suosittelen lämpimästi tutustumaan siihen versioon. Elämä onneksi jatkuu ja meidän pitää elää se täysillä. Kaikki lopulta päättyy hyvin ❤
I am so glad I found this reaction/review from a professional. I first heard the song and I was drawn in by her voice so I could hear the lyrics. To respond to your question about the word "Zombie". I think it refers to how blind society has become to the violence and it's effects on our children. When I finally saw the video, I was stunned by the imagery. Thank you Anna!
I absolutely love the your description of the violence and anger being distortion and the innocent children being the clean notes shimmering throughout. A beautiful sentiment that I will carry with me every time I listen to this song now.
You were wearing the right thing for this reaction. A warm, thirsty sweater. Damn. Almost had me crying.
This is one of the most moving reactions to a song that I have ever experienced. I couldn’t make it through the entire analysis in one sitting. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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One of my all time favorite songs … so emotional, so tragic. It’s hard to describe all the thoughts and feelings on what Zombies are but It includes the dehumanizing nature of conflict and it’s Jungian. We live in dangerous times where leaders will try to make us fear, despise and hate others. Not everyone will fall for it but some will. Be strong, the ruling elite are expert manipulators.
Zombie was my first Irish song ever. I came to Ireland in 2007 and Ireland is my home now. Free Palestine and love your neighbors
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Well, actually I'm not the only one, who has to cry during this song. Thank you for sharing your emotions. I feel you...
Your emotional journey with this one was beautiful. Not the pain of sadness, but showing the world how music can truly be soul touching and magical... And this song brings such a powerful message and anyone with a real understanding of the realities of this song will always be deeply touched by it. I lived in County Tyrone (near Omagh) in the late 80's-early 90's. A time best forgotten. Thank you for sharing your first journey of this song with us.
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Questo è un capolavoro,sia canzone che video,che semplicemente non ha tempo. Quanto manchi Dolores❤️😣😢
Anna, your reaction is beatiful. I love your honest emotions. Thank you and hugs!
thnx for the reaction. i remember dolores and cranberries again. much love ♥
I don't know you but, to see the sadness in your face was sole crushing. R.I.P . "Delores". And to you young lady. I hope you have a great life.✌️🙏
When Delores sings I believe every word she’s singing.
Bless your gentle heart. There often seems to be no limits to the cruelty man is capable of; and yet there is also the purity of your emotions serving as a counter balance.
Deep breath ❣️😢 ...its a hard one from another hard time .... 🧙♂️ The keening is an Irish folk trait..
The tribute to her and this performance is almost as harrowing.
Remember life goes on.... 🦋 ☘️🧙♂️🇬🇧
The use of union jack in your post is painfully misplaced. 😬
I love the way in this song that the almost military tight rat-tat-tat of the drums are reminiscent of guns... and the cymbals echos... just incredible.
Yes! Especially that snare brought the same feeling for me!
I was in Warrington the day after the bombing that killed Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball. I lived in nearby Lowton and Warrington was our place to shop. Cranberries were on tour and this drove Dolores to write this. ‘Child is slowly taken.’ It took Tim 3 days to die. I lost friends in the troubles. Friends on both sides. Never again. RIP Dolores, Tim and Johnathan. X
Her singing style is called ‘keening’ and is used in Ireland in mourning.
Such a beautiful reaction, this such a painfully sad song and Dolores sings it with the anger of a Fury. It is unfortunately timeless in that people will never stop hurting themselves and one another. It will never not be relevant to be outraged and indignant over the violence we perpetuate, especially when children are the victims. As much as I love her voice, I admire Dolores for taking a stand against violence through art. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, expertise, and emotions with us. Art moves and enlightens, but some of us need great teachers like yourself to better understand what we're witnessing. Thank you ✌️❤
Thank you! Humans... so much beauty and so much pain at the same time... it's important we make the change... starting from our self.