I know 2 covers both better than the original. Everyone knows one of them...
There are some thoughtful covers, but nothing touches the original.
There are some thoughtful covers, but nothing touches the original.
Wasn't the song about anti terrorism especially Ira terrorism?
People forget that there were Unionist terror groups, responsible for hundreds of deaths.
I was so pissed when they used this in Army of the Dead (I think that was the one). Like they only knew the song title and nothing about what it actually was about.
Wasn't the song about anti terrorism especially Ira terrorism?
It's the only song I really know by The Cranberries but I've always liked it.I remember much music on DirecTV. It's where I first saw Eiffel 65 and prozzak before they were played on local radio.
I liked the video too when it used to get played on Much Music when I was a kid.
It's the only song I really know by The Cranberries but I've always liked it.
I liked the video too when it used to get played on Much Music when I was a kid.
The song is about war-related post traumatic stress disorder.
Zombie is what antipsychotic medication turns you into.
She may have had the Irish rebellion in mind when she wrote the song but I think the message was a little more inclusive than just that one war.
It was specifically about living through the Troubles
There were a lot of bombs going off in London and I remember this one time a child was killed when a bomb was put in a rubbish bin that's why there's that line in the song, 'A child is slowly taken'. [ ... ] We were on a tour bus and I was near the location where it happened, so it really struck me hard I was quite young, but I remember being devastated about the innocent children being pulled into that kind of thing. So I suppose that's why I was saying, 'It's not me' that even though I'm Irish it wasn't me, I didn't do it. Because being Irish, it was quite hard, especially in the UK when there was so much tension.
Dolores O'Riordan in 2017, on writing "Zombie".