Come on now, admit it - who here likes/has liked the Cranberries?

"What of Kurt Cobain, will his presence still remain?" -- comedy gold

Dud: The Cranberries.

GENIUS

It gave me heaves then. Now it makes me hate.

Google images has let me down tonight. Sigh...

http://www.the-cranberries.de/gallery/live/dolores/dollive95.jpg http://graphics.boston.com/sports/patriots/superbowl/galleries/halftime_u2/1.jpg

I also liked "Zombie" for being so silly. It gave me giggles. Not at 8:30 in the morning, though.

ELL OH ELL!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=58594&item=4742806946&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

He/she/it is a treat.

Hasn't held up too well.

I'm at work and the PA is blasting the Cranberries' greatest hits.
I feel a sudden urge to kill.

i remember that section in 'dreams'. you know the bit that goes "LaaaaRR LaR La LaRR LaR La LaaaaaRRRRR". that was sort of moving. or maybe.

I used to really like "Zombie" for a couple of months back then.

lololol I should track down that "Bosnia" song, it seems like it would be a treat

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=bosnia+cranberries&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

lolololol

SARAJEEEEEEEEEEEVO
SARAJEEEEEEEEEEEVO

fucking priceless, no wonder Jewel released "Pieces Of You"

I. JUST. SHOT. DOLORES.

omg the end of this with the music box

why did no one stop her, lololololol

Re: "Dreams" - lol do you remember the video for that song, where they were hosing of a tree-stump looking thing which was caked in mud & it ended up being a mystical, naked dude curled up in the fetal postition & the band were all like "whoah, symbolic.."

The first album is perfectly fine minor-key jangle pop - a nice companion piece to The Sundays' first album. "Linger" is timeless. The second album was OK, but "Zombie" being such a megahit was obviously the beginning of the end b/c it gave DO'R the misguided creative licence to tackle topical, politically-motivated lyrics. And we all know how that turned out.

Overall: a perfectly fine minor band, wrongly eleveated to major-player status, who let it go to their heads & embarassed the hell out of themselves.

OH MY GOD

Ugh @ "perfectly fine" x 2. I've seriously gotta self-edit.

I thought "Linger" was pretty dreamy at age 14.

I'll always associate "Dreams" with a particularly gripping Angela "moment" in "My So-Called Life."

omg bosnia!!!

SARAJEEEEVO! SARAJEEEEVO! SARAJEEEEEEVO! SARAJEEEEEVO!

BOSNIA Lyrics

I would like to state my vision
Life was so unfair
We live in our secure surroundings
And people die out there

Bosnia, was so unkind
Sarejevo, change my mind
And we all call out in despair
All the love we need isn't there
And we all sing songs in our rooms
SARAJEVO erects another tomb

SARAJEVO! SARAJEVO! SARAJEVO! SARAJEVO!
Bosnia, was so unkind
SARAJEVO! SARAJEVO! SARAJEVO!
Bosnia, was so unkind

Sure, things would change
If we really wanted them to
No fear for children anymore
There are babies in their beds
Terror in their heads
for the love of life!

When do the saints go marching in?
When do the saints go marching in?
When do the saints go marching in?
When do the saints go marching in?

Rummmpatitum, Rummmpatitum
Traboo, Traboo, Traboo

There are babies in their beds
Terror in their heads
for the love of life!

Why didn't Lionel and Michael include these verses in "We Are The World"??

I've seriously listened to this song about 5 times in a row. You don't get entertainment like this anymore.

was "Free To Decide" supposed to be her "Emperor's New Clothes"??

wtf

People told me I looked like Delores in high school but I think it was just bcz she has short hair and so did I, and people are uncreative but also want to tell people they look like celebrities. I got a big bowling ball head, come on!

I'm now pretty much convinced that The Cranberries were a prank.

They got very good write-ups in the UK music press in 1991 or whenever, just as they were about to break (presumably on the strength of that demo mentioned upthread). I first heard them shortly afterwards, when the BBC had them as headliners in a set of gigs from a church in Glasgow. The prettily mysterious singer from the first press shots was already gone, replaced by some sort of poison gollum, as was the exquisite voice that Melody Maker had promised. She stood and screeched in a pose that looked frankly retarded, bony fingers splayed, back arched, staring madly. So no, I never got as far as liking them. Felt somehow betrayed, actually.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/e6/6d/0125228348a00b3c26aec010.L.jpg
Anyway, this sleeve is the glaring omission from this thread. Somehow made better by Amazon listing this as the 'explicit version'

Yestreday it was such a revelation: I didn't remenber they were so terribly lame.

(by the way: Dan, that "video" is PRICELESS).

It is amazing how much less I like "Zombie" now that I know what the real lyrics are.

for the love of life!