Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) I was a fan of The Cranberries back in their early days. Her Irish lilt singing style irritated some, but I was not one of them. I found it unique. Edited January 16, 2018 by Kevin Bresnahan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 I also enjoyed their work. A rare bright spot in a bleak pop landscape in the 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, felser said: I also enjoyed their work. A rare bright spot in a bleak pop landscape in the 90's. I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Guess a sure sign of aging is when pop stars dies and you don't know either them or their band...still, RIP, and she was young-ish still, always a sad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 2 hours ago, JSngry said: Guess a sure sign of aging is when pop stars dies and you don't know either them or their band...still, RIP, and she was young-ish still, always a sad thing. As mentioned, The Cranberries came to fame in the early to mid-90s, so if you weren't listening to pop/rock during that decade, you never would've heard them. I was still listening to a lot of rock radio back then... and it's not like there has ever been a lot of Jazz radio during my lifetime. You might've heard this song... it got a lot of airplay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 NY Times obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/obituaries/dolores-oriordan-dead.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fobituaries&action=click&contentCollection=obituaries®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront Incidentally, her name is misspelled in the thread title. I'm another who didn't know anything about her before now. Listening to the first clip in this thread, it sounds as if she had a good voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Petrusich: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-ferocious-sublime-dolores-oriordan-of-the-cranberries (was never a fan of the Cranberries' music but I get the appreciation in some circles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) This was their other big song, alonside Linger and Zombie. And it has 91 million views, jeez. Though that's just a drop in the bucket compared to Zombie's 665 million views. Edited January 16, 2018 by Aggie87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Aggie87 said: This was their other big song, alonside Linger and Zombie. And it has 91 million views, jeez. Though that's just a drop in the bucket compared to Zombie's 665 million views. Believe it or not, I came to appreciate Dreams via Faye Wong's Cantonese cover in CHUNGKING EXPRESS before I'd ever heard the Cranberries' original. I think I still prefer Faye's version, but that's probably due more to familiarity with it than any objective merits. RIP to Ms. O'Riordan. She will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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