R.I.P. Dolores O'Riordan

R.I.P. Dolores O'Riordan

Prošle nedelje (u ponedeljak 15. januara 2018g.) nas je zatekla vest o smrti Dolores O'Riordan pevačici i frontmenu benda The Cranberries. Ona je premuinula pod nerazjašnjenim okolnostima u Londonskom hotelu "London Hilton on Park Lane" u kom je odsela za potrebe snimanja. Imala je 46 godina i za sobom je ostavila neizbrisiv trag, naročito sa bendom The Cranberries. Ovo je prilika da se podsetimo pesama po kojima ćemo je pamtiti.

Najbolje pesme

Opus grupe The Cranberries (1990. - 2013g. i 2009. - do danas) je za mnoge u svoje vreme bio prilično revolucionaran. U trenucima kada se svet i Evropa dramatično menjaju, pucajući po nekim starim šavovima, u momentima kada su se stvarali konflikti, ratovi, socijalna raslojavanja... stvarao se osećaj da je potrebno poslati poruku, i to ne bilo kakvu, već poruku koja se jasno i glasno čuje! The Cranberries su bili jedan od bendova koji je to uspešno i učinio. U svakom slučaju, njihovim pesmama nije nedostajao kvalitet.

Ali da krenemo, jedan od njihovih najvećih hitova je

Zombie

Ovo je pesma koja ih je zaista proslavila. U prilično snažnom i agresivnom ritmu, The Cranberries su uspeli da prenesu jaku anti-ratnu poruku. Nije ni čudo, pesma nastaje kao reakcija na teroristički napad IRA-e u Londonu 1993g. prilikom kog su dva deteta izgubila živote. Tekst je jasan:

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken

But you see it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your
Head they are fighting
With their tanks and their bombs
And their bombs and their guns
In your head,
In your head they are cryin'

In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
Hey, hey
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
Hey, hey, hey, oh
Dou, dou, dou, dou
Dou, dou, dou, dou
Dou, dou, dou, dou
Dou, dou, dou, dou

Another mother's breakin'
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen
In your head,
In your head they're still fightin'
With their tanks and their bombs
And their bombs and their guns
In your head, in your head they are dyin'

In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
Hey, hey
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
Hey, hey, hey
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Hey, oh, ya, ya-a

Sledeća pesma po kojoj ćemo je pamtiti je sigurno:

Linger

Za razliku od agresivne pesme "Zombie", ovo je balada koja je posvećena prvom poljupcu. Tinejdžeri devedesetih naklonjeni rock muzici sigurno gaje mnogo lepih uspomena vezanih za ovu pesmu.

If you, if you could return
Don't let it burn
Don't let it fade
I'm sure I'm not being rude
But it's just your attitude
It's tearing me apart
It's ruining every day
For me
I swore I would be true
And fellow, so did you
So why were you holding her hand?
Is that the way we stand?
Were you lying all the time?
Was it just a game to you?
But I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You've got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do have to let it linger?

Oh, I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong, I was wrong
If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie
Things wouldn't be so confused
And I wouldn't feel so used
But you always really knew
I just want to be with you
And I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You've got me wrapped around your finger
Do have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do have to let it linger?

And I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You've got me wrapped around your finger
Do have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do have to let it linger?

You know I'm such a fool for you
You've got me wrapped around your finger
Do have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do have to let it linger?

Gotovo jednako snažne uspomene budi i

Ode To My Family

Prilično jednostavna pesma koja govori o napuštanju topline porodice i o svoj ljubavi koja se gubi u trenutku kada čovek iz svog doma zakorači u život.

Understand the things I say
Don't turn away from me
'Cause I spent half my life out there
You wouldn't disagree
D'you see me, d'you see
Do you like me, do you like me standing there
D'you notice, d'you know
Do you see me, do you see me
Does anyone care?

Unhappiness, where's when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as a fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she'd hold me
Did she hold me, when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care?

Understand what I've become
It wasn't my design
And people everywhere think
Something better than I am
But I miss you, I miss
'Cause I liked it, 'cause I liked it
When I was out there
D'you know this, d'you know
You did not find me, you did not find
Does anyone care?

Unhappiness was when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she'd hold me
Did she hold me, when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care?

Does anyone care?
....

Doo doo doo do, doo doo doo do
....

Sledeća je svakako:

Salvation

Ova pesma je povezivana sa eksplozijom konzumiranja droge ekstazi devedesetih godina prošlog veka. Pokojna Dolores je proširila "smisao" ove pesme kada je jednom prilikom izjavila da ovo nije samo pesma protiv narkomanije, već i protiv svega što može čoveka da kontroliše u bilo kom pogledu.

To all the people doing lines
Don't do it, don't do it
Inject your soul with liberty
It's free, it's free
To all the kids with heroin eyes
Don't do it, don't do it
'Cause it's not, not what it seems
Oh no it's not, not what it seems

Salvation, Salvation, Salvation is free

To all the parents with sleepless nights
Sleepless nights
Tie your kids home to their beds
Clean their heads
To all the kids with heroin eyes
Don't do it, don't do it
'Cause it's not, not what it seems
No no it's not, not what it seems

Salvation, Salvation, Salvation is free

Sedeća legendarna pesma je:

Animal Instinct

Pesma koju je pokojna pevačica posvetila svom prvom detetu. Govori o trudnoći i osećajima koji nastaju u tom periodu. Kako takva pesma može biti loša? Šta više - pesma postaje legendarna!

Suddenly something has happened to me
As I was having my cup of tea
Suddenly I was feeling depressed
I was utterly and totally stressed
Do you know you made me cry
Do you know you made me die

And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt
It is a lovely thing that we have
It is a lovely thing that we
It is a lovely thing, the animal
The animal instinct

So take my hands and come with me
We will change reality
So take my hands and we will pray
They won't take you away
They will never make me cry, no
They will never make me die

And the thing that gets to me
Is you'll never really see
And the thing that freaks me out
Is I'll always be in doubt

The animal, the animal, the animal instinct in me
It's the animal, the animal, the animal instinct in me

Dolores je imala još puno dobrih stvari o kojima bi vredelo, makar na kraju, napisati reč ili dve. Međutim, to ćemo ostaviti za neku drugu priliku... A možda i neke druge ljude.

Slavna pevačica je sahranjena 23. januara na groblju u Limericku, malom seocetu iz koga potiče. Kako je to izgledalo možete videti u priloženom videu: