I recently rediscovered The Cranberries and their song Zombie, which is one of the best rock songs I've ever heard. Sadly, I also discovered that lead singer Dolores O'Riordan died two years ago from drowning in her tub while after a night of extremely heavy drinking.
She had so many issues, from having grown up in poverty, sexually molested repeatedly from the age of 8 until 12 by a family friend, depression & eating disorders related to the molestation, diagnosed as bipolar later in life, and too much self medicating with alcohol. An extraordinarily smart, talented woman with an amazing voice who couldn't outrun her demons no matter how much wealth and success she achieved.
I recently rediscovered The Cranberries
Loved the Cranberries.
The Cranberries song "Dreams" was the song used to close out Real World: Miami....
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We are the sultans - the sultans of swing....
...and Harry doesn’t mind if he don’t, make the scene. He’s got a daytime job, he’s doing alright.
I’ll puke if I hear another Dave commercial on the local radio. That damn concert is 4 months away....
We are the sultans - the sultans of swing....
...and Harry doesn’t mind if he don’t, make the scene. He’s got a daytime job, he’s doing alright.
Excellent frontman but never possessed a great voice (Hagar can still sting) & it’s worse today. Only reason DLR got the VH gig was he bugged the hell out of them until they finally relented b/c he was the only person they knew that could afford a PA (his dad was a very wealthy doctor).
I think he's talking about Dave Matthews.
And sorry, DLR VH >>>>> SH VH...
Don't get me wrong, love SH, and even SH VH, but VH's early stuff with DLR was incredible (voice and frontman).
We are the sultans - the sultans of swing....
...and Harry doesn’t mind if he don’t, make the scene. He’s got a daytime job, he’s doing alright.
Interesting fact is that the “Guitar George” and “Harry” who are mentioned in the lyrics are George Young and Harry Vanda, who were guitarist in the band The Easybeats. George Young is Angus Young’s older brother, and Harry and George helped get AC/DC recorded.