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The Cranberries are a Top50 band in History
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I think a few of their songs got massive radio time.
But a lot just got to the fans.
They really were a band to see live..great entertainers. In some ways the gigs were streets aheas of the albums. If that makes sense? The atmosphere was electric. And Dolores small as ahe was had some stage presence.
Thanks.
And yes...at the moment life is very shit.
And perhaps I am being sensitive about Dolo.
Defensive of her memory.....because well she shouldnt have died so young and she had just gotten back to recovery.
Nuff said. I'm off
Steel Icarus
we move
Tbf any band you like are likely to create an electric atmosphere and appear to have great stage presence. I've not been to any non-festival gig where the crowd weren't buzzing when the headliners came on.
And the first label that signed The Cranberries was Xeric, with amateur material and without studio.
This is the first LP compilation:
If The Cranberries is not an indie/alt band, no one it is
And no one has the right to insult the legacy that she left us without at least being able to reply to the people who do this.
Steel Icarus
we move
It's opinion isn't it. No way to prove it. You keep presenting your opinion as fact. This is dishonest.
Yeah, I don't hate them or anything. Just heard the big hits too much in the 90s and not really a band I'd play.
Fair enough, yep. Take care.
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
Nobody has disrespected her. Some people don't much like the Cranberries. That's not disrespect. It's life.
So we'll have another 25 pages of that then?
Maybe
Steel Icarus
we move
Yeah? YEAH? Name the other 49, then!
editor
hiraethified
I just asked you one question, very honest because I didn't even say it was one of the best, I just said "so good."
So it's 'dishonest' to have individual musical taste? Just so you know: the more you uncritically squeak on and on and on about the Cranberries, fawning over their every note and inflating their importance, the lower my opinion of the band goes. And I imagine I'm not alone.
The problem with the idea that what you like (with respect to music or anything else) is subjective is that there isn't a knowable subjective response.
You can be turned off by something and nevertheless feel intrigued by it.
You can be swept up by something and then later come to feel that listening to it is like eating a box of chocolates. Too much sugar rush and not enough substance.
And then your subjective experience is related to what you are looking for and what you want. Do you want to dance, sing a long, to feel something, to relate to it. Is it a personal experience or a collective experience?
For example I would never listen to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody on my own. It's a campy quasi operatic singalong that's best experienced Wayne's World style.
Your subjective experience is not something simply there and given. In philosophical terms, it's something that's mediated.
How do you assess something like the music of Aguaviva? It's not something that's hugely popular or well known - so you can't rely on popular opinion. It's difficult, it draws on different traditions - classical serialism, Andalusian folk, rock, spoken word/poetry, theatre. How do you know how you relate to the component parts nevermind the whole? There isn't a real subjectivity that's in your mind just as there isn't a real objective quality that's strictly out there in the sound itself. If you're looking for a challenge you might find something powerful there, but then again you may not. But if you don't find it, that doesn't mean there was nothing there to find.
Likewise, I can't assess whether I like the Cranberries. I've just not had the circumstances to get into them in one way or another and what I have heard just doesn't inspire me to try to find those circumstances.
You can be turned off by something and nevertheless feel intrigued by it.
You can be swept up by something and then later come to feel that listening to it is like eating a box of chocolates. Too much sugar rush and not enough substance.
And then your subjective experience is related to what you are looking for and what you want. Do you want to dance, sing a long, to feel something, to relate to it. Is it a personal experience or a collective experience?
For example I would never listen to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody on my own. It's a campy quasi operatic singalong that's best experienced Wayne's World style.
Your subjective experience is not something simply there and given. In philosophical terms, it's something that's mediated.
How do you assess something like the music of Aguaviva? It's not something that's hugely popular or well known - so you can't rely on popular opinion. It's difficult, it draws on different traditions - classical serialism, Andalusian folk, rock, spoken word/poetry, theatre. How do you know how you relate to the component parts nevermind the whole? There isn't a real subjectivity that's in your mind just as there isn't a real objective quality that's strictly out there in the sound itself. If you're looking for a challenge you might find something powerful there, but then again you may not. But if you don't find it, that doesn't mean there was nothing there to find.
Likewise, I can't assess whether I like the Cranberries. I've just not had the circumstances to get into them in one way or another and what I have heard just doesn't inspire me to try to find those circumstances.
rekil
to menny cranks
Niall Quinn takes responsibility here. Strictly for the anoraks this stuff.
Another Story | Cranberries World
To be fair...band names can be odd..
Just to say...I'm not Cranaddict
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
This is getting a bit silly
Much as I love Dolo and the Cranberries I would not compare them with Rory Gallagher who was utterly flawless and an absolute genius.
Both were geniouses, I am convinced Rory is one of the best guitarist of all time. And not just in Rock genre, also as a acoustic guitarist and Blues. Probably Rory is better guitarist than Dolores vocalist, but I enjoy more when I listen to The Cranberries than when I listen to Rory, it is just personal Taste
I think we both agree Dolores and Rory are the best Irish rockers.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
It's part of the plan. In reality, he loathes the band, and his zombie like adoration for them is actually designed to tarnish their top 50 band in history image.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Why has this thread about the Cranberries been locked?
www.urban75.net
Is this some sort of conspiracy to downplay one of the best bands of the 90's?
Cranberries
Just watched the Zombie video for the first time in years. Still a top class tune and the vid is the tits. Oh yes
www.urban75.net
Is this some sort of conspiracy to downplay one of the best bands of the 90's?
Both were geniouses, I am convinced Rory is one of the best guitarist of all time. And not just in Rock genre, also as a acoustic guitarist and Blues. Probably Rory is better guitarist than Dolores vocalist, but I enjoy more when I listen to The Cranberries than when I listen to Rory, it is just personal Taste
I think we both agree Dolores and Rory are the best Irish rockers.
I love the Cranberries but I don't actually think they're the "best Irish rockers ".
They're remarkable.
And for 1991/ 1993 they were pretty unique.
I can appreciate them and enjoy them
But Thin Lizzy were better
And I have to say given a choice I would enjoy listening to Horselips more.
Dont get me wrong...I love Dreams and other songs. And my main points on the other thread were that Dolos voice was unique and different. And that she didnt deserve trashing.
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krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Could be considered bad taste, with a post wishing she was dead.Why has this thread about the Cranberries been locked?
Cranberries
Just watched the Zombie video for the first time in years. Still a top class tune and the vid is the tits. Oh yes
Is this some sort of conspiracy to downplay one of the best bands of the 90's?
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