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Los THE CRANBERRIES
son:
FERGAL
LAWER (Bateria y Percusion)
MIKE HOGAN,
(Bajo)
NOEL HOGAN
(Guitarra)
DOLORES
O' RIODAN (Voz, Teclado, Guitarra y Escritora)
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Historia
del Grupo
La vida del grupo comenzó
como The Cranberry Saw Us, en Limmerick, al oeste de Irlanda en 1990 con
Noel y Mike Hogan en guitarra y bajo respectivamente, y Feargal Lawlor
en la batería. "Era sólo un hobby; literalmente. Jamás
esperamos que sucediera nada (dicen los Hogan) "éramos sólo
adolescentes con instrumentos, reunidos para hacer nuestras canciones en
nuestro tiempo libre. Ahora tocamos todo el tiempo y creo que lo haremos
de por vida, porque puede que sea lo único para lo que somos buenos
y lo disfrutamos tanto".
"Nothing Left at All", el primer sencillo del
grupo (el cual emergió en forma de cassette), generó expectación
en la prensa especializada. Comentarios como: "Desde The Smith no había
surgido un grupo, que sonara tan espectacularmente vulnerable" describían
como podría volverse el camino, pero dejando suficiente margen como
para fomentar una tenacidad considerable.
Dolores canta desde los 5 años,
y a los diez empezó a hacerse melodías para sí misma.
Se metía con otros niños a los bares, todos disfrazados y
con un pajarillo ensartado en un palo. Pedían dinero para enterrarlo
y cantaban para ganar los peniques. "Algunas noches, a lo mejor eras el
quinto grupo de niños que entraba a cantar y tu público te
quería matar". Pero a la joven O'Riordan le era difícil pasar
desapercibida, pues su voz angelical se empezaba a volver inconfundible,
al grado de que en ocasiones reunía hasta cien dólares.
Coincidentemente (por aquella referencia de la prensa), es Stephen Street quien produce el álbumEverybody Else's Doin' It, So Why Can't We en febrero del '93. Stephen produjo una de las grabaciones más destacadas de The Smiths: The Queen is Dead. En noviembre de ese mismo año se editó (en manos de Island U.K.) el álbum Everybody... en forma de acetato y fue presentado en el Royal Theatre de Limerick, Irlanda y subsecuentemente en el London Astoria.
Estaba naciendo el estilo, pero este mismo demandaba
la presencia de una voz específicamente femenina. Pusieron un anuncio
en un periódico local, y una amiga de Dolores O'Riordan le avisó
de la vacante. Ella se apareció con un teclado, y ellos le mostraron
lo que tenían hecho. Luego ella les enseñó algo de
lo que había hecho y todos quedaron asombrados de las posibilidades
que vislumbraron en la conjunción de sus talentos. Dolores se quedó.
Rough Trade, una de las compañías
independientes (grabadora y distribuidora), más importantes del
mundo, sorprendió al medio con la noticia de que su presidente,
Geoff Travis, representaría personalmente al grupo, quienes con
su primer álbum Uncertain emprenderían una importante gira
por Inglaterra al lado del grupo de Manchester llamado Moose.
Ella estuvo cantando y tocando el órgano
en una iglesia de su pueblo, y como extensión de esta actividad
ganó varias competencias de canto por varios años consecutivos.
"Si no hubiera estado en la iglesia, nunca hubiera pensado en la música
como mi carrera principal" dice Dolores. "Cuando tienes 16 o 17 años
generalmente estás en contra del medio que te rodea; yo no lo hice
debido a que conocí gente encantadora".
El dramatismo lírico de The Cranberries,
se devela de alguna manera al conocer un poco de su vida pre-grupo. "Yo
realmente no conocía a mi papá" admite Dolores, la más
chica de 9 hermanos. "Los hombres son tan cerrados emocionalmenteÉ
podías pasar tu niñez completa y realmente no conocer a tu
papá ahora es muy extraño; es común oír a la
gente decir "te quiero mucho" y yo nunca escuché eso cuando era
niña. Era algo sagrado: la gente sólo lo decía cuando
alguien se iba a morir".
"Después de tanto tiempo de giras exhaustivas
de dos meses por dos semanas de descanso, de convivir día y noche
en lugares lejanos con gente extraña, de ganarnos un agotamiento
físico y mental, seguimos siendo amigos. Creo que eso es buen signo".
Hoy en dia estan grabando su cuarto disco, en
este año (1998) se espera ver el nuevo material de The Cranberries.
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ALBUMES
Import Singles
Clock
Interview
Fully
Illustrated Book &
Interview
To
The Faithful Departed
To
The Faithful Departed (+bonus)
To
The Faithful Departed +
Import Singles
Dreams//Linger
Free
To Decide
When
You're Gone
Videos
Live
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LINGER
DREAMS
ODE
TO MY FAMILY
CAN'T
BE WITH YOU
ZOMBIE
SALVATION
WHEN
YOU'RE GONE
FREE
TO DECIDE
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Dreams
Oh my life
Is changing everyday
In every possible way
And Oh my dreams
It's never quiet as it seems
Never quiet as it seems
I know I've felt like this before
But now I'm feeling it even more
Because it came from you
And then I open up and see
The person falling here is me
A different way to be
La
I want more (impossible to ignore)
I want more (impossible to ignore)
And they'll come true (impossible not to do)
And they'll come true (impossible not to do)
And now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don't hurt me
You're what I couldn't find
A totally amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You're everything to me
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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 everything
I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey 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
(chorus)
But I m in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to let it linger
Oh, I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong, but 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 wanna be with you
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Ode To My Family
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 fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she 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 you liked it. 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 hold me
Did she hold me, when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh me liked me, does anyone care
Does anyone care
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Lying in my bed again
And I cry cos you're
not here
Crying in my head again
And I know that it's
not cleart
Put your hands, put
your hands
Inside my face and see
that it's just you
But it's bad and it's
mad
and it's making me sad
Because I can't be with
you
Baby I can't be with you
Thinking back on how
things were
And how we loved so
well
I wanted to be the mother
of your child
And now it's just farewell
Put your hands in my
hand
We'll find another end
And come with me
And my head, and my
head
On anyone's shoulder
Cause I can't be with
you
Baby I can't be with you
Cause you're not here,
you're not here
Baby I can't be with
you
Cause you're not here,
you're not here
And baby I'm still in
love with you
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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
Zombie
What's in your head,
in your head
Zombie
Another mother's breakin'
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes
silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme
since 1916
In your head,
In your head they're
still fightin'
With their tanks
In your head they are
dyin'
In your head, in your
head
Zombie
What's in your head,
in your head
Zombie
"Zombie" was written on the Cranberries English
tour 1993.
Man's inhumanity to man and worse still, to child.
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TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE DOIN'
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
HEROINE EYES, DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT
BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT
IT SEEMS, NOT IT'S NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
CHORUS:
SALVATION, SALVATION,
SALVATION IS FREE
SALVATION, SALVATION,
SALVATION IS FREE
TO ALL THE PARENTS WITH
SLEEPNESS NIGHTS, SLEEPNESS NIGHTS
TIE YOUR KIDS ONTO THEIR
BEDS, CLEAN THEIR HEADS!!!
TO ALL THE KIDS WITH
HEROINE EYES, DON'T DO IT, DON'T DO IT
NO, NO, IT'S NOT, NOT
WHAT IT SEEMS
NO, NO, IT'S NOT, NOT
WHAT IT SEEMS
REPEAT CHORUS:
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HOLD ON TO LOVE, THAT
IS WHAT I DO,
NOW THAT I'VE FOUND
YOU
AND FROM ABOVE, EVERYTHING'S
STINKING
THEY'RE NOT AROUND YOU
AND IN THE NIGHT, ICOULD
BE HELPLESS
I COULD BE LONELY, SLEEPING
WITHOUT YOU
AND IN THE DAY, EVERYTHING'S
COMPLEX,
THERE'S NOTHING SIMPLE,
WHEN I'M NOT AROUND YOU
CHORUS
BUT, I MISS YOU WHEN
YOU'RE GONE,
THAT IS WHAT I DO....BAY,
BAY, BAY
AND IT'S GOING TO CARRY
ON,
THAT IS WHAT I KNEW...
BAY, BAY, BAY
HOLD ON TO MY HANDS,
I FEEL I'M SINKING,
SINKING WITHOUT YOU
AND TO MY MIND, EVERYTHING'S
STINKING,
STINKING WITHOUT YOU
AND IN THE NIGHT, I
COULD BE HELPLESS
I COULD BE LONELY, SLEEPING
WITHOUT YOU,
AND IN THE DAY, EVERYTHING'S
COMPLEX,
THERE'S NOTHING SIMPLE,
WHEN I'M NOT AROUND YOU
CHORUS
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IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING
MORE THAN THIS AT ALL,
I'LL LIVE AS I CHOOSE
OR I WILL NOT LIVE AT ALL,
SO RETURN TO WHERE YOU
COME FROM,
RETURN TO WHERE YOU
DWELL,
BECAUSE HARRASSMENT'S
NOT MY FORTE,
BUT YOU DO IT VERY WELL
CHORUS:
I'M FREE TO DECIDE, I'M
FREE TO DECIDE
AND I'M NOT SO SUICIDAL
AFTER ALL,
I'M FREE TO DECIDE,
I'M FREE TO DECIDE
AND I'M NOT SO SUICIDAL
AFTER ALL,
AT ALL, AT ALL, AT ALL
YOU MUST HAVE NOTHING
MORE WITH YOUR TIME TO DO,
THERE'S A WAR IN RUSSIA
AND SARAJEVO TOO,
SO TO HELL WITH WHAT
YOU'RE THINKING,
AND TO HELL WITH YOUR
NARROW MIND,
YOU'RE SO DISTRACTED
FROM THE REAL THING,
YOU SHOULD LEAVE YOUR
LIFE BEHIND
REPEAT CHORUS:
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