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Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dead at 46
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Posted on 01/15/2018 9:53:13 AM PST by dfwgator

LONDON (AP) -- Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries, died suddenly on Monday. She was 46.

O'Riordan died in London, where she was recording, publicist Lindsey Holmes said. The cause of death wasn't immediately available.

Holmes said the singer's family is "devastated" by the news.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chat; cranberries; doloresoriordan; fartyshadesofgreen; ireland; oriordan; thecranberries
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To: Ge0ffrey
At least we still have Enya.

And The Corrs.....Heck, somehow, even Shane McGowan is still around.

81 posted on 01/15/2018 4:16:50 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Major Matt Mason
That was a good cover of that song. Thanks for sharing.

This is not one of the more well known hits, but a very emotional song. You can sense the pain her voice.

The Cranberries - Daffodil Lament (Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?)

82 posted on 01/15/2018 4:18:49 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: beaversmom
I remember that thread. Didn't seem like so long ago.

Here's Cranberries doing "Shattered" (not the Rolling Stones song)

83 posted on 01/15/2018 4:27:30 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: dfwgator

Sad. RIP. :-(


84 posted on 01/15/2018 6:29:27 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: dfwgator

She was ostracized after she came out as pro-life. It definitely hurt her career.

“You don’t have to agree with Dolores opinions to find it refreshing that she has them. Ever since Sinead O’Connor was crucified for tearing the Pope up on the telly, there’s been a reluctance among Irish artists to say anything that may impact on their record sales. That includes going against the liberal grain, as O’Riordan did when she condemned abortion.

“I think Sinead’s pretty cool” she says. “She’s Irish and outspoken - sometimes to a point where it’s her own undoing - but at least she’s original and does her own thing. She’s not a safe Mary O’Shea kind of head. She s a little bit crazy sometimes, I guess, but I think we all are.

“{As for what I said} I can understand people having to have abortions when they get raped or whatever. In certain situations, grand, but still I don’t like the idea of a baby being sucked out and thrown into a bucket squealing and crying. It’s sick. I think, as well, that they shouldn’t abort foetuses after a certain amount of time because they do start moving. I had a baby so I know. It s one of those things where I’ve always said what I thought. I could never not give a toss, y’know?””

http://www.hotpress.com/music/interviews/FROM-THE-ARCHIVES-Dolores-ORiordan-spoke-candidly-to-iHot-Pressi-about-fame-love-and-motherhood-in-1999/21673128.html


85 posted on 01/15/2018 8:40:29 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

I must admit, I’ve been kind of down all day because of this, strange how some deaths can hit you harder than others, even though I can’t say I was a huge fan of theirs’. She seemed to be a sweet person, albeit with her crosses to bear. I pray she’s in a better place.


86 posted on 01/15/2018 8:47:28 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Me too, same thing.


87 posted on 01/15/2018 8:50:38 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: dfwgator; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; GOPsterinMA; KC_Lion; bagster

Very sad, mother of 3. Sounds like she may have taken her own life. RIP.

This is my favorite one of their songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky4CdN0x58A


88 posted on 01/15/2018 10:22:16 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: BillyBoy

Ping


89 posted on 01/15/2018 10:22:48 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Impy

Pray the autopsy determines that isn’t so.


90 posted on 01/15/2018 11:01:24 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: All
Heard about O'Riordan's death last night on WBZ Boston while commuting home.* I assumed it was drugs the way they were declining to cite a cause. RIP Dolores. Thanks for "Dreams" and "Linger" and the LP "Everybody's Doing It So Why Can't We" which I once had on cassette (both of the aforementioned songs were on that).

ff

*I've never lived anywhere near Boston, but my work schedule, combined with this being winter, enables me to pick up WBZ, KDKA, and WBBM on the way home most nights.

91 posted on 01/16/2018 3:08:17 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: dfwgator

Very sad I really liked Dreams. A lovely woman is gone due to her internal demons.


92 posted on 01/16/2018 10:29:32 AM PST by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: dfwgator

Her death bothers me too even though I only know three Cranberries songs. Where I lived she was played everywhere. Back in 1994 or so. The Irish Tourist Board was running a TV commercial w Cranberries’s Dreams in the background.


93 posted on 01/16/2018 10:33:45 AM PST by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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To: dennisw

I pray that wasn’t the reason.


94 posted on 01/16/2018 10:35:37 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Have to wait and see what the cause was I suppose, if they ever tell us.


95 posted on 01/16/2018 5:30:34 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Impy

I swear I liked one of their songs, but I sure can’t remember it.


96 posted on 01/17/2018 3:54:38 AM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: bagster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts

Maybe their most famous song, it’s about IRA violence.


97 posted on 01/17/2018 7:06:13 AM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: dfwgator; Ge0ffrey
And The Corrs.....Heck, somehow, even Shane McGowan is still around.


98 posted on 01/17/2018 7:22:35 AM PST by Lazamataz (It is known.)
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