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Remembering the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Music

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The lead singer of the Irish rock band, who died at 46, wrote songs in the 1990s that deeply touched young women and Irish listeners while appealing to a worldwide audience

Transcript

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0:00.0

And the Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your Irish wake of music news and criticism.

0:26.0

I am your guest host, Karen Gans. If you could return, don't let it burn, don't let it burn, don't let it fade.

0:39.0

I'm sure I'll not be rude, but it's just your attitude.

0:44.0

It's tearing me apart.

0:46.0

He's ruined every day.

0:50.0

That's why I'm a smile on the opportunity. I swear I won't put your way and answered to you.

0:55.0

So when you were yelling her head,

0:59.0

when you were yelling her head,

1:02.0

Is that the way we stand we're lying all the time was it just a game to give

1:05.0

it just a game chip

1:09.0

but I mean it's, you know I'm such a fool for you.

1:17.0

You got me wrapped round your finger. Do you have to let it later?

1:27.0

Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to, do you have to,

1:30.0

do you have to let it linger?

1:35.0

That was the sound of the cranberries linger.

1:37.6

This week we're thinking about the cranberries a lot over here at the

1:39.7

podcast because the band's lead singer Dolores Oreirdin

1:42.4

was found dead.

1:44.0

She was only 46 years old and the cause of death is not yet known.

1:47.9

So before we dive into conversation, I just wanted to provide our listeners a little bit of history

1:51.9

about the cranberries.

1:53.2

The band formed in 1989 under the name cranberries saw us, but they changed their name to the cranberries

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