READING: Story about the group

The story of how the Cranberries became famous and successful is like a fairy tale.

When this Irish group from Limerick released their first LP, Everyone else is doing it, why can’t we?, nobody was interested in Britain at first, but the single got to Number One in the charts after a successful tour in the USA. On that tour, they were the back-up band for the group, Suede, but soon people became more interested in the Cranberries than in Suede, and they became the real stars of the concerts. They followed this success with a fantastic , .

The lead singer, Dolores O’Riorden, is probably one of the best new voices in the world of pop - and she doesn’t like being called the new Sinead O’Connor! The Cranberries play a simple type of music, quite similar in style to the music of the Smiths. The guitar solos are very original and their lyrics are very important, too. The group are continuing on the road to success with their latest album, To the faithful departed.

LISTENING: Now listen to the song Zombie by The Cranberries. Try to fill in the missing words. Click Here

1 Another head hangs , 2 Child is taken, 3 And the caused such 4 Who are we mistaken 5 But you it’s not 6 It’s not my 7 In your head, in your head they are fighting 8 With their tanks and their bombs 9 And their bombs and their guns 10 In your head, in your head they are 11 In your head, in your head 12 Zombie, zombie, zombie 13 What’s in your head, in your head ? 14 Zombie, zombie, zombie 15 Another mother’s breaking 16 Heart is taken over 17 When the causes 18 We must be mistaken 19 It’s the same old since 20 In your head, in your head they’re still fighting 21 With their tanks and their bombs 22 And their bombs and their guns 23 In your head, in your head they are

CORRECT ANSWERS

Line 1: lowly Line 10 crying Line 2: slowly Line 17: violence, silence Line 3: violence, silence Line 19: theme, 1916 Line 5: see, me Line 23: dying Line 6: family

ACTIVITY: COMPREHENSION. Now try answering the questions below about the song lyrics (letras) Zombie.

1. What is the topic of the song? (topic= tema, topico-NO) 2. Which people are in the song? 3. How do they feel? 4. Who is the ‘Zombie’? 5. How does the singer feel about War? 6. Where are the group from? What relation might this have to the song?

CORRECT ANSWERS 1. war, fighting 2. mother, child, family 3. very sad; affected 4. soldier / terrorist 5. They are against it. 6. They’re from Ireland. The song is a song against war, probably written about the troubles in Northern Ireland.