detaylı biografi / detailed biography

1989



Skip back to the start of the tape, back to the turn of the 80's when making a living from rock and roll wasn't even on the map for Noel, Mike and Fergal, three quarters of what was originally The Cranberry Saw Us.

Teyibin başına saralım ve Noel,Mike ve Fergal, The Cranberry Saw Us'ın üç kurucusu için,rock'n rollun yaşam biçimi bile olmadığı 80lere dönelim.

By that stage U2 had already chalked up their own first decade of worldwide success. Globe-trotting tours and albums such as "Unforgettable Fire" and "Joshua Tree" opened international doors for the Irish music industry who were ready to prove that there was more to Ireland than Bono and company.

Bu dönemde U2 çoktan dünya çapındaki başarısının ilk 10 yıllık serüvenini tamamlamıştı. Hızlı Dünya turneleri,Unforgettable Fire ve Joshua Tree gibi albümler, İrlandanın Bono ve arkadaşlarından daha fazlasını barındırdığını kanıtlamak adına İrlanda müzik endüstrisine uluslararası kapıları açmıştı.

The 80's produced new Irish international stars Clannad, Enya, Hot House Flowers, Sinead O'Connor and Chris De Burgh. U2 set up their own label to seek out and promote new acts. U2 bassist Adam Clayton championed the cause of Limerick band, Tuesday Blue.

Seksenler Clannad, Enya, Hot House Flowers, Sinead O'Connor ve Chris De Burgh gibi uluslararası İrlandalı starlar çıkardı.

"We used to listen to U2. Sure who didn't", says Mike. "Then there was The Smiths, New Order, The Cure..."

Mike:Bir zamanlar U2 dinlerdik,kim dinlemezdiki,sonra tabi The Smiths,New Order,The Cure da vardı.

"..Depeche Mode, REM," Fergal adds. "Stuff that was very popular".

"Depeche Mode ve REM de",Fergal ekliyor. "Stuff da çok popülerdi"

"We were all just into the music," says Noel. "Anyone who's into music wants to be in a band or be part of the music. Anything to be near or around it, even though a lot of people don't end up doing it. So we all wanted to do that. And we were quite content just rehearsing. Then we'd do a few gigs and get pissed after them, - that was just grand. And that'd be it until the next weekend."

Noel:"Hepimiz müziğin içindeydik, müziğin içinde olan herkes ya bir müzik grubunda yer almak yada müziğin bir parçası olmak ister.Birçok kimse direk müziği bırakmasada birşekilde kıyısında yer alır.Bizde bunu yapmak istedik ve provalar yaparak bile çok mutlu olduk.Sonraları bi kaç çalışma yaptık ve işin içine bulaşmıştık,ki bu muhteşemdi.Bir sonraki haftaya kadar yaptığımız buydu."

Brother's Noel and Mike Hogan were friends with Fergal Lawler. Back in 1989 they formed The Cranberry Saw Us with singer Niall Quinn.

"We were all very young at the time," says Mike. "Some of us had jobs. We'd rehearse on the side, at weekends and maybe on a Wednesday if we could. Then we got a few gigs. But we never looked forward - we never thought about record contracts or that we were going to be famous" he laughs, as if it's still difficult for him to take in that they are in fact one of the most famous bands in the world.

Back then they were known to just a fraction of music fans in Limerick city. Noel would write some music and the band would play it rough at rehearsals or in an early demo.



Noel ve Mike Hogan Kardeşler Fergal Lawler'la arkadaşlardı.!989un başlarında vokalist Niall Quinn le The Cranberry Saw Us ı kurdular.

1990



With no game plan and little thought put in for the future, Niall decided it was time to leave. He wanted to work in music, but not with these guys. On the way out the door, he mentioned the name of a girl who was a friend of his girlfriend's. "You might give her a try on vocals" he said.

Gelecek için herhangi bir strateji yada en ufak bir düşünce ortaya koyulmadan,Niall ayrılma zamanının geldiğine karar verdi.Müziğe devam etmeyi istedi ama bu adamlarla değil. Ayrılığı sırasında bir erkek arkadaşının sevgilisinin ismini verdi. "Vokalde onu bir denersiniz" dedi.

While they were looking for a singer, that same girl was looking for a band. Something new. Raised on a mixture of traditional Irish music and Catholic hymns, Dolores O'Riordan had been singing since the age of three. Now in her teens she didn't know what to do with the rest of her life. But she knew she could sing.

Onlar bir vokalist ararlarken, bu kızda bir grup arıyordu.Yeni birşeyler. Geleneksel Irlanda müziği ve Katolik ilahileri karışımında büyüyen Dolores O'riordan 3 yaşından beri şarkı söylüyordu. Şimdi gençlik döneminde yaşamının geri kalanında ne yapacağını bilemiyordu. Ama şarkı söyleyebileceğini biliyordu.

"There was no real pressure to get a job," she says. "I was still in school. I didn't have to make any crucial life decisions - yet!"

"Bir iş sahibi olmam için üzerimde baskı yoktu". "Hala okuyordum. Henüz önemli hayati kararlar almak zorunda değildim." diyor Dolores.

When she heard there was a band looking for a singer she decided to go along and audition for them in their rehearsal room. She didn't know them. But she had nothing to lose. It was May 1990.

Vokalist arayan bir grup olduğunu duyduğunda, onların yanına gitmeye ve provalarında sesini denemeye karar verdi. Onları tanımıyordu ama kaybedecek birşeyi de yoktu. 1990 Mayısıydı.

"The minute she started singing," Ferg smiles as if looking back on an old snapshot, "We thought we had something. We were stunned."

Fergal eski bir sahneyi anımsar gibi gülerek "Şarkı söyleyeme başladığı dakika birşeyler elde ettiğimizi düşündük, sersemlemiştik."

They ran through a few numbers that Noel had written.

Noel'in yazdığı bikaç çalışma üstünden gittiler.

"That was it," Noel remembers. "I had a tape of some of the music. I asked her to go off and write some lyrics for it. The next week she came back to the rehearsal room and she sang "Linger"!

Noel o anı hatırlayarak " İşte buydu, bikaç parçanın kaydını ona verdim ve üzerine çalışıp söz yazmasını istedim. Sonraki hafta stüdyoya(prova odası) geldi ve "Linger!" ı söyledi."

It was chemistry from the start. And though they still didn't know where to take this, they knew there was something special in the air.

Daha başlangıçta kimyaları uydu. Ve bu işi nereye götüreceklerini bilmeselerde ortada özel birşeylerin varlığından emindiler.

"We still hadn't a clue what we were doing, " says Dolores, thinking back. "But we were doing it."

"Hala ne yaptığımızı tam bilmiyorduk ama yapıyorduk." diyor Dolores geçmişi düşünerek.

Their first gig together as The Cranberries was in September 1990, in a small Limerick venue called "Ruby's" where the band played to an audience of 60. Among the numbers performed were originals penned by Noel and Dolores, sparking a writing partnership that continues to this day.

The Cranberries olarak birlikte ilk performansları 1990 Eylülünde, Limerick'te Ruby's barında 60 kişiye verdikleri konserdi. Çalınan parçalar Noel ve Dolores tarafından kaleme alınan,bugüne kadarda devam eden bir ortaklığın ilk kıvılcımlarıydı.

Fergal describes how after a few more local gigs, they put what original music and vocals they had together in a six-track demo called "Nothing Left At All". More than 300 copies were snapped up by a growing base of fans. And on the advice of a friend they posted a copy off to a couple of record companies, including U2's label, Island Records.

Fergaş birkaç yerel konserlerden sonra, müzik ve vokallerin tamamen kendilerine ait oldukları "Nothing Left At All " adlı 6 parçalık bir demo hazırladıklarını açıklıyor. 300den fazla kopya gittikçe büyeyen hayranlar tarafından kapışıldı. Ve bir arkadaşlarının tavsiyesi üzerine bir kopya da birçok plak şirketlerine yollandı,buna U2'nun plak şirketi olan Island Records da dahil olmak üzere.

1991



Island Records were one of the labels to respond positively. It would take six months of negotiations before they finally signed them. And as Dolores adds: "Before my final year in school was over we had a deal for six albums!"

That's when the real work began.

A series of tours took them on the road across the UK and away from home for the first time. The band played support to a number of different breaking acts including "Top" and "Moose". The tables were then reversed for one night only when they played as the main act. And the support was "The Verve".

"At first doing those small clubs was great, it was a laugh," says Mike. "You start out and it's great. After a while some of the places are real dives where you have to walk off the stage and walk through the crowd to get to the dressing room, getting patted on the back and the words "that was a great show". Then there were rats in the dressing room, like the one in Washington on our first trip to the U.S. - there was one up on the pipe above our heads.

"Then there was Hull, in England," Mike remembers. "This guy used to get us curries.". The rest of the band ignites into laughter at the memory.

"It was the promoter actually.." says Dolores.

"And the curries were the colour of mud.." Mike continues.

"The promoter converted his house into a venue.." Dolores adds. "And he had a dog," Mike laughs. "And everyone used to feed the dog these curries and he was the size of a big seal, he was so fuckin' huge. We went back some time later and the dog wasn't there any more. I'd say he'd popped off."

"Overdosed on curry.." Fergal laughs.

"Then I remember we slept in somebody's house and there was like a million Melody Makers and NME's in the bedroom and they were all yellow.." Says Dolores.

Fergal winces: "There was a smell of moss. We were trying to find some place to sleep in-between the papers. And I remember the hairy curries left lying around the place from the other bands who played weeks before us."

"So," Mike concludes, "when you get to play the bigger places it's a whole lot better. For a start there's better quality curries."

"Yeah, we knew we were coming up in the world." Noel laughs.

In October, the band put out their own four-track release called, "Uncertain". Yet even though the record company knew they had buckets of talent, the tape went virtually unnoticed by music fans.

1992

At the beginning of the year, with Island Records behind them, the band hired a local studio to begin work on their first album. But those shots at the big time were a disaster. Neither the songs nor the production was working out.

The band hired new management and asked The Smiths producer, Stephen Street, to take control of the recording sessions. He agreed and joined the band in Dublin some months later. This second attempt would prove a lot more promising. Out of these sessions came the songs for the following year's debut album release "Everyone Is Doing It, So Why Cant We?".

Away from studio, the band played on, doing dates around England in the summer, including the world famous London Fleadh Festival where Irish culture and 'rock and roll' meet head on every year, where traditional Irish music shares centre-stage with the likes of Elvis Costello and The Pogues.

They also played support to Indie giants "Mercury Rev" and "House of Love" at a concert in the Royal Albert Hall - a venue that they themselves would headline just a few short years later.

Out of the Stephen Street sessions, the band released "Dreams" as their debut single, in September 1992. It sneaked into the lower half of the Top 100, again with little public notice. However, the reviews of the single were very positive. The band was just happy to be on the road, gigging and partying across the UK.

"It was fun back then," Fergal strokes his chin. "We were in the back of a transit van - the four of us - the gear was back there as well, so we were a cosy little bundle. But we were new, we didn't know anything. A big adventure. And we made the most of it."

Dolores laughs ? "We had no problem sleeping. Back then, we just drank ourselves to sleep. You can't do that when you're older!"

At the end of the year The Cranberries came home to Limerick for a show at Christmas. They had taken their first steps on the great rockin' roller coaster. They had toured the UK; they had recorded their debut album with a seasoned producer; And now they were making a name for themselves in their own hometown.

1993



The band released "Linger", their second single. Once again, reviews for the song were excellent. And once again it only dented the bottom half of the UK charts, getting to No. 74. Funny old world.

"Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Cant We?", their debut album, went on sale in March 1993. Like the singles, it would be slow to grow. But grow it did. A year later it would be No.1 in the UK. And seven years after its release it has sold more than seven million copies worldwide.

What made it happen was the taming of the toughest market of them all ? America. While on a support tour with Suede, they found U.S. crowds turned up for the Cranberries and went off to the bar for "Suede".

And later, when Duran Duran's tour was cancelled, due to the singer's illness ? something The Cranberries would experience themselves years later ? Dolores and the lads remained in the States and played a series of sold-out concerts.

The album continued to crawl slowly up the Billboard Top 200. By the time they came home for a show at Feile - Ireland's answer to Glastonbury - they were placed in the U.S. albums charts at No. 84. For Dolores, to be even associated with the very name 'Billboard' was exciting enough. But it wasn't to end there.

Surprisingly, the Irish public still hadn't caught on to the Cranberries sound by this stage, which is why they played that festival gig in a side-show tent, while Chris DeBurgh was the headline act on the main stage. The following year they were the headline act of the whole weekend event.

The Cranberries were on their way up. Slowly, throughout the summer and autumn the album crawled up the American charts, and finally into the Top 10. It was an astonishing achievement for this humble band from Limerick.

1994



With no time to rest, The Cranberries began recording songs for their second album early in 1993 - songs that were written while on the road, touring the first album. Once again Producer Stephen Street picked up where he left off with the debut. Among the early numbers to be recorded in their London studio was "Zombie" and "Ode To My Family".

With a little bit of breathing space after the initial London sessions, the band and Stephen took to the ski slopes of France where Dolores took on just a little bit more than she bargained for. A fall on a very fast slope caused some serious damage to her right knee. The leg had to be re-built and re-enforced with steel screws in a series of operations.

But she still managed to step out in style in July for her wedding to Canadian Don Burton. Life on the rock and roll road can lead to all sorts of flings and new friends. But shortly after meeting the Duran Duran tour manager on that early American tour, Dolores was telling friends that she had met the man for her. The wedding attracted the world's press who watched as Don and his best man literally rode into town on a horse to marry his girl!

The couple took off on their honeymoon, backpacking and camping in Ireland. One of the places they visited was Dingle, in the heart of Ireland's Southwest. They fell in love with the area and decided to look for a place to live there. It wasn't just a case of the smoochies for Don and Dolores. Love was in the air for the other lads in the band who all had Limerick sweethearts to return to after the tours.

The pace was starting to quicken in their professional lives, however, and free time was being squeezed with even more requests for appearances around the globe ? requests that were almost impossible to turn down for a band that was beginning to step out as world stars.

But nothing could prepare them for the pace they were about to encounter with the release of the single "Zombie" in September and their second album "No Need To Argue" in October 1994. MTV awarded "Zombie" the best single of 94. And the album went on to sell a staggering 16 million copies, more than double the figure of their debut.

There is no fast lane to accommodate success like that.

"A career like this - you don't go to university, you don't get a degree. It's no normal job. So basically, it's really all down to luck," says Dolores as she sucks in the past like smoke from an old cigarette. "We had a lot of success with the first album - and we were very young. And we felt the pressure to go back and record a second album, which we did - and we recorded a better album according to people "out there" because we sold twice as many albums as the first one.

"But instead of feeling accomplished, we just received more pressure. And the centre of our lives changed completely - 150 million per cent."

The band kicked in to the massive "No Need To Argue" world tour, taking in England, Europe, North America and their first visit to Mexico.

1995



In early '95, it was back to the UK and Europe, including Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, France, Holland, and Belgium. This tour triggered the single "Zombie" and "No Need To Argue" to No.1 simultaneously throughout Europe.

In America, they were filmed by MTV for their 'Unplugged' series. Then they made the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. Later in the year, while stopping over in Washington, DC for a promotional visit, word leaks out that they're going to do a free Unplugged show at the Washington Mall. A crowd of more than 10,000 turn up and the Police force the show to be cancelled for lack of security.

On the other side of the planet, the four band members are stunned at the sold-out banners for concerts in Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

More dates, more headline shows, more festivals, sharing the bill with the band they listened to before there even was a Cranberries ? REM.

"Everyday for me was a schedule," Dolores continues. "I'd wake up at 9 and I'd have something to do every hour, at 12, something else at 3. There was always the make-up, to make me look cute. So what happens then is you never have a chance to look at your life, to realise what's happening, until you take "the break" and you look back and you wonder - was that me?

"In a way now, when I look back at videos like "Ode To My Family " (the album's second single) or MTV Unplugged I look at it and I think to myself - I can't really remember that.

"And in the middle of all that we were completely lost. And when the band were really huge I don't think we were really enjoying it at the time. All we wanted to do was come off stage and get drunk. We didn't sit down and talk to each other as much."

One tour melted into the next in a never-ending journey across continents, to feed the fans.'sell the product'. All the band members agree - their lives rushed past like scenery through the window of a very fast train.

"It was like a dream", said Mike. The rest of the band nod in reflection.

"The press were okay at the start," Fergal adds. "But after the second album, that's when it got really scary. It just got so big. There was no breathing space any more."

"When you become that famous, you're so protected that people start to think for you," says Dolores. "There are people who speak for you, they do everything for you ? so much so that when you come off tour you expect to find your food waiting for you on the table!

"When you're that hot all the simple little things in life are taken away from you.

"Okay, you have to have that protection around you because you're in the public eye, but it becomes very strange because you become isolated from the world, you don't feel very human and you don't know what's going on from one day to the next."

September 1995, With the tour finally over, Dolores performed at a charity concert in Modena, Italy courtesy of a personal invitation of Luciano Pavarotti. She performed duets on "Ave Maria" with Pavarotti and "Linger" with Simon LeBon.

The Cranberries were on top of the world, riding the waves of fame while the fortune was beginning to roll in. The band took a few weeks off to enjoy some of that new fortune. And a good thing too. Striking while the iron was hot, it was then time to head back into the studio for album No. 3.

While on tour for "No Need To Argue", Dolores and Noel somehow found the time to write new songs. The numbers were then arranged during pre-concert sound-checks and performed live, much to the excitement of fans who were keen to see where the music would go next.

So, October '95, the studio sessions began and the band felt they were ready to roll. Stephen Street was replaced by Canadian Bruce Fairbairn, producer to such names as Aerosmith & Bon Jovi, who brought with him a harder American rock style. The album was completed in just five weeks.

Everything seemed right. A new album with the prospect of a new tour. More singles, more rewards, there was only one thing missing from the band ? 'a life of their own'.

"We had toured for a year and a half, non-stop hard-core gigging," says Noel. "So we were playing with our eyes closed by the end of that tour. So the songs we'd written at sound-check ? we just brought them in and threw 'em down.

"It was stupid. It got to the point where we'd finish up in the studio and go on the piss every night and come back in the following day with rotten hangovers. And we still put an album together through all that."

The album was called "To The Faithful Departed".

"We'd sold six million of the first album," Dolores adds. "Then we sold more than double that for the second, so by the time we came out of the studio with the third album we didn't care how much it was going to sell. Yet we committed to another tour. So we did it."

"I listen to 'Faithful Departed' the odd time," says Fergal. "It reminds me of such a horrible time, but it's a great record and there's some beautiful songs on there. It captures a moment, a side of us that we probably wouldn't ever like to see again, but it's there, on the record."

"The third album reflected the feelings that I and the band were going through," says Dolores. "It was the most negative and depressing album. We realised we needed a break, but we were afraid to take that break, in case you turn around and all your fans are gone and you're history."



1996

After Christmas, the band mixed the album and delivered it to the record company. Next came the cycle of videos, press interviews, band rehearsals and by early Spring, the third Cranberries album ? 'To The Faithful Departed' was released with "Salvation" as the first single. The album would go on to sell six million copies.

Shortly after, the band went back on the road for another, by now, gruelling world tour (100 date tour) re-visiting cities they had played in less than a year before.

"We had no life," says Noel, looking back on what he feels was the worst period of the Cranberries career. "The band was our life. We just lived to do the band. And that's really no way for anyone to live. No matter what you do, you need a break from it at times. We just didn't want to be on that tour, from the very start."

"It was unfair to the fans", Mike adds. "We didn't put in our full effort. We were pissed off in the dressing rooms."

Then in May, during a show in Hobart, Australia, Dolores landed badly on the same knee as the one injured in the skiing accident. The pain was intense. On medical advice, the first part of this world tour was cancelled.

Part two resumed later in the year, with a 43 city tour of North America, but not before Noel tied the knot with his girl friend, Kathryn Nash, in Limerick. Time for a honeymoon and a little breather for the rest of the crew.

It was during the U.S. tour, shortly after appearing at the MTV Awards in New York City, that Dolores is once again advised to pull some shows and rest. She is feeling tired and looking weak. There is speculation in the media that she is suffering from Anorexia. The rumours are denied. No one really knew what was actually happening. But one thing was sure ? things weren't getting better.

In October, on the eve of the third leg of the already dishevelled tour, the band met at Dolores' Kerry home and decided to pull the rest of the circus. It was a tough decision. But for them, it was the right decision and way overdue.

"It was the best thing we ever did," says Dolores.

"It was mental," says Noel. "We've said it to ourselves, that if we'd gone through with that whole tour, and not taken the break, we'd probably have finished the tour, and split up. By that time it was almost seven years straight ? non-stop."

"It's like the old cliché," Dolores says. "A kid wants to become a rock star, so they become one, they become famous, and rich, beyond their wildest dreams. And then what does this famous rock star do? They whine their ass off in public, about their new life and the pressures and the strains. And that's just what we did. And of course everyone slated us for it ? and we probably deserved it ? but we were just being honest about how we felt at that time."

For the rest of the year, the four members of the band went their separate ways. Fergal and his girl friend Laurie trekked through Thailand and the Far East. Mike moved to Manchester attending football matches. And Noel and his wife Kathryn opened their own restaurant in Limerick.

Dolores took a long holiday to the Caribbean, before returning to her house just outside Dingle in Co. Kerry. She later recorded a new song called, "God Be With You", for the film "Devils Own", starring Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford, fuelling rumours that the band had split. But that was not the case. Dolores was inspired by a trailer sent to her house by the film company.

1997

Despite having spent the best part of seven years living with each other in studios, dressing rooms and hotels across the world, Dolores, Noel, Fergal and Mike still hung out together over Christmas and New Year's. They had time to themselves, to share with friends and family. Yet they still had time for each other. A good sign.

Sometime the previous year, the band received a letter from legendary drummer and Fleetwood Mac founder, Mick Fleetwood, inviting them to record a cover version from their record-breaker-selling album "Rumours". The album was 20 years old and as part of the Anniversary fun, Mick wanted to record a tribute album, using world-famous bands of the 90s.

The Cranberries obliged and recorded "Go You Own Way". It was to be their only contribution to the music world in 1997.

In April, the band and all their friends gathered in Limerick to celebrate the wedding of Fergal to his girlfriend, Laurie Guerin. During the day, Dolores told close friends that she was pregnant with her first child. She was expecting a new born in November that year.

Press coverage of the band died down. And while fans waited for any sign of new material, the world's music media had moved on to the sound of Brit-pop in the UK, fuelled by the sounds of Ocean Colour Scene, Blur and of course Oasis. The pressure had eased considerably for the Cranberries and life at home had returned to normality.

"We needed home and we wanted to lead normal lives for a change," says Noel. "A house with a family in it is an even bigger pull to come home to."

Dolores agrees. "We'd probably be wrecked rock stars without our homes. We found our real happiness, our highs, at home."

And speaking of home, Dolores and Don put their Kerry home on the market. With Baby No. 1 on the way, Dolores wanted to be closer to her family in Limerick. So work started on converting an old Horse farm in Kilmallock, not far from Limerick City, and in the heart of some of the richest country in Ireland.

But first, there was something all four members of the band had to tackle - together. Could they play as a band once again?

They met at Dolores' Kerry hideaway, which had its own rehearsal studio. It had been almost a year since they last played together. And there, over a period of weeks, the chemistry started to happen again.

"We knew it was working only a few weeks after being together again," Fergal smiles. "It was like, "Oh Yeah!" - the magic is there."

The band flew to Toronto to continue writing new material and in November, Dolores gave birth to Taylor Baxter Burton. After the birth of Dolores' child, the boys went home to Ireland for the holidays.



1998



In January, the band reconvened in Toronto, to record more demos of the songs they had been working on in late '97. All four members recall a great sense of fun and excitement about the Canadian sessions and about the ease in which the new songs were played and recorded.

Early in February, Dolores and her family flew back to their new home in Kilmallock. The band moved in to their rehearsal studio to develop the songs. They had never had such a luxury of time to prepare for a new album.

By this stage, a plan was beginning to take shape with the possibility of a tour to promote the new music. But this time, on the band's own terms. And a band that by this stage had sold more than 25 million albums worldwide could call a few shots.

In May, the band moved in to the studio at Studio Miraval in the South of France to begin recording the new album. At the controls this time was co-producer and engineer, Benedict Fenner who had worked with such diverse stars as Laurie Anderson, Elvis Costello and Brian Eno and James.

"It felt like when we first started out as a band together", says Fergal. "There was a real freshness and happiness that hadn't been there for a long time."

Then in July, the band returned to Limerick for the marriage of the final bachelor of the band - Mikey. He married his long time girlfriend, Siobhan. After the honeymoon he flew back to join the rest of the crew in a studio in London for more recording. The new album was mixed and completed by the end of September - one year after the band first started working on new songs. Its title - "Bury The Hatchet".

Rehearsals then began back in the studio in Kilmallock to bring the band up to "live" standard, and beyond, to a level they had never previously achieved due to the demands on their time. This pre-tour workout would have a huge effect on their live performances throughout the world in '99.

In November, the Cranberries stepped back out into the public gaze when Dolores and Fergal appeared in Milan, Italy, at the MTV European Music Awards to present an award. Afterwards, at a brief press call, they revealed the plans to return in the New Year with an album plus a world tour, their first in 3 years.

In December, the band make their first live appearance in two years when they perform "Dreams" and a brand new song "Promises" at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Norway.

"It was a strange gig", says Dolores. "There we were, pumped up for our return to the stage and we play to a very quiet bunch of polite people in suits. Very nice, but very quiet."



1999

As they faced into a year full of activity and anticipation, the Cranberries headed back into their rehearsal studio to continue to bring their live show up to speed. A number of journalists were invited down to see the band and interview the members. First impressions told them that this was a very different band to the one that bowed out in '96.

Relaxed, confident and healthy, they had learned a lot of lessons from the past few years and were quite open about it. The title of the new album, "Bury The Hatchet" also spoke for itself. Time to move on.

The first single "Promises" was released in February. Backed by a striking video made by French, Director - Oliver Dahn (who previously worked with them on "Salvation") - it announced to the world that the band was back with a bang.

The album went on sale in April '99 and immediately went to Number 1 across the globe. It sold two million copies in the first month of release and went on to generate three top 10 singles.

"It was just brilliant to be back," says Fergal. "And to be feeling so good and so on top of things.

"Every song off every album is a different memory, a different time," Noel adds. "But none of the memories are too bad. If they were that bad, I think we would have split up. Even though we've hit rock bottom and were pretty miserable and everything, we all came back for more. And there must be a reason for that."

The band took their new music on the road with some club dates in April receiving rave reviews, and followed that with the "Loud And Clear" World Tour kicking in after that, beginning in Miami, Florida. All told the tour visited 90 cities in 23 countries, running until July 2000.

"It was great to be back on the road," says Mike. "It felt right. Everyone was getting on well. Plenty of good times on the tour."

"The structure of the tour was the key", says Fergal "It wasn't one long journey. We'd play for a few weeks in one territory and then take a break for a few more weeks to go back home and be normal again. Then we'd get back on the road for another few weeks. It felt really good that way".

"I think we enjoy it a lot more now," says Dolores. "There's a balance to it. We'd learned a lot back then when we'd been at the top. And it ain't always easy at the top."

The tour brought them back to Ireland for their first date in four years, when they played a brilliant home coming gig at Millstreet in County Cork. With a final date in Manchester in December the following night, the band ended a comeback year that went way beyond anyone's expectations. They weren't just successful, having sold in excess of three million copies of the new album, they were also very happy to be back.

In December, Noel's wife Catherine gave birth to their first child - a baby girl, named Rachel.



2000



A year for new junior Cranberries. Fergal's wife Laurie was also expecting their first child. In March she gave birth to a baby boy - Jacob.

Back to rehearsals, and then back on the road in April, with dates in Puerto Rico, Mexico and Europe. Just a few hours before playing in Cadiz, in Spain a massive storm hit the venue, turning the outdoor stadium into mush and making it unsafe to play. The show had to be pulled. It was one of just a handful of gigs that were cancelled on the whole tour.

As the tour rolled on, the band released "Bury The Hatchet - The Complete Sessions", a double CD featuring - B-sides as well as Live tracks taken from a live show in Paris. For Cranberries fans, it was a must.

Plans were also put in the place for a new album - their fifth - to be recorded at Windmill Lane studios in Dublin - ironically, the location for their third album, "Faithful Departed," which caught them at their lowest ebb five years before. But they weren't afraid to go back to the scene of the crime.

Just as in the old days, the band was starting to stockpile new songs. They had time to develop these off the road as the tour brought them plenty of free time in between the shows.

Then, during the last leg of their world tour, as they were playing a show in Belfort, France, Dolores announced from the stage that she was expecting a second child. The baby is due in February 2001.

The last four dates of the tour were cancelled on the advise of the doctor, as Dolores didn't want to take any chances during her pregnancy. The band returned to Limerick before coming to Dublin for album Number 5 in August.

"We want to finish this record before we think about doing another tour. We should know all that sometime early in 2001," says Noel. "Sales don't reflect how good a record is really. When we finish an album we know ourselves whether it's good or not. Apart from that, what sells an album could be about what people are listening to, fashions, trends, and what kind of people are working in your record company at the time. It all plays a big role."

The first half of the new album is in the can. The second half comes in April 2001. But before the new album, the band will release "Beneath The Skin - Live in Paris" - a DVD & VHS package featuring a spectacular show they did in Paris in December 1999. It catches the band at their very best.

Ten years down the road for The Cranberries, and by the sounds of things there are plans being put in place for years to come.

"As long as we're happy doing it, that's the best way to go," says Fergal.

"People used to ask us how long we were going to stick together," says Noel. "And that was when we had just started out!

"How long? Who knows? Ten years. Ten weeks. Who knows." " I think we enjoy it a lot more now," says Dolores. "There's a balance to it now. I put my whole life into the Cranberries. Now it is important to build in breaks that remind us how much we love performing together".



2001

January saw a winding down of any Cranberries activities as Dolores approached her due date. And on Saturday afternoon, January 27th, Dolores gave birth to her second child - a healthy baby girl called Molly. A double celebration as Molly's birth date falls on the same date as Dolores's husband, Don.

Remarkably Dolores was on her feet within a matter of days. And so plans for recording Part 2 of the band's new album look set to stay on schedule.

Just over a month after the birth, the Cranberries brought their own new "baby" into the world with the launch of a new web service. This is the third version of the Official Cranberries Web Service.

October 2001 saw the release of the Cranberries 5th studio album, entitled "Wake Up And Smell The Coffee".

Below is the official MCA Records biography being used to promote "Wake Up And Smell The Coffee" worldwide.

Have you got a moment? That simple query lies at the heart of the Cranberries' WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE, the Irish band's sublime MCA Records debut and first new album in two years. Over the past decade, the Cranberries have sold millions of records and won fans around the world thanks to their tight arrangements, inerrant melodic instincts, probing songs and, especially, the crystalline vocals of Dolores O'Riordan. Now celebrating their 10th anniversary, the Cranberries have got it down, and with their new album they make an earnest, tuneful plea to seize the day while cherishing every moment of life.

In some ways, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE is a homecoming. The album was produced in Dublin by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Morrissey, Blur), producer of the band's first two albums. Says Dolores, "There's a sense of stability Stephen brings to this band. He used to be so paternal when he first worked with us, and he'd talk to me like I was one of his kids. This time, our relationship is more mutual." Adds drummer Fergal Lawler, "It was great to be with him again. Stephen really understands us and gets the best from every one of us." Indeed, the new album radiates a deep contentment the band members feel in their lives today, both personally and professionally. "This is the calmest we've ever been," says Dolores. "We've proven ourselves by now, so we're really relaxed and really enjoyed ourselves in the studio, totally going with the flow."

Songs like the muted "Never Grow Old" and the premiere single "Analyse" capture the struggle between head and heart, while appreciating life's simpler joys. "There was a point in the last year or so when I finally saw the beauty I had been blind to for so long," notes Dolores. "These songs say 'don't stress worrying about tomorrow, next week, next year, when there's so much beauty around.'" The haiku-like "Pretty Eyes" has a winsome 60's feel, while "Time is Ticking Out" shows that the Cranberries still retain all the turbulent political fury of albums past. The languid "Dying Inside," which describes the steady corruption of a soul, contrasts sharply with unabashed love songs like "The Concept" and "I Really Hope." The slow waltz "Carry On" and "Do You Know" both celebrate the life-force, while the harder-rocking title track throws new light on an old saying. The album closes with the hauntingly personal "Chocolate Brown," cut live with one microphone. "A few songs on the album have different vibes from anything we've done before," notes Mike. "It's nice to do different things, though it's not something we plan. It just happens naturally."


 

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takdir-i ilahi

önce yengem vefat etti geçenlerde...
sonra rasim amcamız,şirket binasının görevlisi
derken apo reisin kuzeni..

allah büyük,hepimiz bir sona erişeceğiz ama hep mi zamansız olur bu ölümler...

Like dying in the sun... demiş dolores üstüne de eklemiş
I wanted to be so perfect you see...


hayırlısı,zamanlısı nasip ola...

uncertain ep

uncertain ep'me kavuştum :) odamda öle uncertain uncertain bakıyor bana,hehe 8)
arşivime önemli bir parça oldu gerçekten.ÇoOoOoooOOooook mıtlı oldım...

neyse selin seni seviyorum 0:)

1996 - to the faithful departed

1-Hollywood 2- Salvation 3- When you're gone 4- Free to decide 5- War child 6- Forever yellow skies 7- The rebels 8- Intermission (ınstrumental) 9- I just shot John Lennon 10- Electric blue 11- I'm still remembering 12- Will you remember 13- Joe 14- Cordell 15- Bosnia

Efendim albüm çıkalı olmuş bi 11 sene.Bu kadar sene sonra yorum mu yapılır bu albüme diyebilirsiniz..napalım insan yaklaşık bi 8 senedir dinliyorsa albümü ve bi seksen sene daha bıkmadan dinleyeceğine eminse ne zaman yorum yaptığı ne fark eder değil mi..

Crancıklar piyasa kariyeri açısından çokda başarılı bulunmayan e.e.i.d.i (Everbody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We ?) ardından n.n.t.a (No Need To Argue) gibi o günden bugüne efsane olan bir albüm patlatmışlardı. Dolores'in 07 mayıs çıkışlı en taze albümü Are you listening'in yorumunda da belirtmiştim,benim için cranberries'i tapılır kılan şey yaptıkları slow parçalardır. Bu albümde Zombie herkesin diline dolansa da,slowlar biz esas hayranlar için zombie'yi gölgede bırakacak nitelikteydi.Bir dreaming my dreams ve yeat's grave olsun,hele ki daffodil lament gibi,no need to argue gibi parçalar,hafızalarımıza kazındı kısaca.

Hal böyle olunca n.n.t.a'dan yaklaşık 2,5 sene sonra çıkan t.t.f.d'da biz hayranların beklentileri iyice arttı. Bu albüm grubun üretkenliğinin ne seviyede olduğunu gösterecekti belki de ve öyle de oldu. N.n.t.a'ya tapanlar olarak t.t.f.d yeterince tatmin ediciydi. Yine bizim için efsaneleşen the rebels,i'm still remembering,bosnia gibi slowlar cranı beynimize işliyor,piyasa için tatmin edici olan salvation ve free to decide gibi parçalarda cran'ın hayran sayısını günden güne katlıyordu. Albümdeki parçalar gençlik aşklarından bahsettiği kadar,Sırbistandaki savaştan,John lennon'ın öldürülmesine kadar bir çok konuya temas ediyor.Zaten cranberries'i sevmemizin nedenlerinden biri de bu olsa gerek,salt aşk parçaları yok hiçbir zaman..

Parçaları tek tek ele alıcak olursak;işte asıl uzun kısım şimdi başlıyor :)

Hollywood'la albüme hızlı bir giriş yapıyoruz ki sert melodisiyle beni slowlar kadar heyecanlandırmasa da,sözleriyle etkilemeyi biliyor. Hollywood'a farklı hayallerle gelen gençliğin evine dönme özleminden bahsederken, bizdeki unkapanına yada yeşilçama gidip şöhret olma hayaliyle yanan gençlerinin durumunun bundan farklı olmadığı aklımıza geliyor..

This is not hollywood
Like I understood
Is not hollywood
Like, like, like
Run away,run away
Is there anybody there?

Salvation'la daha da hareketleniyor albüm ki ben bile coşuyorum.Hepinizin malumu bu parça,cran'ı az çok duyan herkes biliyor.Yine gençliğimize öğüt sözkonusu,hemde bu sefer en klasiğinden. Uyuşturucu kullanmayın,asla göründüğü gibi değil. Dolores aileleri de es geçmiyor,onlara da çocuklarının kafalarını pisliklerden arındırmalarını söylüyor. Sonuç mu,tabiki kurtulmak mümkün, özgürlük gerçek...

Salvation, salvation, salvation is free
To all those parents with sleepless nights (sleepless nights)
Tie your kids on to their beds, clear their heads

To all the kids with heroin eyes, don't do it, don't do it
Because it's not, not what it seems

When You're Gone'la biraz duruluyoruz.Çok ağlayan vardır bu şarkıda tahminimce..Sarı odalı yanan klibiyle yer etmiş bir parça kafamda benim. Sen yokken yalnızım,özlüyorum seni,yanımda değilsen herşey karmakarışık oluyor diyor dolores...Evet belki klasik aşk sözleri gibi ama melodisi ve güzel ingilizce akışıyla her dinleyişimde kalbim bir parça eriyor bu şarkıyla.

And in the day, everything's complex
There's nothing simple, when I'm not around you

But, I miss you when you're gone
That is what I do....Babe, Babe, Babe

Free To Decide da gençliğimize öğüt veren parçalardan..Dedik ya cranı bu yüzden seviyoruz diye..Asi kişiliğini yavaştan yansıtmaya başlıyor Dolores'imiz ki bu the rebels'la tavan yapacak birazdan haberiniz olsun :) Özgürüm karar almakta,kimse bana karışamaz diyor,var mı ötesi?

I'll live as I choose,
Or I will not live at all.

...

I'm free to decide, I'm free to decide,
And I'm not so suicidal after all,

War Child..Savaşlar anlaşılan Dolores'i çok etkilemiş bu dönemde.Vietnam gazisini sokakta yatıp kalkan biri olarak görüyor new-yorkta.Ortada bir savaş varsa hepimiz kaybedenizdir diyerek kısaca özetliyor aslında herşeyi..Bosna'da otelde kalırken 10 dakkada yazmış bu parçayı dolores,ne diyelim yine harika bir slow..

Who will save the war child baby? Who controls the key?
The web we weave is thick and sordid, fine by me
At times of war, we're all the losers, there's no victory
We'll shoot to kill and kill your lover, fine by me

Forever Yellow Skies,sanırım en sevdiğim hareketli cran parçası,nedense bana çok eğlenceli geliyor. Hem sevdiğinden şikayetçi hemde ona bağlı bir kişilik.Aynı zamanda da gururlu. Çoğunluğu yansıtıyor olsa gerek.

Yellow skies, I can see with yellow skies.
See you again,
I see you again.
In my dreams.

Morning light (ah), I remember morning light (ah).
Outside my door (outside my door)
I see you no more (see you no more.)
In my dreams.

The Rebels tekrar tekrar dinlemekten sıkılmayacağım cran parçalarından..Aynı sözleri gibi isyankar melodisi,dolores'in It wasn't often... çıkışı,sözlerinde ki güzellik..Gerçekten cran yapıtlarından biri.. Unutmadan buda gençliğe bir atıf..

Seems like yesterday, we were sixteen
We were the rebels of the rebel scene
We wore Doc Martens in the sun
Drinking vintage cider, having fun
We were drinking vintage cider, having fun

Intermission en güzel enstrümental melodi bu olsa gerek bugüne kadar duyduğum :) Fonda sonsuz döngü şeklinde çalsa olur bütün gün..

John Lennon'ın öldürülmesi üzerine dolores'in yazdığı,seslendirdiği parça..Hayatını okuduğu bir kitaptan etkilenerek yazmış ki tek cümle yeterli bu asi parça içinde...Ne üzücü,vahim ve de tiksinç bir bakış açısı..

He said I just shot John Lennon.
What a sad and sorry and sickening sight.

Beni benden alan bir başka parça daha,electric blue.Dolores kocası için yazmış ama acaba beni görse electric brown yazar mıydı? Tabiki yazardı...Neyse önemli nokta şu,şarkıda tanrıya yakardığı bir kısım varki gerçekten dinleyeni etkilememesi mümkün değil..Artık kocası nasıl davranıyosa dolly'e...

Domine, Domine Deus,
Domine, Adiuva Me.
Domine, Domine Deus,
Domine, Adiu, Adiuma Me.

Veeee albümün bir numaralı parçası..I'm still remembering...Terkedilmiş bir insanın ağzından çıkabilecek en masum ve belkide en acı sözler bunlar olsa gerek.. Dün soğuk ve ıssızdı,çünkü sen yoktun,söyle şimdi nerdesin gibi acıtıcı sözlerin yanında iyilerin önce gittiği söylenir,mesela kurt cobainde bunlardan biri mi gibi anlamlı övgüler barındıran bir parça,melodisi de mükemmel. Dinlemeyen varsa dövecem yani o derece :) Mtv Unplugged versiyonu da bi başka güzel böyle akustik akustik,oooof oOooOooOoooof..

I'm still remembering the day I gave my life away
I'm still remembering the time you said you'd be mine

Daha fazla baymamak için kısa tutucam..Sırada yine bir slow Will You Remember var. Bu da sahte yaz aşklarını andırıyor aslında.Beraber yaptıklarımızı hatırlayacak mısın acaba diye bir endişe sözkonusu. Hoş bi slow.

I won't remember the dress I wore
I won't remember champagne.
I won't remember the things that we swore.

Joe.Dolores'in dedesine yazdığı slow bir parça.Onunla olan hatıralarını dinledikçe insanların çokda farklı olmadığını düşünmemek elde değil. Çok sevimli bir şarkı,gerçekten.

I sat on your chair, by the fire, oh hey yeah...
Transfixed in a stare, taking me higher, oh hey yeah...
Precious years to remember, oh hey yeah...
Childhood fears, I surrender, oh hey yeah...

Denny Cordell,o da grubun kaderini belirleyen bir isim.O olmasa cranberries olmayacaktı belki demiştim daha önce bir yazımda.İlk sözleşmelerindeki imza ona ait.Eee dolores'te onun için şarkı yapmasa olur mu?Hele birde slow olunca ve denny'nin ölümü üzerine olunca bu şarkı da insanı etkilemeyi başarıyor. Dolores'in de dediği gibi herşeyi zaman gösterecek,söyleyecek..

Cordell, time will tell
They say that you've passed away
And I hope that you've gone to a better place
Time will tell, time will tell

Evet,bayıldınız farkındayım ama sonnn vede en güzel 2.parça albümdeki,hatta bazen 1.liğe yükseliyor gönlümde :) BOSNIA...Eeee elin irlandalısı diyip geçmeyin,kendileri bizim bosnadaki kardeşlerimiz için şarkı bile yazmışlar gördüğünüz gibi.Hemde ağıt tadında,marşları andırır bi melodiyle.Etkilenmemek mümkün mü?Bizde sözlerimizi tıpkı dolores gibi şu şekilde bitirelim o zaman....

LOVE FOR THE LOVE OF LIFE... (Yaşama Aşkı için sevin.)

There are babies in their beds, terror in their heads
Love for the love of life!

Bu arada bunca şeyi okuyabildiyseniz,eminim albümü çok daha rahat dinlersiniz :)

ordinary day / dolores o'riordan

ooooOoOooOoooof ooofffff...

willow pattern / dolores o’riordan

Dreaming of the willow pattern
A phase I'm going through
Dreaming of the willow pattern
There is something I should do

I'd never see the world without you
You opened up my eyes
I'd never see the world without you
And now I realise:

Never turn around
Never chance it
Never play dead
Don't ever walk backwards
Never turn around
Never chance it
Never play dead
Don't ever walk backwards

You should never take a thing for granted
You only miss it, when it's gone
And it's stupid to be holding grudges
Because we only got so alone

So alone (x7)

I'm dreaming of the willow pattern
She kept it in her room
An oriental china set
A gift I would assume
She told me how you loved her so much
That everybody died
Another universal team
Don't hold it all inside

Never turn around
Never chance it
Never play dead
Don't ever walk backwards
Never turn around
Never chance it
Never play dead
Don't ever walk backwards

You should never take a thing for granted
You only miss it, when it's gone
And it's stupid to be holding grudges
Because we only got so alone
So alone (x7)

I affiliate with you (x6)

Don't hold it all inside

Never turn around
Never chance it
Never play dead
Don't ever walk backwards
Never turn around
Never chance it
Never play dead
Don't ever walk backwards

You should never take a thing for granted
You only miss it, when it's gone
And it's stupid to be holding grudges
Because we only got so alone

cranberriesclub party III sonrası

gelebilen herkesin eline sağlık..

ümit abi süper,yönetmen
şenol her zamanki gibi kopardı
cemile doloresi aratmadı
ali herzamanki fedakar
willenium partici
yasin gıcır takımıyla
özlem sevecen
selinim bitanecik mariam aveam : )

fenerli selin,o da bitane forma süperdi 8 )
lahoya her partiye sadık
renkly yine sessiz
erman aynı erman fatihle ilişkisine girmiyorum
pelin hanım iddaasıyla
yeni gelen arkadaşlar da çok enerjikti...İyi bir katılım gerçekleştirdiler.

Unuttuğum vardır kesin,affolaaaaaa

posterler süper,hepinizi seviyorum,cranı seveni seviyorum,crandan ötürü

cranberriesclub party III posterler

Cranberriesclub party III'e gelenlere verilecek olan posterler :)

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cranberriesclub party III

daffodil lament

Holding on that's what I do
since I met you
And it won't be long, would you notice
If I left you
And it's fine for some 'cause you're not the one

All night long, I laid on my pillow
These things are wrong I can't sleep here
So lonely, so lonely

I have decided to leave you forever
I have decided to start things from here
Thunder and lightning won't change what I'm feeling
And the daffodils look lovely today

Oh in your eyes I can see the disguise
Oh in your eyes I can see the dismay
Has anyone seen lightning
Has anyone looked lovely

And the daffodils looked lovely today
Looked lovely

2007 - are you listening?

the cranberries’in solisti dolores
o’riordan’ın yeni solo çalışması.12 parçadan oluşan
albümdeki parçaların isimleri ve sırası şu şekilde.









1. ordinary day

2. when we were young

3. in the garden

4. human spirit

5. loser

6. stay with me

7. apple of my eye

8. black widow

9. october

10. accept things

11. angel fire

12. ectasy



in the garden ve angel fire’ı geçen sene içinde monte carlo konserinde
duyma şansına erişmiştik, in the garden; yeni doğan
bebeğine ithafen “bahçede oynuyorsun ne güzel, seni babana benzetiyorum”
diye dolores’in yazdığı, kendisini ailesine
adadığının ilk izlerini taşıyan parçaydı bu.
ailesine adadıysa kendini yandık, albüm de yalan olur dedik ama, geç
de olsa albüm çıkacak; buna şükür. mayısın ii.yarısını
beklemeniz gerek sadece, gerçi nete çoktan düştü bile ama :(



ordinary day yaklaşık bir aydır radyolarda dönüyor. albümün ilk
çıkış parçası olan bu parçada dolores bebeğine
seslenirken hayatın durağanlığına
alışmış gibi gözüküyor; özellikle gruba ^* ara
verdikten sonra. şarkının nakaratı da şu şekilde



beautiful girl

won't you be my inspiration?

beautiful girl

don't you throw your love around

what in the world, what in the world

could ever come between us?

beautiful girl, beautiful girl

i'll never let you down



dolores’in tarzını bilenlerin albümü dinlediklerinde hoşuna
gideceğine eminim. ilk kez dinleyenler içinde albümün favorisi olabilecek
bir parçadan bahsedelim, human spirit. doloresin doğduğu topraklar
olan irlanda’dan flüt ezgileri içeren bu parçada fantastik bir hava hakim.
piyano ve flütün kattığı mükemmel havayla şarkıda
hayatın sizi ezmesine izin vermemeniz, sevgilinizi aldatmamanız gibi
basit temalarla aslında yoğun bir insan ruhunu analiz sözkonusu. ben
bu parçayı nedense animal instinct’ın tadında, onun devamı
niteliğinde bir parça olarak görüyorum.



can you see the human spirit?

is there loneliness inside?



and with my heart in my hand

and with my hand upon my heart

and with my heart in my hand

it's not like we planned



dikkati hemen üzerine çeken parçalardan biri de stay with me. tam bir slow
parça niteliğinde.öldürücü sözler de cabası. “don't leave i'm begging
please”(lütfen gitme,yalvarıyorum) diye seslenişi var ki dolores’in
hakikaten insanın kalası geliyor.

uyandım, sahile indim, çimlere uzandım, denize daldı gözlerim
şeklinde bir şarkı girişinden sonra acaba gerçektende
dolores bunu yapıp mı yazdı bu şarkıyı dedim
kendi kendime. bilenler bilir sırf kocasının onu
aldattığı kadının adına (delilah, cranberries’in bury
the hatchet albümünden bir parça) parça yazdı dolores vakti
zamanında. yaşadıkları olmasa, ne bileyim, çocuk yapmasa,
aldatılmasa vs. bu parçaları göremeyecektik belkide dolores’ten.



why is this complicated?

why can't you stay with me?

...

don't leave i'm begging please



albümden potansiyel single olarak çıkabilecek bir başka parçaya geldi
sıra, when we were young. şarkının ismini ilk
duyduğumda işte dedim the rebels (asiler, cranberries’in to the
faithful departed albümünden bir parça) tadında yeni bir parça. dolores the
rebels’da gençlik ateşinden bahsedip, docmarten’s (zamanın converse’i
olsa gerek:)) botları giyer, elma şarabı içerdik, siyah ojeleri
sürer, saçları uzatırdık diye eskiyi yâd ederdi. when we were
young’da da sound olarak olmasa da sözler umduğum gibi çıktı
açıkçası. gençken herşey daha güzel gelirdi, daha korkusuzduk,
aaaah aaah diye girmiş parçaya dolores, tabi öncesinde artık bir
klasik haline gelen dolores do do dooo dooo ları (ya da düü düü düü üdüü
diyelim) şarkıya hoş bi giriş sağlıyor. neyse
fazla uzatmayalım, dolores de zaten şarkıyı kocasına
bağlamış, malum gençlik kalmadı, sensiz olmuyor, eve dönmek
istiyorum,senden iyisini mi bulacam diye bitiriyor parçayı. biraz 30'lu
yaşlar sonrasına hitap eden bir parça..



funny how things just tasted better when were were young

when we were young

funny how things just seemed so easy when we were young

...

it's a been a long day (x4)

...

we've come a long way (x4)



sıra geldi benim gibi cranberries hayranları için favori
sayılabilecek bir parçaya, black widow. sözleriyle bir dulun durumu böyle
mi anlatılır be kardeşim, ölse daha iyi dedirten bir parça.
herhalde kimse dolores’in kariyeri boyunca yaptığı en mükemmel
parça olan hatta biz ona parça değil başyapıt diyelim daffodil
lament’dan sonra (nergis-lerin- ağıtı; cranberries’in no need to
argue albümünden bir başyapıt) böyle bir parça beklemiyordu. çünkü ne
yaparsa yapsın daffodil lament’ ın gölgesinde kalırdı. black
widow(karadul), tamam daffodil’in yanına yaklaşamaz belki ama bence
dolores böyle bir parça yapmakla çok da iyi yapmış, daffodil’i
andıran inişli çıkışlı bir melodi, yalın bir
giriş, korku filmi tadında devam eden nakarat ve sonrasında
gelen isyankar yalnızlık ve yine yalın bir
kapanış...sanırım daffodil’le
karşılaştırma yapmam hata. bu parça da bambaşka bir
başyapıt çünkü :)

umarım daffodil lament’a hakkettiği değeri veremeyen piyasadan
ve dolayısıyla parçaya çekilmeyen klipten sonra bu parçada eriyip
gitmez, gerçi daffodil erimedi, kalbimizde yaşıyor biz hayranlarda
diyeceğim ama, bari nolur şu black widow’a klip çeksinler. dolores
duy sesimiziiiii :(



and she cries, and she cries

feeling lonely

she is lonely



loser, albümdeki hareketli parçalardan yine single olabilecek nitelikte bir
parça. bana yine cranberies parçalarından ridiculous thoughts ve liar’ın
karışımını andırdı parça, her ne kadar bende
kulak denen müzik teriminden hiç olmasa da, nedense bu
karışımı çıkarma becerisini gösterdim. parçada
dolores’in asabileştiğini görüyoruz ki, karşısındakine
2 wattlık ampül bile senden daha parlak gibi bir cümle bile kuruyor.
eziksin, kaybedensin, senin gibilerden sıkıldım demekle kalsa
iyi, şarkının sonunda sınırı aştı
eleman diye bir de öl, geber diyor ki, eyvah eyvah.



a two watt light bulb is brighter than you

i'm sick and tired of people like you

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cross the line

why loser, why?

die loser, die.



the apple of my eye, albümün bir başka slow parçası. zaman
akıyor, bense beklemeye devam ediyorum, hergün yeni bir umut demek, hep
seni hatırlıyorum, yüzünü anımsıyorum, seni hep
bekleyeceğim gibi sözleri barındırıyor. gözbebeğim
seni bekleyeceğim diyor kısaca dolores, kime yazmış
bilinmez. ama yeni birşeyler denemeye çalışmış bu
parçada sanki dolores normal tarzından biraz farklı geldi bana,
yıllardır yaptığı slowları bilirim, bu da ne ki
diyesim geldi. bence albümün geneline göre vasat bir parça ama piyasaya bakınca
vasatında üstünde bir parça olduğu kesin.



october ismini duyunca aklıma hep evanescence’ın mükemmel
parçası geliyor. dolores’i amy lee’ye oranla bir milyon kat daha fazla
sevsem de bu october’ın o october’la alakası yok, hala
evanescence’ın october’ı bir numarada benim için. yine de
şarkı, girişiyle iyi bir izlenim bıraktı bende.

october, october, the summer is over (ekim, ekim, yaz bitti) sözleri basit
görünsede insanı etkilemeyi başarıyor. sevgilisinin ona ayak
bağı olduğunu düşünen, ondan kurtulmaya
çalışıp yeni adımlar atmaya karar veren birinin isyankar
havasıyla karşımızda dolores.



you stand in my way

you've nothing to say

you think you're the world

i'm so lost without you

i'm sorry my friend

this is not the end

i'll do it without you



accept things, buda bir başka aşk parçası diyelim. nanana na
naaa na na na naaaaa şeklinde ezgileriyle vasatın üstünde hoş
melodisi olan bir parça. kabul et beni kıskanıyorsun derken
şarkıda, aaah aah kıskanmaz mıyım dolores diye iç
geçirmedim değil. sonrasında gözlerini aç, gerçekleri kabul et derken
de kendime gelip olum sen nereee, dolores nereee demedim değil. dolores
albüme bu parçayı benim için koymuş herhalde dedim bir an.



you should open your eyes

make it easy to accept things

you should open your eyes

make it easy to accept things

accept things



cranberries zombie’yle bilinse de benim ilgimi hep slow parçaları
çekmiştir. bir daffodil lament, bosnia, i’m still remembering’in yerini
tutmaz zombie benim için. bu parçalara bir yenisi eklendi diyebilirim, angel
fire. meleğim beni yanına al, gitmek istediğim yere götür,
bilmem gerekenleri öğret bana derken dolores gerçekten allah’a mı
yakarıyor, yoksa sevgilisine mi bilemiyorum. tek bildiğim bu
parçanın da benim için klasikler arasına girdiği.

take me higher angel fire

take me where i want to go

teach me things i need to know



fee fi fo, melodisiyle ilk dinlediğinde insanı etkilemeyi
başaran sözleriyle de küçük bir kıza tecavüzü anlatan cranberries
başyapıtlarından biriydi. ecstasy’de daha girişinde
melodisiyle fee fi fo yu andırıyor. sözlerine bakınca ise salvation’ı
görüyoruz. salvation da anne babalara çocuklarını uyuşturucudan
uzak tutmasını sert bir şekilde tembihleyen dolores bu sefer
yumuşak bir dille bakın ben ecstasy kullandım da noldu der gibi.



i can feel it rushing through my veins

after they withdraw the pain

this must be the essence of it all

stay with me and we will fall

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look you made me do this to myself



kısaca, albüm beklediğim gibi, cranberries’den ezgiler
taşıyor, dolores’in son dönemlerini yansıtıyor,
hayatındaki durgunluk müziğine yansımış, arada sert
çıkışları var ama ağırlık dinlendirici
melodilerde. tek üzüldüğüm nokta aşk konularına daha bi
ağırlık vermiş olması, eskiden albüm başına
en az 2-3 olan sosyal içerikli şarkılar bu albümde yalnızca bir
tane, ecstasy. hadi biraz da ucundan when we were young diyelim ders niteliğinde.
bu entry de neyin nesidir kardeşim diyenler, diyecekler, banane dolores’in
albümünden dolores kim ki diyecekler, en azından human spirit’e bir kulak
verin.