Stunned by this. Only 46.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42696376

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 15, 20187 yr by Faulkner

WHAT?!?!

5 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

WHAT?!?!

My thoughts exactly. I know she'd had mental health concerns in the past, but...wow.

 

 

@Faulkner, yeah. My BFF knows me so well, he immediately messaged me a second after I saw it. 

 

I was a basketcase in junior high and 'Linger' got me through the dark periods of that time.

 

Still in shock.

I grew up listening to them.

 

For some reason I had a premonition on this one a week or two ago, because I was working on a project where a lot of the music of my childhood figured heavily and a fair bit of Cranberries was in the mix. I knew she'd had hard times since their heyday. So sad.

The Faye Wong cover of "Dreams" in Wong Kar Wai's legendary Chungking Express is a classic cinema moment:

 

 

It's inaccurate to say The Cranberries were on *every* movie/TV soundtrack from the 90s, but they were certainly on a lot of them - their music appeared in hundreds of shows and films. Here's a taste of just a few moments Dolores O'Riordan made all the more memorable. pic.twitter.com/9cTRlREjKc

— Hollywood Palms Cinema (@HollywoodPalms) January 15, 2018

An interesting take on why the Cranberries weren't quite as embraced in the UK:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/15/dolores-oriordan-anguished-90s-icon-whose-voice-lingers-on-the-cranberries#comments

RIP Dolores and her voice.

A very good appraisal of Dolores, her place in '90s rock, and how she compared to her countrywoman Sinead O'Connor:

https://www.stereogum.com/1978553/dolores-oriordans-voice-was-an-unmistakable-light-in-the-time-of-grunge/franchises/sounding-board/

A top 10 Cranberries songs list, with the top four being what you'd expect:

https://www.stereogum.com/1978669/the-10-best-cranberries-songs/franchises/10-best-songs/

Another solid remembrance:

http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/remembering-the-cranberries-dolores-oriordan.html

 

 

God, that is so sad. 

 

There is so much emphasis on abuse of drugs like heroin and fentanyl that people forget how many people die from alcohol poisoning and there is a history of talented female musicians that have died from alcohol poisoning (Amy Winehouse is one of the most recent ones that come to mind).

 

It wasn't until she passed away, that I remembered how much I associate O'Riordan's voice with 90s nostalgia (in a good and poignant way).

Edited September 6, 20187 yr by DramatistDreamer