The emergence of "Zombie" by The Cranberries as an Irish sporting anthem

Interesting articles. So the BBC banned the video under a bad interpretation of a law about using images of NI and the Troubles. Was it still shown on ITV or MTV UK? One of the articles mentions RTE also banned the video. Didn't know that.

Couldn't see the bit about the director tricking the soldiers into being filmed. I just assumed they were actors.

You are the only person politicising it, and for page after page you were the only person outraged by it, yet you now accuse everyone else of doing those things while you were all along the level headed moral one?

You've now become the 'neutral' observer, 'just' pointing out that the song was 'controversial' at the time. It wasn't, the video was initially banned for featuring footage of the troubles, absolutely nothing to do with the song itself.

And bullet points don't make quotes, provide links to the quotes instead please.

You are the only person getting outraged about the song. I am bewildered as to why someone would be outraged. I have repeatedly asked you who could possibly to offended by the song other than child murderers and their supporters, and you have failed repeatedly to provide a coherent answer to that question.

That's why the BBC and rte banned it right, and the record company didn't want to release it, to protect 'child murderers and their supporters'?

I've no problem with people enjoying it for a singalong, but it's singing 'zombie, zombie' at somebody, of course that can be offensive.

Did you read the article I shared earlier talking about how controversial it was at the time, or will you not let reason get in the way of your phoney outrage?

No there wasn't, there was pretty much zero coverage of actions by the British army shown on UK tv back then.

Obviously i'm no SF supporter, but i'm also very aware having witnessed the coverage that people in Britain were deliberately misled as to what was really going on.

The article you shared didn't say the song was controversial when it was released. It says the BBC wouldn't play the original video due to their strange interpretation of an law around broadcasting images of NI and the Troubles. That doesn't make the song controversial. It doesn't state why RTE banned the video.

The only people politicising the song and calling controversial now are Shinners and RA heads (and you). People are singing it in the stadium to support the Irish team. The fact it offends some gobshites, is just a bonus because if you are offended by it you are a gobshite.

the song could just as easily have been written about the british army murdering children, which they murdered quite the number in northern ireland.

It is singing Zombie Zombie at child murderers. You are on that side, you are defending child murderers, what planet are you on that you think that that is a good look? Seriously, have a good look at yourself.

As for the controversy at the time, that was about the video, not the song. Of all the straws that you are clutching to, to defend your ridiculous view, that one is least likely to save you.

Your credibility is in shreds.

it definitely could, and effectively was written about the british army, as they and their proxies were the biggest child murderers of any conflict they were involved in.

i have no problem with the song, it is you who has a problem with it as it wasn't sung by the rugby fans to push your political agenda, but as a sing along.

no it was written about war in general.

it's contents apply to the british army more then anyone else, as them and their proxies murdered more children in conflicts, and murdered them as a matter of course.

it didn't drag any reputations down.

a few bigots who hated us and still hate us anyway used it as an excuse for their bigotry.

the same lot are focused more on the people coming across from france in small boats these days but make no mistake, they have a little bit of their nonsense for the irish as well over brexit.

This is hilarious now. In the one post you make up a claim about the song to push your own political agenda, and then make up a reason for others to have a problem with the song so you can accuse everyone else of having a political agenda.

What Telegraph article? Didn't see a link to a Telegraph article.

If you had read this thread, you can probably guess my age, approximately.

I hope the Irish rugby team give Scotland as big a kicking as the one 'end of the road' and Megaman Boo have been given on this thread. Like their Provo heroes they have nothing to back up their claims.

And like the other Irish matches in the RWC the Irish fans will sing Zombie loudly and proudly at the end of the game.

It's behind a paywall, I tried to share a link from the internet archive but it won't work on boards for some reason.

Here's some of the text of the article...