Cogs can think.

Every now and then, I stumble upon a forgotten item in my album collection - today, I stumbled upon The Cranberries’ “No Need To Argue”, their massive 16.7 million selling hit album of 1994 (they’re Irish). While most of you will know the album because of the chilling and moving “Zombie” (about Northern Ireland, you have to see the music video, one of the best ever made), I like another song better - the album opener, “Ode To My Family”. The singing is so clear, the lyrics so moving, the guitar melody is enchanting. The video is an excellent example of proper music videography too - almost a lost art these days (these days they just cram as much tits and ass as possible into music videos, or they try to be overly artsy-fartsy without a point - either case, they suck).

Unhappiness, where’s when I was young
And we didn’t give a damn
’cause we were raised
To see life as a fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me
She hold me, when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me, does anyone care

And this is the bit that I can relate to so well:

Understand what I’ve become
It wasn’t my design

Brilliant band, brilliant album. Definitely one you need to listen to.