160. “Zombie” is a song by the Cranberries that was written by lead singer Dolores O’Riordan to comment on the Irish Republican Army’s endless battle for independence from English control. It condemns those that make war — identifying them as zombies. It is also about our inability to forget the images of war carnage “In your head, in your head, they are fighting / With their tanks, and their bombs / And their bombs, and their guns / In your head, in your head they are crying “. In the book “World War Z” by Max Brooks, the “Z” stands for Zombie. The fact that the Russian tanks crossing the Ukrainian boarder are inscribed with the letter “Z” gives the song which was first recorded in 1994 new relevance today.
