The Cranberries

it went to Paul Dean and their producer, Bruce Fairbairn.

He was the producer behind their early records, but also Blue Oyster Cult, Bon Jovi, Poison, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Scorpions, Van Halen, Chicago, The Cranberries, INXS, Kiss, and Yes.

Wow.

That guy knew his stuff.

I, I, you know, the ...

One of my favorite artists ever to work with was Dolores from The Cranberries.

I just love working with her.

You know, I remember going to Limerick and going on pub crawls, and her singing to me sitting across the table.

In 1994, the compilation various artist album If I Were a Carpenter, it was a tribute album put out for 1990s alt rock bands who reinvented the classics of Richard and Karen Carpenter, better known as The Carpenters.

It had tracks like Superstar, that was done by Sonic Youth, and also The Cranberries interpreted They Long to Be Close to You.

It peaked at number 137 on the Billboard albums chart.

In 1994, Eric Clapton released From The Cradle.

So we'll start out.

The first set was Anne Byrony, and then throughout the show, we'll listen to the Wolftones, Lunasa, Amble, the Narrowbacks, Tossers, Cranberries, and if we have some time, we'll get some U2 in there today.

So without further wasting any more time, as you might say, we'll get going with the first song.

Oh, though summer time's coming And the trees are sweetly blooming And the wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather Will you go, lassie, go? I will build my love a tower Near yon pure crystal fountain And on it I will pile All the flowers of the mountain Will he go, lest he go And we'll all go together To Blois Through the wilds And the deep grass so dreary Return with the spoils To the bower of my dearie Will ye go as ye go And we'll all go together To the wild mountains I would surely find another Where the wild mountain thyme Grows around the blooming heather Will he go, lest he go And we'll all go together To Blois together to block wild mountains

Also that.

Or, like, it had, like, a random Cranberries reference in the beginning, where the one kid's like, oh, I can't find my Cranberries CD.

I'm like, wow, look at that.

Sign of the times.

for half of the sort of two-hour show, and then the second part of the show will be an audience with Katie, with me, hopefully, asking the questions and talking to her.

The last time we did it, we started off with a seven-minute entrance to a Cranberry song where the crowd was standing and applauding and crying.

Katie was sitting and crying.

I was standing and crying.