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Source: Hot Press
Date: 3rd February 1999
Heading: Belfast Review.
Interviewer: Stuart Bailie
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THE CORRS (King's Hall, Belfast)
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The word 'lovely' will never be the same after watching Father Ted. So much promise from a concept, and, ultimately
so little return. You're made aware of how all the world's magic can be drained away by overuse and a lack of imagination.
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you see The Corrs up there on stage, playing their first show of 1999, batting the bodhran and twiddling away at the old tin whistle, 'lovely' is the word that comes to mind.
Because this is great music for people of a certain parish. the voices are chirpy and the tunes are amiable, dealing with
mild remorse, a bit of affection, nothing too deadly. Everyone up there looks bonny and benevolent; the same grinning faces
that made 'Talk On Corners' the best-selling UK album last year. Now, of course, they've been nominated as the Best
International Act at the Brits; a fact that will surely delight the good folk of Craggy Island.
It's like In Tua Nua became successful after all. There's a wash of Celtic soul, when in fact their real touchstone is the
synthy '80s repertoire of Nik Kershaw and Howard Jones. The light show is a picture box of violet and turquoise, nice and
soft for the likes of 'What Can I Do' and 'Only When I Sleep'.
Sharon and Caroline take the lead for a version of 'No Frontiers' that squares with the Mary Black rendition, and Jim gets
to splash around at the piano on his own. But this is essentially Andrea's gig, and she bounces around in her
sapphire-coloured bib, looking ever so pleased when the crowd sings all the words to 'Dreams', and when the video screens
are invaded by dancing babies during 'So Young'. Super. Smashing. Lovely!
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