DREAMS
THE CORRS: (ANDREA CORR, CAROLINE CORR, SHARON CORR & JIM CORR
ANGLES)
SONGWRITER: STEVIE NICKS.
WHERE: LIVE IN LONDON
COUNTRY:IRELAND
ALBUM: DREAMS
LABEL: ATLANTIC
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 2004
The Corrs are an Irish band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes
within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings, Andrea(lead vocals, tin whistle, ukulele), Sharon(violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline(drums, percussion, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim(guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals). They
are from Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.
The Corrs have released seven studio albums and numerous singles, which have reached Platinum
in many countries, and have sold 40 million albums worldwide. Talk on Corners, their most successful
album to date, reached multi-Platinum status in Australia, and in the UK it was
the highest selling album of 1998. The band is one of only a handful of acts
who have held the top two positions simultaneously in the UK album charts, with
Talk on Corners at number one and Forgiven, Not
Forgotten at number two. The latter was the third highest selling
album in Australia in 1996. Their third studio album, In Blue, went to number one in seventeen
countries.
The Corrs
have been actively involved in philanthropic activities. They have performed in
numerous charity concerts, such as The Prince's Trust
event in 2004 and Live 8 alongside Bono
of U2
in 2005. The same year, they were awarded honorary MBEs
for their contributions to music and charity. The band was inactive for almost
10 years because Jim and Caroline were raising families, while Andrea and
Sharon were pursuing solo careers while raising families of their own.
According to Sharon, it was uncertain if and when The Corrs would reunite. Rumours
of a reunion sparked in early 2015 and in a radio interview with Chris Evans
in June 2015, Andrea confirmed that The Corrs were working on a new album and
would play the BBC Radio 2
Live in Hyde Park festival. Their sixth studio album, White
Light, was released on 27 November 2015, and was accompanied by a European tour. After two years, their
seventh studio album, Jupiter Calling,
was released on 10 November 2017.
When asked to describe their genre, Caroline Corr said it was a "blend of
modern rhythms and technology with acoustic instruments, violin, tin whistle, drums and of course the
voices, the marrying of these instruments is our sound". The Corrs' music
is typically categorised as a mixture of pop rock and folk rock. This is evident in their first
two albums, Forgiven, Not Forgotten and Talk on Corners, although Andrea
described the genre of Talk on Corners by saying "it [has] got
more of an edgy feel, a little bit more guitar-orientated and also an Irish
sound, which is in Forgiven, Not Forgotten."
In Blue moved towards mainstream pop, placing heavy
emphasis on synthesizers. The move attracted criticism from many; one Entertainment
Weekly critic called it "a disheartening example of musical
ethnic cleansing". A USA Today critic
called it "the best mainstream pop album you're likely to come
across".
Borrowed Heaven placed heavier emphasis on guitars, while
retaining the original folk rock genre. Home is a traditional Irish album,
where the band covered many
traditional Irish songs. The album contained songs from different eras of Irish
music, including a 1982 song written by Phil Lynott ("Old Town")while the
1,000-year-old "Return to Fingal" featured as a bonus track on the
Japanese, limited German and Spanish editions. White Light returned to a
similar sound to In Blue, with much more electronic-based instrumentation,
while Jupiter Calling is characterised as a more stripped back live performance
with minimal overdubbing.
The Corrs' main influences were their parents who were
musicians and encouraged them to learn instruments. They drew inspiration from
musicians such as The Eagles, The Police, The Carpenters, Simon and Garfunkel
and Fleetwood Mac, which Sharon said in an
interview with CNN is the reason "our songs are very,
very melodic and [harmonious]".
Now
here you go again, you say you want your freedom
Well
who am I to keep you down
It's
only right that you should play the way you feel it
But
listen carefully to the sound
Of your
loneliness
Like a
heartbeat drives you mad
In the
stillness of remembering what you had
And
what you lost
Yeah,
thunder only happens when it's raining
Players
only love you when they're playing
Yeah,
women they will come and they will go
When
the rain washes you clean you'll know, you'll know
Now
here I go again, I see the crystal visions
I keep
my visions to myself
Well
It's only me that wants to wrap around your dreams and
Have
you any dreams you'd like to sell
Dreams
of loneliness
Like a
heartbeat drives you mad
In the
stillness of remembering what you had
-
Drives you mad, - and what you lost, - remember what you had –
Thunder
only happens when it's raining
-
Thunder only happens when it's –
Players
only love you when they're playing
-
Players only love you when they're –
Yeah,
women they will come and they will go, - they will go –
When
the rain washes you clean you'll know
Yeah,
thunder only happens when it's raining
-
Thunder only happens when it's –
Players
only love you when they're playing
-
Players only love you when they're –
Yeah,
women they will come and they will go, - they will go –
When
the rain washes you clean you'll know
You'll
know, - the heartbeat drives you mad, -
you'll
know, - remember what you had –
You'll
know.
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