How awesome were The Corrs?

Makson · 08/08/13 - 08:51

I thought they were great ambassadors for Ireland and I loved the way they would inject a bit of Irish trad music into their songs:D
Andrea's voice was just so distinctive to me....that sultry, clear tone of hers was to die for!

Here are my favourites from them...

Only When I Sleep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6BU6Nb_vDM

Runaway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fMUYU8DC1U

Long Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5xa2bnhv3s

What Can I Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZUoavbhbEY

Love To Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uePic9fRxTI

Forgiven Not Forgotten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfsPf7gIp7Q

Heaven Knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQ6_WeCA9Q

Remember
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t3YbqHr-mw

Closer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nqj6RS0y3s

The last two songs are more of their obscure ones but probably my ultimate favourites from them:)

Any other fans of them?

[Deleted User] · 08/08/13 - 09:02

Yes! Love them. Was just listening to them earlier.

gpk · 08/08/13 - 09:05

i really loved them for a while.:o the first two albums were especially good though, but it went downhill from there unfortunately for me.:( still love "what can i do", "runaway", "i never loved you anyway", "forgiven not forgotten", "only when i sleep" and to a lessor extent "breathless". i also do agree that andrea is a talented vocalist.:)

Makson · 08/08/13 - 09:19

I agree about Forgiven Not Forgotten and Talk On Corners being by far their best albums.
In Blue had some good moments too but Borrowed Heaven didn't really do it for me (Long Night is the only song I really loved from that album).

Journal · 08/08/13 - 09:43

Their cover of 'Dreams' is my all-time favourite version of the track.
'Runaway' is just beautiful.

dee123 · 08/08/13 - 09:44

Pity the brother is a nutjob.

gpk · 08/08/13 - 10:11

oh i totally forgot about "radio",:o the unplugged version is great and definitely one of my favourite tracks from them. actually, after "runaway", i kind of forgot about them and i remember a vh1 special aired between the first two albums with them playing live in a studio. i bought "forgiven, not forgotten" shortly after that.

Makson · 08/08/13 - 11:50

It's funny how they left it really late to break into the UK market after being successful in europe for years beforehand. I think it was Dreams in the summer of 1998 that finally served as their breakthrough in the UK.

[Deleted User] · 08/08/13 - 12:42

Loved them, great band.

be more pacific · 08/08/13 - 12:49

dee123 wrote: »

Pity the brother is a nutjob.

The Man Corr! Call him by his name!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5Z_AJa9ZWs

Everything Goes · 08/08/13 - 14:01

Makson wrote: »

I agree about Forgiven Not Forgotten and Talk On Corners being by far their best albums.
In Blue had some good moments too but Borrowed Heaven didn't really do it for me (Long Night is the only song I really loved from that album).

The Unplugged album was great. Nice, natural and lended itself well to their style of music. In Blue album they tried to go more commercial and appeal to the American market by bringing in Robert John "Mutt " Lange as producer. Which was dissapointing. Thereafter they were never able to get back on track.

barbeler · 08/08/13 - 14:14

Oh good. Another thread to maintain the dizzy intellectual heights that this for is renowned for.

Makson · 08/08/13 - 16:05

barbeler wrote: »

Oh good. Another thread to maintain the dizzy intellectual heights that this for is renowned for.

That's rather snobby and mean-spirited of you to say

brunolover · 08/08/13 - 16:25

I appreciate people liked them but that period on commercial radio when all you heard was the Corrs, Texas or Robbie Williams just reminded you how bland music had become.

cnbcwatcher · 08/08/13 - 16:37

I loved their cover of Dreams. Haven't really heard many of their other songs though.

Fizzee Rascal · 08/08/13 - 17:32

Makson wrote: »

That's rather snobby and mean-spirited of you to say

True though.

big bro geek · 08/08/13 - 17:47

One of my favourite bands were the beautiful Corrs. Summer Sunshine was my favourite

I could be wrong but aren't two of their albums in the top 20 sellers of all time in the UK?

Edit: Talk on Corners has sold just shy of 3 million in the UK alone:eek:

RikScot · 08/08/13 - 18:21

Fizzee Rascal wrote: »

True though.

Very true....;)

Kiko H Fan · 08/08/13 - 18:53

I like to listen to them on my Compact Disc player in my Ford Mondeo, along with Eric Clapton and Dire Straits.

PJ1893 · 08/08/13 - 20:32

Everything Goes wrote: »

The Unplugged album was great. Nice, natural and lended itself well to their style of music.

I always liked the unplugged version of 'Radio'

coun3spice · 08/08/13 - 20:53

one of my favorites, childhood memories

i like runaway, could you be happier and all the love in the world

i notice, some of my favorite music artists came in ireland (the corrs, u2, westlife)

the best

Verence · 08/08/13 - 20:57

The Beautiful Corrs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMivX9V8CYw&list=PLA02306E03A3DA018&index=7

gashead · 08/08/13 - 21:00

barbeler wrote: »

Oh good. Another thread to maintain the dizzy intellectual heights that this for is renowned for.

Don't worry, there'll be another Justin Bieber thread along any minute you can participate in if that's more your sort of thing.

spaceygal · 09/08/13 - 04:05

Loved The Corrs' first two albums, especially the debut. I love how they incorporated traditional Irish music and instruments into catchy pop songs. Later on I wasn't so keen on the more commercial sound they went for and thought a lot of their stuff was really bland. The pop/traditional Irish crossover is what made them distinctive, I thought and they returned to that with their 2005 album Home. Sadly no one seemed to care much about them anymore by this time. Pity as Home is a lovely album where they returned to their Irish musical roots. They're all such talented musicians.

Btw, what's this about Jim Corr being a "nutjob"?! In what way?

gpk · 09/08/13 - 04:36

i can understand the negative views, they made inoffensive pop music somewhat outside of what was happening at the time in music, so the bland comments are hardly surprising. its kind of like the recent success of adele, her music is hardly cutting edge and she is often considered bland, but it was a welcome relief for many people tired of the generic chart hits.

saying that, the corrs smashed through in the uk with the remix of "dreams" and then they went on to a string of remixed hits, so there was a kind of crossover appeal. i think the success of the singles confused the group on which way to move the sound forward on the next record and it was at that point things began to unravel.

Benllech · 09/08/13 - 04:58

Great band and gorgeous women.

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