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SIBLING REVELRY
THE CORRS BRING IRISH POP TO THE NEW WORLD
Behind the glossy beauty of the Corr girls lie the glossy, infectious
melodies of the Corrs' songs--the work of four ambitious musicians who
have sold 17 million albums of what might, for lack of a better term, be
called Celtic glamour pop.
"We never really fit in," says Andrea Corr, 26, lead singer of the
Irish family quartet. "Before we hit, they didn't know where to put us;
was it the Irish-folk section?" The music of the Corrs--Jim, 32[sic]; Sharon,
30; Caroline, 27, and Andrea--is often compared to the gooey, big-time
pop of Abba. Or Fleetwood Mac minus the edgy Stevie Nicks vocals and the
old drama: they don't sleep with each other, they don't hate each other,
they don't travel in serarate limousines. Growing up in the small town
of Dundalk, Ireland, with parents who performed Carpenters and Abba covers
on weekends, the kids formed their own band to audition for the hit 1991
film The Commitments (they all got bit parts). They still play their own
instruments (guitar, fiddle, drums and tin whistle), and concert highlights
often include jaunty, spontaneous Irish jigs.
These huge international stars just saw their new single ("Breathless')
enter the U.K. charts at No. 1; only America, so far, has resisted their
charms. Says Andrea, "If people are screaming for you all over the rest
of the world, you tend to think, Well, why am I going to Dallas?"
That should change with this month's U.S. release their third album,
In Blue. Willing to do whatever it takes--including performances outdoors
for TV in subfreezing weather at dawn with all three sisters in skimpy
halter tops--the Corrs are coming back, determined to "break the States."
"There's more to us than meets the eye," says Andrea, "America just hasn't
seen it yet."
---LISA ROBINSON
