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Interviewer: Now, you guys are in Singapore to record a music video
called ‘Dreams’. Er, why choose Singapore for this video?
Caroline: Well, it just happened that, erm, we’re here. And we came
to Singapore and it seemed the obvious choice to do it here. So we decided
that we’re gonna do it in town, maybe in Chinatown, or a few other spots.
(At this point, the other 3 look at Caroline like ‘You weren’t supposed
to say that!!’ and Andrea gapes at Caroline, then at the audience.)
Interviewer: Unconfirmed locations, may I add!
Sharon: Chinatown, unconfirmed.
Caroline: You know, I wasn’t going to say when!
Interviewer: Chinatown, huh? Unconfirmed locations, unconfirmed…unconfirmed…
Sharon: Chinatown, unconfirmed
Caroline: Oh!! Wait a minute, it’s probably never going to be in Chinatown
at all!
Interviewer: It’s NEVER going to be in Chinatown, you guys, it’s never…
Andrea: That was such a good idea, Caroline, to give a false location
Caroline: Yeah, that was good, wasn’t it?
Interviewer: Eh, one thing I have to tell you guys…there aren’t many
couches in Chinatown, benches yes, but…but then again, it is not confirmed,
Chinatown…
Caroline: Stop!
Interviewer: Now, you’ve brought a drum in…what do you call one of those?
Caroline: It’s a bodhran.
Interviewer: A bodhran?
Caroline: Yes.
Interviewer: Okay, who plays the bodhran? Is that Caroline, is that
yours?
Caroline: It’s my job!
Interviewer: We’re going to give this drum away later, aren’t we?
Caroline: Aha.
Interviewer: We are, aren’t we?
Sharon: Yes we are…sorry, I was drinking water.
Interviewer: Alright…The Corrs are with us on Radio 1 this morning.
The Corrs and Dreams on radio 1, and they are my live guests this morning
on Radio 1. And eh…we’ve got this drum we are gonna give away…so can we
have a little bang on the drum please Caroline? That is your job really,
isn’t it?
Caroline: Are you sure about this?
Interviewer: Now, you did say that this is not as good as the one you
use in the band.
Caroline: No, this is for promotional use. You get them everywhere.
Jim:…Yeah, the poor listeners…the poor winners of this competition
are getting a duff drum!
Caroline: Excuse me, can I speak here?
Interviewer: Another fight!
Caroline: This is good because it’s got our name on it, kind of a logo,
and it’s signed by us. It’s an exclusive!
Interviewer: Oh absolutely…and you’re gonna play it now…so give us
a quick tune.
Caroline: Nobody’ll want it now! She plays for a few seconds
Interviewer: Is that all you have to do?!
All: You try it!
Interviewer: Right, okay…hang on, pass it round.
Sharon: We’ll bring in the violin next week!
Interviewer: Here we go, are you ready…drum an’ no bass. He plays amid
groans from the girls
Jim: You suck!
Interviewer: Can I be on the next album? So we’re gonna give this away
and eh, I thought that the question that we would do, we’ll make this a
write in competition. (Gives address). We’ll ask this very simple question
so don’t give the answer right away. Who did the original version of Dreams?
Sharon: That’s a toughie! (Laughs)
Jim: My God!
Interviewer: There we are, that’ll get another good response. You’ll
probably have to be over 35 to remember that band.
Jim: And it wasn’t Led Zeppelin.
Sharon: Was it Roy Orbison?
Jim: It wasn’t who?
Sharon: Roy Orbison.
Interviewer: It wasn’t Roy Orbison, and it wasn’t Led Zeppelin, you’re
absolutely right!
Jim: Was it Karen Carpenter?
A few questions later
Interviewer: So, we’re gonna give this little drum here…it’s actually
not that little, is it? It’s going to be a nightmare to send through the
post…what did you say it was called?
Caroline: A bodhran.
Interviewer: Bodhran.
Caroline: Yes.
Interviewer: Okay…what we want to know from you is on the usual write-in
address…who had the original hit with Dreams…that was a very difficult
question!
Jim: Metallica!
Interviewer: Don’t give it away!
Interviewer: Okay, well look, before we actually let this video play,
there’s one question I would definitely want to ask you. If the band are
on the road a lot, there’s gonna be some friction. There’s gonna be a bit
of fighting, and like eventually there’s lawyers and that sort of thing.
What about you guys, since you’re family, do you always have to work it
out within the four walls and then it’s cool, and you don’t tell me that
you don’t have fights!
Sharon: No, we just sue each other!
Interviewer: Do you, you sue each other within those four walls? Surely
there must be a bit of friction now and again?
Jim: There is. We’re like any normal family, of course from time to
time there’s little explosions, but y’know, we get over it fairly quickly,
and I think that’s the great thing about being family, just to forget about
it, y’know?
Andrea: I haven’t forgotten!
Jim: Yes you have!
Andrea: No I haven’t, okay?
Jim: Yes you have!
Andrea: Okay, so look, it’s HMV at two o’clock this afternoon and the
album us now out, you feel very happy about that?
Jim grabs Andrea by the neck and mimics strangling her.
Interviewer: Quick, are you catching that?
The Corr Girls on Hanson
Andrea: Oh, Zac’s so cute! You just want to give him a big hug!
Caroline: He’s also taller than her, you know!
Sharon: I think they’ve done well. I mean, they’re so young and so
talented.
Caroline: I’d rarely even seen a drum kit when I was twelve!
Interviewer: Are you glad you waited till Andrea finished school, or
do you think you should’ve started at that age?
Caroline: Well, let’s see. We’ll make Andrea 12, I’d be 13 and Sharon
was 16…I don’t think it would’ve worked at that age! She (points to Andrea)
was too into her hair!
Andrea: No on can say that being baby of the family cushions you from
comments like that!
Sharon: Our hair is the same length as theirs anyway! (Other 2 look
at her like ‘what’?) Just drawing comparisons. There’s also three of them
and…oh yeah, four of us.
Andrea: I’d like to see the big one on a violin. (She and Caroline
collapse laughing)
Sharon: I’d like to see Andrea on the drums!
Interviewer: Girls! Play nice! Or I’ll compare you to Noel and Liam
Caroline: That’s those two! (Referring to Sharon and Andrea)
Andrea and Sharon both yell something indignantly
Interviewer: Happy families here folks!
Andrea: We all have one sharp knife, remember Caroline?
Sharon: And a few baseball bats!
Caroline: See what I mean?!
Interviewer: The squabbling Corrs, here on my show, folks! Now kiss
and makeup and let us go to a break.
Andrea and Sharon pretend to punch Caroline but end up in a three-way
hug. At this point, Caroline pulls Sharon’s cap down over her eyes and
they all laugh.
Just as the show’s name flashes up and goes to commercials, Andrea
throws her arms around Caroline and gives her a huge hug and a kiss on
the cheek! Caroline looks very surprised!