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Interviewer: Which
is better: men in briefs or men in boxers?
Caroline Corr: Men
in boxers, definitely! I like how they shake a lot more. (ROFLMAO)
Andrea: 'Tis a mighty
big gate for the house.
Caroline: It's open.
Go for it John, speed!
Caroline: Oh, no. The
worst thing about being jet lagged is when you've been in a
country for a day,
you're just managing to figure out what the time is, and day
light savings starts.
Caroline: I'm Caroline,
the middle one.
Int: How can you be
the middle of four?
Sharon: I don't know,
'cos that would also makes me the middle one.
Caroline: (laughs)
Oh yeah, that's true!
Int: What is VB?
Caroline: Vic Bitter!
Andrea: Beer. Daddy
likes his VB.
Caroline: That tour we did in early '97, we did like 4 continents in 3 weeks. We were so jetlagged that it all cancelled out. I am like an entire day behind.
Andrea: Oh, myself
and Caroline kind of imagine ourselves in 10 years time, living
together...
Caroline: The terrible
two.
Bert: The mind boggles.
Andrea: We do live
in each others' pockets alot.
Sharon: Sometimes
you wake up and instead of "good morning", all you want to say
is "I'm so sick of
the sight of you".
Caroline: Yeah, we
sit there, eating breakfast, just glaring at each other, kind of
daring anyone to speak...it's
very good thinking time.
Jim (To Caroline, who
is doing a really long radio interview): You've been talking
so long, are you planning
to go solo?
Int: Any last messages
for our viewers?
Caroline: Yes, buy
our records, please.
Caroline: How do you say "it's good to be home" in an American accent?
Sharon: I'm sure it's
bizarre, but, ahh, it's fun, it's great. Like dressing up and
getting make up done.
It's good fun.
Caroline: It sucks!
Caroline: You can only see me at this time of the morning with the glasses on.
Int: Where do you see
yourself 10 years down the road?
Caroline: I would
like not only to have a successful band, but I want to have
children, a home,
and a husband. Two or three. Children, not husbands!!! (laughs)
Andrea: Well, black
isn't really all that morbid is it? I just think it's a colour
that suits our looks.
Caroline: Actually,
I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are.
Caroline: And what am I, the buxom beauty?
Caroline: There's actually 14 in our family, but we disowned the others.
Andrea: Well we're
good. But not that good!
Caroline: Speak for
yourself! I'm an angel.
Caroline: We pretty
much needed a drummer, and I, well...I had nothing better to
do!
Caroline: [on the set
of 'Dreams'] Now we can do a club mix and go like this!
[waves her left arm
in the air, everyone bursts out laughing]
Int: Are you influenced
by the Spice Girls?
Caroline: They don't
really do it for me! Haha! They're doing great and
everything, but...
[pauses] actually, I did buy their second album...!
Int: So do you smoke
or drink?
Caroline: I enjoy
drinking! What are you talking about, I'm from Ireland! But I
think if you're on
stage, what you do is going to make an impression on kids and
influence them. I
think we should take responsibility for people that are watching
you. You should care
what image you give.
Int: Jim, you being
the big brother there with 3 little sisters, do you assume the
fatherly role?
Caroline: Father??!
Oh my God!!!
Caroline: I can drive...a golf buggy!
Caroline: I think at
the moment we kinda have to leave that out, unless you've met
somebody before we
started
all this, then maybe you'll keep some sort of
substantial thing
going...but - there's nothing substantial in my life though!
Andrea: I like black.
It creates an...atmosphere...
Caroline: Of death!!!
Int: Do you ever get
drunk?
Caroline: Waking up
with a bad head in the morning is difficult sometimes.
Andrea: Caroline,
you weren't worried about that the other night!
Caroline: Hey, Andrea!!!!
[laughs]
(About them being close
in ages and being thrown in the bath together when they
were little)
Sharon: Yeah, unfortunately.
Jim: Oh,the girls
were [chuckling]
Sharon: You were in
with me sometimes [referring to Jim] Oh, but we were very
young.
Caroline: I'm glad
I have no memory of this!!
Andrea: No, no I was
never in the bath with Jim, ever!!
Caroline: We're from
a small town called Ire...er...(giggles)
Jim: Ireland...a small
town.
Caroline: No it's OK now. I'll just stay quiet for the rest of the interview!
Andrea: ...we fight
each other over stupid things.
Int: What stupid things?
Sharon:...lipstick...
Int: Jim fights you
over lipstick?
Sharon: All the time!!!
Andrea: (in the background)
He just can't leave it alone...
Caroline: He keeps
trying on my dresses!!!
Caroline: (on who is
the boss when they compose the songs) The writing process
could be anybody,
it could be two at a time, it could be one of us or all together,
it's very kind of
diplomatic...
Jim: ...democratic.
Caroline: Democratic,
diplomatic, oh!!!
Int: What's the difference
between singing in Italian and in English?
Caroline: You don't
know what you say!!!!
Caroline: We're not
like, say, The Spice Girls. I'm not slagging them off as I
think that they've
got some great songs but they're more of an image band. We've
workied very hard
as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the
strength of our music.
I mean I don't get up every morning and look in the mirror
and think, 'Oh wow,
aren't I gorgeous!' I mean if it's helped us, it's great, but we
really try not to
emphasis that aspect of the band. We do it because we love to
play music and that's
what we're all about.
Int: Where do you stand
in the Irish music scene?
Caroline: I don't
know. In Ireland, it's been like U2 and The Cranberries, which is
rock, but you know
they're Irish. We see ourselves in terms of what we do. The
traditional elements
mixed with technology and pop. I just hope we don't veer off
into crazyland or
anything like that!
Int: Do you think female
singers have to look good?
Caroline: I think
it's more pressure on women in the music industry to look good.
Look at Courtney Love.
She's switched from looking horrendous to looking
fantastic. Suddenly
she looks like a model! Most women, if you're in entertainment,
have to do the whole
make-up and hair thing. You're in the public eye, you have to
work on it.
Caroline: If you notice
our pattern, it's generally on your summer months that we are here
(Australia)
Int: Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!
Caroline:...have you
been to Ireland in winter? Have you been to Ireland in January?
Int: No, I've been
at good times.
Andrea: Yeah exactly,
good times! It would be a little bit depressing now as much as it is beautiful.
Caroline: It's frightening
at winter! You don't want to be there!
Int: So you guys come
out here and go to Hamilton Island and do all that good stuff?
Caroline: Yep, yep!!
(Speaking about their
holiday in Hamilton Island)
Caroline: It's amazing
how many people recognise us. (laughs) You can be walking around in a bikini,
wearing sunglasses, and a hat, and people will still come up to you. But
people are lovely on the island. They come up and say hi, then leave us
alone. It's been nice for us to actually meet the people who like our music.
Caroline: Our parents were very strict. Not in a brutal or awful way, but there were definite rules, such as after six on a school night you didn't go out, and at weekends you had to be home by a certain time. It wasn't particularly sheltered, but we were well brought-up.
Caroline: The next
album, we'll all be wearing pink!
(Jim and Caroline
laugh)
Caroline: Our parents were musicians. My mother...OUR mother. I wasn't supposed to say 'my'! (smiles and chuckles)
John(on Caroline): Caroline should be a politician - ask her a question and she'll always answer a different one! She's also very determined. She decided last year she's play the drums. She had a boyfriend with a set, learned how to play, and now plays on stage. She never goes out of time!
Int: Time for another
hot, hot track! Here's Caroline to tell you what we've got next. Take it
away Caroline!!
(camera moves from
interviewer to the girls. Everyone is staring at each other. Looking at
Caroline from the corner of their eyes. Silence. Sharon and Caroline looking
from right to left wondering which camera is on. Andrea who's looking into
the operating camera realises what's happening and laughs!)
Int: The other one!
(rest of the Corrs
still don't know what's going on till the crew in the background yell,
"the other one, Caroline, the OTHER one..." The Corrs, especially Andrea,
burst out laughing)
Caroline: Oh!!
Int: How come you all
manage to keep yourselves looking so fresh? I mean, you all look like...(making
sounds).."ching!"
Caroline: Make-up!
Sharon (with a funny
face): Make-up..
Int: Oh come on!
(Caroline laughs out
loud)
Caroline: It was funny cos we all seemed to take on different instruments, the only instrument we all play is the piano actually which our father taught us as kids. Sharon went on to play classical but we actually went into totally different instruments which was lucky for the band because otherwise we'd all be playing the same thing!!
Int: Do people like
the Corrs for their shoes and their hair?
Andrea: Not my shoes!
Caroline: Check mine
out!
Int: Sharon's got
nothin' to say 'eh?
Sharon: I dunno, haven't
been asked that question before!
Caroline: [INLYA video] We're kinda all put in a circle and we're all looking at each other while we're shooting the video so it's really cool cos we're all kinda laughing all the time.
Caroline: When I was
drumming with Mick Fleetwood I thought I looked half mad. I thought I looked
half crazy.
Sharon: I thought
she looked half mad as well.
Int: What do you have
in your pockets?
Caroline: Nothing
- I don't have any pockets!
Int: Whats the most
embarrassing thing to happen to you recently?
Caroline: (chuckling)
Oh God...well, the other night, I practically fell over standing on the
side of my shoe. I was talking to some people I didn't know very well.
(puts on a husky voice) As you can imagine, it was very embarrassing!
Int: There must have
been some corking scraps when the four of you were growing up...
All: Plenty!
Caroline: About clothes,
usually.
Sharon: I had to lock
my bedroom! They'd always just walk into my room and take my clothes!
Jim: Even me, and
then she'd beat me up! I'm only joking by the way. I'm not really a cross-dresser
or anything!
Caroline: Sharon was
the eldest so she had the most sophisticated clothes. Poor Andrea and I
had to make do with her hand me downs!
Int: Any strange habits
when you were little?
Caroline: Andrea still
sucks her thumb!
Andrea: I do, and
the one I suck is smaller than the other! But Caroline sniffs her jumper!
Caroline: Oh no! What
on earth is that going to sound like? Let's not get into this! It's sort
of like a comfort thing. I just pull the neck of my jumper up over my nose
when I'm tired. It's not as crazy as it sounds!
Int: Any confessions
you'd like to get off your chests?
Sharon: Well, I did
put a really dirty sock on Carolines nose when she was sleeping. It was
one of Jim's so it was lethal, but she slept right through it!
Caroline: No way!
I can't believe you did that!
Caroline (on Andrea): There's only about a year between us and she's probably my best friend.
Andrea: 'Can I remember
what it felt like when my breasts started to grow?' No, I'm still waiting!
Sharon: As the eldest,
I was first to develop and it was awful. The other girls would try my bras
on.
Caroline: We were
jealous because we wanted them too!
Caroline: Sharon and I went in there both playing keyboards. Horrendous; we looked terrible!
Caroline: My God! My mother was six and a half stone when she was having Jim. My father's thin. That's just the way it is. I eat everything.
Caroline: I've never liked drugs. Maybe I've never taken the good stuff, I don't know what's going on. I had some with my boyfriend once and went completely crazy. Since I've been on the road nobody had ever offered us drugs. I think that's strange. They've never offered me or the or the girls or Jim... they may have offered Jim. I don't know.
Caroline: We do our job but we are normal. All that star stuff. I mean...cooking is more fun!
Andrea is about to
eat an oyster on the TV....
Int: Now, does she
spit or swallow?....
(Andrea gives a shocked
look)
Sharon: What?! (to
Caroline) What did he say?!
Sharon: Oh God, I
thought he said that!!!!
(on songwriting)
Jim:...then we all
come together and we put the flesh on the bones
Andrea: I love your
phrases, they're good today
Sharon: And whose
bones would they be?
Caroline: Are they
my bones?
Caroline: You know the band the Cure? How Robert Smith's hair went straight up in the air? When I was a kid, I dyed my hair black and had it up in the air, too. Then, you know, I came to my senses!
Int: That's such a
fat drum sound, I mean holy guacamole you guys are um, I didn't see the
show, Robyn did, but I mean that sounds so rock'n'roll, that drum sound..
Caroline: Cool! [laughs]
Caroline: I think Melbourne is a wonderful town. I LOVE it!!
Where did you film
the video for Breathless?
Caroline: We did that
in the Mojave desert, 3 hours out of LA. It was very hot! We did it with
Nigel Dick and it was great. Us poor Irish girls were char grilled! (laugh!)
It must be hard to
travel from country to country and have to somewhat adapt yourself to not
only the time differences but the cultures. Have you had any problems adapting
to the U.S.?
Caroline: Yeah, sometimes
it is difficult to adapt to different cultures. When we first came to the
U.S. it was a big culture shock. We were very young, it's not that we didn't
like it, it just took us a while to get used to the way people talk, the
slang, but now it's fine.
Have you discovered
a favorite food in America?
Caroline: Bagels!!!
Do you miss any favorite
food from home?
Caroline: Lots of
things! Brown bread, butter, I miss the taste of the butter at home, it's
saltier.
Have you tried New
York bagels? Better than anyplace on earth, huh?
Caroline: Oh yes!!!!
They're great! They're the best!! They say it's something to do with the
water actually.
Do you think that the
internet has helped The Corrs to gain more fans that wouldn't normally
have heard about you? How do you feel about the work they've done
for you?
Caroline: Definitely
the internet has been a wonderful vehicle for information about the band,
I'm really grateful for the people who have created websites and
completely dedicated to those websites. On behalf of the whole band, we
are very appreciative. There are times I'll go on those sites and find
out where I'll be in 2 weeks time. (laugh!) We're really happy about that.
Radio announcer: OK,
girls, before you leave, a quick ID for the station?
Andrea: Right, I'm
Andrea,
Sharon: I'm Sharon,
Caroline: And I'm
Caroline, and we are half of The Corrs.
Andrea: Because, as
you know, we are a six piece band...
Caroline: Oh, there's
three of us here! I didn't see that (after a half hour interview!) Shall
we start again?
Radio Announcer: Live
to air, go for it.
Caroline: Ok, well
I'm Sh-no I'm not, I'm Caroline
Sharon: The 'middle
one'
Caroline: Don't dwell
on that!
Sharon Corr (On The
Commitments): ...and Caroline...where were you again? (To interviewer)
I can never find her!
Interviewer: Caroline,
how's that? Your big movie debut and your own sister can't even find you.
Caroline Corr: I can't
even find me!
Caroline: It's very
funny really, the number of times she's stumbled over that line.
Jim: What line?
Caroline: Oh no, you're
not getting me - leave this as just her embarrassment for now!
Andrea: You are too
kind, dear sister!
Sharon: Watch it Caroline,
she knows where you live!
(All collapse into
helpless laughter)
On annoying habits...
A: He snores.
S: And is grumpy in
the mornings.
C: And is always last
up.
Interviewer: Jim?
You gonna take this?
A: We don't have any
annoying habits, apart from Caroline and her hair.
S: We have to keep
a leash on Andrea, label all her things. If she doesn't lose something
on tour, she'll get lost herself.
C: While we're doing
his, Sharon can get really bossy if you've not picked up on that!
J: OK, here's one
for all of you: I could really live without the bras all over the bathroom.
Interviewer: Now you
guys are in Singapore to record a music video called 'Dreams'. Er, why
chose Singapore for this video?
C: 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 kinda like 'you weren't supposed to say that!!', and Andrea gapes
at Caroline, then at the audience]
Int: Unconfirmed locations,
may I add!
S: Chinatown, unconfirmed...
C: You know, I wasn't
going to say when!
Int: Chinatown, huh?
Unconfirmed locations, unconfirmed...unconfirmed...
S: Chinatown, unconfirmed...
C: Oh!! Wait a minute,
it's probably never going to be in Chinatown at all!
Int: It's NEVER going
to be in Chinatown, you guys, it's never...
A: That was such a
good idea, Caroline, to give a false location.
C: Yeah, that was
good, wasn't it?
Int: 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...
C: Stop!! [giggles]
C: [on seeing their
documentry] I'm sure when I see myself I'll go 'oh God!!'. I used to play
the piano in the band, and so there's some horrendous scenes of me playing
the keyboards. We used to rehearse together constantly as if we were about
to do some major shows, even though we weren't!! I don't know what it was.
I think I'll look at it and say 'oh God, I look so young' or 'my hair is
really long down my back' or 'I look really stupid'...half the time we
didn't know what we were doing and the songs were so pop and so...God!!
Listening back, it was horrendous!!
A: It was pretty poppy...and
we danced like hyenas and we looked really silly, but I thought I was cool.
It was terrible. I agree with John, we shouldn't really watch it. When
I look back, I get embarrassed!
C: [on called being
sexy] We don't laugh about it because I think we understand that if you're
a high profile person, you end up being called things like that. They probably
call the lead singer of The Verve the sexiest man on Earth!
Interviewer: And do
you think he is?
C: NO!!! The lead
singer of the Verve? Oh my God! I think they're great musicians but that's
where it gets very distorted. You can see someone on the screen, you see
someone in newspapers and you think suddenly they're sex icons for some
reason. Not to say that's not true of Andrea!!!
Caroline: You're actually pretty lucky to get through a show without her (Andrea) making at least one mistake.
Interviewer: And your
most dreaded type of housework?
Caroline Corr: I hate
it when there's loads of toothpaste all over the bathroom. Oh, and I can't
stand cleaning mirrors.
Interviewer: Who used
to grass to your parents?
Caroline Corr: Andrea
used to snitch on me.
Andrea Corr: You're
making that up! What have you just done by answering that question? You've
become a grass!
Interviewer: Did any
of you have to share a room?
Andrea Corr: Caroline
and I shared a bed and you wouldn't believe what she used to do. She'd
make her side of the bed and leave mine unmade.
Caroline Corr: You
drove me to it! That was after months of frustration. Andrea's side of
the room was like a tip and I had to live in it. I couldn't get the door
open for the mess! I was trying to make a point, but I guess I was being
a bit of an idiot.
Andrea Corr: I was
actually a little worried about her sanity at the time!
Interviewer: Tell us
a secret about each of you!
Sharon Corr: None
of us has stolen each other's boyfriends or anything scandalous like that,
but Caroline sniffs her jumpers all the time.
Caroline Corr: This
is so embarrassing! I've been exposed as a secret jumper sniffer. It's
like a comforter. I do it when I'm watching TV, but Andrea sucks her thumb
- and in public!
Caroline Corr: (when asked if she had any thoughts, tips or opinions about drumming) We need more girls playing - definately! I think women are put off by it, seeing as so many men are playing. So yeah, definately more girls!
Andrea: When we were
young, our family used to sit around the piano a lot, on those wet days.
Jim: And how we wished
one of us could play it.
Caroline: Boom boom.
Dave Fanning (INT):
I have cousins who live in Dundalk
Caroline: Do you?
Dave: Yeah, in a place
called Blackrock. Do you know it?
All: Yeah.
Sharon: I know! I
know them! I know them! I know the Fannings! You know the Fannings? (Looking
at Jim)
Jim: The Fannings,
oh yes of course. (Laughing) Tony, and Paul, and Andy!
Sharon: They drink
at McManus' Pub
Dave: Do they? They
drink?!?! Oh my God! Wait till I tell their parents!!
Mikey: You go into
villages here where there’s two shops, 1 church and 7 pubs!
Caroline: People drink
more than they eat!
Mikey: What’s it like
being a barmaid?
Caroline: It depends
on where you’re working, there are some horrible places you can end up
working, you know, no doubt about that! but I think if your in a pretty
nice pub, with nice clientele, its the best fun you can have, your meeting
new people all the time and its a great experience, I think everyone should
do it!
(On the first gig)
Int: To get 200 people
to your first gig it's pretty amazing
Caroline: Yeah we
bribed them (laugh)
Caroline: We've worked very hard as a band and would like to think we've got this far on the strength of our music. I mean I don't get up every morning and look in the mirror and think: 'Oh, aren't I gorgeous!' I mean if that's helped us then great, but we really try not to emphasize that aspect of the band.
What kind of toilet
paper do you buy?
Caroline: Hahahaha.
Mad questions! I like extra padded. I always go for the most luxurious
option!
Caroline: Well, really,
if you notice our pattern, it's generally on your summer months that we
are here...
Robyn: Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
Caroline: ... have
you been to Ireland at Winter? Have you been to Ireland in January?
Ian: No, I've been
at good times
Andrea: yeah, exactly
good times, it would be a little bit depressing now as much as it's beautiful.
Caroline: It's frightening
at winter, you don't wanna be there.
Caroline (On fighting):
We all take turns on and off
Jamie: Oh, do you?
Ian: Oh, you share
it around? That's a nice family thing to do, yeah.
(On what couldn't each
live without)
Andrea: My thumb.
Caroline: My phone.
Sharon: My coffee.
Jim: My guitar.
Int: There's lots of
jokes about you drinking Caroline...
Caro: Me?I don't know
why I'm the butt of all these jokes in the band about drinking...It's never
me,I'm always in bed by 8 o'clock y'know!
Sharon: Yeah, sure!
Jim: Caroline helps
out when the alcoholics are busy!
Caro: This is family
viewing,this is terrible!
Interviewer: If you
could be a superhero, what powers would you like to have?
Caroline: (After much
tortured thought) I'd like to be able to transport myself home instantly.
I'd be Teleporter Woman.
Andrea: We were struggling
to get Britain for so long that was quite, quite hard to believe.
Interviewer: Yeah,
we’re a bit slow.
Andrea: I don’t think
it’s that. I think it’s very fast actually.
Caroline: Or maybe
we were just crap!
Caroline (talking about
her cymbals): I hit them hard, then I hit them harder still and hope they
don’t break.