from=January 1996
Interviewer-Johnny Hero
Johnny: The Corrs, good morning to ya'
All: Good morning
Johnny: You're lookin' all very fresh, were you out last night?
Andrea: Maybe
Johnny: Ah, go on tell us somethin'
Jim: One of us were, the rest of us were in our bed by ten o'clock, I swear.
Andrea: You liar (laugh)
Johnny: Oh, right, so is it all as clean cut as it looks then, your image?
Caroline: Of course
Andrea: Of Corrs
Johnny: Of Corrs, aye
Andrea: Oh God, you've gotta be careful, we've been playing this game in the car
all morning, where we have to answer questions with questions, so now we're completely in
that mode of thinking
Johnny: Ah, c'mon do us a favour
Caroline: What favour would you like us to do (laugh)
Johnny: The last time I saw you was at that Celine Dion gig in
the King's Hall, when was that November?
All: Yeah
Johnny: I think you did say you were goin' off to the states shortly after that
Andrea: November 7th
Caroline: Oh, straight after the 'Point', we...
Andrea: We actually went the day after that
Johnny: So what did you do in the states?
Jim: It was just more....
Johnny: Was it for T.V. and stuff like this?
Jim: We've done Beverly
Hills 90210, I think that was the nightmare trip. After we did Dublin, we did the
Kings Hall in Belfast and flew straight to Dublin, we did the point with Celine Dion and
then went straight to Los Angeles the very next day. And we started, we spent a full day
on the set of Beverly Hills 90210,
and then after this, I mean this was a nightmare trip. As soon as that finished, it
finished about eight o'clock, at ten o'clock we were on a flight to New York and it's
called the 'red-eye' flight because you arrive with really red eyes. We got into New York
and we did the CBS morning show, got in at six o'clock in the morning, this is with no
sleep and as soon as the CBS morning show was finished we got straight back on
the plane back to Los Angeles and played the VH-1, VH-1Billboard convention. I
mean I think we slept for about 36 hours after that (laugh)
Caroline: Yeah, we were dead!
Johnny: So for everybody who thinks it's all fun and glam being in a band....
Caroline: No way, it's not.
Sharon: It is exciting, it's very exciting though
Johnny: What else would you be doin', are you all qualified to do anything else
apart for playing music
Sharon: Well, I'm a rocket scientist (laugh)
Andrea: I'm a neurologist
Jim: I'm a brainsurgeon
Andrea: Same thing, that's how much he knows about brain surgery, see that, you're
snared Jim.
Jim: I'm snared
Johnny: So, at last Ireland is catching onto the success, we were just looking
through the Hot Press polls, and you hadn't seen them before
Andrea: No...
Johnny: And you feature in sort of, basically all the catagories you're entitled to
be in, you're, you're up there for, nominated for best...
Andrea: Except for best T.V. show, I don't know why we didn't get that
Johnny: So you're in there in the runnin' with best album, best band, best single,
even best album sleeve an' all
Andrea: It's brilliant, it's fantastic
Sharon: Oh yeah, it is it's really, We're delighted obviously because this is our
home country or whatever, it's really great to have the album well received here 'cos
thats probably the most important to us, it's very important y'know, when your playin'
Irish music and you mix it with pop and rock music, you don't know how it's goin' to be
received especially in Ireland where the music comes from, so it's great and now that it's
number 3 in the Irish charts, it's just, we're delighted, we really are...
Johnny: Have you had, sort of, if you like, the purists, traditional music fans
sayin' "How dare you take traditional instruments and use them in that fashion?"
Andrea: No, we've had nothing but a positive reaction as Sharon said this is what
means most to us, is how it's responded to in Ireland, y'know, because of the traditional
Irish sound to it all, in all it's been a great response
Caroline: I'm sure everybody has their feelings about it, but, eh, I mean , we
don't know we're never here anyway to know, but...(laughs)
Jim: The majority of people that we've talked to are delighted to see music
evolving the way that it is, with what 'Moving Hearts' have done and 'Horslips' did with
music and I hope that we're trying to do the same thing aswell, sort of blending pop with
rock with traditional Irish. I think with any music it's not, in my own opinion, it's not
good to sorta put it into a box and allow it to stagnate, I think that it has to
constantly evolve, and I hope we are doin' that
Johnny: You've got this album under your belts, so obviously this must have been
done a couple of years ago, was it all written a while back?
Caroline: We spent five years at home in Dundalk, em, writting it in a bedroom
studio around the corner from our house, yeah, we spent a long time and we've got lots of
material, more material written that actually wasn't put on the album, but we picked the
best, and put it on
Johnny: So is there a new album in the pipeline already?
Sharon: We try to, wherever we go, we try to put things together, I mean it was
five years that we were working on 'Forgiven Not Forgotten'
so obviously we have....
Johnny: Hold on now! How old are you (to Andrea)
Andrea: I'm 21
Johnny: You're 21 and you were workin' on this when you were 16?
Andrea: While I was at school, yeah, Caroline aswell, so we'd do it at night and go
to school in the morning
Johnny: What were your parents thinkin' of, lettin' you get involved in Rock'n'Roll
when you were supposed to be doin' your homework?
Jim: They were actually so supportive and so encouraging, they were involved in the
music business themselves for 20 years, our father still plays in the local church in
Dundalk, y'know just fantastic support and we're very very lucky to have that from them
because I think, obviously with reason, with good reason, a lot of parents would try to
steer their kids away from an industry like this because of the pitfalls that are
associated with it, thankfully, its brought nothing but good to us, y'know, they're
delighted with the situation
Johnny: Ah, fair play to them, right we have a tune, 'Runaway'
Andrea: OK so I'll run over to you
Johnny: No we're gonna play somethin' off the CD
All: OK
Johnhy: It'll be easier
Caroline: We'll finish readin' the Hot Press stuff (laughs)
'Runaway'
plays
Johnny: Yeah that's the Corrs and 'Runaway' from the
album, what's the album 'Forgiven
Not Forgotten'? Very cryptic, does it mean anything?
Andrea: It's just a lyric, the title track of the album the first track on the
album is 'Forgiven Not
Forgotten'
Johnny: So you're tellin' me it doesn't mean anything
Andrea: No it does, if you listen to the lyrics of 'Forgiven Not Forgotten'
Johnny: Wait 'til I get my lyric sheet out then (laughs) Right you're gonna' sing a
song now, that's what you're gonna sing actually, go on ahead
Jim: I'll just get my tuning here
They play 'Forgiven
Not Forgotten' acoustically
Johnny: Oh that's brilliant, thankyou very much, that's class.
Jim: My tuning is wandering
Johnny: Y'see, I'm gonna go home and my mates'll be sayin "I hear you were
talkin' to 'the Corrs'" "Yes, and I was surrounded by them" Jim, do you
have to act the big brother now and again, when the men take an interest in your beautiful
sisters?
Jim: Not at all, these are very very strong women, believe me, personality wise,
they can handle every situation that comes their way
Caroline: He might get a little beating with a baseball bat if he starts
interfering (laughs)
Johnny: Right, OK
Jim: They used to bully me when I was younger
Caroline: If you believe that you'll believe anything
Johnny: I'll cancel my next question then
Jim: What was your next question?
Johnny: No, I'll not ask it now you've told me what the girls are like (laughs) Are
you gonna' sing another one? Yeah, the 'The Right Time'
They play 'The Right Time' acoustically
Andrea: It is definately morning time (laughs)
Johnny: Brilliant, thanks very much, now I'm gonna' do the whole like tourist bit
now, I wanna' get my photograph taken and all here y'know. Are you gonna sit there?
Caroline: Well I might aswell
Johnny: Right, I need to ask you another thing, you said you had trouble, you were
stayin' in the 'Europa' last night and you had trouble with you baggage an' all, what
happened? Just tryin' to make excuses for your guitar playing (laughs)
Jim: I know, it just keeps wandering with the heat change. We had got the baggage
transfered, it was going via Amsterdam, from Hamburg to Amsterdam and we were delayed
getting into Amsterdam so we nearly missed the connecting flight, so as a result of that
because we weren't on the plane, they decided not to put the baggage on the plane, it's
supposed to be coming on the next flight, so the priority thing was to get the guitar. I
had to go to this very kind gentleman, Derek, in Matchetts Music and he lent me this
lovely...
Andrea: I hope your listening, Derek
Jim: And I still haven't got the guitar, the rest of the baggage arrived last night
and the guitar, I don't know where it is. We're doin' 'Kelly Live' tonight so I'm
really hoping that it turns up before that
Johnny: What about gigging up here in your own right, 'cos you went down a storm at
the Celine Dion gig in the King's Hall, no concerts arranged for yourselves up here?
Caroline: We're really trying to find time to do it because y'know we're trying to
get a lot of territories at the one time and we've already done a lot in America and we've
just done a lot in Europe, so we're just trying to find time and hopefully in April or May
we're gonna get back and do Europe and Ireland aswell which would be brilliant
Johnny: So, we've gotta wait until then? You're busy, swaning off in all these
places, eh?
Caroline: We'd hope it would be earlier but...
Sharon: We're in Australia next month actually, we have to, we have to go to
Atlanta, Canada, Japan and Austrialia in three weeks next month. And then we do another
promo tour of the States in March and then hopefully we'll start on Ireland and then work
our way around Europe and then do a real big, big enough tour
Johnny: The way you're sayin' that Sharon is 'ach we've gotta go to Australia and
we've gotta do this', is it hardship or is it....
Sharon: Well we do have one gig which is incredible where we have to be in
Australia when we've already done Japan and we have to fly back to France to do their
major TV show in France which is gonna come out on St. Patricks' Day so we've to go from
Australia to France and straight back to Australia, so y'know I think sometimes it's a
little bit daunting but it's great to see the world definately
Johnny: It's funny 'cos the big news that broke locally here this week is that
'Fyfe' the drummer from 'Therapy' has resigned.
All: Oh really?
Johnny: Yeah, because of the touring, the record company just said to him we've got
another 6 months for you in America and he said 'I'm not goin', I'm fed up'
Caroline: He's fed up, right
Johnny: So do you ever envisage gettin' fed up seein' the world?
Jim: Well it's for our own good, what we love doing is playing to people and y'know
we have to get out there, we have to, it's all about gettin' known and unfortunately you
have to do that, but what's wonderful about it is the experience you gain from being on
the road. I mean it certainly broadens your mind
Andrea: But also we're very lucky as a family y'know because we have that, we have
a bond between us, we all have the same objective and aswell as that you're not just
seeing these places alone, you always have, the excitement is always shared. I mean I'd
say it would, I'd say it's very hard on other bands in that you're very much alone at the
same time being in your hotel, but like, we're a family so
Johnny: I suppose it's great for you because if you'd've been in a band with other
people you'd be ringin' home sayin' "I'm in America, you wanna' see this
place!", but you're all there
Caroline: It's great yeah, I can understand, definately somebody gettin' fed up but
you have your good days and your bad days and that's the way it is
Johnny: Well we're gonna' say 'Cheerio' shortly, you did one of these things for me
at the King's Hall, y'know the jingles, gonna do this live on the air
Caroline: You're springing this on us!
Johnny: No you've jus' gotta' do one of those,'Hello we're the Corrs and your
listening to Johnny Hero' and all that stuff
All: Oh right, OK
Andrea: What will we, will I, yeah?
Jim: Hi, I'm Jim
Caroline: I'm Caroline
Sharon: I'm Sharon
Andrea: I'm Andrea, we're the Corrs and you're listening to Johnny Hero
Johnny: You see the folks back home can now, they know how these things are made
when they hear them, 'How did you do that?', and it's as easy as that..
Andrea: But I didn't say the radio station
Johnny: It's on downtown, go on
Andrea: On downtown
Johnny: No do the 'Johnny Hero on downtown', right, go on ahead
Andrea: (laughing) This is funny go
Caroline: (deep voice) Hi I'm Jim
Andrea: (deep voice) Hi I'm Jim
Jim: Hi, I'm Jim
Caroline: (laughing) Hi, I'm Caroline
Sharon: (laughing) Hi, I'm Sharon
Andrea: (high pitch) I'm Andrea, (normal)We're the Corrs, your listening to Johnny
Hero on downtowm radio
Johnny: Thankyou very much, thanks for comin' in, you're on TV tonight on 'Kelly'. So we'll get that
taped, are you allowed to tape from TV?, no
Sharon: No, just don't say it (laughing)
Johnny: Right thanks for comin' in, best of luck
All: Thankyou
'Love to
love you' plays