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When news came through that I would have the opportunity to get along to see the Grammy award winning America<\/strong>, consisting of original co-founders Gerry Beckley<\/strong> and Dewey Burnell<\/strong>, I was beyond excited. After all, this was formative music we were talking about\u2026the lyrics to songs like ‘Sister Golden Hair\u2019, ‘Sandman’ and ‘Ventura Highway’ are seared into the memory cells and despite getting on in years and apt to forget the simplest things, all I need to hear is the opening chords of any of these songs and the lyrics involuntarily come flooding back. I worked out tonight I’ve been waiting exactly 40 years and one month to finally see this band, having been gifted the George Martin<\/strong> produced \u2018History – America’s Greatest Hits’ from an enlightened uncle who owned \u2018Fusion\u2019 Records back in the day. In the past, something had always conspired against the stars aligning but tonight I was actually going! Scarcely believing my luck, like a good boy scout I stowed a Sharpie and the CD cover of the same album in my bag, prepared for any eventuality.
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Arriving at St Kilda’s gorgeous Palais Theatre on a cold and blustery Melbourne evening, we quickly took our seats in the orchestra just in time to see Sharon Corr<\/strong> take to the stage. Ably backed by a trio on drums, bass and guitar, Sharon delivered a beautiful 10 song set which included originals and a smattering of cover songs \u2013 some of them old Corrs’ numbers. As impressions go, she looked every bit as stunning as she did back in the day when she fronted her three siblings in The Corrs<\/strong>, but more importantly, her voice was incredibly pure and pristine, and when I closed my eyes briefly to focus on just what I was hearing during the first few songs, I swore I could be listening to Karen Carpenter<\/strong>. Sharon’s voice shares a very similar timbre and purity. It quickly became apparent that all her years treading the boards as a youth and then later fronting The Corrs has meant Sharon is consummately confident and she managed to engage the audience on the very first song \u2013 getting them to sing along to the refrain of her solo tune \u2018We Could Be Lovers\u2019. She belted out familiar Corr\u2019s hits like \u2018Say\u2019, \u2018Radio\u2019 and \u2018So Young\u2019 which struck a familiar chord with the audience. Topically, after joking about packing the wrong kind of clothes for Melbourne\u2019s inclement weather, she nailed a cover of Fleetwood Macs<\/strong>\u2019 \u2018Dreams\u2019, and the ‘thunder only happens when it\u2019s raining\u2019 refrain, whilst a topical reminder of the dreadful weather today, was a timely reminder that we will once again be seeing the fully reunited Mac on our shores later in the year. During interval, I was happy to see the foyer was jammed with fans queueing to get copies of her latest CD signed and a photo with Sharon. A successful gig in all respects.
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Sharon Corr\u2019s setlist<\/strong>
We Could Be Lovers
Say (The Corrs song)
Jenny’s Chickens
Radio (The Corrs song)
Take a Minute
Raindrops
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover)
The Same Sun
Full Circle
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