Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Song Lyric of the Day (“So Young,” For Sharon Corr’s 40th)


“Cause we were so young then
We are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes
We’ll just do it all again.”—“So Young,” written by Sharon Corr and performed by The Coors, from the CD Talk on Corners (1997)

The lady in the picture, Sharon Corr, is violinist and backup singer for The Corrs, who hail from Dundalk, Ireland. The other group members are sisters Andrea, the band’s lead singer, and Caroline, drummer and also backup singer.

(Oh, there is someone else. Jim, I believe he calls himself—who is supposed to play guitar and keyboard, but who is mostly around, I’ll bet, to shoo away the many, many guys on both sides of the Atlantic who pester his sisters.)

Well, Sharon—who, incidentally, has written a number of the group’s songs--turns 40 today. More power to her, says I.

In her honor, play “So Young,” which she wrote about her parents, who gave their family its love of music. If you wish—and I have a suspicion that many of my male readers do—watch this effervescent video of the group on MTV Unplugged.

Whatever pleases you, but let this song remind you of the moment in your life when you were carefree and thrilled to be alive.

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