The Corrs Documentary

[Bartley Trowbridge]

InformationNo More Cry was written for their father Gerry when their mother passed away. The song is basically encouraging him to put the bereavement period behind him ('no more cry') and learn to live again without her.

The song was written on their mother's birthday.

A quote from Andrea on the writing of No More Cry from the Q&A on the old Corrs official website confirms this: Q: 'Which song that you wrote is the most accurage in reflecting how you felt at that particular moment?' Andrea: "I would think a lot of them are, but No More Cry I think particularly was pretty much exactly how I felt at that moment. It was a song written for our dad on our mum's birthday, who had just died the year previous. It was quite a real expression of how I was feeling at the time."

The 20th July, 2000 Daily Telegraph article titled 'It's Not Their Fault They're Beautiful' also quotes Andrea as saying "It was out mother's birthday when we wrote it. You can't pretend that what happened didn't happen, and I think the song is us trying to rebel from the pain. It is very up tempo and it's like 'No more. That's enough.' It's very much to our father: to get him through it. And it is natural - it was a very natural thing for it to happen. It's almost like screaming."

The song is about rebelling against the pain of loss. (Source: )

The reason the song is so upbeat is because it's "an ineloquent rebellion against the pain"; the feeling of wanting the pain to go away is a fast emotion, best represented musically by a fast tempo. (Source: =5676168117071608572&rank=94 - 2:00:17 mins)

The Corrs preformed No More Cry live for the first time at the Fleadh in London in June 2000.

Some quotes from NoMore Cry: the Corrs in NewcastleDocumentary, pt. 2 tells more about how NoMore Cry is connected with the loss oftheir mother:

Andrea: "On the last album, not literally the memory of it, but reallymore of a cathartic thing about, you know, kind of screaming out fromthe pain, kind of rebelling a little bit. Ithink it took us all by surprise. That didbecome reflected in our music.Particularly No More Cry, is aboutgoing through it. And that's for Daddy."

Gerry: "I remember Andrea showed me the lyrics of it, and I had atough few minutes. In a sense it's for all ofus. Andrea in a sense was writing forherself. She was writing for Caroline andSharon and Jim, and even though it's mainlytargeted towards me, it's about all of us, tous to deal with a very difficultsituation."

This documentary also contains a really heartfelt performance of thesong starting at about 2:28.

Written By:

There is no definitive information regarding who wrote the music forthis song.

However, there is evidence that the whole band contributed to the writing of this song.

The lyrics for No More Cry were written by Andrea and Caroline.

Andrea has been quoted as saying "Caroline started that and we wrote it for Daddy after Mummy died. It's saying stop the pain. Reach out and believe in her love. It rocks a bit, too, like Garbage or Blondie or something. We've never considered ourselves a rock band but it felt natural to go there." (Source: The Corrs Talk About 'In Blue')

The Corrs were formed to audition for the 1991 film The Commitments.Jim, Sharon, and Caroline had a small part as musicians, while Andreagot a speaking part as Sharon Rabbitte, sister of the main character.While auditioning for the movie they were noticed by their futuremanager, John Hughes. Their music has been released through AtlanticRecords, part of the Warner Music Group. The band was relativelyunknown outside of Ireland until 1994 when American ambassador to thecountry Jean Kennedy Smith invited the group to perform at the 1994World Cup in Boston. This performance also led to the band becoming thesupporting act for Celine Dion on her 1996 world tour. Their firstalbum, Forgiven, Not Forgotten, had its greatest success in Australia,Sweden, Spain and Ireland, gaining later success in the UK and inCanada. In 1998 they released Talk On Corners, which was primarilypopular in Ireland and Britain, but then successfully spread across theglobe. Both have been certified gold in the United States, and In Bluehas been certified platinum by the RIAA. In 2004, they releasedBorrowed Heaven, which has been very popular globally. They alsorecorded Canto Alla Vita with Josh Groban for his self-titled album,and also been involved with a number of collaborations including withRod Stewart, Alejandro Sanz, Ron Wood from The Rolling Stones, SherylCrow on C'mon, C'mon and Bono from U2. In 2005 the band returned withHome, a traditional Irish album celebrating their roots, many of thesongs coming from their late mother's songbook including two songs inthe Irish language. In October 2005 the band released All The Way Homean up-to-date documentary on the band along with a live concert fromtheir Borrowed Heaven tour in Geneva recorded in 2004. The bandbecame the second Irish band to sell over a million albums in Ireland.

All members can also play the piano which was taught to them bytheir father Gerry Corr. All four siblings were made Honorary Membersof the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for their outstandingcontribution to music and charity work. This was met with somediscontent in Ireland as the Order is a British award headed by QueenElizabeth II.

The band's usual supportmusicians are Anto Drennan (lead guitar) and Keith Duffy (bass guitar).From 2004, Duffy's brother Jason Duffy joined on percussion, withKieran Kiely on accordion and keyboards. The band excel in their liveshows and have been called by U2's Bono "the loudest whisper in pop".

The future of the band iscurrently unknown. Andrea Corr is currently undertaking some newprojects in acting, and just finished filming a new movie called BrokenThread alongside Linus Roache and Saffron Burrows. The film is said tobe an exciting psychological thriller being compared to The SixthSense. And she is working on her first solo-album with (among others)Nellee Hooper. Sharon Corr recently gave birth to her first child withhusband Gavin Bonnar in March of 2006 and presumably will be takingtime off to look after her new family. Caroline Corr, busy with her twochildren, also will be taking time off. Jim Corr announced hisengagement to his girlfriend late last year, former Miss NorthernIreland Gayle Williamson, who just gave birth to the couple's firstchild in May 2006. A wedding date has not been announced.

That weekend after a very quick preview of their premier album Forgiven, Not Forgotten at our local CD shop, I became hooked on The Corrs and their stunning blend of traditional Irish tunes with upbeatprogressively popular melodies. We've wanted to seem them perform live since then and despite a glorious holiday in Ireland in 1996 while theywere on tour there we couldn't connect with them. Finally we were able to get terrific seats in Croyden's fabulous Fairfield Hall for the 24 March 1998 concert, which was the last date of their first UK tour. Simply stated, it was a great show; most likely it's the best concert we've ever seen.

The Dublin-based support group Picture House came to the stage a few minutes before 8:00PM to open the show. We were fortunate to beright outside the concert hall entrance during their sound check and could hear just how good they would be. With lead singer Dave Browne -- that to my ears gives the band a sound reminscent of REM -- they played a nice mixture of ballads and more upbeat songs. Dave's entertaining commentary between the songs enhanced their act. Heworked hard to warm up the audience by getting us involved. It worked. Quite a few of us thought enough of them to buy their singles at the interlude. Their album Shine Box is worth a listen.

With a canned introduction playing on tape, The Corrs came to a darkened stage shortly after 9:00PM. The 2000-seat house was packed and people that had bought standing room tickets lined the walls of the venue on either side.

Applause and cheers began as Caroline led the way and took her place on the drum platform. Sharon came next and took her spot on the left hand side of the stage. The two supporting guitarists and Jim came along next. Finally Andrea came to the stage but remained facing the drum platform until the lights came on. The music for "When He's Not Around" began. Andrea then began to sing and we knew right away that we were in for the concert of a lifetime.

Mere words can't describe the feelings evoked by their performance. Not since seeing a video of October Project had we seen a band with such presence. They are consummate performers, professionals in everyway, and entirely captivating. No words can do them justice. Andwe're likely not alone with these impressions. Indeed, every concertvenue on this UK tour has been sold out, including London's Royal Albert Hall.

The three sisters are drop-dead gorgeous but that's just a bonus. These areextremely talented musicians and the result of their hard work is evident in the live performance. Although their second album departs slightly from foundation laid in their first, the live performance melded the styles of the two albums into a coherent whole. A balance of pumped up traditional musiccoupled with popular melodies shows the true range of the artists. My only regret is that they didn't play "Heaven Knows" which has been my favourite track of theirs since I first heard it.

Although we were unable to snare a Croyden set list, here's another one that we were able to get from the crew (for Northampton 23 March 1998). We didn't take notes so can't attest to the accuracy of it for the show reviewed here, but we're pretty sure these are the songs they played. It'sa good cross section of what the band does and the transitions from one songto the next worked very well indeed.

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