When it comes to singing of sorrows, nobody does it better or more downright beautifully than the Irish. Perhaps it’s something in the whisky, but poets such as MacGowan, O’Connor, Van Morrison, and Christy Moore all seem to use songs as defence mechanisms to withstand life’s nasty troubles and strifes. And the three self-proclaimed “wankers from Belfast” who call themselves Therapy?, also embrace this method to get by.
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Rip It Up, Issue 215, 1 July 1995, Page 24
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68When it comes to singing of sorrows, nobody does it better or more downright beautifully than the Irish. Perhaps it’s something in the whisky, but poets such as MacGowan, O’Connor, Van Morrison, and Christy Moore all seem to use songs as defence mechanisms to withstand life’s nasty troubles and strifes. And the three self-proclaimed “wankers from Belfast” who call themselves Therapy?, also embrace this method to get by. Rip It Up, Issue 215, 1 July 1995, Page 24
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