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Count John McCormack and those hedonistic, psychedelic indie rockers.
Publication: Europe Intelligence Wire Publication Date: 17-MAR-07 |
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COPYRIGHT 2007 Financial Times Ltd.
(From Irish Independent)
A question for a future pub quiz: What have John McCormack and the Velvet Underground got in common? On the face of it, a big fat zero. Zilch with a capital 'Z'. Rien. Nowt.
After all, what could possibly unite the Westmeath tenor who sang Il Mio Tesoro and the New York gouger who rhapsodised about hisVenus In Furs? One is an aria from a Mozart opera, sung with perfect diction by an Irish Count; the other a sleazy paean to sado-masochistic sex sung by a drug-addled scuzzball.
McCormack sangPanis Angelicus in front of thousands of devout Catholics at the Eucharistic Congress in the Phoenix Park; Lou Reed sang theBlack Angel's Death...
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