The Medusa Fora

Has anyone heard of the old Irish tenor John McCormack?

He came around the time Enrico Caruso was popular(Caruso considered McCormack the best singer he had ever heard) Caruso even praised that McCormack could sing better in italian then he could and McCormack was a pure bred Irishman and not an italian. His career started out winning a contest in Dublin and traveling to Italy to study with the great Giuseppe Verdi. He was a very political singer when he started out like singing irish rebellion songs like 'the wearin of the green' and many others but after his career progressed he moved on to more formal recording but he always kept his love for Irish music. In 1917 or 1919 he became an American citizen in which he enjoyed greatly but he kept a home in Ireland and visited it very often.

Here is 2 pictures of this Irish legend





Here is some sample clips from his songs...
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Give the music a chance and trust me this music will be addicting , It's that great.

P.S. listen to 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling' first.

not at all my type of music lol

Hence of course the first line of "Sickbed...": "McCormack and Richard Tauber..." (Tauber being another tenor, though not Irish... Austrian, I think).

firehazard wrote:Hence of course the first line of "Sickbed...": "McCormack and Richard Tauber..." (Tauber being another tenor, though not Irish... Austrian, I think).

I never knew Shane meant John McCormack , Thank's for sharing.

Alex wrote:not at all my type of music lol

Better than rap , eh?

how could anything be worse than 50ct or the other crap they want to sell you as ringtones??

Irishman wrote:

Alex wrote:not at all my type of music lol

Better than rap , eh?

Alex wrote:how could anything be worse than 50ct or the other crap they want to sell you as ringtones??

Irishman wrote:

Alex wrote:not at all my type of music lol

Better than rap , eh?

All 50 cent talks about is going to a club and hooking up with transexuals , It's proposterous.

lol

I'm sorry. what exactly is a ring tone and how is it possible to get from John McCormack to half a dollar in under three posts?

soulfinger wrote:I'm sorry. what exactly is a ring tone and how is it possible to get from John McCormack to half a dollar in under three posts?

No idea man No idea. lol

They're those annoying clips of "popular" songs you hear when people's mobiles ring.

TheIrishRover wrote:They're those annoying clips of "popular" songs you hear when people's mobiles ring.

I got Blue Oyster Cult's 'Don't fear the Reaper' on mine.

*Taps a cowbell.*

TheIrishRover wrote:*Taps a cowbell.*

I love that song , It's pretty awesome aint it man?

Hell yea! Especially that skit with Will Ferrel beating a cowbell.

TheIrishRover wrote:Hell yea! Especially that skit with Will Ferrel beating a cowbell.

YES!!