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DE BURGH SEES RED; MUSIC.


Byline: PAUL McNAMEE

"How it must have galled you to hear the rapturous rap·tur·ous  
adj.
Filled with great joy or rapture; ecstatic.



raptur·ous·ly adv.
 welcome I received at the start of the show, how you must have writhed writhe  
v. writhed, writh·ing, writhes

v.intr.
1. To twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarrassment.

2. To move with a twisting or contorted motion.

3. To suffer acutely.
 at every standing ovation, how you must have cringed at every call of 'Chris, we love you.'"

Chris De Burgh BURGH. A borough; (q. v.) a castle or town.  reacts angrily to Irish Times critic Peter Crawley's less than favourable review of one of his shows by insisting the world loves him.

I happened upon TV footage of The Lady In Red singer performing from Salford for the Proms in The Park last Saturday. He was slowly, with utter confidence, murdering The Long And Winding Road.

If someone had have handed him the most up to date SatNav available he couldn't have located the tune in a week.

It was rivetting because it was so bad. Chris, the email address is at the bottom of the page...

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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Sep 18, 2009
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