Heard (and was dismayed by) Charlotte Church's rendition of Carrickfergus... She deleted the powerful lyric (quoted by Pooka earlier), losing the very essence of the song, and should not have considered performing this wonderful ballad...

On the flip side, she was enchanting with her Olympic duet-cover of Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli's "Prayer"(?)...

Reviewing what I've written, I'm not sure what the hell my point is, except that (in typically wishy-washy fashion) I totally agree with (most of) you...

M.