I love Paul's rock material! and I never said anything to the contrary in my original posting. It's his silly accent and vocal mannerism that I object to. In an interview ( River of Sound? ), Paul said that he was pleased when people told him that they could hear an " Irishish" in his rock material. Well, Paul, if you'd sang in an Irish accent, you would have endowed your rock material with an obvious "Irishness" and received massive kudos for being the first Irish rock singer to perform with an Irish accent. I believe Bono, Phil Linott etc. etc, all betrayed their birthright when they choose not to sing "Irish".