As Chris celebrates a remarkable and rare career milestone of half a century as a recording artist, and with his Solo Tour underway and the impending release of his new album 50 in October, we asked Chris to answer questions from his fans all over the world and he has agreed. Questions and answers will be published in due course on both the official website at www.
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Question about tour dates? Question about a song? Please search for the song above, you may find information about what inspired Chris to write it. Between April and April , Chris de Burgh answered over 1, questions from his fans, submitted via his official website in a section called ' Man On The Line '. This section of the official website went offline many years ago, so the questions and answers are archived here. Hi Chris, I like your music now for more than 20 years and I hope you will go on to make that fantastic music for the next 20 years!
My question is about the song 'snows of new York' does the phrase about the footsteps in the sand come from the famous Christian poem about the Lord who is carrying us?
Hi Kees! Yes, the song "Snows Of New York" originated in my mind about two brothers or two friends somewhere in a very disadvantaged area of the world, perhaps again the West of Ireland which is a very fruitful area for me in my imagination. And one has to stay and work on the land, and the other is going off to America. It's a very sad time for them, they've talked all night. And as the dawn comes up, they embrace as brothers do or friends do, and one then heads off with his bag to take the boat to America.
