My thoughts. Try a litle experiment.
Think of an Itish joke you like. Tell it to a crowd in whatever acent you wear normally.
Then find anothre crowd and tell it in an Irish accent (only if y6ou can) and see which gets the biggest laugh. Provided it is in fact a funny joke of course.
I believe the latter will get the most smiles.
Songs tell a story, and just like an actor getting into charictor, a singer is well advided to do the same.
Not a matter of faking it. Just a matter of building the scene.
Now when they carry that part into real life (see my The Best That Never Was song, that is where it becomes faking it.
Graham


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