| re: NYTimes w/ great Meat quote | |
|
Posted by: |
Vin 06:33 am UTC 06/16/12 |
| In reply to: | NYTimes w/ great Meat quote - Jacqueline 05:35 am UTC 06/15/12 |
Would love to see video of Meat's intro speech... > June 15, 2012, 1:26 am > > http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/songwriters-hall-of-fame-honors-inductees/?pagemode=print > > Songwriters Hall of Fame Honors Inductees > By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR. > Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger and Jim Steinman – who wrote > the songs on Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” album – were > among the tunesmiths inducted into the Songwriters Hall of > Fame on Thursday at a ceremony in New York. > > Also given a place in the hall were the country songwriter > Don Schlitz, a Nashville hit-writer who came to prominence > when he won a Grammy in 1978 for “The Gambler,” and the > Broadway team of Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, best known > for writing the 1960 hit musical “The Fantasticks.” > > The hall’s 43rd annual gala dinner and ceremony was > studded with stirring performances not only by the > inductees, but also by performers like Valerie Simpson, > Stevie Nicks, Steve Miller, Emmylou Harris, Kenny Rogers, > Meatloaf and Ben E. King, who sang the classic hit “Stand > by Me” with the vocal group Take 6 backing him up. > Established in 1969 by Johnny Mercer and two music > publishers, Abe Olman and Howie Richmond, the hall of fame > maintains an online library of inductees with information > about their life and work, as well as physical exhibits > within the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. It is a > low-profile music-industry affair, with little of the pomp > and star power of the Grammys, but it still draws many of > the most powerful label executives and music publishers. > > The focus on great songs of the past, rather than > contemporary hits, gives the show a nostalgic flavor, and > that was true on Thursday night, as the audience sang > along with many of the numbers, like Mr. Seger’s “Turn the > Page” and Mr. Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind.” > Other highlights included Ms. Nicks’s rendition of “The > Rose” just before she introduced Bette Midler, and Ms. > Harris’s aching version of the Eric Clapton song “Tears in > Heaven.” > > “This thing has been going on for 43 years, and this is > the first time I was ever invited?” Ms. Midler joked as > she accepted the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, > which the organization behind the hall of fame bestows on > a performer each year. “I’m so annoyed.” > > Ne-Yo, the young soul singer who has three Grammys to his > credit, was given the Hal David Starlight Award, which > goes to an outstanding young songwriter. “Looking at the > people I’m standing amongst, I have so far to go still,” > he said. “The man who wrote ‘The Gambler’ is here.” > > That man, Mr. Schlitz, was introduced by Mr. Rogers, who > made “The Gambler” a smash hit in 1978. “He jump-started > my career,” Mr. Rogers said of Mr. Schlitz. “He doesn’t > write songs. He writes careers.” Mr. Schlitz’s catalog > includes 24 No. 1 country songs, among them “Forever and > Ever, Amen,” which was sung by Randy Travis, and “When You > Say Nothing at All,” recorded by Keith Whitley. > > It fell to Meatloaf to sing the praises of his old > collaborator, Jim Steinman, before he was inducted into > the hall. Mr. Steinman, who specializes in rock songs with > a theatrical, tongue-in-cheek edge, wrote all the words > and music to “Bat Out of Hell” and “Bat Out of Hell 2,” > which together have sold more than 70 million copies. The > hit singles he and Meatloaf produced include “I’d Do > Anything for Love But I won’t Do That,” “Two Out of Three > Ain’t Bad,” and “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.” He also > wrote the 1983 Bonnie Tyler song “Total Eclipse of the > Heart.” > > “I can never repay him,” Meatloaf said, as his voice broke > and tears filled his eyes. | |
| reply | | |
| Previous: | NYTimes w/ great Meat quote - Jacqueline 05:35 am UTC 06/15/12 |
| Next: | Getty Images of Jim (still no Meat) - Jacqueline 04:23 am UTC 06/15/12 |
| Thread: | |