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Bumped into him a number of times back in the day. Like most 'weirdos' he was surprisingly normal to talk to. A mate of mine reckons he lived near Queens Park station, doubt if ever checked the sports page for the Rangers score. Wonder how he made his dough, surely you can't live off the returns for one reasonably successful hit all your life?
Bumped into him a number of times back in the day. Like most 'weirdos' he was surprisingly normal to talk to. A mate of mine reckons he lived near Queens Park station, doubt if ever checked the sports page for the Rangers score. Wonder how he made his dough, surely you can't live off the returns for one reasonably successful hit all your life?
Yes you can if you wrote it. Royalties for a song like that will keep you in clover your whole life.
Yes you can if you wrote it. Royalties for a song like that will keep you in clover your whole life.
I wrote 'We Are The Chelsea Haters' and now I live in a gold house, surrounded by a bevy of dusky young maidens who fulfill my every sordid whim. But I don't like to brag about it, you know.
'What do we want? We don't know! When do we want it? Now!'
Indeed. Mungo Jerry lives comfortably off of one hit "In The Summer Time". He won't be buying yachts in Monaco but never needs to worry about paying the mortgage/bills.
Same with Jerry Raffetty/Yusef. I heard a few years ago "Baker Street" gets him something like £80k a year in royalties from air plays and compilations.
This is why shows like X-Factor are a joke. The winners are just mannequins.
As long as they look good (first priority) and sound good (they can be coached if needs be) then that's all that needs to be done. There's a team of writers that create the songs. The mannequins do all the shows, touring, appearances etc and make fk by comparison while the writers make £millions.
Indeed. Mungo Jerry lives comfortably off of one hit "In The Summer Time". He won't be buying yachts in Monaco but never needs to worry about paying the mortgage/bills.
Same with Jerry Raffetty/Yusef. I heard a few years ago "Baker Street" gets him something like £80k a year in royalties from air plays and compilations.
This is why shows like X-Factor are a joke. The winners are just mannequins.
As long as they look good (first priority) and sound good (they can be coached if needs be) then that's all that needs to be done. There's a team of writers that create the songs. The mannequins do all the shows, touring, appearances etc and make fk by comparison while the writers make £millions.
If your talking about Gerry Rafferty he died a few Years ago and was one hell of a lyricist. It wasn't just 'Baker Street' try the excellent "Stuck in the middle with you"
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
Indeed. Mungo Jerry lives comfortably off of one hit "In The Summer Time". He won't be buying yachts in Monaco but never needs to worry about paying the mortgage/bills.
Same with Jerry Raffetty/Yusef. I heard a few years ago "Baker Street" gets him something like £80k a year in royalties from air plays and compilations.
This is why shows like X-Factor are a joke. The winners are just mannequins.
As long as they look good (first priority) and sound good (they can be coached if needs be) then that's all that needs to be done. There's a team of writers that create the songs. The mannequins do all the shows, touring, appearances etc and make fk by comparison while the writers make £millions.
If your talking about Gerry Rafferty he died a few Years ago and was one hell of a lyricist. It wasn't just 'Baker Street' try the excellent "Stuck in the middle with you"
Ooops, getting Cat Stevens mixed up with Gerry Rafferty! But yes, It made Gerry a handsome, regular, amount each year.
Bryan Adams' album, Waking Up The Neighbours, circa 1992, made him some £60m (inc tours), largely due to the "Everything I Do...." single which he co-wrote.
All the kids today just want to be on tv, be on a reality show, be a z list celeb. They don't realise they're being completely manipulated and then tossed aside when they next bright young thing comes along.
A lot of these people popping off now were very much in charge of their own direction/destiny, nowawdays they're just puppets.
Writing a good Christmas Hit seems to be the way to go. Jona Lewie only ever had 2 hit singles and he earns 120 big ones a year...
Merry Xmas Everybody, Slade: £500,000 Fairytale of New York, The Pogues: £400,000 All I Want For Christmas, Mariah Carey: £376,000 White Christmas, Bing Crosby: £328,000 Last Christmas, Wham!: £300,000 Wonderful Christmastime, Paul McCartney: £260,000 Mistletoe and Wine, Cliff Richard: £100,000 Stop the Cavalry, Jona Lewie: £120,000 2000 Miles, The Pretenders: £102,000 Stay Another Day, East 17: £97,000
I read once the other three laughed at Boy George when he presented them with Karma Chameleon, and they all hated (hate) it. But, he says in that way of his, it bought them each a house...
Writing a good Christmas Hit seems to be the way to go. Jona Lewie only ever had 2 hit singles and he earns 120 big ones a year...
Merry Xmas Everybody, Slade: £500,000 Fairytale of New York, The Pogues: £400,000 All I Want For Christmas, Mariah Carey: £376,000 White Christmas, Bing Crosby: £328,000 Last Christmas, Wham!: £300,000 Wonderful Christmastime, Paul McCartney: £260,000 Mistletoe and Wine, Cliff Richard: £100,000 Stop the Cavalry, Jona Lewie: £120,000 2000 Miles, The Pretenders: £102,000 Stay Another Day, East 17: £97,000
Good call. Sleigh-bells, ALWAYS have sleigh-bells in the song.