Crooner?
 

Hi,

I have never thought of Meat Loaf as a crooner (I am not that familiar with the term either by the way), but in this article they call him a legendary crooner...

Comments? Ideas?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooner

Crooner in this context is just a journalist's lazy way of saying singer of ballads. I don't think they mean crooner in the Val Doonican sense.

Sinatra was a crooner, and that talent is hard to deny.

And he'd shoot you if you did!

He'd probably shoot you if you referred to him as a crooner too ...

More like concrete shoes I reckon ... :bleh:

"Crooner"... :angry: I guess that's the curse of I'd Do Anything For Love and all the succeeding ballads desperately trying to be as amazing and successful as that great Steinman tune. Hopefully, when the next album comes out, he'll be referred to as "legendary rock belter".

Sinatra wasn't a crooner but f*cking cool and a category of his own. So is Meat Loaf - as long as he doesn't sing mediocre tearjerkers (no objections to brilliant tearjerkers). ;)

I agree with the lazy journalism comment. "Crooner" no...overall not a fitting adjective for Meat.

Meat is about as much of a crooner as I am a world champion hot dog eater.

Uncle Joey does not like the secrets talked about in public... :twisted:

:lmao:

While Meat has sung some beautiful ballads, he is more known for his rock songs.

Carole

Crooner is defined as "singer of popular songs" .. and Meat's certainly made many songs world-popular .. However, although I don't think the journalist had this in mind, there's an old Scottish meaning of the verb "croon" which is to bellow or boom .. and he certainly can do that :)

And he IS a legend .. and they reproduced his name correctly ..

Caryl

Well that's an achievement for a journalist.

Either that, or it's the monkeys + typewriters thing...

I actually didn't know what the literal definition of what a crooner was...so first I thank you for that...because by literal definition Meat matches, as well as, the verb form. I think the perception of a crooner takes on forms of Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Englebert Humperdink, et al. I didn't insert Meat into that package at all. However, I will concede to the definitions but I still don't think I'll go around saying that Meat is a crooner.

:up:

Suzieq