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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... Quote:
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09 Dec 2009, 16:34
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Mega Loafer
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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.
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09 Dec 2009, 16:39
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Mega Loafer
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Sinatra was a crooner, and that talent is hard to deny.
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09 Dec 2009, 16:57
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Mega Loafer
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And he'd shoot you if you did!
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09 Dec 2009, 17:28
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He'd probably shoot you if you referred to him as a crooner too ...
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09 Dec 2009, 20:06
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You dig.
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09 Dec 2009, 22:10
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"Crooner"...
 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). 
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09 Dec 2009, 22:41
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I agree with the lazy journalism comment. "Crooner" no...overall not a fitting adjective for Meat.
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09 Dec 2009, 23:21
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Meat is about as much of a crooner as I am a world champion hot dog eater.
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10 Dec 2009, 00:03
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10 Dec 2009, 00:08
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10 Dec 2009, 04:47
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While Meat has sung some beautiful ballads, he is more known for his rock songs.
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10 Dec 2009, 11:18
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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 |
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10 Dec 2009, 12:23
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10 Dec 2009, 12:34
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10 Dec 2009, 18:30
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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. Quote:
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