EXCLUSIVE: An award-winning songwriter who has labored with the likes of Gary Barlow, Boyzone, Celine Dion and Aretha Franklin has admitted ‘nothing compares’ to the Spice Ladies
Spice Ladies fever was at its peak within the nineties, and there was one individual proper in the course of all of it. Step ahead songwriter Elliot Kennedy.
The author who’s finest friends with Gary Barlow and has labored with a number of the greatest names within the trade, together with Celine Dion, was readily available when the enduring lady group took the world by storm. The co-writer of their hit tune Say You will Be There from their debut album, Spice, has admitted there was one factor he typically struggled with with the group – containing them.
Nonetheless, he admitted this wasn’t a foul factor and easily confirmed the true persona of a band destined for fulfillment. Talking solely to the Mirror, Elliot mentioned “nothing compares” to the Spice Ladies, made up of Melanie B, Victoria Beckham, Melanie C, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell.
“They actually crashed at my home,” Elliot mentioned. “This was earlier than that they had a supervisor they usually had been transitioning from the man that put them collectively, who was clearly a visionary in his personal proper, after which we helped join him to Simon Fuller.
“However they had been superb and implausible ladies. Their power was off the dimensions and essentially the most tough factor was containing the power as a result of they had been 1,000,000 miles an hour.
“That they had so many concepts that, for a songwriter, was simply implausible. I’ve nothing however superb recollections from working with them. As I say, they crashed at my home and we simply grew to become like household and it is beautiful that they went out and adjusted the world. Being part of that wave was outstanding and life altering and life affirming in all types of how.
“They had been simply implausible folks and nonetheless are and I’ve quite a lot of respect for all of them. They labored actually bloody exhausting and deserved the whole lot they obtained. It was charming and humorous and loopy and it was good to be part of it.”
Elliot additionally opened up on his tight reference to Gary Barlow, with the pair at present engaged on theatrical exhibits. He mentioned: “We communicate day-after-day and we work collectively on a regular basis. He is my closest good friend and collaborator and we’re nonetheless doing it, you already know? We’re nonetheless cracking on and having amusing and we’re better of associates before everything.”
Elliot admitted the duo have a really related mind-set. However he additionally confessed that there is extra to Gary than meets the attention, saying he is merely “only a large, common man”. “He is an excellent dad and a stable husband. And he is a extremely nice good friend outdoors of music and the whole lot else,” he gushed.
Elliot additionally revealed that Robbie Williams was additionally purported to sing the Relight My Hearth vocals however claimed the producer obtained the important thing fallacious, resulting in Gary singing it. And he says it was this that then led to him co-writing All the things Adjustments for the boys, to be sang by Robbie, which went to primary on the author’s twenty fifth birthday, fulfiling his personal dream.
After reminiscing, Elliot additionally praised thrilling rising band Apollo Junction after they approached him for his or her newest tune titled Entangled. The Yorkshire-based band who have additionally had successful with Lovely South singer Briana Corrigan wrote the tune with the award-winning hitmaker and Elliot praised them for what he referred to as was a “intelligent transfer”.
“Apollo Junction is an ideal instance of how random my life goes,” he admitted. “I am engaged on data with The Overtones, or Alfie Boe, or no matter and writing musicals after which fully out of the left area, Jamie from the band contacts me.
“I knew who they had been as a result of they’re solely from down the highway however seldom do I do that. However for no matter motive, I assumed I ought to give this a go.”
He defined the moment connection he go after assembly them and mentioned: “What I assumed was actually fairly intelligent was once they mentioned to me that the final time they got here off the Isle of Wight stage they realised they wanted their songs to be higher. ‘We want a signature’ they mentioned.
“And I simply mentioned, you already know what, numerous bands do not work that out.” He revealed how he’s pleased with being a songwriter who may also help others get that distinctive sound, explaining his eclectic vary of stars he has labored with, which additionally consists of Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin and Boyzone.
“However for a band who write their very own materials and instantly realise they want the talents of somebody who does this for a dwelling, it was actually a intelligent transfer, a extremely adept transfer, I assumed.”
Apollo Junction’s newest album is about to be launched on August 22, with Elliot additionally releasing quite a lot of different thrilling tunes in addition to his stage play.
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