Hey Smeg
Do you still speak with Ray?
Wasn't he considering a new TCM production for off-Broadway?
Does he ever speak with Jim?
> I guess we will always disagree on this one, which is fair
> enough, but I'll make one more comment:
>
> No-one's disputing the fact that Ray wrote all the words,
> and in turn the rhyming pattern.
>
> What I am asking is does Ray DESERVE a 'co-writing' credit
> (and royalties) for creating 'Future', when all he has
> 'contributed', unknowingly, is a few non-specific words
> from 15 years previous, and bearing in mind that 95%(?) of
> 'Future's' lyrics are Jim's?
>
> I am suggesting that Ray DID deserve a 'mention' in
> Pandora's Box notes; either 'lyrical inspiration' or
> 'additional lyrics by' (much like Don Black's credit in
> DOTV), but because his contribution was relatively minor,
> that is all.
>
> I'm all for giving any lyricist (& composer) credit if
> deserved & appropriate, I just ''feel'' in this case, the
> contribution is just too small & non-specific, and that
> 'Future' is a sole Steinman creation, 'inspired in part'
> by something he was involved in years previously.
>
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