BOB SEGER: Legend talks about the future
Bob Seger is feeling better these days after surgery last October to repair a ruptured disc in his neck. He's reportedly feeling close to 100 percent. He's not quite ready to reschedule the dates he had to postpone on his Runaway Train tour last fall.
Seger is still talking about the future, which is what he did in a just-published Rolling Stone interview. Asked about plans for a memoir, Seger says, "I think about it. I set up a computer. I got a writing desk. I got everything ready. I don't know what I'll write, I may write about me. I don't know." But if he does write a memoir, he promises he won't have a ghostwriter.
As for a documentary about his life and career along the lines of History of The Eagles, Seger says, "The problem with that is that we don't have any film. The Eagles were smart and they made lots of film. We have some, but the lights weren't very good and it looks cruddy."
And what about his early albums, which have long been out of print -- would he like to see them reissued? He says Jack White constantly asks him about them, even going so far as to say he'd remix them all for free. Seger says he'd pay White, it's just that he's "always on to the next thing and then the next tour" and doesn't have the time to go back there just yet. He says that maybe when he retires he'll "get serious about it."
PETER CETERA: Says "Glory of Love" was written for a different movie
Peter Cetera has said his classic movie hit was actually meant for a different movie. The Chicago founding member, whose "Glory of Love" came from the soundtrack of Karate Kid II, claims he wrote it for Rocky IV.
But the Rocky producers cried poverty. He tells Sarasota, Florida's Herald Tribune, "They didn’t want to pay what they were supposed to pay. So I just said, 'Well, fine, I’ll take the song.' And so a few weeks later, here comes Karate Kid looking for a song. I played them that one, changed a couple of the words and there we go."
ELTON JOHN: Attended mother's funeral
Elton John was at his mother's funeral Wednesday and describes it as "perfect."
Along with photo of Sheila Farebrother's coffin plague, he writes on Instagram: "Having the service in the family chapel and attended by your brother and sister brought us all comfort. Having the service where Nan [his grandmother] lived out her final days brought you and your Mother back together again."
Though today's service was held for family members, a separate memorial will be held tomorrow for Sheila's friends. Though Elton won't attend, he says he's chosen all the music.
The Rocket Man closes with thanking his mother for "bringing me into the world and for all that you have done for me."
Sheila Farebrother died December 4th at age 92.