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The 100 best musicians of all time: Eminem – Essay by Elton John
When we “Stan” performed together at the Grammy Awards in 2001, we met for a rehearsal beforehand. I was a little nervous because we never got to know each other, hadn’t even talked to each other. When we started with the intro and came in, I got goose bumps that I had until then only with Hendrix, Mick Jagger, James Brown and Aretha Franklin. I just thought: “This man is a class of his own.” There are few performers who pack you like this the first time.
Of course there were right voices that warned me of his alleged homophobia and other nonsense
Eminem is the poet of the present, but you will also talk about in decades. He tells his stories idiosyncratically and straightforward and is one of the best as a copywriter. He gives his audience what a Bob Dylan did for his fact: he writes what he feels. His anger, his vulnerability, his joke – everything has to go out. Eminem lives and breathes music – and on this point he is probably a bit like me. He lives quite withdrawn and seems to be completely absorbed in his art.
I was fascinated by him from the start and therefore spontaneously agreed when I was asked about a joint appearance at the Grammys. Of course there were right voices that warned me of his alleged homophobia and other nonsense; The Boy Georges of this world were completely out of the house. But if you are not intelligent enough to get your intelligence, that’s your problem.
The 100 best musicians of all time: Eminem – Essay by Elton John
Eminem has the eggs to say exactly what he feels – and even gives a smart shoot. At a time in which irony threatens to become a dying art form, such people are more necessary than ever. There are simply too few in this world that are blessed with such eggs and an equally great talent.