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Bryan Ferry was honoured as a 'BMI Icon' at a gala diner in London's Dorchester Hotel tonight, and hinted at the likelihood of future solo work.
Ferry was added to a list that in recent years has included Ray Davies, Steve Winwood and Peter Gabriel at the 2008 BMI London Awards.
The annual event honoured the past year's most-played songs on US radio and television by writers and publishers from the United Kingdom, Europe and Jamaica.
Bryan Ferry was added to the roster of BMI Icons in recognition of his body of work as a songwriter and solo artist and as the frontman of Roxy Music, but the award also recognised Ferry's contribution as an interpreter of other people's material, ranging from classic songs from the pre-rock'n'roll era through to his most recent album, the 2007 Bob Dylan tribute 'Dylanesque'.
Ferry made light of his Icon status, joking before the presentation that he would 'have to look it up in the dictionary.'
However, he added, 'it's nice to be given an award for something - songwriting - which is maybe the hidden part of what I do; it's sort of the 'iceberg' bit.'
Ferry also said that he has just begun writing for a future solo project, 'Sometimes you think, well, everybody's heard enough of what you do, and you get despondent and think nobody wants to hear this - they want to hear some 23-year-olds' band or something. But I've got two songs that I think sound all right - I think they'll probably come out as solo things.'
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Bryan Ferry Receives His BMI 'Icon' Award
07 Oct 2008
Ferry was added to a list that in recent years has included Ray Davies, Steve Winwood and Peter Gabriel at the 2008 BMI London Awards.
The annual event honoured the past year's most-played songs on US radio and television by writers and publishers from the United Kingdom, Europe and Jamaica.
Bryan Ferry was added to the roster of BMI Icons in recognition of his body of work as a songwriter and solo artist and as the frontman of Roxy Music, but the award also recognised Ferry's contribution as an interpreter of other people's material, ranging from classic songs from the pre-rock'n'roll era through to his most recent album, the 2007 Bob Dylan tribute 'Dylanesque'.
Ferry made light of his Icon status, joking before the presentation that he would 'have to look it up in the dictionary.'
However, he added, 'it's nice to be given an award for something - songwriting - which is maybe the hidden part of what I do; it's sort of the 'iceberg' bit.'
Ferry also said that he has just begun writing for a future solo project, 'Sometimes you think, well, everybody's heard enough of what you do, and you get despondent and think nobody wants to hear this - they want to hear some 23-year-olds' band or something. But I've got two songs that I think sound all right - I think they'll probably come out as solo things.'
BMI Awards
