LEGENDARY SONGWRITER JOHN PARR CONTRIBUTES “FORGOTTEN” MASTERPIECE TO BRAND-NEW ROCK MUSICAL ETERNAL LOVE
Singer/songwriter John Parr – who wrote and performed the million-selling Eighties hit single St Elmo’s Fire – is among the musical geniuses contributing original rock compositions to the groundbreaking score of brand-new musical theatre spectacular Eternal Love. . .
Eagerly-awaited rock musical Vampires Rock – Eternal Love opens in just nine months, with tickets for its nationwide tour selling fast. And, Grammy-nominated John’s contribution – Everything They Said Was True – will be among 21 original songs featured.
Eternal Love producer/director/performer Steve Steinman (pictured with John), says: “As a result of John Parr coming to see me perform in one of our stage shows, I was kindly gifted the song. It was included on my first, number one album Leap of Faith, and subsequently released as a single – topping the Amazon Rock and iTunes charts in its own right.
Promo video of John Parr’s composition Everything They Said Was True, performed by Steve Steinman: https://youtu.be/Zv2ZbQLipHE?si=fLovUMgcEtZb2yLe
Like all other numbers included in the Eternal Love score, Everything They Said Was True is a song with a story to tell: dealing with the angst of a troubled relationship.
“John wrote the song with Meat Loaf way back in 1982,” says Steve. “He was staying at Meat Loaf’s home at the time.
“It’s an incredible song, but its roots are firmly in the Seventies guitar rock era. For a time in the Eighties, rock music transformed to a more synthesizer and drum machine-led format, and for that reason, Everything They Said Was True was overlooked, and was never recorded.”
When John met Steve backstage at the Hull Arena, Steve had just embarked on his own recording career. Subsequently, Steinman has taken six singles and two albums to the top of the Amazon Music and iTunes charts.
“John was very complimentary about my debut single Leap of Faith, and agreed to allow me to record Everything They Said Was True,” says Steve. “He said it deserved to be heard, and encouraged me to ‘go and get it out there’.
“Which I did – and I took it to the top of the charts!
Steve says that he is thrilled to include the song in the score for Eternal Love – the third tranche of the madly popular Vampires Rock trilogy: “Featuring a completely original script and score, Everything They Said Was True features along with 20 other truly superb, equally authentic rock numbers, written by composers boasting incredible songwriting pedigree.”
Among the esteemed songwriters contributing to the rock musical’s score are Steve Womack and Steve Etherington.
Steve Womack has written songs for many well-known recording artists, most recently contributing several songs for Bonnie Tyler’s latest album, including a duet with Cliff Richard. Bonnie says of Steve’s songwriting: “the magic I hear from my favourite Bruce (Springsteen) and Rod (Stewart) songs.”
While Steve Etherington has featured in chart-topping groups and co-written the music for two hit musicals previously.
“Importantly, all the songs performed in Eternal Love feature the art of storytelling,” says Steve Steinman. “They’re all outstanding songs in their own right and won’t have to rely on the musical for their popularity.”
Two thirds of the score is comprised of numbers from Steve’s two albums. The remainder is made up from brand-new songs, specifically written for the musical.
“They’re all in the can, composed and ready to go,” he says.
Eternal Love promises production values to match any West End spectacular, a cast of 20 supremely talented performers, choreography and costumes of the very highest calibre, and that score.
It confidently bills itself as ‘the first rock musical championing an original score since the Rocky Horror Show’.
“Eternal Love: The Musical establishes a brand-new vision for the genre of musical theatre,” says Steve.
“In addition to possessing everything you’d expect from a West End musical, on occasions it unashamedly breaks the fourth wall, ensuring that the fast-paced humour – which has earnt the Vampires Rock franchise its cult following – persists.”
To borrow from the famed lyrics of Saint Elmo’s Fire, Steve Steinman is a man in motion, a man who can see a new horizon for the future of rock musicals, a man set to be flying higher and higher.
Thirty-five performances are already on sale for the UK tour of Eternal Love: The Musical. Tickets are available from: EternalLoveTheMusical.com
Side Bar
Songwriter Supreme John Parr
As well as penning the title track to blockbuster Brat Pack movie St Elmo’s Fire, taking the song to number one in America’s Billboard Chart, John has many famous film score compositions to his name. . .
He wrote the lead song to hit film Three Men and a Baby – a song titled The Minute I Saw You
Classic Arnold Schwarzenegger film Running Man features John’s single Restless Heart, co-written with Harold Faltermeyer
The lyrics of St Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion) were written to honour Canadian athlete Rick Hansen, who journeyed around the word in his wheelchair to raise spinal cord injury awareness.
The video for the St Elmo’s Fire single featured John along with the Brat Pack cast of the film. It was recorded in just 24 hours – John needed to be back in the UK the next day!