Renate Engelbrecht
Steve Hofmeyr’s tribute song to Theuns Jordaan, which accommodates a voice observe from the late singer to Steve, has garnered criticism from many.
Mere days after Theuns Jordaan’s
This follows criticism from the likes of Dozi, Zelda La Grange and Ilza Roggeband, a detailed buddy and in addition Theuns’ decades-long spokesperson. Roggeband instructed Netwerk24 that she has just one query that she would really like to ask Hofmeyr: “If the roles had been reversed, would Theuns have finished the identical to you?”
“How is it attainable that Theuns’ funeral has developed into a contest,” Hofmeyr writes in his latest Facebook post. The singer says someway it has turn out to be a contest of who knew Theuns one of the best and who would have one of the best guess as to how Theuns would have appreciated his funeral to go down.
“The solely singer complaining about Sing dan in die hemele, is the singer who, when he might select, selected his personal music,” writes Hofmeyr.
He then continues to say that his guess is that Theuns is now sitting again, laughing about everybody wanting to have a say about the whole lot, saying: “You know…”
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Dozi instructed Netwerk24 that he didn’t essentially have an issue with the song, however somewhat with the truth that Hofmeyr used Theuns’ non-public voice observe within the song.
According to him, he additionally obtained voice notes from a really in poor health Theuns Jordaan and that it was despatched within the “spirit of privateness between two mates who cherished one another dearly”.
He says he would by no means violate that privateness. Dozi sang his song, Grassade, on the funeral and says he is aware of that Theuns cherished the song.
Hofmeyr’s Sing dan in die hemele has had almost 670,000 views on YouTube and 1000’s of principally optimistic feedback have been streaming in on Facebook. The video has been shared on Facebook almost 10,000 occasions.
Hofmeyr was one of many casket carriers at Theuns’ funeral. In an earlier post, he mentioned: “Us singers, mates of Theuns, checked one another out lengthy and onerous on the funeral final Friday. Call us ‘these remaining’. Because who’s subsequent? And, will we be caught off-guard once more? And, will we ever admire one another sufficient?”
He refers to different legends from the business, together with Lance James, Dawn Lindberg, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Ben Kruger and Lieb Bester, saying along with Theuns we’ve had to greet all of them in a short while. “In a small business, it’s a bitter capsule to swallow.”
