Paul McCartney took great joy in roasting his close pal Bruce Springsteen at an awards ceremony in London Thursday evening.

Springsteen turned the initial non-British receiver of an Ivor Novello Award, which honors best high quality singing and songwriting operate.

McCartney was on hand to give the Boss his Ivor – but prior to that he had a various words and phrases to say (through the BBC). He explained to the viewers that he “couldn’t consider of a additional fitting” winner, in advance of like: “Except probably Bob Dylan. Or Paul Simon, or Billy Joel, or Beyonce, or Taylor Swift. The checklist goes on!”

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He went on to remark that Springsteen was “known as the American doing the job man… but he admits he’s under no circumstances labored a working day in his lifetime.” Thinking about how he may perhaps properly have equipped into the Beatles, McCartney described: “When it arrives to expertise, he’d absolutely be in the top rated 5.”

Just soon after staying presented with his Ivor, Springsteen spelled out that his voice was a really small uncooked since he’d executed all through crimson-inform climate conditions in the north of England the prior evening. “We arrived out… and I was like, ‘What is this weather conditions? Driving rain, wind roaring,’” the Manager described. “But standing in entrance of me, in the rain, I understood: These are my persons.”

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He went on to don’t forget his bewildering really initial verify out to the U.K. in 1975, stating: “The airplane food was not so excellent, and my initial imagined when we landed at Heathrow was, ‘Where’s all the cheeseburgers?’ The cheeseburgers experienced either been concealed or replaced by anything referred to as fish and chips. It was a small disconcerting.

“Then our up coming halt was the Hammersmith Odeon, wherever I was greeted by a huge indicator asserting: ‘London is last but not least all set for Bruce Springsteen.’ And all I thought was, ‘If London isn’t prepared for a cheeseburger, they may not be prepared for me!’”

The Ivor winners are decided by customers of the Ivors Academy, formerly recognized as the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Springsteen gained the Academy Fellowship Award, though Bernie Taupin was honored for his Excellent Contribution to British New music.