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- Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:18 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Another great song that sounds like Bacharach
- Replies: 271
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Re: Another great song that sounds like Bacharach
Yes, a Nyro sings Bacharach album does seem like pure fantasy, doesn't it? However, one songwriter paying tribute to another in this way has been done at least once before that I know of, the Nillson sings Randy Newman album. I personally don't think I would have had a problem with Nyro's improvisat...
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:52 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Another great song that sounds like Bacharach
- Replies: 271
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Re: Another great song that sounds like Bacharach
The late, great singer-songwriter Laura Nyro has been mentioned more than a few times on this forum and it was well known that she was an admirer of BB and even recorded a couple of his songs. She certainly loved extended chords and there's more than a hint of Bacharach in the lilting quality to man...
- Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:11 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Another great song that sounds like Bacharach
- Replies: 271
- Views: 546481
Re: Another great song that sounds like Bacharach
When Jimmy Webb was interviewed on BBC tv a few weeks ago he mentioned Bacharach as an early influence on his music, something he's done many times over the years and I know we've highlighted two or three songs of his on this forum as examples. 'Summer's Daughter' from the 5th Dimension's 'Magic Gar...
- Mon May 28, 2012 4:43 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Long Ago Last Summer
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12978
Re: Long Ago Last Summer
It looks like a fascinating compilation. I've long thought that 'With Open Arms' is one of Bacharach's most beguiling melodies and 'In Times Like These' deserves to be much better known than it is.
- Thu May 03, 2012 4:10 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: BBC4 'Bacharach Night'
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8757
Re: BBC4 'Bacharach Night'
Yes, the compilation show was a bit of a hotch-potch as these things invariably are but never less than fascinating all the same. I hadn't seen the 'This Is Now' documentary in many a year and that too was an intriguing watch. It was interesting hearing Carole Bayer Sager state how ridiculous she fo...
- Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:24 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: BBC4 'Bacharach Night'
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8757
BBC4 'Bacharach Night'
I posted this before and for some reason it disappeared without trace a few hours later: Next Friday the 27th BBC4 are dedicating two hours of their evening schedule to Bacharach with a repeat of the 'This Is Now' doc preceded by a compliation of videos taken from TV shows from the last 40 years of ...
- Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:35 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
- Replies: 1308
- Views: 1253760
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Burt alone at the piano in a London TV studio circa spring '96, singing full versions of 'Alfie' and 'A House is Not a Home'. I recorded this at the time and still have it on a now very wobbly sounding VHS cassette. The show was the very short-lived 'Big Mouth' on Channel 4 presented by Tony Parsons...
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:28 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
- Replies: 1308
- Views: 1253760
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Dionne Warwick singing 'Who Gets the Guy' live on the Jack Benny Show circa 1971. There's subtle differences from the original recording in the arrangement and in Dionne's vocal interpretation.
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:41 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Burt to appear on "L.A. Tonight with Roy Firestone" March 13
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8548
Re: Burt to appear on "L.A. Tonight with Roy Firestone" Marc
Gillanddon and Grooverider, the other Bacharach songs that Gladys Knight has recorded are 'Seconds' from '74 and 'Love is Fire' (love is Ice), 'Let Me Be The One' and 'Ovenight Success' all from '87. Then of course there was her cameo on 'That's What Friends are For'.
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:39 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: for UK Burt fans
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5299
Re: for UK Burt fans
My arithmetic was never very good, although I'm a wiz with a calculator! When you say that "this is the first performance for those involved with more performances booked for an even larger orchestra.........", I'm assuming you mean of this particular show. Let's hope so.
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:17 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Cissy Houston
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3797
Cissy Houston
I’m sure our thoughts are with Cissy Houston and her family at what must be a heartbreaking time. In the interviews I’ve seen over the years she always spoke with such love and obvious pride in her daughter. As we all know, Cissy has recorded several Bacharach songs over the years, whether as a solo...
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:45 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: for UK Burt fans
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5299
Re: for UK Burt fans
Not the full symphonic orchestra, of course, but around thirty musicians plus the standard rhythm section (drums, bass, guitar, keyboard). The four vocalists were fine, especially Mary Carewe and Cat Simmons, and there were genuinely moving versions of 'A House is Not a Home', 'I Just Don't Know Wha...
- Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:40 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: for UK Burt fans
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5299
Re: for UK Burt fans
The Music of Burt Bacharach at London's Cadogan Hall, 14th Febuary 2012: We've just got our tickets, just in the nick of time as it turned out as there's only a few left. I hope there's a few imaginative song choices among all the hits. With the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra invoved there's plenty of...
- Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:57 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: RIP Gene McDaniels
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2672
RIP Gene McDaniels
It seems to have passed this forum by that Gene McDaniels died on July 29th. Of course, his big Bacharach hit was 'Tower of Strength' in '61 but he also recorded a terrific version of B&D's 'In Times Like These' two years earlier. Unfortunately the latter isn't on Youtube but the former is and h...
- Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:03 am
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
- Replies: 1308
- Views: 1253760
Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
I've always been fond of Dusty Springfield's recording of 'Twenty-Fours From Tulsa' and here's some British TV footage of her performing the song from her BBC series in the 60s: