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by pljms
Sat Feb 20, 2010 9:53 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Knowing When to Leave - Carpenters' non medley version
Replies: 10
Views: 8393

Re: Knowing When to Leave - Carpenters' non medley version

You know, Sara, I'd made the same assumption about Dionne's recording of this unique song as the arrangement and production are just so lifeless and as flat as the proverbial pancake. It just goes to show that the combination of Dionne Warwick with a composition and arrangement by Bacharach didn't a...
by pljms
Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:54 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Knowing When to Leave - Carpenters' non medley version
Replies: 10
Views: 8393

Knowing When to Leave - Carpenters' non medley version

I found a non-medley version by the Carpenters of 'Knowing When to Leave' on Youtube and I'm wondering what collection of theirs it's on. The arrangement is essentially the same as the one on their Bacharach & David Medley track, although it's quite a bit slower and has a long instrumental fade....
by pljms
Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:38 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Tony Hatch 'Britain's Burt Bacharach' is 70 today
Replies: 17
Views: 14325

Re: Tony Hatch 'Britain's Burt Bacharach' is 70 today

If you live in the UK and own a TV you'll no doubt by now be familiar with a remarkably catchy song that accompanies a BBC ad for the television license. It's called 'Push a Little Button' and was a single in 1966 for a young lady called Ninette. The real fascinating fact is that not only was the so...
by pljms
Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:58 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: "Raindrops" Redux
Replies: 9
Views: 7060

Re: "Raindrops" Redux

Re Andy Williams and his voice being too smooth for Bacharach, a bit like Jack Jones, there are songs of BB's which suit his voice perfectly and, indeed, his version of 'Wives and Lovers' is terrific and with a stunning arrangement. Sadly it hasn't been posted on Youtube yet. It's from the 1964 albu...
by pljms
Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:58 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Jimmy Webb
Replies: 23
Views: 19274

Re: Jimmy Webb

Webb would be surprised to learn that he wrote Gentle on my Mind, one of the early Glen Campbell hits that he can't claim responsibility for! Most of Webb's output up to about 1970 betrays Bacharach's influence, especially the 5th Dimension albums, after that he set-out on an ill fated career as a s...
by pljms
Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:26 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: One Less Bell To Answer
Replies: 3
Views: 3304

Re: One Less Bell To Answer

Yes, it's on Rhino's 3 disc compilation 'Magic Moments: The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection' released in February last year. As for the collection as a whole, don't take much notice of the word 'definitive' in the title as there's no 'Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa', 'Message to Michael/Martha', ...
by pljms
Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:54 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Who's Got the Action - Phil Colbert
Replies: 2
Views: 2519

Who's Got the Action - Phil Colbert

From the recent Burt Bacharach:The Early Years 1958 - 1965 compilation, here's probably its most priceless track and the one that has 'Bacharach' stamped all over it.

by pljms
Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:08 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Andrew Lloyd Webber's health
Replies: 11
Views: 6544

Re: Andrew Lloyd Webber's health

I don't want to appear insensitive, but this news really has nothing to do with the career and current activities of Burt Bacharach.
by pljms
Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:28 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Promises Promises back to Broadway.
Replies: 19
Views: 13188

Re: Promises Promises back to Broadway.

Great news if it happens. I've been lucky enough to have seen two productions of PP; one a big, full-blown affair at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre which ran for the Christmas season four years ago, the other a fringe theatre production in London which had a three week season in summer '96. I enjoyed ...
by pljms
Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:33 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Discussion Board is STale
Replies: 46
Views: 31212

Re: Discussion Board is STale

Yes, as Bacharach once said himself, "You just have to love the Beatles". After Bacharach, Lennon & McCartney are my favourite songwriters of the past 40 years. I too have a preference for the earlier material from the time when they actually wrote together. I'm less keen on the materi...
by pljms
Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:42 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Discussion Board is STale
Replies: 46
Views: 31212

Re: Discussion Board is STale

As much as I admire DW I doubt if she's even recorded 100 Bacharach songs - well, maybe just. No, what I actually meant was Bacharach songs in general. When I started to investigate BB's career I was familiar with all the hits, of course, but it was the discovery of what I referred to in an earlier ...
by pljms
Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:43 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Discussion Board is STale
Replies: 46
Views: 31212

Re: Discussion Board is STale

Re Looking with my eyes: It was common on US tv in the 60 for artists to sing live on top of their records. This song has to be one of the most complex BB ever composed and it would have been a miracle if it had been a hit. Over the years I've found it's not the big hits of Bacharach I return to the...
by pljms
Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:38 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Discussion Board is STale
Replies: 46
Views: 31212

Re: Discussion Board is STale

Yes, if ever there was a composer defined by a particular decade it's Bacharach. His track record for at least eight years of the 60s is breathtaking. Equally, if his career had begun in 1980 I would not be a fan, he wouldn't be a household name and this site wouldn't exist.
by pljms
Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:25 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: The Look of Love
Replies: 9
Views: 6810

Re: The Look of Love

Yes, it was poor and failed to do justice to the song and poor old Jonathan Cohen, the musicologist, was painful to listen to. Of course, someone else's personal feelings about a particular song or piece of music can never be the same as yours but I have to say that the woman they had on there who c...
by pljms
Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:23 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: The Look of Love
Replies: 9
Views: 6810

Re: The Look of Love

The 'Soul Music' doc on 'The Look of Love' is broadcast today at 13.30hrs UK time, repeated Saturday afternoon. It will be available on the net via the BBC's Listen Again facility after today's broadcast. It features an interview with Hal David and lasts 30 minutes.