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by Blair N. Cummings
Sat Sep 11, 2010 3:45 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Brian Wilson's Gershwin album
Replies: 12
Views: 8472

Re: Brian Wilson's Gershwin album

Isthis album seiously being green-lighted?
Is it too late to drive a stake through its mis-begotten heart?
by Blair N. Cummings
Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:53 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Two contrasting BB songs on 'SOTS'
Replies: 12
Views: 6616

Re: Two contrasting BB songs on 'SOTS'

I just wanted to jump in here to defend Mark as well. As nice a publicity venue as it is for Burt`s music, I really think of it as a service for the (no more than) dozen or so of us who post here regularly (or irregularly). What most of us have learned and shared over the years certainly outweighs t...
by Blair N. Cummings
Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:48 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)
Replies: 1308
Views: 1249211

Re: Put Your Youtube.com Links Here! (if you want)

As far as I know, Dionne never recorded this. If she did, it was never released. I Iooked for the Lawrence Welk duo Sandi and Sally version on You Tube but it wasn`t there. There`s no other recording listed in Serene Dominic`s discography.
by Blair N. Cummings
Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:27 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: "How Many Days"
Replies: 2
Views: 2505

Re: "How Many Days"

Yeah, I know I got the title wrong. It`s "Don`t Count the Days".
by Blair N. Cummings
Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:59 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: "How Many Days"
Replies: 2
Views: 2505

"How Many Days"

I somehow missed this song until today.
See,gang, this is what I miss! This is what makes me bitch about the newer stuff.
I know no one is going to be what he or she was half a century ago, but come on! Wake me up when Burt and this Sater guy produce something as inventive and delightful as this.
by Blair N. Cummings
Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:59 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: They Don`t Make Them Like They Used To
Replies: 0
Views: 1795

They Don`t Make Them Like They Used To

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf61NJKQXrQ I went through all kinds of ridiculous hell trying to download this song without actually buying a Kenny Rogers album. I`d finally get it and my computer would crash or the song would be somehow "unavailable" (although listed) on a particular site...
by Blair N. Cummings
Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:39 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: interesting reviews of burt's albums
Replies: 4
Views: 3807

Re: interesting reviews of burt's albums

Interesting indeed, and generally astute and well informed (although the connection of Balance of Nature with ecology eludes me and I don`t know why Woman is described as "difficult"). The hint of another "greatesr hits" project a la the one with Ron Isley ( albeit this time with...
by Blair N. Cummings
Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:00 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: A VERY SPECIAL EVENING IN SAN DIEGO
Replies: 8
Views: 5556

Re: A VERY SPECIAL EVENING IN SAN DIEGO

I haven`t seen Burt for a few years, but it seems of at least modest significance that the few compositions from At This Time once in the program have already been dropped from the repertoire. I wonder if it`sthat the policies of the Bush administration once so abhorrent to Burt have become acceptab...
by Blair N. Cummings
Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:59 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Dionne Warwick and a Duet partner (Scepter)
Replies: 20
Views: 13224

Re: Dionne Warwick and a Duet partner (Scepter)

I never caught a C&W vibe from Green Grass or really any other compositions later than Story of My Life and Don`t You Believe It. The melodic sophistication behind California, Raindrops et al placed it outside of that category for me. But, BtoB, you`re right about the utter uniqueness of persona...
by Blair N. Cummings
Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:45 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Close To You, Closer To Me
Replies: 8
Views: 6206

Close To You, Closer To Me

Roughly a decade ago, Burt conceded that he had "the wrong groove" when he originally arranged the song for Dionne and that "Richard came along and nailed it." Why, then, after the song was a hit for Carpenters, did he turn around and record it himself using nearly the precise co...
by Blair N. Cummings
Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:24 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: BB and Karen Carpenter
Replies: 18
Views: 17247

Re: BB and Karen Carpenter

A couple spontaneous thoughts... A&M had a weirdly conservative marketing concept for the duo. Richard usually hated the album covers the company imposed and was told to "learn to love it". The brother/sister emphasis provided an almost Lawrence Welk-like sexlessness that opposed the e...
by Blair N. Cummings
Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:55 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: What if BURT were british
Replies: 10
Views: 5851

Re: What if BURT were british

And, of course, the title for knighthood would be Sir Burt.
by Blair N. Cummings
Sat Jun 12, 2010 5:34 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Another Angle on Steve`s Resurrected Subject
Replies: 3
Views: 2566

Another Angle on Steve`s Resurrected Subject

In short, just how did Stephanie Mills inherit that trove of B/D songs?
She was young, cute, and a hit in The Wiz but it took more than youth, cuteness, and popularity to attract Burt`s and/or Hal`s serious attention.
Did I sleep through this story ?
by Blair N. Cummings
Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:35 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Jimmy Webb
Replies: 23
Views: 19273

Re: Jimmy Webb

"Sunshower" is my favorite Webb-written-and-produced-for-someone-else album. As I never tire of iterating on another forum, his coda for This Is Your Life is perhaps my favorite piece of Webb music. As I`ve also mentioned before here, no one should avoid Webb`s own albums simply because hi...
by Blair N. Cummings
Sat Jun 12, 2010 3:18 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: bacharach/sater collaborations
Replies: 8
Views: 4766

Re: bacharach/sater collaborations

If memory serves (and mine often doesn`t), Stephanie Mills reported that it was Hal who pretty much produced For the First Time and was, in fact, in the studio (unlike Burt).
The album credits reverse the usual "produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David" for this one project.