Isthis album seiously being green-lighted?
Is it too late to drive a stake through its mis-begotten heart?
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- Sat Sep 11, 2010 3:45 pm
- Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
- Topic: Brian Wilson's Gershwin album
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8472
- 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...
- 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.
- 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".
- 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.
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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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 ?
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 ?
- 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...
- 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.
The album credits reverse the usual "produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David" for this one project.