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Fantastic!
An interesting thing about the Cilla Black version. Both the Dusty and Cilla versions have the same backing session vocalists, the English vocal trio the Breakaways, who were also on some of Petula Clark's biggest hits, including Downtown. Petula Clark also had a version of Anyone Who Had A Heart. They are uncredited on Burt's 1965 single Trains and Boats and Planes.
Petula's version of Anyone Who Had A Heart [in French]: [www.youtube.com]
Burt's Trains and Boats and Planes: [www.youtube.com]
Great info...
I guess another topic of discussion could be: Dionne, Cilla or Dusty...?
They all recorded versions of the same song.
You're not wrong. Hal - well, his wife - felt his contribution was undervalued. I had hoped to rectify this but it was too late and Hal died a few months after we talked vaguely about plans. Still, they lived a good + rewarding life with homes on both coasts, and they certainly weren't complaining. Hal was also a very important advocate for songwriters through his work at ASCAP.
I remember ABC News did a profile on him maybe a decade-plus ago, specifically how he came up with the lyrics to What the World Needs Now.
Great stuff!!
Thanks for your contribution and any other insight into Hal David would be very welcomed!
I was listening to the theme from Valley of the Dolls earlier and couldnt help wondering how this guy was able to convey heartbreak so beautifully. The words are never trite or overwrought. That is genius.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2015-07-08 07:37 by stupidguy2.
That was perfect. Thanks for that.. I was listening again today to those Dionne songs and trying to put my finger on what made her so great with these songs.
That's it.
Wow, that is awesome! So much great music. Burts songs are proven timeless classics, real songs, real good songs... and so many of them.
Talk about your favorite band.
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Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stupidguy2
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Date: July 8, 2015 03:41
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stonehearted
Forgot about Anyone Who Had A Heart.
Dusty Springfield recorded her version on January 21, 1964 at Olympic Studios and it's on her debut album A Girl Called Dusty.
[www.youtube.com]
Embedded YouTube link below:
Fantastic!
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stupidguy2
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Date: July 8, 2015 03:49
I'd always known Cilla Black had a UK hit with Anyone Who Had a Heart, but had never heard it...
Beautiful version. This is an amazing song.
[www.youtube.com]
Beautiful version. This is an amazing song.
[www.youtube.com]
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stupidguy2
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Date: July 8, 2015 04:02
Crissie Hynde singing one of my favorites, Message to Michael...
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Adele and Baby It's You
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Adele and Baby It's You
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Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stonehearted
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Date: July 8, 2015 04:49
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stupidguy2
I'd always known Cilla Black had a UK hit with Anyone Who Had a Heart, but had never heard it...
Beautiful version. This is an amazing song.
[www.youtube.com]
An interesting thing about the Cilla Black version. Both the Dusty and Cilla versions have the same backing session vocalists, the English vocal trio the Breakaways, who were also on some of Petula Clark's biggest hits, including Downtown. Petula Clark also had a version of Anyone Who Had A Heart. They are uncredited on Burt's 1965 single Trains and Boats and Planes.
Petula's version of Anyone Who Had A Heart [in French]: [www.youtube.com]
Burt's Trains and Boats and Planes: [www.youtube.com]
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stupidguy2
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Date: July 8, 2015 05:06
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stoneheartedQuote
stupidguy2
I'd always known Cilla Black had a UK hit with Anyone Who Had a Heart, but had never heard it...
Beautiful version. This is an amazing song.
[www.youtube.com]
An interesting thing about the Cilla Black version. Both the Dusty and Cilla versions have the same backing session vocalists, the English vocal trio the Breakaways, who were also on some of Petula Clark's biggest hits, including Downtown. Petula Clark also had a version of Anyone Who Had A Heart. They are uncredited on Burt's 1965 single Trains and Boats and Planes.
Petula's version of Anyone Who Had A Heart [in French]: [www.youtube.com]
Burt's Trains and Boats and Planes: [www.youtube.com]
Great info...
I guess another topic of discussion could be: Dionne, Cilla or Dusty...?
They all recorded versions of the same song.
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
Rokyfan
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Date: July 8, 2015 05:37
Thanks for this thread. Such great music. Dusty Springfield made so many great records, music with real soul, stuff that sounds fresh today. All this was part of that great 60's scene the Stones came out of and were a big part of shaping.
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
DeanGoodman
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Date: July 8, 2015 05:51
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jrcjohnny99
Huge fan;
Brilliant songwriter and his partnership with Hal David was immense and hugely influential;
It is possible however (and I am not taking ANYTHING from BB here) that Hal David doesn't get the credit he deserves;
Alongside his fantastic work with BB David also wrote the lyrics to two of my favourite James Bond themes; "We Have All The Time In The World" from OHMSS and "Moonraker"
You're not wrong. Hal - well, his wife - felt his contribution was undervalued. I had hoped to rectify this but it was too late and Hal died a few months after we talked vaguely about plans. Still, they lived a good + rewarding life with homes on both coasts, and they certainly weren't complaining. Hal was also a very important advocate for songwriters through his work at ASCAP.
I remember ABC News did a profile on him maybe a decade-plus ago, specifically how he came up with the lyrics to What the World Needs Now.
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stupidguy2
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Date: July 8, 2015 07:31
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DeanGoodmanQuote
jrcjohnny99
Huge fan;
Brilliant songwriter and his partnership with Hal David was immense and hugely influential;
It is possible however (and I am not taking ANYTHING from BB here) that Hal David doesn't get the credit he deserves;
Alongside his fantastic work with BB David also wrote the lyrics to two of my favourite James Bond themes; "We Have All The Time In The World" from OHMSS and "Moonraker"
You're not wrong. Hal - well, his wife - felt his contribution was undervalued. I had hoped to rectify this but it was too late and Hal died a few months after we talked vaguely about plans. Still, they lived a good + rewarding life with homes on both coasts, and they certainly weren't complaining. Hal was also a very important advocate for songwriters through his work at ASCAP.
I remember ABC News did a profile on him maybe a decade-plus ago, specifically how he came up with the lyrics to What the World Needs Now.
Great stuff!!
Thanks for your contribution and any other insight into Hal David would be very welcomed!
I was listening to the theme from Valley of the Dolls earlier and couldnt help wondering how this guy was able to convey heartbreak so beautifully. The words are never trite or overwrought. That is genius.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2015-07-08 07:37 by stupidguy2.
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stonehearted
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Date: July 9, 2015 03:46
Two more Bacharach/David songs from Dusty Springfield's 1964 debut album:
Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa, live performance from her UK ITV series It Must Be Dusty: [www.youtube.com]
And, of course, the well-known Wishin' and Hopin'. But this one features an introductory color clip from 1970 where Burt Bacharach and Dusty discuss how the song came to be recorded, followed by a 1967 TV clip: [www.youtube.com]
Dusty Springfield and Burt Bacharach in the early days.
Embedded links below:
Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa, live performance from her UK ITV series It Must Be Dusty: [www.youtube.com]
And, of course, the well-known Wishin' and Hopin'. But this one features an introductory color clip from 1970 where Burt Bacharach and Dusty discuss how the song came to be recorded, followed by a 1967 TV clip: [www.youtube.com]
Dusty Springfield and Burt Bacharach in the early days.
Embedded links below:
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
Mister_D
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Date: July 9, 2015 08:40
I cribbed this from a YouTube description on a clip of Dionne doing a B/D song:
Nick Tosches (writer, music journalist, novelist, biographer and poet), January 7, 1972 issue of the rock magazine FUSION:
"...getting into Dionne Warwick is like finding buried treasure. The Bacharach/David repertoire which milady chooses to sing is so fascinatingly cynical / fatalistic / stoical / emotional / happy, simultaneously! It's pure emotion. There is a whole lot more to emotion than some rock punk bursting his dexedrine-staved blood vessels by screaming "Baby I need you baby" into a microphone. Dionne Warwick is not a rock and roll singer. She's not a jazz singer either. Rhythm and blues? Nope. A pop singer? No way. Did you ever tongue-kiss with someone who barfed a Singapore Sling bolus into your mouth, and then four years later you're with someone else and you feel good and you realize how beautiful it all was and then it's all melancholy/happiness, sort of? That's the kind of singer Dionne Warwick is. She's beautiful. Dionne, paired with Bacharach's string/horn/reed arrangements, comes up as a lyric mezzo-sopranoid par-excellence, melodious/expressiveness-wise. If you've never gotten into her, you ought to. Get hep to Dionne Warwick. For your own sake."
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Nick Tosches (writer, music journalist, novelist, biographer and poet), January 7, 1972 issue of the rock magazine FUSION:
"...getting into Dionne Warwick is like finding buried treasure. The Bacharach/David repertoire which milady chooses to sing is so fascinatingly cynical / fatalistic / stoical / emotional / happy, simultaneously! It's pure emotion. There is a whole lot more to emotion than some rock punk bursting his dexedrine-staved blood vessels by screaming "Baby I need you baby" into a microphone. Dionne Warwick is not a rock and roll singer. She's not a jazz singer either. Rhythm and blues? Nope. A pop singer? No way. Did you ever tongue-kiss with someone who barfed a Singapore Sling bolus into your mouth, and then four years later you're with someone else and you feel good and you realize how beautiful it all was and then it's all melancholy/happiness, sort of? That's the kind of singer Dionne Warwick is. She's beautiful. Dionne, paired with Bacharach's string/horn/reed arrangements, comes up as a lyric mezzo-sopranoid par-excellence, melodious/expressiveness-wise. If you've never gotten into her, you ought to. Get hep to Dionne Warwick. For your own sake."
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Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
dmay
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Date: July 9, 2015 22:59
Check it out. Drape that scarf over the lamp, turn on that lava lamp and see if the hookah's still functional. Two great takes on Bacharach/David by the late great Isaac Hayes.
[www.youtube.com]
[www.youtube.com]
And this ain't Bacharach/David, but dig Isaac doing his take on a Glen Campbell by way of Jimmy Webb hit.
[www.youtube.com]
Enjoy, brothers and sisters.
[www.youtube.com]
[www.youtube.com]
And this ain't Bacharach/David, but dig Isaac doing his take on a Glen Campbell by way of Jimmy Webb hit.
[www.youtube.com]
Enjoy, brothers and sisters.
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stupidguy2
()
Date: July 10, 2015 07:39
Quote
Mister_D
I cribbed this from a YouTube description on a clip of Dionne doing a B/D song:
Nick Tosches (writer, music journalist, novelist, biographer and poet), January 7, 1972 issue of the rock magazine FUSION:
"...getting into Dionne Warwick is like finding buried treasure. The Bacharach/David repertoire which milady chooses to sing is so fascinatingly cynical / fatalistic / stoical / emotional / happy, simultaneously! It's pure emotion. There is a whole lot more to emotion than some rock punk bursting his dexedrine-staved blood vessels by screaming "Baby I need you baby" into a microphone. Dionne Warwick is not a rock and roll singer. She's not a jazz singer either. Rhythm and blues? Nope. A pop singer? No way. Did you ever tongue-kiss with someone who barfed a Singapore Sling bolus into your mouth, and then four years later you're with someone else and you feel good and you realize hiow beautiful it all was and then it's all melancholy/happiness, sort of? That's the kind of singer Dionne Warwick is. She's beautiful. Dionne, paired with Bacharach's string/horn/reed arrangements, comes up as a lyric mezzo-sopranoid par-excellence, melodious/expressiveness-wise. If you've never gotten into her, you ought to. Get hep to Dionne Warwick. For your own sake."
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That was perfect. Thanks for that.. I was listening again today to those Dionne songs and trying to put my finger on what made her so great with these songs.
That's it.
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
GJV
()
Date: July 10, 2015 14:51
Besides the Rolling Stones I'm also a huge James Bond fan and the score from the Casino Royale movie (the 1967 comedy version) is exellent, incl. the evergreen The look of Love sung by Dusty Springfield. I have it on LP and three cd versions.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2015-07-10 19:38 by GJV.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2015-07-10 19:38 by GJV.
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
relms
()
Date: July 10, 2015 15:26
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Mr.D
Here's his setlist from Glastonbury, a great video of this show is up on DIME:
Burt Bacharach
Pyramid Stage
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK
June 27, 2015
Setlist:
01. What the World Needs Now
02. Don't Make Me Over
03. Walk On By
04. This Guy's in Love With You
05. I Say A Little Prayer
06. Trains And Boats And Planes
07. Wishin' and Hopin'
08. There's Always Something There to Remind Me
09. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
10. Only Love Can Break a Heart
11. Do You Know The Way To San Jose
12. Anyone Who Had a Heart
13. Any Day Now
14. My Little Red Book
15. The Look of Love
16. Arthur's Theme
17. What's New Pussycat?
18. The World Is A Circle
19. The April Fools
20. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (feat. Burt Bacharach)
21. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
22. Making Love
23. Wives and Lovers
24. Alfie
25. A House Is Not A Home
26. That's What Friends Are For
27. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (feat. Burt Bacharach)
Wow, that is awesome! So much great music. Burts songs are proven timeless classics, real songs, real good songs... and so many of them.
Re: OT: Burt Bacharach - any fans here?
Posted by:
stupidguy2
()
Date: July 11, 2015 00:10
Dusty and Dionne could give young singers a lesson in restraint and subtlety.
They sing the melody, but with enough of their own distinctive flair and personal depth to give the songs emotoinal weight.
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They sing the melody, but with enough of their own distinctive flair and personal depth to give the songs emotoinal weight.
[www.youtube.com]
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