The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Say a little prayer? I see what you did there. Alot of ethical questions will be raised for sure. The technology is here and it isnt going anywhere so you might as well squeeze the lemons into your glass. There is a freakshow element to alot of this but there will be great stuff as well. I assure yo...

Could be on the way. Kinda. With the advent of artificial intelligence AI is at the point where it can actually clone a singers voice and mimic their inflections and vocal choices. Probably within a few months AI will be able to compose entire songs in the style of a particular composer and capture ...

And this came up on my Facebook feed - by Jimmy Webb - Jimmy on the loss of Burt Bacharach who passed on Feb 8, 2023: “Baby It’s You” by The Shirelles is one of the first songs I remember that Burt Bacharach composed. His music deeply affected me. I could hear his classical training in the cadences...

Rip Chuck. I always thought Any Day Now was emblematic of Bacharach's early 60s sound along with Dont Make me Over and Walk on By

Its weird I knew this day would come eventually but its still a bit sad. Burt was magic. Im so grateful for him sharing his creativity and genius with the world. We were so fortunate to have had him so lucky. It is truly the end of an era

Saw the documentary. Was a bit underwhelming from a musical standpoint. Would have liked to see much more of the sausage making between her and Bacharach/David. I did learn a few new things about Dionne. I never knew she played piano that well and could sight sing even though I was aware she was con...

Roslyn Kind, aka Barbra Streisand's talented sister, song Take Me Home sounds like a cross between a Bacharach/Webb tune.

I may be deemed a heretic fit for the gallows or guillotine after this...but there is a Bob Dylan in the subway or underpass in every city. Half philospher half musician, broke and fighting to make rent.He has created spoken word of the highest order accompanied by a guitar however a catalogue of Bu...

The dear lady would have been 75 today and twenty-five years after her death she remains a little known woman of mystery. I read somewhere that a documentary film about her life is in the works and I should imagine that all the existing video footage of her performing will be shown in this film, in...

geoff85: ... I agree with your analogy - can't pick a fave child! ... "Beginning of Loneliness" was the track that grabbed me when I purchased the Windows of the World album back in the mid 60's. ... Still love it along with so many other Bacharach gems. ... Most of my favorites are the recordings ...

Interesting reggae remake of Chuck Jacksons I wake up crying.

Wouldn't that be up there with choosing your fave child? Well If i must I would probably choose Dionne Warwick's The Begginning of Loneliness. Its like a cannon buried under flowers its starts out mellow and just builds into the chorus with so much dramatic flair and the timpani drums are just immac...

I applaud you 'Blue on Blue.' for disagreeing. "Sometimes Late at Night" is one of my favorite albums of all time (along with: Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" - Stephen Bishop "Careless" - Kenny Loggins "Leap of Faith" - Billy Joel "The Stranger" - Michael Ruff "Speaking in Melodies" and San Sebastian Stri...

After all these years I attempted to listen the Carole Bayer Sager album this track is on. I hate to say this but it was really bad and i mean really really bad not even Burt could save it. I have a new respect now for Hals relationship in the tandem and the triad(where Dionne is concerned). Carole...