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by blueonblue
Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:04 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Bob Dylan
Replies: 12
Views: 9766

Re: Bob Dylan

Dylan's book might come in handy as a suitable door-stop.

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by blueonblue
Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:03 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Golden Rule lyrics
Replies: 11
Views: 11283

Re: Golden Rule lyrics

ron hertel wrote: Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:58 am "blue"

..... Nice to see you're still posting! ... Based upon all that I've heard about Hal David - I believe he was pretty much a "Golden Rule" kind of guy!

Ron
Ron,
Great to hear from you...it's been a while. :D

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by blueonblue
Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:19 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Golden Rule lyrics
Replies: 11
Views: 11283

Re: Golden Rule lyrics

Slightly off topic...the "golden rule" line also crops up in another Bacharach / David song 'You'll Never Get To Heaven' "mother told me always to follow the golden rule...and she said it's really a sin to be mean and cruel" Hal certainly had a thing about "the golden rule&q...
by blueonblue
Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:06 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: The Bacharach Sound: 1965 TV Special
Replies: 14
Views: 21448

Re: The Bacharach Sound: 1965 TV Special

Paul, yes we're very lucky... priceless footage !

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by blueonblue
Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:17 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: The Bacharach Sound: 1965 TV Special
Replies: 14
Views: 21448

Re: The Bacharach Sound: 1965 TV Special

Fascinating stuff Paul, Burt only picked the finest musicians to work with.....great TV special too, the one that introduced me to the music of Burt Bacharach in 1965.

(yes I'm that old) :lol:

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by blueonblue
Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:46 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: No one told me Michael Jackson and Burt worked together.
Replies: 5
Views: 3775

Re: No one told me Michael Jackson and Burt worked together.

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...
by blueonblue
Sun Sep 18, 2022 5:39 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Obscure songs of the 60s and 70s Bacharach fans might like
Replies: 7
Views: 3702

Re: Obscure songs of the 60s and 70s Bacharach fans might like

Don't think so...but i may be wrong ?

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by blueonblue
Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:25 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Obscure songs of the 60s and 70s Bacharach fans might like
Replies: 7
Views: 3702

Re: Obscure songs of the 60s and 70s Bacharach fans might like

'Early Sunday Morning'....with a "hint" of Burt...

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by blueonblue
Fri Sep 16, 2022 3:29 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Rare Bacharach songs from the 60s/70s
Replies: 15
Views: 7637

Re: Rare Bacharach songs from the 60s/70s

Another version...

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by blueonblue
Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:27 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Obscure songs of the 60s and 70s Bacharach fans might like
Replies: 7
Views: 3702

Re: Obscure songs of the 60s and 70s Bacharach fans might like

Brill Building pop meet's Beethoven....from the fertile imagination of George 'Shadow' Morton.

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by blueonblue
Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:50 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Rare Bacharach songs from the 60s/70s
Replies: 15
Views: 7637

Re: Rare Bacharach songs from the 60s/70s

Peggy Lee 'My Rock And Foundation'



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by blueonblue
Sun Aug 21, 2022 8:44 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Who is Bacharach's second best writing partner?
Replies: 12
Views: 5161

Re: Who is Bacharach's second best writing partner?

A special mention for Carole Bayer Sager, if only for her collaboration with Burt on her sublime album 'Sometimes Late At Night'.
by blueonblue
Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:38 am
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Who is Bacharach's second best writing partner?
Replies: 12
Views: 5161

Re: Who is Bacharach's second best writing partner?

.....and who could forget ?


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by blueonblue
Sat Aug 20, 2022 4:49 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: Who is Bacharach's second best writing partner?
Replies: 12
Views: 5161

Re: Who is Bacharach's second best writing partner?

For me it's a "toss-up" between Bob Hilliard and Elvis Costello.

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by blueonblue
Tue Aug 09, 2022 1:38 pm
Forum: The Burt Bacharach Forum
Topic: R. I. P. Lamont Dozier
Replies: 3
Views: 2495

Re: R. I. P. Lamont Dozier

Farewell to a great songwriter performer and singer....Lamont Dozier R.I.P.

A song Lamont co-wrote, arranged and produced with Brian and Eddie Holland.
Quite possibly the greatest Motown single ever made....


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