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Burt Bacharach (and even more the combination Bacharach/David) is such an exception of songwriting talent that nearly all other songwriters look pale in comparison. Lennon/McCartney, Brian Wilson (sometimes, not always), Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joni Mitchell - they come close, but that's more or less ...

blueonblue wrote:Interesting Bacharach documentary from the mid nineties.

Great finding, thanx for sharing!

Elvis, Don't Be Cruel. Could have been worse.

There will certainly be other ways for composers and musicians in the future to group songs together and put them in a particular order. I'm just pointing out that the times where the container - record or cd - was binding them together is coming to an end. OK, I see what you mean, and it's correct...

Then somebody should tell Spotify what an album is.

The idea of having ten or twelve songs to be listened to as a suite or something like that is still a valid concept. Or at least it should be.

Am I the only one here who rates all the compositions on that album very highly? No, you're not the only one. I have to admit that when I heard the album the first time, I was so disappointed that I sold it on ebay. But "Who Are These People" on the Sydney Opera House album brought my attention bac...

Obviously, more and more so-called journalists are not even able anymore to check wikipedia. Jeepers!

Jan hardly contributes to this discussion forum. I wish Jan would contribute more. Yes, I know ... That's what my teachers said already 40 years ago (sigh). Seriously, currently I check this forum once a week, and I'm glad it exists and I enjoy reading it. But anyways, I hope I can contribute a lit...

Yes, it's charming, thanks for posting the link. But I think we're getting off topic here ...

Blair N. Cummings wrote: I know: not many Nico fans here.

Well, at least one.

Just out of curiosity: Have I been the only one watching this, or did it leave you all speechless?

Jan

Hi Ingo, your address to go is www.gema.de. Tell them that you did a cover version of this song, and they will tell you what to do. Btw, there is no need to get any permission from the copyright holder. Any song, once it's published, can be covered by anybody without permission. You just have to ann...

Do you mean this one:


It's available.

If you click on "Moderator: Mark", you get to the profile page. There you can see that Mark's last visit was "Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:06 am". He probably didn't notice this crappy spam attack yet.

Jan