The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Doing a lot of thinking about the future of our favourite composer. We are at a turning point I think. In addition to being in the same class as (for example) Ravel, he is absolutely enchanting as a teacher. I like to think that Mr. Holland's Opus is an alternate universe of what might have happened...

I have it on good authority that it's an inside joke within the Band.

More I cannot say.

David

I discussed the Burt Bacharach myspace site with the ever gracious Ms. Eliza James and she said it must be a "Fan-Fiction" type of site... details all wrong... sorry guys.

David

Ok gang, cause the server to crash :!: and all go over to Burt's Myspace site.... and also notice that the delightful Ms Eliza James is 4th or 5th on the friends list, then go over to Eliza James and notice that John Otto of "Limp Bizkit" is second or third and Neil Peart of "Rush&quo...

Inadvertantly, you have hit on the genius of Burt... he makes anyone who works with him better.... I love Cilla Black, as a person she seems to be someone special and honest and good: but she is not the greatest female pop vocalist from the merseybeat era (and some of her early stuff has horrendous ...

Elizabeth will be playing violin....
It's really something that when she doesn't play, they need a whole orchestra to replace her......



Best wishes to Burt and all who see him
Break a leg

David

... Not bad for an irish girl from North London....

I remember the "Springfields" trio and their last performance on TV... they were sort of like Peter, Paul and Mary...

the British DJs used to call her Busty Springboard...



David

Being a doctor, and getting to shake hands with Burt last April, I can truly say, he doesn't have Parkinson's.... In fact he's probably fitter than alot of the fifty year olds that I deal with ( I do, however treat obscure and difficult diseases :-)) So guys, quit the speculation... he's good for a ...

Yes, well a dad has to glow on the inside sometimes. She has a loyal following of violin students in L.A. who help pay the bills when the gigs are not happening, and she also has a bunch of famous friends that have been in the charts since the seventies... and she treats them all the same. :lol: david

Was browsing the forum, looked at the plagiarism thread and was considering what it was about Burt that inspired such intrepid admiration amongst his followers: Surely, if he were a product a manufacturer would kill to have his sort of brand loyalty. Burt is not the "Diet Coke" of music: a...

Yes, My daughter elizabeth will be there
David

From Bologna to Forli... oh dear. A certain violinist wanted to go to Cremona while she was in Bologna, and Forli is so much further than Bologna (if you don't know why Cremona is important to violinists, think Stradivarius, Guarnerius Ruggieri and Amati... with Maggini in Brescia) Any Italian Burt ...

Italian fans may have something to smile about shortly... around the first part of July......

David
"...And Elizabeth, make sure your passport is up to date"... famous last words of a hollywood parent.

So: the New Brunswick NJ show was packed, and we heard a few nice things about "The National Starch and Chemical Co." who sponsored the event.... Burt had a cold, but was otherwise gracious and funny.... At the beginning of one piece, a microphone fell off inside the grand piano causing a ...

well I'm going to hang with my daughter after the show... I will probably get an autographed copy of his CD.... I suggested to my daughter that the business manager ought to have special CD inserts made for the CDs sold "on tour" which would give the fans at the "live show" a lit...