The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Another I-Got-All-My-Songs-In-The-Same-Place Tribute... ------------------------------------------------------------------ Nadine Shanti presents "A Tribute to Burt Bacharach" with the Everett Symphony http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2004351427_burt16n.html?syndic...

Thank you so much for calling attention to this video!!!!!!

What a joy it brings me to see Burt seeming to enjoy himself. He deserves so much more back than we can possibly give...

Japanese TV, but longer video than the one linked by Raul. Maybe you saw it as "related video" on YouTube, as I did.

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http://vejabrasil.abril.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/roteiro/840/shows/#patty PATTY ASCHER. Aposta de Roberto Menescal, a paulistana canta clássicos de Burt Bacharach, ícone da música romântica americana, em versões de bossa nova. Baseado no CD Bacharach Bossa Club, o show traz, entre outras, I´ll Ne...

Several nice recent additions to this Enormous (pun intended) thread. Thanks for those. Dionne and Aretha singing ISALP, added to YouTube on March 5, 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq6_kPN1Ie0&feature=related Dionne Warwick & Glenn Jones Finders Of Lost Love, added Feb. 28, 2008: http:...

You got me curious, now. You probably remember the BBC special "This Is Now", at the end of which (at least as shown on PBS; I'm not sure it was part of the BBC special) EC says there was a parade of musicians, each playing his part separately, and Burt saying one could get addicted to the...

I liked becoming aware of this, but the guy seems to be too much in the business of rewriting songs...
That Paula Abdul thing of "making it your own" can be madening when the one doing it isn't Aretha Franklin, Issac Hayes or maybe Luther Vandross.

Rain From The Skies is kind of infectious, isn't it?

Interesting how the blogger and the visitors show such different views.

Thanks a bunch for the opportunity, Bill (and for the heads up, nymusicalsguy).

Thank you for this nice account of the concert and how you related to it. I hope you were able to chill out with no particular sense of loss for not mingling with the singers or musicians yourself. Or even of positioning totry to meet Burt. To some people (including me, to some extent) that's very d...

Thanks, blueonblue! I thought of replying with another Jobim (Waters of March with Elis Regina [too obvious a choice, perhaps], Two Kites [not pleased with the renditions], Wave [idem], Luiza, One Note Samba/Samba de Uma Nota Só [Jobim and Gerry Mulligan chatting next to the paino] or a number of o...

Thank you so much for your feedback, Steve and Helcio.

I see the way Gismonti sets up what's coming (would these be the chord progressions?) and the careful arrangement as possibly also helping explain why I thought it was a Bacharach song.

"Sonho 70" is one my favorite albums.

Does this not sound like it could have been a Bacharach piece? When I was a kid I used to think it was. I still love it.

Pêndulo, by Brazilian musician and composer Egberto Gismonti:


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Please, send some feedback...

Asked about what music he liked to listen to, Burt once said, and I paraphrase, "Early Milton Nascimento and Djavan." He added that he didn't like to listen to Brazilian music when he was composing. I would love to know for sure the reason why... I suggest that you look at the Amazon revie...

Three Bacharach songs plus
RAVEL: DAPHNIS ET CHLOE (COMPLETE BALLET),
a work Burt said that had a significant effect on him and on his decision to stick to music.
Just in case some of you missed it...

The interview is from January 2000. So I guess Walking Tall could have (it certainly should have, in my judgment) been nominated to the Oscars 2000, the one for which he was musical director... I didn't recall that.