The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

Although I saw them perform together several times back in the 80's and 90's - I've always hoped they would do one last limited tour. Based on Burt's statement - I'll probably abandon that thought! ........... While Dionne claims to update these classics and bring them into the 21st century - Burt a...

Watched the PBS program last night. It was simply a series of performance segments taken from television specials plus the 1985 "That's What Friends Are For" video. Most were high quality with good sound. In addition to Burt - performers included Dionne, Chuck Jackson, Dusty Springfield, H...

Blair: Sounds like a plausible assumption to me; however, I have spoken with people confused about the following two songs and ended up humming both with people then recognizing they were in fact two different songs: #1 "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (Bacharach & David) - and - #2 &qu...

"Is There Another Way To Love You" is from Dionne's 4th Scepter Album "The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick" released in February 1965.

Blair & Davide For as long as I can remember - I've read numerous accounts of recordings being relegated to the vaults of whatever entertainment conglomerate an artist was contracted to at the time. ........ From time to time these are finally added as "bonus tracks" on reissued produc...

Joan NYC A Big Thank You! I was unaware of this and have always loved "NIKKI" ...... Brought to mind one of my all time favorite television program themes "Mystery Movie Theme" by Henry Mancini. ... It's on "youtube" .... Hopefully this link will work - otherwise just g...

Seeking some guidance here from those forum participants who are technically oriented and able to evaluate the quality of "remastered recordings" ...... Except for the previously "unreleased on cd recordings" and "never released before recordings" - I have all of the re...

I do not consider this "..... pointless, pandering pap ....." It does have its moments and some hooks that I rather like. ....... I'm certain that all involved in this effort for the Hunger Project (which I know nothing about) did this for all the right reasons! ......... However one wishe...

This morning the San Diego Union Tribune reported the following: ..... begin quote .......... "One of television's most successful sitcom writers is joining with Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello to create a musical based on the artists 1998 album "Painted From Memory". Bacharach said...

"blue" I also never heard - or even heard about - "Accept It" ......... Definitely hear the BB sound evolving ...... This sounds like it was written for Gene Pitney and it should have been recorded by him. Roberto: Thank you for posting the "preview" of the upcoming Bac...

To me - on this particular video .... Her vocals are more reminiscent of Whitney Houston!

Ms. Eliza is one very special and talented young lady!

Have you noticed the increase in the number of posts when the discussion gets lively and the differences in opinion surface? ..... That's what makes the forum so interesting. It has always been obvious to me that the participants here share admiration, concern and respect for the artistry of the BB/...

face! First allow me to say: What a great idea for a topic at this particular time - focusing on the substance of some of their greatest collaborations. It's difficult to narrow it down to one or two albums since I think of my favorites in terms of individual songs. The album "Here I Am" i...

Have not tuned into "Idol" for a long time; however, I am looking forward to next week's programs. It's always interesting to see how young people choose to interpret the great songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David ..... After Dionne stated this week in a Q & A session in Palm Springs ...