The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

This is as about as lively as it gets in rainy old London....

Music lovers listen to 2:44 to 2:56 and 3:33 to 3:38 - this is sublime orchestra.

Does anyone have a link where I can hear the whole track on the internet? This goodly sounding song seems to have missed me by in my Bachareducation.

Twas the BBC Concert Orchestra (a bit below the Philharmonic!)

Thanks!

What song is Dionne singing from 8:39 onwards please, and what album is it on?

Thanks, mate. And how about the wind-down from 8.58, and the final chord at 9.30? Priceless.

I bought the CD in the foyer at his recent concert in Rome. The extra disc wasn't included, unfortunately. I couldn't agree more about the impact of Alfie - listen to Burt singing "I believe in love, Alfie" and if you can keep the tears from your eyes you're of sterner stuff than me. Overa...

There's an interesting comment in there about Lost Horizon: "I have an old movie magazine with an interview in it from Ross Hunter. He was asked point-blank why this film was so ridiculed. He answered, "the music was no good. Bacharach and David were on the verge of ending their partnershi...

The "Go Ask Shakespeare" moment was indeed bizarre. I thought he said "if it doesn't feel right, don't do it". At most he played four bars of the song. I think he was making a political point, yet for some reason didn't want to pursue it. In the verbal lead in to the song, he se...

Just got back from the Roundhouse. Here's my take on tonight's concert: BIG POSITIVES 1 just bliss to see a man at the absolute pinnacle of his career, and possibly his last trip to London 2 the standing-only downstairs gave a relaxed mid-week feel 3 he sang "The World is a Circle" - marve...

Burt's up-coming concert in London is being held at the Roundhouse, which is not a small venue, bu unusually has virtually no seating; it is standing downstairs, with a few seats on the small balcony only. I'm not sure why, but I kinda think a Burt concert is more compatible with being seated (this...

OK friends, on youtube there used to be 1 a B&W film of Cilla Black recording Alfie in England with an orchestra conducted by Burt, and 2 a 6-minute piano solo filmed from directly above the keyboard by someone playing a jazzed-up version of Wives & Lovers SO WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Is youtube ...

Barry and Andrew, what worries me is I've been through all the major London venues I know and everywhere has got something on for the 21st and 22nd October - Hammersmith, Wembley Arena, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Earls Court, O2, Cadogan Hall etc. are all booked. So perhaps we can expe...