Random musings about Mr. Bacharach
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:35 pm
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: all pop and fizz with a nasty aftertaste: His music is sweet and mellow with great staying power, the ability to surprise, and also give you a bit of a "zing" and a thrill... It's difficult to contain, but easily recognizable. It's redolent of the time and place in which it is written, but never out of date. It's the voice of a soul searching, but not alienated, asking great questions and not being satisfied with easy answers... and all in the ordinary person's vocabulary.
From what I gather of him as an individual: he seems to be a genuine person without pretensions ( I think of Paul McCartney in a similar light but have no actual feedback to support this). I perceive him to be a perfectionist and to require perfection from those around him in the music world. I'm sure he is not perfect, but with his experience and maturity I believe he has come to terms with himself.
So, to those of you who have not yet seen his live show... if it is at all possible within your financial means take time to see him. I can recall having the opportunity to see a great performer and missing him by one day, and then never having that come my way again.
You will treasure that experience far beyond the actual price of the tickets.
Regards, David
(oh and if you thing that this makes great copy and I should quit my day job to be a writer... e-mail me... I have a large family to support)
Burt is not the "Diet Coke" of music: all pop and fizz with a nasty aftertaste: His music is sweet and mellow with great staying power, the ability to surprise, and also give you a bit of a "zing" and a thrill... It's difficult to contain, but easily recognizable. It's redolent of the time and place in which it is written, but never out of date. It's the voice of a soul searching, but not alienated, asking great questions and not being satisfied with easy answers... and all in the ordinary person's vocabulary.
From what I gather of him as an individual: he seems to be a genuine person without pretensions ( I think of Paul McCartney in a similar light but have no actual feedback to support this). I perceive him to be a perfectionist and to require perfection from those around him in the music world. I'm sure he is not perfect, but with his experience and maturity I believe he has come to terms with himself.
So, to those of you who have not yet seen his live show... if it is at all possible within your financial means take time to see him. I can recall having the opportunity to see a great performer and missing him by one day, and then never having that come my way again.
You will treasure that experience far beyond the actual price of the tickets.
Regards, David
(oh and if you thing that this makes great copy and I should quit my day job to be a writer... e-mail me... I have a large family to support)
