The Burt Bacharach Discussion Forum

In response to my own suggestion below, here are a few classical pieces that should appeal to anyone who loves Burt's music:

Samuel Barber's famous "Adagio for Strings"

Ralph Vaughan-Williams "The Lark Ascending"

Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess"

Satie's "Gymnopedies"

Pachelbel's "Canon in D major"

Anyone else?

I think my tastes probably differ from a lot of people here, but a quick perusal of my iPod shows the following artists:

5th Dimension
Air
Al Stewart
America
Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Association
Astrud Gilberto
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Beautiful South
Bebel Gilberto
Belle and Sebastian
Big Star
Blondie
Blur
Bread
Buzzcocks
Caetano Veloso
Camper Van Beethoven
The Cars
Chicago
The Clean
The Cramps
Dimitri From Paris
Dusty Springfield
Echo and the Bunnymen
Elvis Costello
Elvis Presley
The Flamin Groovie
Flying Burrito Brothers
Frank Black
Free Design
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Goldfrappe
Gordon Lightfoot
Hope Sandoval
The Jam
Jeff Buckley
John Barry
Jonathan Richman
Koop
Kruder & Dorfmeister
The La's
Love
Luna
Magnetic Fields
My Morning Jacket
New Order
Nick Lowe
Nina Simone
Os Mutantes
OutKast
The Pernice Brothers
Peter Paul and Mary
Phillip Glass
Piero Umiliani
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Pizzicato Five
Pogues
Polyphonic Spree
Quincy Jones
REM
Radiohead
Ramones
Rolling Stones
Roxy Music
Saint Etienne
Scott Walker
Serge Gainsbourg
The Shins
Sigur Ros
Stereolab
Stereo Total
Stevie Wonder
The Strokes
The Thrills
The Velvet Underground
White Stripes
Wilco
Yo La Tengo

That isn't a complete list, but it gives you an idea of what I'm listening to. A lot of these artists might have some interest to Bacharach fans. Certainly, artists like Stereolab, Air, Polyphonic Spree and Saint Etienne are influenced by Bacharach. If you like gorgeous pop music, I highly recommend the Pernice Brothers. Joe Pernice is a great songwriter and his songs are deceptively beautiful.

Frank Zappa
Carlos Santana
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
James Darren
George Gershwin
Igor Stravinsky

OK, Mark's list is way too long and has some recommendations that are either way too obvious (Beach Boys, Ramones, Rolling Stones) or ones that get a bit too esoteric (Polyphonic Spree, Cramps, Magnetic Fields). Here is his list, edited by me. No hand holding here. I would recommend albums by any of the following:

5th Dimension
Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Association
Astrud Gilberto
Belle and Sebastian
Big Star
Caetano Veloso
Dusty Springfield
The Flamin Groovies
Flying Burrito Brothers
Free Design
Jeff Buckley
John Barry
Jonathan Richman
Love
Nick Lowe
The Pernice Brothers
Pizzicato Five
Pogues
Polyphonic Spree
Roxy Music
Scott Walker
Serge Gainsbourg
Stevie Wonder
The Strokes
The Velvet Underground
Wilco

Sorry, meant to remove the Polyphonic Spree from above. They are fun and I buy their stuff, but certainly not a band with enough uniqueness and longevity to recommend to strangers.

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>In response to my own suggestion below, here are a few classical >pieces that should appeal to anyone who loves Burt's music:

>Samuel Barber's famous "Adagio for Strings"

>Ralph Vaughan-Williams "The Lark Ascending"

>Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess"

>Satie's "Gymnopedies"

>"

>Anyone else?

Thanks for giving me the hints to try these "easy-listening" classical music. I like the latter 2 a lot (the others are a bit too dark or less
easy listening for a classical novice as me).
Care to suggest a few more which are in the same vein as Gymnopedies
and Pachelbel's "Canon in D major ?

Try:
Gerald Finzi -
Suite from Loves Labours Lost
Romance for String Orchestra
Five Bagatelles, Op. 23a

anything by Rachmaninoff