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Bacharach said his favorite song was Alfie
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wendyb-NC
(3,723 posts)niyad
(118,724 posts)lapfog_1
(29,863 posts)RIP.
JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)crickets
(26,146 posts)during every summer car trip for several years. This song was a favorite.
Liberal In Texas
(14,319 posts)Another one of the greats gone.
a kennedy
(31,723 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(18,710 posts)Where I grew up.
R.I.P Burt.
Kingofalldems
(39,135 posts)JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)Talitha
(7,367 posts)malaise
(276,757 posts)One of the greatest link ups of all time
JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)malaise
(276,757 posts)There's Always Something There To Remind Me:
The Burt Bacharach Story
The year is 1964. LBJ grabs a second term by a landslide. Civil Rights supporters march and raise angry fists in protest. Beatlemania ignites with a kerosene whoosh. Teens dance to The Swim, The Monkey, and The Watusi. Superballs bounce and ricochet off suburban sidewalks. A sporty new car called the Mustang zooms like a red rocket on the highways and byways. Comic Lenny Bruce spews out streams of obscenities in his nightclub act and ends up in court. A brash young boxer named Cassius Clay TKO's Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship. Suave Agent 007 dodges laser beams and flying derbies in Goldfinger.
And on both sides of the Atlantic, transistor radios and hi-fi's blare a bevy of hits sung by such voices of the day as Dusty Springfield, Gene Pitney, and Dionne Warwick. These songs are written by a pair of Brill Building tunesmiths, who after seven years of collaboration have hit their full, glorious stride. These two modest New Yorkers have the uncanny ability to tap into the kinetic energy of the time and distill it into breathtaking three-minute rhapsodies: "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa," "Anyone Who Had A Heart," "Walk On By," "Reach Out For Me," "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself," "Wives And Lovers," Wishin' And Hopin," "Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha)," " There's) Always Something There To Remind Me."
This bumper crop comes from the piano and pen of composer Burt Bacharach and his lyric partner Hal David. While Hal's graceful, understated words provide an ideal complement, it is the restless, dynamic melodies of Burt Bacharach that are unlike anything that has come before.
JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)whathehell
(29,617 posts)RIP Burt..Thanks for the music.
LunaSea
(2,924 posts)JoanofArgh
(14,971 posts)crickets
(26,146 posts)Thanks, LunaSea!
jalan48
(14,238 posts)mobeau69
(11,408 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,347 posts)mobeau69
(11,408 posts)I had the movie poster in my room as a teen. 🤠🤠
Fritz Walter
(4,347 posts)Although I have a Blu-Ray copy, I find streaming to be more convenient. Especially since its free. (Part of a wireless-bundle agreement).
If you dont stream videos, another option is to check with your local public library to see if they have a copy in their collection (most likely on DVD).
It ought to be available on broadcast- or cable-channels. Perhaps as a tribute to Burt. However, those channels would likely badly-edit it to squeeze in many more commercials (based on demand/popularity/other-marketing-BS).
mobeau69
(11,408 posts)Tom_Foolery
(4,701 posts)Thanks to you and Hal David for all the joy that you brought to the world.
Brother Buzz
(37,416 posts)But as a team, they produced a ton of spectacular music. Just ask Dionne Warwick.
Tom_Foolery
(4,701 posts)Yes. The serendipitous meeting of these two geniuses enriched all of our lives. Add the beautiful voice of Dionne Warwick and some of the most iconic songs were born.
blogslug
(38,538 posts)Well lived ❤️
iluvtennis
(20,633 posts)CaptainTruth
(7,134 posts)MagickMuffin
(16,941 posts)llmart
(16,242 posts)Though it's really hard to pick a favorite of his. I was just listening to all his work on YouTube last week. I had no idea he was that old. I came of age listening to his music. Such a great musician.
SallyHemmings
(1,867 posts)I love and celebrate his music.
Greybnk48
(10,335 posts)What a beautiful mind. And Dionne Warwick brought it all to life. I never tired of his songs.
maxsolomon
(34,787 posts)94 is a good long run.
Kingofalldems
(39,135 posts)FakeNoose
(35,145 posts)And thanks for all the great songs!
ChazII
(6,311 posts)I loved his music.
Freddie
(9,571 posts)Some of the songs on ECs Look Now album which won a Grammy in 2019. Amazing talent. RIP Burt.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)with Dusty Springfield
MurrayDelph
(5,403 posts)It should've been "One fewer bell to answer"
themaguffin
(4,139 posts)hunter
(38,787 posts)She's a wolf I think. She likes her music bloody.
It's possible I do too.
Nevertheless, immense respect for the talent.
diva77
(7,880 posts)hunter
(38,787 posts)Rage.
My personal compromise, to my own struggles of life, was Bob Dylan walking away.
keopeli
(3,578 posts)I could post some first-hand less-than-flattering things about his personality, but as he has now passed on, I'll say only that his contribution to the art of music puts him in the top 10 of the 20th Century musicians (all categories). What a brilliant mind for composition, and it came to him so naturally!
We'll miss your gift, but thank you for all you did give us and wish your soul eternal joy, Mr. Bacharach!
kskiska
(27,099 posts)that he and his wife, Angie Dickenson, led a fast life as swingers in Hollywood.
keopeli
(3,578 posts)as the term suggests today. Just a very active sex life! 😂
world wide wally
(21,799 posts)republianmushroom
(16,970 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(113,804 posts)His music was a big part of the 1960s. Even my folks liked him.
maxsolomon
(34,787 posts)Angie Dickinson is a girl who likes things with character!
Demovictory9
(33,410 posts)gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Just yesterday, for no reason at all Do You Know the Way to San Jose popped into my head and stayed there all day.
I was a bit surprised to find out that he passed today.
One of his from the queen: