What a wonderful catalogue of music. His tunes will live on forever. RIP Burt.
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What a wonderful catalogue of music. His tunes will live on forever. RIP Burt.
A musical genius. He leaves a huge legacy and a back catalogue which will be enjoyed for many years to come.
Absolute genius - RIP and thanks for all those memories Mr B
Genius, RIP
Didn't realise he wrote some of the carpenters stuff
Close to you is so powerful with those harmonies
His dad was called bert
Uncle Bert took me down the pubQuote:
Originally Posted by kendoddsdadsdogsdead
He was some talent.
RIP.
Lots of songs you hear and think I didn’t know Burt Bacharach wrote that - back in the seventies I thought he wrote easy listening crap, but, down the decades I realised the error of my ways.
RIP
Thanks Burt.
R.I.P Burt.
So many great acts covered his songs, but I especially love the ones covered by Dusty Springfield and Dionne Warwick
Together with lyricist Hal David they wrote some of the greatest songs ever. I'd go as far as saying they were the greatest pair of writers together of all time and no one comes close. Or ever will
Forget Lennon and McCartney, this pair were the real McCoy
Hard to disagree with any of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68
Timeless songs that I still listen to today.
RIP Burt Bacharach.
RIP to a song writing legend. Hard not to like any Bacharach/David songs, even the ones with the dreadful Cilla Black.
What do you mean, forget Lennon and McCartney ? A stupid statement to make. Both of them along with George and Ringo were responsible for changing the world. Very talented to say the least, and ahead of their time. As for BB he was undoubtedly a brilliant songwrite. Of that, there is no doubt. Went to see him in concert a few years ago down the Millenium Centre. Really good night from this iconic musical genius. My favourite songs of his- Close to you, the first 45 I ever bought, followed by “ This guy’s in love with you”. The music world will be all the poorer for his passing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68
Beautiful songs. RIP Burt
Your last sentence is pushing it a bit!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68
A few years ago, my father in law was invited to attend the Horse Racing Hall of Fame ceremony in Saratoga. He typically got there really early, and they were still setting up the hall….including sound checking. When they’d finished he shouts out…hey, I didn’t know you could play the piano….that’s pretty good! He thought it was a horse trainer friend of his, ‘tinkling’ the ivories. It was in fact Burt Bacharach, (he is a racehorse owner), who had been invited to play there! The band all fell about laughing, Burt saw the funny side of it too, and came over to introduce himself !
RIP
I was amazed to find years later that most of the easy listening songs I loved as a kid like Perry Como's Magic Moments, Dionne Warwick's Do You Know the Way to San Jose, Tom Jones' What's New Pussycat?, B.J.Thomas' Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head were all written by him usually in collaboration with lyricist Hal David.
Arguably the greatest songwriter of all time, he certainly belongs in that elite group of composers alongside Lennon/McCartney, Brian Wilson, Jimmy Webb
RIP Burt Bacharach
Wrote the greatest song ever in my view and this maybe its best version .
"" I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF
Elvis Costello""
https://youtu.be/oOqU90ZiHKc
Even better https://youtu.be/U5f39Hby0SM
Let's not forget the lyric writer to many of these great songs ? Hal David , Burt was the composer.
Hal wrote some great lyrics. ‘Wives and Lovers’ hasn’t really stood the test of time though.Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
To borrow from Splott Parker in this thread, the last bit of your post is pushing it a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mario Miethig
56 UK top 40 hits takes some beating I reckon, and I didn't know he wrote Jimmy Radcliffe's Long after tonight is all over which was the last record played at the end of every Wigan Casino All-niter.