Who doesn't know these songs?
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 8:02:29 PM UTC+1, Chris J. wrote:
I'm making a wild guess and say, most people born after 1970?
Who doesn't know these songs?
I'm a fan of BB's best work, and I really don't know what 'easy listening' means.
And what about "Alfie"?
Burt Bacharach, master of pop songwriting, dies aged 94
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-
(quote)
With his writing partner Hal David, Bacharach launched himself into the front rank of pop songwriters with a brilliant streak of hits for Dionne Warwick during the 1960s, beginning in 1962 with Don’t Make Me Over and proceeding through (among others) Walk on By, Anyone Who Had a Heart, I
Say a Little Prayer, Trains and Boats and Planes, and Do You Know the Way
to San Jose. All became standards in Bacharach’s chosen pop-easy-listening genre, their apparent simplicity concealing his mastery of different
rhythms and metres.
(/quote)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-obituary
Who doesn't know these songs?
Chris
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 11:02:29 AM UTC-8, Chris J. wrote:
Burt Bacharach, master of pop songwriting, dies aged 94
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-
(quote)
With his writing partner Hal David, Bacharach launched himself into the front rank of pop songwriters with a brilliant streak of hits for Dionne Warwick during the 1960s, beginning in 1962 with Don’t Make Me Over and proceeding through (among others) Walk on By, Anyone Who Had a Heart, I Say a Little Prayer, Trains and Boats and Planes, and Do You Know the Way to San Jose. All became standards in Bacharach’s chosen pop-easy-listening
genre, their apparent simplicity concealing his mastery of different rhythms and metres.
(/quote)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-obituary
Who doesn't know these songs?
ChrisAm I the only one who remembers "Message to Michael"?
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 8:22:20 PM UTC+1, gggg gggg wrote:
And what about "Alfie"?That is a very well-known Bacharach song.
If you're imagining you're the only one who knows this tune, you're off by a couple of million...
There's a video of BB conducting the music in the EMI recording with Cilla Black, George Martin behind the (tiny) console.
Am I the only one who remembers "Message to Michael"?
Burt Bacharach, master of pop songwriting, dies aged 94
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-
(quote)
With his writing partner Hal David, Bacharach launched himself into the front rank of pop songwriters with a brilliant streak of hits for Dionne Warwick during the 1960s, beginning in 1962 with Don’t Make Me Over and proceeding through (among others) Walk on By, Anyone Who Had a Heart, I
Say a Little Prayer, Trains and Boats and Planes, and Do You Know the Way
to San Jose. All became standards in Bacharach’s chosen pop-easy-listening genre, their apparent simplicity concealing his mastery of different
rhythms and metres.
(/quote)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-obituary
Who doesn't know these songs?
Chris
Burt Bacharach, master of pop songwriting, dies aged 94
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-
(quote)
With his writing partner Hal David, Bacharach launched himself into the front rank of pop songwriters with a brilliant streak of hits for Dionne Warwick during the 1960s, beginning in 1962 with Don’t Make Me Over and proceeding through (among others) Walk on By, Anyone Who Had a Heart, I
Say a Little Prayer, Trains and Boats and Planes, and Do You Know the Way
to San Jose. All became standards in Bacharach’s chosen pop-easy-listening genre, their apparent simplicity concealing his mastery of different
rhythms and metres.
(/quote)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-obituary
Who doesn't know these songs?
Chris
I dedicate the following to everyone who has been mean and cruel to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tk1wqDzHKU
On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 21:25:45 UTC, gggg gggg wrote:
I dedicate the following to everyone who has been mean and cruel to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tk1wqDzHKUHa Ha..... But we're such generous, homely, likeable people here. The Look of Love is in our eyes and hearts........
I'll say a little prayer for you before I put on my makeup and wonder what dress to wear.......
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 2:03:56 PM UTC-8, Andy Evans wrote:
On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 21:25:45 UTC, gggg gggg wrote:
I dedicate the following to everyone who has been mean and cruel to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tk1wqDzHKUHa Ha..... But we're such generous, homely, likeable people here. The Look of Love is in our eyes and hearts........
I'll say a little prayer for you before I put on my makeup and wonder what dress to wear.......I think I'll just WALK ON BY.
"Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes,
being called Easy Listening (1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles (1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles (1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (1979–1982) and Adult Contemporary (1983–present)."
It helped keep Andy Williams and Ray Conniff off the pop charts.
On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 21:25:45 UTC, gggg gggg wrote:
I dedicate the following to everyone who has been mean and cruel to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tk1wqDzHKUHa Ha..... But we're such generous, homely, likeable people here. The Look of Love is in our eyes and hearts........
I'll say a little prayer for you before I put on my makeup and wonder what dress to wear.......
On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 19:19:52 UTC, gggg gggg wrote:Agree -- I'll take Aretha for Say A Little Prayer -- great record
Am I the only one who remembers "Message to Michael"?How about Magic Moments with Perry Como? That's a while back!
I learned so much from him about how to write melodies. He had a unique way of using larger intervals between notes in the melody. Like in Alfie or I Say a Little Prayer. He was uniquely gifted. One of the greatest ever songwriters. RIP and thank you.
"Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes,
being called Easy Listening (1961–1962; 1965–1979), Middle-Road Singles (1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles (1964–1965), Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (1979–1982) and Adult Contemporary (1983–present)."
It helped keep Andy Williams and Ray Conniff off the pop charts.
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 11:45:46 AM UTC-8, Andy Evans wrote:
On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 19:19:52 UTC, gggg gggg wrote:Agree -- I'll take Aretha for Say A Little Prayer -- great record
Am I the only one who remembers "Message to Michael"?How about Magic Moments with Perry Como? That's a while back!
I learned so much from him about how to write melodies. He had a unique way of using larger intervals between notes in the melody. Like in Alfie or I Say a Little Prayer. He was uniquely gifted. One of the greatest ever songwriters. RIP and thank you.
Initially I disliked What's New Pussycat but later did a 180 on that one...
On 2/9/2023 7:36 PM, number_six wrote:you.
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 11:45:46 AM UTC-8, Andy Evans wrote:
On Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 19:19:52 UTC, gggg gggg wrote:
Am I the only one who remembers "Message to Michael"?How about Magic Moments with Perry Como? That's a while back!
I learned so much from him about how to write melodies. He had a unique way of using larger intervals between notes in the melody. Like in Alfie or I Say a Little Prayer. He was uniquely gifted. One of the greatest ever songwriters. RIP and thank
Agree -- I'll take Aretha for Say A Little Prayer -- great record
Initially I disliked What's New Pussycat but later did a 180 on that one...In the early to mid 1970s, my wife and I sat in a booth adjacent to Burt and then-wife Angie Dickinson in a restaurant in LA or Beverly Hills. I don't actually remember where it was, but we exchanged a few words. Don't remember them, either.
I retain my childhood bias against easy listening but I've learnedBack to Bacharach, the specificity of his songs and arrangements gives
to appreciate some performances and arrangements,
On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 6:31:18 AM UTC+11, mINE109 wrote:
"Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name
changes, being called Easy Listening (1961–1962; 1965–1979),
Middle-Road Singles (1962–1964), Pop-Standard Singles (1964–1965),
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (1979–1982) and Adult Contemporary
(1983–present)."
It helped keep Andy Williams and Ray Conniff off the pop charts.
I once suggested in another forum, that my favourite recording of
Handel's "Messiah" was the Ray Conniff version, with the gals
doubling the trumpets and the guys the trombones, and that this was particularly effective in "For Unto Us A Son Is Born". A very serious
and rather supercilious American musicologist took me perfectly
seriously ...
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 11:02:29 AM UTC-8, Chris J. wrote:
Burt Bacharach, master of pop songwriting, dies aged 94
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-
(quote)
With his writing partner Hal David, Bacharach launched himself into the front rank of pop songwriters with a brilliant streak of hits for Dionne Warwick during the 1960s, beginning in 1962 with Don’t Make Me Over and proceeding through (among others) Walk on By, Anyone Who Had a Heart, I Say a Little Prayer, Trains and Boats and Planes, and Do You Know the Way to San Jose. All became standards in Bacharach’s chosen pop-easy-listening
genre, their apparent simplicity concealing his mastery of different rhythms and metres.
(/quote)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-obituary
Who doesn't know these songs?
ChrisI dedicate the following to everyone who has been mean and cruel to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tk1wqDzHKU
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 8:02:29 PM UTC+1, Chris J. wrote:
I'm making a wild guess and say, most people born after 1970?
Who doesn't know these songs?
I'm a fan of BB's best work, and I really don't know what 'easy
listening' means.
I'm a fan of BB's best work, and I really don't know what 'easyEasy listening == most likely to be heard in an elevator.
listening' means.
-Owen
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 1:25:45 PM UTC-8, gggg gggg wrote:FmgAcAB4AIABqQWIAc0IkgEFNC0xLjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=NbXmY6vqNsr2kPIPrqus4A0&bih=657&biw=1366#imgrc=IyGyQIsNyxfQeM
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 11:02:29 AM UTC-8, Chris J. wrote:
Burt Bacharach, master of pop songwriting, dies aged 94
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-
(quote)
With his writing partner Hal David, Bacharach launched himself into the front rank of pop songwriters with a brilliant streak of hits for Dionne Warwick during the 1960s, beginning in 1962 with Don’t Make Me Over and
proceeding through (among others) Walk on By, Anyone Who Had a Heart, I Say a Little Prayer, Trains and Boats and Planes, and Do You Know the Way
to San Jose. All became standards in Bacharach’s chosen pop-easy-listening
genre, their apparent simplicity concealing his mastery of different rhythms and metres.
(/quote)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/09/burt-bacharach-obituary
Who doesn't know these songs?
ChrisI dedicate the following to everyone who has been mean and cruel to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tk1wqDzHKUhttps://www.google.com/search?q=vivien+leight+deliberate+cruelty+gif&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjr2LaU8Yv9AhVKO0QIHa4VC9wQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=vivien+leight+deliberate+cruelty+gif&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1DeCFjeCGD_
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 8:22:20 PM UTC+1, gggg gggg wrote:
And what about "Alfie"?That is a very well-known Bacharach song.
If you're imagining you're the only one who knows this tune, you're off by a couple of million...
There's a video of BB conducting the music in the EMI recording with Cilla Black, George Martin behind the (tiny) console.
What the world needs now is love.
On Sunday, 12 February 2023 at 20:01:19 UTC, gggg gggg wrote:
What the world needs now is love.Seems very far away right now.....
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