R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

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R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Postby John » Thu Feb 09, 2023 4:16 pm

Burt Bacharach dies aged 94. He sure wrote some great songs.

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Re: R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Postby Mister Moon » Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:52 pm

"Any Day Now" must be the only Bacharach title Elvis ever recorded, right ?


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Re: R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Postby John » Thu Feb 09, 2023 7:00 pm

Mister Moon wrote:"Any Day Now" must be the only Bacharach title Elvis ever recorded, right ?

Right.

He should have done a few others.


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Re: R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Postby Private Presley » Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:23 pm

Rest in peace!

This is his own version, it pales in comparison to Elvis's rendition!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JxCXnif8eSc&feature=shares
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Re: R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Postby John » Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:53 pm

Private Presley wrote:Rest in peace!

This is his own version, it pales in comparison to Elvis's rendition!


They all do.


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Re: R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Postby HillbillyCat » Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:34 pm

John wrote:
Mister Moon wrote:"Any Day Now" must be the only Bacharach title Elvis ever recorded, right ?

Right.

What about... "Alfie"? ;)

John wrote:He should have done a few others.

"The Story Of My Life" would have been a good choice then (as many other songs Marty Robbins sang by the way)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-SAVuLHdjo


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Re: R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Postby Mister Moon » Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:05 am

HillbillyCat wrote:
John wrote:
Mister Moon wrote:"Any Day Now" must be the only Bacharach title Elvis ever recorded, right ?

Right.

What about... "Alfie"? ;)

Was that a one-liner ?

John wrote:He should have done a few others.

"The Story Of My Life" would have been a good choice then (as many other songs Marty Robbins sang by the way)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-SAVuLHdjo


I'm glad Elvis did not record "What's New Pussycat ?" or "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head".

And please don't tell me those were big hits for others.


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Re: R.I.P. Burt Bacharach

Postby HillbillyCat » Sat Feb 11, 2023 8:43 am

Mister Moon wrote:
HillbillyCat wrote:
John wrote:
Mister Moon wrote:"Any Day Now" must be the only Bacharach title Elvis ever recorded, right ?

Right.

What about... "Alfie"? ;)

Was that a one-liner ?

More of an one-"word"er, I guess, but yes... just a joke often tossed in during the intro of "I'll Remember You" in 1973 to 1975...

And there's another myth-enshrouded Bacharach One-liner: "Close To You", sung in Mobile on September 14, 1970:
This incredibly difficult to find one line of the Carpenters song 'CLOSE TO YOU' is performed after Elvis had announced the next song 'HEARTBREAK HOTEL' Elvis then goes on to say - - 'I was just a baby - they were trying to pin Diapers on me Hmm!', Next up Elvis sings what Graham Eveson listed in E.M#398 as 'More,More,More'-presumably some kind of exclamation after having the Diapers pinned on him!?, anyhow after this clowning around Elvis then says 'Give me a chord' and goes straight into singing - -'I long to be close', - which is all I've heard in this show from the line 'I LONG TO BE CLOSE TO YOU' from the recent Carpenters 'hit' record' CLOSE TO YOU'- and to make matters more complicated on top of this Elvis doesn't phrase these words as the Carpenters did,however FINALLY this does appear to be a part of this long sought after song!
(Source: https://www.elvisconcerts.com/real/conc70-02.html)


Mister Moon wrote:I'm glad Elvis did not record "What's New Pussycat ?" or "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head".

And please don't tell me those were big hits for others.

I totally agree with you on these. To be honest, it wasn't that easy for me to quickly choose another suitable Bacharach song (aside from "Any Day Now" and the Marty Robbins' one above) that I would have liked to hear from Elvis. There are other songwriters whose songs I think are far more appropriate for Elvis' style than Bacharach, who btw didn't seem interested in collaborating with Elvis at all according to this bluntly interview: "Burt Bacharach: Marlene Dietrich’s music sucked! But I liked her".


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