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fuck, i was listening to Painted From Memory again this week, one of my all time favourite albums, and genuinely thought to myself āoh wow burt bacharach is still aliveā. one of the all time greats!
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what a talent
phone cameras werenāt so great back in 2014, but Iām lucky enough to have been in his presence once
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Thought of this very album. Obviously itās EC singing, but thereās a timeless vibe to the song-writing and arrangements thatās pure Bacharach.
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Utter legend.
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Love this record too. Saw the other week they were releasing a boxset of their songs together
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ahh missed that, better get it preordered!
canāt forget this classic scene too ha
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Incredible composer. And really seemed like a genuine guy.
But also one of those people who Iād assumed had died a few years ago so an odd disconnect to this announcement. What an innings!
helluva songwriter, so many classics. good innings. RIP Burt
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RIP Burt, thanks for all the amazing tunes.
This is my absolute favourite, if pushed
but this too, what a swooner
Those Isaac Hayes versions of Close To You and Walk On By are incredible. Les Mouches did a lovely Owen Pallet sung version of Close To You years ago, the violin on it sounds like a pack of gently whining dogs, canāt find it now hereās a joyful Jim Oā Rourke cover of Something Big, hello sunshine
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Iām not hugely knowledgeable about Bacharach really, but what I do know is that pretty much every time I hear one of his songs, I understand more than with anyone else why pop songs are so often talked about in terms of āhooksā. The songwriting just grabs your attention.
I gave Jim OāRourkeās tribute album (or as much as was available on YT 
at least)
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73 top 40 hits. wow
I honestly knew next to nothing about him other than he was in Austin Powers and only now Iām finding out he wrote like every good ballad
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groovy, baby! yeah!
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What a legend. I remember becoming aware he wrote all the songs (with Hal David lyrics obvs) in the 90s when that whole āeasy listening ā revival happened.
Got a cheap CD from HMV and it was all instrumental versions. Then I got another one called Look of Love which had most of the famous ones on I knew from when my mum had radio 2 on. Really rinsed that CD when I worked in the bookshop
Canāt get at it now- think itās with the CDs that are stuck behind guitars
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Just thinking of an Irish musician I know, Paddy Hanna, who got to sing āRaindrops Keep Falling On My Headā with Bacharach and his band in Dublin a few years back. He loved him, think that was a highlight of his musical career to date. He just shared this picture of him and Bacarach.
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