This has been your Burt Bacharach Primer week, courtesy of the AIM mp3 exchange. You should have:
Dionne Warwick - Walk on By
Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin'
Lou Johnson - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
Tommy Hunt - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
Carpenters - Close to You
BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin on my Head
Dionne Warwick - Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Dionne Warwick - I Say a Little Prayer
I was surprised no-one guessed after "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself," which the White Stripes covered in one of Elephant's standout tracks. It was the first song I was consciously aware of as being a Bacharach song. But I shouldn't expect everyone else to have somehow had that same experience, obviously.
There're three Dionne Warwick songs here, because she was, I think, the best singer to do Bachrach's songs. And there's two that I didn't know were Bachrach songs until recently - "Close to You" and "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me." The latter especially is interesting, because most people are very familiar with the 80s cover but have probably never heard this version. Also included is my favorite Bachrach song, "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head." Bachrach can be too twee even for my tastes, but he does also have some excellent work that's far too underappreciated by our generation.
Dionne Warwick - Walk on By
Dusty Springfield - Wishin' and Hopin'
Lou Johnson - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
Tommy Hunt - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
Carpenters - Close to You
BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin on my Head
Dionne Warwick - Do You Know the Way to San Jose?
Dionne Warwick - I Say a Little Prayer
I was surprised no-one guessed after "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself," which the White Stripes covered in one of Elephant's standout tracks. It was the first song I was consciously aware of as being a Bacharach song. But I shouldn't expect everyone else to have somehow had that same experience, obviously.
There're three Dionne Warwick songs here, because she was, I think, the best singer to do Bachrach's songs. And there's two that I didn't know were Bachrach songs until recently - "Close to You" and "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me." The latter especially is interesting, because most people are very familiar with the 80s cover but have probably never heard this version. Also included is my favorite Bachrach song, "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head." Bachrach can be too twee even for my tastes, but he does also have some excellent work that's far too underappreciated by our generation.
posted by Odorless Boatman at 9:14 AM
3 Comments:
i suppose the letter 'B' would have been a better guess. damn.
Your closest guess was "produced by Phil Spector," I think. It was on the right general track.
And it was one of your only serious guesses.
well none of them were serious since i know phil spector didn't do anything with the songs i'd heard so far that week. it would have helped if i knew anything about burt bacharach. but noooow i do!
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