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Burt Bacharach
Ok, this is weird, I was listening to a CD of his earlier on, then Austin Powers came on, and now he is on VH1classic.
Anyway, does anyone know if he is writing songs still? I'd love him to do a song for a contemporary artist, Will Young, say, or Robbie Williams. Go BB! |
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Given that he's 77 years old I would suspect not.
Just looked in Wikipedia and there's a load of stuff & links if your interested. |
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Yes, he's still writing songs. He released an excellent album with Elvis Costello called Painted from Memory, in 1998. He's also just released a new album called At This Time, although I haven't heard it yet.
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Just watching him on the BBC Electric prom..............masterful.
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I was just going to mention that he was on the BBC the other day. Wasn't he also on Later... ?
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I was just going to mention that he was on the BBC the other day. Wasn't he also on Later... ?
Very rare do we get to see such masterful quality on tv....its pure platinum imho. He's singing, playing the piano, directing the orchestra bang on cue, directing the singers.....its wonderful to behold; and he's enjoying every minute of it. |
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Yes, he's still writing songs. He released an excellent album with Elvis Costello called Painted from Memory, in 1998. He's also just released a new album called At This Time, although I haven't heard it yet.
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He did a concert at the Roundhouse in Camden a couple of weks ago, it was on the 'red button' on BBC. They seemed to be plugging him a fair bit as he was on The One Show on the same evening.
Great man, musician and composer. So many classic songs to his name. |
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