RIP Burt Bacharach

[frogprog]

What an incredible songwriter. Some of his songs were the soundtrack of my early youth. RIP Sir.

[HOF]

That’s sad. I am not overly familiar with his music (I probably know more than I realize), but I’ve liked Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head since I was a kid and have been meaning to try to check out more of his music.

[frogprog]

There is a good documentary I saw on PBS that has a bunch of "videos" actually probably tv clips with a bunch of his famous songs with Dianne Warwick, Herb Albert and other 60's stars. Some might find the 60's imagery, costumes and sets cheesy but those songs and visuals put me in a good mood 

[hefdaddy42]

A titan.  A songwriting machine.

RIP

[frogprog]

There is also Faith No More's cover of "this guys in love with you"! Great vocals by Mike Patton. Im sure there are more rock covers as well.

[SoundscapeMN]

^didn't realize that, will give it a go for sure.

I know he was a big influence on Kevin Gilbert, and just a few years back they did 1 of those big Tributes. It might have been a Kennedy Center honors thing for him, and I recall Dionne Warwick being very involved.

She and others did his tune "What the World Needs Now is Love"

Oddly, there's a new documentary on HBOMax about Dionne Warwick that my wife and I have been meaning to watch, and almost did last night. I gotta believe there's a good amount about Burt Bachrach in it.

Anyway, RIP.

[EPICVIEW]

Sad News      very talented man for sure

[Orbert]

A sad day indeed.  I grew up listening to Burt Bacharach, since my mom always had the radio on.  Burt had many, many great songs that I still love to this day.