That plus lurkers. Thanks, lurkers!
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Thursday, 14 May 2020 17:45 (four years ago) link
Happy Burtday.I reread this thread the other day and it was such a joy. I'd redo the whole poll over again in a minute if I thought it'd get 30 voters.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 15 May 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link
Sorry to be a corny ILX0r, but came to post a link to our late friend Ρεμπετολογια's (Rembetologia) playlist that he presumably created to go along with this poll:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7zfUsIqDVnqEgYJa2hIGU4?si=6cJ68X9FSBqO3JmXef71AA
― Spocks on the Run (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 May 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
Happy Birthday, Hal David! Apparently "The Story of My Life" was their first hit.
― Trouble Is My Métier (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 May 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
And Happy Birthday, Mack David! Sha-la-la-la-la, Mack. Why don't you just slip away?
― Lipstick O.G. (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 July 2020 22:33 (four years ago) link
1. The Blob — 1243 Points, 17 Votes, 3 first-place voteslyric: Mack DavidThe Five Blobs, 1959 single, 1243 points — https://youtu.be/OG2-ccAEcWs
― WmC, Friday, May 17, 2019 3:08 PM (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ha! If I'd voted, I would've voted for the blob as my #1
― Deflatormouse, Monday, 6 July 2020 05:03 (four years ago) link
Added the Bill Evans/Eddie Gómez/Jack DeJohnette "Alfie" to the big playlist.
― Scampos Runamuck (WmC), Monday, 17 August 2020 01:35 (four years ago) link
Cool!
― Isinglass Ponys (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 August 2020 01:38 (four years ago) link
Short new interview: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/qanda-with-burt-bacharach-how-the-92-year-old-composer-has-kept-working-during-the-pandemic/2020/10/08/dea735f2-07f3-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html
― (show hidden tics) (WmC), Monday, 12 October 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
DJ Ira the K is playing a version of "Wives and Lovers" by Jackie Mittoo and I was going to put it on the big playlist but it's not on Spotify, :(
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
Sorry.Listening to Ρεμπετολογια's playlist right now.
― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCqIbOlvdU
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Thursday, 4 March 2021 02:15 (three years ago) link
Burt might outlive every person he ever worked with:
It is with profound sadness we confirm the passing of BJ Thomas. pic.twitter.com/l2zrmtfmKw— BJ Thomas (@TheBJThomas) May 29, 2021
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 29 May 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8xvbJp1BK8
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 August 2021 22:27 (three years ago) link
On Spotify too!
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 August 2021 22:30 (three years ago) link
Nice, added them to the big playlist, including versions of "What the World Needs Now Is Love" by the Staples Singers and Mahalia Jackson. And an album of BB covers by the New Valley Orchestra & Chorus, whoever they are.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
Cool! Do you use some kind of other plugin to keep it alphabetized?
― No Particular Place to POLL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 00:38 (three years ago) link
No...in the desktop app there are several ways to sort it.
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Tuesday, 10 August 2021 00:56 (three years ago) link
Just heard this one on WFMU -- Augustus Pablo covering "A House Is Not a Home." Not on Spotify so it won't be on the big playlist, sorry to say.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khnZ3t0o0ZM
― Profiles in Liquid Courage (WmC), Tuesday, 5 October 2021 14:15 (two years ago) link
Trinjtje Oosterhuis was just one of the great discoveries on this thread, although I can’t think of any others right now.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 04:50 (two years ago) link
Just heard this one on WFMU -- Augustus Pablo covering "A House Is Not a Home." Not on Spotify so it won't be on the big playlist, sorry to say.📹
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 2 December 2021 13:30 (two years ago) link
Is there any song that can't be successfully reggae-fied?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 December 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
Tend to doubt it
― Duck and Sally Can’t Dance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 December 2021 13:33 (two years ago) link
PBS is running a "My Music" special on Bacharach, with a bunch of nice vintage TV clips of Dionne & Dusty & the rest hosted by a tuxedo-clad Robert Wagner, who I'm certain is positively reeking of Drakkar Noir and dead starlets.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 6 December 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
Heard this for the first time a couple of days ago --https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx_UciEAh9s
― If you were really hard core, you'd have thrown a full bottle (WmC), Tuesday, 17 May 2022 00:53 (two years ago) link
Nice.
I remember this poll rather fondly. I suspect I engaged in more hours of listening than for any other poll!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 01:37 (two years ago) link
Brought to mind "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" for me--maybe a direct influence on that?
― clemenza, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 03:02 (two years ago) link
Just found out about this version. The singer still does regular brunch gigs in NYChttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLdCzrixVzw
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 13:04 (two years ago) link
This version with you-know-who is pretty good:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeqQ105w2E
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 13:06 (two years ago) link
WTF is Paul Hampton?
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:12 (two years ago) link
Who sings on the 1971 version of Mexican Divorce? Absolutely love that version but haven't been able to figure it out.
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:29 (two years ago) link
1971 version?
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
Under Burt’s name?
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:38 (two years ago) link
Maybe I can ask a Burt expert or two in little bit
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:41 (two years ago) link
yes, from the s/t album from '71.
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieujhUD_A5k
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 17 July 2022 16:44 (two years ago) link
I went ahead and asked. Will see if anyone gets back to me. Came to say that the Marion Maerz Schlager-y Burt Bacharach Songbook is really enjoyable.
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 July 2022 14:00 (two years ago) link
I have your answer! Are you ready for it?
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 July 2022 14:36 (two years ago) link
Cissy Houston.
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 July 2022 14:53 (two years ago) link
Seems to be. Or maybe her and her sisters etc. She is officially credited on two other songs on that album.
― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 July 2022 14:56 (two years ago) link
This version with you-know-who is pretty good:📹
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 21 August 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
Oh hey. I wrote a BB trivia quiz that a few of you have already taken. I can provide a link here if you like.
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 August 2022 20:21 (two years ago) link
Who says no
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 2 September 2022 11:06 (two years ago) link
Here you go. It was meant to play hard.
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 September 2022 12:09 (two years ago) link
Hmm. Looks like the answer to question two has a little re-release going on right now.
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 September 2022 14:51 (two years ago) link
What happened to the giant playlist? Did you delete your Spotify account?
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 December 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
Ahhh, yeah, deleted. I made .csv files of all my big playlists when I ported everything over to Tidal in May, though, and I still have those. If you want the Bacharach one to recreate a Spotify playlist from, I can email you.
― DPRK in Cincinnati (WmC), Saturday, 31 December 2022 21:56 (one year ago) link
Thanks, please do at your convenience!
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 January 2023 01:20 (one year ago) link
Sent. I added a few tracks to my version since I made the .csv -- Beach Boys, Walk On By (20/20 Sessions, a fragment but it makes the hair stand up on my neck); Mavis Staples, A House Is Not a Home; Another Tear Falls, Puddles Pity Party; Who Is Gonna Love Me, Charlie Byrd; Always Something There to Remind Me, Peggy, Lee; and an album called The Music of Burt Bacharach by some E-Z listening org called Pop Idols.
― DPRK in Cincinnati (WmC), Sunday, 1 January 2023 01:56 (one year ago) link
Thanks! Did you add any of the Terry Hall tracks?
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 January 2023 02:11 (one year ago) link