26 ordspråk av Burt Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
[In addition to shaking up the lyrical content, he also rethought the musical elements.] I was working with structures that weren't like a normal song, ... no vocal starting at the top and going to the end.
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[The album's closing track,] Always Taking Aim, ... a Greek chorus ... It just turned out to be a different kind of form: instrumental with vocal interjections of key things that were important for me to say.
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[Things only get more right-wing when Bacharach unveils] Where Did It Go? ... When I was a young boy/ 12 years old/ Growing up in New York City/ I could ride the subway by myself/ And never, ever be afraid/ Where did it go?
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A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.
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A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
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Alfie.
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Austin Powers.
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Dre gave me these loops, and as confining and challenging as they are, the sound is extraordinary, and they're a great foundation to work over,
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He was a great guy, and I will miss him.
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He was a rare talent and a beautiful man, and his voice was unlike any other. I have great memories of working in the studio recording with Gene. He was a great guy.
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He was a rare talent and a beautiful man.
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He was one of the few singers that you knew without hearing more than a few notes, that it was him.
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I always wanted to write a song with him, ... and we got a chance.
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I don't think of it quite that way. It's interesting that you do. I'm thinking more about what's gone wrong in the past four years. You come from a different political spectrum. The thing is, the album is also about love. That's why the album has that early reference to 'What The World Needs Now.' We need love.
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I feel it is the most important album I have made and I am very proud of it. I'm pleased that Columbia is joining me in this journey, because these times require passion and emotion.
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