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The vortex of suck that will be produced when those suckwad "artists" play the suckwad songwriter's drivel will cause the Earth to implode upon itself.



/word for the day: suckwad. :)

Barnacles!: The vortex of suck that will be produced when those suckwad "artists" play the suckwad songwriter's drivel will cause the Earth to implode upon itself.

You'd give them a three-week standing ovation if they performed in Barnacles! masks.

Burt just writes the tunes. Hal David writes the words!

(uh....waiter! This conversation's not very good.....)

Sorry, Subby, but you lost me at "Vocalists such as Rod Stewart, Dionne Warwick and James Taylor".


/said the same thing in the "Artists like Miley Cyrus..." thread

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Burt just writes the tunes. Hal David writes the words!


yep, this guy (with Hal) cranked out hits like they had diarrhea.
Genius

Just because Mike Meyers features him in his movies doesn't make him good.

Bacharach deserves something better like, say, another album w/Elvis Costello.

cubsfan07: Sorry, Subby, but you lost me at "Vocalists such as Rod Stewart, Dionne Warwick and James Taylor".


/said the same thing in the "Artists like Miley Cyrus..." thread


funny, considering both submissions were from the same submitter (me)


/I agree too: Artists like Miley... I shouldve put the word Artists in quotations

as in: "artists" such as...oh well, I ll learn

HappyHarryHardOn: /said the same thing in the "Artists like Miley Cyrus..." thread


funny, considering both submissions were from the same submitter (me)



Congrats on the multiple greenlights (and awesome username).

/would you like whale sperm with that?

People who don't understand that Bacharach is awesome are the same people who think American Idol is good, the Strokes are original, and their favorite band is better than my favorite band.

whereisian: Just because Mike Meyers features him in his movies doesn't make him good.

Even Meyers figured that out after the first two Austin Powers movies.

/Quincy Jones FTW

I've always found it odd that for a guy who has written a slew of pop hits, dude can't carry a tune in a bucket when singing.

cubsfan07: HappyHarryHardOn: /said the same thing in the "Artists like Miley Cyrus..." thread


funny, considering both submissions were from the same submitter (me)



Congrats on the multiple greenlights (and awesome username).

/would you like whale sperm with that?

Thanks, 10 greenlights since Monday, 4 today... not a bad week, so yeah let me gargle with your whale-batter.

Oh, so thick! I need to chew that first... chomp chomp chomp

Burt's not my bag baby

'Lizard licks it's eyeball..........'

The man gets credit in my book for banging Angie Dickenson when she was uber hot.

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Burt just writes the tunes. Hal David writes the words!
www.smh.com.au

yep, this guy (with Hal) cranked out hits like they had diarrhea.
Genius

You missed his point, Harry. Behold, Monty Python:

Mrs. Hendy: Do all philosophers have an S in them?
Mr. Hendy: Yeah I think most of them do.
Mrs. Hendy: Oh... Does that mean Selina Jones is a philosopher?
Mr. Hendy: Yeah... Right, she could be... she sings about the Meaning of Life.
Mrs. Hendy: Yeah, that's right, but I don't think she writes her own material.
Mr. Hendy: No. Maybe Schopenhauer writes her material?
Mrs. Hendy: No... Burt Bacharach writes it.
Mr. Hendy: There's no 'S' in Burt Bacharach...
Mrs. Hendy: ...Or in Hal David...
Mr. Hendy: Who's Hal David?
Mrs. Hendy: He writes the lyrics, Burt just writes the tunes... only now he's married to Carole Bayer Sager...
Mr. Hendy: Oh... Waiter... this conversation isn't very good.
Waiter: Oh, I'm sorry, sir... We *do* have one today that's not on the menu. It's a sort of... er... speciality of the house: Live Organ Transplants.

oh I'm so buying that CD when it comes out

Dionne Warwick is a thief who ripped off AIDS victims.
She was shunned in the industry after that.
I can't believe anyone is willing to work with that pig ever again.

/shame on you

Not that I'm even close to a fan of that schmaltzy "easy listening" stuff, but...

that dude's songs have only been used by a thousand performers to sell about a billion albums. Gotta give him that.

Barnacles! [TotalFark] Quote 2008-04-16 01:16:57 PM
The vortex of suck that will be produced when those suckwad "artists" play the suckwad songwriter's drivel will cause the Earth to implode upon itself.



/word for the day: suckwad. :)

I'm not a fan of any of them either. But. They far from suck. In their day, they drew huge crowds and sold millions of albums. They had their days in the sun and their time is over, but, they far from suck.
Makes no sense to label the past as shiat if you didn't live through it.

Barnacles!: The vortex of suck that will be produced when those suckwad "artists" play the suckwad songwriter's drivel will cause the Earth to implode upon itself.

Just think, those suckwads have accomplished so little, and you haven't even managed to write a single book.

Starpulse.com trifecta completed.

/question is why...

Dwitchiewoman.....Did she steal money from you? According to the IRS there were no improprieties or criminal activity involved and the charities non-profit status was upheld.......


/don't care either way, as Warwick ruined her "artistic integrity" doing those idiotic psychic infomercials.....

Q. Do you know the way to San Jose?

A. No, fark off.

Someone left a CD on my computer of a Burt Bacharach tribute concert from a few years ago. I recall Sheryl Crow did a great version of "One Less Bell to Answer," which has always been one of my favorite ballads. If you study the structure of Bacharach's songs they're amazingly unique and light years from the AABA of most pop music. The man deserves tribute.

I'm sorry, that headline didn't say Leonard Cohen, therefore it's wrong.

robbiedo: Aren't you the clueless one. Much of the best music you ever here is written by professional writers, such as Burt Bacharach. His best work is just a different generation, but his influence in popular culture is pervasive, and well regarded.

Lawrence Welk sucks too. Herb Alpert - now there's talent.

There's a concert from a few years ago with Burt and Dionne that PBS aired. I don't care what anyone says, it rocked and Dionne can still bring it.

As much as I love Bacharach, unless "our time" was the 60's and early 70's, most Farkers are not going to be agreeing with you on that, submitter.

FAIL

Greatest is Tom Waits.

whereisian:

Just because Mike Meyers features him in his movies doesn't make him good.

Yeah, that Bacharach dude, he'd be NOTHING without Mike Myers.

Please say you were joking.


Designating the "best" songwriter is not something easily quantifiable. In my opinion, though, one who deserves some consideration (among others with a substantial body of work) might be Neil Finn.

/we parity extreme canadian dollar also.

Stupid headline. Stupid sub. Stupid greenlight.

/sorry, but Fark is lame today

Tissot: Stupid headline. Stupid sub. Stupid greenlight.

/sorry, but Fark is lame today


hmmm, let's see:

Login: Tissot

Submitted links approved: none

yep thats what I thought... God forbid you'd get up and DO something about it instead of whining. Nah, much easier to say the entire world is stupid for not entertaining you to your fine standards, aint it?

One of the best gifts I ever got was the 3 CD Bacharach compliation. It starts with him doing the theme to the move The Blob. Lots of fun.

Moves through this period of unquestionable genius with tunes like San Jose and What The World Needs Now and Close to You (it's frickin genius, really) - including things like Promises,Promises (which has the weirdest rhythmic hiccups) and maybe the most overlooked thing they did: One Less Bell to Answer. Of course, Hal David gets a heft dose of credit for those amazing, simple, overwhelming lyrics. The problem with the song is that Marilyn McCoo performed it in such a sterile fashion (listen to her not caring when she sings "I don't know how - in the world - to stop think/ing of him..." sheesh.) that people think of it as sterile Muzak.

Instead, Bacharach (like Mancini, maybe) hit the interface between the sterile 1950s straightlaced martini background music and the up and coming challenging, thoughtful songwriting that the 60s began.

Anyone can write a pop song. But Bacharach, then, didn't just write the music - he defined a new structure that was smart, hummable, and - with Hal David - finely crafted songs that will live ong after you and I have passed on. Not many can claim that.

Listen to "This Guy's In Love With You" or "I Say A Little Prayer For You." Wow. Perfect pop nuggets.

wow this is gonna be one great album


EAR VALIUM FOR OLDE PEOPLE

DrBenway: Yeah, that Bacharach dude, he'd be NOTHING without Mike Myers.

Please say you were joking.

Context. Without the Austin Powers movies, Bacharach would have been rightfully confined to history. Can you tell me anyone under 30 (40?) would know who he is if not for Meyers? Only music geeks.

The Crepes of Wrath: Just think, those suckwads have accomplished so little, and you haven't even managed to write a single book.

yes I have. Edited 2 others, wrote 5 chapters in other books, and writing my 2nd book now.

so ptttthhhhbbbt.

whereisian:

Context. Without the Austin Powers movies, Bacharach would have been rightfully confined to history. Can you tell me anyone under 30 (40?) would know who he is if not for Meyers? Only music geeks.


Keep digging, you'll make China before you know it. Anyone outside of your own (apparently quite limited) point of reference musically must certainly be known only to "geeks"? Weak.

and BTW i love bacharach

just hate rod stewart and half the other idiots who are gonna be on the album

How many tribue albums does this guy need? There was already one a few years back.

/Shonen Knife did song on it

Just think one of the biggest New Wave hits, was a song he wrote, Always Something There To Remind Me.

Anyone ever hear The Stranglers version of Walk On By? It's like Bacharach via The Doors...

DrBenway: Anyone ever hear The Stranglers version of Walk On By? It's like Bacharach via The Doors...

That absolutely rules the world. I've seen it live twice. Their version of it is an epic masterpiece.

Travis_Bickle:

That absolutely rules the world. I've seen it live twice. Their version of it is an epic masterpiece.


Bought the Black and White album when it came out and got the white vinyl 7" with that came with it and had that on one side; it's been a big favorite ever since. Only saw them once in '80 (or maybe early '81?) -- they were great. Burnel was the first guy to give me a real appreciation for the sound of a Fender bass. What a great tone he gets.

I've also got a Hugh Cornwell album from '79 that's a collaboration with drummer Robert Williams -- they do a great version of White Room on it.

milhouse?: People who don't understand that Bacharach is awesome are the same people who think American Idol is good, the Strokes are original, and their favorite band is better than my favorite band.

correct