Burt Bacharach: A Life In Song [DVD] [NTSC]

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nowmedical wrote:Agreed, Joss Stone stole it. The guests are certainly B-list, and none are of particular relevance to Burt. Interesting to compare with the US equivalent concert "One Amazing Night" which also used some lesser stars (Chrissie Hynde, Ben Folds Five) but also brought in some heavyweights - (Sheryl Crow and Luther V), and then Dionne and Elvis C who of course have personal BB connection.

Even Justin Hayward did his best but his voice is a little bit to light for a song like What The World Needs Now! And then there’s the problem of multiple performers – including Alfie Boe, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Rebecca Ferguson, Laura Mvula, Joss Stone, Michael Kiwanuka and Shaun Escoffery – having to come on, find their audience, create their atmosphere, nail their piece without straying too far from or reminding us too much of the landmark original, and get off. Pointing straight away to the heartening power of music, soul gem What the World Needs Now opened the concert. Sporting a Bacharach England jersey, the singer-songwriter reflected during the night on some of his biggest successes: the first film score, the talented friends and the funny events of one of his 60s singles. Mexican Divorce, written with Bob Hilliard for The Drifters, couldn’t be played in any radio stations at the time in the States because of the reference to the breaking of marriage vows. “If you think this happened before they built that beautiful wall…” Bacharach couldn’t stop himself from giggling. The slow swinging rendition of this piece beautifully singled out the acoustic component of the guitar. In his tribute, the Kinks’ Dave Davies described Bacharach as “a great inspiration” and “one of the most influential songwriters of our time.” Gilbert O’Sullivan tweeted that Bacharach was a “huge influence” on his songwriting career and created “timeless melodies never to be forgotten.”

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Thank you BURT for those incredible songs that you has given the world....and to Hal with his great lyrics and all the other collaborators of you! Bacharach’s latest album with Boyzone lead singer Ronan Keating “When Ronan Met Burt,” was released in March, 2011 and hit #3 in the UK charts.

Bacharach was honored at the Newport Beach Film Festival with its Legends Award for outstanding contribution to music and cinema in April, 2016. A living music legend took to the stage of the Royal Festival Hall this weekend. Burt Bacharach performed a superb two-hour concert, combining an equal mix of his era-defining pop music, film scores and a few new pieces. In 2017, a new musical production of Bacharach and David’s hit musical Broadway PROMISES, PROMISES which ran at the Southwark Playhouse in London from January-February, 2017. Rebecca Ferguson, Micheal Kiwanuka, Laura Mvula, Sophie Ellis Bextor...they tried it....but in my opinion not good enough!

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Bacharach composed his first film score in 16 years for John Asher’s autism-based drama film Po. The film was released in April, 2016. Po tells the story of a recently widowed father struggling to raise his 10-year-old son who has autism. Joss Stone, Alfie Boe, Josie James and Shaun Escoffery were brilliant, Burt looked quite emotional after Shaun's rendition of "A House is not a Home"