"Anyone Who Had a Heart"
Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach
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6ome 9irl
, Oct 15 2008 09:30 PM
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6ome 9irl
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 09:30 PM
"Anyone Who Had a Heart"
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 09:43 PM
This album is as good as pop music gets. Dionne's voice was incredible in her prime. She just nails every fucking song on here.
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6ome 9irl
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 09:51 PM
No kidding. 1963, man.
Doubles as a pleasing gift for any female outside her 20's. I gave it to a teacher. Looking to fill mom's stocking? Here you go.
Doubles as a pleasing gift for any female outside her 20's. I gave it to a teacher. Looking to fill mom's stocking? Here you go.
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 10:22 PM
Gotta admit, I never fully appreciated the Burt-Dionne partnership until I heard this...
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:57 AM
Haha, that a box set? Look how cheesy. Still, I need it.
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 09:16 AM
An incredible synergy of talent.
Those songs hold so much warmth and joy. Even when the subject matter is about...say...never falling in love again.
Though I woudn't call them ballads for the most part.
Just pulled up the stuff on my iPod. Ahhhhh bliss.
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 09:17 AM
I heartily endorse this thread.
Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman -7.5/10
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis 8.5/10
Buddy & Julie Miller - Written in Chalk wow, first listen, but great great record! 9.3/10
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Moviessurprisingly great, never picked up his past releases, but this one's knocking my socks off right away, 8.7/10
M. Ward - Hold Time 8.0/10
Neko Case -Middle Cyclone her best I've heard is my initial impression, but too soon to rate, haven't had a really good listen yet 7.8/10
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis 8.5/10
Buddy & Julie Miller - Written in Chalk wow, first listen, but great great record! 9.3/10
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight at the Moviessurprisingly great, never picked up his past releases, but this one's knocking my socks off right away, 8.7/10
M. Ward - Hold Time 8.0/10
Neko Case -Middle Cyclone her best I've heard is my initial impression, but too soon to rate, haven't had a really good listen yet 7.8/10
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 11:03 AM
I'm glad to hear it.
I never fully appreciated the ballad as a format until Burt Bacharach. I was so mistaken.
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 01:11 PM
The box set's incredible, SG.
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6ome 9irl
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:03 PM
I haven't posted on this shit side in some time, but the hipsters need to pull it together, smh.
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Rob Gordon
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:06 PM
I haven't posted on this shit side in some time, but the hipsters need to pull it together, smh.
Just stop calling the songs ballads.
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:08 PM
The Beach Boys do a killer "Walk On By."
Not even a minute long, but man... MAN...
Not even a minute long, but man... MAN...
Damo Suzuki: So, um, yeah. Getting older isn't as bad as it sounds. Better than being young & poor (DjDrake) or young & slutty (SG) or young, poor and slutty (Paves); am I right?
Alright, my friends. It's time for another solid little rock jam
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6ome 9irl
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:11 PM
1968, man.The Beach Boys do a killer "Walk On By."
Not even a minute long, but man... MAN...
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:14 PM
Summer was all about playing that song on repeat and sobbing to myself.
Fuck, I really wish I was fully kidding about that.
Damo Suzuki: So, um, yeah. Getting older isn't as bad as it sounds. Better than being young & poor (DjDrake) or young & slutty (SG) or young, poor and slutty (Paves); am I right?
Alright, my friends. It's time for another solid little rock jam
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:22 PM
Stay on topic...next thing you know we'll all be talking about the amazing version Isaac did.
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 08:24 PM
'God Only Knows' makes me cry. Beach Boys have a way of doing that. 'Anyone Who Had a Heart', btw, is completely on par with 'God Only Knows.'
We need a Battle of the Ballads to make the Somb punk rock again.
We need a Battle of the Ballads to make the Somb punk rock again.
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6ome 9irl
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 09:05 PM
H. David needs some credit in this thread too I guess.
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 10:56 PM
H. David needs some credit in this thread too I guess.
nah, fuck 'im
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Posted 16 October 2008 - 11:16 PM
Dionne never returned to this peak - she's coasted on this legend for the rest of her career. So sad to see her hosting Solid Gold in the '80s or pimping the Psychic Friends Netwok a decade later.
Still, if you're going to coast off something, it helps for it to be this amazing.
Never really paid much attention to Bacharach until he did Painted From Memory with Elvis Costello. Probably one of the last really great records EC made. Bacharach refused to let him get away with laziness in the lyrics - pushed him to bring his best.
Then I went back and listened to the great stuff. Hal David wrote those lyrics - can't ever say "Fuck 'im," even as a joke.
Still, if you're going to coast off something, it helps for it to be this amazing.
Never really paid much attention to Bacharach until he did Painted From Memory with Elvis Costello. Probably one of the last really great records EC made. Bacharach refused to let him get away with laziness in the lyrics - pushed him to bring his best.
Then I went back and listened to the great stuff. Hal David wrote those lyrics - can't ever say "Fuck 'im," even as a joke.
