Too Slow To Disco FM - (This Guy's In Love With) Burt Bacharach
So much work went into this mix, I almost missed the deadline… but, hey, it is to to say goodby to the real G.O.A.T., the one and only Burt Bacharach, our god of pop music! Here is my tribute to maybe the most important musician in my life. I tried to not only include my favourite Bacharach tracks (too many anyway..) but amazing, unusual covers of his music, most of them with a lot of Soul (and a Morrissey cover…). Also in here, lots of musicians (old and newer) talk about him, you will find interview bits of Burt himself, Hal David, Noel Gallagher, Richard Carpenter, Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, etc. Like Noel mentions in this mix, even if you have never heard of Burt (fool….), you definitely not only know a lot of his songs/compositions, but for some strange reason you can also sing along to them, because they are/were everywhere. They are part of the backbone of modern pop music all over the world. I am pretty sure that if there are aliens watching/listening to us, they not only love his music, but they probably will come one day to take him home with them in their ship (a balloon, as we all know now…). Unfortunately, it's too late for that now… ! His songs float by all of us when we are young, often in the background on our mum's kitchen radio, but as soon as we become older, experience the big feelings of love, heartbreak, loss, sadness, melancholy… those little songs suddenly make so much sense. They are (and will be) the best remedy against all low times! And I can’t thank Burt Bacharach enough for making my shit times bearable. Your legacy will NEVER EVER stop to be discovered, loved by every coming generation in the future. R.I.P. Burt, and thanks a million for your music! Trust me, we will cherish the beautiful heritage you gave to all of us… P.S: One more really special musician left us recently, the one and only Terry Hall (Specials, Funboy 3 and so much more.), he would have deserved his own tribute show too, so of course his version of "This Guy's In Love With You" is in here! CARPENTERS - (They Long To be) Close To YouSTEVIE WONDER - (They Long To be) Close To You (1972 live talkbox)JOE LOSS ORCHESTRA - (They Long To be) Close To YouDIONNE WARWICK - Walk On ByBEACH BOYS - Walk On ByRHETTA HUGHES - Walk On ByJERRY BUTLER - AlfieTHE 5TH DIMENSION - Living Together, Growing TogetherISAAC HAYES - I’ll Never Fall In Love AgainDIONNE WARWICK - Loneliness Remembers What Happiness ForgetsMORRISSEY - Loneliness Remembers What Happiness ForgetsVINCENT BELL - NikkiBURT BACHARACH - The Look Of Love (Instrumental)DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - The Look Of Love TERRY HALL - This Guy’s In Love With YouELVIS COSTELLO with BURT BACHARACH - In The Darkest PlaceMARK LINDSAY - Something Big
