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Burt Bacharach teams up with Dr. Dre for protest album
Ananova ^
| September 30, 2005
| ananova
Posted on 09/30/2005 8:09:38 PM PDT by SpringheelJack
Burt Bacharach has teamed up with rapper Dr Dre for a new album of passionate protest songs.
Bacharach, 77, known for classic pop songs like Alfie and Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, says several tracks are critical of President Bush.
Dr Dre provides drum loops on three of the tracks on the album, At This Time, while other contributors include Elvis Costello and Rufus Wainwright.
Tracks on the album, due out on October 24, include Please Explain, Where Did It Go?, In Our Time, Who Are These People, Can't Give Up, Go Ask Shakespeare and Dreams.
Bacharach said: "People ask why a man who has been known for writing love songs all of his life is suddenly rocking the boat.
"I had to do it. This is very personal to me, and this is the most passionate album I have ever made."
A friend of Bacharach said: "Burt's pissed at the administration, concerned about the world he is leaving to his children, and you can feel it."
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bacharach; cluelesshollywood; dre; shutupandsing
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
That's just not gonna happen. Read some of his
statements and you will find out that he's almost their political opposite.
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posted on
10/01/2005 1:44:15 PM PDT
by
perfect stranger
("Hell Bent for Election" by Warburg)
To: perfect stranger
I know that. I just can't pass up a chance to plug what may be the funniest album I've ever heard.
To hear Pat Boone singing "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is pretty sublime.
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posted on
10/01/2005 3:01:12 PM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
(There are very few shades of gray)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
I got a great kick from hearing these songs as played with a big band arrangement, and the 700 club made a stink about it for him.
My favorites from it are "Holy Diver" and "The Wind Cries Mary".
63
posted on
10/01/2005 4:05:31 PM PDT
by
perfect stranger
("Hell Bent for Election" by Warburg)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Add Paul Anka to that mix: "Rock Swings in a Metal Mood!"
(It just came out and may be even funnier than Pat Boone's effort!)
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posted on
10/01/2005 4:06:25 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: Revolting cat!
We Will Overcome..........
Our Secret Weapon against the Libs.
65
posted on
10/01/2005 4:12:03 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( I DON'T C.A.I.R. !!!!!!!!!)
To: SpringheelJack
Groupthink is an amazing phenomenon - it can turn even sucessful, intelligent people into drooling morons. ;)
66
posted on
10/01/2005 4:14:03 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
(Speaking several languages is an asset; keeping your mouth shut in one is priceless.)
To: SandRat
Time for me to BURN all the Burt Bacharach vinyls and cassette tapes in the house, shed, garage.
You mean vinyls and eight-tracks...Bacharach is pretty much pre-cassette techno...
67
posted on
10/01/2005 4:15:16 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Cindy can actually decipher "Trip The Light Fantastic")
To: SpringheelJack
Ping me when he teams up with Karen Carpenter.
68
posted on
10/01/2005 4:15:28 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
To: Revolting cat!
69
posted on
10/01/2005 4:29:48 PM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
(There are very few shades of gray)
To: perfect stranger
I like Pat Boone; I don't think he expected to get so hammered from both the Christian and rock worlds.
He should have asked Bob Dylan. 8~)
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posted on
10/01/2005 4:33:44 PM PDT
by
Dr. Eckleburg
(There are very few shades of gray)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
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posted on
10/01/2005 4:53:25 PM PDT
by
perfect stranger
("Hell Bent for Election" by Warburg)
To: ErnBatavia
Never had 8 Tracks but when cassettes came out did manage to find a few of the old timers that had their songs put on cassettes.
72
posted on
10/01/2005 5:44:17 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Revolting cat!
Actually, he made a small comeback with the Austin Powers films.
73
posted on
10/01/2005 5:47:56 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(Join the AmishDude fan club: "Great point." -- AliVertias; ":-) Very clever" -- MJY1288)
To: Revolting cat!
Moog Bacharach (doesn't matter what the lyrics are then):
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posted on
10/02/2005 10:05:12 AM PDT
by
weegee
(The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
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