You could say, 'How does a guy who has written love songs his entire life suddenly decide to rock the boat?
"Burt Freeman Bacharach" is an American singer, songwriter, composer, record producer and pianist. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, he is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many with lyrics written by Hal David as part of the duo "Bacharach and David".
Most of their hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, but early on they worked with Gene Pitney and Gene McDaniels. Following the initial success of these collaborations, Bacharach went on to write hits for The Carpenters, Dusty Springfield, Bobbie Gentry, Jackie DeShannon, Tom Jones (singer)/Tom Jones, Herb Alpert, B.J. Thomas and others.
, Bacharach has written 73 US and 52 UK top-40 hits.
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[In addition to shaking up the lyrical content, he also rethought the musical elements.] I was working with structures that weren't like a normal song, ... no vocal starting at the top and going to the end.
Who are these people that keep telling us lies and how did these people get control of our lives and who'll stop the violence 'cause it's out of control? Make 'em stop.
I'm afraid of public transportation.
I don't think of it quite that way. It's interesting that you do. I'm thinking more about what's gone wrong in the past four years. You come from a different political spectrum. The thing is, the album is also about love. That's why the album has that early reference to 'What The World Needs Now.' We need love.
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
[Things only get more right-wing when Bacharach unveils] Where Did It Go? ... When I was a young boy/ 12 years old/ Growing up in New York City/ I could ride the subway by myself/ And never, ever be afraid/ Where did it go?
Stuff just kept going more wrong and more wrong here as I was writing.
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