For the first few years of this blog, rather arbitrarily, the 20th of every month was set aside to post Burt Bacharach music. Here are some Bacharach tunes, originally introduced in some very entertaining 1960's movies - enjoy!
Started running out of Bacharach clips that hadn't been previously posted on Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog multiple times quite awhile back. Should new clips of Burt or such prime interpreters of his music as Dionne Warwick, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Costello, Trintje Oosterhuis, Ron Isley and Diana Krall get uploaded to YouTube, there shall be more, but only on the 20th of a given month.
Continuing the Steve Wonder thread, we'll start with a genuinely moving clip from a somber occasion, the Michael Jackson memorial service. Something I would have loved to have seen that didn't happen (thanks, the many conspiracy theories about Michael's death being a grand hoax notwithstanding, to The King Of Pop's abuse of some awfully heavy-duty prescription drugs): a CD of splendid songs and performances from Michael and Stevie hanging out in the studio informally, having fun, singing each other's tunes, contributing creative arrangements, making music for the pure joy of it.
And, on a lighter note. . . I have sought out clips of Stevie playing live during his inspired early to mid-1970's stretch that produced the great albums Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale. Found one of him performing "Superstition" in 1973, unfortunately sans Jeff Beck's brilliant guitar work but wonderful nonetheless.
