Bacharach teams up with Dre for protest album

[jefferson_dem]

Bacharach teams up with Dre for protest album

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.

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Bacharach said: "People ask why a man who has been known for writing love songs all of his life is suddenly rocking the boat.

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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."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1554971.html

[tompayne1]

1. very interesting

thanks for the heads up.

[sasquatch]

2. That sounds like chilidogs and milk

Not good.

[democracyindanger]

9. Sounds like somebody

never washed down a chilidog with a nice glass of cold milk.

[Enraged_Ape]

30. I agree. That sounds pretty good to me!!!

Milk goes with just about everything.

[sasquatch]

36. Yes I have, they don't go together well

[henslee]

37. These two true rennaisance men from different eras will knock something

out that will be monumental. They are brilliant, serious arrrangers/producers. They have given us who sublime timeless music. Raelly, Gfunk is not such a stretch from the dreamy pop song Burt gave us. This will introduce so many to Burt's music and visa versa. I can only imagine who will be "guesting" on this album.

[lildreamer316]

3. Now THIS I want to hear.

Should be interesting.

[AX10]

4. I'm a huge fan of Burt's!

Should be an interesting album.

http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=...

[DrZeeLit]

5. Great for Burt... just don't let him sing it, okay?

He really can't sing any more (if he ever could).
But I do love a lot of his work.
Classic.

[jefferson_dem]

8. Even better...Elvis Costello and Rufus Wainwright

will be lending their vocal talents!

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?v...

[meganmonkey]

14. OMG - this is my DREAM album

I can't wait!

*swoon*

[Mojambo]

6. I think this might be the best thing ever. n/t

[Lilsarah]

11. Or a true sign of the Apocalypse.

[Mojambo]

12. Either way, I'm fine with it. n/t

[Robeson]

7. Good for Burt...

...I applaud him.

[proud patriot]

10. raindrops keep falling on bush's head

[SnowGoose]

13. Now they just need Tom Waits on vocals.

Or Ethyl Merman.

[Tuesday_Morning]

15. From the Cheney Gang

What the world needs now
Is oil, sweet oil.

It's the only thing
That there's just too little of.
What the world needs now
Is oil sweet oil.
No not just for me
But for Unocal.

Lord, we don't need a pristine wilderness.
What's a few trees, some reindeer... and eskimos?
We need buckets and barrels enough to last
Oh, listen, folks, if you wanna know.

What the world needs now
Is oil sweet oil.
It's the only thing
That there's just too little of.
What the world needs now
Is oil sweet oil.
No not just for me
But for Unocal.

Lord, we don't need France and Germany
We've got Baghdad and Kabul Afghanistan
We need buckets and barrels enough to last
Oh, listen, folks, our next stop is Iran!

What the world needs now
Is oil sweet oil.
It's the only thing
That there's just too little of.
What the world needs now
Is oil sweet oil.
No not just for me
But for Unocal.

[valerief]

18. Bravo! I sang along.

[DrZeeLit]

29. OMG! That's fully singable... somebody needs to hit the studio! Wow!

I love it. Where's .... Jackie DeShannon (sp)?
Find her now!
(hopefully she's homeless and we can rehab her and it will be a BIG story..) JUST KIDDING.

Anyway, I think ya gotta hit here, sonny.

[henslee]

16. This is grreat. What a combo. Burt is a cool customer.

On that pbs 60's music doc the other night... he totally HATED admitting that Aretha's version of SAY A LITTLE PRAYER was a better arrangement than his and Warwick's but he painfully said it. It was so funny.

[valerief]

17. I LOVE IT!

[donheld]

19. I thought it odd when Burt teamed with Elvis Costello

It turned out to be a great CD.

[Wilms]

20. That makes me smile. n/t

[Cha]

21. Far Fucking OUT, man!

I love it when life throws even a little bit of a surprise!

" Raindrops keep fallin' Raindrops keep fallin' Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head "

[libnnc]

23. selfdelete

[AuntieM1957]

22. Do You Know the Way to San Quentin

the new GOP theme song.

[libnnc]

24. "The Look of Hubris"

"What's it all about, Bushie...?"

I could go on but it's late

[Nevernose]

25. I like everyone involved

It remains to be seen whether or not I'll like them at the same time, however.

[Ben Ceremos]

26. So, I can hear it now...

"What the world needs now...is/TO SLAP THAT MUTHAFUCKA BUSH DOWN..."


Sorry Burt...

[ryanmuegge]

27. Sounds like a pretty stupid novelty.

I mean the tracks with Dr. Dre, that is.

[Scout1071]

32. Heaven forbid he try something new and work with one of the greatest

producers ever. Good for Burt and Dre. I can't wait to hear what they come up with on the album.

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. I agree with you. I would think someone of Burt's talent could have found

a FAR better "musician" to team up with.

This reminds me of those other awful "Let's pair together two unlikely performers, a good one and a shitty one, and see what happens" novelty albums that they used to do more often back in the day.

Come on, Burt - you can have the pick of the litter, and you choose Dre?

What's next, a Pavarotti/Brittney album?

Elvis Costello and a pile of rusting scrap iron?

Lou Reed and a bacteria-laden unwashed dish rag?

Neil Young and that guy on the bus who yells about the FBI all day and picks his ass with a soldering iron?

[JVS]

28. East-coast Dr. Dre or West-coast Dr. Dre?

[Scout1071]

31. I love Dre either way.

[terrya]

34. I already like Bachrach a lot...this made me respect him even more.

I'm really looking forward to getting this cd.

[crispini]

35. Very interesting.

could be weird, could be cool -- either way, interesting.