I'm just a nut for Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs sung by Dionne Warwick. There are a few singers (some dead) like Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald who could really make a song their own. Talent is one thing, but style and originality is really what sets the great apart from the good. Thankfully there are a few singers (still alive) like Dionne Warwick and Ray Price who are still delivering the goods. I often dream of pairing Dionne and Ray on a duet of one of my original songs. Honestly, I haven't written the perfect one yet, but when I do, Ray is gonna get a phone call.
Do you get the impression from this recent performance that she never sings this song (and think of how many times she has sung this pop standard) the same way twice?
And she is gracious enough to share the stage with some goofy dancers. . . kinda a throwback to "Solid Gold."
"LA is a great big freeway, put a hundred down and buy a car - in a week, maybe two they'll make you a star! Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass - and all the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumpin' gas." Truer and cleverer (is that a word) lyrics were never written.
I know . . . the bar is set high.
Okay, is it just me, or do they HAVE to bring back Dionne and Solid Gold!!! I know, I know I want to see that Deborah Harry performance too.
Imagine who would be on Solid Gold this week . . .
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