Elvis Costello And Burt Bacharach - Because It's A Lonely World (The Interview With) mp3

Performer: Elvis Costello And Burt Bacharach
Title: Because It's A Lonely World (The Interview With)
Country: US
Catalog Number: MECD 181
Label: Mercury
Released: Dec 1998
Style: Interview
Rating: 4.3
Votes: 330

Elvis Costello Burt Bacharach Mercury Interview 1998

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Tracklist

1	–Elvis Costello	EC Says He Wanted “God Give Me Strength” To Make Sense Outside The Context Of Grace Of My Heart, And Perhaps Serve As A Touchstone For Something More	0:31
2	–Elvis Costello	EC Comments On The Song “Tears At The Birthday Party”	0:38
3	–Elvis Costello	EC Says BB Was One Of Many Influences On His Songwriting	0:55
4	–Elvis Costello	EC On The Album’s “Toledo”	0:41
5	–Elvis Costello	EC Says He And The Attractions Played BB’s “I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself” Early In His Career	0:58
6	–Elvis Costello	EC Says His Vocals On Painted From Memory Are Unlike Any He’s Done Before	0:35
7	–Elvis Costello	EC Discusses The Orchestrations On Painted From Memory	0:30
8	–Elvis Costello	EC On “The Sweetest Punch”	0:42
9	–Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach	EC And BB Describe The Scene In Which They First Worked Face To Face	0:37
10	–Elvis Costello	EC Povides A Simple Outline Of Painted From Memory	0:47
11	–Burt Bacharach	BB Tells What The Biggest Surprise About Working With EC Was	1:27
12	–Elvis Costello	EC On Where He Was When Alsion Anders Suggested The Collaboration With BB	0:34
13	–Elvis Costello	EC On “My thief”	0:31
14	–Elvis Costello	EC Explains How “God Give Me Strength” Differs From The Album’s Oher Tracks	0:51
15	–Elvis Costello	EC Also Discovered BB’s Determination	0:50
16	–Elvis Costello	EC Recalls Hs First Memories Of BB	0:33
17	–Burt Bacharach	BB On EC’s Knowledge Of His Work	1:18
18	–Burt Bacharach	BB Says It Was Film Director Alison Anders Who First Conceived Of The Idea Of Him And EC Collaborating For Her Movie Grace Of My Heart"	0:41
19	–Elvis Costello	EC Says BB Uses Words To Suggest The Lyrical Nature Of His Music, As Was The Case With “This House Is Empty Now”	1:13
20	–Burt Bacharach	BB On What The Success Of Painted From Memory Could Portend	0:40
21	–Elvis Costello	EC Says What He Learned About BB Should Correct A Misnomer About Burt	0:41
22	–Burt Bacharach	BB Explains How His And EC’s Compatibility Led Them To Consider An Album	0:47
23	–Elvis Costello	EC On “What’s Her Name Today?”	0:55
24	–Burt Bacharach	BB Discusses Arranger Johnny Mandel	0:17
25	–Elvis Costello	EC On BB’s Cameo In The Movie "Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery", And Use Of “Spy A Little Prayer” In The Film My Best Friend’s Wedding	0:46
26	–Elvis Costello	EC Says The Degree To Which Listeners Can Understand And Identify With His Lyrics Varies Depending On The Project	1:23
27	–Elvis Costello	EC Says Other Album Titles Were Considered	0:55
28	–Elvis Costello	EC On Why He Chose Toledo As A Lyric And Title	0:48
29	–Elvis Costello	EC On What He’s Most Happy To Have Achieved On Painted From Memory	0:35
30	–Burt Bacharach	BB On EC As A Lyricist	0:20
31	–Elvis Costello	EC On “I Still Have That Other Girl”	1:30
32	–Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach	EC And BB Defend The Idea Of The Concept Album, Citing As An Example Bob Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks	0:43
33	–Elvis Costello	EC Jokes That The Subtitle Of Painted From Memory Is “Because It’s A Lonely World”	0:32
34	–Burt Bacharach	BB Says He Appreciates The Fact EC Is A Risk-Taker	0:36
35	–Elvis Costello	EC Recalls Having Vocalist Dusty Springfield – Who’d Scored U.K. Hits With BB Compositions – In Mind When He Wrote “Just A Memory”	0:35
36	–Elvis Costello	EC, However Reluctantly, Tries To Express The Melancholy Sentiments Captured On Painted From Memory	0:42
37	–Elvis Costello	EC Comments On The Audience Who Came Out To See BB Shows In The U.K. While They Were Writing Painted From Memory	0:51
38	–Elvis Costello	EC On Painted From Memory’s Title Track	0:49
39	–Elvis Costello	EC On Whether There Were Times He Felt Astonished To Be Face To Face With Someone He’d Admired For So Long	0:59
40	–Elvis Costello	EC On “The Long Division”	0:37
41	–Burt Bacharach	BB Characterizes The Songs On Painted From Memory	0:40
42	–Elvis Costello	EC Outlines An Instance In Which One Might Listen To Painted From Memory	0:26
43	–Elvis Costello	EC On "Such Unlikely Lovers"	1:33
44	–Burt Bacharach	BB Says The Uiversal Satisfaction With “God Gve Me Strength” Suggested The Possibility Of An Album	0:24
45	–Elvis Costello	EC Recounts The Circumstances Under Which “God Give Me Strength” Was Written	0:47
46	–Elvis Costello	EC Comments On The Recent Resurgence In Popularity Of BB’s Work, Particularly Among Young Songwriters Such As Noel Gallagher Of Oasis	0:58
47	–Burt Bacharach	Burt Bacharach (BB) Recalls First Hearing About Elvis Costello (EC), And Then Meeting Him In Los Angeles	0:35
48	–Elvis Costello	EC Says “Accidents Will Happen” Was Inspired By BB’s “Anyone Who Had A Heart”	0:39
49	–Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach	EC And BB Respond To Those Who May Think They Make ‘Strange Bedfellows’	0:50
50	–Elvis Costello	EC Comments On Painted From Memory’s Opening Track, “In The Darkest Place”	0:54
51	–Burt Bacharach	BB Reflects Upon The Making Of “God Give Me Strength”	1:11
52	–Elvis Costello	EC On The Consideration Of Album Titles	0:32

Credits

Interviewee – Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello
Producer – Scott Decker

Notes

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Total duration 40:22

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Companies

Recorded At – MJI Broadcasting, New York
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Records
Copyright (c) – Mercury Records
Manufactured By – Mercury Records
Marketed By – Mercury Records

Album

Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - Because It's a Lonely World documentary The story of the recording of the Painted From Memory album, shown on Channel 4 CD contains 52 different interview segments tracks ranging between 17 secs. and 1 min. 30 secs. It's rumoured that only 500 were pressed. wasnt the most profound joke Ive ever made. Meanwhile, album track I Let the Sun Go Down is a sympathetic look at a British citizen crying over the death of the empire. Im sympathetic to people I dont agree with, because I try to understand why they feel so passionately. I dont salute. I dont have to, and I wont. Listen to music from Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach like God Give Me Strength, Painted From Memory & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach. A new version of is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach. Play artist. Goodbye Cruel World is Elvis Costello's ninth album overall and the eighth with his backing band the Attractions. It was released in 1984 by F-Beat Records in the UK and Columbia in the US. Tensions within the band-notably between Costello and bassist Bruce Thomas-were beginning to tell, and Costello announced his retirement and the break-up of the group shortly before they were to record Goodbye Cruel World. Costello later said that in making it, they had got it as wrong as you can in terms of the. Elvis Costello on His New Album, Mortality and His Musical Evolution. Im not a rock star, says Costello. Im not It doesnt say on my business card, Rock star. It turns out you kept collaborating with Burt Bacharach well after you made Painted From Memory together in 1998. During the day or so when the world mistakenly thought you were battling a serious illness, were you at least able to appreciate the outpouring of support Of course its very touching, and I had people come up to me in the street when I was in Liverpool recently and theyre emotional. Look Now, the bittersweet, elegiac new album from Elvis Costello and his band The Imposters, has been 20 years in the making and sees the prolific songwriter work with his heroes Burt Bacharach and Carole King. It also sees him reintroduce a character from his 2010 album National Ransom, in the opening track Under Lime. Elvis Costello is one of those legacy artists who always seems to be around in some capacity, so its been easy to forget that a full five years have passed since his last release - Wise Up Ghost, his 2013 collab with the Roots. Thats about to change this fall. Costellos just announced a new album called Look Now due out this October. More importantly, perhaps, it marks his first collection with the Imposters in 10 years, their last being 2008s Momofuku. Costello realized it was time to get the Imposters back in the studio while on the Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers tour last year. Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach. Album Painted From Memory. Whats Her Name Today Lyrics. What's her name today She could be anyone I might have known you'd leave her crying What's her name again. For as the radio played in the bedroom wall What was that name you called her Was she the one who took away your pride And your reason Oh, why did you decide that You'd punish any girl you meet To try and make that feeling go away. Because it's a lonely world She wants to believe for a while in all the things you say. But as the radio played in the bedroom wall What was that name you called her Isn't her smile reminiscent of someone else . I still had quite a bit to learn about orchestration, back then, he says. He wrote it for another project with the intention that it would be able to stand on its own: Im pretty tricky that way, he says, smiling. It was only after Id written it that it occurred to me that people would hear that, a bit like Under Lime its been overtaken by certain events. Look Now, the new album by Elvis Costello and the Imposters, is out now via Concord Records