An easy-listening wizard and an affectionate pop cynic: It was a compelling mix when Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello recorded Painted From Memory. Now the new edition has also become a ringing obituary for Burt Bacharach.
“Master of magical melodies”, “King of Hearts” and inventor of the “Soundtrack for Happiness”: Even hardened critics did not spare their feelings when a few weeks ago obituaries had to be written for Burt Bacharach: the composer of countless hits, who in his songs so who had often underpinned catchy lightness with complex sophistication, died on February 8 at the age of 94.
The recaps on his life weren’t just regarding his work as musical director for Marlene Dietrich, early hits…
