Funny you should mention that. Jim includes a cover of the Bacharach/David song, "My Little Red Book," on an album he wrote and produced called Original Sin.
> It would be interesting to note what Jim thinks about Burt
> Bacharach and Hal David. As a composer, Bacharach is the
> exact opposite to Steinman in wanting an uncomplex sound
> but less is more, most of the times. Hal David's lyrics
> were mainly spot on, and his best are in the same quality
> league as Steinmans. When David split up with Bacharach,
> he never quite came up with the goods and from reading an
> biography, Bacharach, maestro! The life of a pop genius, -
> publisher Michael Brocken isbn 1 8424 0219 6 it all went
> pair shaped when Bacharach got more publicity than David
> as he was married to a famous actress.
>
> What is interesting, which also radiates from the Paul
> Simon story is the local musical infulences that help the
> composer in the song writing process. Bacharach was a big
> part of the swinging sixities London scene. Simon's
> infulences taken from his time that he stayed in the north
> of England when he composed some of his most famous songs.
> Bacharach loved to come to the UK, to work and enjoy the
> London lifestyle, theatre land... I hope Jim's stay in the
> UK will be a productive one, if he is over here? Meat Loaf
> has always reaped the rewards of a fanatically loyal
> British fan base which he sees regularly, Jim never really
> worked hard enough to get them on his side. If he had he
> would almost certaintly would have had greater success in
> the theatre world. Better late then never!
>
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