Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach - Toledo
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Music video by Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach performing Toledo. (C) 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group - Hudba
This is so beautiful... the whole album is a piece of art
It changed me. For real. I had no idea this could happen. Music, right? I'll be forever grateful
Truly is something special.
Absolutely🌺
Yeah
No truer words have ever been spoken.
Stunning song reminiscent of 60’s Bacharach. Elvis Costello sings this song so beautifully.❤
RIP, Burt Bacharach. What a brilliant run.
Just revisited this today. Such beauty. RIP Burt Bacharach.
yep just brilliant
Me, too. Two incredible talents coming together. There is nothing better.
If you don’t own the Painted From Memory album, get it and know that 3/3/2023 a beautiful box set of all their work together will be released along with a 2CD set & a 4 vinyl set. (Amazon has them). Rest in light & love and thank you for all the beautiful music Burt.❤
I have said for years as a singer/songwriter myself in awe of this album, that it could be used to teach a Master Class in writing/arranging/ producing. There isn't a wasted note, a wasted syllable on the whole record.
As the same, I completely agree.
You are SO right
@@candia_musica I recommend secret, profane and sugarcane. Its a deep, beautifully written album.
Explain to me what's the meaning behind a) the toledo ohio spain metaphor, and
b) the ohio spain reference and that of florence, paris and rome??
@@bensongbenson Explain to me what's the meaning behind a) the toledo ohio spain metaphor, and
b) the ohio spain reference and that of florence, paris and rome??
Elvis Costello is one of the greatest lyricists is music history. The words he uses to paint a picture are so unique and intelligent. And Burt Bacharach? My all-time favorite composer/arranger. The album is a masterpiece.
Well said! Totally agreed
EC sits down with the greatest of the greats, and manages to help them elevate their writing. What a master.
This was a Grammy Winning album...every song is perfect...listen to "Painted From Memory"....completely awesome...my wife and I have been dancing to this album for years...Burt Bacharach just has such an incredible touch in crafting a song...and it's difficult to beat Elvis Costello sing a ballad...
Kalani Ayau What a beautiful thing, you and your wife dancing, enjoying this album. A dream I hope will be for me one day🌹
Ah, if only my wife would listen....
Fam. You couldn't have described this album any better.
@@bensongbenson Don't bank on it. I give it a 1% chance. My own EX-wife, some of my best memories are rooted in the times she reached out to acknowledge her ocasional enjoyment of the music but she listened for me because she loved me. It was an illusion people offer when they love someone. Get over it, is what I say, and you will still make those attempts to sway people regardless.
It's great that you dance to this with your wife. Ironic considering most of the songs are about sadness and loss. Maybe you two just appreciate what you have more...
I'd have paid a LOT of money to witness and hear this sublime concert
Grown folks music. The artistry of these two for me was an unusual pairing, or so I thought, until hearing this compilation of their work together. I get it now. The melodies and how the lyrics are treated are,for me, purely and masterfully done. This one in my opinion is a classic album.
One of the great records of the last 25 years. Perfect.
Agreed.
Toledo is an accomplished work of art.... Few songs have achieved my favorites list but this one is enduring the test of time.....
Santos Valdez I just discovered it this year! Wonderful!
Explain to me what's the meaning behind a) the toledo ohio spain metaphor, and
b) the ohio spain reference and that of florence, paris and rome??
Elvis has the spark needed for a Bachrach song. Cool.
To a lover of Bacharach and Elvis, this song/arrangement/performance is pure Heaven.
Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello have transformed life with this music, it is so great,
so warm, so real. Thank You Both,
Paul Shandling, Chicago
Are you Darla or Paul!!??
It is absolute beautiful, Two genius.
Exactly. Geniuses creating magic together.
RIP Burt Bacharach. What a loss. So happy he left us with all this great music.
This album makes me relish in broken hearts. It makes heartache seem beautiful
Quite the insight. In some ways, and maybe this is a bit depressing, I miss the overwhelming grief of my one heartbreak. In some ways, I feel like that year or so was the only time I had my own permission to do nothing but deal with my emotions. Melancholy is beautiful
Burt Bacharach's catalogue of supreme songs is never ending.
Costello's voice still has the same quality, clarity and tone as 30 years ago.
Imagine being able to write such wonderful music AND sing like this.
I agree, it is almost painfully beautiful.
I had no idea Elvis Costello had such a great voice. And Burt Bacharach is just amazing!
Thank you, Mr Costello.
Bacharach is my all time favorite musician, I am so glad you collaborated with him. What a joy and pleasure that must have been. Great song.
One of the best musical collaborations ever
One of my favorites of both of theirs. Rest in Peace Burt Bacharach
What a match made in Heaven, these two make.
Please... one more album! Do it one more time! It is one of the best albums EVER!
My mom played this album all the time as a kid and I hated it. But now I love it!
Same but I loved it then and love it now.
The fucking horns @ 2:10 are so classic Bachrach it brings tears every time
What a treat to have tearful music. Rock on and snot bubbles. I hear ya
This song is one of a series of songs on an album that is nothing short of sensational.
Explain to me what's the meaning behind a) the toledo ohio spain metaphor, and
b) the ohio spain reference and that of florence, paris and rome??
@@harshbhandari9070 Are you stupid? Names of the US towns Are imported From Europe... Even Toledo
@@harshbhandari9070 I believe it has something to do with lesser versions of a true love. Florence alabama is certainly no florence italy, same goes for toledo OH and spain(I say as a toledo native). Perhaps the meaning is he's made mistakes, but "how could I truly love anyone else but you? Anyone else would be a pale facsimile of you"
RIP Burt, an absolute legend!
Check out at 2:37 when Burt turns and flashes a grin to the woman over his left shoulder. She smiles back. Burt, you sly devil!
Rest in peace, Burt. LOVED this collaboration so much!!!!
I’ll be in Toledo, Spain on March 26!
Just discovering this music now. Wow. The beauty, the purity, the spirituality... Soul-fulfilling and transcendent.
This a great album (Painted from Memory) that displays Elvis Costello's great power at the top and unique expressive quality. I keep coming back to it and my enjoyment never diminishes.
So blessed to have been alive to enjoy these 2 Great Musicians!❤🎉
RIP BURT😢
Grande....GRANDE! ...e la musica? essa e' l'anima dell'iniverso, che da ali all'immaginazione Riposa in Pace Grande Artista
I came here to experience the collaboration of two great musicians. I am not leaving disappointed. For me, art is a very soulful and personal expression. You either feel it or you don't. These two have taken me to another level. All I can say is this whole CD is brilliant. But be advised, this isn't sippy drippy pop, so It ain't for the shallow. You're gonna have to put on some boots to wade through these waters!
This is such a beautiful beautiful song ❤ cannot stop playing
RIP Mr Bacharach from a fan from Toledo Ohio
So many thoughts about this song. My parents played Burt in our house throughout my childhood. I can't resist his music and lyrics regardless of who sings. I think anyone who has been through a divorce holds these feelings inside.
+Colette Harrington As great as Burt is, he writes the tunes not the lyrics (Hal David mostly for the classic hits), Costello for this one and all from 'Painted from memory'
it,s great to see elvis costello singing the Bacharach song catalog,kudo,s to both gentlemen for the collaboration.
Absolutely wonderful. It’s so hard to find truly fantastic masterpieces like this one.
One big regret I have in life is not going to a Burt Bacharach concert....It just never happened as much as I wanted to go - Still what a musical genius the man is.....Thanks, Burt.
I got to see him once, almost by accident in 2005 in Las Vegas. Went with a friend for a few days, no fixed plans and in a cab on the way into town from the airport saw a billboard that he was performing at the Orleans hotel and decided to go that night. He was great, with an ensemble very much like the one in this video. He sang a lot that night.
We're all thinking of you, Elvis.
The Club everybody dreams of having a table!! Burt, a sentimental musical genius, brings the listener lovers, closer together...Happy Valentines Day Forever Burt!
Wow. Just wow. You can totally see George Jones' influence on Elvis's singing style, such depth and expression. And Burt Bacharach composing. Serious musicians at work.
Yet another need and reason for Music and Performance and Composition to exist in this world where most of us trip over our tongues and fear to express our feelings, even if we could ever express ourselves so well .
I read that a well respected music teacher said "Brilliant. Not ONE single note is wasted in this song.' I couldn't agree more. All the songs they wrote together were amazing. Who would have thought that these two very different artists combined would make such a great writing duo?!
I live in breathless hopes that these two will re-unite and add K.D. Lang to form a fabulous and to-be-fabled trio. If only I ruled the world and could command it to happen...
That would be AMAZING!
Best song on the album.
Who'dathunkit, Bacharach and Costello: Two tastes that taste great together!
Magic 🎶❤️😀👌
This song and album gets better with every passing year. Always a special occasion when two geniuses pair up and pull greatness from one another.
to the 14 people that gave this a thumbs down, please never go on anything music related again. You clearly have no clue.
27 and Luv both of these guys. Nuthin like a Sunday evening with Burt!
It's a thing of beauty.
Nice performance of a long lasting career with Burt Bacharach
They probably don't have a clue because they're bots.
@@seemefeel2 Burt Bacharach writes the music, Hal David writes the lyrics!
RIP BURT BACHARACH. What a legend. His legacy will live on!
Made my day
radio on early morning and this Gem nurtured my ears, made one's day, bugger that , learned to play, it. Loved this ever since.
Fabulous! Like others here I think this album is a masterpiece. Love it!
One of the best collaborations ever. I have always been a massive fan of Burt and also elvis( I was in front of him at a showing of Fantasia ) this a album is fantastic
we will miss you, RIP Burt.
Wonderful song!!! And I was living in Toledo, Spain for a year and now am back home in Ohio, so it makes it even more personal for me... dreaming of that Spanish citadel!
RIP, Maestro.
RIP Mr. Bacharach
Really A Gift!💝🎵
Thank you so much🌹
Burt left us today (02.9.23) but what a body of work, songs that will endure forever.
Love this....love Elvis Costello. I think Burt Bacharach is awesome.
Absolute masterpiece!
I think I have half of the 500K views. Stunning song and performance. RIP Burt.
20 years before the release of “Painted from memory “, Elvis already had expressed his devotion for Burt Bacharach’s music. He made an amazing, thrilling cover of “I just don’t know what to do with myself” in the “Stiff Live” album, a quite difficult record to find. I vividly recommend you to enjoy it. Finally Elvis made his dream come true of working together with Burt, and the result couldn’t be better. “Painted from memory” is undoubtedly a masterpiece, among the best of Elvis Costello discography, with “Get Happy” and “Armed Forces”.
Huh? His voice is distinctive, heartfelt. And Moorish backwater...the "real" Toledo? Holy Toledo indeed!
No one could have imagined in 1977 (with the release of My Aim is True) that Costello had so much talent and depth. He has written so many incredible songs in the past 41 years since that album that it's difficult to choose a favourite. But this is one of them, for me.
I have a new favorite each time I listen to one of his albums lately its been episode of blonde live czcams.com/video/G2VWW-iYL98/video.html
He has so Many songs that I have a top 100 elvis songs.
Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello are musical geniuses.
Thank you. I'm in love with this album..especially this song. Huge EC fan.
First time Ive heard this,,,,,magnificent,,,,why isnt this all over the Goddamned radio ?
Because the radio plays rubbish these days.
No Payola - No Play!
Because People Like Crap.
RIP Burt
He's always been a true talent his aim is always been true
I've been in love with Burt Bacharach for 50 years. He's still got it. Absolutely beautiful interpretation by Mr. Costello.
I always think that Costello's has an identical vocal timbre as Bacharach but much more gifted. Of course I like Burt's singing, but Costello's singing it's like Burt voice with a perfect vibrato. I love this album!
Wow loved the arrangement and the new lyrics!! His voice just keeps getting better with age, what an incredible talent.
Love this song!
Simply brilliant
Outstanding vocals on this track. Amazing song.
Lily Stone ,I SO agree.. often this song is in my mind.. Don't know if you're an Elvis fan,( I assume)😊 I'm kinda addicted to this album..
Michelle R Jackson I love his music. It is an amazing album. 😃
An incredible song from one an album which transcends popular music, by two masters of their art at the very peak of their powers. Has there ever been a better album?
Long time Elvis fan.... This album is one of his BEST!
what a lovely song.
His vocal is as perfect as on the studio recording ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Just amazing. It still amazes me every time I hear this live version that Elvis Costello had this talent and range. Including his whole band the attractions who were all evolved.
What a beautiful song and collaboration.
This song brings me to tears every time...
This is pure genius...a great conglomeration of two great artists....soul and structure and songwriting and great orchestrated pieces....I love this....Timo Himself...
Sounds like when music was music!
I really wish they'd release the entire Elvis & Burt Sessions at West 54th on DVD
I am so obsessed with this man. He was such a talent, a brilliant musician, and in his youth a beautiful man. There will never be another. I am so sad that he is dead. Rest in peace. You were loved by so many.
You guys are seamless. What perfection. My heart is soaring.
Absolutely true. This whole album is a work of art!
Absolutely breathtaking really doesn't get any better than this. Two of the best in the business collaborating you can just feel the emotion of the music pouring out incredible stuff
Fantastic....this album is so strong and Elvis is the King. (the real King)