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So began a friendship that continued when the two worked on "God Give Me Strength," a song for the 1996 drama ''Grace of My Heart'', based loosely on the life of Carole King. "I took the unusual step of writing the top-line melody an faxing it to him, which is a presumptuous thing to do," Costello says. "He's not known to be collaborative on his music, but I wanted to tip the song towards his older material. When I was young his songs made me feel strange, I think because there was tension in them. They became more genial as he got older, and although nobody wants to go back – if someone says, 'Can you write another "Oliver's Army"? I'll show them the door – there are certain things in rhythm and harmonic disposition that are classically 'Bacharachian'. I wanted to acknowledge that musical grammar he once did as second nature." | So began a friendship that continued when the two worked on "God Give Me Strength," a song for the 1996 drama ''Grace of My Heart'', based loosely on the life of Carole King. "I took the unusual step of writing the top-line melody an faxing it to him, which is a presumptuous thing to do," Costello says. "He's not known to be collaborative on his music, but I wanted to tip the song towards his older material. When I was young his songs made me feel strange, I think because there was tension in them. They became more genial as he got older, and although nobody wants to go back – if someone says, 'Can you write another "Oliver's Army"? I'll show them the door – there are certain things in rhythm and harmonic disposition that are classically 'Bacharachian'. I wanted to acknowledge that musical grammar he once did as second nature." | ||
Bacharach's musical grammar had a big impact on the young Costello. His father, Ross MacManus as well as being the voice of the "Secret Lemonade Drinker" on an unforgettable 1973 advert for R White's | Bacharach's musical grammar had a big impact on the young Costello. His father, Ross MacManus as well as being the voice of the "Secret Lemonade Drinker" on an unforgettable 1973 advert for R. White's Lemonade, was a performer with the light entertainment-focused Joe Loss Orchestra. MacManus was a glamorous but unreliable figure, only intermittently in his son's life, "a great guy, but a terrible example as a husband and father," according to Costello. | ||
In the accompanying booklet to ''The Songs of Bacharach & Costello'' there is a photograph of MacManus hanging out with Bacharach at a 1963 Royal Variety performance. "Not just Bacharach, but also the Beatles, Harry Secombe, Marlene Dietrich … they're all there." Costello says. "I had a lot more access to Bacharach than the average kid because my mum was friends with Michael Holliday, who had a hit with Bacharach's "The Story of My Life" in 1958, when I was four, and Dad was bringing the songs home to sing on the Joe Loss Pop Show. As a teenager I was hearing torrid songs like Anyone Who Had A Heart and I began to understand the emotional moments in life they represented. Then I learnt a few chords on guitar and discovered how they were completely beyond me to actually play. | In the accompanying booklet to ''The Songs of Bacharach & Costello'' there is a photograph of MacManus hanging out with Bacharach at a 1963 Royal Variety performance. "Not just Bacharach, but also the Beatles, Harry Secombe, Marlene Dietrich … they're all there." Costello says. "I had a lot more access to Bacharach than the average kid because my mum was friends with Michael Holliday, who had a hit with Bacharach's "The Story of My Life" in 1958, when I was four, and Dad was bringing the songs home to sing on the Joe Loss Pop Show. As a teenager I was hearing torrid songs like Anyone Who Had A Heart and I began to understand the emotional moments in life they represented. Then I learnt a few chords on guitar and discovered how they were completely beyond me to actually play. | ||
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'''''The Songs of Bacharach & Costello'' (Ume) is out on March 3. | '''''The Songs of Bacharach & Costello'' (Ume) is out on March 3. | ||
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