Elvis Costello took a moment to remember Burt Bacharach during his NYC concert.
. “You know, a really great man left us yesterday. And people say, when somebody reaches a great age, they say, ‘well, it was a good ending,’… it’s never time to say goodbye to somebody if you love ‘em. And I’m not ashamed to say I did love this man. And for everything he gave me, Mr. Burt Bacharach.”
Costello then went on to perform a gentle, acoustic cover “Baby It’s You” — which he said he learned after hearing the Beatles’ 1963 cover — as well as one of Bacharach and lyricist Hal David’s indelible collaborations with Dionne Warwick, “Anyone Who Had a Heart” and a tender, solo piano take on the 1961 Drifters song “Please Stay.”
And while the theme of night one of Costello’s Gramercy run was songs he wrote before the 1977 release of his debut album,, he promised that when his longtime bandmate Steve Nieve joins him later in the run they would tackle some of the songs that Costello wrote with Bacharach for the film
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