Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach?

[Magic Transistor Radio]

Did I hear somewhere that these two were currently collaborating? Maybe it wasn't Bacharach, I don't know, but I thought I heard something about this.

[Don't Back Down]

Yes, they have been collaborating. It's been said that one of the songs they worked on will be on Brian's "rock 'n roll" album.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Not often you see the phrases "Burt Bacharach" and "rock & roll" in the same sentence. 

[SG7]

It died because Alfie and Ding Dang just don't go together 

[Don't Back Down]

Not often you see the phrases "Burt Bacharach" and "rock & roll" in the same sentence. 

I'm glad I was the one who put those phrases together then 

[Magic Transistor Radio]

I was just reading some of my old posts and came across this. Do any recordings exist of this collaboration? Also, I didn't realise that Brian's rock n roll album has been rumored about for the past 10 years! 😀
Could No Pier Pressure be it?

[The Cincinnati Kid]

I was just reading some of my old posts and came across this. Do any recordings exist of this collaboration? Also, I didn't realise that Brian's rock n roll album has been rumored about for the past 10 years! 😀
Could No Pier Pressure be it?

It's actually been rumored since about 1998.

[Lee Marshall]

Brian and Burt worked on that other project what...maybe 10-11 years ago?  Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Marx, Stephen Bishop, Kenny Loggins...an a few more were all a part of it.

[The Shift]

http://youtu.be/n8A_J4KSvRg

What Love Can Do, from the New Music From an Old Friend compilation. One of the very best Brian solo-career pieces in my view, and perfect proof of how his best stuff comes from great collaborations.

Somewhere there's a sound clip of the Bacharach version of this; never heard the full version but would love to.



A little - little - background:
http://toniok.com/track/341771/what-love-can-do-brian-wilson

And some from this board:

I picked this up last night at my local Target, and after a couple of plays here are my initial observations on the Wilson/Bacharach/Krikorian song, "What Love Can Do".  Produced by Phil Ramone and Brian Wilson.  Orchestrated by Paul Von Mertins.  Sung by Brian Wilson, but doubled by another member of his band (or maybe Bruce, I can't tell).  Here are the credits as listed in the booklet:
Piano - Burt Bacharach
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion - Jeffery Foskett
Keyboards, Vocals - Gary Griffin
Guitar, Vocals - Nick Walusko
Guitar, Vocals - Probyn Gregory
Guitar solo - Ted Perlman
Percussion, Vocals - Nelson Bragg Jr.
Keyboards - Scott Bennett
Drums - Jim Hines
Bass - Bob Lizik
Acoustic bass - Dave Stone
Vocals - Taylor Mills
Recorded by Mark Linnett (sic) at Oceanway Studios, L.A.

The song starts the same way as the demo, but with the band singing instead of a bunch of pitchy Brians (it still sounds a little bit out of tune to my ears).  Brian starts the verse right out front, but soon you can clearly hear that Brian is doubled, and in a couple spots (especially at the very end of the song) I can't hear Brian at all.  They did a good job in most places, though, of blending the two voices so that you can get the essence of Brian's voice.  The background vocals sound very good, nice blend of voices, nice vocal arrangement.  The instrumental arrangement is good, as well.  Though the credits don't list them, I hear what sound like real strings.  I may be wrong about them being real, because I am listening on my computer.  I also hear the obligitory Wilsonesque vibes, bass harmonica, woodblocks, and maybe a french horn.  Again, these could be samples, but I can't really tell through my computer speakers.  The song sounds very much like a Bacharach song throughout.  I hear bits that sound Brianish, but it sounds more Bacharach to me.  The chorus is very poppy, not bad.  I don't like the guitar solo at all, I think I could have done at least as well, but he (Perlman) is a bigshot producer and I'm not.  All in all, I'm liking the tune so far. 

[Magic Transistor Radio]

Oh yeah, I've heard that song! I don't recall if I knew that was a Bacharach collaboration. Good song!