Does anyone care that Hal David died today?

[Playbilly]

Posted: 9/1/12 at 7:58pm

Just wondering.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 9/1/12 at 9:03pm

Hey, I do! I mean I wrote an RIP on my facebook wall hours back, and if that's not caring...

Seriousl, RIP to one of my fave pop lyicists (OK minus To All The Girls I've Loved Before).

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 9/1/12 at 9:08pm

I care.

Not to the degree that I'm weeping or wailing, but I'll think "oh, too bad", and then go back to watching Full House re-runs, same as people do when they read about the latest massacre in Syria.

People care, but only so much. What do you expect?

Updated On: 9/1/12 at 09:08 PM

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 9/1/12 at 9:13pm

It's also a holiday weekend, so I'm sure a lot of people aren't "plugged in" in any case.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/1/12 at 9:18pm

I listened to Promises, Promises today.

[goldenboy]

Posted: 9/1/12 at 9:27pm

I care. I loved his work.
very underrated.
Rip Hal David

I'll never fall in love again.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 9/1/12 at 10:48pm

As Jay implies, it's not quite the tragedy it would have been if he had died young, or of a terrible longterm disease, as awful as that is to say in a way. He lived a good life, he lived to be a very good age. Actually, just a few days back I was looking him up to see how old he was.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/2/12 at 7:07pm

In memoriam. 14 minutes of Hal David lyrics, sung by his greatest interpreter Dionne Warwick.

http://youtu.be/dbbFgdHEEKM

Walk on by, Mr. David, and rest in peace.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 9/2/12 at 7:26pm

I certainly appreciate Hal David. Although I respect Dionne, I much prefer this version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlr-gS1VhWY

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 9/2/12 at 7:28pm

I cared. I was listening to my recording of the 1997 Encores Cast of PROMISES, PROMISES in his honor.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 9/3/12 at 6:19pm

Eastwood cares.

He tweeted: A chair is still a chair. Even when there's no one sitting there.

Updated On: 9/3/12 at 06:19 PM

[NYadgal]

Posted: 9/3/12 at 6:29pm

I cared.
And do care.

...I just didn't post on your thread.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 9/3/12 at 8:48pm

"Weeks turn into years
How quick they pass
And all those stars
Who never were
Are parking cars
And pumping gas."

One of the simplest and most elegant pop lyrics ever written.

Updated On: 9/4/12 at 08:48 PM

[Broadway Baby8]

Posted: 9/3/12 at 9:32pm

Love, love, love the music of David/Bacharach! I never tire of listening to their work.

RIP Hal David

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dONEpiMwVRA

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 4:39am

A bief, sweet piece from Burt about hiw relationship with Hal http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-hal-david-burt-bacharach-appreciation-20120904,0,2503388.story

[allofmylife]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 7:43am

Like everyone else, I played my srattchy 33 of "Promises, Promises" and tried to think back to the night Hal and Burt thrilled me at that show. Good times then, sad time now.

Fair trade.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 10:52am

People can care deeply without posting or tweeting about it. I do.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 12:46pm

I wonder what made Playbilly start caring at 7:58. Why did he not care most of the day?

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:02pm

Is anybody there? Does anybody care?

[newintown]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:04pm

Define "care."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:14pm

Did you care enough to post a superior, passive-aggressive thread about it?

I think not!

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:24pm

Poor Hal David, may he rest in peace.

Somewhere in an alternate universe, instead of a passive-agressive scolding that brings out the defensiveness in all of us, we might have had a lovely thread to follow, touting the man's incredible legacy.

Ah, well ...

Can we be living in a world made of paper mache?
Everything is clean and so neat
Anything that's wrong can be just swept away
Spray it with cologne and the whole world smells sweet

Ice cream cones and candy bars
Swings and things like bicycles and cars
There's a sale on happiness
You buy two and it costs less

Updated On: 9/4/12 at 01:24 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:34pm

Winner of most obnoxious thread title ever! Congratulations!

RIP Hal David

[Broadway Baby8]

Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:59pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kgw9alJBWI