Burt Bacharach - Alfie Amazing version

Di che cosa si tratta, Alfie?
È solo per il momento in cui viviamo?
Di cosa si tratta quando fai i conti, Alfie?
Siamo fatti per ottenere più di ciò che diamo
Oppure siamo fatti per essere gentili?
E se solo gli sciocchi sono gentili, Alfie,
allora credo che sia saggio essere crudeli
e se la vita appartiene solo al forte, Alfie,
che prestito concederai ad una vecchia regola d’oro?
Come sono sicuro che ci sia un paradiso lassù, Alfie
So che c’è molto di più,
qualcosa in cui anche coloro che non credono possono credere
io credo nell’amore, Alfie
senza il vero amore semplicemente esistiamo, Alfie
finche non trovi il vero amore che ti manca non sei niente, Alfie
quando cammini lascia che sia il tuo cuore a mostrarti la strada
e un giorno troverai l’amore, Alfie

[@melaniep9687]

Rest in peace, Mr Bacharach, a musical genius who will be greatly missed. Thank you for touching our hearts and souls with your beautiful work.

[@jnagai9972]

✨✨👏👏✨✨

[@evelyndelrosario6884]

God bless his soul

[@janetminoryarnell8483]

Yes God Bless His Soul and Give Burt Heavenly Peace and Joy.

[@lynnadams7017]

But the lyrics were written by Hal David who never gets his credits also. Yes Burt Bacharach is genius but so was Hal who lived to 91

[@dean3434]

So sorry Melanie. I did not know he passed. All the Best Dean Seattle

[@reybarreto7979]

Now I understand why his songs are so beautiful. Because he composed them out of the depths of a beautiful soul.

[@rondeneef]

74.000 sheet sungs. so....

[@johnj.ciervolmhc4624]

I love this song. I love Mr Bacharach, he made my childhood full of the best music and beautiful lyrics.

[@douglasgreen4360]

I feel privileged to have been alive at the same time as Burt & Hal were writing such wonderful music and lyrics.

[@curiousnomad]

We’re watching a true genius composer whose music will live for centuries.

[@annemay7367]

I was sad to hear of Burt Bacharach's passing. All the songs he wrote were beautiful and stylish. Alfie is especially wonderful. May he rest in peace.

[@danielamadeo6877]

ANNE, HAY PERSONAS QUE NUNCA DEBERIAN MORIR, PUES HAN ALEGRADO NUESTRAS VIDAS.-

[@briane5706]

He’s writing new songs with Hal in heaven.

[@TrishBell1]

RIP Burt. Your talent was amazing. Thank you for all the beautiful music you wrote.

[@triconcert]

Beautiful song! Brings tears to my eyes...

[@whynot5716]

This beautiful song makes me sob so easily. Burt and Hal. Wish you guys were here. The world needs your music desperately.

[@dek2254]

The older I get the more I love and understand this wonderful song - Thanks for the download.

[@maria-estelapamittan1496]

So do I.Ijust love all Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs.They are timeless!I enjoy listening to it as i grow older.

[@patricknicholson9407]

Besides being one of best songs by the best composer in pop: the piano playing, my goodness… I wonder when humanity will produce another talent like this. He was on a different level to his contemporaries.

[@user-ot8bk2rm2t]

10数年前、大阪へコンサートに行ったことを思い出す。音楽で、ボロ泣きしたのは、あれが最初で、それ以来ない。今も彼の音楽は、私を色んな方角へ、連れて行ってくれている。

[@torajiiwxt]

合掌・・涙がでます。一番好きな作曲家でした。特にこの曲は特別・・

[@alfonskifmann3976]

Two Songs by Burt Bacharach will be heard for my funeral: What the World needs New is live, and Alfie...

[@TadRapidly]

how can we thank Hal and Burt enough for this? It's impossible.

[@Carlos-ep1si]

Hay una manera, y es muy sencilla, siempre que pueda, escuche su música, sus canciones, y disfrutelo al máximo, estoy seguro que eso es lo que el hubiese querido, de mi parte siempre lo hago, y desde mi corazón le doy las gracias, si supiera la felicidad que siento, esa es mi manera de hacerle un homenaje y de agradecerle.

[@forestkeeper75]

He's the best pop composer ever. He and Hal David's songs are priceless...flawless gem.Thank you🌹

[@clairewood-forrester579]

I've heard Alfie sung hundreds of times but it's never made me cry before. What an amazing rendition. What an amazing soul. Thanks Hal❤

[@cavell52]

Ohh made me cry too. What a beautiful man. RIP

[@multiconsolacion]

It’s the most sentimental song, sung in the most beautiful way I’ve never heard. 😢❤

[@Fyretyger]

RIP, and thanks for blessing us with so many fabulous songs. 🥀

[@raylombardo4186]

don't forget the other half.............Hal.

[@johnyjoh]

It doesn´t get any better than this!

[@josephkane829]

Whitney also said this was her most favourite song of all. The words are so powerful.

[@raylombardo4186]

Then, Kudos to Hal !

[@jeannestrydom2619]

I've surely listened to Alfie countless times, it's like a very good wine it just gets better with time. I am HUGE Burt Bacharach fan, He surely touches ones soul with his music and Absolutely beautiful voice. May his dear soul rest in peace and May the heavens enjoy his talents as much as we did. I thank you for the music Sir Bacharach. 💙🙏

[@TheProhetess]

Alfie is also one of my very favorite and it's played

[@giocondalopez6407]

Mi músico favorito de todos los tiempos. No me cansaré de oírte mientras viva y casi a diario. Tu música me inspira y me da paz y felicidad. Gracias por tu música y tu gentileza

[@grandparolie]

Mr. Burt I have loved your music since a kid now I’m 62 and I love it more thanks for making us happy in a messed up world. 💯👍🏼🙏🏼😊

[@tiffsaver]

The Swingin' Sixties wouldn't have been the same without the talent of this gifted songwriter. His impact on the music and the beauty of this era is immeasurable.

[@zurapDOR]

So true. He and Hal D.

[@derekec]

Yes so true

[@ricklochead1032]

Burt Bacharach was a one-of-a-kind. What a superb individual musician!!

[@sumitatuf4449]

この世で一番好きな曲 歌詞もメロディーも 天国でも歌ってください ありがとう

[@ksavannah808]

Every SINGLE...Bacharach song...is pure joy.

[@kennyedwards2043]

Beautiful. I love hearing Burt sing his own songs. Such a gentle voice.

[@MavisGewant]

so emotional here

[@stefeniedavidmusic]

Can't agree with you there, but his music is wonderful. No doubt about that.

[@rondeneef]

A composer . is a composer on 55years kn

[@Gypsy1194]

Oh my goodness, so do I. 💕💕Always so very tender.

[@Mausgras1]

It's true. Sadly, I never did find the love I missed. And I feel like nothing.

[@Bill_Woo]

tears...

[@donaldeverett714]

One Amazing Night is a 1998 live tribute show performed by artists such as Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, Luther Vandross, Sheryl Crow and others to honor the music of Burt Bacharach.[1][2][3] It was recorded live at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City with Bacharach himself conducting the orchestra and playing the piano.

[@bobsquires4521]

I know there's something much more, something even non-believers can believe in. Rest in Peace a gifted young man, if you could only send some more down. Now we can only imagine how beautiful they'd all be.

[@nitpickle]

Burt Bacharach...one of the greatest of all time. I absolutely adore him and his work.

[@loomingdarks6534]

My beautiful mother use to sing this in the morning when she was young and when she passed on in 2018 i didn't mourn as much but i remembered she loved this song and i thought i could handle it if i went to youtube and played it, it broke me to pieces! I sobbed like a child. And when ever i hear it i stop in my tracks and take it all in.

[@BillSU77]

Truly quoting BURT one of the best lyrics that anyone EVER wrote by HAL DAVID and Burt's beautiful music, amazing! His performance here is exquisite. My favorite song all time.

[@Jean-Louis-Laylle]

In few words: B. Bacharach is a GENIUS.

[@jkoncz]

sorry I couldn't have said it any better Jean!

[@irfanimp]

@@jkoncz DAVİ???!!!!

[@raylombardo4186]

What about H A L ????????????????????

[@Jean-Louis-Laylle]

@@raylombardo4186 Sorry man, I forget Hal, doesn't exist Burt without Hal. Have a nice day.

[@amedeofranchino3779]

Il più grande in assoluto.

[@michelest-jean9686]

Great heart you have dear and is truth dear Burt Bacharrach ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ikubasa]

これを見ながら何度も涙を流した そして今日も特別な涙を流しながら見ました We will miss you, RIP Burt.

[@DonVal86]

Burt sounds like he’s on the verge of crying while he’s talking and singing. This song clearly holds a lot of emotional weight.

[@jonnythunder92]

Thats the beautiful delivery of this song by the master..

[@Fantacell]

He wrote this song with a lyricist who had since passed. The song is beautiful, but he misses his friend.

[@boomusic8229]

I’m sure the wave of emotion in treasuring Hal David’s memory as his most cherished collaborator & dear friend had a lot to do with it!

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

He and the late Hal David's friendship lasted longer and produced better results than most Marriages. I'm just making shit, up. "Who's Hal David?" Michael Palin, from Python, Monty's "The Meaning Of Life." 1983.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

@Darryl Andre Pineapple Yogurt has Pineapple in it, is what i learned. "Anything, with Pineapple, is great for us." Michael Palin, from Python, Monty's "The Meaning Of Life." 1983

[@ithajean]

Thank you, you live forever with the gifts you left us❤

[@claudrebille178]

Burt bacharach top the BEATLES any day

[@exotic_1v1ner74]

I look at comments and I feel sad that people don't know who Burt Bacharach is. He is a legendary song writer composer who wrote songs for many famous and wonderful singers. he had a show many years ago and he, along with another writer wrote many unforgettable wonderful songs. A true musical legend of his time and his music will live on forever. Dionne Warwick was and still is a wonderful performer and singer who Burt wrote many many songs for and was her manager and mentor. He featured as apart of her shows that I lived to watch as a young girl still at primary school. Irrelevant comments and silly nonsensical statements just piss a person off. What i suggest people do, is look at the history in music. Google the hell out of something, know your music, feel it and appreciate it and respect it and the people who create it. If you can do that, then you will learn to love all kinds of genre. if you feel music you are blessed, but if all you want to do is criticize, because you havent got your flow on, then take your minus musically creative shallow soul elsewhere and dont make a comment. So...yes a wonderful man and his performance is in his latter years, and still very wonderful. Love and respect.

[@exotic_1v1ner74]

Oops thats my nephews profile name. My name Agnes devon

[@karmayangzom5497]

+Exotic_ 1v1ner Well put! :D

[@shuroom57]

+Exotic_ 1v1ner He's my #1 inspiration, musically. Of course, my REAL muse is a certain girl I would never dare name on the internet.

[@missduck9]

+Exotic_ 1v1ner I heard Mr. Bacharach perform this in 2009 at the Berklee College of Music. I will never ever forget it--his feeling for the song was truly heartbreaking and beautiful.

[@aninhaprsouza]

Who grew up listening Burt Bacharach's songs (like me) is a very lucky person. Besides, this man is the only one who brought me to a show! No regrets absolutely. Watch his show, being part of this moment, was one of unforgettable things that I made in my whole life. So sad to live in Brazil and probably no more to have a chance to watch by myself, with my very eyes, this genius. I'm sure that his legacy will rest among Chopin, Tchaikovsky and a few others to all eternity.

[@vicentemagraneresteve1071]

Fantástic! Simply the Best

[@Havanafilo]

The Most Beautiful Pair In Whole Wide World ,Truly Amazing .He Is The Best In the World !!!!

[@wisadhaadhitya1666]

What a song with those beautiful melodies and deep lyrics that captured a human dillemma.

[@helenfarge420]

Thank you Mr Burt Bacharach for writing this beautiful song. I raise a glass to you and my wonderful dad - Alfie.

[@solinpookie69]

...Rest In LOVE, Mr. Bacharach!!...

[@rosamariablume8449]

Love the song! "Without true love we just exist, Alfie Until you find the love you've missed You're nothing, Alfie When you walk let your heart lead the way And you'll find love any day Alfie, Alfie 💜

[@briane5706]

Hal David brilliant lyricist.

[@ericfischer2206]

Burt, you were a musical genius. RIP.

[@raylombardo4186]

do NOT forget the other half...............HAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesodonnell6399]

He gave us more than we give a legend gone ,special very special

[@rejanea9802]

Ta musique touche mon âme... R.I.P. Mr. Bacharach!!!

[@okoklalala1]

Thanks for your wonderful songs, especially this one is my lifetime favorite.

[@koyluhasan4248]

I loved his music & lyrics. Pure love.

[@briane5706]

His music. Other’s lyrics.

[@lindarowsalot]

My favorite from the Bachrach songbook. Loved BB.

[@MrBuckoP]

RIP Burt. A legend.

[@laurylienorman8822]

What's it all about Alfie Is it just for the moment we live What's it all about When you sort it out, Alfie Are we meant to take more than we give Or are we meant to be kind? And if, if only fools are kind, Alfie Then I guess it is wise to be cruel And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie What will you lend on an old golden rule? As sure as I believe there's a heaven above Alfie, I know there's something much more Something even non-believers can believe in I believe in love, Alfie Without true love we just exist, Alfie Until you find the love you've missed You're nothing, Alfie When you walk let your heart lead the way And you'll find love any day Alfie, oh Alfie What's it all about Alfie?

[@rondeneef]

ya L..

[@nicolegreene2208]

You are a lovely for sharing this, dear friend

[@caroleh4900]

This is the meaning of life

[@wendyu3403]

There are no words good enough to express the wonder and appreciation of his fabulous music. The world was a better place because of his talents. R.I.P.

[@luxuryfoodblanket834]

What a song man🥰 been stuck in my head since a saw Cynthia Erivo sing it too Dionne at the Kennedy Center ✨

[@ting6827]

とても良い曲ですね。 生きる意味が分からなくなりそうな時にこの曲を聴くと落ち着けます。 ありがとう。バガラック、ハル

[@rrozoff1]

May this gentle soul rest in peace.

[@jeffers2102]

RIP Mr B. I grew up with your music and along with Hal's words, Karen C and Dionne W can STILL literally move me to tears!

[@margaret513]

RIP Mr.Burt Bacharach 💜💜💜🙏 You are the soundtrack to my life and lots of other people too Such a musical genius composer and New Yorker like me! They don't make melodies like this anymore Burt 1928-2023 RIP 🙏Thank you for your beautiful music 💙🎉💙🎉💙🎉💙

[@villageguy13]

I LOVE Burt Bacharach. that's all. Awesome, enduring talent........Gorgeous too.

[@normlor8109]

there very few songwriters who can make we listeners come right into these great songs and Burt and Hal are two of those few people

[@marabarchielli8725]

Affascinante da qui all'Eternità!!!!!!!!!!Nonostante non abbia una voce da cantante anche se sussurrata una sua canzone mettei brividi!!!!!!!!!!

[@milenamagana]

Siempre las susurro desde joven

[@senorkaboom]

Burt Bacharach is amazing..............and so are Henry Mancini, John Williams, Bill Conti, Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, Hans Zimmer, Edward Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, and so many others.

[@sandramolett4556]

senorkaboom Midnight at the oasis with lyrics

[@kathyallen1895]

only men?

[@senorkaboom]

Name 5 women movie composers.

[@ChilesRussellTaylor]

R.I.P. Burt Bacharach! 😢

[@margaritareyes4600]

I grew up with his wonderful music, and now he's gone, he'll live deeply in our hearts, he touched with his UNIQUE music, so many many times throughout years and years..Thanks Burt...YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN...

[@ReggieWhite15]

Brilliant composer! A true legend. ❤️❤️❤️

[@Lesliedipasalegne]

I'm not crying, you're crying!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely beautiful. ❤️

[@derekec]

I had the pleasure to see this genius musical gift to the world in an intimate performance at BBKings NY about 10 years ago. Small stage packed with maybe 12 piece orchestra. Alfie was never a standout song for me despite Dionne and Cilla's classics until Mr. Bacharach played his original version and funny..it's the only song I now definitively remember from the show. I hold that night as one of my dearest memories. (edit - I see a year later I've written the same comment. I guess the truth always comes out in the end..I love the music, yes I do)

[@michelegoodwin1370]

Burt's favourite song. Truly talented man and feel so lucky to have seen him perform live.

[@JohnnyNation]

The greatest American Pop songwriter (with lyricist Hal David) of the last Century and surely the next 100 years !!!###

[@bobdurante512]

Imagine if we were kind what a great world this would be. Can we start today be nice to each other.

[@clairedriver1488]

it should be that simple, bob, shouldn't it?

[@bobdurante512]

songs with a message help me get by day by day Burt wrote all the best songs with this type of message and grand style CLASS all the way

[@wearever908]

xoxo

[@dmtiz]

Bob Durante I tried being nice 2/3 of my life Bob it got me nowhere but the world didn’t take away my love for a genius beautiful Isn it good day bobX

[@carlakelton2139]

Agreed! Kindness is the key to life!

[@theclagjeltema4367]

Ben heel groot fan van Burt Bacharac. Alles van zijn muziek is fantastisch!!!

[@stefaniacondemi6420]

Meraviglioso.... rimarrà negli anni..Burt Bacharach,per chi ,non lo sa .E" ed è stato":un grandissimo compositore... Grandissimo ❤❤❤

[@SuperDickhertz]

Burt is the Clark Cable of songwriting. He’s the gold standard. Even the British Invasion can’t match his stuff. Burt is the music you listen to when you grow up.

[@mariafarias5915]

John J. Bussmann

[@mariafarias5915]

biografia burt bacara

[@mariafarias5915]

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[@shuroom57]

Absolutely Goddamn Right.

[@carlakelton2139]

Agreed-One Million percent!

[@vannigio27]

Grazie per la traduzione e la splendida musica.

[@kyawkyawwin1]

One of the greatest composers of the 20th Century - and thank you for providing Dusty with so many iconic songs.

[@Mama-Ames]

Oh Mr. Bacharach... NO ONE EVER HAS... OR EVER WILL DO the music of Bacharach & David as beautifully as YOU. NO ONE. And without question, YOU do EVERYTHING "Justice." With all my undying love, gratitude & respect always.💕

[@nsimiao]

Burt, a genius behind many hits.A life devoted to music . Great man, a legend, authentic,elegant, unmistakable. A man with big heart, helps many people. His songs are soundtracks of the lives of many people around the world. He captured several kinds of emotions in his musics. And as he says in one of his songs: "The world is a circle without a beginning, and nobody knows where it really ends", so is the music. Burt Bacharach leave a musical legacy of true masterpieces, a universal heritage.[By NSimiao]

[@leejohnson8844]

THE LEGACY OF PERNELL ROBERTS - By NSimiao

[@z-e-r-o-]

THE LEGACY OF PERNELL ROBERTS - By NSimiao ”without beginning” what a deep poetry...

[@carlakelton2139]

Absolutely one of the Best!

[@kandelika2902]

Last week he gave a (sold out) concert in Munich. Couples holding hands, people singing along...Three hours of joy with his wonderful music.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

@@kandelika2902 He ate them, did not he. With "Alfie"redo Sauce.

[@colinvh5459]

this man sings with so much emotion and feeling i just love it

[@lorilechman237]

Amazing Burt Bacharach. He's IS the best.

[@themistermax]

Such an amazingly humble man, for someone so talented.

[@rodcrosser4519]

very humble man Burt. kindness comes right through his music. rod

[@rodcrosser4519]

music was America's expression of love

[@BortoloGori]

THE KING OF THE MELODY

[@suegoad6441]

This so takes me back in time to a happy place when my mum and dad were still with me burt baccarach songs used to fill our home every weekend, miss those warm childhood memories being cocooned in a bubble of love rip my wonderful mum and dad ❤

[@JustCallMeLiberty]

Nice memories of being loved that not everyone has you're truly blessed

[@hansombrother1]

I saw him live in concert in Phoenix AZ 2012. I was lucky enough to shake his hand when he came to the front of the stage.

[@armando500]

Thank you Maesro Bacharach; I grew up with your music and I'll keep it in my mind and heart until I die. It was a pleasure to live in your time. Thank you forever

[@gwenmarie7311]

So Beautiful ❤!!!! Such beautiful Music. I really miss Great Music. smh!!! Songs that mean something

[@manuelespejocastillo8559]

Muchas gracias maestro BURT BACHARACH por sus hermosas creaciones musicales junto con HAL DAVID. Ha sido una invaluable experiencia de amor, que ha estremecido mi corazón y mi alma , durante tantos tantos.❤❤ años.QEPD....Abrazos al cielo desde Chile.Nov.2 de 2023.

[@russevans3586]

I don't know how he made it through without breaking down. He was close a couple of times, but that's what makes him a professional - paying tribute to his friend of so many years and collaborations.

[@matthewmerritt7966]

Burt Bacharach....What more can you say about this great man that hasn't already been said? I first heard his powerful, timeless music as a kid in the early 70s because that's what my parents were listening to at the time. The music he created was not about money. It came from the heart and it had substance and meaning and emotion. We're all blessed to have received his gift of music!

[@steelbill1834]

I remember my mom and dad went to see the "Alfie" at the movies, but I was only 9, so while I didn't see the movie until much later, it was my first introduction to Burt Bacharach and Hal David. I was pretty precociously following music at that age, and I was really intrigued with the music, but not so much the lyrics, because at age nine they were a bit heady. I discovered that he also wrote Dionne Warwicks hit, "Walk On By" prior to "Alfie", which really peaked my interest. Then there were Dionne Warwick's hits, "Do you Know the Way to San Jose", and "I Say a little Prayer". So now I'm really a big fan. However, when I was 12 in 1969, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" was released with "Raindrop Keep Falling on My Head" and so many great score pieces like "The Sundance Kid", "South American Getaway", and "Come Touch the Sun", all of which put me over the top for this great singer and song writer. Thanks for the great memories Burt Bacharach and Hal David!

[@scottalbers2518]

What a sophisticated melody and harmonic setting.

[@magdasanchez89]

I LOVE BURT BACHARACH, THE BEST EVER

[@robertburgess2330]

His genius glowed!

[@juliannesingleton1386]

burt Bacharach. the man the music the legend. behold folks,he and his music have stood the test of time.memories flood back into my mind of the beautiful 1970s flooded with hit after hit by this genius , thanks burt and thankyou youtube for showing future generations what good music was in a time of peace on this beautiful planet of ours.

[@tinfoilhatter]

if you say so....but if you asked me, 'the wildest wish to fly' is way better, -that's rupert hine!

[@johnd2371]

An incredibly beautiful song, arrangement and lyric. I love it's message. I give a standing ovation to Mr Bacharach and Mr David.

[@cyrusnanavati]

A beautiful rendition - what talent we have in this world!!