Arthur Lee and LOVE - My Little Red Book- Burt Bacharach

[priapus56]

Frankly, I haven't heard a BAD version of this song. Love's, Manfred Mann's, this guy's... They're all FAB.

[simonsbuddy]

Geez...why not sync the album version? Using Tom Jones is just...wrong.

[raddmann99]

wow i'd never heard burt's version - I just emailed this link to Tom Jones

[SunnyDays951]

Ground breakin' genius talent......

[ShelleBelle69]

changing the key is no big deal,it made the song sound stronger.keys often changed on old recordings due to speed modification anyway.compare rush studio to live for exampla

[SpiceyBoy99]

awesome song :o best

[archaiclonelystar]

Gênio e maldito...

[valterjose]

Genio desconhecido...

[pretorious700]

lol, that's so weird...the lounge version...Love's version was lean and mean.

[tonymiddleton11]

To zbestwoun2001 It seems strange that you insult the piece on Arthur Lee's link when it's has gotten 75,648 hits while, using TONY MIDDLETON'S vocals. I do perform every week in NYC.I hope you still have your day job!! I'd like to know what YOUR talents are. If you have any, I'd like you to present THEM to me!

[jukeboxjonnyv]

@tonymiddleton11 Dear Tony, you have to realize that you covered a song that is iconic to 3 generations. The first which is mine, the second which is the punk generation and now with the resurgence of a new punk style. You are going to take some hits for the Tom Jones styling to a Love classic. You may be talented and I will assume that you are but get your leather skin on. This song is being hit on not tonymiddleton.

[zbestwun2001]

This really is seriously bad.

I knew Arthur and I am sure he is having a good laugh up there listening to this piece of junk.

[timjmoran]

wow.. what an odd version!! NOTHIN' Like the one most folks know of as Love's version. This is a lot closer to Manfred Mann's version- which is also really great, of course.

[11xzxzxz]

Someone should die for this injustice. You don't even joke about stuff like this. It was bad enough that Love was ignored but this is criminal. Tony Bennett Singing? He would do better.

[durgaaa]

@11xzxzxz --why don't you read the description and find out why the music is not Arthurs.

[11xzxzxz]

@durgaaa I did read and attempted to add a little humor to a sad situation.

[jeffdeanable]

Pretty fuckin' weird. The chorus is really bad...really weird. Where people come from with their "art", people like Burk Bakarakarak, is unknown, completely. Why would anyone think this arrangement was something that should be presented? Love is awesome, of course. This video was educational, though. Burk sucks. Peace.

[SherryBucher]

Me too Jimmy61stl!!!! Ilove Love and Lee, 'still have my original album...love,love,love them. Trying to get my 34 yr.old daughter to listen to them

[priapus56]

So, whose version is this?  Pretty good I reckon.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

@priapus56  Soul singer Tony Middleton

[MrPsychoSquid]

it's that song from 'what's new pussy cat'!! :D

[lifepod2036]

Damn this song is cool. I'm curious about something.. Why is Authur so fair skinned in the 60s and very dark in the last years of his life? Usually people of African decent (half?) get lighter as they get older. He did the opposite of Michael Jackson. not being funny.. so don't be offended, just though it was interesting. But why did you change the song. His song was better.

[11xzxzxz]

More Sinatra than Arthur Lee and that is why I don't like it much. 

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

I enjoyed this version...the band was there, but the music in the background was not that of Love's, it was Burt Bacherach....someone many of us know too well for big instrumentals like Wonderland by Night & Africaan Beat, back from the early.sixties. anway the lead singer was there and Burt too but the video was off by a second, but a unique and excellent job putting this together and i thankyou for sharing it with me.

[fancherlicious]

So, is there no real live recordings with video from the pre-Four Sail band? That's a damned shame. Should've played Monterey Arthur!

[qwisp]

When did Arthur Lee cut this weak honky version of this song?? The soul and funk is completely stripped! YUCK!!!! It's like a musak elevator version!

[homeelectricco]

@qwisp ........who you calling HonKy.......you porch monkey

[Building529]

@qwisp  Not Arthur. I think this is Tom Jones, not sure. It does sound like musak.

[13loomisst]

It's a bit sad that so many people need to criticize various versions of different songs. Love's version is great, but so is Manfred Mann's. To hear people ridiculing a a wonderful singer like Tony Middleton -- who was responsible for the the timeless Church Bells May Ring as the lead for the Willows -- is missing the point of enjoying the gift of music.

There are different approaches. Make room somewhere inside you. Or turn it off and move on. Life is brief. Don's be small. Don't be a fool.

[manolohaxe]

Arthur and Love changed my world , the good music combined with the best lyrics , they are something special and i am happy that once at least i´ saw them live , well was Arthur Lee and Baby Lemonade performing Forever Changes , the best music album ever made in my opinion and a moment i will never , never forget.

[avidreader57]

f YES

[wart76]

i always loved that sinister undercurrent that Love brought to this tune...listen close to the way arthur phrases the line "there ain't no girl in my little red book..."pure classic....Love forever!

[Jimmy61stl]

Of course it's not the right music, but this clip is worth it just for the sake of the video footage. There's very little out there from 60's era Love. At least there's a tiny bit they missed at the end...lol

[arthurlovelee]

@Jimmy61stl - well finally there is a a real arthur lee fan - for these people who can't figure it out , this is the only way to watch this footage - if it had the original music and intro - dick cluck will censor it and take it off - i have had the original taken off 2 times - thank you again Jimmy61stl!

[dylantest]

What the hell is this? It's not Arthur!

[folkrockm14]

he is an innovater man.

[bobbydowns]

The Standells version, for my money, is the best

[askysbottom]

Burt had a problem w/Arthur's version...he liked this uninspired take...very similar to Manfred Mann's from the movie, What's New Pussycat. Love did it the best....sorry Mr. Bacharach...they were ultra hip Elektra artists!!!

[MattHatter]

This is freakin' hilarious! Wow, Arthur really put a lot of emotion into his vocals for this performance! Where are the girls?! At least we get a second of the real thing at the very end.

[poorfred1]

Well at least the video portion isn't being taken off. Thanks for keeping it posted. The copyright holders who pull music off are such boneheads. I don't feel for the record companies at all, consdering all the disappointing vinyl and CDs i've bought over the years.

A lot of youtube users wind up discovering new music and actually buying it (me included), so what are the copyright holders really gaining by pulling so many songs. It seems like they're throwing away free advertising.

[tonymiddleton11]

@poorfred1

First of all, this is not ARTHUR LEE & LOVE!!! singing "Little Red Book"!!! This is an outrageous ripoff. The vocalist is Tony Middleton & this is me!! You can check out my recording on YouTube by jimmytheferret. I want to thank all of you who recognized this misrepresentation! Obviously, Arthur Lee & Love loved my rendition or they would not have used it!! Poor Arthur Lee & Love can't even sing their own song!!

Tony Middleton

[sparkyization]

Sour grapes, man

You should be flattered. That was a great tune and that was ... an entertaining cover.

I like Burt's stuff. He was certainly a huge part of the sixties legend ;-)

[tonymiddleton11]

Sour Grapes? Since when is "fraud" called "sour grapes"? In many situations people get sued for "fraud". No one calls it

flattery!!

Tony Middleton

[sparkyization]

I tried to post a response to this from my eMail uTube's comments link but it didn't stick. DAMN YOU YOUTUBE!!

Anyway, If you did this klip then WHY didn't you get paid? What were you doing there in the first place? You must have went into this with "eyes wide open"...

"Methinks the lady doth protest too much .... "

[tonymiddleton11]

@sparkyization

I think you should stay out of business that is not your!

Tony Middleton

[sparkyization]

Look, Tony. You are the one complaining. I think also that you should have been paid and got proper billing but you should have had a contract or something. Getting burned is a Hollywood thing so, I guess, you need to move on & chalk it up to "tuition on the skool of life"

Sorry, Bro. I LOVED this vid ;-D

Don't let all this discourage you from doing it again!

[zbestwun2001]

@tonymiddleton11 Hey Tony... as they say in the biz.. Keep Your Day Job.....

[toninhospessoto]

This version is from Burt Bacharach himself, taken from the album Hit Maker!. The singer is Tony Middleton.

[naisammon]

Deceptive..lame..

[Sarahfreckle]

The product of a deranged mind!

[waninghope]

Arthuer Lee Is rolling over in his grave!!!!! ???? What is this foolishness??

[manaledo]

Cheer up folks noone died in the making of this.

Look at "Lobelia Sound" and spill your bile

[markdeanellen]

it aint even Manfred Mann.

[brah]

this is the LAMEST thing i've ever seen. put up the original or take it down

[Syntox]

I know you had to take the file down so it's nothing against you...but still...Manfred Mann has always been terrible and this version is a fucking TRAVESTY.

[motorcityrocker]

@Syntox Amen.

[MotownConnoisseur30]

At least it's the right chords!

[solord]

Complete bogus. If you want to put o the Manfred Mann original, then just put the damn one on! It just looks and sounds cheesey with Love's video on it. It's just plain DUMB.

[homeelectricco]

why are we seeing love but, hearing manfred mann ?

[emiliobatiste]

Wtf, keep sayin' that it breaks my heart but this version is crap. Love had much better moments than this. There's a total missing o rhythm. Try Manfred's Mann. It's much better than this. The Tempo, The nerves, the flute and the singer right on time!

$ir Dancelot

[themancable]

@ emiliobatiste:

That was good!

Wacky sense of humour.

[Natokowsky]

unholy god. why this him?

why not elton john or chris martin?

[BigBishop1]

why

[gethepicture]

hey, burts got a fro.

[phantomofthedrivein]

get your facts straight!

[amriirma]

where did the up-timed version go?

thisa is S h i t!!!

(only at the end we get a spark of the REAL love...)

[titostacos]

"but they keep taking the original clip OFF due to dc" ...what's dc?

[PamK36]

Dick Clark I assume.

[Khultan]

Wow!!!

[DikkSteini]

I HAVE NEW RESPECT FOR BACHARACH.

[thingthing94]

This should have been with Arthur Lee and Love the original is shit!

[burgersoft777]

Love's version is better. The odd thing is that Arthur did it from memory and got it wrong (our very right if you prefer) the original is in a minor key but love's is transposed to a major key. I think most would agree that Lee managed to pull something special out of the bag with his interpretation which incidentally Bacharach didn't like.

[pyenapple]

@burgersoft777 And THEN, shortly after, Pink Floyd was playing around with the Love version and came up with "Interstellar Overdrive". I'd say it's a damn good thing Bacharach wrote "Little Red Book" in the first place since it gave us the Love version AND "Interstellar Overdrive".

[msu7208]

@pyenapple .. jees it's true ! .. i've been playin' both the two songs since i was 17 but never noticed that before ...actually that descending melody is pretty similar, where did you get that anecdote from .. ?

[pyenapple]

@msu7208 Actually, I can't remember! Perhaps it was in the liner notes of the 2-disc "Love Story" box set/compilation that was out in the '90s? Something like that. But yeah, what a weird turn of events! To have it go from being this cute Burt Bacharach thing, then having Arthur grab it up to really turn into a different beast and THEN it finally mutates into "Interstellar Overdrive"...it's the pure genius of music, really, in microcosm. :)

[zbestwun2001]

@burgersoft777 and Burt hated it I heard...*S*

[MelissaYeuxdoux]

@burgersoft777 I agree wholeheartedly. I utterly admire Burt Bacharach's talent, but the way the Manfred Mann version sails on clouds of strings into the EM7/CM7 on "over you" kind of gives the lie to the torment of the lyrics, sort of "ha ha, just kidding, I'm OK". Love keeps enough of Bacharach's sophistication but the simple arrangement and that discord of singing "you" on E against the Bm and then keeping the tension up with "oh no" dropping to a D against the Am just rips your heart out!

[bigbass3]

Arthur made it his. Period.

[tfcrew]

This is Burt Bacharach singing.. it is not Arthur Lee and Love...Wierd

[MotownConnoisseur30]

It's actually Tony Middleton singing backed by Bacharach's orchestra

[11xzxzxz]

This version sucks .. I mean the original is great and Hard to believe that Burt wouldn't love it .. the original is infectious as hell.

[klaus0]

tÃO BOA QUANTO A VERSÃO DO mANFRED mANN!

[sparkyization]

A textbook illustration of the Hollywood teen scene going stellar mainstream

Lee skyrockets to greatness.  Peter Sellars thought so too in "What's New PussyCat"

[mrbe5a1r]

Interesting Bacharach had a low opinion of Lee's rendition of his song "My Little Red Book". Hmmm........

Maybe Burt's original rendition warrants some airplay on "Lost Discs Radio" on the internet station WBCQ????

[rocksinger45]

I was always aware of Burt's connection as the writer of this song but never heard this version, to think that Arthur Lee & love heard something better in the demo shows how talented his musical ear was.

RIP Arthur Lee

[takealongline]

DOCTOR, MY EARS!! Holy shit, does this version ever suck. I agree with all the previous comments, the LOVE version is a thousand times better.

[giles422]

wow- this stinks- get the Love version!

[bethlaster]

Ditto KellyGreen - someone post the LOVE version - 1000 times better

[BloodyInsane]

fuck youtube, it became extremely gay when google bought it >:( erasing this and that... uggh

[909kong]

THANKS! I was wondering why my favorite videos started disappearing; I'm gonna find somewheres else to go....

[MuzzikLvr]

I don't get the point. Bloody waste of time :{

[whirlized]

Well, this is just so much chopped liver!

[goodie2shoes]

wtf happend here??!!

:-(

[eljako123]

shit, love is so much better

[zbestwun2001]

UNLISTENABLE

[trefethenuniverse]

OMG!!!  NOOOO

[Flunder]

I sheesh...this shatters the Love version. talk about bummer in the summer. :(

[KellyGreen5555]

Could someone please post Love's real performance of this song?

[GayleMI]

Bacharach composed the song; not aware that he ever recorded it himself. Per Wikipedia, Manfred Mann did a version for the What's New, Pussycat? soundtrack (rather tame compared to Love's version). Actually, the version you posted is kind of interesting, just not what I was expecting.

[minutegongcoughs]

I wouldn't take anything you see in Wikipedia as carved in stone. A lot of info gets changed all the time and some is input from unreliable sources.

[GayleMI]

Absolutely understood, sir. One just does what one can to fortify one's assertions. Or, as Fats Waller said, "One never knows, do one?"  I mean, really.

[GayleMI]

WTF????

[fatcatbuzz]

Burt Bacharach did the original version. Arthur Lee liked the song and covered it from a movie with this song.

[MarkLipka]

UNLISTENABLE.

This is not LOVE.

[Jazzy9964]

OMG!! Where is Arthur Lee's Voice!! YOU BUTCHER!!!

[RosaB61]

sounds like Tom Jones!

[bluevelvet7474]

Agreed, Love's version is better. This version sounds overproduced, it has a wobbling quality that's irritating.

[zzzimbob]

The audio on the first 2:20 of this video is not by Love. It's from a straight pop version of the song by another group with horns and girl singers. - and it's not even in synch with what's going on in the video. What is this???

[supremeking1230]

Actually it is Tony Middleton and it is far better than Love's version. Love changed the lyrics and follow the wrong chord progression, aka the reason why Bacharach disliked their version.

[friendlier]

I do love Tony Middleton's version, but it's apples and oranges to compare it to Love's. Arthur Lee envisioned it in a hybrid garage rock setting. The results are, I think, mindblowing. Much more urgent, and you actually believe that he's the heel who would proclaim that lyric.

[fatcatbuzz]

Burt Bacharach did the original version. Arthur Lee liked the song and covered it from a movie with this song.

[slewpi]

Great Elevator Song eg Muzak

 really

[bobvar]

Great cover of the Bacharach classic.