Stunning song reminiscent of 60’s Bacharach. Elvis Costello sings this song so beautifully.❤

EC sits down with the greatest of the greats, and manages to help them elevate their writing. What a master.

RIP, Burt Bacharach. What a brilliant run.

If you don’t own the Painted From Memory album, get it and know that 3/3/2023 a beautiful box set of all their work together will be released along with a 2CD set & a 4 vinyl set. (Amazon has them). Rest in light & love and thank you for all the beautiful music Burt.❤

Elvis Costello is one of the greatest lyricists is music history. The words he uses to paint a picture are so unique and intelligent. And Burt Bacharach? My all-time favorite composer/arranger. The album is a masterpiece.

I'd have paid a LOT of money to witness and hear this sublime concert

Costello's voice still has the same quality, clarity and tone as 30 years ago. Imagine being able to write such wonderful music AND sing like this.

Just revisited this today. Such beauty. RIP Burt Bacharach.

This is so beautiful... the whole album is a piece of art

One of the best musical collaborations ever

To a lover of Bacharach and Elvis, this song/arrangement/performance is pure Heaven.

Elvis has the spark needed for a Bachrach song. Cool.

RIP Burt Bacharach. What a loss. So happy he left us with all this great music.

Thank you, Mr Costello. Bacharach is my all time favorite musician, I am so glad you collaborated with him. What a joy and pleasure that must have been. Great song.

One of the great records of the last 25 years. Perfect.

This was a Grammy Winning album...every song is perfect...listen to "Painted From Memory"....completely awesome...my wife and I have been dancing to this album for years...Burt Bacharach just has such an incredible touch in crafting a song...and it's difficult to beat Elvis Costello sing a ballad...

RIP Mr Bacharach from a fan from Toledo Ohio

Burt Bacharach's catalogue of supreme songs is never ending.

So blessed to have been alive to enjoy these 2 Great Musicians!❤🎉 RIP BURT😢

Grown folks music. The artistry of these two for me was an unusual pairing, or so I thought, until hearing this compilation of their work together. I get it now. The melodies and how the lyrics are treated are,for me, purely and masterfully done. This one in my opinion is a classic album.

One of my favorites of both of theirs. Rest in Peace Burt Bacharach

Rest in peace, Burt. LOVED this collaboration so much!!!!

I agree, it is almost painfully beautiful.

I had no idea Elvis Costello had such a great voice. And Burt Bacharach is just amazing!

I have said for years as a singer/songwriter myself in awe of this album, that it could be used to teach a Master Class in writing/arranging/ producing. There isn't a wasted note, a wasted syllable on the whole record.

The Club everybody dreams of having a table!! Burt, a sentimental musical genius, brings the listener lovers, closer together...Happy Valentines Day Forever Burt!

Check out at 2:37 when Burt turns and flashes a grin to the woman over his left shoulder. She smiles back. Burt, you sly devil!

Just discovering this music now. Wow. The beauty, the purity, the spirituality... Soul-fulfilling and transcendent.

RIP Burt, an absolute legend!

I’ll be in Toledo, Spain on March 26!

Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello have transformed life with this music, it is so great, so warm, so real. Thank You Both, Paul Shandling, Chicago

This is such a beautiful beautiful song ❤ cannot stop playing

I read that a well respected music teacher said "Brilliant. Not ONE single note is wasted in this song.' I couldn't agree more. All the songs they wrote together were amazing. Who would have thought that these two very different artists combined would make such a great writing duo?!

it,s great to see elvis costello singing the Bacharach song catalog,kudo,s to both gentlemen for the collaboration.

Absolutely wonderful. It’s so hard to find truly fantastic masterpieces like this one.

Best song on the album.

This a great album (Painted from Memory) that displays Elvis Costello's great power at the top and unique expressive quality. I keep coming back to it and my enjoyment never diminishes.

Please... one more album! Do it one more time! It is one of the best albums EVER!

Wow. Just wow. You can totally see George Jones' influence on Elvis's singing style, such depth and expression. And Burt Bacharach composing. Serious musicians at work.

I came here to experience the collaboration of two great musicians. I am not leaving disappointed. For me, art is a very soulful and personal expression. You either feel it or you don't. These two have taken me to another level. All I can say is this whole CD is brilliant. But be advised, this isn't sippy drippy pop, so It ain't for the shallow. You're gonna have to put on some boots to wade through these waters!

RIP BURT BACHARACH. What a legend. His legacy will live on!

We're all thinking of you, Elvis.

What a match made in Heaven, these two make.

Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello are musical geniuses.

Toledo is an accomplished work of art.... Few songs have achieved my favorites list but this one is enduring the test of time.....

RIP, Maestro.

Huh? His voice is distinctive, heartfelt. And Moorish backwater...the "real" Toledo? Holy Toledo indeed!

This album makes me relish in broken hearts. It makes heartache seem beautiful

Magic 🎶❤️😀👌

Who'dathunkit, Bacharach and Costello: Two tastes that taste great together!

I think I have half of the 500K views. Stunning song and performance. RIP Burt.

It is absolute beautiful, Two genius.

we will miss you, RIP Burt.

RIP Mr. Bacharach

Grande....GRANDE! ...e la musica? essa e' l'anima dell'iniverso, che da ali all'immaginazione Riposa in Pace Grande Artista

His vocal is as perfect as on the studio recording ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My mom played this album all the time as a kid and I hated it. But now I love it!

Sounds like when music was music!

The fucking horns @ 2:10 are so classic Bachrach it brings tears every time

Wonderful song!!! And I was living in Toledo, Spain for a year and now am back home in Ohio, so it makes it even more personal for me... dreaming of that Spanish citadel!

This song and album gets better with every passing year. Always a special occasion when two geniuses pair up and pull greatness from one another.

Bacharach-Costello…May the Masterpiece produced from this beautiful alchemy never fade away

Burt left us today (02.9.23) but what a body of work, songs that will endure forever.

Made my day

I always think that Costello's has an identical vocal timbre as Bacharach but much more gifted. Of course I like Burt's singing, but Costello's singing it's like Burt voice with a perfect vibrato. I love this album!

Really A Gift!💝🎵 Thank you so much🌹

I am so obsessed with this man. He was such a talent, a brilliant musician, and in his youth a beautiful man. There will never be another. I am so sad that he is dead. Rest in peace. You were loved by so many.

what a lovely song.

Fabulous! Like others here I think this album is a masterpiece. Love it!

One big regret I have in life is not going to a Burt Bacharach concert....It just never happened as much as I wanted to go - Still what a musical genius the man is.....Thanks, Burt.

RIP Burt

RIP Burt, thanks for the painted memories.

He's always been a true talent his aim is always been true

This is brilliant songwriting by Burt Bacharach. fellow musicians take note this is how a song should be composed.

20 years before the release of “Painted from memory “, Elvis already had expressed his devotion for Burt Bacharach’s music. He made an amazing, thrilling cover of “I just don’t know what to do with myself” in the “Stiff Live” album, a quite difficult record to find. I vividly recommend you to enjoy it. Finally Elvis made his dream come true of working together with Burt, and the result couldn’t be better. “Painted from memory” is undoubtedly a masterpiece, among the best of Elvis Costello discography, with “Get Happy” and “Armed Forces”.

Yet another need and reason for Music and Performance and Composition to exist in this world where most of us trip over our tongues and fear to express our feelings, even if we could ever express ourselves so well .

So many thoughts about this song. My parents played Burt in our house throughout my childhood. I can't resist his music and lyrics regardless of who sings. I think anyone who has been through a divorce holds these feelings inside.

Love this....love Elvis Costello. I think Burt Bacharach is awesome.

I've been in love with Burt Bacharach for 50 years. He's still got it. Absolutely beautiful interpretation by Mr. Costello.

Long time Elvis fan.... This album is one of his BEST!

Simply brilliant

This song brings me to tears every time...

Absolute masterpiece!

Love Elvis Love Bacharach's music‼

Love this song!

I really wish they'd release the entire Elvis & Burt Sessions at West 54th on DVD

One of the best collaborations ever. I have always been a massive fan of Burt and also elvis( I was in front of him at a showing of Fantasia ) this a album is fantastic

Fantastic....this album is so strong and Elvis is the King. (the real King)

This song is one of a series of songs on an album that is nothing short of sensational.

I’m not a singer / songwriter like Glenn, but I appreciate good music. I “locked” into this CD release over 20 years ago . I agree with Glenn, one song after another , I sat back and enjoyed. The combination of these two artists is just unique and a gift for those of us who just enjoy great music. Reminds me of that duo of Burt Bacharach and Dion Warwick back in the day . One great song after another.

One of the saddest songs every written. So beautiful.

What a beautiful song and collaboration.

I live in breathless hopes that these two will re-unite and add K.D. Lang to form a fabulous and to-be-fabled trio. If only I ruled the world and could command it to happen...

Midnight...7/28/23... Chandler AZ, still love listening to this Incredible/ Masterpiece.

Absolutely no one does melancholy or arrangements like Bacharach. A master. And Elvis? Sublime.....

The best, never gets old.

Thank you. I'm in love with this album..especially this song. Huge EC fan.

take me to Toledo, i want to live.

radio on early morning and this Gem nurtured my ears, made one's day, bugger that , learned to play, it. Loved this ever since.

Amazing ... and to think such an incredible song about ... Toledo of all places, but he's right, the spanish town is so beautiful and hard for any american town to live up to.. let alone Toledo, Ohio, but I do wonder if the US Toledo folks feel slighted.