

More YouTube: Lonna Marie brings a ukulele and really nice harmonies.Unique instrumentals: The Holliston Stops, The Fabulous Lounge Quartet.Bacharach/David White House tribute: Lyle Lovett.How did I get here: Actress Tuesday Weld in a time warp… why not? (2010).Alt rockers never die: Odd, but likable version, from Jim O’Rourke and Thurston Moore, the former Sonic Youth frontman.Perfect pop version from Filipino actor-beatboxer Myke Salomon has a countryish feel with acoustic and slide guitars. The Dionne Farris / Charlie Hunter Duo – Always Something There to Remind Me (Burt Bacharach cover) The Dionne Farris / Charlie Hunter Duo’s version is good. In general, it’s as if the song, to no one’s surprise, is aging like an exceptional cabernet. There’s some carryover of the jazz-influenced versions from the ’00s, but the real story up to now is the sophistication and maturity that’s developed. To be clear, we’re also not considering every bad amateur effort out there. Two and a half years shy of the end, we’re about to surpass the total number of “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” covers produced in any decade, including the ‘60s! Like MTV before it, YouTube is helping to drive this output. Click here to read about the ’60s, here for the ’70s, here for the ’80s, here for the ’90s, and here for the ’00s. Today we conclude our look at six decades of “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me,” the timeless Burt Bacharach and Hal David classic.
