Pamela Williams Interview Page 4

Smitty:  Yeah.

PW:  It’s a terrible thing to sing about, but they even made me feel happy with that.  It’s like “Okay, I’m not supposed to feel happy in this song but I still do.”  But I just think it’s just what an ingenious way to, in a lyrical content, I think people can definitely relate to those lyrics.

Smitty:  Exactly.

PW:  Just like “I Say A Little Prayer For You,” I love how the lyrics start out saying that, you know, “The moment I wake up, before I put on my makeup, I say a little prayer for you,” you know?

Smitty:  How sweet is that, huh?

PW:  How sweet, you know?  I mean, how sweet is that?  And I’m like lots of ladies can relate to that because it’s like you do think of people sometimes when you’re in the mirror before you get yourself together, you’re thinking of someone else, and I thought “How classy.”  “The moment I wake up, before I put on my makeup, I say a little prayer for you.”  How sweet.

Smitty:  Yeah.

PW:  And loving, you know?

Smitty:  I just think that in the simplest terms that this project, every song is a turn-on.  I just think it is.

PW:  Thank you, thank you.

Smitty:  Yeah.

PW:  Because that was challenging picking the songs too because there are so many great ones.

Smitty:  Yes.

PW:  I’m like “Okay, which ones?”  So I just picked the ones that were always my favorites and that moved me the most, and I just went with those.

Smitty:  Yes, well, you made some remarkable selections and you can’t go wrong with any of them, but you selected some great songs and you did such a magnificent job with them, and I highly recommend this record for all listeners of music because this music, what Burt Bacharach and what Dionne Warwick did, they crossed so many lines.

PW:  Mm-hmm.

Smitty:  And they reached so many people with their music, and I think what you did with this album will certainly enhance that appeal and I think listeners around the world will embrace this project.

PW:  I hope so, I hope so.  I was hoping to be able to do that with this project and it is a compliment to Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick.  You know, these songs, the way they recorded them, for me they’ll always be timeless, they’ll go down in history, I’ll never get tired of listening to them. I’ve heard them hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times.  (Both laugh.)  I never get tired of listening to them and, I mean, I think that’s the beauty of songs that are classic like that.

Smitty:  Yes, well, I think the description on your record says that it’s a celebration of the music of Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach.

PW:  Yeah, yeah.

Smitty:  And I think that’s a beautiful way to put it, yeah.

PW:  Thank you.  Because so many of these songs, Burt Bacharach I know is wealthy just from people remaking his songs.  I mean, how many people have done his music over?  And like I said, it’s timeless.  I mean, for him as a composer and an arranger, he must feel like “Wow, these people…every time somebody does my music, it’s just a compliment to me.”

Smitty:  Yes.

PW:  I mean, that’s how many people that these particular songs have touched.

Smitty:  Yes indeed.

PW:  I just looked the other day, Diana Ross has a new record out. And she does a cover of “The Look of Love” on her new project too. Did you know about that?

Smitty:  Yes I did. And that’s one of those timeless songs, you know?

PW:  Yeah, I know, huh?

Smitty:  Yeah, in fact, I don’t remember the count now, but I was counting how many people have done different songs and that one was always a standout in terms of people doing that song, so it’s timeless.

PW:  Yes. It’s so dreamy. It’s a haunting melody.

Smitty:  Yeah.

PW:  And it’s romantic and when you hear that, it’s a melody that sucks you in, you know?

Smitty:  Yes.

PW:  It takes your ears and it just pulls you right into it.

Smitty:  Yes indeed.

PW:  (Laughs.)

Smitty:  Well, I think that will be the effect on the audiences that hear this record and, once again, I hope people stretch out and get this one and really enjoy it because I think they will.

PW:  Thank you, Smitty.  Thank you.

Smitty:  Well, it’s always a pleasure to talk with you and it’s always a pleasure to hang out with you and you’re always so cool to hang out with and to be around, and Precious too.

PW:  (Laughs.)

Smitty:  And I just can’t say enough about how you have taken your great personality and your whole vibe and put it into this great record.  Pamela, I wish you the best of everything with this great record and can’t wait to see you out on the road doing some of these great songs in a live setting, and congratulations on doing such a magnificent project with this wonderful project The Look of Love.

PW:  Thank you.

Smitty:  All right.  We have been talking with Shanachie recording artist, the amazing Ms. Pamela Williams.  She has a fantastic new project out.  It is called The Look of Love.  It is a celebration of the music of Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach.  Pamela, thanks again and best of everything in 2007 and beyond, my friend.

PW:  Thanks, Smitty.

Baldwin “Smitty” Smith

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