Posted on 05/17/2008 6:15:19 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Blasphemy!
You love Mobsters also?
Not necessarily. Michael Buble has done them incredible justice.
"In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning".
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Think Mark should challenge Chris Hitchens to a 'write-off'. . .be a close call, if Sinatra were kept off the table.
When Sinatra died, my friend’s father, who played with Sinatra’s band, told me one of his favorite Sinatra stories:
“Sinatra always prided himself on being a big tipper. One night, in 1947, he was staying at the Drake Hotel in downtown Chicago. The bellboy brought his bags up to his room and Sinatra tipped him $100.
The bellboy said ‘Gee, thanks Mr. Sinatra”. Sinatra replied, ‘I bet you’ve never had a tip that big before.’ The bellboy responded, ‘Actually, I have.’
So, Sinatra gave him another $100.
The bellboy said, ‘Gee, thanks again Mr. Sinatra’. So, Sinatra said, ‘So who was the other guy who gave you a $100 tip?’ The bellboy responded, ‘You did, last year.’”
Gave Buble a fair shot, but I just don’t see what all the fuss is about. He certainly has superior range and perfect pitch, but to me his voice has a bland quality — indistinct. For me it’a all about swinging/phrasing, and on that score he doesn’t come close to Frank. ...or any of the jazz legends, for that matter.
I don’t understand your bland quality reference at all, I find immense emotion in his voice. How you described his singing is exactly as I would describe Sinatra’s, and I do like him (Sinatra) and have CD’s of his, but where I find his music and voice to have a beautiful tonality, I find it almost completely devoid of emotion with very few exceptions. He doesn’t bring me to that place. In other words, it doesn’t move me.
I play Frankie’s LP records backwards, just to get a sense of the pure artist he was. But be careful, doing this could get your kneecaps broken in New Jersey.
Read “Unauthorized Biography” by Kitty Kelley. But don’t get caught in public with the book.
The emotion in Frank’s voice is subtle and masculine; Buble’s, otoh, is overly sentimental and feminine.
But as I mentioned, for me it’s mostly about phrasing and swinging, and Buble can’t hold a candle to Sinatra on that score. He’s just not a jazzman.
I far prefer Harry Connick Jr. to Buble as far as the younger generation goes. Harry’s a true throwback.
I once heard Frank Sinatra sing live. In 1980, during a campaign rally for Ronald Reagan in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles that occurred around the time of the candidate’s birthday, Sinatra led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday.”
Heartily agree. XM 73 Rules!
It’s worth subscribing to XM just to get channel 73.
Sinatra, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Bing, can anybody tell me why we no longer have such singers? Was their great talent for their day alone?
Why DID I buy those blue pajamas?
Buble is starting to get better... his earlier stuff is not that good, his later stuff is starting to be more Sinatra like.
Correction: Frank recorded 2 studio albums with William Basie..the first album “Sinatra-Basie” was released in January of 1963; the second studio album “Sinatra-Basie-It Might As Well Be Swing” was released in August of 1964, then..they recorded a LIVE album together “Sinatra At The Sands”, which was arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones, released in August of 1966. Soo..yes.. Frank loved to sing with Basie’s band..they even did a tv special together in the late 70’s.
Still, there is no way that Basie "carried" Sinatra.
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