[zarf]

Louis Armstrong and Bob Dylan are a lot more important then Der Bingle.

Possibly Dylan but Armstrong's in a completely different bag so he's not relevant to the discussion.

However, Dylan acknowledged his debt to Sinatra.

[wideawake]

Armstrong's in a completely different bag so he's not relevant to the discussion

Frank Sinatra considered himself a jazz singer, and Sinatra's behind-the-beat, ahead-of-the-beat virtuosic phrasing - the "swing" in his delivery - comes directly from Louis Armstrong who invented the style.

I can't think of a musician more relevant to a discussion of Sinatra than Armstrong.

[knews_hound]

I first noticed a sudden uptick in Bob Dylan articles maybe a couple of months ago, when instead of Pamela Anderson's breasts or J-Lo's bottom bursting through the National Post masthead there appeared to be a shriveled penis that had spent way too long in the bath. On closer inspection, this turned out to be Bob Dylan's head. He was, it seems, getting ready to celebrate his birthday. For today he turns 60.

Sixty? I think the last time I saw him on TV was the 80th birthday tribute to Sinatra six years ago, and, to judge from their respective states, if Frank was 80, Bob had to be at least 130. He mumbled his way through "Restless Farewell", though neither words nor tune were discernible, and then shyly offered, "Happy Birthday, Mister Frank." Frank sat through the number with a stunned look, no doubt thinking, "Geez, that's what I could look like in another 20, 25 years if I don't ease up on the late nights." From the Mark Steyn Article - HOW DOES IT FEEEEEEEEEEL?

Apparently, Steyn likes Frank a lot more than Dylan.

Go figure.

Cheers,

knewshound

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