Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
#0Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:53pm
I'm in a Sinatra mood tonight. What are your thoughts of his work? Have any of you seen him live?
My grandfather remembers paying 25 cents to see him at Radio City.
To Kill A Mockingbird
#1re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:57pm
I love his music. SO many great songs, and no one had a voice like that.
Favorite songs: Summer Wind, My Way, and That's Life
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/1/06 at 7:58pm
Great music to listen to at home with your mate having wine & cheese & light by candles
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Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:07pmI agree, Mr. Roxy!
To Kill A Mockingbird
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Posted: 9/1/06 at 8:54pm
I saw him live in Kansas City in 1981. He was fantastic.
He sang with a big band, and then did his second set with only a guitar accompanying him. Sheer genius, and that's when I really was blown away. No tricks, no "smoke and mirrors" or hiding behind the arrangements. Just Francis Albert Sinatra and a guitar.
And then he finished up with the band again... ending with New York, New York.
One of the best concerts I've been to... ever.
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Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:10pmThat's so funny. I just got a new phone and was uploading The Way You Look Tonight for my best friend's ringtone. She loves Sinatra.
#6re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:12pmSomeone seriously has to get me to think about the actual person and not the HS, when one mentions "Frank Sinatra".
#7re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:15pm
My favorite Sinatra song is a (very) obscure one.
He played the Stage Manager in a TV musical version of "Our Town." I kid you not!
It starred Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint (did they actually sing??). I'm dying to see this, if a video even exists.
Anyway... he sang two songs in it. One became a big hit: "Love and Marriage" which is the opener for Act II.
The other was the title song, "Our Town." My favorite Sinatra song of all time. Corny and sentimental as it is. It's on his Capitol Records box set, for anyone interested in checking it out.
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Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:16pm*kicks Marlene till she cries and runs off*
#9re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:18pmLove Love Love him. My favorites are The Way You Look Tonight, Summer Wind, I Won't Dance, Fly Me to the Moon, and of course, New York New York.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/1/06 at 9:48pm
Some his best albums are some of his lesser known ones
Watertown
A Man Alone
#11re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/2/06 at 10:11amOne of the few old male singers I can tolerate. I love the guy.
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Posted: 9/2/06 at 4:06pm
I rather enjoy his version of "Ole man River"
While certainly not like Paul Robeson, he sings it beautifully.
I also love his "Lady is a Tramp"
#13re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/2/06 at 5:29pm
When [if??] I get married, I know I want to play Fly Me To the Moon & Almost Like Being In Love. And what could be more fun than putting New York, New York on full blast and doing fake, over-the-top Broadway dances in your living room?
I love Sinatra, but no, I've never seen him perform.
I'm only 18, after all ...Though I swear I should've been born about ninety years earlier than I was. =P
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LaurenB
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/04
#14re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:34pmSaw him live years ago in Los Angeles (Universal Amiptheatre). I was not a fan, but wanted to see what the legend was all about. He blew my socks off. His voice was definitely on the downhill, but he still had "it". Loved his concert recorded live at Madison Square Garden, the one where he was introduced by Howard Cosell. Some of my favs: I've Got You Under My Skin, Come Fly With Me, Devil Moon (Finian's Rainbow), Best is Yet to Come.
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#15re: Frank Sinatra
Posted: 9/2/06 at 7:39pmI've seen him live, twice. Once in 1970 and once in the late 80's, with Liza and Sammy. He was great. I love the film HIGH SOCIETY, which would be my favorite with Frank.
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