by "Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
Published 06/23/2017 at 14:53
by "Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
Published 06/23/2017 at 14:53
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Because none of you want to admit it.
Frank Sintra just wasn’t as good after he left the Dorsey band. Was No One Cares a good album? Of course. So was the duet album with Tom jobim. But largely? Frank didn’t even make an effort after the Dorseys and he just talked his way through really over-orchestrated shit.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 14:58, STARS: 0
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"$kaycog" (skaycog)
06/23/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 4
He did it his way.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 15:03, STARS: 2
Which was often “not even trying”
"itschrome" (itschrome)
06/23/2017 at 15:17, STARS: 2
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"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/23/2017 at 15:22, STARS: 2
If you think his later music was bad, go watch one of his movies.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 15:31, STARS: 2
I will stand behind The Manchurian Candidate and Tony Rome.
Fun fact: In an alternate universe, there’s a version of Die Hard that stars Sinatra. I want to live in that universe.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/23/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 1
I LOVE the Manchurian Candidate.
In spite of his acting.
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
06/23/2017 at 15:56, STARS: 0
I’m not sure that I’d say we’re all thinking that, considering the large contingent of Oppos who were born after he died, and the even larger contingent (myself included) who were born while he was still alive but lump Sinatra into the category of “music my grandparents listened to.”
I appreciate Frank Sinatra, but truthfully I’ll take “Frank Sinatra” by Cake over any song that the man himself put out.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/23/2017 at 16:18, STARS: 1
Assignment for your next post: write that screenplay, or at least rewrite the memorable quotes for Blue Eyes.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 16:20, STARS: 3
Interior: elevator door opens. The body of a dead German sits in an office chair. A sign around his neck reads:
“Ring-a-ding-ding, mother fucker, now I have a machine gun”
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 2
Sintra died in 1998. No one born in 1999 is old enough to driv...
You’ve ruined my day.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/23/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 1
The whole thing only works if he stays anonymous to the end, because the second the Germans find out who they’re fucking with, they’ll be outta there. No one messes with the Sicilians.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 16:38, STARS: 3
One of my favorite stories goes like this:
Don Rickles was in a restaurant and Frank Sinatra was eating there. So he goes up to him and says “there’s a girl I’m trying to impress. Can you stop by the table and say hi?”
So Sinatra goes up to the table and says “Hi Don.” And Rickles goes “Frank, can’t you see I’m eating here? Get lost.”
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
06/23/2017 at 16:44, STARS: 1
That wasn’t my intent, but at least you can go home and legally enjoy an adult beverage, unlike everyone born after Sinatra died.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 16:45, STARS: 0
I’m going to need a few in order to come to terms with being old.
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
06/23/2017 at 16:46, STARS: 1
I thought Denzel was solid, but Liev Schreiber really knocked it out of the park.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/23/2017 at 16:47, STARS: 0
I’m a huge fan of the original, and never saw the remake - I was afraid it would ruin it for me.
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
06/23/2017 at 16:49, STARS: 1
I was 18 when the remake came out. I’ve still never seen the original. I should probably rectify that.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/23/2017 at 16:51, STARS: 1
You should - it’s truly a great movie, particularly when you consider that it came out around the time of the Cuban Missile crisis, when everyone was paranoid. Sinatra overacts (of course), but I highly recommend it.
"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
06/23/2017 at 16:53, STARS: 1
Frank who?
/jk
"Deal Killer - Powered by Focus" (dealkiller-ii)
06/23/2017 at 17:17, STARS: 1
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I know that feeling. I’m two years away from 50.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 17:21, STARS: 0
Sad Sinatra is the best Sinatra. It’s why I think some of his best recordings were with Jobim.
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
06/23/2017 at 17:22, STARS: 1
And listen to
It was a very good year,
I suppose.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 17:25, STARS: 0
GET OUT OF MY HEAD
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
06/23/2017 at 17:28, STARS: 0
?
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 17:38, STARS: 0
I was listening to that when you posted.
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
06/23/2017 at 17:51, STARS: 1
Oh, I see. Well it did seem to fit the scene of you pondering about the passage of time etc. Also it is one of the very few Sinatra songs (I don’t mean it’s his, just that he used to sing it) which in fact is liked by people who don’t enjoy Sinatra at all.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 17:53, STARS: 0
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Where do you fall on this? Because for my money, that’s his best after the 40s.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
06/23/2017 at 17:59, STARS: 1
Oooh, that sounds good -
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
06/23/2017 at 18:11, STARS: 1
I quite like it – but I heard Jobim’s Insensatez before I ever heard Sinatra’s version with Jobim so my perception is slightly different.
Besides a) I know next to nothing about music and b) not that much about Frankie either.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 18:13, STARS: 0
Same here, though. I’m a huge Jobim fan, but I think that, in contrast to most of his stuff, Sinatra really put an effort into the Jobim songs.
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
06/23/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 1
My take is: when he started doing the whole bossa nova - Brazilian thing he found it to be something different – maybe a new challenge, even – and either consciously or unconsciously, when performing he was less of his usual “big man Sinatra persona” .
When he sang his usual past repertoire he knew he could get away with anything, of course.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 18:47, STARS: 0
I totally agree
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/23/2017 at 18:54, STARS: 0
Right? I mean, if they’re gonna remake everything under the sun these days, they should go big. Here’s another: Rogue One with Ol’ Blue Eyes as Tarkin.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/23/2017 at 18:55, STARS: 1
I completely believe that one. Who else could get ripped by Rickles in public and consider it a favor?
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
06/23/2017 at 19:17, STARS: 1
I love their dynamic. Apparently Rickles first met Sintra in Vegas. He saw him and did a set on him. I don’t think anyone but Rickles would have had the balls to screw with Sinatra.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
06/23/2017 at 20:08, STARS: 1
He would play Hans Gruber. I would pay current theatre prices to see that.
"6691 zapS" (6691-zaps)
07/07/2017 at 06:01, STARS: 0
LOL