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In Reply to: Public apology to Harry Cronic Crooner. posted by chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com on May 17, 2002 at 15:05:46:
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Everyone tried/still tries to be Frank...it's more than just singing...it's a way of life.Though Connick tries hard...even with getting caught carrying that gun through the airport security check, and getting charged for it...
he still isn't even close.He is probably tooooo politically correct to go all of the way!
....some of the finest song-writers and arrangers working for him, there were no Sony Playstations, videos/DVDs, home computers/internet etc competing for attention so he couldn`t help but be massive; if Harry Cronic came before Sinatra we`d all be saying "who`s this Sinatra think he is - Harry Connick? Can`t even play piano!".Sinatra said Tony Bennett was the best singer on planet Earth so he admitted to being second best even then; face reality - Harry Connick is the second coming and Diana Krall is his bride; together they will go forth and multiply to create an easy listening/jazz renaissance which will sweep modern pop into the gutter were it belongs.
Personally I can hardly wait for the first `Connick Family` Christmas Special.
Best Regards,
Chris Redmond.
This criticism that he had others working around him and sang nonoriginal material is misdirected. Are Casals, Gieseking, and Schnabel no less brilliant artists because they didn't compose the original compositions by Bach, Debussy, or Beethoven? Again, Frank was a superb musician and interpreter, inimitable in his vocal phrasing, and brought his songs to life with a style and aeshetic that will be immortalized for centuries henceforth.
Frankie claiming that Tony Bennet was the best singer on earth sounds terribly ironical to me... T.B. is one of the worst and we all do know that!
BTM
Lets just say I am not wild about Sinatra. By my standards today, he is a great singer in the narrowest sense of the word. The Beatles raised the bar for performers in that they sang, played instruments AND composed. Do you think Sinatra would in todays world measure up as a pop idol? Yeah, for about 1 or two years, max. Shoot, to show how much he knew, he referred to "something" as his favorite Lennon & Mccartney Song, and sang it terribly to boot.
The Beatles raised the bar and everyone`s been walking under it ever since in most respects.Sinatra was a superb singer without doubt, but I`ve been subjected to too many renditions of `My Way` and `New York, New York` - both songs I dislike with a vengence - to explore his music as maybe I should. Most of Sinatra`s songs are so well known that I wouldn`t be getting anything `new` out of purchasing his work, and even though most music I buy nowadays is from the 60`s or 70`s it`s often new to me - Tim Buckley`s work is a revelation for instance.
There`s also the fact that I found Sinatra`s treatment of Sammy Davis Jr disgusting and if I don`t like somebody it tends to colour my view of whatever they do; on the other hand I recently picked up a copy of `Duets` on DCC Gold (I already had the standard version) and play it quite often.If I had to make a list of the greatest singers Sinatra would be near the top, but whilst recognising how brilliant Ella Fitzgerald was I don`t own a single album by her either - the songs just seem so dated to a 37 year old in their arrangement and style of presentation.
Best Regards,
Chris Redmond.
Ooops, classical flashback. Never mind.
Tony Bennett has many critics as well. To each his own.
Ooops. Clint Eastwood flashback. Never mind.
I know it was Frankie Laine. What do you expect? I left my heart in San Francisco. Now if I only had a brain . . .Oops. Oz flashback.
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