I'm going to reopen this.

This thread isn't being moved anywhere , and if anyone has a problem with that then keep it to yourself. Bitch about it in here & there's a nice juicy infraction waiting for you.

I don't think he's all that great, and certainly not on of the best singers of the twentieth century, he mainly got by on charm and a very rich, distinctive voice. He's still catchy though.

I love Frankey. His music is timeless. If you are ever in the mood to just sit back have a drink and relax Sinatra is always a good choice in music to make that happen.

I know Im back from sabbatical but is this guy serious? He "got by" one a rich distinctive voice but he's not great? I love this argument and cna't wait to use it more.

"he sucks, all he has is a great stage presence and a large degree of talent. Sometimes I can tolerate him"

I love his song "Cycles". That rules. :)

In The Wee Small Hours is so good. Love the lonely, bar-hopping Frank, as opposed to...well, y'know..."shooby dooby doo, I love you," etc.

my wife is a huge Sinatra fan, he definitely had a strong distinctive voice

Frank is phat lol I love him, his real kool. I love that song "Puttin on the Ritz" and that whole video was awesome. His such a talented dancer.

Any time anyone mentions 'Putting on the Ritz'.
I think of Gene Wilder <3

My collection of Frank Sinatra is up to 480 songs =D

There are lots of songs of his I really like. I am not into that genre, but some are really immortal

my dads fave too!
 

He's my dads fave so when every time he listens to his songs, I was able to listen as well.. I like this lines "fly me to the moon.." something more of "in other words..".. Sorry for incomplete lines..=D

frank sinatra is a god. everything he did was tasteful. never went through a fat elvis stage.

Then again, Elvis never went through the horses head in a bed stage.

If I can remember he did alot of drugs so he might have seen a horse head in his bed

this is true. i might be bias to sinatra because i have always wanted to me like him.

That can be arranged.
Pal up with your local mafia, make some offers that can't be refused, crack a few skulls in the right places and hey presto...you're an over-rated crooner. :thumb:

He probably had the rest in a burger though.

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One of my college professors said Frank was the master of "floating" in his style of singing. I guess that means the way he transitioned from one phrase to the next? not positive about that though.

I like some Sinatra but only in small doses, I thought his voice was unique and haven't heard anybody since who sounded like he did. I know some say Michael Buble is a young Sinatra but I don't hear it.

Also, I heard Sinatra wasn't the easiest to work with... back in those days everyone in the band and Sinatra had to be perfectly in sync as they recorded in one shot (no multi-tracking).

Has anyone heard the cover of New York, New York by Reel Big fish? I swea, i think the singer sounds just like sinatra, if not close to it. Its pretty incredible.

This?

sounds nothing like Sinatra, sounds like Karaoke.

Well, idk about exactly like him..but they are pretty similar. I just thought it was cool how they pull it off. But I think myself being an advent RBF fan. I like all their stuff.

The best covers are the ones that don't sound close to the original (imo). I can understand you are biased to RBF music but from my point of view (from the 30 seconds of the song I heard) this guy might as well just be in a bar singing for his friends as a goof. Perhaps that's what they were going for... I don't know.
Thanks for sharing though :)

just because my dad is listening to him during Sundays, I can say that made me like some of his songs. One of my top favorites is "Fly me to the Moon'.. cool!

Ol' Blue Eyes puts me in the best of moods. My world could fall apart and put on some Frank Sinatra or the music genre and I'll be just fine. Quite calming.

My favorite songs of his are "I've Got You Under My Skin", "It Was a Very Good Year", and "The Way You Look Tonight".

I bought a sinatra compilation album the other day from tesco's. £1 ....Bargain or what.
That's the great thing about the uneducated mass of music fans, they perpetuate a demand for the same god awfull music, which in turn depleats the price of all good music in the world for people like me to be able to afford :)

I played a rock version of "It was a very good year" at a BBQ 6 years ago... it was fun.

"In the Wee Small Hours" is the greatest album ever to sit alone and get drunk too.

Seriously.

Over time Crosby, Sintra, Elvis all 3 set the tone for music in todays singing.
The past makes today possible.
What I have noticed is todays singers sing a bit offkey and get away with it.
You didn't hear that musch years ago untill folk music came along, and most todays music is a folk rock sound. There are a few great guitarist still wh sing, but not many.

lolwut

Sinatra is from an era of people who don't really sing, they just do what I call, talk sing. Not rapping but not really singing either. I don't know...

I love Frank Sinatra. Buble made him popular again, but of course the original is always far far better. I like how he has an orchestra everytime he sings live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heGRvVBaB68