What Frank said -
I love the old swing stuff but I don't know the words, it's before my time, I just like it in the background. Tonight Frank Sinatra sang something that caught my attention. I listened again. And again. And wrote down a few of the lines. And thought yes. That's me, tonight. That's where I am.I’ve been a puppet a pauper a pirate a poet a pawn and a king, I’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing, each time I find myself flat on my face, I just pick myself up and get back in the race –
That’s life, that’s life and I can’t deny it, many times I thought of cutting out but my heart won’t buy it, but if there’s nothing shaking come this here July –
I’m gonna roll myself up in a big ball, and die. .
Well, maybe next July.
I know, I know, dramatic. I have moods. Welcome to this one. But just putting one foot in front of the other - that's not LIFE. That's existence. I want it all. And I want it now.
So how's your Friday going?
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Oh, right, you meant really. Night!
But you can be happy you did it your way.
Saw the Sinatra and Dean Martin films as a kid, but the songs passed me by.
Saturday and sunshine, better make tracks.
I have a recording of Frank, Elvis and Tom Jones spliced together to sing My Way and they are all pretty good. Nice BIG song. In fact the main feature of the songs I like is when they are played really, really loudly they are exhilarating.
No, I'm not deaf (although watch this space
I do do SOME modern. Adele, now, there's a lady with good big lungs
I said this was a favourite, so here it is -
and phew, the email was okay. I got back a slightly puzzled reply!