Saturday, April 19, 2014

Saturday Night Special: Nobody Comes Close, Frankly






Saturday Night Special: Chairman of the Board and Orchestra.


Get out the champagne and turn up the speakers, you're in luck.


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8 comments:

  1. I prefer the Lynyrd Skynyrd version myself. The good old boy in me.

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  2. For most guys, the hand action at 1:19-1:22 is a result of no luck with a lady tonight!

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  3. What a lovely rendition! I'm not having champagne but I'm having a glass of timorasso and almost spit out listening to Karel. The queen just said he's unique because he and only he since the age of 8 has feared what the loss of a limb would be like! Only he knows what that feeling is like because he rides motorcycles! Note to self: never drink Timorasso listening to Karel the jackass.

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  4. Thanks Rich for another excellent video. If you have Sinatra singing Summer Wind or Night and Day, please play them next time. That video made my whole day.

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  5. Excellent video of The Chairman! No question, he's the GOAT - the Greatest Of All Time.

    Right at the beginning of the clip, Frank mentions the drummer Irv Cottler by name. Irv was a superb swinger, a drummers' drummer, and Frank liked his playing so much that he was known to have rescheduled recording sessions if Irv was unavailable.

    Ol' Irv could sure kick a band!

    My all-time favorite Frank version of this tune is the one live from Vegas where, 2nd time through, he replaced the lyric "that's not nice" with an ad-libbed Italian dialect "atsa no nice". (Irv was in the band on that occasion, too.)

    Yep - Frank IS the GOAT.

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    1. Supremely ... Sinatra. Superb. Thanks, Rich.

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  6. There is no one in this day and age who approaches the Great Sinatra!

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  7. I was in the technical end of the entertainment business for 40 years and I can state without hesitation that Mr. Sinatra had the most impact entering a room than anybody I ever saw. People literally had their breath taken away.

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