I was amazed, amused, somehow charmed and staggered, to see the beginning of Sinatra’s studio version: a cup of something in one hand, a live cigarette in the other! But his words on singing vs crooning struck home, when he began to sing the song, with that Voice.
That clip needs to be in the national archive (if it's not). My mother always said that she loved his later recordings and mature voice the best of all. This song shows why that is true, and the clip shows that HE knew entirely what he was going for, and where his kind of music had come from. As relaxed as he made it look and sound, there was nothing haphazard in his recordings.
Carried me away. Another favorite is Roy Clark singing “Yesterday When I Was Young. “ Both songs have always moved me over the decades and they get sweeter the older I get.
Roy Clark's "Yesterday, When I was Young" is one of those forays into the pop standards that really fine C&W singers used to make from time to time-- when C&W was still true to its roots and hadn't become "suburbanized." I like his version very much, and haven't thought of it in years.
Have come to really cherish Saturday mornings and Debra’s word and song offering. 2025. Jubilee year. And I have the privilege of bundling up and out the door of my warm house to shovel the snow that fell so beautifully in the night. Together in prayer with our sisters and brothers in Southern California. From Ohio -
Thank you, Anne, for that encouraging word today. I've been thinking of this song for a couple of weeks and wanted to do it justice. I can't imagine my life without all of these songs, so deeply have they always been a part of my life since infancy, really. I'm so glad to meet here at Sometimes a Song others who share that love.
We had a snow last night, too. It's been an oddly snow-less winter in New Hampshire. We usually have perma-snow ground covering here, from around mid-November sometimes well into April. Last night's dusting (it's still coming down lightly) recovered the bare parts of the lawn that we never see at this time of year. I love the snow, and like you, I'm also praying for those poor displaced families from the dreadful fires in California.
As a songwriter and performer, if the Sinatra cover did not exist, I'd say the Kingston Trio version was perfect, but the Sinatra version is astonishing--vocally and instrumentally.
I was amazed, amused, somehow charmed and staggered, to see the beginning of Sinatra’s studio version: a cup of something in one hand, a live cigarette in the other! But his words on singing vs crooning struck home, when he began to sing the song, with that Voice.
Oh, to be a singer!
That clip needs to be in the national archive (if it's not). My mother always said that she loved his later recordings and mature voice the best of all. This song shows why that is true, and the clip shows that HE knew entirely what he was going for, and where his kind of music had come from. As relaxed as he made it look and sound, there was nothing haphazard in his recordings.
Carried me away. Another favorite is Roy Clark singing “Yesterday When I Was Young. “ Both songs have always moved me over the decades and they get sweeter the older I get.
Roy Clark's "Yesterday, When I was Young" is one of those forays into the pop standards that really fine C&W singers used to make from time to time-- when C&W was still true to its roots and hadn't become "suburbanized." I like his version very much, and haven't thought of it in years.
Have come to really cherish Saturday mornings and Debra’s word and song offering. 2025. Jubilee year. And I have the privilege of bundling up and out the door of my warm house to shovel the snow that fell so beautifully in the night. Together in prayer with our sisters and brothers in Southern California. From Ohio -
Thank you, Anne, for that encouraging word today. I've been thinking of this song for a couple of weeks and wanted to do it justice. I can't imagine my life without all of these songs, so deeply have they always been a part of my life since infancy, really. I'm so glad to meet here at Sometimes a Song others who share that love.
We had a snow last night, too. It's been an oddly snow-less winter in New Hampshire. We usually have perma-snow ground covering here, from around mid-November sometimes well into April. Last night's dusting (it's still coming down lightly) recovered the bare parts of the lawn that we never see at this time of year. I love the snow, and like you, I'm also praying for those poor displaced families from the dreadful fires in California.
As a songwriter and performer, if the Sinatra cover did not exist, I'd say the Kingston Trio version was perfect, but the Sinatra version is astonishing--vocally and instrumentally.