Frank Sinatra - there is no "or" - Beyond Tiki

S Scrimshaw Member Dark Acres, Marin, Ca Joined: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 18	S Scrimshaw Posted posted on Mon, May 31, 2004 11:27 PM On 2004-05-28 07:48, Johnny Dollar wrote: frank sinatra was in a league of his own. For which I am thankful. What the world needs now is another Frank Sinatra. Like I need a hole in the head. From another angle, his admittedly superhuman vocal talent in combination with his banal taste and boundless ego bring to mind Celine Dione or Mariah Carey. So: "Sinatra or Mariah Carey?" Now Sinatra's banal taste is not the travesty of Carey's, and he used his voice more artfully than Carey's arbitrary vocal gymnastics, but he was also a thug and wife beater, which wouldn't matter except that he did use the postion his voice got him to threaten and extort. Close one. Tie. (Ehh... Is there a back exit to this joint..?) ~Scrimshaw Lui, le Glik [ Edited by: scrimshaw on 2004-05-31 23:47 ] [ Edited by: scrimshaw on 2004-06-01 00:05 ] [ Edited by: scrimshaw on 2004-06-01 00:19 ]

On 2004-05-28 07:48, Johnny Dollar wrote:
frank sinatra was in a league of his own.

For which I am thankful. What the world needs now is another Frank Sinatra. Like I need a hole in the head.

From another angle, his admittedly superhuman vocal talent in combination with his banal taste and boundless ego bring to mind Celine Dione or Mariah Carey.
So: "Sinatra or Mariah Carey?"

Now Sinatra's banal taste is not the travesty of Carey's, and he used his voice more artfully than Carey's arbitrary vocal gymnastics, but he was also a thug and wife beater, which wouldn't matter except that he did use the postion his voice got him to threaten and extort.

Close one. Tie.

(Ehh... Is there a back exit to this joint..?)

~Scrimshaw Lui, le Glik

[ Edited by: scrimshaw on 2004-05-31 23:47 ]

[ Edited by: scrimshaw on 2004-06-01 00:05 ]

[ Edited by: scrimshaw on 2004-06-01 00:19 ]

Post #93802 by Scrimshaw on Mon, May 31, 2004 11:27 PM