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Title: BotS #8: My Way (Frank Sinatra) vs. Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) Post by: Wata on January 13, 2018, 12:25:57 AM Hello, here's a battle between two hits released at the end of 1960's by two significant pre-60's singers:
My Way by Frank Sinatra https://open.spotify.com/track/76Zi40dd2HoTn3sehttJhY (https://open.spotify.com/track/76Zi40dd2HoTn3sehttJhY) vs. Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley https://open.spotify.com/track/1H5IfYyIIAlgDX8zguUzns (https://open.spotify.com/track/1H5IfYyIIAlgDX8zguUzns) I love both songs, but this time I give Sinatra an edge, for that very retrospectively-sounding horns at the end of the song, which I love. Now, which do you think is the better song? Look forward to seeing your opinions. Title: Re: BotS #8: My Way (Frank Sinatra) vs. Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) Post by: Rocker on January 13, 2018, 03:05:47 AM I don't think you can compare these songs. One - My Way - is a french chanson for which Paul Anka wrote english lyrics (see below). The other - Suspicious minds - is an original rock/pop-song, written by Mark James. Totally different genres, if you will. Now if the question is, which one you like better, that's different. Now, I love chansons and also that kind of sentimental stuff as in ""My way". But seeing Elvis (who also recorded "My way") doing "Suspicious minds" live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v6amx7HjbE) on stage in 1970's "That's the way it is" is just as great.
Claude François - Comme d'habitude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSKrMNaJo1s Title: Re: BotS #8: My Way (Frank Sinatra) vs. Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) Post by: RangeRoverA1 on January 13, 2018, 03:14:57 AM "My Way" is nice song besides Sinatra sings better than Presley. But don't listen as big fan to either. That said, respective favorites - "Forget Domani" & "Blue Suede Shoes" (best rendition).
Title: Re: BotS #8: My Way (Frank Sinatra) vs. Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) Post by: JK on January 13, 2018, 03:18:41 AM I don't think you can compare these songs. One - My Way - is a french chanson for which Paul Anka wrote english lyrics (see below). The other - Suspicious minds - is an original rock/pop-song, written by Mark James. Totally different genres, if you will. Now if the question is, which one you like better, that's different. Exactly. This is how I always vote. I had to accompany "My Way" far too often at gigs in the 1990s to ever want to hear it again, let alone vote for it! Although not a fan of later Presley (sorry, Rocker!) "Suspicious Minds" has a quality of desperation about it that appeals to me. And that slow passage towards the end is a masterstroke. Not to mention the stunning backing vocal line during the verse. So it gets my vote. :=) |