Daniel Rothamel offers up Frank Sinatra’s version of Paul Anka’s My way, citing these lyrics:
For What is a man? What has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who yields. The record shows, I took the blows, and did it my way.
Okayfine. For my own part, I’ve always thought this song lays it on a little too thick, as the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll at his thickest makes plain:
Sid Vicious gave it a pomo send-up, but the tune just might be beyond parody:
I do like the idea, but I worry that the first-person protagonist might be too much a Walter Mittyesque legend-in-his-own-mind. And so I end up here, with Limp Bizkit, to me a more convincing expression of the sentiment:
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Toledo Dave says:
Try playing the Frank and Elvis videos simultaneously. It’s pretty cool, you get Frank and Elvis singing a duet but in their own style. Hey, maybe there’s a web 2.0 play here?
December 3, 2007 — 10:56 am
Brian Brady says:
Dave, I just tried it and laughed.
I’m a fan of Sinatra and am a quick fan of the King. As much as I think myself a purist, I love Elvis’ version.
As a third generation Irish-American, I am an annual expert of the song “Danny Boy” (what Irishman isn’t in March?)
Google it, iPod it. Limewire it, whatever. Elvis sings Danny Boy better than anyone else.
December 3, 2007 — 8:25 pm