I remember he said something about imagining (he didn't see the movie) Sinatra in a white set, with white smoking e a white chorus of white people singing a black people's song. Then, he asks permission to sing his version of the song.
I am sorry, Ray, but as much as I ADORE you, the "Old Man River" of Sinatra's 1968 (or so) special (with Ella Fitzgerald) remains the very quintessence of interpretation of this subtle song of protest written by a WHITE man and then mastered by another white man!!...I'll take your "America the Beautiful" at a giant stadium somewhere else here on UA-cam as YOUR ultimate performance!...
The greatest !!!
I remember he said something about imagining (he didn't see the movie) Sinatra in a white set, with white smoking e a white chorus of white people singing a black people's song. Then, he asks permission to sing his version of the song.
I am sorry, Ray, but as much as I ADORE you, the "Old Man River" of Sinatra's 1968 (or so) special (with Ella Fitzgerald) remains the very quintessence of interpretation of this subtle song of protest written by a WHITE man and then mastered by another white man!!...I'll take your "America the Beautiful" at a giant stadium somewhere else here on UA-cam as YOUR ultimate performance!...
Arrebentou!