Frank Sinatra - Trilogy

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So has anyone heard this? I got it for 50c... disc one "The Past" is nice enough but kinda by the numbers, two ("The Present" is a load of MOR done Sinatra style and is actually pretty good (esp. 'We Wanted it All', 'Just the Way You Are' (done full on swing style) and 'Something' (which is gorgeous). Disc three (go, guess) is horrible and unitentionally INSANE. "Reflections on the Future in Three Tenses". It'd have been funnier if it was meant to as ridiculously kitsch as it is but it seems Gordon Jenkins was serious... it's still good to hear Frank sing "Uranus is heaven".

Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:50 (twenty-three years ago)

I should've called this thread 'Uranus is Heaven', shouldn't I

Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 28 March 2003 05:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Your best bet with Sinatra is to simply buy each and every one of his Capital records. They're all gold, especially Songs for Swinging Lovers, A Swinging Affair and Only the Lonely.

Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Friday, 28 March 2003 13:47 (twenty-three years ago)

CapitOL though. I know, it's just record is like QUITE FUCKED UP, y'know, it's intersting for that outside of it's (lowly) postion in the Sinatra discog. Or, it isn't, as no-one has replied. Or no-one's heard the thing

Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 28 March 2003 14:41 (twenty-three years ago)

If you are to buy a "trilogy" of Frank Sinatra albums, then the best "trilogy" would be to buy "Swing Easy", "Songs For Swingin' Lovers" and "Sings For Only The Lonely"

Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 28 March 2003 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

I am fucking dying to hear this, esp "what time does the next miracle leave," oh god, anyone

007 (thoia), Monday, 14 February 2005 18:02 (twenty-one years ago)


Frank Sinatra - What Time Does The Next Miracle Leave Lyrics
(chorus), [soprano solo by diana lee],
"narration by jerry whitman"

My name is francis albert (francis albert sinatra)
And I sing love songs mostly after dark, mostly in salons.
I?ve had some very good years.
I haven?t missed a whole lot in those firecracker years,
And I don?t want to miss a thing when the future appears.
I like to sit outside on a summer night with a drink in my hand.
And a little moonlit music on the stereo, and look at the stars.
Then I get an urge to travel to that fabulous sky,
If they can do it in the movies, why can?t i?
"seats are now available on the satellite special",
"leaving for mercury and venus, pluto, saturn,
neptune."
What time is the next miracle, I want to be on board,
Save me a seat by the window where I can see
All those marvelous things to be seen out there.
(the things to be seen out there, all there)
What time does the next miracle leave?
Let?s get this show on the road,
And when the satellite tours begin,
Count me in,


"ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two,
one."
(musical interlude)
When I arrive at venus, it will surely be spring,
And the girl I have waited for, will be waiting for me,
And she?ll dance with me all the afternoon,
Comfort me when the darkness falls,
And she?ll still be there in the morning when I need her the
most.
Maybe when I get to venus, I will never be lonely again.
"the satellite special leaving for jupiter, saturn,"
"neptune, jupiter, saturn," (jupiter, saturn)
Jupiter makes with the rain, saturn makes with the crop,
A nicer trade was never made, and hopefully never stops.
If saturn?s fields are dry, jupiter won?t stay fat,
So jupiter leaves it?s fortunes on and
"next stop, pluto where the devils dwell,
hahahahahahaha"
Pluto is a rotten place an evil place they got in space,
It?s hades (it?s hades) filled with rats for self-defense,
A sordid flock of cr?me nomen.
And ladies (ladies? ladies, ladies, ladies)
It?s pure hell when your journey ends there,
But you can bet your ass I?ll lead a lot of friends there,
(we?re getting r a )
"next stop, mercury, mercury, neptune"
Mercury will lead us out to neptune and her deep blue sea.
(musical interlude)
(and then) and then to uranus (uranus)
Uranus is heaven,
(heaven, heaven, oh you know indeed, is it really heaven? )
How will I know?
I will know, if they need me at the station,
With some cheese and some mayo pizza,
Well done (well done), and a little red wine.
"the satellite special now leaving non-stop for earth,
non-stop for earth"
(move along, move along, it?s time we were getting on board.)
Please let me off at the desert, where I can see
All those wonderful things to be seen down there.
(to be seen down there, all there)
(coda)

007 (thoia), Monday, 14 February 2005 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)


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