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The Sacramento-based alternative metal group Deftones covered the song "Sinatra", with it appearing on their 2005 compilation album B-Sides & Rarities. [24] The song was also covered by the band Livver on the 2016 Helmet tribute album Meantime (Redux). The album further included covers of "Bad Mood" by Blackwolfgoat and "Blacktop" by Heads. [25]
Its oblique lyrics and Lennon's failure to reveal their meaning have encouraged several interpretations. One popular theory is that Lennon was addressing Frank Sinatra in response to a hagiographic article on the singer in Esquire magazine; another contends that the song was directed at Mick Jagger with reference to Marianne Faithfull.
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote that Sinatra "took the material very seriously, singing the love lyrics with utter seriousness" and that his "singing and the classically influenced settings gave the songs unusual depth of meaning." [123] He was soon selling 10 million records a year. [124]
The music video for "Minerva," directed by Paul Fedor, [8] is notable for its similarity to Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii concert film. [9] The band is featured playing the song in a desert-like landscape backed by various amplifiers and other stage equipment.
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1940. First recorded and released under Victor Records by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, it became vocalist Frank Sinatra's first hit song. Sinatra went on to record many more of Van Heusen's songs throughout his career. [1]
F rench singer Yseult, whose full name is Yseult Marie Onguenet, closed out the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday with a 1969 song ...
"All My Tomorrows" is a 1959 ballad with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy van Heusen. [2] [3] The song was written for Frank Sinatra. [4] It was introduced in the film A Hole in the Head where Sinatra sings it in the opening credits. [5] Sinatra later featured "All My Tomorrows" on his 1961 album All the Way.
September of My Years is a concept album exploring the "who am I" questions and perspectives that someone, particularly a man, faces upon entering middle age. For instance, in "It Was a Very Good Year," the narrator looks back upon his life at ages 17, 21, 35, and now, in his personal "September."