comment #1

tophertilson says ...

That was better than I thought it would be, but Sinatra never really could handle dipthongs. His "try" and "die" at the end are just painful. He was already losing his ability to sustain notes. The role was written for a John Raitt-esque voice, and for all his style, Sinatra's lack of craft shows here.

comment #2

Jeremy Smith says ...

I prefer the Chairman to MacRae, too, but that's a very hospitable key Sinatra is singing in. What really puts the "Soliloquy" over is hearing a lyric baritone like John Raitt blast out of his range to nail "take it". It's what Michael Hayden couldn't do (with confidence) in Nicholas Hytner's otherwise exceptional 1994 revival.

comment #3

frankbooth says ...

Sinatra was never gonna make it as a singer, but he was the best Hamlet of all time.

comment #4

BurmaShave says ...

Beaks I had no idea you were gay. Just kidding.

comment #5

King's Thursday says ...

Agreed, Jeremy. John Raitt IS the first Billy Bigelow. The Smithsonian Musical Theatre compliation has his recording.

comment #6

Edward says ...

Sinatra knew how to sell a song, even if he couldn't hit all the notes. Too bad he never made the film.

comment #7

D.Z. says ...

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Got this off Cityonfire.com.

comment #8

lipranzer says ...

I dunno, I don't think Sinatra was a good fit for "Soliloquy." He sounds too detached from it. MacRae doesn't have the voice, but he makes up for it with the feeling.

comment #9

vp19 says ...

Sinatra recorded "Soliloquy" twice -- on a 12-inch 78 for Columbia in the forties (side 1 ends with the line "My kid ain't even been born yet"), and again in '63 for his Reprise album "The Concert Sinatra" (all but one of the eight tracks are Rodgers & Hammerstein, BTW). The latter version is superior, as Sinatra understands the song better than he did in 1946. (The earlier version is also bowdlerized, with the lyric "skinny-lipped wench" substituting for "skinny-lipped virgin.")

comment #10

Terry McCarty says ...

Edward wrote:
Sinatra knew how to sell a song, even if he couldn't hit all the notes. Too bad he never made the film.

Apparently Sinatra dropped out because the film, like OKLAHOMA, was to be shot in both Cinemascope 55 and the regular 35mm Cinemascope. He believed he should be paid for making two films instead of one.

comment #11

lipranzer says ...

Ah, I didn't know that, vp19. I'll look for that later version.

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