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Title: Borderline Embarrassing
Review: By the mid-1960's, Sinatra was struggling against the very real prospect of becoming an anachronism (a.k.a., museum piece). In an attempt to stay relevant, contemporary, or hip, he started recording song-hits of Glen Campbell, Ray Charles, The Beatles, Judy Collins, and even Jim Croce. The results were clumsy, awkward, and down-right embarrassing. "It Might as Well Be Swing" was the portent of Sinatra's slide into musical floundering. His rendition of Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" is pathetic. He tried to cash in on Louie Armstrong's runaway hit of "Hello, Dolly," and the result was silly and trivial. He turns "More" the theme from Mondo Cane into an inappropriately jazzed-up parody of the original, while "The Good Life" is anything but.Too bad Frank didn't go gentle into that good night and be remembered as the nonpareil purveyor of classy, swinging standards.
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