Frank Sinatra Vs Elvis Presley: My Way

[Plissken]

Comparing these two performances, definitely Elvis, it has more feeling, Sinatra was phoning it in a bit in those days.

 

[Noveltymortar]

Elvis. Sinatra was amazing but nobody had stage presence and charisma like Elvis, not even Frank.

 

[Revolver]

Who cares. Both suck.

 

[sweetviolenturg]

Elvis all the way. He brings more legit emotion to the song IMO & he's got a far superior voice. And this isn't even one of his best performances. For instance, his take on "Bridge Over Troubled Water" is a classic & he blows Simon & Garfunkle out of the water.

 

[mmascene]

Voice Sinatra.
Elvis has a better stage presence.

 

[updowniri]

Sinatra seems to be a much better singer over all. I feel like if you judge how good the song sounds and the emotions it makes you feel then Sinatra is much better. Listening to him invokes a very unique almost trippy feeling that is hard to describe but feels amazing. If you judge it by a more objective standard then Elvis is better. He puts more emotion into it and does more with his voice while Frank is just semi talking. Basically Elvis should sound better but in reality Frank does. This seems to be the case for most of their songs to be honest.

Also lol at Elvis having charisma. He would sing normally then do some spaz motion like an attention seeking nine year old boy with a buzz cut. Clearly riding on a wave of girls with no exposure to someone trying to present themselves as a male sex symbol who were enthralled by this "seduction." Frank had better actual charisma.

 

[My Spot]

1. Fred Durst
2. Pat Patterson
3. Sinatra
4. Elvis

 

[ASUThermo]

1. Fred Durst
2. Pat Patterson
3. Sinatra
4. Elvis

Pat brought Rowdy to tears, I'd like to see any of the other guys pull that off.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

When I think about this song I think of Sinatra not Elvis. Elvis did a good job, but not as great as Sinatra.

Although I think Elvis is more iconic, better entertainer.

 

[jericksen5]

Yeah, Elvis is one of the most over rated artists. He was very talented for sure but he stole his phasing and style from black artists that couldn't get the same kind of exposure. In some of his popular songs he copied other artists exactly.

Thank you!

 

[jericksen5]

Elvis is the greatest of all time. The most charismatic performer ever, incredibly versatile and sang with more passion and feeling than anyone else

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Yeah, Elvis is one of the most over rated artists. He was very talented for sure but he stole his phasing and style from black artists that couldn't get the same kind of exposure. In some of his popular songs he copied other artists exactly.

So basically every rock artist that copied Elvis, copied black artists as well. There is no originality by anyone.

 

[jericksen5]

So basically every rock artist that copied Elvis, copied black artists as well. There is no originality by anyone.

No. The difference being, every other rock artist that’s considered “iconic”, actually wrote their own music.

Elvis was nothing more than a one man cover band, that demanded fake song writing credits rather than give credit where credit is due. There’s literally thousands of teenage kids doing what Elvis did right now on YouTube.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

No. The difference being, every other rock artist that’s considered “iconic”, actually wrote their own music.

Elvis was nothing more than a one man cover band, that demanded fake song writing credits rather than give credit where credit is due. There’s literally thousands of teenage kids doing what Elvis did right now on YouTube.

Elvis may have not written his songs, but he influenced a whole generation of musicians. And he was a great performer. So I take it you don't respect him?

 

[jericksen5]

Elvis may have not written his songs, but he influenced a whole generation of musicians. And he was a great performer. So I take it you don't respect him?

He influenced an entire generation by essentially exposing them to black music, while rarely giving credit the musicians who’s music he was regurgitating.

I get it, people like him, my grandmother LOVED him, that’s fine. But when talking about the greatest rock musicians of all time, his name shouldn’t even be floating in the vicinity of discussion.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

He influenced an entire generation by essentially exposing them to black music, while rarely giving credit the musicians who’s music he was regurgitating.

I get it, people like him, my grandmother LOVED him, that’s fine. But when talking about the greatest rock musicians of all time, his name shouldn’t even be floating in the vicinity of discussion.

Fair enough, so you're saying if just gave credit to the black musicians that paved the way for him and also gave credit to people who wrote his songs. Would you look at him differently?

But you also have to keep in mind someone white had to expose the black music at some point. He was just right man at the right time. Black musicians would never got a door open for them without Elvis bringing in their music. So in a way it help blacks get integrated into the popular culture. It was meant to be.

 

[HaulParris]

Frank all the way

 

[bigwaverider]

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