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Mega64 Record Club Ep. 15 - Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours (#282)

🕑 Added 2023-06-08 13:00:06 +0000 UTC

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DoflamingoSnailPhone

Jenny coming hard with the facts this episode

Andy Tuttle

Oh, I also knew who Rosemary Clooney was.

Andy Tuttle

When I first started this I kind of rolled my eyes and groaned, but then the album was over and I was like, let's try it again, so I started it over from the beginning. By the second time hearing "Dancing on the Ceiling" it all clicked for me. I was thinking, "holy shit, this guy is going through something", so I started to research the album and read what it was about. Then I read all the stuff about it being a concept album and was supposed to be this kind of story of a guy wandering through the night in a haze, and then all the music started to make sense. It sounds like one long song because you're on this journey with this guy. This is the soundtrack to his loneliness and despair, he keeps hearing these same horns and strings, all of the songs kind of start and end with these wispy tones, it's fucking brilliant. Am I going to put this on and jam out to it, not really. Is it going in my collection, ABSOLUTEY! This is an easy 5/5 for me and sits along Roxy Music's Avalon as an album I had no idea existed and has since become one of my all-time favorites.

Paul LoBue

Glad to see our co-host Jennie back for another episode. This album felt pretty mid for Franky. I think that’s probably due to how somber and quiet it is compared to his usually triumphant big band stuff. This really did feel like Sinatra’s Emo sad boy album. I still like his sound though, even when it’s more melancholy like this so overall I thought it was decent. I’ll probably drop my rating down to 2.5/5 though because the more I listen to it, the less into it I am. Super stoked for Talking Heads next week. Finally an album I know really well. This list loves the old timers and the 80s.

Kevin

Now we have the phrase "going full Chatfield", thank you Jennie. Always a fun ep when she's on, you two have a great dynamic.

Russ W

I really like record club and how it’s making me listen to new stuff. But Shawn, I’m sorry, you would have to pay me $20 to listen to Sinatra lol

Jason

When you see Jenny in the thumbnail, you know the episode’s gonna rule

Tyler Lajevardi

I'm a bit of a sucker for Sinatra. This album has the same tone throughout, and I can understand how that can be boring. There's just something about hanging out with my wife and cooking dinner with Sinatra in the background that I really enjoy. I'd say 3.5-4/5 💿, fuck the haters.

Blake R.

it's always so fun to see Shawn in Wife Guy mode as a fellow Wife Guy whenever Jennie's on. Representation matters. I do agree with Shawn that crooning and Sinatra all generally sounds the same to me, but there's definitely a place for the big band style. It also makes good scenery setting in film/tv.

☠ 𝐯𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞_𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 ☠

This totally dragged it's ass, was 16 of the same song over and over. Production was insane though, I was in disbelief how clear he sounded. Unfortunately, I've never liked his voice. (1)💿/𝟓 As for INXS-- what a beautiful track! I have this weird memory when I was about 7 years old, there was this TV show called Rock Star: INXS kinda like American Idol from what I remember, where the idea was the last person standing would be crowned their new lead singer. I didn't realize until ten years later that they were a real band before that with actual hits. RIP Michael Hutchence. You didn't deserve to be replaced. 🌹