Frank Sinatra - Medley - The Gal That Got Away - It Never Entered My Mind

[darq68]

I can only say that I am proud that I have seen mr. Ol' blue eyes live... In Amsterdam together with Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minelli.. late eighti's.... RAI Congress Center , Amsterdam , Holland!

[RecycledStereo]

Why it looks later than 1980 is it's before New York, New York REALLY took off, With that he got some face work and a renewed attitude....(see Concert for the Americas"--1982) He looks 10 years younger!!! But no matter what age....Sinatra was the best!!!

[can3112]

Saw it on PBS last nite. Maybe the voice wasn't that great anymore but nobody can deliver a song like Sinatra and I mean NOBODY!

[Ulysses61]

He's not in great voice here, but what does it matter? What a pure performance. My God, this is masterful!

[1915fas]

@Ulysses61 Yes, pure theater. My favorite of all his saloon song selections. The Generalissimo of Romance as Chris Rojek wrote. It would have been the best closer for a Grammy Awards show with the entire industry sitting there in rapt attention while the whole theater is turned into a saloon.

[mancmuso1]

What a performance! Frank owns this Arlen/Gershwin classic!

[1915fas]

Brilliant, poignant, rapt. This is Sinatra summing up a career of being the greatest torch singer, the greatest saloon singer of all time. He uses everything including his innate great gifts as an actor who won an academy award to portray lossed love, love that can never be reconciled. He turns Carnegie Hall into a saloon at 3 in the morning.

[weskittun]

I worry about those cigarettes, Frank!

[1915fas]

@weskittun Yeah! I'm not sure if by-laws permit smoking on stage today.

[Leummoht]

Who originally recorded "It Never Entered My Mind"? And what year was it?

[artanisdio]

This rendition was later than 1980. He recorded this song with this arrangement and band for his album "She Shot Me Down".

[laswilliam]

Frank Sinatra changes tempo throughout & in different ways every time he sang it. Listen to his pianist, Vinnie Falcone stick with Sinatra during 'It Never Entered My Mind.' It's like they're connected. Later, when Falcone is conducting you can clearly see it onne again.

Nelson Riddle arranged the two songs both complete with strings yet, at a Caesars rehearsal, Sinatra asked that just his pianist accompany him during the middle section and the old man liked it that way that never changed it.

[crugee]

I had this medley on my old video collection of Francis, and I've been humming it all day. I am so happy to see it here, thankv you so much for posting it, it's a wonderful arrangment to me, and another piece of Mr Sinatra that even in his more mature years, is still a legend, and always will be to those of us who love him and his music. Thankyou.

[srfdude72891]

I love how he has a gold microphone. Only the king of jazz can hold such a thing—how classy!

[daveybeno]

love it, my IDOL, what a guy love you Frankie

[Ulysses61]

This is not as good as the studio version, but it's still mesmorizing. Thanks for posting!

[MVotter]

LOL! There's only one performer who can put a cigarette out on the stage at Carnegie Hall!  All bow ... FRANK SINATRA!

[BooNube]

If you like this video don't hesitate to try his album 'She Shot Me Down'.

[weskittun]

this is later than 1980!

[gleasondude]

@weskittun I assure you, its not. This came straight from the New York CD/DVD set and it says Carnegie Hall, 1980.

[weskittun]

@gleasondude FS is wearing the Reagan rug!

[weskittun]

@gleasondude stand corrected.

[JadeTomZ]

@weskittun nut case go away.

[weskittun]

Ronnie Wood saw Elvis once and said he did a medley. A medley usually marks late career.

[Aggromerchant]

@weskittun

And in the case of Sinatra the career spanned six decades.

That medley, by the way - two songs, really - was brilliant.

[thomascrown997]

To any pussy-whip who ever wondered how to live and die properly: Simply do it Sinatra-Style.

[weskittun]

@thomascrown997 what with dementia and bladder cancer! 

[1915fas]

@thomascrown997 Yeah, Frank said you gotta love livin' because dyin's a pain in the ass. You only live once and the way I've lived, once is enough.

[philsinatra]

Sinatra the unparallelled.

[Aggromerchant]

One can go on about the interpretive skills and even the voice, but it's all born from incredible musical intuition. And heart.

It may be easy to take Sinatra for granted. But do yourself a favor and NEVER make that mistake.

[wire4paladin]

@Aggromerchant Good comment! The genious of Sinatra is lost on many...

[downrightman]

A Great American, performing one of the Great Songs of The Great American Song Book. A Master at work.

[ChrisStockslager]

Wow, he just nails that low E natural here, which he almost never did live! I'm pretty sure that was Sinatra's lowest note (mine too!)!

[georgiaslop]

@ChrisStockslager yeah, he nails it. great song(s) and performance. the low note in "wave" is even lower (e flat?).

[jbw470]

@georgiaslop I'm pretty sure 'Wave' has an E-flat.

[oliounidizlove]

BRAVOS, MERCI !!!!!

[daveybeno]

Great use of the Mic, master at work again love it thanks for posting

[SergioVellatti]

One of my favorite, older Frank numbers! So cool! Vinny really helps capture the essence of "It Never Entered My Mind". Bravo!

[damone77]

Love this! Thank you so much for this post!