For his 68th birthday: What's your favorite BOBBY DARIN song?

[NightTrain]

Poll question: For his 68th birthday: What's your favorite BOBBY DARIN song?

Since Darin had so many hits, I've limited the poll to his Top 10 singles only. If your favorite is not listed below, feel free to write it in!

[Whitacre D_WI]

1. The line forms on the right, babe,

Now that Mackiiiiiieeeeee's back in tooooooowwwwwwwn!


Nice voice, and for God's sake, it's a Brecht song.

[FarmerOak]

2. It's all about Mack, babe.

If you buy me a beer, I sing it at karaoke.

[Kahuna]

3. Beyond the Sea. This poll has been taken on DU before...

As another DUer put it, for "Beyond the Sea," Darin out Sinatraed Sinatra.

[kodi]

11. yeap, with "beyond the sea" darin out sinatraed sintara

and that was what he was attempting to do.

darin was the most versatile singer actor out there. his movie performances were great, nominated for an oscar, and in pressure point where he played a white racist versus sidney poitier as the black doctor treating darin he was fantastic.

better yet,

http://www.bobbydarin.net/main.html

[Kahuna]

12. I heard that Kevin Spacey is doing a biopic.. That should be awesome...

My favorite actor playing my beloved Bobby.

[Political_Junkie]

4. Mack the Knife

Smooth, Baby, Smooth!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. Beyond The Sea, even if I'm the only one who votes for it

Somewhere beyond the sea
somewhere waiting for me
my lover stands on golden sands
and watches the ships that go sailin'

Somewhere beyond the sea
she's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
then straight to her arms
I'd go sailing

[Kahuna]

6. I love that song to! It's a sentimental favorite. That song..

makes me misty.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. Yeah, and as you said...

...he thought of a few tricks that the Chairman Of The Board hadn't used yet.

It also made it onto the "Diner" soundtrack, which I thought was pretty cool.



:toast:

[Old and In the Way]

7. Up a Lazy River

Actually liked Satchmo's version much better, but this is a pretty decent tune by Darrin.

BTW, he wrote one of the truly great anti-war anthems of all time, made famous by Tim Buckley-

Simple Song of Freedom.

[Elwood P Dowd]

8. What about "Sunday In New York" ?

Not a Top 10'er but one of my favorites from the Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie LP.

[Doctor_J]

10. Beyond the sea

is great stuff. Better vocally than Mac, IMO.

If I were... eww. That Bob Darin era was not good.

[kodi]

13. BTW in a big way.. darin's film bio comes out Xmastime, "beyond the sea"

kevin spacey plays darin and the word is that it is going to be a good film...(with a so-so soundtrack??...bah hah!)

http://www.drivingmrspacey.com/BobbyDarin.htm

[Kahuna]

15. Thanks for the info. I can't wait to see it...

:D

[kodi]

17. you know big kahuna, i posted a like poll over a year ago here

and i can't tell you how great it is to know my favorite singer is still remembered and liked by so many.

last week i was out if town on business and in the hotel i watched the supranos for the very first time, (i dont have hbo) and at the end of the show darin's voice with "if i were a carpenter" wafted out. god, it was chilling to hear it in the context of the storyline.

darin was so damned versatile and i was hoping that his career would be like sinatra's was, where the latter rebounded in the late 50's and became the "legend." darin had more talent and it was a sad, sad day for me when i heard he had died while in heart surgery.

when i was a kid growing up the only thing and i mean the only thing my dad and i agreed about was bobbie darin.

[SarahB]

14. Beyond the Sea

Timeless and sweet song.

[agingdem]

16. Hard to decide...

Beyond the Sea and Mac the Knife are my favorites, however, I have his early nightclub CD and I think it's fantastic.

[fairfaxvadem]

18. Mack, but only since I was forced to choose

I love Beyond the Sea...

My brother has a cd of Bobby Darin's music with commentary from Bobby Darin about the songs, who wrote it, how he came to record it, etc., and I can't find the darn thing... but it is awesome.

"Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear..."

The imagery in Mack the Knife is wonderful...

[DancingBear]

19. Definitely Mack

But let us not forget "Artifical Flowers" or his zoftig version of "Clementine."

[NightTrain]

21. Frankly, I wish I *could* forget "Artificial Flowers."

For such harrowing lyrics to get a swingin' arrangement was a travesty!

[Philostopher]

20. I remember his TV show.

Both my mother and my older sister loved the guy. My dad even liked his singing, so of course we watched it. I wasn't very old -- eight or nine, I think. The music he did wasn't my thing at the time (I had a wild crush on Paul McCartney). Still, even I enjoyed watching it -- and I later came to appreciate how talented he really was.

Damned shame he left so soon. I've thought many times, over the past few years, if the medical technology that's available now had been available thirty years ago, he might still be around.

I've been Googling furiously, but can't find the site -- somebody used to have a site with a lot of streaming clips from the TV show. I had it bookmarked, but lost a hard drive and all the bookmarks I had at the time.