FIRST TIME HEARING | Erik Grönwall | My Way (Frank Sinatra Cover) #musicreaction

Hi, I'm Brad. Hi, I'm John. All right, we got today. Yes, today we have Eric Cromwell. Because he decided he wants to go and release a song for his funeral. Not morbid in any way, shape, or form, is it? Um, I'm assuming you're going to explain it. Well, that's literally what he put on there. You know, it's my way. Frank Sinatra cover, my funeral song. All righty. All right. Thanks for that, Eric. That's what he says. So anyway, I didn't actually realize this until I looked it up. My way is an English language adaptation of a 1967 French song. Yeah, come to have a dude. I probably just butchered the French, which is terrible because I actually took French. It was released by Frank Sinatra in 1969. So French song popped up in 1967. Frank Sinatra version popped up in 1969. It's been a success for a whole bunch of people. Obviously, Frank Sinatra. It was also done by Elvis. Sid Vicious was another surprisingly popular version. Yeah, it's kind of my thing. Anyway. And I probably know a song, but I don't know by the title. Yeah, I guess you know it. I'm sure that's just it. I'm sure once it starts playing, it's going to be like... Frank Sinatra's version of My Way, in fact, spent 75 weeks in the UK top 40, placing it number four on the longest time songs have spent on charts in England. Come on, 52 weeks in a year? That's... Over a year. Way over a year. Yeah. But then you suddenly think it's kind of like... And that's only number four. I guarantee one of the ones above that is going to be Mariah Carey with a Christmas song. Because the number of weeks that that's spent on American charts is absolutely astounding, because it seems like every other year it pops back into the charts. Not high, but it's back in the charts. Yeah, but those are probably consecutive weeks, though. Yeah, that's true. Anyway. Well, they're consecutive weeks, just they're split up. Consecutive two here, two there. The other thing I found interesting was in 1968, a music publisher asked a young artist called David Bowie to tackle doing an English version, because he was more of a songwriter back then. I mean, he was always a songwriter, but he was writing songs for other people. To do an English-speaking version of the song. And he wrote and apparently recorded a demo of his interpretation, which was called Even a Fool Learns to Love. But the song was never formally recorded, the project got shelved, and later got developed into a wholly original song called Life on Mars. Okay. So. You just never know. Basically, that's how you connect, you know, my way to David Bowie's Life on Mars. All right. There's a connection that you wouldn't ever think about. What is that? Six degrees of separation. Yeah. Or in this case, more like three degrees of separation. All right, well, let's check it out. Before we do, make sure you hit that like and subscribe. Check out the description down below. You're going to find all our links, information, and stuff that we have down there. Okay. I mean, I'm going to assume this is kind of a laid-back, sad version. I'll state my case, of which I'm certain I've lived a life that's full I traveled each and every highway And more, much more than this I did it my way Regrets, I've had a few But then again, too few to mention I did what I had to do And saw it through, without exemption I planned each charted course Each careful step along the byway And more, much more than this Such a good place to pause. Can you guess what the next line is, anyway? So, obviously, I assume you recognize the song. Kinda. I think I do. Yeah. When it gets better, my way. Because I did it my way. Yeah, it's probably one of the songs that Frank Sinatra is best known for. Well, it's probably more jazzy, isn't it? Yeah. Or... It's a bit more upbeat, faster. He's slowed it down. Made it a bit more mournful. It's better than a bit on his funeral. Yeah. Which makes it sad. Which makes sense when you kind of listen to the lyrics. It's kind of like, in a way, it's sort of... Eh, it's not the most cheerful song. Well... Along the byway And more, much more than this I did it my way Yes, there were times I'm sure you knew When I bit off more than I could chew But through it all, when there was doubt I ate it up and spit it out I faced it all and I stood tall And did it my way I've loved, I've laughed and cried I've had my fill, my share of losing And now, as tears subside I find it all so amusing To think I did all that And may I say, not in a shy way Oh no, oh no, not me Yes, I did it twice. This is actually, maybe in part because it's a Frank Sinatra song, this is actually a really good song to show off a singer's voice. Especially if you do it the way Frank did it. You need quite a bit of power and projection because as the song builds, it becomes more, you know, it leans more on your voice and, you know, the clarity of your tone. As each section builds and gets louder and... Yeah. Not in a shy way Oh no, oh no, not me I did it my way Oh, what is a man? What has he got? If not himself, then he is not To say the things he truly feels And not the words of one who kneels The record shows I took the blows And did it my way I did it my way He's very good at building, stepping it up. Although at first, I liked that end part probably the best. Yeah, which... The beginning, I think, although he had great vocals, it was just a little... I don't know, did that feel like him? Even though it was a little too slow. See, in this case, if you listen to the original Frank Sinatra version, Frank's version basically does the same thing. It starts off not quite that slow. It starts off slow and builds and builds towards the end where, you know, if there's ever a clip of Frank Sinatra singing the song, it's the very expressive at the end. I did it my way. Yeah, see, I probably have that. And I was also very amused by the video as well. Yeah, I liked the video. You know, playing on the... I'm not sure if I should call it the cultural theme or trope of, you know, basically you're at the end of the road playing a game of chess with death. Yeah. Effectively. Yeah. And he lost. Yeah, which is why I said it's a funeral song. Yeah, I mean, I like the video and I mean, he's got great vocals. I like when he's... To me, it took a little too long to get there. To get to the... Yeah. Powerful stuff. Yeah, and I like when he does it powerful. But when you consider the context of what the song is for, it's time to make sense. It's just, you know... So now Tommy needs to just do a metal version. Yeah, there you go. I mean, I liked it. I mean, I like everything he does. It's one that I like better. Yeah, this one was good. Great vocals. The end was great. You know, I liked the video. All right. Well, we're obviously going to continue hitting them up. 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