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Originally Posted by lorenzoduke
My Way without a doubt did more damage to Sinatra's career than good. People think they know him because of that one song. The majority of people would never give his great albums like 'Watertown', 'She Shot Me Down', 'Sings For Only The Lonely', and 'In The Wee Small Hours' even a chance because they think they know him through that one signature song that he didn't even like or connect with on a personal level. Sinatra himself said he thought it was an 'arrogant' song. If Sinatra thought it was arrogant...well....
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There may be some artistic truth in that - Watertown was an incredibly powerful album, and sold very little - but it is one of the Sinatra canon that continues to keep his music relevant in the minds of young people. Only The Lonely was already a successful and widely celebrated album from 10 years earlier. Sinatra did hate the song to begin with but he warmed to it eventually according to comments he made in the 80s. There's no denying that he was great at it though.
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