The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Transcript from Beyond the Sea, the Bobby Darin biopic starring Kevin Spacey:
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Voice Over: I was a teen idol for a minute and a half but momma's plan was to be bigger than Sinatra. I wanted to do the great standards but my producer thought I was nuts to turn my back on rock and roll.
Scene:
Manager: Bobby, Teenagers aren't going to buy an album of you singing standards!
Bobby Darin: Oh now Ahmet, you're talking out of your ass again. How do you know what teenagers are going to buy, what do you got? A crystal ball up there?
Manager: I've been in this business long enough to know that you don't change your image when you're hot like this.
Darin: Well then you're right. I don't want teenagers to be my only audience so that's perfect!
Manager: Why can't you be satisfied? YOu just did Bandstand.
Darin: Bandstand's mostly for kids! Ahmet, I want the Copa. Listen, With rock and roll I got a thousand other guys out there and you goddamn well know it. I gotta prove that I can sing. I want it all. I want the major leagues. I want nightclubs, I want vegas, movies, Tv. This album will make it all happen fast, faster than you can imagine.
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The real Bobby Darin, singing his hit, "Mack the Knife:"
Clay Aiken's performance of "Mack the Knife" on American Idol 2:
It's been a few decades since Bobby Darin proved he was a great singer and master entertainer with his re-interpretation of "Mack the Knife," perhaps it's time for Clay Aiken to do the same with classics of his own.
Tags: Clay Aiken, Bobby Darin, Beyond the Sea, Mack the Knife
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Voice Over: I was a teen idol for a minute and a half but momma's plan was to be bigger than Sinatra. I wanted to do the great standards but my producer thought I was nuts to turn my back on rock and roll.
Scene:
Manager: Bobby, Teenagers aren't going to buy an album of you singing standards!
Bobby Darin: Oh now Ahmet, you're talking out of your ass again. How do you know what teenagers are going to buy, what do you got? A crystal ball up there?
Manager: I've been in this business long enough to know that you don't change your image when you're hot like this.
Darin: Well then you're right. I don't want teenagers to be my only audience so that's perfect!
Manager: Why can't you be satisfied? YOu just did Bandstand.
Darin: Bandstand's mostly for kids! Ahmet, I want the Copa. Listen, With rock and roll I got a thousand other guys out there and you goddamn well know it. I gotta prove that I can sing. I want it all. I want the major leagues. I want nightclubs, I want vegas, movies, Tv. This album will make it all happen fast, faster than you can imagine.
******
The real Bobby Darin, singing his hit, "Mack the Knife:"
Clay Aiken's performance of "Mack the Knife" on American Idol 2:
It's been a few decades since Bobby Darin proved he was a great singer and master entertainer with his re-interpretation of "Mack the Knife," perhaps it's time for Clay Aiken to do the same with classics of his own.
Tags: Clay Aiken, Bobby Darin, Beyond the Sea, Mack the Knife
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