Show 55. "I'm Losin'..." WED. June 13,1998 @ Nita's Hideaway
Show 55. "I'm Losin'..."
WED. June 13,1998 @ Nita's Hideaway
SONGS:
"THE SUMMER WIND"
"TIME AFTER TIME"
"FLY ME TO THE MOON"
"THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT"
"I CAN'T TAKE MORE TOUGH LOVE"
"I GET A KICK OUTTA YOU"
"FRANK SPEAKS OF LOSING / ACT LIKE YOU'RE MY BABY"
"THAT"S LIFE"
Synopsis: Vic's tribute to the late Sinatra , one week after his death and named after his last words. Among the tried and true Frank covers is a rendition of "THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT" performed to a loop of Queen's "We Will Rock You". Bonnie duets on the Frank and Nacy hit "SOMETHING STUPID". And Frank Speaks is lifted off his introduction to "Send In the Clowns" on The Reprise Collection. "I GET A KICK OUTTA YOU" is incorrectly listed in the Playbill as "I GET A KICK OUTTA EUTHANASIA" Looking at the blood stained white curtain , Vic/Sinatra makes an off-color remark "What's Mia's wedding dress doing here?" and calls soundman Jamal "a credit to his race". Doo be doo be don't!
VIC's Original Playbill Comments: "Six months ago I performed my Sinatra Death Watch Show at Suck Wongs and got myself permanently banned from that swill hole-all for your listening pleasure, I might add. Who'da thought that Ol' Blue Eyes would hang on this long, keeping the Grim Reaper waiting with the same panache Keith Richards has demonstrated for decades! Frank's last words reportedly were "I'm losing". I'd like to think that maybe if he had another breath left in him he'd gasp "mustgethelpwarnthe others(sigh)". But nope. Just "I'm losing". Count yourself to be one of the lucky ones to have had a guy like Frank Sinatra losing for your listening pleasure. I hope you go home tonight, pull out one of his great loser albums like No One Cares, Only the Lonely or Where Are You and thank God you never had to lose like Frank has. That he could have that many dames and still not be happyit's positively chilling! So long, Francis Albert. And when you find some free time wherever it is you wound up, tell that Vic Damone you were delirious and you really don't want him using your old Nelson Riddle arrangements!"