In 1966, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, and many other musical greats released albums that would define the 1960's and inspire listeners for decades to come.
So who'd the Recording Academy choose to award its Album of the Year Grammy? For the third time (!) that decade, Frank Sinatra -- for a warmed-over "greatest hits" package -- where Ol' Blue Eyes spent nearly as much time talking about himself as he did singing.
Before writing the whole thing off as just another terrible choice from Academy voters (see also Dan's "Parallel-Universe Oscar" mini-episodes), Dan figured it was only fair for him to listen to Sinatra's 1966 Album of the Year, "A Man and His Music" to judge for himself -- and while he was at it, he listened to a ton of albums from that year to determine what was REALLY the true and rightful Album of that Year.
(SPOILER ALERT: It wasn't Frank.)
Besides Dan's many opinions and lots of cool trivia, this is a tuneful episode -- you'll hear everything from Sinatra to Stevie Wonder to Dylan, The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Roberta Flack, The Mothers of Invention, Bill Murray....and a lot, lot more.
At less than thirty minutes, it’s a perfect listen for a commute, your morning workout, or a jaunt to the grocery store and back.
In 1966, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, and many other musical greats released albums that would define the 1960's and inspire listeners for decades to come.
So who'd the Recording Academy choose to award its Album of the Year Grammy? For the third time (!) that decade, Frank Sinatra -- for a warmed-over "greatest hits" package -- where Ol' Blue Eyes spent nearly as much time talking about himself as he did singing.
Before writing the whole thing off as just another terrible choice from Academy voters (see also Dan's "Parallel-Universe Oscar" mini-episodes), Dan figured it was only fair for him to listen to Sinatra's 1966 Album of the Year, "A Man and His Music" to judge for himself -- and while he was at it, he listened to a ton of albums from that year to determine what was REALLY the true and rightful Album of that Year.
(SPOILER ALERT: It wasn't Frank.)
Besides Dan's many opinions and lots of cool trivia, this is a tuneful episode -- you'll hear everything from Sinatra to Stevie Wonder to Dylan, The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Roberta Flack, The Mothers of Invention, Bill Murray....and a lot, lot more.
At less than thirty minutes, it’s a perfect listen for a commute, your morning workout, or a jaunt to the grocery store and back.