Report: Paul Anka to Sing 'My Way' for Trump Inauguration

[DonViejo]

According to Radar Online, 75-year-old crooner Paul Anka will perform his most famous song, “My Way,” at Donald Trump’s inauguration, with the lyrics re-written for his long-time friend and incoming president. “Paul was asked by the members of the Trump inauguration committee and he was only too happy to do it for his longtime friend,” one insider told the tabloid outlet. The source indicated that Anka’s special version of the Frank Sinatra classic would be performed during the inaugural dance between Trump and his wife Melania Trump.

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[Loge23]

1. Anka out

Update: Anka will not appear at the inauguration.

[Hortensis]

47. Hey, Anka's an illustration of rejection, failure, a joke

in this situation. i"m certainly enjoying it.

And brace up--those people who actually are old enough to remember 'I did it my way' are hearing Frank Sinatra in their minds. ("Who's Paul Anka?" and "He's still alive?&quot In other words, consider the all-but-forgotten elderly white trumpster relegated. And enjoy.

[Maru Kitteh]

96. "He's still alive?"

Nailed it. That was my first thought.

[yeoman6987]

68. I wonder how Jason Bateman feels about this.

Father in law. I am pretty sure Jason is a democratic supporters from previous interviews.

[tblue37]

103. He wants to spend more time with his family:

Paul Anka bows out of Trump inauguration to spend the day with his son

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/paul-anka-bows-out-of-trump-inauguration-to-spend-the-day-with-his-son/

[Angry Dragon]

2. too bad

[tinrobot]

3. So the best they can do is a has-been who needs the paycheck?

Oh that's right, he'll probably get stiffed, just like every other contractor.

[pangaia]

4. Paul.........Anka?? Now there's an A-Lister for ya...

[putitinD]

32. the angry old white men will probably enjoy it. Nobody else though.

[crazycatlady]

38. the dog in Gilmore Girls?

[frogmarch]

59. My first thought!

[2naSalit]

49. yeah...

from half a century ago.

[Achilleaze]

5. What about "Our Way?" This is just a freakin Comrade Casino Republican Ego Extravaganza

...not the swearing in of a "President of the people" but a royal Ego Wank by the Draft-dodging & Tax-dodging Wanker-in-Chief for the Russian-Republican Cabal.

How small. How pathetically small of Comrade Casino and the Republicans to debase our national ceremony with a Deformed Ego Wank Off.

[OilemFirchen]

6. This raises an existential question:

How does one boycott Paul Anka? Is there a truck stop in Branson to avoid?

[Cha]

24. LOLlol One can't

[malaise]

26. You win the thread - DUzy

[Uponthegears]

72. Ha ha ha ha

Perfect

[JHan]

87. ....................

[mainstreetonce]

7. Go back to Canada Paul

Do it your way

[Grammy23]

8. But what else would you expect from the Narcissist in Chief

to have sung at his coronation....er....inaugural ball??

[Elwood P Dowd]

9. That's what I was thinking. (nm)

[Different Drummer]

16. Make it three. n/t

[2naSalit]

50. Make it four.

[LeftInTX]

10. I guess Trump will make this the new national anthem

Bye-bye Star Spangled Banner

[malaise]

35. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! How near is

the end?

We hear this more at funerals these days

Note Sinatra 'we will now do the national anthem'

[LeftInTX]

40. LOL - Forgot about the first lines

"And so I face the final curtain"

[malaise]

41. It would be perfect to accompany

his arrest and frogmarch

[tblue37]

70. Appropriate. The inauguration will mark the burial of democracy. nt

[nolabear]

11. Perfect. He doesn't comprehend "we."

They're going to have to change those lyrics a whole lot though. I prefer the original. "And now, the end has come..."

[Lucinda]

12. Odd choice lyrically... n/t

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. And now, the end is near And so I face the final curtain

[malaise]

36. That's the best part

It's actually not Sinatra's song - Paul Anka wrote it

[tonedevil]

91. Paul Anka...

wrote words the tune is by a french pop star of the 60s and 70s, Claude François.

[malaise]

100. Correct

Welcome to DU

[3catwoman3]

56. That final curtain can ring down...

...any time.

[displacedtexan]

14. Sinatra would be furious.

Frankly, some no name has been should sing Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?" for the loser Trumpster.

[Tanuki]

18. Nancy Sinatra was a staunch Hillary supporter. I wonder if she

will comment?
https://mobile.twitter.com/NancySinatra/status/796233114506772482

"Unfortunately Hillary is the victim of a well-orchestrated smear campaign It's a shame. She is the best candidate ever to run for president. …"...(from Nancy Sinatra's twitter, Nov.8)

[Cha]

27. She already tweeted that if her father were still alive he wouldn't be

performing for trumpee. He wouldn't support his bigotry.

[Tanuki]

33. I wonder what Sinatra's "possible" son Ronan Farrow thinks?

He has to hate the idea.

[nolabear]

62. Possible?

[LisaM]

46. Really?

I suddenly really am a huge fan of Nancy Sinatra.

[Glimmer of Hope]

20. His family should raise a stink.

[Abq_Sarah]

48. He might have a right to be angry

If he'd actually written the song.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

66. Well, Anka did write it specifically for Sinatra.

[MaeScott]

101. Didn't the article say that Anka is rewriting the lyrics? I invite you ...

To suggest a few verses!

[hamsterjill]

15. Paul was already in trouble in the 70's.

With "She's Having MY Baby" instead of "Our" baby.

[LeftInTX]

44. It would be funny if Paul decided to have his voice playbacked and out came, "Having my baby"

instead.

[annabanana]

17. That's SINATRA'S "most famous song"

Anka's is "Lonely Boy"..

[malaise]

37. but Anka wrote it

[Hortensis]

98. I didn't know that, Malaise. This news doesn't

encourage admiration of Anka, but it is an accomplishment that will live on after him. I assume there were others.

Anyway, some people are going to perform at the inauguration, just glad that so far no favorites have turned out to be trumpsters. I avoid a lot of entertainment news just to keep entertainers strangers.

[malaise]

99. I remember the first time I discovered that Paul Anka wrote it

I could not believe it

[Hortensis]

102. Now I'm feeling sorry for him. DAMN this bleeding heart!

[tblue37]

73. I thought maybe "Diana" was his most famous one--or was it just his first big hit? nt

"Diana"

I'm so young and you're so old
This, my darling I've been told
I don't care just what they say
'Cause forever I will pray
You and I will be as free
As the birds up in the trees
Oh, please, stay by me, Diana

Thrills I get when you hold me close
Oh, my darling, you're the most
I love you but do you love me
Oh Diana, can't you see
I love you with all my heart
And I hope we will never part
Oh, please, stay with me, Diana

Oh my darlin', oh my lover
Tell me that there is no other
I love you with my heart
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Only you can take my heart
Only you can tear it apart
When you hold me in your loving arms
I can feel you giving all your charms
Hold me darling, ho-ho-hold me tight
Squeeze me baby with a-all your might
Oh, please, stay by me Diana
Oh, please, Diana
Oh, please, Diana
Oh, please, Diana

Considering the May-December aspects of the song, maybe it suits Trump.

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[LenaBaby61]

19. Is Anka ...

Going to be singing it in russian?

Secondly, I thought Maria Osmond was going to be singing at tRumputin's Inaugural?

ALL the pisser-in-chief can get for his funeral procession is 30-50 years ago A listers.

I won't be watching anyway, so

[rug]

21. And now, the end is near

And you all face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full of shit
I flew above each and every highway
And more, much more than this, they pissed it my way

Regrets, you have a few
But then again, too many to count up
I did what I wanted to do and saw it through without taxation
I winged th' uncharted course, each fumbling step along the byway
And more, much more than this, they pissed 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
They drank it up and pissed it out
I faced it all and I stood tall, they pissed it my way

I've groped, but never laughed nor ever cried
Not 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, they pissed it my way

For what is my hair, what has science wraught?
If not my own, then Chinese silicone
To hide the things my scalp truly feels and wait for Puty, the one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows and they pissed it my way

Yes, it was my way

[malaise]

39. Brilliant

[LeftInTX]

51. Where do you come up with this stuff...

This should be an original thread!!

[Thrill]

22. Damn I give them credit

they're looking every where

[Vinca]

23. I didn't realize he's still alive. How exciting.

[smirkymonkey]

69. I know! I thought it was going to be a "Weekend at Bernie's"

kind of routine. Who knew?

[Bettie]

25. Wait...I thought he was

dead.

[no_hypocrisy]

28. In Trump's case, Anka should sing "I did it . . . . sideways."

[LenaBaby61]

77. In Trump's case ....

Anka should sing "I did it . . . . sideways."



SO true too!

[lpbk2713]

29. Sinatra will be back.

Just to kick Paul Anka's ass.

[jaxind]

30. Oh God...

I honestly feel like I could barf right now!

[Seedersandleechers]

31. I'd rather listen to this version

[MrPurple]

54. Most appropriate for Trump would be version from the end of Goodfellas

with Joe Pesci shooting people

[lillypaddle]

34. How underwhelming

[applegrove]

42. He sang it for Pierre Trudeau when Pierre retired as Liberal

leader in Canada. Does Trump know that?

[Lotusflower70]

58. He might not care at this point

He is pretty desperate to try to get anyone to perform.

[applegrove]

61. True.

[JI7]

97. i doubt Trump knows who that was

or would even care.

he wishes he could get the big names that performed for obama.

[still_one]

43. Obviously he is trying to sell records to the sexist, racist, xenophobic demographic

[Freethinker65]

45. At least Anka wrote the lyrics himself (no plagerizing)...though he "borrowed" the melody

[Jake Stern]

64. If that's where the bar's set then Pat Boone and Led Zepplin are out

[sdfernando]

52. 75 year old crooner? If he doesn't have auto-tune it is going to be like nails on a chaulkboard...

I seriously doubt Anka or the orange one even know what auto-tune is!

[nolabear]

63. DOn't know about Anka but 90 year old Tony Bennett sounds good.

Saw his birthday tribute the other night and it was a little thinner than in his youth but still really good.

[BlueStater]

53. Isn't that song sung from the perspective of a man on his deathbed?

Please let that be a good omen.

[Stellar]

57. Anka was known as a teen Idol back in my day...

and I'm 72. Perhaps senility has set in.

[Jake Stern]

60. Hope he and anybody that performs for Trumpulini demands the fee upfront and in cold cash.

Or they'll get stiffed. Count on it. Even in loss Trump seems to win in court by dragging the appeals out.

[Grammy23]

84. Nah...tRump will say he was doing them a favor by having them perform.

Why pay when they should be soooo grateful to him?? They OWE him.

[Jake Stern]

93. Never thought of that

Maybe he'll make Anka's record sales rise so much they'll look like they're falling just like Jackie Evancho's.

[spanone]

65. who cares?

old vegas entertainers go where the money is.

[FarPoint]

67. He is of Syrian and Lebanese heritage....

He shames his ancestors.

[LeftInTX]

74. So is Darrell Issa

[FarPoint]

83. Oh....Puke...

Another shamer...

[LeftInTX]

85. Also John Sununu

But they're Christians and Trump is anti-Muslim. Many aren't pleased with how Christians have been treated in the ME in the last 35 years, so it isn't too surprising.

[smirkymonkey]

71. Do they have any idea how humiliating this line-up is?

It would be less embarrassing to hire a good DJ.

[musette_sf]

75. He's as charming and kind as his "longtime friend". A real peach.

"I don’t care if you’re a light man, a production manager, an agent or a theater owner like last night – you understand? I have a new philosophy. I don’t care if it’s Jesus Christ. I’m the only important one on that stage."

Transcript of Anka Band Meeting Rant:
https://michaelscomments.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/the-paul-anka-transcript/

[Rorey]

79. What an ass!

I hope this gets circulated before the inauguration so people will have it in the back of their minds.

[musette_sf]

82. It's been on the Interwebz for years

but I think most who are already familiar with it are working musicians.

(One of my FB musician friends, commenting on Anka's Bigly Gig, posted just one line, without link or attribution: "THE GUYS GET SHIRTS".)

[Charles Bukowski]

76. Since I've never purchased an Anka record

or attended one of his concerts, I can proudly say I've been boycotting him since birth.

[JenniferJuniper]

78. He's hearing about it on his facebook page...

vitriolic!

[KamaAina]

80. Make Canada great again?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

81. He couldn't get a Russian singer?

I might actually watch if he got a creepy Russian like this guy!

[JHan]

88. +++++++++++ LOL

[Jake Stern]

94. This is Soviet music at it's finest. The Motherland rejoices with each note!

[milestogo]

86. That is the official song of Narcissism.

Sorry, Frank Sinatra.

[Blue Owl]

89. Followed by "Put Your Head In My Shower"

n/t

[liberalhistorian]

90. LOL. Nobody under fifty will even know

who he is, and most of those who do know won't give a shit or will have thought he was already dead. LOL.

[herding cats]

95. This person under 50 didn't know who he was.

I said in another thread, I had to look him up. His popularity predates my birth, and any residual fame he may have had was long gone before I was of age.

I'm sure I've heard bits of the song "I Did It My Way" before, but I've never heard all of it, at least not at one time, and I never knew who sang it.

This is a pathetic choice for an entertainer at a presidential inauguration in 2017, even if it's all you can get. Recorded music and slideshows would be better than disgruntled Rockettes, a has been more than half of the country hasn't even heard of and Lee Greenwood.

I'm going to take back Lee Greenwood, he's actually appropriate for the event, even if he's a trite choice. He'd be a decent opening act to help get the crowd in the mood while people were still being seated.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

92. Because everything's about the shit gibbon

Fuck the rest of us.