I really enjoyed (if that's the right word for such a sad story) Dodd Darin's DREAM LOVER about his parents, Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee; and I even liked the Kevin Spacey movie. Darin managed to pack a lot into a pretty short life.
I've reviewed the book here on the blog, and probably the movie, too. I'm a Darin fan (though not in Max Allan Collins' league), and I got a kick out of both of them.
I may not be the biggest Darin fan, but I'm one of them. Love the guy and weep for his too short life. At our wedding my wife and I staged our first dance where we did a slow dance like a couple of middle-schoolers to Billy Joel's "Don't Go Changing." After about 20 seconds my wife waved off the music and made a scene while I stood there with my arms crossed, shaking my head. Then the DJ started Bobby's uptempo version of "That's All" and we did a full on custom dance choreographed by the owner of a local Arthur Murray studio. (One of Darin's specialties was taking slow songs and doing them at a furious tempo. Check out his version of "On the Street Where You Live" for an undiscovered classic.)
Yes, and many of the participants have been identified by people on a list I'm on. One of the list members, Robert Silverberg, was at the convention and knows a lot of the people. I recognize Harlan Ellison and a couple of others.
Anyway, I always thought Bobby Darin, for all his success, was under-appreciated. He had great taste in music, and a real ability to transform a song so that you remembered his version of it, not the original (or any earlier versions, for that matter). (I got 3 copies of his "Mack the Knife" for my 12th birthday...gave two of them to girls I was trying to impress--not that it worked.)
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I really enjoyed (if that's the right word for such a sad story) Dodd Darin's DREAM LOVER about his parents, Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee; and I even liked the Kevin Spacey movie. Darin managed to pack a lot into a pretty short life.
I've reviewed the book here on the blog, and probably the movie, too. I'm a Darin fan (though not in Max Allan Collins' league), and I got a kick out of both of them.
I may not be the biggest Darin fan, but I'm one of them. Love the guy and weep for his too short life. At our wedding my wife and I staged our first dance where we did a slow dance like a couple of middle-schoolers to Billy Joel's "Don't Go Changing." After about 20 seconds my wife waved off the music and made a scene while I stood there with my arms crossed, shaking my head. Then the DJ started Bobby's uptempo version of "That's All" and we did a full on custom dance choreographed by the owner of a local Arthur Murray studio. (One of Darin's specialties was taking slow songs and doing them at a furious tempo. Check out his version of "On the Street Where You Live" for an undiscovered classic.)
Rick, Al Collins is probably going to be jealous that he didn't think of that.
I've got the video if he wants it....
Sorry for unrelated, but did you see these cool pics?
http://boingboing.net/2016/01/02/help-identify-the-science-fict.html
Yes, and many of the participants have been identified by people on a list I'm on. One of the list members, Robert Silverberg, was at the convention and knows a lot of the people. I recognize Harlan Ellison and a couple of others.
Harlan Ellison must have been a kid then.
Anyway, I always thought Bobby Darin, for all his success, was under-appreciated. He had great taste in music, and a real ability to transform a song so that you remembered his version of it, not the original (or any earlier versions, for that matter). (I got 3 copies of his "Mack the Knife" for my 12th birthday...gave two of them to girls I was trying to impress--not that it worked.)
Darin was a huge talent. He could sing any kind of song and make it his own.
Ellison was indeed just a kid, and so was Silverberg, but Silverberg was already publishing, and if Ellison wasn't, he soon would be.
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