Donald Trump is reportedly using the classic Frank Sinatra theme song, “My Way” for his Inauguration Ball dance — with his wife. Not “our way,” or any other romantic song. It’s all about Donald Trump. The man continues to put us into disbelief, disgust and embarrassment multiple times a day.
The late legendary crooner Frank Sinatra was outspoken — and so is his daughter, Nancy Sinatra, now 76. The pop star from the 60s who had hits including the duet “Something Stupid," “Sugartown” and "These Boots Are Made For Walking” (video shown below.)
Nancy Sinatra just stomped all over Trump with a wrecking ball tweet Wednesday night after being asked what she thought of Trump using her father’s theme song at the Ball. Her response:
"Just remember the first line of the song.”
The first line of “My Way” is:
“And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain.”
Here is the full song, sung by an older Frank Sinatra.
Soon after sending her tweet, Nancy Sinatra also retweeted this meme adding, "We will stand together and try our best to prevail.🇺🇸"
Yes, we will.
Side tidbit:
This originated as the French song called "Comme D'Habitude" (translation: "As Usual"), written by the composers Jacques Revaux and Gilles Thibault. They took it to the French pop star Claude Francois, who tweaked it a bit (earning a co-writer credit) and recorded the song in 1967, where it was a hit in parts of Europe. The French version tells the story of a man, living out the end of his marriage, love killed by the boredom of everyday life.
Paul Anka discovered this song while visiting France and re-wrote the lyrics as "My Way" when he returned to New York. Anka says it was 3 a.m. on a rainy night when the words came to him. Anka, who was a very popular singer, pitched the song to Frank Sinatra, who recorded it on December 30, 1968. Anka's lyrics changed the meaning to be about a man looking back fondly on a life he lived on his own terms, and Sinatra's version became one of his signature songs.
This became Frank Sinatra's signature song, but he couldn't stand it, saying he "loathed" the song. In his later years, he described the song as "a Paul Anka pop hit which became a kind of national anthem." In a 2000 interview with the BBC show Hardtalk, Sinatra's daughter Tina said, "He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent. He didn't like it. That song stuck and he couldn't get it off his shoe."
"Self-serving and self-indulgent” — well, there the fuck it is. In that context, it’s a perfect choice for Trump.