Nobody Wins
This all started with Frank Sinatra. I’m sure a lot of stories start this way, given the Chairman of the Board’s incredible impact on modern music. God knows how many people are walking this earth because their parents heard a Sinatra song, stopped being strangers in the night, and got down to the dooby-dooby-doo. Frank’s rendition of “Nothing but the Best” is my theme song for 2023 and I still give that tune a listen when I’m feeling low. Lately, I’ve been interested in a Sinatra song that starts low and goes even lower. It’s called “ Nobody Wins ” and it’s from Sinatra’s 1973 album Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back , which he recorded after coming out of his brief retirement two years earlier. Other songs on the album include “Send in the Clowns”, “You Will be My Music” and “Let Me Try Again.” “Nobody Wins” is a slow and mournful account of couple calling it quits. To be honest, it took me a while to connect with this song, since it’s so somber, and I could perfectly understand w...