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| Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/14/12 at 4:52 pm)
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The coolness of Dean Martin seamlessly crosses generations; young guys heading for a weekend in Las Vegas with their buddies understand his appeal just as viscerally as their grandparents do. He never, in life, actively campaigned for this role -- the eternal model of coolness -- and in death it has just seemed to be bestowed upon him naturally.
His friend Frank Sinatra may have liked the image of being Chairman of the Board, but the core of Martin's enduring allure is that not only did he not want to be chairman, but he also didn't even want to serve on the board: It would mean that he would be cooped up in some boardroom for meetings when he'd rather be out playing golf. The sight of him in a tuxedo -- he wore it as comfortably as most men wear a pair of pajamas -- says to people who weren't even born when he was at the height of his fame: Take a deep breath and let yourself grin. Your problems can wait until tomorrow.
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ETA: Why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice
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Jim Rockford 
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| re: Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/14/12 at 6:02 pm to Kafka)
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| re: Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/15/12 at 7:58 am to Kafka)
bump for the Sinatra link add
Here's another Dino article:
Dean Martin Vs The Rolling Stones!
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| re: Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/15/12 at 8:49 am to Kafka)
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Here's another Dino article:
Dean Martin Vs The Rolling Stones!
I dug Dino, but I never thought that was one of his finer moments.
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Pepe Lepew
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| re: Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/15/12 at 9:12 am to Kafka)
I need my fix of Frank at least once a month 
Sorry, but Dino not so much....
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| re: Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/15/12 at 9:25 am to Kafka)
I was a big fan of Dean back in H.S. Maybe it was "The Golddiggers"?
Sinatra saved my life once. I was in Vegas and a bunch of thugs took me out to an alley and started beating the hell out of me. Frank walked by and said, "That's enough".
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Kafka
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| re: Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/15/12 at 9:35 am to IonaTiger)
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Sinatra saved my life once. I was in Vegas and a bunch of thugs took me out to an alley and started beating the hell out of me. Frank walked by and said, "That's enough".
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME FRANK
HIT SOMEBODY!
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Tiger in Texas 
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| re: Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/15/12 at 12:45 pm to Kafka)
I have enjoyed psych music, punk, hard rock, metal, thrash, speed metal, etc., but i will always acknowledge guys like Dean & Frank as some of the greatest and coolest to ever walk on stage or in a studio...
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DrVinnyBoombatz 
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| re: Why Dean Martin's still so cool, & why Frank Sinatra will always be The Voice (Posted on 4/15/12 at 1:13 pm to Kafka)
One of my favorite videos. Dean Martin was awesome. And Louis was all class and had just as much fun as Dean singing. Always liked Dean more then Frank as well.
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