Hi,

I'm a new Bobby Darin fan, and much of that is fueled because of the
upcoming movie... fans (of both Kevin and Bobby) just can't wait
until it's finally released. While I have not not heard all of
Darin's songs, the critics have been saying how uncanny it is that
Kevin's voice is similar to Bobby's. It's been his dream to get this
film made, and he's been a huge fan of Bobby since he was young. He
said so himself that Bobby's manager said "Over my dead body will
anyone sing Bobby's songs..." but then they realized that it was not
just some ego thing of him singing in the movie. Kevin truly wants to
honor the man, and stay true to singing "live" not lypsincing. But
yes, from what I've seen, Bobby was a brilliant performer. Nothing
surpasses the original. We'll just have to wait and see how the film
turned out.

~Jennifer



--- In thebobbydarinfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "lionelknighting"
<lyleknighting@h...> wrote:
>
> Hi my name is Lyle from England (Bobby's mother's birthplace) hence
> beyond the sea. I'm a huge Bobby Darin fan and would like to hear
> from like minded people.I am a club singer myself in the north east
> of England (the most beautiful region Northumbria (land of castles)
> of the most beautiful country on earth)and owe a debt to this
master
> whose timing, phrasing, clarity of diction, and most importantly
> feeling for a song and indeed sometimes flipancy showed what great
> singing was all about.Having seen clips and heard songs from Kevin
> Spacey's new film Beyond The Sea & although pleasently surprised
at
> it's contents and pleased with Spacey's vocal interpretations I
have
> to say and not suprisingly so, he is close but no cigar.Their are
> many good singers who try to imitate the great man but like the
Holy
> Grail get close but fail in their attempts to aquire the chalice.
> Lets' just accept Bobby's greatness & rue the fact that Spacey"s
ego
> has got the better of him and robbed us of the great man's voice in
> this film.