Hmm. I just listened to that sample (Full Moon and Empty Arms), and it's quite good. As Jason said above, better than I had expected.

The fact is, Bob Dylan has always admired Frank Sinatra's music, he loves the music of that era, and that's probably THE only actual reason he's recording a bunch of Sinatra tunes.

The idea that he "needs the money" is laughable. He'll never want for money at this point.

Bob Dylan does exactly what he wants to do, because he wants to, and because he can.

A lot of people would really like to be in that position, and it pisses them off that he is...and they aren't.

His recent concert in Toronto was great, by the way, again much better than I expected it would be. His music in the past 10 years or so has moved more and more into a sound that in many ways has echoes of music from a very long time ago...the 30s and the 40s...so it's not really all that surprising that he would record some Sinatra tunes.

I never liked Sinatra. Not my cup of tea. But I think Bob will probably do an okay job on this stuff, and I'm sure he had a lot of fun recording it.