'Fly Me To The Moon' vs 'Come Fly With Me'

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It's time we sorted this out, with or without Russell Davies-esque anecdotes about the aerial abilities of the writers.

― the pinefox, Saturday, 1 March 2003 16:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Hmmm. If you are speaking of Sinatra, Capital era Sinatra will always remain superior to his later material. So I choose "Come Fly With Me". :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Hmmm tough one. Fly me to the moon, for me.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:48 (twenty-three years ago)

The answer was 'Fly me To The Moon'.

Does anyone have any reasons why?

― the pinefox, Monday, 3 March 2003 22:06 (twenty-three years ago)

If you mean the Sheep On Drugs "Come Fly With Me", that wins EVERY TIME.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 March 2003 22:07 (twenty-three years ago)

'Fly Me To The Moon': the coy act of 'translation' ('in other words') = one of the greatest C20 romantic pop lyrics.

'Come Fly With Me': marred a little in my ears by the association with a certain Sinatran Triumphalism. I admire him like everyone does, but that kind of bravado is not my favourite pop mode. (Further association with Robbie Williams' degraded version of this doesn't help. But such guilt by association is posibly unfair.)

Against and amid that: the sheer gleeful carelessness of 'In llama-land there's a one-man band, and he'll toot his flute for you' appeals.

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 16:35 (twenty-three years ago)

'Fly Me To The Moon' swings like only a Basie-lead tune can.

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

What about 'Fly Me To The Moon' vs 'Come Fly With Me' vs 'Cassette Boy - Fly Me To New York'?

― stephen. s (yaye), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 17:33 (twenty-three years ago)

"Fly Me to the Moon". I tend to confuse "Come Fly with Me" with "Come Live with Me" from the Valley of the Dolls soundtrack.

― Arthur (Arthur), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 17:43 (twenty-three years ago)

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