Paul Anka slammed modern singers and the technology that helps them sound better, saying Franka Sinatra would have thrown a chair at someone if they asked him to use autotune.Anka called Sinatra and Elvis Presley his two "towers" of music while speaking to Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins on his "The Magnificent Others" podcast this week."When Elvis was around, he just – they both owned a room, and they were both given that it factor," he explained.FRANK SINATRA'S DESERT HIDEAWAY WAS 'ALL SEX, ALL THE TIME,' FORMER VALET CLAIMSPaul Anka is seen performing in New York City in 2008.(WireImage)He added, "And Elvis worked his a-- off.
This was a shy guy.I would sit with him like this: ‘Hey, Paulie,’" he said in a reserved imitation of Presley.
"‘How you doing, man? Yeah, Paul.You know, one day I'm going to do that "My Way." I love that "My Way."’"He said he told Presley that he wouldn’t want to cover the song made famous by Sinatra because it wasn’t exactly his style of music."But what an amazing force to watch and be around it," he continued.The "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" singer said he and Presley learned that it "wasn't about just getting up there and singing.
You had to entertain people."Frank Sinatra is seen performing at the United Cerebral Palsy telethon at the studios of KECA-TV in Los Angeles in 1952.(Getty Images)The 84-year-old gave the example of the notoriously unpredictable Bob Dylan, whom he admits he loves, but said would sometimes go on stage and "couldn’t give a s--- and people walk out, ‘What the f---?’ If you don't entertain people, you're dead."Regarding Sinatra, he vowed the "Fly Me to the Moon" crooner "will get bigger, young people will learn exactly what true quality is, you know, at a time when there was no autotune.""Think about the difference.
I don't know who the f--- is doing the singing today.Do you?" he admitted.
"Can you imagine back then if you said to Sinatra, ‘We're going to give you an autotune’?...