However, the album’s crowning achievement is the vocally impressive “Some Of These Days,” which he attacks with an energy that men half his age would envy, which is all the more of a feat considering that it’s the ninth tune of a twelve track album and by that point, normally one would be longing for a break. Instead, in Aiello's case, it just highlights his tremendous range.
Just before he begins the song, Aiello shares the way that that particular tune helped propel him from one phase of his life to the next, echoing the way he confesses throughout the record that when he was at a loss for words whether it was at a charity function or in questioning the direction his life was headed, he would turn to music. And when you hear it, you’ll soon realize that it’s lost none of its significance so many “days” later in this impressive man's varied life.
In fact, while most actors in their seventies — let along double hyphenates such as Aiello’s actor-singer — would begin to aspire to slow things down, as far as Aiello is concerned, he has many, many plans for the rest of his days and we’re glad he’s decided to overcome his hesitation as a lifelong aspiring singer to finally get some albums recorded. As you can see below, the infectious ambition he offers listeners in the aforementioned track makes us all fantasize just for a moment of putting down our Guitar Hero or hairbrush and deciding that one of these days, we’ll sing in public as well.
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