Two Shots In The Casino

28 Apr 2004
Two Shots Of Happy and One Shot of Sad, originally written by Edge and Bonofor Frank Sinatra, looks set for a new life.

'The Casino', an American docu-drama which opens in June on Fox TV, centreson two young guys who have bought the Golden Nugget Casino in downtown LasVegas - longtime home to Frank Sinatra - and plan to return it to its 'RatPack' glory days.

At the heart of their plans is a new singer, played by the Canadianperformer Matt Dusk - and one of Matt's standout performance pieces is TwoShots of Happy, One Shot of Sad.

In fact, in real life, Dusk has already recorded the track for his debutalbum on Decca. The album was recorded in Miami, Toronto and at Abbey RoadStudios in London with the help of a 42-piece string section from the RoyalPhilharmonic Orchestra.

Dusk says he was drawn to record Two Shots both because of the song itselfand because of the poignant story behind it.

'I would have to say that Two Shots is one of my favourites on the albumbecause it involves two of my favourite artists of all time and is anincredible song. Bono wrote it for Frank Sinatra but unfortunately Sinatradied before he got the chance to record it, so Bono released it as a B-sideto a single but it kind of got lost in the woodwork, which is so easy for atrack to do. It's a great honour for me to record it.'

More on Matt Dusk here

U2 released the song in December 1997 as a b-side to the If God Will SendHis Angels single (more here).

Read the lyrics and listen to an audio clip of the U2 version here.

The Casino opens on June 14th on Fox TV.

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