Īnd that makes the song problematic in more consequential ways than the done to death practice of lifting the music from another songwriter. “For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself then he has naught, ” sings Sinatra from the heights of his omnipotence. That isn’t surprising, for it reflects something very deep about the self-consciousness of the modern individual: the fact that we are the architects of our lives, that we owe nothing to others, and that our successes and achievements are all our own doing. Since its release in 1969, the song has been an enduring hit.
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