Say Something Interesting about: Roy Orbison

2 live crew got away with their rip off of pretty women

Sorry, meant to say “Mercy!”

Here's something interesting about Roy Orbison that doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet - he starred in a feature film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fastest_Guitar_Alive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK9JwuqZXWM

Roy Orbison: “In Dreams”
“Just before he made his comeback with The Traveling Wilburys, before he died, I saw him at the Mean Fiddler. It was just him, his guitar and voice, so beautiful, so moving—what a fucking guy. And I was waiting out back to meet him and I did. Y’know what he said to me? “Get out of the way, son,’ as he pushed past me on the way to his limousine.”

https://cocteautwins.com/robin-guthrie-my-favourite-records-melody-maker.html

lol

Mercy

At least he added "son." Respectful if patronizing.

Don't criticize what you don't understand, son, you've never walked in that man's shoes.

Pretty shoes too

http://www.rebeccapromitzer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/booties.jpeg

Well that didn't work. Here's a link.

it worked (I see the pretty shoes)

The book includes an account of how the Big O accidentally developed his sunglasses image while on a U.K. tour with the Beatles in 1963. “He had left his regular glasses on a plane, right before the tour," Roy Jr. told Rolling Stone. "He had the dark glasses with him and decided to keep wearing them. Dad wasn't able to see without glasses. When he got off the plane in England, people were taking pictures and that's what they saw, Dad with the dark glasses."

Read More: Roy Orbison's Son Reveals Why He Started Wearing Dark Glasses | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/roy-orbison-dark-glasses/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

"Running Scared" never stops amazing me

the lyric constructed in such a way that you don't exactly know whether it's tragedy or celebration until the very last word

(ok the rhyme structure clues you in 1 line earlier but ffs)

also the only singer whose voice i love more than Roy's is Al Green

the only singer

Is this really the only time he ever performed this song live?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvR1YgT7QYs

HI DERE#onethread