Roy Orbison is one of the founders of rock-n-roll. He was a great singer, song writer, and performer. In the early days, The Beatles opened for Roy...until they got so popular that they became the headliners. But Roy was such a gentleman, that he stepped down and allowed The Beatles to take top billing. Roy was such a huge influence on The Beatles and they, as well as many other artists to follow, were huge fans of Roy Orbison. You should read up on his life. He had some horrible tragedies in his life. Lovely person. Love you Roy. R.I.P.
And a couple of decades later (or more?) he became a bandmate of Beatle George Harrison as 2 of the 5 superstars who played and recorded together as "The Traveling Wilburys".
And of course if he had not been opening for the Beatles he would not of gotten as big as he was due to wearing his dark glasses as he had forgotten his glasses and so wore the sun glasses he had with him and the look stuck.
Roy wrote this in his late teens. After his first girlfriend broke up with him, a few days later he saw her with a new man on the sidewalk. He was one of the first male artists who wrote about a man’s vulnerability and feelings, rather than a female. This caught the imagination of the buying public. A true legend. He did have a tragic personal life. His 2 young sons died in a house fire and his wife died in front of him, while out on motorcycles.
Roy Orbison had a voice that will never be copied, no other singer can hit those high octave notes…great reaction, Check his songs with The Traveling Wilburys
@@lifelover515 Frankie Valli, Lou Christie and Brian Wilson are three that would be surprised. Now if you're talking pure tone and a tendency for operatic qualities, yes, that is a difference in his upper range.
@@thomastimlin1724 Absolutely. Just confining ourselves to Roy's pop contemporaries, Ray Peterson, Gene Pitney and Clyde McPhatter are three more we could add and that's just off the top of my head. They could all unleash killer falsettos on cue, though that was not their specialty. Roy's style and tone were impeccable and there'll never be another quite like him. My point was simply that an expressive upper register was hardly his exclusive domain. RIP Roy.
One of the most beautiful songs ever. Roy was good friends with Elvis. Elvis said he had the best voice he ever heard. K.D. Lange and Roy did a great duet together singing this. She's, fantastic had to be to sing with him. She gave a great tribute to Roy doing this was a phenomenal performance.
Hello Angela: Roy Orbison was there for the birth of rock and roll, and his influence has been felt far and wide ever since. A stunningly talented and innovative influence, his almost operatic vocal style is unmistakable and distinctive. Thank you, dear girl, for featuring this classic tonite! 👍👍💜
Check out Roy's Black and White concert with his band and a cast of all star musicians and singers. He sang this song, Pretty Woman and many other of his hits.
Other ones you would probably enjoy by him are "Running Scared" and "It's Over". I met him in 1988 when my brother produced a concert by him in Lynn, Massachusetts. He still sang beautifully. He was very friendly, humble and soft spoken. He was also very kind. The turnout was low because shortly after the the show was announced and the tickets went on sale the Boston Bruins announced the final game of the Stanley Cup finals. Roy felt bad, knowing my brother couldn't do too much better than breaking even on the concert, so he promised him he would come back the next year and play another concert for a discounted rate and make sure my brother made good money on it. Unfortunately Roy passed away six months later. But it shows the kind of caring person he was.
First there was the voice. It transcended generations and sang of universal longings that touched the heart with truth and sadness and desire. It was a beautiful instrument that was played with something approaching perfection. It could send quivers of recognition through the listener as it pleaded and ached and soothed and still offered a dark embrace of melody that floated ever closer to the tender surface. The voice was part country part rock and part pop but it was all rock and roll. It was a voice that never lied. Then there were the songs. They were complete unto themselves. Nothing needed to be added because the world was full within them. It is a world defined by dreams and lived in reality and somewhere the two meet in song and we leave having learned something about our own vulnerability. They are songs about wounds and the wounded and glorious healings. Two stories are often told simultaneously - the first is of love and desire and loneliness and (always) love and the second story is of something higher and invisible and cherished and sacred. It is a story that is founded on some knowledge that tears at te heart bypasses the brain and spills from the line with such sweet understanding and beauty that the listener is stunned into comprehension. The man was kind and good and gentle in a business (and a world) where such simple attributes are the exceptions. He was one of the originators of rock and roll and carried that responsibility with dignity but without formality. He sounded like a lost angel but always wore dark glasses and dressed in black. He had more than his fair share of personal tragedies and suffered in his own way and only mentioned it between the lines. He never stopped working at his craft and leaves behind this album filled with shining examples of his artistry in full bloom. It was his singing, his songs and his humanity that lifted Roy Orbison into his legendary status but it was his genius to carry a note that pierces all the way from Wink, Texas to the state of being alive and along in love that will forever keep him alive. Roy Orbison sang abut the great mystery of love where there is no solution, there is only eternal hope. His songs take us into a room and we hear the thrill and threat of the mystery in the dark where nothing is seen and everything is revealed.
He had a singular voice that can't be mistaken for anyone else. His songs reach out and GRAB you by your emotions. As always it's great to watch the play of emotions across your face. Thank you for your honesty. Take care.
I saw Roy Orbison and the Beach Boys at the Surf Ballroom , Nantaskett Beach , Hull , Mass in 1967 for $20.00 . best concert I've ever attended . God bless you , Angela !
An astonishing voice, and his songs are so unique and unusual. He had a very sad life, but was just brilliant and (I think) just a really nice guy to the end.
@@angelone1839 12/6/88. He was a heavy influence in music from the 60's on. You might want to check out the BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT concert. A lot of players up on that stage. Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits is there. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ANy4x3wgTSA.html Hey, Angela, i really like your reactions. I see what astrong place music has in your heart. Thanks -
In the late 80s Roy Orbison was part of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys along with George Harrison of the Beatles, Tom Petty of the Heartbreakers, Jeff Lynn of ELO, and Bob Dylan. The group was short-lived, as Roy passed away not long after forming the band. In the video "End of the Line" they put a little tribute to Roy during his part. They might be worth checking out. Del Shannon, another star from the 50s and 60s, was considered as a replacement, but he too died unexpectably. So, as a tribute to him, the Wilburys covered his hit "Runaway".
Great song, great songwriter and performer. This song belongs to KD Lang, it has since his death. If you get a chance to listen to her sing it at the Roy Orbison Tribute in February 1990, you will see what I mean (she received a 4 minute standing ovation). "clevelandlivemusic" has the performance posted on youtube. There are several other great performances of her doing the song including an MTV Unplugged concert and the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Roy and KD recorded the song together and took a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 1988.
Hi Angela...first, thank you for your reaction. One thing with Roy Orbison's voice is that it moves you exactly how you felt when you first listen to his voice. His voice makes grown men cry..it is something unearthly, a gift from above. I know it has been said many times but for sure there will never be anyone like Roy Orbison...his look, his sound, and his personal tragedy with the emotion in his voice. Of course Elvis said he was the greatest singer in the world and the Beatles were intimidated when he appeared with them in London in 1964. BoB Dylan said he could not believe how he did it (send shivers down his spine) when singing next next to him when part of the Super Group The Travelling Wilbury's. We can thank Jeff Lynne from ELO for helping to bring Roy back into the mainstream in the 80s, the fact is Roy Orbison never went away. It was a beautiful reaction Angela.. i to Cry when i hear Roy's voice.. You must hear more Roy Orbison...such as In Dreams and It's Over, both beautifully emotional and spellbinding. Thank you again Angela, your so right and it appears to me that you are very spiritually advanced for sure. It was a beautiful, intuitive reaction
I was watching this crying..... I think that only real men with character and the strength of a man can be fragile enough to show the real you with the most authentic feeling of love for a person.. For a woman... Wich is my case.... And really that started me crying.... Thanks Angela for reacting to this hymn... 🙏🙏🙏
Great reaction, Angela! It's not every day we get to see the reactor doing what the song title says!! I would first like to recommend you react to his version of this song he did in the 1980's as a duet with kd lang - it is fabulous! Also, a few to add to your list if you find the time and are interested: "Sylvia's Mother" by Doctor Hook, "The Air That I Breathe" by The Hollies, and especially "The Shape of You" by Walk Off The Earth!!!
ahhh v beautiful voice n heart or roy orbison who has sucha tragic life n yet like an angel through his songs his heart shone. nice it touched u so........
Hi, Angela. You're so right about Roy's voice. He was unique and had a strength that carried so well in everything he sang. Even his high notes, and he used his wide range a lot, held the same power as his normal tones. He was also unique in that he could start a note in vibrato, something extremely rare in singers. It showed a confidence in his own abilities and that he was capable of hitting his notes dead on every single time. He was, without a doubt, one of the greatest voices of the Rock 'n' Roll era.
Hi Angela, Even Elvis Presley was impressed, He told: Roy you had the best voice, There is no better singer like you! You Got It is one of my favourite Roy Orbison songs, Greetings from The Netherlands!
This is what great music does. "Only the Lonely" is also brilliant. Also "Pretty Woman." He hooked up with several other of the greatest musicians in The Traveling Wilburys - "Last Night" is a good duet with Roy and Tom Petty.
Canadian k d lang covered this well but I think she also did a duet with Roy before he passed. She also did a great cover of Patsy Cline stuff. Roy was also a member of the supergroup Travelling Wilburys with Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne (of ELO), George Harrison (of Beatles) and Tom Petty
Here's some Big O's great songs that you will love: Dream's, Only The Lonely, Drove All Night, Blue Bayou, Running Scared. Please go down this rabbit hole, you won't regret it!
Roy Orbison wrote and sang songs about the real way men felt after a break-up, when they weren't covering up with the macho bull. I suggest you react to Roy singing "Ir's Over" and "Only The Lonely."
"Oh, Pretty Woman" may have been Roy's biggest hit, but this song highlights his actual signature style he was known for. Hits like "Running Scared", "In Dreams", and "It's Over" are just a few more examples of this style, which was extremely rare when these songs came out. There were tons of break up songs, but precious few to this depth, especially being sung by a man.
Hi Angela, Roy is one of the best vocalists of all time IMHO, Perhap's the best description of Roy was from Bono (Lead singer of U2) Who said "Not only could Roy sing about being Broken-Hearted, He could sing it Broken-Heartedly" Which sums up Roy perfectly who also had a lot of personal tragedy in his life as others have mentioned, All the Best Jim, Surrey, UK X
I just have to say seeing you do these reviews makes me feel you more than the song.I admire your ability to show what is inside your heart every time you watch and listen.Yes,Roy Orbisons voice is truly strong and one of a kind.Dozens of hits he had with that voice
"And now folks, I hope ya'll will give a real nice welcome to this youngster from Wink,Texas. He'll be playin' and singin' his own song, writ by him, called ... " This video appears to be around 1964 when Beatlemania was in full swing. Roy knew them well, having completed a tour with them in 1963. In fact, it was during that tour he discovered his preference for wearing his prescription sunglasses on stage as a way to mitigate his stage fright. As demonstrated here, Roy Orbison held his own against the insanity of Beatlemania by way of his stage presence, a string of self-written and enduring hit songs and his amazing voice.
Listen to ROY ORBISON BLACK AND WHITE NIGHTS which has ALL of his songs...has all star cast...Bruce Springsteen about 20, Elvis Costello, Tom Waite and singing back up Jackson Brown, KD Lang, Bonnie Rait and Jennifer Warens. stunning music
Roy has the same effect on me that Linda Ronstadt has. They can both seem to be able to make it hard to breathe. You should check out the "duet" Roy sang this song with kd lang. And get ready for a whole new kd rabbit hole you can fall into.
A must to listen to is the golden voice of Matt Monro he often sang on soundtracks in 60's films ( Born Free, The Italian Job, and From Russian With Love ) One of my favourites is Walk Away. Pure class.
