What's your favorite Roy Orbison song?

@jamesdillman6811

2 жыл бұрын

Blue Bayou.

@jodyrolandconstruction6577

2 жыл бұрын

All of them?

@mind188

2 жыл бұрын

Crying !

@clerictamer

2 жыл бұрын

There's no way to pick em

@phillydog17

2 жыл бұрын

"Go Away", from The Orbison Way L.P. 1966.

I have my story about Roy Orbison who was a huge part of my teenage years enduring some unrequited love at the time. Saw him at the Surf Nantasket Beach in Hull MA. He was singing “Crying”, got to the last soaring high note and his voice cracked. He stopped the band, walked over to the side of the stage where a bottle of Coke was sitting, took a swig, walked back to the mic, started the band up again a few bars before the note and... nailed it! The crowd went wild. True story, I’ll never forget it. He was the best.

@G8GT364CI

Жыл бұрын

I used to play there after they change the name to Uncle Sam's Nantasket Beach.

My dad tuned me on to Roy (and many other great musicians) when I was a "budding wanna be heavy metal player" in the 80's. He told me "Never discount other genres of music, there is joy and and things to be learned from them". One of the many pieces of wisdom my father imparted upon me and it completely opened up mind in a way that is truly priceless. So much tragedy in Roy's life, a true American treasure...

I was at Roy's final concert! Venue was the Front Row Theater. Greatest vocalist I have ever seen. A few days later, he was gone.

Very cool story. During the same time generally, my dad was Roy’s doctor. He didn’t really know who Roy was, but his nurse did. She told him he was the guy who sang “Oh Pretty Woman “. Then it registered with him, though he was much older. Anyway when Roy died, my dad told me that he was just a really nice guy, and I was amazed that he’d never talked about it before. Strange world.

Roy never lost his beautiful voice...

Tom Petty during the Wilburys film tells the story of speaking to Roy and telling him. "Roy you must be about the best singer there is." Roy replies just shaking his head and saying "yeah". He didn't have anything to prove to anyone . That's what probably kept him so humble and void of ego. When your really that good ,you don't have to say it. Stan

@FerrisFlyer

2 жыл бұрын

You can hear it in the wilburys harmonies. they all had great voices but Roys was just on another level.

@carolynyoung-jenkins7263

2 жыл бұрын

Roy was so talented and his voice could melt you and give you chills. So nice to hear people affirm what you always felt about Roy. Loved him then and still do.

Thank you Otis. You're the new Library of Congress.

The "Black and White Nights" concert video is such a classic. I still listen to the soundtrack while driving. Best version of "Oh, Pretty Woman" on there.

@robertbentzel6881

2 жыл бұрын

Kris and Harry Dean in audience

It’s so pleasing to hear stories about your heroes that live up to expectations in a good way. “Only the Lonely” because it was so unique for the time…the technique of vocals and timing used to build the suspense.

I saw Roy in the 80's here in Canada and I remember he hit an impossible high note at the end of one of his classic songs and it ended but he surprised us with a reprise of the last line. He hit the same high note again as if to say I can hit it whenever I want.

@notthatyouasked6656

2 жыл бұрын

That would have been Running Scared. He did that reprise a lot in live shows.

@michaelcelani8325

2 жыл бұрын

@@notthatyouasked6656 Oh yeah...Roy did that in Denver at the Paramont Theatre in March of 88....packed house and great great show. !

My favorite Roy song is “You Got It”, co-written with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynn. My 11th birthday was in the winter of 1989 and all I wanted was Roy’s newest album, Mystery Girl. My dear mother gave me the cassette. I still find the song, and album, as infectious as I did on that day. Really cool structure to it. I attribute the arrangement to Jeff Lynn. But it’s only a hunch. And the vocals are stratospheric!

The opera singer of the Sun Studio gang. His voice, with that other world falsetto, is just a show stopper. I loved the duets he did, the one with KD Lang (props to a amazing Canadian artist) "Crying" makes me want to sit and feel the lyrics... just incredible

I was lucky to have seen Roy on that final tour in my hometown in Columbus ,OH. I literally was shocked how good he was ! I started going to live concerts when I was 15 in 1976. From Aerosmith to Zeppelin and Even Luciano Pavarotti & Andrea Bocelli... I've forgotten many a hundred shows but not the evening I was able to hear Roy sing. He was different. He could touch your soul with his voice. 👋 I would go with "Crying" for my favorite.

Otis, once again you have an interview with an "every man" that puts us right there! Just another gigging musician that works his way to play with a great. Awesome!

I knew Roy Orbison when I was a kid, long before he became famous, but one thing is for sure, Roy had the best singing voice that I have ever heard. By the way, I was the only one that he would let his wife dance with! I guess I don't look very dangerous. She was a very good dancer. I think I was 14 at the time and Roy had a band he called the Teen Kings. Great old times. A few years later and he was the hottest ticket in the USA.

only the lonely------------thanks, and he was the one and only!

Elvis and Roy both had that voice, the kind of voice that's just there. It wasn't practiced, rehearsed or tried, it was just there. I've read that this was one of Elvis's personal struggles as he often wondered why he was seemingly chosen to have that voice and the ability to sing virtually without any thought or rehearsal, other than to arrange the songs because the voice was already there.

Roy had such a fine soprano voice. The man died far too you. The stress of life may have worn down his heart.

I could never narrow Roy down to one favorite, can’t say I ever pick favorites because I enjoy ‘em all as if they’re favorites! Ok, “Pretty Woman” because as a kid that just picked up a guitar for the first time it was a catalyst to learn great riffs. His collaborative work with The Wilbury’s was a great showcase for his amazing talent. Only the Lonely, back when “hits” were actually great music. I met Bucky Barrett awhile ago & he shared a great story about Roy, love hearing them. Thank you Barry & Otis for sharing!

There is a story I believe from a Roy Orbison biography about the great Burnette brothers, Johnny and Dorsey, trying to pick a fight with Roy. The brothers were supposedly drunk and angry about something that had gone on at a package show in Memphis. They were former boxers and decided the guy they wanted to fight was the meekest, nicest guy in the place, Roy Orbison. According to the story they had Roy cornered when Carl Perkins saw what was going on. If the story is true Carl fought both and got the best of both then threw them out of the theatre.

Thank you, Barry, for the story; thank you, Otis, for capturing it and bringing it to us 🙏 I always thought Roy Orbison was a class act. One of the earlier song I figured out how to play was "Pretty Woman", but I enjoyed all of his music.

Roy Orbison was amazing. His live album, “A Black & White Night”, I think is one of the best live albums out of any genre of music. It’s Roy Orbison at his absolute best in my opinion. Anyone that’s hasn’t heard it or seen it, is missing a real jewel of a musical event.

@cowboywoodard2569

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite of all. Hell yes!

@fredherfst8148

2 жыл бұрын

The tbest! I showed it to a group of our townhouse complex residents …you could hear a pin drop after every song. They couldn't stop talking about it afterwards. My Roy story. I was 17, alone with a lovely girl in their parents' house..yeah, I know eh! We danced close to a Roy Orbison album. We got quite sweaty and nervous as I recall. Sadly, She sent me off before her parents were due. That's ok..neither of us knew what to do! But the magic of Roy's ballads on that night stays with me yet.

Favorite song ...pretty well all of them !

What a true career highlight! Blue Bayou is my all time favorite Roy Orbison song.

the beatles opened for Roy Orbison, nuff said!!!!!!!

Thank you guys. Roy had a true gift.

Such a sweet story, I miss Roy's music, we lost him to early. Cheers Mates!!

My favorite RO song is everything he sings. Great interview. I was lucky enough to see him several times. Thank You Otis!

Thank you Mr.Gibb's for all you're time and effort. Have a Great New Year...........Tampa, Fla.

l grew up near neelys bend in madison,tn...late fifties,early sixties..helen carter of the carter family was one of my moms best friends and she lived only about a mile away...fond memories...thanks otis

Roy's one of those guys you appreciate more and more as you get older.

Great story, we need that world back.

Right now we are 42 000 followers of Otis KZread Channel, and it's a really great KZread Channel. Otis has posted 199 videos so far, and the next one, number 200, will be a kind of "Milestone".

My favorite person of all time .

That was amazing thanks so much Otis for uploading this! Gloria Estefan Smokey Robinson Dolly Parton and Roy Orbison,, now that's a lineup !!! Lol I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard on the radio about Roy passing.. That one really hurt..

What a voice! Still love In Dreams.Thanks Roy.Up in heaven jamming with Earths great music makers who have passed on.

God blessed Roy with the most amazing voice. Thanks for posting, Otis.

Love this one , Thank You

Roy and I have the same hobby,how cool is that.

His early 60's songs like "Crying" and "In Dreams" seemed prophetic in light of his personal tragedies. Yet he believed he would walk beside his loved ones and Jesus again in Heaven. I believe he is with them today.

Big thanks Otis for posting this interview with Barry Walsh. He is surely puttning the hammer on the nail. Roy Orbinson was a extraordinay wounderful human being and a larger than life singer.

Really enjoyed this, cheers, Paul

Great to hear these stories. I don’t know much about the back story of Roy so this was interesting to hear. Barry is a great storyteller.

In about 1975 my Mom worked for a big medical rehabilitation center in Dallas. Every year they had a telethon that was aired on a Dallas channel and public TV. Mom would answer phones and take donations. I was about 8 and would go with Mom to meet all the famous people lol. I was mainly interested in Dallas Cowboys and cheerleaders. One night it was about 3am and i was hanging out by myself in this big breakroom. A guy in sunglasses walked in and he struck up a conversation with me. I had no idea who he was or what a giant star he was. We just talked and actually shared a sandwich. Later my Mom poked her head in and asked if I wanted to Meet Roger Staubach. Of course I jumped at the chance and Roy said Oh boy you dont want to miss that. I told him bye and headed down the hall with my Mom. She asked me if I had any idea who id been talking to. I said yeah his name is Roy and hes really nice. I was oblivious lol. After I got a bit older I became a huge fan.

Very enjoyable stories. Thank you.

I enjoyed a great many of Roy Orbison's songs, but one of the latter-day ones that stood out for me was "She's a Mystery to Me," written for him by Bono. It pleased me to no end decades later to hear it in the "Aquaman" movie. The other latter-day song that stands out is a posthumous one, "Love in Time." That one, Robbie Robertson took Roy's scratch vocal and weaved a lush arrangement around it. It remains the best Robbie Robertson guitar solo I've heard.

Thank you & Barry for this. I need to snag a page from the great Roy Orbison & try to find a way to express gratitude with more positivity, while remaining sincere. This will take a great amount of effort on my part. However, I think it’ll be more than worth it.

Thank You my friend for recording all this history and these great stories!

Thank you 😊

Another really really Goode one...thank you..!

I love how you capture the Magic of The Music..... I feel connected every time I watch one of your videos. .....thanks Buddy....time to pick up the guitar..🎶🎩🎶🎩🎶

Thanks

When I was a teenager I had his album and always played it such a great singer I guess Just Running Scared was one of my favorites. Thank you Ottis you’re the best!

Hooray for Dottie West! 💘

Love these stories and always dug Roy Orbison’s singing. One of a kind. Interesting to learn all about playing with Roy and real life of musicians. So grateful I found this channel

I was talking to a band leader in Nashville. He told me Roy would open for elvus and steal the show til Elvis dropped him.roy sang from the soul. Where I thought Elvis missed. Roy and Johnny Cash both had that soul thing going on. Only my opinion.

King Cake season starts in two more days! Happy Mardi Gras, y'all!

Roy Orbison was and is the best singer over the world

thank you!!

Otis I love your videos so much thanks for taking the time to get these artists to talk about these stories. My wish list would be more dylan Tom petty and most of all my fav drummer ever Kenny buttery. Stories about Dylan and Tom you have done I can’t get enough. Like I said thank you for yhe effort you are doing Gods work

Roy was also an incredibly gifted songwriter. I saw an interview, once, where he explained how he came to write “Pretty Woman.” “I had just had a hit with ‘It’s Over’ and was told that I would need to write an uptempo song, now. That’s the way record executives thought in those days.” So, he wrote a classic.

@katr8756

Жыл бұрын

Roy and Bill Dees.

I loved the entire Wilburys episode...

Man, what a great career this man has had. And now I'm on my way to hear good old Roy, been too long.

Barry is right, Roy had one of the greatest voices ever.

Excellent. Thanks Barry and Otis. Happy New Year.

Wonderful descriptive story by Barry. Happy New Year!

New fav I hadn't heard before: "Life Fades Away"

Fascinating

Good story I've always wondered if Roy was a nice guy in person cause he came off as one on stage and in interviews

IN the days of cassettes, I put You got it and California Blue on the end of a tape. Because I did not have enough tape, I cut out the break between the 2 songs. Accidentally I created one song out of 2 and it sounded really great. When I put the music onto cd, I took the songs from the cd and could not get the same non break between those 2 songs. But it sounded really great when the 2 were combined.

My dad’s cousin gave Roy Orbison and a lady friend a taxi ride from middlesbrough to Blackpool, England. He was really looking forward to a substantial tip after such a long journey. When they pulled up at the destination Roy got out and walked away. No tip! In our family Roy will always be known as tight arse who never gave my dad’s cousin a tip 60 years ago! 🤣 RIP Roy x

so good.

Claudette was one of my favorites!

"In Dreams".

lnteresting

❤️this

awe roy orbsion liekd spy movies and model airplanes! thanks cousin otis...btw we caught the good rev todds livestream playback peeking at the chat playback were excited to see your name in there also in a TVZ FB group im in someone just posted ur recent coffee chat with a recomendation to you to which i commented i listen to about every post from my beloved favorite other otis - SJOCR

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Just Like Elvis Roy also ate his emotions away, they both died of a heart attack Elvis was 42 and Roy was 52

“You’re not Alone” Wilbury’s.

My favorite Roy Orbison song is “ Blue Angel” , also “Careless Heart”, “Only The Lonely”, and “Blue Bayou”… Enjoyed the video..

How about the times they would tune to a higher pitch, and Roy wouldn't even flinch, just singing the notes like they were in standard tuning?

“Crying.”

Running scared

Wondering how you can just step in and play. Is there rehearsal time with or without Roy?

the only person i know who sings like roy is raul malo. They are different, but he can do the dance just like roy.

Hey brother Otis , what camera are you using ? Or what camera would you recommend for youtube ?

Cool story. Not sure why Springsteen would come to your mind as a singer in the same contest as Roy tho.