tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post7950979393544934411..comments2024-01-06T00:10:19.339-05:00Comments on I estivate, therefore I am: Oh, Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison (1964)wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899889818724088564noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post-67402285769914644632008-10-13T13:19:00.000-04:002008-10-13T13:19:00.000-04:00As a Texan if not a decent human being, I ought to...As a Texan if not a decent human being, I ought to know more about Roy Orbison than the K-HITS! standbys and the Wilburys stuff, but I don't. The voice is so otherworldly it's kind of hard to get past it and into the song--i.e., maybe there's a such a thing as being too good. He had an unimaginably sad life, if I recall right.RodeoToadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03374112725461339067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post-48128374539323511272008-10-12T01:40:00.000-04:002008-10-12T01:40:00.000-04:00Roy's resurgence with "You Got It" brought home ho...Roy's resurgence with "You Got It" brought home how much I missed his brilliant voice. Is that contralto? How does he do that? With the Wandering Tillburies, I think on "Handle Me With Care", one or more of the Nasal Brothers (Bob, Tom, George, and Jeff) sings the verse, and Roy comes on to handle the chorus, and he's a man among boys, an alien presence, an angel on Earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171012458828071798.post-44721764831909585742008-10-11T20:58:00.000-04:002008-10-11T20:58:00.000-04:00you're breakinG my heart. orbison was the best mal...you're breakinG my heart. orbison was the best male vocalist of our time. not merely an echo emanating from the ocean spray of his peers, but the reef.<BR/> <BR/>orbison's was the singular voice encouraging and nourishing the men of his time, men with voices profound, already their own.<BR/><BR/>don't get me started.cornbread hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04044619147561532271noreply@blogger.com