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Topic: A good way to sing... Crying |
Herb Steiner
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Posted 25 Feb 2010 10:35 pm |
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... is the way this guy does it
Roy Orbison was a superb singer. I recommend clicking on the full screen tab, and turning the speakers up.
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Leigh Howell
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Edinburgh, Scotland * R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 3:15 am Roy Orbison!!
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Absolutely fantastic!!!! I get goosebumps when he sings that, and every other song he does!!He was a special talent, I only wish he had stayed with us longer! A Brilliant singer!!!!
Leigh |
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Don Drummer
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 8:05 am
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Yes, Yes, Yes  |
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Jeff Agnew
From:
Dallas, TX
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 1:22 pm
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Excellent. (And an interesting back-up group including Elivs Costello, Springsteen, and maybe KD Lang among others. Will have to re-watch to be sure.)
What's interesting to me is the YouTube comments arguing about whether Orbison was actually a good singer, and whether he had a 2, 2.5, 3, or 4-octave range. Which completely misses the point. Perhaps it's a result of the American Idol-ification of our culture, when we focus on a checklist full of mechanical attributes and ignore the greater question: does the singer have something to say, and can they do it convincingly?
In Orbison's case, lordy yes. Every note drips with soul and feel. How does one quantify that? This is, IMO, what is so sadly lacking in the great majority of singers today. The truly great singers of all time are able to convey pathos and emotion with their music rather than simply a rote recitation of lyrics. No different from playing an instrument, really.
Great song, great performance, great singer. |
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Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 2:45 pm
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| Jeff Agnew wrote: |
| Excellent. (And an interesting back-up group including Elivs Costello, Springsteen, and maybe KD Lang among others. Will have to re-watch to be sure.) |
Yes--Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, and James Burton, too. The whole concert is available on DVD as Roy Orbison: Black and White Night. Great stuff. James Burton gets several nice long solos, which is a treat.
Orbison hadn't lost anything, for sure--neither range nor expressiveness. |
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 4:22 pm
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This whole concert shows up on TV quite often during PBS fund raisers. Keep an eye out for it and set your DVR!  |
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 4:39 pm
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What was the name of one of the Backup Singers who
went on to become one of the premier Jazz Singers, recording with Tony Bennet, etc. Was it Katie ? She was sort of one of the Guy's. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 12:19 am
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Thanks, Herb....you put me onto another plane altogether.
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Bo Borland
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South Jersey -
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 5:01 am
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That was an incredible concert. The emotion is inspiring.
KD Lang, Bonnie Rait, Jennifer Warnes, JD Souther, Jackson Browne,as back up vocals ( i missed one) , Tom Wait, T Bone Burnett, Bruce, Elvis, JB, looks like Ronnie Tutt on drums, an all star band for sure. |
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Johnny Thomasson
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 8:15 am
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This is a clip from his special that is shown PBS stations. He is backed up by Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen on guitar and Bonnie Raitt and K.D. Lange on vocals.
What a talent!
Oops... guess I need to read before I post. Thanks, Bo.
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 9:51 am
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The show was originally on Cinemax. I've had it on VHS for many years. If you get to see the whole show check out Ooby Dooby. Tom Waits is playing Hammond and rips into something dreadful and is immediately pulled completely out of the mix leaving a hole over the breaks. Then there's a shot of JB and Roy looking at each other with astonished grins. The extended solo in Pretty Woman has Bruce and JB trading licks and for me I could have had more James and less Bruce, but it is a wonderful show. EP's old band Glen D. Hardin, Jerry Scheff, Ronny Tutt and JB for a core then with a pretty qualified bunch of back-up singers to say the least.
Alot of singers have covered Roy's tunes, but nobody sounds like him. He was something special.
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 10:08 am
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| Mike Utley, Keyboards. Produced by T- Bone Burnett and Barbara Orbison. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 5:27 pm
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| personally i never got the big attraction for roy. he has a very weird persona and a limiting style. i've watched this concert before but mainly to see james burton. |
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Danny Naccarato
From:
Burleson, Texas
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 9:16 pm
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| MAN !!!! |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 4:06 am
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Love that guy Herb, there'll probably never be another like him. I used to like hearing our old "friend" the late Jerry Cole do Orbison tunes. He and the late Delaney Bramlett could both to a pretty fair job on them. My favorite Orbison tune that Jerry did was "Leah" and my favorite that Delaney did was "In Dreams"!........JH in Va.
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 9:00 pm
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A great show.
Springsteen annoys me.
Why is he "always there". Making it damn sure, he'll be there. Come hell or high water.
What shut me down was when TIME and NEWSWEEK[?] featured him (in the same week) on their COVER, and unabashedly crowned him as the NEW Bob Dylan.
Holy Cow!!! Are you friggin' kidding me?
I just don't buy his act.
The initial media Dylan/Springsteen comparison-rage just put me off.
You know what? He's like the kid that was never accepted in school. And now??? REVENGE!!!
Certainly, he's no Bob Dylan. What a rediculous assumption! I don't know or care to know any Springsteen songs. Why? Cuz they've been out there for years. And not one of them has caused me to whistle-that-tune. Not unlike ole' Bobby Dylan's tunes. Or even those Beatle's tunes.
"She Loves You", yeah, yeah, yeah
Brucie always seems to be proving, HEY KIDS, I can do it. 
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Dave Burr
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League City, TX
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 4 Mar 2010 10:37 am
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Hey Chip, it seems like you've got a big H/O for ol' Bruce eh?.... He's not my favorite either but he's had some tunes that I've liked over the years that some of my bands have done like "Dancing in the Dark", "Pink Cadillac", and a couple of others but you've got to admit he's not that bad of a guitarist.
I was impressed with his part in the guitar "duel" in the middle of "Pretty Woman" on this video. Ol' Bruce couldn't "cut" James Burton (one of my favorite all time players) but I was amazed at how well he almost kept up, never did, but gave it a good shot! You gotta give him a little credit for that one...........JH in Va.
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Chip Fossa
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Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 4 Mar 2010 11:27 am
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Jerry,
As they say, "it's hard to argue with success".
Bruce is a very competent guitarist and songwriter. I certainly give him that.
There was a song he did that I sorta liked - "I'm On Fire"[?]
All the innitial hype and hoopla just made me cringe. It set the stage.
He just annoys me. That's all. I'm sure I would probably annoy him, too.
I don't expect anyone to agree with my take. And I ain't lookin' for a fight. I'm just exercising my right to express my opinion as prescribed in the Forum rules.
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Chip Fossa
From:
Monson, MA, USA (deceased)
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Posted 7 May 2010 3:46 am
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Absloutely, Joachim
Gene was from Rockville, CT, about 30 miles south from where I live.
He was certainly a local 'hero' in his day.
He was known around here as the "Rockville Rocket". Probably because of his soaring vocals.
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 7 May 2010 4:26 am
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| That's some intersting information, Chip. Thanks. When I got the single Something gotten hold of my heart, it was on my record player for weeks. |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 7 May 2010 7:29 am
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| I actually preferred, MUCH to my surprise, The Boss' playing in the duel with JB. I liked his guitar tone better too. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 7 May 2010 9:34 am
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Anybody else here know that Roy Orbison and Jerry Byrd were very good friends?
BTW, for the Bruce haters, give his late 70s effort Darness On The Side Of Town a shot. Great songwriting/emotion/atmosphere/guitar playing. It's the only lp of his I've ever even considered buying, and am glad I did. |
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