OK. We've had threads about other songs. So sound off, Roy Orbison, Don McLean (sp) or K D Lang?

 

Roy Orbison


Great singer...Kind of a strange guy though...

Hilly

 

Crying has to be Roy Orbison.

I was alright,
For a while,
For a while,
I could smile.

But I saw you last night,
You held my hand so tight,
When you stopped to say hello.

Though you wished me well,
You couldn't tell,
That I'd been crying.

Beautiful lyric.

 

You know, I'm not sure myself. Orbison was one of the great, distinct voices of our time. Nobody should have ever gotten away with covering "Crying" but both McLean (sp?) and K D Lang made it work. Personally, I lean towards K D Lang's version, but the other two are great recordings.

 

I know what you mean. Still Orbison had a certain sound that somehow, for me anyway, became associated with the song. For that reason when I think of Crying I immediately think of Roy Orbison.

In a similar vein, the song "Me and Bobby McGee" written and recorded by Kris Kristofferson was the best I heard until I heard Janis Joplin do it. Now, for me, that song will forever belong to Janis.

 

Hard to argue with JJ's version of "Me and Bobby McGee." It doesn't get better than that.

 

 

"Blue Bayou" - Roy or Linda Ronstadt?

It seems to me you'd have to have guts or just be nuts to cover any of his songs. It's hard to top perfection.

 

LOVE Roy Orbison...saw him twice in concert not long before he died. His voice was as good or better than ever. Amazing singer.

 

As a matter of fact, I think Ronstadt's version is the better one.