March 12, 2011
// March 12th, 2011 // Blog
The Roy Saga!
Oh Pretty Woman…one of the most famous lines in a song ever! Those three words solidified their place in American Culture when it was the theme song of a movie of the same title! Of course I’m talking about, the Julia Roberts, Richard Gere classic, “Pretty Woman!” I have to admit it was,”Pretty Woman,” that introduced me to Roy Orbison’s music!
Well, I’ve been forced to challenge my Roy Orbison music knowledge! Today I got what I consider a very difficult task. I have to try to find a Roy Orbison song to record. It’s difficult because there are so many amazing songs to choose from! I’m having a very hard time even nailing it down to 5 songs let alone 1! I’ve been listening to some of my favorite Roy Orbison songs over and over again, trying to determine which song I could sing the best!
At first I was thinking, “Blue Bayou,” would be perfect! It’s a great song, I’m very familiar with, but then it hit me……..I’m no Linda Ronstadt!! And even though, “Blue Bayou,” is Roy Orbison’s song, everybody thinks of Linda Ronstadt’s masterpiece vocal when they think of, “Blue Bayou,” so that was out! Then I thought, “Cryin,” would be great! Talk about a classic! Then I thought, wait that song is the definition of a classic, and I’m not the person to mess with a classic! So from there, I just decided to go through songs of Roy’s I didn’t know! It was the first song I listened to, and I knew it would be perfect! It’s called, “Careless Heart,” and I’m really excited to start working on it tomorrow!
Lots of Love,
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