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by ferret Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:27 pm

Don't remember hearing Orbison sing Blue Bayou...thought it was a Linda Ronstadt song and it didn't do much for me either. Kinda like howlin' at the moon.

by ComputerGuy Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:41 pm

Then Blue Bayou is another great one you should find... Roy's was so much sweeter. Both Willie Nelson and Roy Orbison have an amazing ability to take a song and make it their own... albeit on completely opposite ends of the spectrum.

And with the colour in mind, check out The Mavericks' version of Blue Moon sung by Raoul Malo. OMG, you wanna hear someone like Roy Orbison again...

by slainte39 Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:22 pm

ferret wrote:Don't remember hearing Orbison sing Blue Bayou...thought it was a Linda Ronstadt song and it didn't do much for me either. Kinda like howlin' at the moon.

I hardly ever question your posts....but that is almost unbelievable....any part of it. Now I'll shut up. Shocked

by Smartalex Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:21 am

In case you missed it, here's Roy doing Blue Bayou (best version.)

by borderreiver Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:32 am

Did I see Elvis Costello playing acoustic rythym guitar on that video ? Could have been hallucinating - nothing new.

by ferret Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:02 am

slainte39 wrote:
ferret wrote:Don't remember hearing Orbison sing Blue Bayou...thought it was a Linda Ronstadt song and it didn't do much for me either. Kinda like howlin' at the moon.

I hardly ever question your posts....but that is almost unbelievable....any part of it. Now I'll shut up.

No worries. You like what you like. I HATE the song...and it doesn't matter who's singing it.

by Smartalex Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:02 am

[quote="borderreiver"]Did I see Elvis Costello playing acoustic rythym guitar on that video ? Could have been hallucinating - nothing new.[/quote}

Take another look. You may also see Bruce Springsteen playing electric guitar and Tom Waits on piano and Bonnie Raitt singing backup and....

by ComputerGuy Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:30 am

borderreiver wrote:Did I see Elvis Costello playing acoustic rythym guitar on that video ? Could have been hallucinating - nothing new.

Yep, that's from A Black And White Night, Cinemax, 1988. With Elvis Presley's backing band, Costello, Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Tom Waits, K.D. Laing, J.D. Souther (personal favorite, now acting in Nashville, Jennifer Warren, and others. It's on DVD.

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