Greatest Male Solo Artist - Round 1 - Ray Charles vs Roy Orbison

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

No Paul Shane?

[KMD7]

1 minute ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

No Paul Shane?

 

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[AngryOfTuebrook]

Roy Orbison had a good voice, but Ray Charles invented both  rock n roll and soul. And I prefer his voice. 

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26 minutes ago, KMD7 said:

 

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Imperious as ever!

[magicrat]

This is a case of the blind leading the blind

[mgw100]

Or the blind leading the bland. Other than the bland is winning

[TheHowieLama]

1 hour ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Roy Orbison had a good voice, but Ray Charles invented both  rock n roll and soul. And I prefer his voice. 

This is a great record

[johnsusername]

Had some tragedy in his life the Big O didn't he? His wife was killed in a car accident and two years later when he was on tour in England his two boys died when his house burned down. Johnny Cash bought the land and planted an orchard in their memory.

 

The songs -

Crying,

Pretty Woman,

Running Scared, 

I drove all night,

In Dreams,

You Got It,

Only the Lonely,

Blue Bayou,

It's Over

Love Hurts.

 

You know how incredible Orbison was cos in the Travelling Wilburys (a band with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty!) the Big O was THE MAN and the one they all looked up to. 

[John102]

4 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Had some tragedy in his life the Big O didn't he? His wife was killed in a car accident and two years later when he was on tour in England his two boys died when his house burned down. Johnny Cash bought the land and planted an orchard in their memory. 

A shame he didn't live long enough to see this competition. 

 

I like to think that he is somewhere, looking down, taking some comfort in how this vote is going and that can soothe some of that pain. 

[KMD7]

16 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Had some tragedy in his life the Big O didn't he? His wife was killed in a car accident and two years later when he was on tour in England his two boys died when his house burned down. Johnny Cash bought the land and planted an orchard in their memory.

 

The songs -

Crying,

Pretty Woman,

Running Scared, 

I drove all night,

In Dreams,

You Got It,

Only the Lonely,

Blue Bayou,

It's Over

Love Hurts.

 

You know how incredible Orbison was cos in the Travelling Wilburys (a band with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty!) the Big O was THE MAN and the one they all looked up to. 

Best friends I think weren't they, Cash and Orbison. 

[Redder Lurtz]

Orbison's voice is nails on a blackboard to me. Dreadful. 

[Barrington Womble]

I think I probably should have voted for Ray Charles, but I have a bit of a soft spot for Orbison, he just makes me smile when I watch him

[Scott_M]

My wife’s Dad insisting on Roy Orbison every year after Christmas dinner makes me vote for Ray Charles.

 

Also, I greatly enjoyed his cameo in The Blues Brothers.

 

This album cover always makes we laugh though. Looks like he’s having a piss & looking at the customer saying “And what are you looking at?”.

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

 

[VladimirIlyich]

What a shame The Big O's songs have been parodied or used in rom-coms rather than be applauded for the great tunes they are.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Mad the way this vote is going. Orbison was a very good singer; so was Ray Charles, but he was also a supremely innovative pioneer in different genres; a true genius.

[Mook]

1 hour ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Mad the way this vote is going. Orbison was a very good singer; so was Ray Charles, but he was also a supremely innovative pioneer in different genres; a true genius.

Agreed, pretty shocking.

 

I don't have anything against Roy Orbison but he's never in the same league as Ray Charles.

[Tony Moanero]

1 hour ago, Mook said:

Agreed, pretty shocking.

 

I don't have anything against Roy Orbison but he's never in the same league as Ray Charles.

I disagree that it’s shocking. Presumably, people are voting for the artists they prefer, the artists they listen to most. This doesn’t necessarily mean, the most talented, innovative or influential acts. 

[John102]

The Doors won the greatest American band ever.

 

Im yet to win a draft, despite 3 clear winning sides.

 

Take these for what they are. A collection of know nothing cunts commenting on things they know nothing of.

 

 

[cloggypop]

2 minutes ago, John102 said:

The Doors won the greatest American band ever.

 

Im yet to win a draft, despite 3 clear winning sides.

 

Take these for what they are. A collection of know nothing cunts commenting on things they know nothing of.

 

 

It's a load of opinionated blerts on a f**tb*ll site. All of it is. 

[easytoslip]

You can't forget In Dreams once you've seen Blue Velvet as it becomes an even more of a strange song, great voice the Big O but it's Ray for me even its just for that live What'd I Say from late 50s maybe early 60s. 

Take These Chains, what a boss song that is. 

[Bjornebye]

23 minutes ago, John102 said:

The Doors won the greatest American band ever.

 

Im yet to win a draft, despite 3 clear winning sides.

 

Take these for what they are. A collection of know nothing cunts commenting on things they know nothing of.

 

 

Nautical Matadors still ringing in your ears? 

[John102]

1 minute ago, Bjornebye said:

Nautical Matadors still ringing in your ears? 

I can confirm they were one of the 3 aforementioned sides.

[Bjornebye]

7 minutes ago, John102 said:

I can confirm they were one of the 3 aforementioned sides.

Some band. 

[Mook]

34 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

I disagree that it’s shocking. Presumably, people are voting for the artists they prefer, the artists they listen to most. This doesn’t necessarily mean, the most talented, innovative or influential acts. 

Aye but I find it quite shocking that so many more people would vote for Roy Orbison as their favoured male solo artist over Ray Charles.

 

It's shocking to me, whether it's shocking to anyone else is up to them.

 

I'm shocked.