Voice Teacher Reacts: Roy Orbison - Crying

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  • @wabitt11
    @wabitt11 2 роки тому +50

    Roy Boy singing brings me to tears. He NEVER got the true recognition that he truly deserved. Such an incredible natural talent. A true gift from God that we all got to share. THANK YOU!!!

    • @thewolf81lobo86
      @thewolf81lobo86 2 роки тому +6

      Yeah,I am latino and we have great singers,but to me no one can get to Orbison level, his voice is out of this world..

  • @jamesatipton2432
    @jamesatipton2432 2 роки тому +25

    I'm 74 and have heard Roy hundreds if not thousands of times and I still get a tear when I hear this song.

    • @jimbro.
      @jimbro. Рік тому +1

      Agreed, so thankful to have been 74 during this age of amazing voice, song, and depth of emotion. He and Bobby Hatfield new what singing was all about.

  • @rullmourn1142
    @rullmourn1142 3 роки тому +43

    He's the only male singer that truly makes me feel emotional, something special about his voice. He was also a workaholic.

  • @annemariefleming
    @annemariefleming 2 роки тому +41

    Someone asked Elvis Presley what it was like to be the world's greatest singer.....he said "I don't know, ask Roy Orbison". Elvis really admired Roy enormously.

    • @naomiwarner7117
      @naomiwarner7117 Рік тому +2

      I think Roy's voice has an Elvis vib to it! Beautiful Big O.

    • @thefantasyreview8709
      @thefantasyreview8709 Рік тому +3

      Elivs said he wouldn't share a stage with Roy Orbison, because he wasn't up to his vocal standard. Pretty amazing coming from Elvis.

    • @diggintheblueswithaparrot1329
      @diggintheblueswithaparrot1329 Рік тому

      That’s not true, but 👍

    • @kennethcurtis1856
      @kennethcurtis1856 Рік тому +4

      @@diggintheblueswithaparrot1329 It is true that Elvis was a HUGE Roy O fan and thought his voice was was near perfect.

    • @timwilliamsart
      @timwilliamsart Рік тому

      Elvis absolutely LOVED Roy.

  • @Umla80
    @Umla80 3 роки тому +25

    its always fascinated me how such a shy and timid seeming man could belt out such emotional and powerful songs ❤

  • @margaritacano5466
    @margaritacano5466 Рік тому +9

    ROY ORBISON ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES, BEAUTIFUL VOCALS, THE HIGH PITCH ,JUST BEAUTIFUL, TOTALLY STUNNING AMAZING, LOVE HIM.R.I.P.❤️❤️❤️❤️✝️✝️✝️😥😥😥😥

  • @alecfed
    @alecfed 2 роки тому +34

    I got to see Roy live, twice. It surprised me how he barely opened his mouth but had that beautiful, powerful sound come out of it.

    • @g.rausch396
      @g.rausch396 2 роки тому +4

      Yes, his voice was formed (and pressed) back in his throat, never in the front like all those vocal coaches want to train their (poor) pupils.

    • @bartschwartz9233
      @bartschwartz9233 2 роки тому +6

      I also saw him live twice and it was rock opera. The best muti octuve voice ever. No one has come close and with natural voice. Go to wings of Pegasus with Fil voice graph.

    • @dmbdmb3828
      @dmbdmb3828 Рік тому

      🎼 Love Fil.

  • @traceyatdefiningelegance1250
    @traceyatdefiningelegance1250 2 роки тому +11

    And have you noticed how he barely opens his lips/mouth when he sings and his beautiful perfect silky smooth voice just flows out. I’m only 45 but it was my parents era and as a teenager I would listen to all their era of music. Not because they played it, I would sit for hours putting records on of all the greats and loved it. My 20 years old daughter does the same, listens to Roy, Eli’s, Bee Gees, Abba, Dolly Parton, Elton, and many more which is good because if we are driving somewhere for hours we all like the same stuff. But Roy is just freaking amazing. I rock n roll dance and his CANDYMAN gets everyone up.

  • @jerrybennett2853
    @jerrybennett2853 2 роки тому +8

    Hearing an analysis of Roy Orbison's voice by somebody who truly knows singing makes me appreciate what Roy Orbison gave us. He was amazing.

  • @lauriebosworth5325
    @lauriebosworth5325 3 роки тому +21

    Such a special man! Saw him in MA at the Music Circus...He was unbelievable and I had goosebumps when he sang this song...Thank you for this video...Great memories!💙

  • @fl0wbee
    @fl0wbee 2 роки тому +8

    I would have loved if he added one more verse with that falsetto CRYING. It's like a drug for my ears

  • @jojorofro
    @jojorofro 6 місяців тому +4

    So can we agree that Roy Orbison was just a natural talent, a genius in fact, at singing?

  • @StevenEverett7
    @StevenEverett7 3 роки тому +20

    John, thank you so much for taking us back in time to hear this wonderful singer. Roy was one of my favorites. He really did have a one of a kind voice. I remember another artist singing one of his songs. They had a very good voice and did an excellent job technically but it just wasn't the same. No one can compare with Roy. Cheers, Steve

  • @junecooper
    @junecooper 3 роки тому +14

    Yes, I'm amazed how Roy could sing effortlessly and make it appear like it's so easy...
    I'm just learning about Roy, but my favorites are the early and the late albums. It's so sad that he died so young, he still had so much music in him.

  • @misschatelaine
    @misschatelaine 2 роки тому +10

    Thanks for this video. Roy was a great singer, like k.d.lang said "he sings epics" for me he sings feelings. I love him.

  • @oksanaml9279
    @oksanaml9279 3 роки тому +12

    I love that you're analyzing one of my all- time favourite performances. He was truly a master.

  • @tehammel
    @tehammel 9 місяців тому +1

    As a Roy fanatic going back to the early 1960's, I have always loved his singing. I saw him live about 10 times and got to meet him backstage once. The nicest person!

  • @rayhodson1411
    @rayhodson1411 4 місяці тому +2

    He didn't need to tell jokes, no chitchat, no costume changes, no fireworks, no flashing lights. He just sang. Saw him live, sheer genius

  • @G.M.1944
    @G.M.1944 3 місяці тому +1

    When Elvis performed for the last time in Vegas in the beginning of December, 1976 (a audience-recorded show released by the Straight Arrow label), 9 months or so before his death, he had Roy in the audience, and introduced Roy as the greatest singer in the world, clearly meaning it, he then dedicated the operatic “What Now My Love” to Roy, spoke some of the words to dramatic effect and ended it like Roy would, on a big note… and said something to the effect that with Roy in the audience, he had to be good. After Elvis’ death, Roy wrote and recorded a song about Elvis “Hound Dog Man”😊

  • @dingle5115
    @dingle5115 2 роки тому +6

    I found his song walk on . The most amazing vocal performance. The range needed is quite unique.... great channel by the way , love how you appreciate Roy's singing and how amazing he was and his music still is .

  • @roelofpaas334
    @roelofpaas334 Рік тому +2

    He sang effordsly and sang his own numbers...so he knew how they had to be brought and mend to be....So SUPERB and him somewhere in a century a singer like him comes along...a one off, RIP.

  • @pwlp789
    @pwlp789 Рік тому +1

    Roy's voice gets me every time. He was incredible.

  • @osovagabundo1
    @osovagabundo1 3 роки тому +9

    I worked at a country western radio station and on sundays it was Dj’s choice. I would play careers. The station had every promo album and 45 since 1954. When i played Roys career of published music so many people called and thanked me. People said everybody at the house just floated away. Roy and KD Lang just made this a spiritual experience

    • @JohnHennyVocalStudio
      @JohnHennyVocalStudio  3 роки тому +4

      Roy was and is a treasure! Would have loved to hear your show.

    • @timetowakeup6302
      @timetowakeup6302 3 роки тому +2

      @Oso
      Roy was such a special talent. Bobby Darin was another one.

  • @ronald4700
    @ronald4700 Рік тому +1

    My sister brought a roy Orbison album home when I was a pre teen ,he was the best I ever heard as far as pure talent .

  • @sandrapritchard9810
    @sandrapritchard9810 4 місяці тому

    An amazing singer. No strained face contortions yet he hardly moves his mouth. Unique!

  • @kjek1
    @kjek1 2 роки тому +3

    Tom Waits in there playing piano for him too. Legend

  • @planojag595
    @planojag595 3 роки тому +5

    My mother played Roy's music around the house when I was a kid so I grew to love his songs and vocals. John, would you please check out Raul Malo's vocals? He's the Cuban-American lead singer of the Mavericks and there are so many hints of Roy Orbison in Raul's vocals.

  • @stevekendra8983
    @stevekendra8983 2 роки тому +4

    Even Elvis gave props to Roy and his voice. Freaking elvis!

  • @ronaldldunn5072
    @ronaldldunn5072 2 роки тому +1

    One of the things about this song that is just brilliant is the tom-tom effect by the percussionist with the bass. You start with a badabum bum bum, five beats showing the disruption in the poor narrator's heart rhythm instead of the regular badum badum one's heart usually has. At the end, though, you have a bum bum bum ... bum bum bum, as though some piece of his heart is now missing as he's processed being surprised by his own reaction to seeing her and having her touch him and now is stuck in his brokenness and grief as the strings, drums, bass keep playing that broken heart theme. Just magical.

  • @s.dejonge5719
    @s.dejonge5719 Рік тому

    Perfect .. thank you very much for our reaction.. it tells me just enough to bring me to tears..
    great appreciation for the great of the earth!

  • @delin62
    @delin62 Рік тому +1

    For all Roy Orbison fans. There is one cd of Roy that was completed ( finishing the instrument tracks) and released, after his death. If you don't have it, get it! the title "King of Hearts"

  • @jayteegamble
    @jayteegamble 2 роки тому +2

    The tip of dropping my larynx to elongate my vocal tract has greatly improved my shower singing.

  • @SRG1966
    @SRG1966 Місяць тому

    No one expressed heartache like Lonesome Roy. Would love for you to discover Diamanda Galas, who's now in her 60s and just getting stronger, a soprano sfogato with an incredible range. Her work can be challenging for new listeners, but her 2017 album "All The Way" has a cover of "You Don't Know What Love Is" this is a great starting point.

  • @jackzampella5758
    @jackzampella5758 Рік тому

    John, I came across your video by accident and I'm glad I did. A great critique of a special performance. Thanks.

  • @frankcastelo6980
    @frankcastelo6980 2 роки тому +1

    Roy is the best. Thank you for this video.

  • @brucecronin6396
    @brucecronin6396 2 роки тому +1

    Great analysis !! Great artist and song !!

  • @ellismedavoy7314
    @ellismedavoy7314 3 роки тому +13

    John, Seeing k.d. Lang in this video as a backup vocalist, could you do an analysis of her voice in one of her own songs?

  • @cherylfisk7698
    @cherylfisk7698 4 місяці тому

    It has been stated that Roy had a 7 - Seven! octaves vocal range! Awesome yet underated singer. That vibrato is one of his signature ability/talents.

  • @rullmourn1142
    @rullmourn1142 3 роки тому +2

    Do, You Got It, the video of Roy performing in Antwerp, Belgium, it gives goosebumps because he died 17 days later at 52.

  • @robertclarke8456
    @robertclarke8456 2 роки тому +3

    And God created man and then gave him a voice. Then he created Roy Orbison and gave him the voice of an Angel. Truly unique.😎😎😎😎

  • @patrickhanekamp2761
    @patrickhanekamp2761 2 роки тому +1

    For me one of the best ever!

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you for this reaction!

  • @tomgio1
    @tomgio1 2 місяці тому

    My dad “forced” me to listen to Roy when I was a teen, and it didn’t go well (generational thing). Time heals all. He is a rare universally beloved, can’t put in a box, musical unicorn.

  • @brianwhitney9181
    @brianwhitney9181 2 роки тому +2

    You should look to see who else was in the back up band. They played with Rocks first super star. He is known around the world by his first name. TCB

  • @Rosannasfriend
    @Rosannasfriend 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful

  • @braydinsims3460
    @braydinsims3460 3 роки тому +1

    Hi John! Whenever you have time, I think you'd really enjoy Ailee's cover of I Will Always Love You. Still blows my mind every time I listen to it

  • @SeahorsesJay
    @SeahorsesJay 9 місяців тому

    Loved your reaction and analysis, and the fact you managed to note Bruce Springsteen - you had me 50% but then you also noted Costello and I was 100% sold. A coach who knows his stuff! Subscribed 😂

  • @singularityjackson
    @singularityjackson 3 роки тому +1

    That voice is silky smooth 👌🏽

  • @chrispybacons9959
    @chrispybacons9959 2 роки тому +2

    Elvis once said that Roy was the greatest singer in the world and the only person who could out-sing him

  • @ronwood7029
    @ronwood7029 Рік тому

    There is no one like Roy , perfect singer unique

  • @murielbarker4311
    @murielbarker4311 2 місяці тому

    Don't care what singer it is no one sings Pretty Woman like Roy did the growl at the end is just brilliant

  • @jeffreysherring2636
    @jeffreysherring2636 2 роки тому

    The Man could sing period beautiful voice

  • @carlosvasquezvasquez2845
    @carlosvasquezvasquez2845 Рік тому

    Respect TEACHER STAY WELL USMC RET BLESS 💯🏅

  • @monickalynn4365
    @monickalynn4365 2 роки тому +1

    Always associated R.O. with the Pretty Woman track. Had no idea of his talent. I do now!

  • @daveb6132
    @daveb6132 Рік тому

    Have you ever done a reaction to Roy's version of "My Prayer?" It's another amazing song.

  • @davidshattock9522
    @davidshattock9522 Рік тому

    Your critique of In dreams would interest me as it is very musically mobile I n the vocal really good though ,your opinion of the live version of queens save me would be appreciated too nearing in mind the musical chairs going into it with the may/ mercury changeover.im mid part

  • @Kinchas49
    @Kinchas49 2 роки тому

    John, check out Bobby Hatfield's live performance of Unchained Melody

  • @thwiftlythwept7023
    @thwiftlythwept7023 Рік тому

    Roy is a great example to show for this format. He was a true AAA. Like his backup singer! She has some good fodder for vocal reviews, too. Roy and KD may not get the views but AAAs do the things worth pointing out.
    On that note, a Patsy video may be required.

  • @ronda.8624
    @ronda.8624 3 роки тому

    I recommed the song " El perdón " by Diana Navarro.

  • @teresahendrickson6732
    @teresahendrickson6732 3 роки тому +1

    Can you please react to the Righteous brothers? I've asked many times. Any reason why not?

  • @thetattedpharmacist3215
    @thetattedpharmacist3215 2 роки тому +3

    Chris Isaak sounds remarkably like Roy at times.

  • @ziggymarlowe5654
    @ziggymarlowe5654 Рік тому +1

    Roy's backup singers for the night were not too shabby: Males were Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther and Steven Soles and female backups were K.D. Lang, Bonnie Raitt and Jennifer Warned. I bet everyone on that stage felt lucky to have the chance to work with Roy Orbison.

    • @dmbdmb3828
      @dmbdmb3828 Рік тому +1

      They exude joy in the moment.
      Incredible to witness.

    • @naomiwarner7117
      @naomiwarner7117 Рік тому +1

      Elvis and, Roy was Bruce Springsteens Idol's!

    • @naomiwarner7117
      @naomiwarner7117 Рік тому +2

      Ronnie Tutt ( Drums ) and, James Burton ( White jacket ) playing guitar, Elvis' TCB Band members are also there, backing up Roy! Please react to Roy's song ( Pretty Woman ) during the same Black and White Night show! It's awesome, Roy looks around at all the greats backing him!

  • @adriansherlockdamondark.1094
    @adriansherlockdamondark.1094 2 роки тому

    Roy was brilliant.

  • @Cronus1xx
    @Cronus1xx 3 роки тому +3

    you should react to 박효신(Park Hyo Shin) - 야생화(Wild Flower) really good high notes

  • @davidturnbole4395
    @davidturnbole4395 Рік тому

    I do sing right along with him. There is one song that his high note that is a strain for me.

  • @MrStevie57
    @MrStevie57 Рік тому

    So that is falsetto not head voice?

  • @CALVINLNIKONT
    @CALVINLNIKONT 2 роки тому

    Why don't you analyze Larry Gatlin???

  • @rayname908
    @rayname908 Рік тому

    Roy Orbison is one of the best. Have you heard Elizabeth Fraser of COCTEAU TWINS? The finest singer ever.

  • @davidhenrywall8619
    @davidhenrywall8619 Рік тому

    Roy orbison brilliant singer

  • @kubraa704
    @kubraa704 3 роки тому

    Can you please react the "Summertime" by Cem Adrian

  • @user-mx8gx5gc6d
    @user-mx8gx5gc6d 7 місяців тому

    Jay Black reminds me of Roy.Both can hit those high notes.

  • @davidshattock9522
    @davidshattock9522 Рік тому

    Your opinion sir on Jeff Lynne's .giving to Roy .,his hero a little help I'n later years that sadly.ensured Roy went out at the top as it introduc ed Roy to .newer generation of listeners with a little appreciation from George harrison too as beatles toured with Roy in early career even that Roy didn't need help.just hearing to.appreciate.to most of a certain age

  • @rhenamaeali84
    @rhenamaeali84 3 роки тому

    Can you please react the "At Ang Hirap" by Angeline Quinto, she is one of the singer her in Philippines.

  • @rockly9703
    @rockly9703 3 роки тому

    can u react to Vannda time to rise song next

  • @katjavirtanen2875
    @katjavirtanen2875 Рік тому

    Please react to k.d. lang’s MTV Unplugged version of Crying…

  • @Danny__Noble
    @Danny__Noble 2 роки тому

    I’m pretty sure Tom Waits is in there somewhere

  • @obgfoster
    @obgfoster 3 роки тому +2

    If you are going back to the vaults, would you consider reacting to Al Green's performance of "A Change is Gonna Come" at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert in 1995? ua-cam.com/video/pru6jTfitkU/v-deo.html or at the United We Stand concert? (Better, imho) ua-cam.com/video/3Nua5klb4Os/v-deo.html

  • @rullmourn1142
    @rullmourn1142 3 роки тому +1

    Please do, Diana Ankudinova../ Human/ wicked game/ any of her songs really. She is a true contralto from Russia and very young.

  • @gonetoutah
    @gonetoutah Рік тому

    I was told that Elvis said he had the best voice in the business.

  • @tommiebyrne8720
    @tommiebyrne8720 Рік тому

    Was he a tenor?

  • @morcatko198
    @morcatko198 3 роки тому +1

    Can you do reaction to BTS Your eyes tell, house of cards, Epiphany and snow white?

  • @thereviewer2939
    @thereviewer2939 9 місяців тому

    kd lang on backups.

  • @valeriatrs901
    @valeriatrs901 3 роки тому

    hello could you react to the voice of Kihyun member of Monsta X !! please. I really like your channel. I just found out✨

  • @estefanyrios5503
    @estefanyrios5503 3 роки тому

    can you react Dimash Kudaibergen? he a great singer too!!

  • @bazcrowther8205
    @bazcrowther8205 2 роки тому

    I think elvis presley said that the only person to get close to me is roy orbison and in my opinion he should be the true king of rock n roll

  • @johnjfoster
    @johnjfoster 2 роки тому

    Chris’s Isaac to me is similar.

  • @JVTrickypants
    @JVTrickypants 2 роки тому

    Bruce, Costello....Tom Waits...not to mention the "backup" singers lol.

  • @cloudia118
    @cloudia118 3 роки тому

    Please react to korean Professor group BIGMAMA😍

  • @marinateixeira3637
    @marinateixeira3637 3 роки тому

    please check BTS Room Live, its a 9min medley from their discography. please check too, Mamamoo's dingo killing voicr

  • @jameskoralewski1006
    @jameskoralewski1006 2 роки тому

    Roy Orbison was Elvis Presley's favorite singer!

  • @Itzaylaland
    @Itzaylaland 3 роки тому

    Please, please, please react to Felix to Stray kids. It’s really crazy!!!!

  • @allaboutbinixbgyo228
    @allaboutbinixbgyo228 2 роки тому

    Hi. Please check out the Comeback single of BGYO "The Baddest". Btw, BGYO is a rising pop boy group from the philippines. Hoping to see your RV soon. Thank you and keep safe.

  • @Silfverr
    @Silfverr 2 місяці тому

    Take that swifties

  • @walterchernicki5855
    @walterchernicki5855 Рік тому

    What treat saw hi. 2days before died

  • @g.rausch396
    @g.rausch396 2 роки тому

    "Bruce Springsteen in the background at guitar, how broken is that?" HAHAHAHA, Bruce refused to sing a duet with Roy at B&W Night cause he could only lose and make a blamage out of it, Springsteen mentioned.

  • @ronaldjspolar1501
    @ronaldjspolar1501 6 місяців тому

    Good information but I think you interrupted too much. Still, I liked it. Can telll you were excited.

  • @sandralorenz1796
    @sandralorenz1796 Рік тому

    Gone way too soon.

  • @bevo7729
    @bevo7729 2 роки тому +1

    On my wife’s phone pasty cline !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @joffreyalcantara2809
    @joffreyalcantara2809 2 роки тому

    Please don't interrupt in the middle of the words. Thanx.

  • @davidspahr4020
    @davidspahr4020 2 роки тому

    Save it for the end! You staccato interjections detract from the music!