IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST JAMS EVER?! First Time Reaction To Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman!
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- We're tuning into the classic hit "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison for the first time! Known for its iconic opening riff and unforgettable lyrics, this song has been a favorite for generations. Join us as we discover why "Oh, Pretty Woman" has stood the test of time and see if it lives up to its legendary status.
🎸 About Roy Orbison:
Roy Orbison was an American singer-songwriter known for his distinctive, impassioned voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. His music was described as operatic, earning him the nickname "the Caruso of Rock."
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First Impressions: Our immediate reactions to the classic vibes of "Oh, Pretty Woman."
Musical Elements: A look at the song's structure, lyrics, and Orbison's unique vocal style.
Historical Context: We'll explore the impact of this song on the music industry and its cultural significance.
Personal Takeaways: How the song resonates with us and its relevance in today's music scene.
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Oh, Pretty Woman was a #1 hit years before Julia Roberts was even born.
I’m glad you pointed that out.
1964
And Van Halen's remake was also years before the movie.
Thank you.
Another great Texan 😬
This hit Number One twenty years before the movie.
Roy Orbison “ I drove all night” is so fantastic!! 50 years down the line and I still love it!
You got that right, Drove All Night is one of my favs also. I turned my 14 year old grand daughter onto Roy about 5 years ago, she went nuts and couldn't get enough of his music.
The Song was released in 1964 by Roy Orbison. It was used in the film Pretty Woman in 1990 which made it popular all over again. Unfortunately Roy had passed away in 1988.
Yes, forgot he had passed before the movie came out.
The Van Halen cover in 1982 helped put it back on the map too.
"ONLY THE LONELY" by Roy is a must to react to.
Roy Orbison’s “Anything you want, You Got It” You’ll know this one for sure… 😊❤
''Crying'' is definitely worth your time!
Roy Orbison had one of the most smooth powerful voices. He could sing real high falsetto & also low. Elvis Presley loved Roy's voice. Roy was known for performing while standing motionless & wearing black clothes to match his dyed black hair & dark sunglasses. Roy had lots of hits in the 60's such as "Only the Lonely", "Running Scared", "Crying", "In Dreams", "Love Hurts", "Blue Bayou" etc. In 1988, he co-founded the rock supergroup "Traveling Wilburys" with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, & Jeff Lynne. They had a lot of great songs such as "Handle With Care", "End Of The Line" etc.
Loved that falsetto! One of my favorite songs of his was "Leah" which included a lot of it. I seem to be a minority though, I don't see it mentioned often.
I love the song "Leah" too. I forgot to mention it.@@ronaldmcrae4896
"Blue Bayou,"one of my favorites
In Dreams, Running Scared, ...just so many fine songs!!
Funny you mention those, because there were also movies using those titles. A lot of movies starting in 80s would use titles of popular songs because they were already in public consciousness. Therefore they were effective way of advertising if people automatically knew the song and it could be used in commercials or in movie soundtrack.
Elvis was once asked In an interview, what was it like to have the best voice the world
he replied, I don’t know. You’ll have to ask Roy.
You really can't go wrong with any song from his catalogue. One of my favorites is "You Got It"
You should check out his song "Crying", then check out k.d. lang singing the song solo and with Roy Orbison.
Unfortunately ruined for me by the episode of only fools and horses🤣
Yes...probably my favorite songs of his!
For a real treat, watch the version from the Roy Orbison concert called "Black and White Night", with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and a bunch of other great musicians. Also, "Pretty Woman" was covered by Van Halen on one of their early albums.
I came here to say this. It is an absolutely amazing prefomance.
I agree Sandra.
He also wrote "Blue Bayou" which was a big hit for Linda Ronstadt.
In fact, The BigO said Linda Rhondstadt sang Blue Bayou the way it eas meant to be sung.
A No.1 song when released in August 1964; never will fade away!
I was 12 yrs. old when this came out. Still sounds as amazing now as it did then.
Roy Orbison’s song pretty woman came out long before the movie I believe the original pretty woman by Roy Orbison was from the early to mid 60s
He wrote Pretty Woman for his wife.
Roy Orbison was a huge star long before the movie and the Traveling Wilburys.
I grew up listening to this guy. A legend. And this is one of his best.
What a voice Roy had. Thank you for your gift of music. Rest in peace Sir
One of the best voices ever. Roy had several tragic events in his life but kept working. Love so many of his songs.
My dad went to college in Lubbock, Texas. There were a couple of guys playing in the living room. Those guys were Roy and Buddy Holly. Lots of great music came through Lubbock
@Lweiss and Mack Davis
A great reaction guys, Roy had numerous hits, ones which I recommend are:
"Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)",
"Crying",
"In Dreams",
"It's Over",
"Candy Man",
"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)",
"Running Scared",
"Claudette",
"The Crowd",
"Blue Angel",
"Penny Arcade",
"Blue Bayou" for me this is The definitive version of this song,
"I Drove All Night",
"You Got It",
"She's a Mystery to Me".
There are many more but these are good ones to continue with.
Beautiful song by Roy played it for his opening band while in England the opening band were The Beatles. A song to hear is "Crying" Roy sang this in the Black and White concert a must see. and sung as a tribute to him by K.D. Lang of Canada. Roy And Lang did a duet of" Crying" before he passed.
Only the Lonely, Love Hurts, Dream Baby, Crying, Running Scared, In Dreams, It's Over, and Blue Bayou. All excellent songs. He's got many others, but you can start with these. And YES, Phil must watch Pretty Woman.
If you haven't heard it yet, listen to the Traveling Wilburys, "Handle With Care." You will have NO PROBLEM picking out the part where Roy sings.
Phil, you got it wrong. This is a FAMOUS song, often covered. That's why your father's band was playing it. And they sure as heck named the movie after the song, and the song is in the movie.
Feel good song..🙂 Love that purrrrr..lol
"Crying" is one of his best known. The duet of he and KD Lang singing it is just stunning.
so many great songs from this iconic male singer of 50+ years. very unforgettable voice with great range, tone quality and clarity. One of his best: "Only the Lonely", and I think his last one was: "You got it". was also one of The Traveling Wilburys. A legend of American pop/rock music.
Hey yall, Im Ashley and Im a big fan of yalls channel and I love yalls love connection. You can see how much you love and adore one another. Yall remind me of my hubby Justin and I. My husband and I have been together for 19 years now. But we were just friends and co workers for the first two years when we met on the job and I was 16 years old back in early 2003. He was almost 7 years older than me and one of my bosses. I had already gotten my GED and had been in homeschooling and I was working full time 40+ hours a week same schedule as him. Most people thought I was 21 years old because I looked older than my age, I had always dressed more like a college student than a teenager. I grew up so fast and had alot of responsibility on my shoulders and I didn't act like other teens. I tried to date guys my age but they were so silly and immature and not always respectful. My mother gave me the blessing to date guys sometimes 4 years older than me cause they treated me a thousand times better than some silly 16 year old boy. I was not looking for some spring fancy or summer romance. I was always ready to commit to the right man and be a wife. I didn't have any wild oats to sow. But I wanted to find a man who was a good gentleman and shared my same faith and was respectful to me and we shared a lot in common and were each other's best friend. And I ended up finding everything and more in my guy best friend and coworker who happened to be one of my bosses. He had been divorced for 3 years because his wife of one year cheated on him and got pregnant by another man's baby. You could sort of say that he had trust issues and just never dated and only focused on work. When I started working there he felt an instant connection with me. We had so much in common including our faith and how much we loved or heavenly Father. We had the same taste in music, movies and the literature. And I come to think of him as a great best friend. Now I did date some during this time. And I even got engaged when I was 17. And just weeks before I was supposed to say I do, I found out my fiance was cheating on me. I was hurt obviously but I think I wasn't as hurt as I should have been. I had cared for the man and loved him in my own way but I wasn't exactly head over heels in love with him. And he knew that and was okay with that. I thought that our love would grow more strongly over time. I didn't expect to ever experience the kind of love that could compare to a fairy tale. But months after my engagement was cut off I did start to see that I was starting to have growing feelings for my best friend. And I just never allowed them to grow because I was always very faithful to any boyfriend I had in the past. I would not allow myself to entertain thoughts of anyone else when I was with someone because I'm very much against cheating. I would not ever want anyone to do that to me and I would not want to do that to someone either. But fast forward several months my feelings for my best friend at work started to grow even stronger. And before I knew it I had fallen in love with him. But I never dared to let him know because I knew he had been hurt in the past and I knew that he had not dated since his divorce 5 years ago. Little did I know he had fallen in love with me and been in love with me for one year already. And he was patiently waiting for me to turn 18 and tell me that he had feelings for me. It was always the perfect gentleman and he never let me know that he was in love with me. I had no idea that when I was engaged back then that he was in love with me. But he didn't say anything because we didn't think that I could ever feel the same way and then I got engaged and he didn't want to take away any chance I had for happiness. But when I became single he had hope that there would possibly be a chance in the future that he would get to tell me how he fell. But it required patience on his part because I was still 17 and liked a few more months turning 18. But sometimes he would join me and my mother for lunch on our break when she was in town and it didn't take long for her to realize that we were secretly in love but not say anything about it. My mother absolutely adored Justin and thought he was an amazing man and could tell that he really did love me more than just a friend. So she pulled him aside one day and had a heart to heart conversation with him, And she asked him if he had feelings for me and he was honest with her and told her that he was in love with me but he respected my age and didn't have any problem with waiting for me to turn 18. My mother said that I've practically been an adult since I was 14 years old. I've taken care of her And also my grandmother during times when their health was failing them. I never really got into any trouble And my teen years because I was so mature and obedient to my mother who I was very close to. So that meant she gave me a lot more freedom than what other teenagers got because I never once broke her trust. But even then I did not take for granted any freedom she gave me. My mother knew that she had raised me to be streetwise and have good judgment. And she trusted me and understood that I needed a more mature partner and someone who would treat me with respect and be good to me. And she could see Justin being that man. And all my mother wanted was for me to be happy. And so she gave Justin her blessing for him to ask me out. After all I was fixing to turn 18 years old in less than 2 months. And so he did ask me out the next day and we've been together ever since February of 2005. And we got married in December 2006 when I was 19 years old and he was 26. Our age difference never bothered us once. And everyone in our family and at work was overjoyed for us being together because they could see we were perfectly matched for one another. And I count myself truly blessed to have found such a good man who happened to be my best friend for 2 years prior, so by the time we started to date we were already in a serious committed relationship because both of us have been in love with one another for some time now. He didn't try to rush me into marriage but he made his intentions clear that he did want to marry me but he wanted to give me time and let me decide when I was ready. So that's what we did.
I had my mother and my grandmother walked me down aisle on our wedding day, since they were the ones who raised me. They didn't mind me being a teenage bride. They themselves married when they were 17 years old and their husbands was in their twenties also. And here in the south, I had several friends who were already married that got married when they were 17 years old and some of their husbands were around 4 years older than them. So it's pretty common you could say.
Now I'm 37 years old and my husband is 44 and we are still very much in love. We bring out the best in one another and we encourage one another to have a deeper intimate relationship with God as well. And it has made our marriage stronger. I always wanted to have a good God-fearing man who knew how to treat women respectfully. And I could not ask for a better husband. We have always been faithful, honest and loyal to one another.
He is one of the funniest guys I know. And he is playful. Not to mention handsome. He has blue eyes and blonde hair and is 6'3 tall and people say he looks like Nick Carter from the Backstreet Boys.
He also knows how much I love this song and how much I love the movie Pretty Woman. Also have a little bit of an obsession with vampires so the growling has definitely been introduced in our marriage for sure you could say. I think the GROWL worked for women back then just as much as it works for some women now. I think guys should definitely practice it and try it on their special lady. If she's anything like me she will get a kick out of it.
It always makes me blush and get tickled and feel flattered whenever my hubby growls and says, "Come here baby".
It's not on a every day basis but it does happen occasionally.
This December is our 18 the wedding anniversary. I certainly expect some growling and loving for sure! 😅😂
We certainly have no problem keeping the passion in our marriage burning for one another.
thanks again - Crying, Only the Lonely, In Dreams many more :D :D
It was so good Van Halen did a version that went top 20 in the eighties. Still miss Roy..Guy was a saint of a man and great musician--deserved to live a lot longer.
I'm 56 and can't imagine living in a world not knowing these songs, but then I think ... if y'all were to play me hip-hop, rap and alternative music that was popular in your years, I'd likely not know any of them.
I graduated high school when Pretty Woman hit the airwaves in 1964. So much fun to dance to.
This is my favorite song by him
Roy Orbison has an amazing discography, well worth falling down the rabbit hole of his music
I love Roy Orbison and I’ve got a bunch of his songs on my daughters bedtime playlist, his voice is so soothing. She’s 7 and likes going to sleep listening to the oldies
"Crying" is one of my favorites. If you don't do Roy's version then please try K.D. Lang's live version.... epic
🎶 Oh, Pretty Woman 🎶 Van Halen does a fantastic version of this song too off of Diver Down album.
Such a legendary song that will be around for another hundred years or so !
"In Dreams" "Crying" "Only The Lonely" "Dream Baby" "Running Scared" "Blue Angel" Roy Orbison also wrote and sang the original version of "Blue Bayou" that most people associate with Linda Ronstadt.
imo his is definitely the best one!!!!!
I first heard this song when it was first released, danced to it at school dances. Now I play it with my band - - - gotta be nimble on the organ keyboard to do that riff, and I never get tired of playing it. You want to know what else he did - - - check out Roy Orbison A Night In Black And White - - but get ready to hit pause alot as you recognize the orchestra sized band backing him up - - they all asked to back him up, asked to be part of his special, asked - not hired
You might like Roy singing Crying. He had so many. I’ll be 81 in a couple of weeks, and enjoyed so much terrific music in Country, Rock & Roll and Pop 🤩. 5/5/2024 Wittmann, AZ
Next Roy Song? Crying is a must. Running Scared is classic to his style. If you've heard Linda Ronstadt do Blue Bayou, she was covering Roy's original. In the Traveling Wilburys, Roy gets the spotlight in Not Alone Anymore, on volume 1, (he passed away before the second album, volume 3).
Roy Orbison.... a legend
It did bring it back into the spotlight, but as many have said already, this was way popular before the movie. However, it is one of the great songs of all time. The riff, the sound, the feel. Yeah, timeless.
More Roy! Anything You Want(You Got It), Cryin or Blue Bayou. None will disappoint.
One of the best performances I've ever heard was the k.d. lang version of "Crying" done at a tribute to Roy Orbison in Cleveland in the 1990s. I'd wholeheartedly recommend a listen. Roy Orbison was a force of nature and k.d. lang is a force of nature as well.
Great reaction, Sam and Phil! Roy had such a beautiful voice.
Elvis was once asked by a reporter "what's it like to be the best singer in the world?" Elvis replied, "I don't know. You'll have to ask Roy Orbison."
Bill Dees ...I lived next door to him when I was a kid...his son Fred was my best friend...In Nashville TN !!
Thank you for this reaction. Roy Orbison had the most incredible voice. Please listen to more of his music, but try to listen to the earlier albums rather than later ones. This was when his voice was the most amazing.
NOBODY sang this like Roy.
Hip cat Roy reminded me of a 50s crooner, but his songs were in the 60s.
"Mercy" who else but Roy would insert that there!
Elvis Presley said Roy Orbison had the ‘most perfect voice’ and referred to Roy as the best singer in the world. Roy Orbison had tragedy plague his life. His wife Claudette was killed in a motorcycle accident, and his two eldest children died in a house fire. My favourite Roy Orbison songs: Pretty Woman (which you just reacted to), You Got It, Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel), I Drove All Night, In Dreams, Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream), Claudette, Ooby Dooby, Blue Angel, Love Hurts, Crying, Running Scared, Lana, Uptown, Candy Man, She’s a Mystery to Me, California Blue, Working for the Man, Leah, Mean Woman Blues, Falling, Pretty Paper, Blue Bayou, It’s Over, Communication Breakdown, Penny Arcade, (Say) You’re My Girl and End of the Line which he recorded with the Traveling Wilburys.
A little known band, with a guitarist that would change playing forever, released this on their 2nd album, Van Halen 2, and made it their own. One of the best cover songs ever.
Roy was the reason for The Wilburys. George Harrison and Jeff Lynn were going to record a track for a single "B" side, and as Jeff was working with Roy as well, Roy decided to come along. Bob Dylan and Tom Petty came with for a chance to work with the legendary Roy. His voice? Try Crying or Only The Lonely.
I remember listening to this on AM radio all those years ago..
Running Scared, Candy Man, Sweet Dream Baby, Crying. The man was a hit machine during the 60's. That voice was incomparable. As an aside, Van Halen covered Oh Pretty Woman on their first album and it was a hit for them.
Hey Phil you definitely have yourself a pretty woman too! This is Roy Orbison best songs!
I liked Van Halen's, too.😊😊
Yeah VH did great covers You Really Got Me and Where Have All The Good Times Gone (Kinks), Dancing In The Streets (Martha and The Vandellas), Big Bad Bill, Happy Trails. I've become a big fan of the DLR era
There are some songs that you know is going to be a big hit from the first time you hear it...this was one of them for me....I was 9 when this came out and I knew this was going to be just like that.
Roy was one of the big 4 that came out of Sun Studios in Memphis. Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins were the other 3.
"Pretty Paper" is a good 'holiday missing you' song to listen to.
As I recall, the Beatles were Roy Orbison’s warm up group when he toured England.
Hugely popular AM radio song 1964 .. came out when I was in junior high school ..
Very awesome song!!❤ So cool to hear it again!❤❤
Glad you guys love it!❤❤
Roy Orbison had one of the saddest lives. It was amazing entertainment schedule and his ability to keep his head up with all the heartache he had suffered
When I was very little, maybe 5-6, I absolutely adored this song. I made everyone laugh,
running around singing the chorus and making that growling song. I still love it to this day.
According to Wikipedia, the film originally had a different title; its eventual title “Pretty Woman” was taken from the Roy Orbison song.
Glad to see you guys getting to Roy !! He is awesome ..... from what i heard Elvis nicknamed Roy " the voice " .....i read somewhere that Elvis was very intimidated by Roy's voice and he refused to follow Roy on stage after he performed ......plus from what i heard each of the Willbury's said that when they recored the lyrics to their songs that when Roy sang his solos that they just were in total awe of his voice.
Roy was known as the "Caruso of Rock" - Erique Caruso being a famous opera singer from the '30s. This song came out in 1965.
Guys, this is such a short version. You really need to see his Sept 87 performance at LA's Coconut Grove lounge of the Ambassador Hotel with Bruce Springsteen, KD Lang and many others. It's magical. And this cut gets a major guitar jam in the middle with some legends. Glad you finally got to it. 👍Yeah, like mentioned below it was called Black and White Nights.
She’s a Mystery To Me, from the Mystery Girl album is amazing!
Oh yes, they did name the movie after this song. The song was huge. It was this song that grew the popularity of the movie! 😄Ask your dad what other Roy Orbison songs his band plays. Thanks for sharing this one.
Bruce Springsteen refers to him in his song, "Thunder Road". The lyrics are " Roy Orbison singing for the lonely, hey that's me and I want you only". It refers to the wonderful Roy Orbison song, "Only the Lonely".
Roy had many hits that you should check out, but all the best versions are from his "Black And White Night" all-star TV special.
I listen to this song ALL THE TIME when I go for bike rides on a sunny day. This song also is such a vibe in the car with the windows rolled down. An absolute timeless BANGER 🔥
When I think of the song, pretty woman doesn’t occur to me to think of a film, which came decades later.
Great singer, one of the songs ever recorded. I still get chills and I heard this magnificent song on the radio early 60s. Roy was good friends with Elvis , Elvis remarked Roy was the best singer he ever heard. CRYIN is very good. Also the duet with K.D. Lange and the tribute she gave to Roy.
The movie did not make this song. It was huge way before. Check out Black and White Night. He, Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello do an extended version of this, and all of Roy’s hits. You already heard Linda Ronstadt cover his Blue Bayou. You Got It, Dream Baby, Crying, Love Hurts (covered by Nazareth in 1975) are all excellent. Roy, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash all gave Rock and Rockabilly a great jump start in the 50s, and kept going it into the 60s and 70s. Long Live Rock!!!!!!
Roy Orbison had such a great voice. R.I.P. Roy
Roy Orbison had a guest appearance on The Dukes of Hazard where he performed this song to Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke) and the other patrons of Boss Hogg's pub/tavern. 😊
What was genre in those early 60's songs was the background music, although obscure on the track, was tremendously executed. Listen to the piano in this.
Yes, MORE Roy Orbison. You won't be sorry.
Read in a comment on another channel review of a Roy Orbison song. The quote was, back in the time of Elvis, Elvis was asked how he felt about having the best singing voice in the world, Elvis replied, "I don't know, ask Roy Orbison". For decades have people have tried to describe Roy Orbison's voice and nobody can, they simply say he's unmatched. His connection to people was and is beyond anything you can label. Not long before he died he did a concert in black and white film. The concert/movie is called Roy Orbison - A Black and White Night. It is an absolute must watch if you were triggered by this reaction to his music. It is incredible and then you start to notice the legends sitting in the band playing with him that night. Ya can't name them all. Watch it, you won't be sorry.
Roy has lots of great songs. He always wore black incl the sunglasses at performances, not sure if lights borthered him but he did have poor vision for sure. His folks gave him a guitar at six and at 8 he played live on the radio! By 9 he had his own weekly radio show! Amazing dude.
Check out 'Only The Lonely' next perhaps.
Cheers.
You need to start down the rabbit hole of many more of Roy Orbison's great music , so get started it will take awile hahahahaha
Van Halen performs a great cover version of Roy's Pretty Woman. Early in Roy's career, he could not find his prescription glasses. He did have his prescription sunglasses at hand and was encouraged by his manager to wear those, and history began...
This was a hit before my family left England for Toronto just over 60 years. Roy has one of the most beautiful, distinctive and expressive voices in the history of pop and rock music, imo.
Also one of its best songwriters. No qualifiers on that one. It is what it is.
😘🤙🏼🎶❤️☀️🕊
Be sure to check out “Crying “. Then check out K.D. Lang version, Roy said it is now her song!!
That loose snare drum sound feels like what you got from a 60's marching snare.
One of the most famous in rock n roll history. Were you living in a bubble. It's been used everywhere all the time forever.
Worse. Canada
Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care" would be a good start. I've heard that Elvis wouldn't follow Orbison on stage as he felt his voice couldn't compare to Roy's. He was known as "The Voice" after all.
Their cover of this song was one of the first hits by Van Halen. They rocked it up a bit with distortion on the guitar and a heavier drum track along with David Lee Roth's vocals. Their version came out in the late 70s.
Growing up heard this a lot as Roy was one of my father’s favorite artists
You guys need to check out more of his music. He has the range of a opera singer. Listen to “Crying “.
Timeless classic from the smooth Roy Orbison.
I first remember this song from the Noxcema commercials in the 60s/70s
Ten years at my 40th high school reunion the DJ played this song and a girl I wanted to dance with just walked by. I asked her to dance and we danced. I wouldn't have asked her to dance to this song if she didn't walk by.
Great song .great reaction