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Rolling Stone: ELO’s Jeff Lynne: My Life in 15 Songs

January 22, 2016 by admin

Rolling Stone: ELO’s Jeff Lynne: My Life in 15 Songs

Roy Orbison’s “YOU GOT IT” made the short list.

“This is a bittersweet thing because he was such a big hero to me. I used to listen to him for hours and hours as a kid. I produced three tracks on his last album (Mystery Girl) and co-wrote three tracks with him. I wrote “You Got It” with Roy and Tom Petty. For years before this, he’d just been going through the motions of recording and not working with people who were empathetic with him or who had put enough care and love into the music. I reminded him of who he was and how great he was, and that’s why I got a great performance out of him.

It was just dreadful when I heard he had died. I got a call at like six in the morning, and all I heard was “Mr. Orbison has died,” and then they hung up. I still have no idea who called me. I had to get up and listen to the radio to see if it was bullshit or real. It turned out to be real, unfortunately. “You Got It” had just come out when he died of a heart attack at his mother’s house. He was a beautiful guy, as well as the best singer I’ve ever heard.”

Rolling Stone: Roy Orbison’s Son Details Sprawling ‘MGM Years’ Package

December 9, 2015 by admin

“It was really amazing to me to see how hard he was working,” says Alex Orbison

BY STEPHEN L. BETTS December 9, 2015

In the fall of 1964 Roy Orbison was at the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with “Pretty Woman,” a gem of a hit punctuated by a seductive growl that rivaled Tony the Tiger and the MGM lion. In addition to that multi-million-seller, Orbison recorded a series of smashes for Monument Records (his first major deal was with Sun Records), from “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)” and “Running Scared” to the oft-covered “Crying” and many others. After the success of “Pretty Woman,” he secured a lucrative deal with (perhaps a bit ironically) MGM Records. Rather than the roaring success they should have been, however, Orbison’s MGM years were fraught with disappointment and tragedy.

Rolling Stone: Bruce Springsteen on Making ‘Born to Run’: ‘We Went to Extremes’

August 31, 2015 by admin

Rolling Stone: Bruce Springsteen on Making ‘Born to Run’: ‘We Went to Extremes’

A never before published interview with Bruce Springsteen has The Boss citing inspiration from Roy Orbison once again-

Question: The lyrical, major-key style of the album’s piano parts – “Thunder Road,” “Backstreets” — became a big part of what people think of as your sound. Where did that come from? What were the musical touchstones for you there?

Answer: The fact that those things had these elaborate introductions and melodic parts and a variety of movements, you can trace that back to the way the Roy Orbison records were composed. But, also, it was just something that I liked.

Rolling Stone: RAUL MALO’S EIGHT FAVORITE SINGERS

August 15, 2014 by admin

An incredible singer himself, Raul Malo shared his 8 favorite singers with Rolling Stone Magazine!

Can you guess who made the list? (Hint: Roy Orbison)

1. Luciano Pavarotti

2. Louis Armstrong

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Rolling Stone: Watch Unseen Roy Orbison Footage in ‘The Way Is Love’ Video – Premiere

May 19, 2014 by admin

Rolling Stone: Watch Unseen Roy Orbison Footage in ‘The Way Is Love’ Video – Premiere

Exclusively at Rolling Stone Magazine!

Watch the NEW Roy Orbison music video for the new Roy Orbison song, “THE WAY IS LOVE” out today on Mystery Girl Deluxe from Roy’s Boys and Legacy Recordings. http://bit.ly/1lAp7WT

“Just as the song was pieced together around a recently recovered Orbison vocal track, the music video stitches together old clips of the late rock & roll legend. Because Roy originally recorded that vocal track on a boombox cassette player, the song was reworked by a team that included producer John Carter Cash and a group Roy’s son, Alex, describes as ‘some scientists with a super computer.'”