Big O Week Number 7 - Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPqZs7Vl_xg In 1986 when David Lynch hit the big time with his amazing "Blue Velvet" Roy Orbison wasn't...
Big O Week Number 6 - Careless Heart / Leah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-bvVp0JDZM Sometime in the late 1980's I was at a really tacky post wedding party and the entertainment...
Big O week Number 5 - Communication Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWJD1i73bGI In June 1965 after six years of phenomenal success with indie Monument record label, Roy was...
Big O Week Number 4 - So Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZwdTkBJxcU When I was 15 I saw the film Zabriskie Point, a sprawling rambling road movie supposed to...
Big O Week Number 3 - Goodnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVCQGcHvrOA A year ago youtube was awash with the original version of this song as released by Orbison on...
Big O Week Number 2: The Only One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgcWpQ_uV6c The Only One - a meditation on the relationship between romantic literature and life Late...
Big O Week Number 1: Ride Away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNFzr8RX9hM In 1963, when the Beatles were having their first big successes, Orbison had 4 UK top twenty...
Buckskin Stallion Blues - Townes Van Zandt
In a futile attempt to be topical, here's another track by the immortal Townes (see Dec 5th post). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuegzuOElL4 The world should be ever grateful to Martin McDonagh for featuring Townes Van Zandt's "Buckskin Stallion Blues" in his wonderful film "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" even if the world has listened more to Amy Annelle's slighter and more ponderous version since the film came out (see Youtube numbers). The two songs effecti
(Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg This is a weird track in that Blue Oyster Cult were (or even are) a heavy metal band,...
I fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI What makes this track is the tone of the great guitar chords. This is the original of the one...
