| Title: | The UK Music Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN. |
| Moderator: | RDGENG::CROOK |
| Created: | Mon Mar 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1381 |
| Total number of notes: | 39269 |
I just heard on the radio that Roy Orbison was dead.
I'm shattered, can't believe it.
Does anyone know any more?
Dave
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| 285.1 | YUPPY::MEERMAN | Birds - cos we pick up worms | Wed Dec 07 1988 14:19 | 4 | |
I heard it was a heart attack.
Karina
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| 285.2 | Add my condolences | MALLET::BARKER | Pretty Damn Cosmic | Wed Dec 07 1988 14:32 | 13 |
What a shock. I know the guy has had health problems over the years but it still comes as a shock. He has/had one of *the* most distinctive voices in rock and had just participated in a brilliant album in 'The Travelling Wilburys' which saw him in better voice than in the past 20 years. I think there is a new album produced by Jeff Lynn about to be released. I seem to recall reading some notes in the MUSIC file from a friend of ROs who shared his hobby of model aeroplanes. I'll search it out as there were a lot of interesting insights into the man. Nigel | |||||
| 285.3 | Pointer to more notes on RO | MALLET::BARKER | Pretty Damn Cosmic | Wed Dec 07 1988 14:50 | 6 |
Check out COMET::RECORDS note 339 for loadsainfo on RO. Do the that KP7 thang to add to your notebook. He was only 52. Nigel | |||||
| 285.4 | GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN | MPGS::ARNOLD | Wed Dec 07 1988 21:15 | 5 | |
HEARD THAT ROY ORBISON DIED FROM A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK, SHORTLY
BEFORE 11:30 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD U.S. TIME. HE WAS RUSHED TO
A NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE HOSPITAL UNCONSCIOUS,ON DECEMBER 6.
MAY YOU REST IN PEACE ROY, WE'LL MISS YA.
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| 285.5 | Roy's last concerts | STP::ANDERSON | Remember Roy Orbison | Mon Dec 12 1988 21:09 | 21 |
There's not much more I can add to everything that's been said in the
past few days, except that I just saw Roy in concert the Friday before
he died. He was at the Channel, a rock club in Boston MA USA for two
sold-out shows Friday and Saturday night, after which he played his
last gig in Ohio.
The crowd was screaming, yelling, in love with this man! I had seen
him twice before, but this was different. There were people 20, 30,
40, 50, and 60 years old, from all experiences, there to hear Roy
Orbison do what he did best.
As always, Roy did not disappoint. Seeing him a few feet away on
Friday made it all the more unbelievable when I heard the news just a
few days later.
BTW, if any of you don't have the latest collection "For the Lonely" on
CD, you should! All the songs sound GREAT! I also heard today that
Virgin Records, scheduled to release Roy's new album in February, have
moved up the release date to January.
Paul
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