'Ride Away' by Roy Orbison [music 3:30]

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[virgil283]

You've hear this song. Not one of Orbison's biggest hits but a great song. and a quintessential 60's love song or love's lost song.

[virgil283]

"She's A Mystery To Me"

Don't remember that song....Thanks...Nice...

[virgil283]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbwSnlAE0E4

[beaversmom]

lol...I know a few of those, but not all of them. My top two are In Dreams...gets me EVERY time and She’s a Mystery to Me. Bono couldn’t have written a more lovely song for Roy to sing. Roy’s a fave and I like quite a few, but I definitely don’t know all his stuff.

[Rocky]

Thanks for posting this. I’ve always been a big Roy Orbison fan. My favorite, among many great songs, is “It’s Over.” Powerful lyrics, great music, incredible voice.

Ride Away has been used in a commercial lately.

[Vince Ferrer]

Don't remember that song....Thanks...Nice...

It was from his last album in 1989. Bono and The Edge from U2 wrote the song.

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite song written by Bono is Koko Joe, a hit for Don & Dewey in 1958. He wrote it under the name of Salvatore Christie.

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite Roy Orbison song is Ooby Dooby, from 1956.

[beaversmom]

Must be a diff Bono, ‘cause the one I’m referring to was born in 1960. Lead singer of U2.

[Fiji Hill]

I especially like the orchestral arrangement and the use of dynamics in Crying, from the summer of 1961.

[Fiji Hill]

Another one that I like is Blue Angel, from 1960.

[Fiji Hill]

U2? Sounds like a Soviet warplane. Rep. Salvatore P. "Sonny" Bono (R-Calif.), born in 1935, had a successful career in music and show business before becoming active in California politics.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

That’s the song from the Geico “free-range chicken” commercial! I’ve wanted to know what it was.

[beaversmom]

Oh heck, I know Sonny Bono!

[beaversmom]

Mystery Girl or She’s a Mystery to Me was done in the 80s. :) It’s #2 on my list of Orbison songs. Really dark and lovely.

[beaversmom]

I listened to it at home instead of on phone. Sounded better. Enjoyed the beginning...his voice, but something about it I don’t like. The words for one thing. I’m a fan of his so not trying to be a contrarian.

[berdie]

Funny thing...when I was a kid, I didn’t care for Roy at all. Since I’ve grown up I see how much talent he had.

[smalltownslick]

“but something about it I don’t like. The words for one thing.”

The words pretty much reflect what was going on in his life at the time. He was really into motorcycles. It wasn’t too long after this that his first wife was killed, when they were riding their motorcycles. They had been divorced and remarried, so who knows what was in his head as he was writing this song?

Interesting that he couldn’t say give a damn back then.