Fun Music Information -> Roy Orbison
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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Roy Orbison & Nazereth, Roy Orbison Featuring Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne & Elvis Costello, Roy OrbinsonMusic Quotes:
I may be a living legend but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tyre. - Roy Orbison Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Performer Nick Names:
Known informally as: The Big 'O'. Submitted by: RogerL
Singers Who Act:
Notable Acting Credits | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)" | How about a quick draw, repeating guitar. - Foster J. |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Pregnant Woman" | "Pretty Woman" | Natasha Kershaw |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Band On The Run" | "Running Scared," Roy Orbison | Wendy Torrance |
| "Money (That's What I Want)" | "You Got It," Roy Orbison | Serafina |
| "Giving You The Best That I Got" | "You Got It," Roy Orbison | Kathy |
| "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" | "You Got It," Roy Orbison | Kathy |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Dream Bay" originally "Dream Baby"
Flora Rolf
"Ream Baby" originally "Dream Baby"
Flora Rolf
"Petty Paper" originally "Pretty Paper"
Renee Keener
"(Oh) Petty Woman" originally "(Oh) Pretty Woman"
Micky
"Oh, Pretty Oman" originally "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Never been there, but maybe it's a pretty country.
Rhoda Dohr
There are additional song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Cast Iron Farm" originally "Cast Iron Arm"
Anne
"Cast Iron Harm" originally "Cast Iron Arm"
Anne
"Cast Iron Army" originally "Cast Iron Arm"
Mercedes Morgan
"You Got Bit" originally "You Got It"
Ava Murphy
"You Got Wit" originally "You Got It"
Ava Murphy
There are additional song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Dread Baby" originally "Dream Baby"
Flora Rolf
"Cream Baby" originally "Dream Baby"
Flora Rolf...clever.
"Cast Iron Art" originally "Cast Iron Arm"
Emily
"Oh, Pretty Roman" originally "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Donna Gelpigi
"Glue Bayou" originally "Blue Bayou"
Hope I don't have to pole no pirogue down there!
Beverly Stiles
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Recordings:
A song inspired by the credo of the TV show House: "Everyone lies."
Soundclick.com: (Mp3)
(Comments)
Maybe we could bring in a gold-plated toilet to make Saddam feel more at home.... - Robert Lund
Spaff.com: (MP3)
(Comments)
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Semi Woman" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Kim-Chee Woman" | John A. Barry |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Him-She Woman" | John A. Barry |
| "Only the Lonely" | "Gone Be the Zombie" | John A. Barry |
| "Crying" | "Dying" | Stan Hall |
| "Only the Lonely" | "Boehner Is 'Boner'" | John A. Barry |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Game Show Cocktail" | Erik "Taz" Mokracek |
| "Only You" | "Pony Stew" | Wendy Christopher |
| "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)" | "Guido's Doritos (I Need A Meal)" | Guy DiRito |
| "Pretty Woman" | "Pithy Woman" | John A. Barry |
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Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Pretty Woman | Beauty products | Natasha Kershaw |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Only The Lonely | Singles Hotline | Beichan |
| Pretty Woman | Richard Gere's Answering Machine | Richard Davies |
| Running Scared | Witness Protection Agency | Gretchen Seitz |
| You Got It | Disease Diagnosis Lab | Alison Runyon |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Angelina Harry Belafonte | Jolie Roy Orbison | Angelina Jolie | Hannah Bullecter |
| Aliens Exist Blink 182 | In Dreams Roy Orbison | Alens Exist In Dreams | hybrid |
| Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison | Pretty Paper Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Paper Woman Another "non-duet duet" | Renee Keener |
| I'll Be Seeing You Billie Holiday | In Dreams Roy Orbison | I'll Be Seeing You In Dreams | oldtimer |
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Misheard Lyrics:
"Only the Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: Odie Cologne
Original Lyrics: Only the lonely
| "Only The Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: Phoney baloney
Original Lyrics: Only the lonely
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"Pretty Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Pretty lemon
Original Lyrics: Pretty woman
| "Pretty Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Pretty women
Something good to eat Original Lyrics: Pretty woman
The kind I'd like to meet. |
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Only the Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: Odie Cologne
Original Lyrics: Only the lonely
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Mark Speck I first got a copy of this classic record when my cousin gave me her old 45s--I was about three years old then. I used to play it on my Close-n-Play phonograph--remember those?--and I'd walk around singing 'Odie Cologne' to that, despite the fact that the label clearly said "Only the Lonely"! Odie Cologne was the skunk character in the King Leonardo cartoon, which shows you where my head was at back then...I was REALLY warped by bad TV cartoons...LOL! |
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Pretty Woman"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Is she walking back to me?
Yes,she's walking back to me Why They're Nonsensical: I have made reference to this type of total claptrap in my commentary on Music to watch girls by,whereby I said that in the real world women just don't respond to appreciative stares from strangers in the street.Roy Orbison,or whoever wrote this has obviously never inhabited the real world.Incase any other men out there are under the same strange delusion let me enlighten them-When passing unfamiliar guys in the street women WON'T stop a while to give them their smile.They WILL walk on by.They WON'T even look your way.Ofcourse,if you're as sad as the guy in this song their aloofness will,quote,make you cry.They,ofcourse,won't give a five cent thought to your possible reactions.The most unreal stuff in the whole number is it's conclusion,which I've rightly chosen as the silliest lines from the number.She MOST DEFINATELY WON'T be walking back to you-THERE WON'T BE A CHANCE IN A MILLION.WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD.
Submitted by: THE BIG GUY
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Dream Baby"
Opening Lines: Sweet dream baby, Sweet dream baby, Sweet dream baby, How long must I dream.
Comments: "Dream Baby" was one of the very early (1958) top five hits for Roy Orbison (born Roy Kelton Orbison on April 23, 1936 -- died: December 6, 1988).
Submitted by: Peter
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Made Up Words in Songs:
"Ooby Dooby"
The Made Up Words: Ooby dooby
Comments: "When you do the ooby dooby, I just gotta be near." A single from early in Orbison's career, it apparently is the name of a dance.
Submitted by: Martha Hankins
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Song Title Space Change:
"On Lythe Lonely" originally "Only The Lonely"
Lythe is a village in Yorkshire, England.
Submitted by: U. Carrie Oats
"You Go, Tit" originally "You Got It"
Submitted by: Andy Gibb's Free Energy
Song Title Anagrams:
"Petty Rapper" originally "Pretty Paper"
Submitted by: Mark Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
"Peppery Tart" originally "Pretty Paper"
Submitted by: Mark Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
Song Title Acrostics:
ID: "In Dreams"
Submitted by: oldrock
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"In Dreams"
1999 film starring Annette Bening
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
"Pretty Woman"
1990 movie starring Julia Roberts.
Submitted by: Dylan Baranski
"Running Scared"
Two movies with that title, in 1986 and 2006.
Submitted by: crazydon
"Only The Lonely"
Sappy '80s movie with John Candy
Submitted by: Agrimorfee
