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Elvis Presley or Roy Orbison

  • 01-03-2009 06:07PM
    #1
    Dr. Loon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭


    I know this is a matter of opinion, as are most "who's the best?" threads, but I just want to throw it out there and see what the general consensus is.

    So who do you think is the greater singer? Elvis or Roy Orbison? I believe Elvis once said he himself thought Roy Orbison was the greatest singer in the world. For me it has to be Elvis.

    Elvis Presley or Roy Orbison 13 votes

    Elvis
    0% 0 votes
    Roy
    100% 13 votes


Comments

  • #2
    liah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,750 ✭✭✭liah


    IMO Roy had a MUCH better range. Plus I like his music better, so my vote's for Roy.


  • #3
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Orbison's voice is way better. His ''hits'' are better too imo.


  • #4
    Anto McC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,060 ✭✭✭Anto McC


    Elvis just shades it by about a million miles.


  • #5
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,190 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Elvis will always be the king but the big O both had that special voice unlike anybody else, so I am choosing Roy ahead of Elvis.


  • #6
    Dr. Loon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭Dr. Loon


    50-50. We need another few votes I think. I love them both, but I think Elvis was just superior in every way. He's not called the King for nothing. He went froma rock n roll singer to pretty much an opera singer in the final piece of his career.

    I know Orbison also did the rock n roll piece, but his voice was always pretty much the same all along. Elvis' voice improved and matured over the years. There's so many songs that have come out since that I'd loved to have heard Elvis do. Imagine Nessun Dorma for example.

    One of the saddest things I've ever seen, but what a voice!



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  • #7
    MooseJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭MooseJam


    Elvis is the king - always found Orbison to be a big bore


  • #8
    delbertgrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    I don't dispute Elvis' influence, but The Big O warrants this for (a) the vocal range and (b) the songwriting. Some of the most incredible moments in popular music are on Roy Orbison records. Bought The Soul of Rock 'N' Roll box set last year. Stunning.

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  • #9
    Mossy Monk
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    I love them both.


  • #10
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Elvis - by a country mile.


  • #11
    rowlandbrowner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭rowlandbrowner


    bo diddley


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  • #12
    davylee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭davylee


    roy gets my vote


  • #13
    JP Liz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭JP Liz


    I like them both but Elvis wins for me


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