ok, my reply has nothing to do with 'your song' but we allow that right? lol
interesting comment, timetraveller...longtime roy and lynne fan here...my first big concert was seeing lynne with 60,000 other back mid 70s, later i realized a lot of that performance was prerecorded but understandable
the orbison/melson writing team came up with some wonderful stuff...i'm not sure what specific tune lynne could actually pull off, range wise...when he extends his range he usually layers in a lot of backups because his voice thins out, unlike roy who just got stronger the wider he stretched his multi-octave range...i dont even think there ever has been a roy tribute with other artists doing his tunes???? i could dig lynne giving Mystery Girl a go, without jumping an octave for the chorus
from another angle, i would have liked to hear roy do some lynne tunes...for eg, off Armshair Theatre - Blown Away, Now Your Gone...and some early elo like Telephone Line or Can't Get it Out of My Head...or Wild West Hero (although a simple arrangement without the instr bridge)
it was terrific they had some time together in the Wilburys...lynne kinda reminds me of lindsey buckingham...skills all around- creative writing, identifiable vocals, strong guitar work, and impeccable production approach, perhaps over production...i really love lynne's raw work
i wish Gord would sit and talk about songwriting, you know, several minutes about each song the way jeff does for Livin Thing in this clip
i would hang on every word....well, thanks for the mindspark, tt...cheers
ps) aint this a great clip?