Covering Roy

kelnet · July 2nd, 2008, 05:44 PM

This is for anyone who plays Roy Orbison's "Oh Pretty Woman."

Do you stick to the original timing througout the song, including the 3 count drum intro, or do you change it to 4/4 time all the way through?

This has come up for debate in my band, and I thought I'd throw it out to the Tele crowd.

If you're not sure what I'm talking about, have a listen to it and notice the 2/4 bars in various places.

Fendrcaster · July 2nd, 2008, 07:28 PM

I've never thought about it, I've always just played it the way I thought the record was.

kelnet · July 2nd, 2008, 07:44 PM

I've been playing the Van Halen version (sort of) for the last 20 something years, and last week my bass player pointed out that they changed it from Roy's version.

trag-o-caster · July 2nd, 2008, 07:54 PM

Straight 4's. I do everything like that, if there's any timing weirdness going on. That's just to prevent any potential trainwrecks on stage. I do that with "Mystery Train" as well. I keep it straight as a judge, so the band don't think "Uhh... what's he doing now?".

Believe me, I do enough OTHER weirdness to keep them thinking "What's he doing now?", and this is just a courtesy to them to make their job a little easier!

mudbean · July 2nd, 2008, 09:26 PM

We always do it the funky (original) way ... it's fun if you got guys that are all on the same page, quite a bit scary if not.

mud

July 2nd, 2008, 05:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
kelnet Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Port Moody, BC Posts: 390	Covering Roy This is for anyone who plays Roy Orbison's "Oh Pretty Woman." Do you stick to the original timing througout the song, including the 3 count drum intro, or do you change it to 4/4 time all the way through? This has come up for debate in my band, and I thought I'd throw it out to the Tele crowd. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, have a listen to it and notice the 2/4 bars in various places.

July 2nd, 2008, 07:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fendrcaster Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Milledgeville, Georgia by way of Md. Age: 58 Posts: 417	I've never thought about it, I've always just played it the way I thought the record was. __________________ I did a Google search of the letter "e". The whole internet froze up.

July 2nd, 2008, 07:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
trag-o-caster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Flushing, Michigan Posts: 4,505	Straight 4's. I do everything like that, if there's any timing weirdness going on. That's just to prevent any potential trainwrecks on stage. I do that with "Mystery Train" as well. I keep it straight as a judge, so the band don't think "Uhh... what's he doing now?". Believe me, I do enough OTHER weirdness to keep them thinking "What's he doing now?", and this is just a courtesy to them to make their job a little easier! __________________ Timothy Jon Lamb

July 2nd, 2008, 09:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
mudbean Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SoCal Semi-Desert Semi-Paradise Age: 49 Posts: 1,422	We always do it the funky (original) way ... it's fun if you got guys that are all on the same page, quite a bit scary if not. mud __________________ www.mudbean.com "Do ya want it to be interesting, or do ya want it to be true?" "So far, it's neither."

July 2nd, 2008, 07:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
kelnet Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Port Moody, BC Posts: 390	I've been playing the Van Halen version (sort of) for the last 20 something years, and last week my bass player pointed out that they changed it from Roy's version.