Black Cat Bone

Fucking great, no?

I suppose it depends how much tolerance you have for synthetic 80s production. His voice sort of sits on top like a great old monument but...I dunno. He did better.

To me it almost seems like a Last Statement, you know? i don't think the production is objectionable. Sure it sounds 80s ish but not in a terrible way. Yeah he did better, of course, but there is something great and sweeping there. I find it quite moving.

Yeah, but if I criticize the 80s sound, I'm a Rolling Stone-worshipping American!

It's the Jeff Lynne-isms more than the 80s sound per se, but his voice does survive it. Just makes it good rather than great.

Nope. Don't like it. But I do like this:

toomanyhatz wrote:Yeah, but if I criticize the 80s sound, I'm a Rolling Stone-worshipping American!

As if Coan's not an NME-worshipping Briton.

Thang-y wrote:But I do like this:

Me too. Hurrah! Another point of contact.

Got nothing to add about the Orbison to what's been said already. I don't mind the production as much as some.

Love both versions

Hate the first one. I looked up I Drove All Night to see if Tom Petty wrote it because it sounds like one of his atrocious attempts during the '80s, and I 'm a huge fan. It doesn't suit Orbison at all or befit his legacy.

Lauper could more easily get away with something like this.

[Not as good as The Comedians.

Thang-y wrote:Nope. Don't like it. But I do like this:

She performed it on David Letterman when it came out and it killed the single version.