Was Roy Orbison Blind? (NDC)
Nomad
Any opinions?
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<I really don't think so, but a friend of mine is absolutely sure.
<Any opinions?
Not blind, but extremely nearsighted.
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Martha is blind. I am not blind.
>Subject: Was Roy Orbison Blind? (NDC)
>From: "Nomad" jf...@cam.ac.uk
>Date: 5/20/2002 4:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <d5fddb683faaf5b7223...@mygate.mailgate.org>
Bubbaband
>Subject: Was Roy Orbison Blind? (NDC)
>
>
>I really don't think so, but a friend of mine is absolutely sure.
>Any opinions?
i saw him on the PIER in nyc,,,back in the very early 90's i think ?
he got on & off the stage fine,, all by himself,, up stairs & everything,,,
he just wore those glasses once early in his career,,, & it was his look ever
since,,,,,,
Ricky Cobb
> I really don't think so, but a friend of mine is absolutely sure.
> Any opinions?
>
He wasn't blind but he really should have been. He may have been the
most blind-looking person with sight of the rock era. Which is a damned
fine achievement on some level.
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Ricky Cobb
"What looks large from a distance, close up ain't never that big." --
Bob Dylan
Maya Allison
> Stevie Wonder is blind. Syd Barrett may also be blind. My next door neighbor
> Martha is blind. I am not blind.
This is a side point, but you have got me wondering if it's possible
for blind people to post to newsgroups (you know, some audio-reader or
something). I suddenly got sad that it might not be possible. Oh no,
now I'm totally bummed out.
John W. Leys
>
> I really don't think so, but a friend of mine is absolutely sure.
> Any opinions?
Nope. The sunglasses were just a part of his "look". In fact, in his
early career he didn't wear them at all. From what I understand he
started wearing them during a tour of England in the early 60s-- on
which the Beatles were also booked--when his regular glasses were broken
& just liked ho wthey looked.
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They'll think I've lost control again and put it all down to evolution."
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from 'Time Bandits'
Maris Sayner
> i saw him on the PIER in nyc,,,back in the very early 90's i think ?
Orbison died in 1988.
> he got on & off the stage fine,, all by himself,, up stairs &
> everything,,,
> he just wore those glasses once early in his career,,, & it was
> his look ever since,,,,,,
Here's an account from "Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story"
by Ellis Amburn - Page 3-4.
"Roy wore glasses from a very early age, and Orbie Lee
Harris (a childhood friend) remembers how and when it was
discovered Roy needed them. One day they were sitting on
the front porch of the Harrises' house in Vernon, playing
with their crayons and coloring book, and Roy annoyed Orbie
Lee by insisting on holding the book upside down. Though Roy
didn't yet realize it, his vison was going haywire, and he
was trying to bring the coloring book into focus by holding
it at different angles. At the age of four he was fitted with
thick bifocals, and when he peered from behind the lenses, his
eyes looked like BB's. As Roy grew up he came to despise the
way he looked, finally hiding his "beady eyes" behind dark
glasses"
M>
DBrophy479
>This is a side point, but you have got me wondering if it's possible
>for blind people to post to newsgroups (you know, some audio-reader or
>something). I suddenly got sad that it might not be possible. Oh no,
>now I'm totally bummed out.
Cheer up.A regular poster to the Grateful Dead newsgroup is blind.I don't know
the name of the software he uses.
Besides,if I suddenly went blind,newsgroups would be the last thing I'd miss
looking at.
Maya Allison
> Maya Allison wrote:
>>This is a side point, but you have got me wondering if it's possible
>>for blind people to post to newsgroups (you know, some audio-reader
or
>>something). I suddenly got sad that it might not be possible. Oh no,
>>now I'm totally bummed out.
>Cheer up.A regular poster to the Grateful Dead newsgroup is blind.I
don't know
>the name of the software he uses.
That is reassuring, thanks!
>Besides,if I suddenly went blind,newsgroups would be the last thing
I'd miss
>looking at.
Of course. But if you'd been blind for a very, very long time, and
music was central to your life... that's the part that got to me. The
community-connection element.
thanks,
Maya
DBrophy479
That's a very good point.
Glenn Cooper
"Nomad" <jf...@cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> I really don't think so, but a friend of mine is absolutely sure.
> Any opinions?
Only when he was drinking with the other Wilbury's ...
Glenn C.
Groucho
tom .
Maya Allison wrote:
it's quite simple really. all you'd have to is hire someone.
someone to read the posts and type for you.
i have a midget by the name of nemo.
he's very well paid and loves the job.
(hi. nemo here. i hate him more than any of you can imagine. you only
have to read his drivel. his boorish ravings. his stupid jokes. i have
to listen to them. even when he's not posting. all the time. sometimes
he hits me with is cane. and his breath is horrible. i shall kill him
one day. i will kill him dead. mark my words. i first must find the
money. please, do not let him know my plans.)
Groucho
NDC
Maya Allison
Dear Nemo,
Hang in there, we are sending someone to rescue you. She is quite rude and
will scare him into such a state of confusion that he won't notice your
disappearance for several days.
-Rude Girl
Pat Fitzgerald
Jinxblues
> I really don't think so, but a friend of mine is absolutely sure.
> Any opinions?
>>
Roy Orbison was not certainly NOT blind.
He was doing a TV show in London early in his career and the studio lights were
extremely bright. He put on a pair of sunglasses and the positive comments
after the show convinced him to keep that look.
Anyone who is 'absolutely sure' that he was blind is not even a minor league
music fan.
Tumulty
Was Slim Whitman?
Leeder
No, but if I recall correctly he was an albino.
Bubbaband
no, he was not,,
johnny winter is,,,,,,, edgar winter is,,,,,,,
Roy isnt,,,,,,,
Mona Monroe
From: "Leeder" lee...@nucleus.com
Date: Wed, May 29, 2002 10:00 PM
Message-id: <3cf587fc$1...@news.nucleus.com>
No, but if I recall correctly he was an albino.
>>
Come on now. Anyone in the know knows
that Roy was a vampire. The sunlight hurt
his eyes, as is the case with most of the
"undead". But, wait a minute. If this is true,
where has Roy been these past 14 years?
>>
mona
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John Lettiere
> where has Roy been these past 14 years?
He moved into his families castle in the Carpathian mountains from
what I hear.
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