3 different ways you can take a song

[jazzboCR]

Pop--to fill an album; emotional rock--maybe she's been there; and OTT arena rock--which may have the greatest emotional impact (though he could keep the shirt buttoned):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFE2SnliiV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92bfkqxIdvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRJaZdodEgI

And then there's The Consummate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_J9aC7HM3k << Roy Orbison singing a song becomes the benchmark against which all others are judged. Any arguments?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

all four of those versions of "love hurts" would be commercially available here in Australia for sure....
yet youtube wont let me access them on "copyright grounds"....i dont get that????

Roy...."the benchmark" comment....you have no arguements here Jazzy....!
anything he sings is the benchmark by which ALL covers are compared to IMO.

there's one song i would have loved to hear him sing though.....Neil Young's "helpless" which KD nailed and Neil's "birds"

Neil's "helpless": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rQvJgTQ9U audio link
KD's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLLWvkhgPa8

Neil's "birds": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkYzavYZlug live
Paul Weller's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QMRQk22jBw live