"Songs of Grief and Loss" Unearths a Treasure Chest of Sad Songs Gleaming Diamonds from the Music Mines
Summary
Roy Orbison, the singer with a great voice and lonely sound, whose life was marked by tragedy, sings of bittersweet truth in his heartrending song ‘In the Real World’.A French listener responded with “sublime”, and “magnifique”, while a Spaniard felt moved and lifted up by the raw delivery and powerful lyrics of the song.They may prove a welcome alternative to the present day overplayed, often sentimental, and nostalgic, funeral favourites,” concluded Ann Lewiss.Roy Orbison, the singer with a great voice and lonely sound, whose life was marked by tragedy, sings of bittersweet truth in his heartrending song ‘In the Real World’.A French listener responded with “sublime”, and “magnifique”, while a Spaniard felt moved and lifted up by the raw delivery and powerful lyrics of the song.No.6 is the classic and very English ‘When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease’ - a little-known song by Roy Harper.