What rockabilly cat is better?

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  1. 1. What rockabilly cat is better?

    • Elvis Presley - The King of Rock
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    • Roy Orbison
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    • you can't compare the two...
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yes there is no denying that Roy Orbison wrote his own songs, as did Buddy Holly to a certain extent, and he was a great influence on Elvis (he is why The King died his hair black, also at the end of 'One-Sided Love Affair', it really sounds like Elvis is actually trying to impersonate The Big O) - and dont get me wrong I really like Roy Orbison, but I love The King more :D

and yes the later Elvis was prefabricated (as were most singers at the time), but there is no denying the greatness and individuality of the Sun recordings Elvis did. Althou u cant really accurately call it the 'birth' of Rock n' Roll, it certainly was a very important catalyst... If u listen to the full Sun Sessions u can actually hear That's All Right Mama becoming a rock n roll song.

To me thou the most important part of the album, and in my mind one of the most important parts of Rock n Roll history is 'Milkcow Blues Boogie' when Elvis stops the normal arrangement of the song and says 'Hold it fellas, that dont move me, let's get real, real gone for a change...' and then breaks into pure rockabilly...

In that Studio Sam Phillips, Scotty, Elvis and Bill created magic.

Also when u say 'they had the career planned', I presume u mean Colonel Tom Parker (who trust me, all true Elvis fans hate). Elvis had been singing since he was a child and performed 'Mystery Train'' when he was 13 in school, he was always gonna be a singer from day one, the Sun Sessions were recorded before Tom Parker's 'discovery' of him, and even if we take that as the only important album, what an album it is...

yes the rest of his career was planned, and the 10 years or so of filmmaking annoys most Elvis fans, as basically for 10 years, Elvis was not able to concentrate on his music... but he retunred in 1968 :)

anyway i seriously rambled off topic there lol, but basically I do prefer Elvis to Roy Orbison (althou I really like them both)...

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