I made the mistake of switching on Radio 2 this morning* before 9.30am, and my shell-likes were assaulted by the horror of Roy Orbison’s beautifully aching ‘I Drove All Night’ slathered in syrupy strings by the criminals that are the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It does not sound good. Also, there’s some bird overdubbed onto it, so that they can call it a “duet”. Ugh!
They’ve got form, in the shape of the 2016 Elvis Atrocity that’s being reissued soon as an expanded edition. No doubt come January it will be lining the shelves of charity shops alongside the original version.
Who’s buying this stuff?
*it went off again soon after, because Toploader
http://royorbison.com/a-love-so-beautiful-roy-orbison-with-the-royal-philharmonic-orchestra/