Roy Orbison - Ride Away

The sunglasses kid Roy Orbison singing Ride Away

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[dweml258]

Roy Orbison left Monument Records for MGM Records I believe (around 1965?) He had much less success, but hopefully, The MGM material has been collected on a CD somewhere. The

4 or 5 songs thet I have heard of MGM are quite good, including this one.

[RMANN326]

I think Ride Away is one of Roy's very best and I interpret the song as being about Roy's rocky relationship with the love of his life Claudette Orbison. Stragely he didn't sing this great song in the concerts that I went to sort of like Billy Joel and Uptown Girl, maybe it's too personal. Anyway the only one who can answer this is Billy Dees who co-wrote the song.

[TheBlaxland]

Probably not about motorcycles as much as free spirit !

Wonderful sound . In my top four Big O's .

Visually why the long nails on the left hand ?

From down-under .

[BenSHammonds]

Bill Dees, who co-wrote many of these songs with Roy once sat down and asked my advice for a motorcycle for his daughter. That blew me away as this very song here is what got me into bikes when I was a kid. This happened in New Boston, TX in about 1988, while Bill lived there.

[SuperAmos31]

Terriffic song by the Big O . Its about motorcycles i presume . Still i love this track superamos31

[SuperAmos31]

Terriffic song by the Big O . Its about motorcycles i presume . Still i love this track

[clarencechowderhead]

Just found out this was No 1 in Canada now I know why !

[Starrman69]

Wow! I haven't heard this one in years!! In the mid-60's there was a radio station in Jackson, MI, WIBM 1450 AM that played this quite a bit. You really have to search as it's not on a lot of his greatest hits releases. Excellent song and of course, he sings it so well!

[XxFulgrimxX]

@ChuckyArlow The Essential Roy Orbison have this song.

[ChuckyArlow]

Been many years since I heard this. Cant find a C.D. with it. I know a place where I can order it. Love it