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Roy Orbison: Love Hurts

Roy Orbison's legacy as a beloved rock legend and a devoted father is revealed through intimate interviews with Roy's three surviving sons, featuring previously unseen home videos.

Roy Orbison died 29 years ago but he's hardly forgotten. As one of rock 'n' roll's pioneers he achieved superstar status in the 60s, writing and releasing a series of smash singles such as Oh, Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely, In Dreams and Crying. But while his professional life was full of triumph, Roy suffered terrible misfortune in his personal life, losing his wife and two of his children in successive tragedies, rebuilding his life by relying on his music to distract him from desolation.

Roy's legacy as a beloved rock legend and a devoted father is revealed through intimate interviews with Roy's three surviving sons, featuring previously unseen home videos as Alex, Roy Jnr and Wesley Orbison discuss the immense talent and fierce determination that provided the driving force behind their father's incredible success and the dedication to Roy's family that helped create a strong spiritual base to escape the pressures of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle.

This is the personal story of the relationship between three children and their father; a father who died when they were young, and who they have reconnected with and come to understand through embracing his life's work. It is not often that one gets to understand the person who is the music phenomenon, but in this film about relationships, family, love, loss and affirmation, we get to see the man behind the ever-present dark sunglasses and brooding loner persona, witnessing his struggle with personal demons, and ultimately redemption and acknowledgement from his peers.

58 minutes

Last on

Sat 24 Sep 2022 02:30
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:03

    Roy Orbison

    Oh, Pretty Woman (Live)

  • 00:12

    Roy Orbison

    Dream Baby (Live)

  • 00:28

    Roy Orbison

    Running Scared

  • 00:41

    Roy Orbison

    In Dreams

  • 00:42

    Traveling Wilburys

    Handle With Care

  • 00:46

    Roy Orbison

    Crying

  • 00:48

    Roy Orbison

    You Got It

  • 00:52

    Roy Orbison

    We'll Take The Night

  • 00:53

    Roy Orbison

    It's Over

  • 00:55

    Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash

    Oh Pretty Woman

  • 00:58

    Roy Orbison

    Only The Lonely

Credits

Interviewed Guest Wesley Orbison
Interviewed Guest Roy Orbison Jr
Interviewed Guest Alex Orbison
Executive Producer Lesley Douglas
Executive Producer Tracy Nurse
Director Nigel Cole
Producer Des Shaw

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