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Why does PBS like Roy Orbison so much? - SH Forums
I don't get it. Why is Roy Orbison so deserving of so many different tributes and special programming particularly on PBS?
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PBS does what any other network does, plays what gets the best response I guess.
Pledge drive time must bring in some dollars when Roy comes on.
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Quote: : I don't get it.
Why is Roy Orbison so deserving of so many different tributes and special programming particularly on PBS?
I wonder why also, they do seem to play him often...however, in 1998 my Company had some members, myself included, volunteer during a fund-raising night, to answer phones and take pledges...
I was surprised how many callers talked about how appreciative they were that 'we' were playing Orbison (he was being played at the time we were answering phones);
So apparently that sentiment continues, they must be getting lots of pledges when they play him, otherwise I think they would pare back, at least
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If this is for fund raising, the overdose of glow will only by an annual thing, just wait it out.
It exploits what they believe to be a popular sentiment among the demographics they wish to garner funding from.
They used to roll out Lawrence Welk shows to get the older folks to donate (and then shut the older folks out with little to no new programming for them until the next fund drive...
A shameful attitude but typical of the TV media IMHO, or maybe I should have thicker skin).
Seems they're just moving to the next age bracket.
Wasn't quite fair to Welk and sure isn't to Orbison either...
Oh well maybe it'll get him some appreciative new ears anyway.
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Quote: : They used to roll out Lawrence Welk shows to get the older folks to donate (and then shut the older folks out with little to no new programming for them until the next fund drive...
A shameful attitude but typical of the TV media IMHO, or maybe I should have thicker skin).
Reminds me of the time our local outlet spent a weekend on polkas, hammed it up like they really liked the stuff.
"Remember, your pledge allows us to bring you more of this wonderful music (snicker, snicker, giggle), these great polkas".
After the drive was over, nary a polka was heard again.
They use what sells.
That's why we have Crystal Gayle and the Bellamy Brothers on the latest drive that uses country.
Fate forbid they bring on Porter Wagoner with his songs of drunks, cheaters and murderers.
Cherish your thicker skin, wear it proudly!
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Quote: : Why is Roy Orbison so deserving of so many different tributes and special programming particularly on PBS?
Because he was that good.
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He WAS that good, but that's exactly when PBS reaches for him.
Pledge time!
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Don't worry. Someday in the future the pledge drive will be repeating those lovable old fogies-Pearl Jam and The Foo Fighters.
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They get to use the Orbison for nothing.
So.... Duh.
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I think part of the reason they use that particular show is not only because of Orbison himself, but obviously because of the star-studded supporting players he's got behind him.
I mean, half of the shots are of Springsteen or Costello.
Makes it more likely that someone flipping through the channels would stop and take a peak.
(Heck, it's caught my eye more than a few times, and I own the damn DVD!)
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The more cynical views here are actually the ones hitting to the core of this discussion.
These pledge stunts have nothing to do with art and everything to do with commerce.
And they certainly are not representative of PBS programming.
Yes,Lawrence Welk does show up here on a weekly basis,but there is no outlet for Orbison or the Doo-Wop show,the gospel,etc.
Also,the performers that make a living off of PBS begathons:Andre Rieu,Daniel O'donnell,Sissel and others dsiappear after the money is in the till.
And that, in many cases,is a good thing.
NPR and PBS are sometimes linked together in this media soup,and sometimes for good reasons.
Many towns have their non-commercial TV and radio outlets under one roof-a bad thing,if you ask me.
As lame as the local NPR outlet is around here(WDIY,Lehigh Valley,surrounded by competing WHYY from Philly and WVIA from Scranton who do things better)they have fought the advances of the PBS outlet,which would be financially easier to operate but the fear to succumb to this taxfree corporate bully is very real.
Outside of the TV program "Now",there is little that the TV service can help the radio side of things.
And NPR rarely stoops the the bait and witch tatics of PBS.
Sure,Terry Gross may repeat a few "best of" interviews with some of the rich and famous,but what keeps NPR percolating is the same old- same old delivered to perfection everyday.
But even so,there seems to be corporate rumblings of dissent(the exiting of veteran newscaster Bob Edwards is just part of the inner turmoil)that NPR is looking to be like PBS.
Please,no Daniel O'Donnell on radio-real Celtic music is what is needed.
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Quote: : I don't get it.
Why is Roy Orbison so deserving of so many different tributes and special programming particularly on PBS?
Well, I won't get into whether Roy is "deserving" (I'm a big Roy fan, so that's an easy issue for me to weigh in on).
But I don't see "so many different tributes and special programming", at least in my area.
They run "Black and White Night" numerous times, and lately they've been showing the "In Dreams" documentary (which is being presented as "new", even though it was aired back around 1999 or 2000 or so on, I believe, the Country Music Channel, then released on VHS, then released on DVD in the past year, then apparently re-edited and released again on DVD just in the past few months), and that's about it.
The only other Orbison items I've ever seen PBS run are his Austin City Limits show (sometimes run simply as an "Austin City Limits" re-run, and one time it was aired without any "ACL" labeling with a generic title of something like "Roy Orbison In Concert"), and "The Anthology" from 1999, which was simply a collection of promo films and TV performances linked by interviews.
So I've only seen four Orbison programs on PBS, only two of which have been aired any time lately, and only one of which has been consistently re-run (B&W Night).
I haven't seen any great variety of music programming on PBS lately.
They seem to get a new block of music items to air at a given time, and supplement that with a few things that they constantly re-air.
Lately, I've seen rerun after rerun of "Celtic Woman", "Blind Faith in Hyde Park", a show with a bunch of "county pop" performers, an Englebert Humperdinck show, and a few others.
They mix that in with numerous "Black and White Night" airings, that same "Doo Wop" specical (which, I'm sorry, contains two hours of the same song with the chord progression over and over), that same "60's Experience" special, and a few others.
I don't see a lot of variety during any one particular time period, and I have four different local PBS stations to choose from.
They're all showing the same thing for the most part, when it comes to music.
I could think of less interesting things they could be showing, though.
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My local PBS affiliate updated things a bit by broadcasting Eric Clapton's Crossroads concert during their pledge drive last week.
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I'll gladly take more Roy Orbison over endless reruns of Andre Rieu.
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I'm seeing the chopped up Pink Floyd Pulse a lot, and, gasp, The Australian Pink Floyd!
But I think a lot of it has to do with the airtime that Springsteen and the girls in the back get on the Roy special.
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Quote: : I don't get it.
Why is Roy Orbison so deserving of so many different tributes and special programming particularly on PBS?
This is upsetting because?
Maybe they should do Paris Hilton concert marathons?
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They have had other stuff to, Heart,Blind F and James T to names a few,i t-vo all that and watch it.
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Quote: : This is upsetting because?
Maybe they should do Paris Hilton concert marathons?
This could be the anti pledge programing!
Or maybe the Hiltons would pledge big to see Paris and her big talent.
Tim
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Quote: : smalldridge Don't worry.
Someday in the future the pledge drive will be repeating those lovable old fogies-Pearl Jam and The Foo Fighters.
I doubt it. That is not really their demographic.
If it was we would be seeing shows on groups like Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Kiss, etc.
I'm guessing they will go with someone more crossover/crossgenerational artists like Sting.
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I never thought of it before, but I've never heard anyone say they don't like Roy Orbison.
He seems to be one of the most universally loved and respected artists.
Does anyone think he was overated?
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