― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 04:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 04:14 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, and her work on the 'Mr Plow' theme song is truly inspired.
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 04:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sugaree, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 04:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 04:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― ffirehorse, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 04:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 04:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 05:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 05:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― phil turnbull (philT), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 05:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Jealousy will get you nowhere. ;)
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 07:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tito JaXoN (JasonD), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 07:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 07:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 11:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link
bah. mad love is awesome! rickey wright already namechecked "how do i make you" but lemme also throw in "justine."
― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rick Massimo (Rick Massimo), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
again, it's just the mark of good training! any teacher with a brain will go over the shaping of consonants and vowels with his students.
― stockholm cindy's secret childhood (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 15:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Also we thank her/hate her for hiring Don Henley as her drummer...
― Brian C, Wednesday, 16 February 2005 15:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 16 February 2005 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Linda Ronstadt's version of "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me" is an exquisite gem of a song. I still haven't heard the original Karla Bonoff version, but I love the tune and the way Linda sings it.My favourite Ronstadt song.
When I was about 8 years old, my friend's parents next door used to play this album, and I still say this is the one to have:
http://chartts.tripod.com/HISTORY/1977.JPG
Other favourites include her version of Tumbling Dice and that Warren Zevon cover...what was it? Ah yes, "Poor Poor Pitiful Me". My favourite thing to play at the end of an academic quarter. I like Linda. She can sing.
― The Silent Disco of Glastonbury (Bimble...), Friday, 3 June 2005 08:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― to let - flats (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 3 June 2005 08:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― harvey.w (harvey.w), Friday, 3 June 2005 11:24 (eighteen years ago) link
But she also made some clunky mistakes. I chanced to hear "It's So Easy" the other day; I never did like that song.
― The Mad Puffin, Friday, 3 June 2005 12:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― to let - flats (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 3 June 2005 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 3 June 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 June 2005 14:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Friday, 3 June 2005 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link
"Long, Long Time" is still devestating to me everytime I hear it -- especially when she betls out that last "'Casue I've done everythin I know/to try and make you mine"
― Randy Reiss (undeadsinatra), Friday, 3 June 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 3 November 2006 23:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie, don't fuck this up (PappaWheelie 2), Saturday, 4 November 2006 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 4 November 2006 00:41 (seventeen years ago) link
Hm. Maybe. I'm a guy who digs upbeat Loretta and Dolly and New Wave Rosanne Cash, so, it's a coin flip.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 4 November 2006 00:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Saturday, 4 November 2006 00:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 4 November 2006 01:00 (seventeen years ago) link
"you're no good" >>>>> everything rosanne has ever done, with the single possible exception of "seven year ache."
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 4 November 2006 01:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 4 November 2006 01:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 4 November 2006 01:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Saturday, 4 November 2006 01:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 4 November 2006 01:49 (seventeen years ago) link
California Mafia Faux PunkWave= Adorable
Understanding it's about rock and roll revival and not synths and safety pins = admirable
Ultrathick prog moog in a new wave context classic
― Adam S S (Zephery), Saturday, 4 November 2006 02:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― An evening of fun in the metropolis of your dream (Bimble...), Saturday, 4 November 2006 03:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Adam S S (Zephery), Saturday, 4 November 2006 03:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 4 November 2006 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 4 November 2006 04:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 4 November 2006 06:19 (seventeen years ago) link
it's mentioned in therealso my childhood bff sent me a link to the trailer bc we were talking about the magic of linda ronstadt recently <3
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 September 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
Place with vintage clothing and memorabilia from Marty Stuart was Pioneer House in Knoxville: https://www.pioneer-house.com/events/2016/11/4/the-marty-stuart-collection
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 September 2019 12:01 (four years ago) link
This is an excellent cover not often mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc128G3u61M
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 00:38 (four years ago) link
The new documentary is fantastic, it gave me chills over and over again. To hear her performing those songs on a big screen up close is an emotional experience.
Nothing groundbreaking about the form of it, but there doesn't seem to be a wasted moment in the whole 95 minutes.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:20 (four years ago) link
The clips in the trailer were marvelous.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:22 (four years ago) link
The audience applauded at the end, which can be a corny move but in this case felt right
― Josefa, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:31 (four years ago) link
loved this documentary
― cheese canopy (map), Monday, 23 September 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
PBS is showing that unearthed '80 cable show as a pledge programming tonight. Her version of "Lies" is fun.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 June 2020 02:03 (three years ago) link
Knickerbockers or Stones?
― Ernani and the Professor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 June 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
The Former.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 June 2020 02:58 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IaOn4NvrSc
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
Apparently a studio version was issued as a single in '82
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywY_ppvyj-Y
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:03 (three years ago) link
Thanks. Yeah, saw that video. Bugging me that I can’t ID that Mick Fleetwood-looking drummer.
― Ernani and the Professor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
Linda really getting her inner-Debbie Harry on in the latter vid.
Kind of makes you wish there was someone in Ronstadt's crew had slipped her some Dwight Twilley or Go-Gos tapes for prospective covers.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:12 (three years ago) link
Russ Kunkel, I guess.
― Ernani and the Professor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah, remembering the long ago battle between John Rockwell and Elvis Costello, when I wouldn’t have wanted to hear her versions of such songs, but have since changed my tune.
― Ernani and the Professor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:15 (three years ago) link
AMG says it's Russ Kunkel
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
Never knew what he looked like. Guess he was usually hiding behind Leland Sklar’s beard.
― Ernani and the Professor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:21 (three years ago) link
Now they both hide behind Lyle Lovett's rooster coif.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:29 (three years ago) link
Lol
― Ernani and the Professor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 June 2020 03:33 (three years ago) link
omg she looks so CUTE with short hair!! <3 her
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
OTM
She seems like a good candidate for a POLL.
― Ernani and the Professor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
Russ Kunkel also the longtime drummer on much of Stevie Nicks's material.
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:12 (three years ago) link
He’s experiencing some kind of ILX Renaissance of late.
― Ernani and the Professor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure he got some love in this memorable thread
The Ubiquitous HIred Gun Session Veteran Shout-Out Thread
― fo' schnitzel (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
Wow, had no idea she ever put out a version of "Lies." Pretty good--wish she'd tried "A Public Execution" too.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 03:28 (three years ago) link
Yeah, or "You're Gonna Miss Me".
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 03:36 (three years ago) link
If folks haven't seen that recent Linda Ronstadt doc, they can click this link to watch it between June 4 and June 10
https://www.brightfocus.org/movie/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 04:51 (three years ago) link
Thanks!
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:34 (three years ago) link
Philip K Dick had some weird infatuation with Linda Ronstadt, and wrote characters based on her into a couple of his nuttier-than-usual later novels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Invasion#Writing
Both novels not only reference Linda Ronstadt,[5] but include fictional characters named Linda; in the case of VALIS, there is a character named Linda Lampton,[6] and in the case of The Divine Invasion, there is a character named Linda Fox.[7] In both novels, a character has a dream that conveys the notion that slippers need to be put on in order for said character to approach the dawn.
― dominance and transmission (Matt #2), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 12:49 (three years ago) link
I tell you, y'all are sleeping on the Pirates of Penzance soundtrack (Linda Rondstadt, Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Rex Smith).
She is a gem and a treasure
― fo' schnitzel (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:50 (three years ago) link
Planning to watch that doc soon.
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:44 (three years ago) link
Please forgive the facile comparison but I feel like I bought into the common dismissal of another pretty voice and pretty face singing songs they don’t really understand the same way I bought into it when it was said about the other Elvis, the one from Tupelo, which I long ago got over, and I guess I got over in this case too, only haven’t taken a deep dive into the discography yet.
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
She date Jerry Brown while he was governor. Still a wild thing to consider.
― earlnash, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:08 (three years ago) link
Yeah, think about that every once in a while.
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:16 (three years ago) link
That and the Eagles breaking up for the first time at an Alan Cranston fundraiser is the cool hilarious underbelly of late 70s/early 80s politics.
Willie Nelson says he smoked a joint on top of the White House after Carter was elected.
― earlnash, Sunday, 7 June 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
My dad claims he ran into Neil Young at a Democratic campaign HQ in Ohio in the 70s
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 7 June 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link
Just watched the doc, still processing, goes pretty deep. All I have now is a a nerdy question: is that Renee Fleming dancing in the audience during the tribute concert at the very end?
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
Rock and Roll HoF induction ceremony and not the Kennedy Center so maybe not.
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
I'll have to check out the documentary. I'm not exactly a huge fan of her work, but from the interviews I've read, she always struck me as thoughtful and very modest (not to mention self-critical). It's kind of frustrating that her work isn't better, something she has said herself.
"Heart Like a Wheel" is an excellent LP, and I like a few other singles - the ones that come to mind generally pre-date "Heart Like a Wheel" - but whenever I've ventured beyond that, it's been disappointing.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 7 June 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
Documentary is really well done.
― How I Wrote Neuroplastic Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 June 2020 22:39 (three years ago) link
If this is her show w Byron Berline and Country Gazette I heard (could have sworn it was a live broadcast from a studio), it's amazing---she mentions how much better this is than her tour (the early one w Neil Young, I think), where the audiences were more interested in tossing beach balls around. Digs deep into the olde roots and lets fire----scroll down for link to original post of whole show (variously labelled '72, '74, maybe others, on YouTube posts, as you can tell by their having the same setlists). Also see links to songs from a '75 set w Byron & CG, which poster says has better sound than the first show---haven't listened to much of it yet, but most of the links still work: https://ronstadt.proboards.com/thread/1431/ronstadts-bluegrass-country
― dow, Monday, 18 October 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
On the Midnight Special, with a very special band:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3SOosWH6_M
― Askeladd v. BMI (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 13:33 (one year ago) link
And then again, later that Rockin’ Eve, after midnight:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c41embg2Bfg
― Askeladd v. BMI (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 13:41 (one year ago) link
https://www.billboard.com/pro/linda-ronstadt-last-of-us-sync-wont-make-money-very-glad/
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 February 2023 02:04 (one year ago) link
Oh, I fuckin hope this does a Kate Bush for her. I have so many Ronstadt albums I can’t even sell for a buck.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 3 February 2023 03:58 (one year ago) link
Outside of Heart Like a Wheel, there's only a few singles that I like, and that's definitely one of them.
When Capitol released that two-disc anthology of her complete recordings for them, they included a live recording from the Troubadour as a bonus - it's even better than the single IMHO. (More intimate, it isn't overpowered by an orchestral arrangement.)
https://open.spotify.com/track/6BNYxL2ss2yXfaq549uLD1?si=0cf4cf3a0f3844a7
― birdistheword, Friday, 3 February 2023 04:13 (one year ago) link
She's only on four tracks of 2022's Putamayo Presents----Songs from The Sonoran Borderland---Feels Like Home: Linda Ronstadt's Musical Odyssey. which goes with her book of almost the same name, but they're the best on first listening, along with one I just linked on the main Los Lobos thread): "El Sueño," with blurry, unsettling, somewhat VU-ish acoustic guitar, has her waking up alert and foreboding---Springsteen's "Across The Border" (tune not as faux-Mexicali-solemn as I feared, though maybe she's keeping a lid on it) incl. Emmylou's maybe double-tracked, still thin intrusions on chorus, but LR always restores the vibe of verses---also good, if maybe a little too-drawn-out, on the thoughtful "I Never Will Marry" (Dolly v. effective on choruses)--then this one gets me right off, with the only piano (and it's a good piano) on the whole collection, and new instruments, male backup vocals keep appearing, vaya con Linda:
After a sweeping tour of the music of Mexico and the borderlands which inspired her, “Piel Canela” sees Linda and her band interpreting another Latin musical style that was ever-present in her childhood home: Cuban mambo.
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1693140166_10.jpg
― dow, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
Some of the other artists' singing and songs seem blah and predictable so far, though picking is always good, and would like to hear more from her folkie relatives P.D. Ronstadt & The Co---oh yeah, also on "On The Border," notes say it's Neil Young playing that good harmonica, uncredited steel, bass, drums all effective too, one of the most robust tracks overall.
― dow, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 21:44 (one year ago) link
Classic voice, good material, usually rendered in a mediocre fashion.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link