Just how accurate is Linda Ronstadt LIVE? Let's take a look! 

Fifty-two years ago I was a 22 y/o Marine grunt on Hill 10 in Quang Nam Province Vietnam standing watch on a cold, wet, monsoon night when I heard the sounds of an angel singing, on AFVN (Armed Forces Vietnam) radio, coming from one of the fighting holes. The beautiful voice of that singer embraced my soul, stole my heart, and assured me that even though we were living in hell, beauty, grace and heaven were still possible. The voice of Linda Ronstadt carried me through three years in Navy hospitals of surgery and rehabilitation. I regained my strength, humanity and replenished my soul but I never reclaimed my heart. Linda Ronstadt stills has it. God bless you Linda and mahalo for all the aloha you have shared with us over the years.

No singer to day can even come close to Linda. Even with all the technology to correct their voices. She is the essence of talent.

Shes amazing , Dolly Parton said something along the lines of, Most singers sing what they can, Linda just sings what she wants.

That so called " yodel" is a signature of many rancheras and mariachi tunes. Something that was deep in Ronstadt's musical soul. Her belting is also unique - unlike Broadway or Blues/Rock beltees. Very special songbird. Comparisons to other female singers, just 'cause they were contemporaries or just ' cause they are female always struck me as a slur. Linda was in her own vocal universe - natural combination of power and warmth. . Thank you Sir for this appreciation of those remarkable pipes.

I would take one Linda Ronstsdt over 100 Carrie Underwoods. Ronstadt didn’t just have a big voice; she had phrasing, color, subtlety, and real emotion.

God she can still bring a tear to my eyes all these years later.

🤔…… I think Willie Nelson once said, “there are two types of men in the world, those who have a crush on Linda Ronstadt, and those who have never heard of her.” I definitely had a crush on her in the 70s! Beautiful in every respect.

One of the greatest vocalists ever known-there will never be another Linda Ronstadt.

Yes, she just doesn't do overkill like some many modern poptarts do. She is COMMUNICATING. She is using human language in her technique.

I love how you break in on all the other singers but you don't dare stop her.

Another fantastic example of NON pitch “corrected” singing by one of the greats, the beautiful Linda Ronstadt.

Love watching Fil smile when she hits an especially great note. 😁

Linda's voice has ALWAYS made me weep. I'm a guy. I can't listen to her with other people aroud! There's such a pure beauty when she sings certain notes.

I think Linda is the best female singer of all time with Ann Wilson a close second. Linda’s vocal quality is just sublime. Beautiful and strong voice.

Being a professional musician for over 50 years one of my favorite things to do was lay on the floor with headphones on and listen to Linda sing. Pitch, color, control, emotion, range

Hearing her night after night with Nelson Riddle Orchestra was the highlight of my career as a wardrobe stylist. Best vocalist and best boss ever !

There is a video of her in later years, when she was in ill health, when she talks about her singing and she is never comfortable with her singing, she said she could hear so many wrong notes in this performance- I just think it is perfect ❤️

I’ve commented previously on Linda Ronstadt…she was, is, and always will be the pride of Tucson, Arizona. We love our hometown girl…as for me, I wanted to be her as a young teenager, and later still, it was always a joy to hear her sing during her trips home…thank you Fil ❤

She's so unique. She has a big heart. And she's the whole package. Bless her forever!

She has a peerless, seemingly effortless technique that is ensconced in an unaffected soul-drenched delivery. Linda Ronstadt had a unpretentious, crystalline voice that never compromised or hid behind trite trends. If she decided to sing Mexican- which she did- she went all the way. There was not a genre Linda could not tackle.

Roy Orbison's genius and Linda Ronstadt's powerful voice came together perfectly. Linda is a beloved performer since she started. And her personality helped her get up there.

I've been a fan of Linda Ronstadt since the 1970s. Such a great American singer. She also introduced many people to Buddy Holly's music. Cheers, Fil! ✌️

Just knocks me out how she takes you away with her voice. I feel like I'm flying into the stratosphere. 👏👏👏👏👏

Not blocked, so far, and it was sublime. Since you began this series, I have wondered what Linda's vocal would look like because she's always sounded perfect to me. Dan Dugmore's pedal steel melted me too.

Who didn't love Linda? She was as beautiful as her voice.

A favorite female voice, how amazing was she 💗 she gives me chills

Not only am I impressed with Linda's voice, but your demonstrations are just as impressive. OK, not as impressive as Linda, since she was special. But your channel is able to explain her techniques and do her justice. If it was up to Linda, there would be no problem with your analysis, since her Parkinsons has robbed her of her vocal chords. A damn shame since she was able to switch into every musical style...and excel at it. Mariachi music, since her father was her inspiration, musical theatre, rock, country, pop...If she had put out an album of her singing the phone book, I would have bought it.

Linda is a singer a cut above the rest!!! I ❤ her voice!!!! Brings back beautiful memories of my youth!! Her range is perfect and her professionalism is impeccably delivered....Every single time!!!

Saw her live….with America and the Eagles…..in her early days. I remember her clearly….with great affection….

Linda Ronstadt is one of the best female singers & can sing any genre from ballads to country to rock. She has had so many hits such as "Blue Bayou", "You're No Good", "Long Long Time", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Desperado" etc. Ronstadt also did two great duets, "Somewhere Out There" (with James Ingram) & "Don't Know Much" (with Aaron Neville). The Eagles were her backing band till they went out on their own & she has covered a lot of their songs.

What's most amazing to me is that, in all likelihood, she's not thinking about what she's doing at all. She has incredible technique and she's "become one" with the song and it just flows from her in a very natural way. Lots of people have great technical chops, but they just can't get out of their own way and allow the music to express itself.

One thing that you have to remember about Linda is that she continued to get better through the years. She worked and perfected her craft as the years went by. She started out with a natural God-given talent and worked hard to make it even better. Love, Love, Love her voice.

In my opinion, she was the greatest talent in pop singing. You have great taste

She could ... and did, sing everything and made it her own.

One of my favourite female vocalists. What teenage boy didn't love Linda back in the day? That headvoice flip is a signature- just wonderful.

My all-time favorite singer! I LOVE the way her Glissando is mirrored by the steel guitar. They worked beautifully together! and her Soprano notes are hit perfectly, with her throat and hard palate arched and wide open but with total control. Linda ALWAYS stayed on her breath, and it breaks my heart in a million pieces that she can't sing anymore. We were all blessed with her voice. Praying for Linda, with thanks and much love and respect. Just wonderful...

It’s pretty rough when Linda sings one of your songs, it’s her’s forever after. Thank you for covering Linda again. She was amazing

Now I know why my brother had her poster up on his bedroom wall all those years ago. She is a national treasure!

Lind Ronstadt could sing a wide genre of musical styles and do them well. As you know she could also play the guitar as well. 👍thanks Fil

Ok I'm in love with her all over again. 🤩

So beautiful. Thanks Fil for playing Linda.

every time I hear these old videos of Linda it just makes my face melt. what a voice....what a voice.....

You’re always so interesting and knowledgeable. Dolly Parton is right when she says Linda’s voice is the equal of Barbra, Celine, Whitney and the other greats.

She was so great, what a massive awesome voice.

My favorite song of all time. I’d put the tape in and let loose in the car and cry.

Also the quiet understated vocal at the beginning expresses her emotional state so perfectly-really sad with a tiny bit of hope. And then it turns powerful as she tells us what how her life will change when she goes back. Her singing is so sensitive to the emotionality and storytelling of the lyric.

To describe Linda Ronstadt you only one word. "PERFECT" no one can improve on pefection.

I love your smile when you hear something you like. It brightens the room.

Back then Linda Ronstadt probably had no idea that we would be analyzing her voice note by note decades later, but that's OK because her delivery is incredible! Thank you, Fil, for sharing your great insight into one of my favorite singers. I feel transported by her voice to a beautiful, dreamy place. 💜💜💜

Linda seems to have a habit of singing other people's songs and making them hers... Just a mesmerizing voice.

My Idol was Olivia Newton John. I sang just like her for years until my voice coach said I needed to be Me. SO I started singing Like LInda Ronstadt. I LOVE both these ladies. Nothing like them. Ronstadt is a cut above all of them because she makes you feel something with an out of this world phenominal voice.

Awesome. I asked for Linda, boom!! I get Linda! Just the best singer, ever.

That was so wonderful. I just love her singing. Saw her in concert in 72. Class act. The sun will dim when she leaves this physical realm. Such a very beautiful lady n collection of songs. Sigh. Thank you big bunches Phil. And watching you is also quite awesome. Blessings.

Blue Bayou is a wonderful song that anyone can sing, well at least in the shower. Linda shows that there's a difference between a cover of a song and a version of a song. Ronstadt was moving from country to pop and you can hear both influences in this version that make it stand on its own when compared to the Orbison original.

Somehow in the summer of 76 I was in San Francisco and ended up in the front row to see Linda and the Eagles…..I was mesmerised gazing up at her…..my lord she could sing….and all the other musicians she helped along the way….. I hope she is surrounded by family and love……Linda is in a class of her own 👏👏👏👏 Fil you’re in your element with Linda 👏👏👏great video 👍🏻🥂

When I worked on Larchmont in the late 70s, I would see Linda almost every week at Lucy’s Mexican restaurant, one of her favorite lunch places in LA, just around the corner on Melrose. She was always so sweet, and so shocked when people would tell her how much she was loved. No pretense, no snobbery, just a humble person. BTW, she was often with Jerry Brown, who was mayor and then governor. And the food was great! This is such a brilliant analysis!

This has nothing to do with this song… Lol… In the early 90s I used to date Linda Ronstadt’s cousin Michelle… I went to Linda’s house one time for Thanksgiving… In Arizona… She was really nice

How can you imitate so many people? You certainly know how to sing!!!

Linda had a great voice for many years, and she could belt it out when required too as with this song.

One of the sweetest and kindest girls I went to school with was Linda's niece. She said the Linda was the sweetest nicest person in her family.

Another great analysis Fil. So glad I ignored the negative review I read about her way back in the late 60's. 'Long Long Time' is one of my fav goosebump generators and her cover of the Stones 'Tumbling Dice' is simply awesome and my favorite version of that song.

I've seen her live. She is sheer perfection!

And I love this song it's beautiful especially with her voice

I wanted to be Linda Ronstadt when I was younger (ok, a LOT younger....☺️). Her voice was crazy great, loved her country/rock sound, and last, but not least, she was good friends with the Eagles....(whom I was extra crazy about!) Also, she was on Broadway with "Pirates of Penzance". Linda could do it all!

Thank you, Fil, for all the respect you show Ms. Ronstadt. For someone who is only mildly musically literate, it is wonderful for my mind to learn what my heart knows.

My all time favourite singer. Thanks for this

She owned any song she sang, she respected songs in her delivery.

When you think about the fact that these are live, one-shot moments in time without the "benefit" of modern technology, it's mind boggling. There's one spot where she dances around the note (maybe around the "world is mine"). Now imagine having to sing backup behind that talented a singer. 🙂

When she started belting out, my hair stood straight up and I got goose bumps.

She was great! Perfect!

This is one of the most beloved songs in the US, across all genres and ages. Her range is not even possible! She really is the first woman, on her own headline, to fill stadiums and arenas. It will take you ages to discover her immense and varied catalog! Unfortunately, she has been sidelined by Parkinson's for the last 20 years, and there will be no more tours. She had quite a run!

She phenomenal! Awesome song and music. I lived through the greatest music history, IMO.

I hope she sees this and feels the big fan hug, from all the comments.. 🤗 ❤️

OH MY.. I don't even know where to start. This was wonderful. Truly an amazing performance that shows us all how talented Linda Ronstadt really was, a total pro!

This never gets old! 💖 Thanks again, Fil, for showcasing my favorite female singer. I loved it when you showed us how gifted she was with the guitar, too, a couple of years ago and how seamlessly she could recover from a slight mistake; that was one of my favorite videos from you. Linda always feels so natural and instinctual, which I think is why she leaves such indelible imprints on my heart, I just love her. 💕👏

I saw Linda perform this twice in the 70's with this band, most incredible, amazing voice. One of the greatest voices in any style she chose to sing.

Wow I knew she was great but pretty perfect!!

Oh boy, Fil,I can tell how enchanted you are with Linda's voice -- you don't "jump in" at alll... and who would blame you! Linda took my generation on a musical odyssey, music forms which we might not have been listening to at the time. She moved forward and back in time, and geographic location. Thanks for sharing this interesting video

I don’t know how many times I’ve listened to this one of my idol who produces goosebumps on me. Thank you for choosing this one. It’s very educational and interesting.

My favorite female singer of all time. She did it all! Thank you for this!

I saw her perform live twice in the 1970s, and she is even more spectacular in person. Flawless.

No one can ever fill her shoes! Just had a Linda jag a couple of weekends ago.Saw her at the Summit in the late 70's. Absolutely the best in the business in my opinion. Catch her petformance on RU-vid when she was in Germany. She sang Down So Low and it's perfection!!! Lovely Linda.....Thanks!

Thanks for the wonderful analysis Fil. Linda was a fantastic talent. Also love her singling with Emmy Lou and Dolly on the Trio albums

Voice of an angel. One of the best.

I was just one of no doubt many who recommended covering this incredible lady. My god could she sing! And she was and is the personification of beauty and grace. Thx, Fil, for another masterful analysis.

Fil: Thank you for my April one present. My most favorite female singer. And your analysis was spot on.

This a great memory from 1977, great song.

Ronstadt, singing this song, makes me shiver.

Fil...you are the best!

Her voice really brings the songs to life, incredible talent. Some just have it like that.

This song and the stellar Linda Ronstadt was one of the songs I used when I was learning to sing as a youth. The way she crescendoes and decrescendoes alternating the chest voice and the breathy tone is masterful. Thanks for the thoughtful analysis!

Her delivery is so exceptional and effective because she is not just telling you a story. Have you ever had someone keep you from somewhere and someone for a long, long period of time and it's so bad that you know you will never be okay again?? When you're awake at 2:30am almost every night, and there isn't even anyone to whisper your story to? You're in a small room alone and quietly saying what you would explain to someone if there were a soul insight. So, it's just YOU and YOUR TRUTH. And then as if you were determinately proclaiming and informing whoever is keeping you away, and everyone else who doubts you, that you will be IN FACT going back, no matter how they doubt or what they believe. just FYI! And you will finally be happy once again before you were ripped away from your life, and peace and contentment and love and future memories will belong to you again. PROMISE. (Obviously I feel empathy because it's like she told my story from a very long year in my past. I was a teenager and had no choices. I love Linda Ronstadt forever.)

However great this might seem, it's the late 70s, before Linda did Pirates of Penzance and La Boheme. After she tackled those more classical efforts, she trained in ways she never had. And her voice became actually even better, rounder, fuller in her midrange and more comfortable in her head voice. Linda always had amazing talent, but by the time she did the Nelson Riddle albums, she also had incredible control. Seeing her live throughout these changes was amazing. After she did the Riddle albums and then the mariachi music, she was really brilliant live. Always a great talent who became an even greater singer.

my ears are always happy to hear Linda Ronstadt. my eyes were impressed with the graph

I wondered when you’d get around to my favorite female singer. ❤️

First, I must admit she was my high school crush (74-77). What is so amazing about her , is her versatility + excellence across genres. Her awards and nominations. Grammys - Rock, Pop, Latin, Standards, Children's music, Folk, Country, Tropical Latin Tony - Leading Actress in a Musical* Golden Globe - Leading Actress in a movie* *The last two were for the stage and movie versions of "Pirates of Penzance" - a Comic Opera - She could rock Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly tunes, cover Smokey Robinson and Little Anthony R&B ballads, repopularize big band, pull off fronting one of the top Mariachi bands, angelically harmonize with Emmy Lou Harris and Dolly Parton, early 80s New Wave, beautiful duets with Aaron Neville, James Ingram and yes Kermit the Frog 🐸, and friggin opera. She also was instrumental with other artists - like the Eagles and covering songs by Warren Zevon and Karla Bonoff she really helped them gain popularity (listen to Warren Zevon's "Hasten Down the Wind" from the live "Stand in the Fire" live album - Warren acknowledges her saving him "from starvation" There are not many artists who have had as much success without really doing original music as her. She also was one of the female artists who helped pave the way for those who followed her, it was predominantly a male industry when she was coming up. Highly recommend the "Still Within the Sound of my Voice" documentary about her made a couple years ago. Watching interviews with her - she is intelligent, articulate, strong and surprisingly humble. Maybe just a little bit attractive too 🙄🤣😂

her album "Canciones de mi Padre" is a must have. She is amazing

One of my favorite songs ever with her singing it. When she hits that chorus just gives me a shiver down my spine ever since I was a kid 40 years ago! Amazing voice, thanks for doing this one

I was born in 1950. My brother was 7 years older than me and had a small collection of “45’s”. I started listening to those record at 5 and 6 years old and beating in stuff. Started playing drums in 1962 and played in a few bands until the early 70’s. All this to say that I grew up with the best music of all times. Had a huge crush in Linda Ronstadt. There is no music like that anymore. There is a reason why you still hear this stuff in stores and on commercials.

I believe She has said that She often sings flat... IF so, doesn't bother me. love the 'Saturday night Special ' ' Long Long time'