Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Linda Ronstadt, Maria Muldaur: You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down (1984) 

I don't know of any other singer that put in such true emotion as Linda did. God I miss her !!

Linda in great voice here. Crystal clear and voluminous. She was an unparalleled singer.

Would those magnificent eyes of Linda not melt your heart

What a great voice and she didn't need weird costumes. One of the greatest singers

Lovely version of the McGarrigle song. Nice to see Linda joined by Maria Muldaur and Kate and Anna.

Saw Maria in a little club here in the San Juan Islands, she spoke of singing with Linda, I saw Linda here in Washington too, but I remember the early 70’s and seeing Linda, so close I could have reached out and touched her, Linda had a voice that no one can top, ever. I agree with Emmylou, Linda could sing anything, rock, country, opera, her Mexican music, everything sounds better with Linda! As my brother calls her, lovely Linda!

Linda was such a pleasure. For all her stardom and adorableness - girl just wanted to sing. A true songwriter's champion.

I was in the audience that night. It was a magical musical time.

I saw both Linda (front row) and Maria Muldaur in 1976…..memory lane….both of them could really sing 👏👏👏👌

Missing Kate, and Linda’s voice. Sheer loveliness.

Gorgeous stuff - delivered by Linda and her musical friends. Way beyond her hits - a fine musician.

Linda's personal anthem methinks 😊

Put Linda Ronstadt in The Rock n Roll hall of fame now!, and nobody will get hurt.

WOW again and again... what a voice you have Ms. Linda Maria Ronstadt... my dear LORD GOD... am begging YOU po... to give her back her blessed voice... Thank YOU so great my LORD GOD... Hallelujah... Amem

This was such a brilliant concert. How I would have loved to be there.

No one was as diverse clear and awesome as Ms Linda Ronstadt The Woman was the '' Top of the Pile ''

The other singers (even Maria Muldaur) were lucky to be on the stage with Linda Ronstadt. What a powerful, soulful, and melodic voice.

Best vid, Cypher, yeazzzz... take that home...good eye! 🎉

A great 'ear-worm' song, it stays in my head for hours each time I hear it.

Linda, Maria, Dolly, and Emmy Lou have a history of backing each other on their respective albums. So talented they would sing the back up vocals on their own albums. We won't see another group of talented singers like these again.

I've been in love with Linda since 1978. Beautiful woman, inside and out.

I lucked into tickets and was in the front row only a few feet from Linda in 1976 in San Francisco….. such a beautiful voice and she’s helped so many others…. I wish her all the grace in her health struggles 👏👏👏👏amazing lineup 👌🥂

Love all of them, but Linda is the best, by far! I adore her and that fabulous voice SO much.

Still Love Linda after 50 years !

Love this version best. Gosh almighty, how very special Linda's voice was.

So great and appears so effortless!

struggling with a bad cold for 10 days now....listening to this gem is better than any big pharma pill! THANK you for posting this!

Linda had such a wonderful voice.

Linda's Theme Song, right here !

I love this song. I bought Prisoner in Disguise when I was in my teens but didn't understand this song until my thirties. It's a real treat to have a live version.

Linda live people! What a gift she possessed!😀

Fan since 1976, still in love.

Linda is so pretty here. And what can I say about her voice that hasn't been said already? One of the best. Ever.

That voice is a thing of wonder, and a fine song!

LINDA HAS SUCH AN AMAZING VOICE!!!!!

Linda will always be amazing!!

I really need this in my life right now! So beautiful.

God I Love Linda

The four of them together, the beauty of the song, the intimacy of the venue -- I'm floored. Thank you, thank you...

reading Linda's book, talking so much about these three women, so incredible to get to hear her with them she sounds amazing, just amazing

One beautiful thing. Linda Ronstadt.

Simply the best singer

Knocked me back. Gorgeous, Pure and Sad.

I love Linda Marie ♥️

i love linda ronstadt!

Linda Ronstadt has such projection.

What beautiful people and beautiful music.

I so like this. I loved Maria Muldaur in her hey-day. My late sister loved the McGarrigle sisters (she had all their LPs - how old-fashioned and analogue that sounds) and I listened on those Saturday nights in Herefordshire. For me, however, now, no-one beats Linda. No, she didn't write the words but she respects them and the writers and here that is so clear. She sings a "fine song (her words) like no-one else.

I heard this song driving home from visiting family few nights ago and started singing. Hadn’t heard it in aaaages. It’s a nice song.

You tell me that I'm falling down A drifter with no role You tell me that I need a friend To help me take control Well let it be I'm not alone I'm only lonely see And you can't tell me where to go Or what or who to be I am exactly what I am And not the way you'd like to see me be I look outside long as I can Then I close my eyes and watch my world unfold before me I may not lead the simple life I've no love of my own If no one gives me all his heart I'll manage with a loan I'm very used to feeling sad It doesn't make me cry And yes I do know how to love And what you say's a lie I am exactly what I am And not the way you'd like to see me be I look outside long as I can Then I close my eyes and watch my world unfold before me You tell me that I'm falling down A drifter with no role You tell me that I need a friend To help me take control Well let it be I'm not alone I'm only lonely see And you can't tell me where to go Or what or who to be I am exactly what I am And not the way you'd like to see me be I look outside long as I can Then I close my eyes and watch my world unfold before me

Good old time canadian country music.

I didn't discover her until the early 80s and then I introduced her to my brother and, like you, he has been in love ever since. I agree she is beautiful inside and out. She makes every song she sings better. To me that goes way beyond any spurious song-writing "talent" - sometimes it is just finding a few words that rhyme. What she did was recognise a good song and give it its due.

Gorgeous. Linda ...sigh

The McGarrigle sisters wrote some incredible songs. Thank goodness Linda Ronstadt sang some of them. Otherwise I'd have missed them back in 1975.

Linda ronstadt just terrific.

J'ai cette chanson dans la tête depuis des jours et j'y reviens sans cesse 💔

Just wonderful!

Linda Rondstadt.......just wonderful

I am from Rochester, NY remember this so great

I had just moved down the road from the Creek. I wish I had seen this.

very special.

❤️❤️❤️ all things Ronstadt ‼️

Beautiful beautiful Linda!

Music takes on a different, unique form in these small intimate locales, something that can't be recreated in the studio or in a large concert hall.

Kind of nice really, all of Lindas live concerts on UT are on big concerts that are great, but this is in a very smaller personnel venue, kind of gives one a better perception of her voice and talent.

Song written by Anna (music by Carol S. Holland). This was not often performed by Kate and Anna in concert--at least not the many concerts I've attended over the years--but I did see them sing it occasionally.

An anthem of liberation.

Incredible !

Ronstadt always said she would have loved to be part of an all-girl group. Could you have imagined that? Wow.

Prime Linda. Clear gorgeous voice on our goddess of heartbreak.

I really like this song

Shes the G.O.A.T.

thanks for post ! congrats from Porto Alegre - Brasil

Even reading the lyrics.....there's nobody better.

My only question is about the audience-no standing ovation? I realize it looks like tight quarters, but wow!

A favorite rendition of a deep Ronstadt cut. Anna, Kate and Maria are fine as well. Linda...sigh

Red Creek Inn in Rochester NY?? WTF? Can I get a TV concert with Linda in MY FREAKIN LIVING ROOM? How the hell did this little club score this?

Man! Just got reminded what a knockout Linda was!

Magic.

When the song I am what I am from la cage aux folles was out a friend asked if I’d heard it..trying to gently out himself to me. I said Linda Ronstadt has a song, I am exactly what I am, you mean that one?

WHOA !!!!!!

No sadly we won't. I think part of it was their lack of ego. They did back-up vocals for one another and, in Linda's case for her own musician and singing the songs they penned. I just loved these women.

@davearies11 - 25-year-old VHS recording.

Has this concert ever been released on DVD or CD? Does anyone know?

Did Kate just come off the set of Lost in Space ?

Well....Britney, Avril and Carly Rae...whaddya think of that?

2:57 ^^

Which one is Maria M.?

Shit Linda, my life is unfolding in front of me. No work, no money to to pay the rent, damn Corona cutting me off short. I'll sing desperado to no avail but will it help me it see it through? I don't know

'And you can't tell me where to go or who or what to be' .... sang that line with full heart as a kid listening to Ljnda!

Just the best lyrics ... so many great lines