Linda was the Queen of the 70’s every cover she made her own. Pitch perfect she was the one voice I would have loved it was her. She never married and the guys were all spinning ❤️
The guitarist on this track was the legendary Waddy Wachtel. One of the greatest studio and touring guitarists in the business. The Stones wanted Waddy to join their band and he worked on several albums with them. He later toured with Stevie Nicks. If you want some more prime Linda Ronstadt doing rock react to the 1977 Atlanta Fox Theatre video where she is with the same backing group and they do Tumbling Dice followed by You're No Good. Linda is at her very very best and blows the roof off the place. The band is extremely tight and on point and Waddy was absolutely shredding on lead so hard he tore his shoulder strap which Linda fixes without him missing a note while he's playing.
Humans have a short memory. Linda, along with many other great performers, has been mostly forgotten. In an era with many other great female singers, Linda was certainly top tier.
Linda does an awesome version of this song. "Heatwave" was written by the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team who wrote a lot of great songs for Motown artists. The song was first made popular by the vocal group Martha & The Vandellas back in 1963.
Oh my, my favorite lady of 60s , 70s and 80s. I have this album In my vinyl record collection. I also have the Martha Reeves and Vandells album. Both of these artists do an awesome job with this song. ❤❤❤❤
“The Sound of My Voice” is so enlightening about female singers coming up in that era. I loved the biographical production of Linda Ronstadt and the magic that was her voice until a neurological disorder stopped her from singing. She remains as active as she can in her limited capacity but she has brought inspiration to so many female solo artists in the last fifty years. Responsible for the group The Eagles by encouraging her backups to start their group that became the Eagles. She is forever in our hearts 🥰
You are great to watch, taking the time in the beginning to get informed and share the info. No flashy over-reacting or interruptions. Really feeling the music. A cut above the rest..
That is one amazing line up she's playing with there. Andrew Gold and Waddy Wachtel on guitars, Kenny Edwards on bass (formerly with Linda's group the Stone Poneys) and Mike Botts on drums (previously with the group Bread)
One of the greatest voices of my generation Amazing Talent the ultimate crossover artist she could take you places with a song like no other artist, more times than not her version of a song is better than the original, Love the Music!!
Linda had the tighest backing band. Super talented guys, led by the great Waddy Wachtel on lead guitar and Andrew Gold on rhythm. Gold had a very robust solo career.
My mom used to take me to see Linda in the small venues before she became really big, one night we were watching her on stage, there was a lady in front of me with a bandanna over her hair. Linda asked for her friend to join her, and she stood up….it was Dolly Parton! And yes, I heard this live ❤ it was always amazing. My mom passed a year ago next month, and I think of her every time I hear a LR song…
"Imagine hearing this live!" San Diego Balboa Stadium. My high school self was there somewhere in the crowd. It's available on RU-vid. Linda wearing a red dress. David Lindley slide solo at that show.
"Adios" from her "Cry Like A Rainstorm" album is absolutely gorgeous. It has beautiful sophisticated lyrics by Jimmy Web. Linda called Brian Wilson, retired from The Beach Boys to do back-up. He listened to the song one time only, then recorded all 5 harmony tracks end to end, no retakes or overdubs. I know you'll love it.
Perfection! I also love the keyboards on this. Check out the video of Linda singing Down So Low and her duet with Bonnie Raitt,, Blowing Away, at a benefit for Lowell George. There will never be another voice like Linda’s.
Ditto:Ronstadt . Heat Wave, live 1976 San Diego. RU-vid has it. Closed the show. 50,000 dancing. Awesome video.!! Thank you for doing Heatwave AS i been requesting somebody to react to this for a long time ! my all time favorite , need to check out other Live version too 1
Linda's voice is superb. If you feel like going back to the 60's, Martha & the Vandellas are one of the best of the girl groups, including their original version of Heat Wave, and other great ones are Dancing in the Street, & Nowhere to Run.
Went to this concert as an eleven year old to see this song at Blossom music center in Ohio. Show ended and they didn't play it! Made my parents stay for encore, they played it!!!!🎶🎶🎸
Honestly, every song Linda covered, she made her own. Now that you've had a chance to check out a lot of her songs, you can understand why she was the first female singer to sell out arenas.. She was MASSIVE! I'd suggest checking out her cover of the American classic, What's New, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. There's a video for it and it's breathtaking. She's just amazing!
I may have heard it live, I don't rightly recall, it was long ago. I do remember her singing "Blue Bayou" though. We didn't have the best seats; behind the stage actually, off to stage right. So I was kinda disappointed because I'd only get to see her from behind. Then she walked out wearing pink satin gym shorts. There is balance in the Universe.
I saw her do this live in concert, same outfit! The crowd was dancing in their seats. She could make you cry, laugh, and feel pure joy with her her voice! I suggest you watch her documentary "The Sound of My Voice" to fully appreciate her greatness.
@@evanhughes1510 Okay. That's fine. Doesn't change my opinion. I loved that entire album. I hope we can agree that Linda was an amazing performer. It's such a sad shame she can no longer perform.
Why doesn’t this have more views? Well, probably because the original by Martha and the Vandelas gets views for Heat Wave. It’s indelibly their song. That being said, This cover by Linda is WONDERFUL.
Do Linda's Shoop Shoop song or Blue Bayou at the Muppets show. Or any artist at The Muppets. It may be a corny kids show but they produced great performances with a little twist in the arrangements.
I wore out my copy of Prisoner in Disguise back in the day. I played that album over, and over and over - Many Rivers to Cross still slays me, and by hearing Linda’s version I was brought to the music of Jimmy Cliff.
I think she did a duet with Smokey on this song. Can you imagine growing up listening to Smokey Robinson and then actually singing one of his songs with him?
Waddy on solo, Andrew and Dan also on guitars. That is a ridiculous amount of guitar god there. So glad I got to see her live 4 times. She blew the roof with this one too. Also met her another story.
That was the studio version overlayed onto concert footage. They synced it up well. Maybe my favorite Linda Ronstadt song, and that's saying something!
Totally agree! This song is 🔥 and IMO much better than the original. Linda can do no wrong as far I’m concerned and you are 💯 correct in questioning just what the heck is going on that this song from Linda has not been viewed and liked so much more than it has. Here’s a couple of suggestions for more Linda, in a similar vein to this track is another cover by Linda called “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me”. This second suggestion is one of my favorite Linda tracks right up there with “Long Long Time” and the song is “Love Is A Rose”. Glad you love Linda because she is truly a national treasure.
This video is actually the studio recording of the song that has been synced up to a concert video. In the studio recording, most of the instruments are played by Andrew Gold, who you can see in this video as one of the guitarists who also does backing vocals. In the studio recording (which is what you are hearing here), the lead guitar is by Andrew Gold, but this video shows Waddy Wachtel playing lead. If you play guitar, you can see that the notes Wachtel plays are not the notes in the recording you're listening to. Likewise, the drummer in the video is not drumming exactly like the recording (which was played by Andrew Gold). And, of course, Linda walks off the stage at the end, yet still manages to hit that final note. It's fun to see her on stage, but it would have been nice to hear the live sound.
The entire Prisoner In Disguise album is absolutely immaculate! 😍🔥Her best album by far for me. Every song is a solid gem and she rarely sounded better.💯
Your favorite song by her, you haven’t listened enough you could have a different favorite song every day for six months If you want another, Rocker like that try, how do I make you?
This was 🔥🔥🔥. FIRE. Just as good as the original by Martha Reeves. Her and Dusty Springfield are noted for doing covers as good or better than the original. Check out her cover I knew You When originally done by Billy Joe Royal or Anyone who had a Heart by Dionne Warwick both are great, 🔥🔥🔥
You should, even if on your own, check out original by Martha and the Vandellas. That was the one that everyone knew and loved. Part of that great Motown sound.
I wish I was in a position to contribute, as you've only scratched the surface of what is Linda Ronstadt. As it is, I'm hoping you can just react to these Ronstadt requests anyway..., just because you enjoy listening to Linda's beautiful voice. Rock -- "Tumbling Dice" (a Rolling Stones song) performed by Linda live (Wow!) Rock n Roll -- "Back in the USA" (a Chuck Berry song) performed by Linda live at Chuck's 60th birthday (Holy!) Country -- "The Sweetest Gift --live on the Dolly Parton show with Dolly, EmmyLou Harris, and Linda Blues -- "Blue Bayou" Live (a Roy Orbison song) Big Band -- "What's New" live with the Nelson Riddle Band
Linda is certainly one of the top female singers of any time. For other underrated, underappreciated female singers of the same time frame you should check out Melissa Manchester: MIDNIGHT BLUE ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xQUnN-fZsHM.html and DON'T CRY OUT LOUD ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R4Zz_UNFLmw.html and Laura Brannigan: GLORIA ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pVGgPQnt38Y.html
The Rolling Stones sang Tumbling Dice you should play that and then play Linda right after it another great cover in my opinion the best cover she ever did is the waiting which Tom Petty originally did and that song also rocks
I didn't see any comment. Was this thing held up for a little while? And RU-vid editing or whatever? I saw you saying you're going to go live this Friday but I thought the date said January 8th and it's February
My friend Kathi McDonald sang this on her 1973 album 'Insane Asylum'; The Pointer Sisters sang backup for her (they were all just starting out). Love this song! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_xBxaCph9wI.htmlsi=mjTEu-mNW9lhRaNi
Do you have a separate channel for movies? I would like to see your reaction to “The Sound of My Voice”. I cannot find it on RU-vid 🤔I just watched this for the second time and realized that the creator of this video, for some reason, has dubbed the studio version over a film of her live performance. I don’t know why because she sounded every bit as good live as in the studio. 🤷🏻♀️
Linda hated singing this song in time. Said it started sounding like her washing machine singing these same hits over and over again. She preferred her deep album cuts.
Yea I remember her making that comment in her Sound of My Voice documentary, which by the way, he (Salvo) did a whole reaction to the documentary on his Patreon. He also did the album Heart Like a Wheel, in case you want to check that out.