Yeah, what a voice. I think it was Dolly Pardon that named three women singers one of which was Linda Ronstadt. Dolly said, "they can really sing, the rest of us pretend"
In 1976 my best friend played this album and Specifically this song in his bedroom…. 47 years later Linda’s performance Still Moves Me ❤️ and I thank him all of the time ⏰
You would be right! The 70s, 80s, I covered quite a bit of the same songs she covered. It may have been Don Henley - it was one of the Eagles who said that her cover of Desperado was better than their original. I fully agree. She had a natural octave range - according to my voice instructor many years ago - is quite rare. A gift and I wish I had used mine more than I did. Under the circumstances I guess I can say I did the best, but still, I let too many people keep me down and for anyone reading this, if you are gifted and you'll know it if you are - then you need to use that gift! You need to hone it, keep it polished just as a saxophone player would keep their instrument polished and ready to go. Don't listen to the negative people who will bring you down because they will & even in the house of God! Oh yes especially in the house of God✋, they will bring you down, not even realizing what they're doing is out of petty jealousy! Yes, ✋ to God‼️ Use it/lose it. Just when you're giving into the pressures...you'll find you need your gift to sustain you thru the fires of life's hell - you need all of it❣️ Hang on, joy comes in the morning & accompanied by 🎵🎵🎵❣️✋
I fell in love with her voice back in the 70's, it took me to places the women around then could not. I have continued this romance all these years, thank you Linda.
I was born in 73 and in 86-87 I was obsessed and crushing on Linda Ronstadt bad. Of course as a 14 year old I would have never admitted that. Now that I’m 46 I understand why classic beauty and a mesmerizing voice!
Linda singing Live - nothing better than that. A songwriter's champion and clearly her voice was one of the finest most powerful and captivating instruments ever played.
This song has always been haunting for me...and as I age, even more so...love seeing the piano player at the beginning...she is better live, than recorded...very FEW people are...
In my and my wife's life no artist moved like her. I've listened to her for fifty years now and she move me to tears. As Rolling Stone commented--the beautiful voice of century.
This song and Karen Carpenter's Superstar take me to another time and place. A time when music was raw, real and magical. Queens, Legends Forever. Thank you for the magic! 👑🌹👑🌹
Beautiful keyboard intro by the late Andrew Gold. The quintessential Karla Bonoff song that only Linda can sing and bring down the house. One of my all-time favorites.
Just stunning. A voice that takes you on an emotional ride - purity, power and heartbreak all in one female vocalist. May be the finest popular American music vocalist ever and the last where marketing/mtv/and autotune had no influence. Just singing to the heavens ...
There's somebody waiting alone in the street For someone to walk up and greet Here you are all alone in the city Where's the love that you took to your side Lonely faces will stare through your eyes in the night And they'll say Woman sweet woman Please come home with me You're shining and willing and free But your love is a common occurrence Not like love that I feel in my heart Still you know that may be what I need Is someone to lay down beside me And even though it's not real Just someone to lay down beside me You're the story of my life Someone to lay down beside me And even though it's not real Just someone to lay down beside me You're the story of my life The morning is breaking The street lights are off The sun will soon share all the cost Of a world that can be sort of heartless Not like love that I feel in my heart Still you know that may be all you'll get Is someone to lay down beside you And even though it's not real Just someone to lay down beside you You just can't ask for more
Really excellent . . . she was a true singer. Not like many today who just take off their clothes and dance. This woman had true talent. She didn't have to take off her clothes or dance around. Her voice is remarkable.
Since the 80's every female singer is expected to dance around while she sings. It ruins a whole lot of potentially great performances. Then we wind up with lip synched versions because it's virtually impossible to sing well when you're dancing too. Kind of a shame that music has so been reduced in quality because the video is deemed so important by kids today. It's especially evident in the female performers, because most of the guys don't have to do all the crazy choreography.
From the Hasten Down the Wind album. A deeply committed voice - this album and the tour that followed left this tough guy transformed. Ronstadt devotees that came to her then have never left.
I used to see Linda R. & The Stone Ponys play at a roller skating rink in Tucson, where i grew up. In fact, i did a lot of my 'growing up' at the 'ol Sunset Rollerama, esp. out in the parking lot....
Was fortunate enough to see her live three times (1978, 1980 and 2003) and was always blown away by her incredible voice and artistry. She seems to be in extra good voice in these Offenbach clips -- the quality is exceptional. Feel so blessed to have these concrete performances to go along with all of the wonderful memories. Thank you, Linda, and to all of us who keep her music alive.
The Late Andrew Gold and some of the other most incredible backup musicians and vocalists perfectly compliment this awesome voice. Karla Bonoff most certainly wrote this exceptional piece. Here's one where the perfect storm comes all together and touches everyone.
When songwriting had imagery it had all the fullness of transporting you to a place the singer is taking you too..... Ronstadt captures the desperation of the loneliness she and others that are looking for anyone. She tells us this is the story of her "life" a woman desperate for love but looking in all the wrong places. Spellbinding performance, she is vulnerable here and knows she will not find a man to really love her.
I’m 62 now . I never appreciated Linda when i was young . I started really listening when i kept hearing other female artists praise her abilities. Praise that is well deserved.
What was amazing about her was her projection and pitch at her volume. I heard many great bands in Selland Arena , but hers was the clearest most beautiful and powerful voice I heard in that arena in the seventies. The other clearest voice I recall was Neil Diamond. His voice boomed.
Perfect segue (Now, hear me out...) - Put this amazing Karla Bonoff song/LR performance back to back with Neil Diamond's "Modern Day Version of Love" and you have the most incredibly perfect picture of young people searching for love in the 70's... But, the crazy thing is, both songs are just as true and relevant today... Great art is timeless!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sQUqW6y7hxs.html
In the context of the voice, the speaker, and the song, "lay" is so much the correct word. This song isn't a grammar lesson. It's a survival lesson, and after "lie" after "lie" you "lay" to get by. Miss you, Linda.
Karla Bonoff did write this, as well as Lose Again. She's good in her own right, but nobody does a song justice like Linda. Get well, Linda, we are praying for you
LINDA RONSTADT IS THEE ABSOLUTE FINEST SINGER OF ALL TIME IN MY HUMBLE OPINION. NO ARTIST COULD MAKE YOU ROCK OUT AND THEN BREAK YOUR HEART LIKE LINDA RONSTADT. HEAVEN FOR ME WOULD BE FRONT ROW CENTER AND JUST WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL, AMAZINGLY TALENTED WOMEN FOR ETERNITY. 😚
I don't want to live in my past and I don't. The 1970's are long gone. hard enough in today's get around. But, when Linda sings...,that summer burns bright.
This is what you can get from female singers when they don't have to dance while singing. We have very good singers today, too, but the insistence on dancing while singing completely destroys any chance of them doing quality singing live, so we can't know if they're even capable of it. A very sad situation.
Heard this a long time ago, thought I would try and find it. Makes me cry. I think we can all relate to this in some way. Such a sad song with a wonderful singer singing it. Bravo Linda ...sue Australia
Thanks. I remember sitting next to Kenny Edwards at a party in Hollywood in the mid-80's. The metal music in vogue at that time worried him. He really didn't know what to think of it. I was having fun playing various L.A. clubs and drinking a lot, not worrying too much about it. I didn't realize at the time that Kenny knew the real music was over...
Song is a well done, romantic version of the "walk of shame." She still has the best voice in popular music ever, or at least did until her Parkinson's disease. So glad I finally found this song that has been haunting me for months, thank you!
Kay, she had so many relationships that I wonder whether she chose the wrong men or if she had any challenges, herself. She is my favorite artiste, so this is not meant to denigrate her in any way. I have always heard she was/is a wonderful, loving person.
There is no other guitar player like Waddy Wachtel. He is still everywhere and even better he played at the 2014 grammys during Lindas tribute. Ive loved him too since the 70s
What a great show. I met her briefly around this same time. I was a teen and my uncle owned a security company and let me sit backstage for hundreds of concerts. I'd been in an accident and was forced to wear a full body plaster cast for what seemed like forever. I was a mess at 6'2" 110 lbs. it was a conversation starter. Several huge names just had to know wth happened. She was one, Jimmy Page, Greg Lake, Tom Sholtz, Ann Wilson, Neil Young, Chris McVie etc. She was what I imagined. Rock Stars from that era were people too. (I saw a couple jerks his initials are D.H. and he's never changed.)
I remember this particular tour. 70's Pop/Rock was so powerful and elicited very strong emotions. Everyone in this band was so talented, as were the recording engineers, etc. All gone now, though. I was an eighteen year old guitarist at this time and the things I learned and the influences I absorbed back then are still inspiring my playing today. I wish everyone could experience these things.