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Post by rick on Sept 25, 2013 1:16:25 GMT -5
Attended the Writers Block event with Linda being interviewed by Patt Morrison (KPCC, L.A. Times) on the stage of the Moss Theatre in Santa Monica, CA.
I was heading down Olympic Blvd, and realized I was behind a black SUV that had the license plate "Music 17" on it, and I thought, "Hmm, wonder if this is Linda's car?" Sure enough, two official looking people flagged the driver over to a spot close to the building. This was at 6:10 pm. Someone opened the door. I slowed down. And Linda got out. She had walking sticks supporting both of her arms for walking.
I parked.
Skylight Books was selling books for $28 and said Linda would be autographing books afterward. I had bought my book from Amazon, for which I paid considerably less. But I bought three more books to give to friends. It was now 6:30 and I went to a seat. Mark Islam arrived and I recognized him right away. It was nice to meet Mark....finally. Mark seemed to know everyone in the room!
The event was scheduled to start at 7:30 and run to 9:30 p.m. I was seated next to a gentleman who had bought four books and he had arrived before me. Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson arrived and they came down the aisle and then were seated in the next aisle on the end. I imagine because Hanks' wife Rita has sung (videos on YouTube) with J.D. Souther that she is a big fan.
The event did not start until 8-ish. The woman who heads the Writers Bloc said that in all the events that the Writers Bloc has put on, this evening with Linda Ronstadt sold out the fastest. And because of that two generous people came forward and offered to pay to have KCET, Los Angeles, videotape the evening so that it could be shared with not only those who couldn't get a ticket here in Southern California, but for public television stations around the country to have the opportunity to air it.
The head of Writers Bloc was insistent that all cell phones be turned off. And she said that when Linda came out, people could take photos of her for 20 seconds and then that was it because it was being filmed. She then said, "Linda will not be signing books afterward. But she has signed books already and they will be available for purchase after the program."
More on that later.
Linda covered much of the same ground that she has in other cities. Her advocacy for immigration rights. How she can't sing anything authentically unless she heard it before she was 10 years old. How frugal Jerry Brown is. Her love of singing with Smokey Robinson, Aaron Neville, Ricky Skaggs, and Placido Domingo.
She is extremely humble. She talked about how she "stole" the last notes of "Blue Bayou" from her favorite singer Lola Beltran by going high at the end and then Linda added that she (Linda) didn't do it very well. She seemed to constantly put herself and her gifts down. The floor was opened up to questions.
Someone asked why a music store in the Sacramento area has all of her gold records. I don't remember the name of the record store. The man said he had produced a concert of Linda with The Eagles in Sacramento in 1974 in a small venue and then he went to see her at the Oakland Coliseum two years later and he was agreeing with her that the large stadiums were not great (to put it mildly).
The last question was from a woman who asked Linda if Linda could still sing what three songs would she sing. And Linda seemed to not quite get the question. Patt Morrison repeated it. And Linda said she didn't know and the woman repeated the question again. And Linda said, "Probably rancheras."
I am wondering how the evening will work out with KCET as many times Linda would say something and the audience would laugh so loudly that one couldn't hear the next thing that Linda said. But I imagine that since she had a microphone that whatever Linda said went directly to KCET's audio feed and was not drowned out.
From the time Linda came on stage to the time she left the stage was 51 minutes.
The man sitting next to me asked, "Did the books you bought have her autograph?" I looked and none of them did. Evidently, when I arrived at 6:15 and bought the books, Linda had not yet signed any books. However, when I was buying the books, the manager of Skylight Books told his two employees, "Don't worry, I just had her sign a book for each of you." My transaction was not finished. I asked again if she would be out to sign afterwards, and I was told, "Yes."
So, after the program, there was a lot of chaos. One of the Skylight Books employees told me that one line was for people buying books and the other was for people who wanted to have Linda autograph books. So I stood in the line waiting to meet Linda. Finally, another attendee told me that Linda was not coming out and that the line I was in was only to exchange books purchased from Skylight Books earlier tonight for books that Linda had autographed back-stage. The line was moving very slowly. Someone then told me if I really wanted an autographed book that I should go to yet another line. It was very poorly run/managed/thought out. I stood in the other line and the telephone game in the line was that all of the autographed books were gone.
The man sitting next to me said loudly that he had arrived very early and bought four books and so the people who arrived very early were being punished and those who arrived late, held up the program, etc. were being rewarded.
At this point, I resigned myself to not meeting Linda for one minute. And not having an autographed book. But I was not going to shell out $84 for three un-signed books. Bottom line: Skylight Books issued me a refund.
It seems to me that the problem in these engagements is not with Linda, but with the venue staff.
And then I saw Linda leaving and one of the very loudly disgruntled people in the book line went running up to her. I thought it was tacky. And then she came back and said loudly to everyone who could hear her, "DONE!" As in, "I got Linda Ronstadt to sign my book personally." Yes, go bother Linda Ronstadt while she is trying to exit the building. While I had spent days thinking of what I would say to Linda if I had a moment with her, I was not about to intrude on her that way.
I imagine this is the last time I will ever be in the same physical space with Linda Ronstadt. The first time was 1974. So 39 years. It was a very intimate setting and there were times when (accurately or not) it seemed as if she were looking right at me.
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Post by Dianna on Sept 25, 2013 1:35:40 GMT -5
Oh my god rick.. I am so disappointed for you.. I know that like most of us here you are a huge fan and expected at least a signed book.. ugh is all I can say.. I feel your pain... I'm glad you got to see her tho..
and what irritates me is.. the pushy people probably aren't big fans as a huge fan would not behave that way in front of their idol.. those people probably want a signature and put it on ebay.. lol.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2013 5:56:54 GMT -5
People who go up and bother Linda are not fans, IMO
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Post by musicaamator on Sept 25, 2013 6:38:01 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing and agree with what was said by the others. How particularly rude and egotistical of that one person going up to Linda for her autograph. But again, Linda, being the very lovely woman she is, was nice enough to do so.
How chaotic afterwards, though. Poorly disorganized on the part of the bookstore: misinformation abound. Feel for you Rick about not meeting Linda. At least with me, she had a good reason that I wasn't able to get an autograph. Yet this was just unfortunate.
And I can relate about probably not ever seeing Linda in person again. But my one and only time to do so was so worth it! At least I now have a Linda moment like the rest of you, finally!
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Post by erik on Sept 25, 2013 9:05:53 GMT -5
I would gather that they hadn't quite anticipated the kind of rush that Linda's return to her former stomping grounds would attract; but even so, it sounded like it could have been managed better, I agree. Even so, I also agree that you've got to wonder whether some of those in attendance were really fans or just hungry for attention and star struck. Part of me is sad that I couldn't attend the event; but at the same time, I think the behavior of some of those in attendance would have set my teeth on edge. I only hope Linda wasn't too put off by them, because you can't judge the totality of a crowd by a few lousy miscreants. Here is the L.A. Observed article on the whole thing: www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/09/linda_ronstadt.php |
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Post by richbaileyswifesue on Sept 25, 2013 9:12:40 GMT -5
Linda is very gracious and extremely patient. Honestly, some of the really inane questions and fawning that she had to put up with on those TV interviews, eessh! Must have made her skin crawl (it made mine). Where was everybody before when she was actively out there? Did they comment on the injustice of not being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (even though, God bless her, she doesn't care)? Kudos to her, BOO to that "fan" and XX BOO to the venue! Geez!
This book of hers plus seeing her speak the other night has really changed my view of her. Rich will tell you that I was a reluctant fan. I saw him slave away for 10 years running her web-based fan club and I never felt she appreciated what he did. I sensed an arrogance in her that was not attractive. That is all gone now. I agree, she is very humble and extremely intelligent (love how she makes all those connections!). I don't know if she has it in her (because of the Parkinson's) to do another book but I think a serious book on musical influences from different ethic backgrounds and how famous singers were influenced by them would make a valuable addition to any vocal curriculum in music schools around the country.
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Post by richbaileyswifesue on Sept 25, 2013 9:19:01 GMT -5
Great article, thanks for posting that. Oh my, she can't knit either ... so much of her life lost ... very sad. She is so stoic!
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Post by erik on Sept 25, 2013 9:37:46 GMT -5
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I sensed for a while that Linda had begun to disdain the entertainment culture in America to a point where it even colored the way she saw her fans, and I believed that it contributed to her dismissal of what she had achieved during her apex in the 70s and 80s. I think her disdaining about today's entertainment culture, which values trash over substance, is more than justified, but I felt her projection of that disdain onto her established fan base, as well as a potential untapped one, was misguided, and did a fair amount of damage to her in the 90s and into the 2000s.
Having gone through her memoir a couple of times now since getting it, I have the feeling she has come to terms with all of that. I only hope she realizes that her fans and her peers alike feel that she has made a big difference, and that, to paraphrase a lyric from the Eagles' "It's Your World Now", she was part of something good (the Los Angeles country-rock movement, for starters), and has left something good behind.
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Post by MJH on Sept 25, 2013 11:59:08 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow night in SF: will she stay and sign for her hometown fans? I plan on getting in line as quickly as possible...
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Post by musicaamator on Sept 25, 2013 12:03:46 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow night in SF: will she stay and sign for her hometown fans? I plan on getting in line as quickly as possible...
If I am not mistaken, I believe you were the one who saw her at Grace Cathedral earlier this year. Sat next to her daughter too at that event, no? Anyway, have a great time! |
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Post by rick on Sept 25, 2013 12:31:45 GMT -5
Erik, thank you for posting the L.A. Observed piece.
In reading it, it brought back some other memories from last night.....
Patt Morrison, perhaps in trying to be a journalist and ask a more probing question, said a bit tentatively, "Some reviews have said that you are not revealing anything about yourself emotionally, but you only talk about the music"
and Linda cut her off pretty quickly said, "My emotions are the music. That's how I express myself is through music."
At one point, Linda was talking about, I believe, "Pirates of Penzance" and "H.M.S. Pinafore" and the lyrics to a song from "Pinafore" came to her and, probably just naturally, the words came out as if in song, but it came out so wonky, and I thought it must break her heart that she sounds this way.
Patt Morrison also brought up the AARP article and Linda's Parkinson's diagnosis.
Linda said that she knew someone was wrong with her as far back as nine years ago and that she went to a doctor. And she said that he told her she was "just being neurotic," which, Linda said made her very angry.
I believe in my initial post last night I mentioned the last question coming from a woman asking Linda what three songs she'd want to sing now if she could sing and they kept going round and round as the woman kept trying to get Linda to answer it.... and the woman rephrased saying, "What songs do you think your fans would want to hear."
and Linda said pretty quickly, "I don't sing what other people want to hear. I think if you do that, you're just asking for trouble. I have to sing the songs that I have to sing."
Something else....
One of the questions involved Warren Zevon. And Linda said that Warren Zevon was painfully shy and that he was so shy that he made Linda uncomfortable. Linda said also that at one point in time she moved into a place where Warren Zevon had been the previous occupant and she said she found "some interesting things," and later qualified that by saying "not firearms." She made that reference because she said that Warren subscribed to Jane's Defense.
Linda said she mostly picked her own material. And said often when other people came to her with songs she was not that interested.
At any rate, she said that Jackson Browne is the one who told Linda about Warren and Jackson is the one who suggested that Linda sing "Poor Poor Pitiful Me." And she said that same night at her house, J.D. Souther told Linda she should sing "Blue Bayou." And Linda said she has a recording of that evening at her house in Malibu with Jackson and Linda working on "Pitiful Me" and J.D. Souther and Linda working on "Blue Bayou" and the whole evening of that.
It made me think of Linda's interview in The New York Times when she talked about how she is running low on money because singers who don't write their own songs make most of their money touring and she can't tour anymore. I thought Linda must have this treasure trove of material of her singing with Emmy on songs we've never heard them do together, perhaps just accompanied by guitar. Had I been given a moment with her I would have asked about unreleased material.
Also, someone asked about "Long Long Time" and then said that he loved the follow-up record, "She's a Very Lovely Woman." And Linda said she didn't care for "Lovely Woman." But she said that she was performing at The Bitter End in New York and John Boylan suggested she meet the songwriter of "Long Long Time." And Linda said she was reluctant but she went. And that she fell in love with the song.
A few more memories....
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Post by MJH on Sept 25, 2013 12:34:32 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow night in SF: will she stay and sign for her hometown fans? I plan on getting in line as quickly as possible...
If I am not mistaken, I believe you were the one who saw her at Grace Cathedral earlier this year. Sat next to her daughter too at that event, no? Anyway, have a great time!Yes, that was me...sat next to Mary and LR's assistant Janet Stark. Hopefully will see Janet tomorrow night. |
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Post by revin2go on Sept 25, 2013 13:08:37 GMT -5
If you get the chance to ask a question, MJH, please ask Linda about unreleased material in the vaults and if she would be interested in going into the studio and working them into a CD. We fans need MORE Linda music! Thanks  |
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Post by Robert Morse on Sept 25, 2013 13:20:58 GMT -5
Rita Wilson Tweet:
“@ritawilson: met one of my idols. #lindaronstadt #simpledreams was interviewed about her book. It was inspiring and so cool. /photo/1”
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Post by JasonKlose on Sept 25, 2013 17:24:28 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow night in SF: will she stay and sign for her hometown fans? I plan on getting in line as quickly as possible... I hope Linda will be feeling better........being back home in SF. Can't wait for tomorrow evening! You know I will be getting in line as quickly as I can. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Sept 25, 2013 19:18:04 GMT -5
the pic of linda re: the santa monica event is beautiful. wish they photoshopped the face to not be so bright but it really captures her youthful essence and that signature smile. eddiejinnj
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Post by mykeindc on Sept 25, 2013 19:44:23 GMT -5
Re: the subject of money. Linda was asked about that at the DC event, and she said the New York Times piece overstated things. She said she was simply trying to make the point that writers make all of the money off of royalties. She went on to say that she saved her money and that she will be fine, "as long as my kids don't spend too much."
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Post by ronstadtfan4ever on Sept 25, 2013 20:23:16 GMT -5
Those unrecorded song's would be so cool to have her release! I would love to hear them!
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Post by 1peterd on Sept 25, 2013 20:56:30 GMT -5
Re: the subject of money. Linda was asked about that at the DC event, and she said the New York Times piece overstated things. She said she was simply trying to make the point that writers make all of the money off of royalties. She went on to say that she saved her money and that she will be fine, "as long as my kids don't spend too much." When I first saw the NY Times allude to Linda's money and having seen something else about her money only a few days before. I just had to check it out, did not sound logical. Linda net worth was estimated at 115 million dollars two years ago. Not likely she will ever have worries about money. www.celebritynetworth.com/dl/linda-ronstadt-net-worth/ |
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 25, 2013 21:03:31 GMT -5
I have looked at that site before and wonder how accurate it really is. As far as Linda's worth she isn't exactly living like a millionare so you have to wonder. Knowing how down to Earth she it isn't surprising she isn't living large.
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Post by Dianna on Sept 25, 2013 22:34:14 GMT -5
Quote by richbaileyswifesue: I sensed for a while that Linda had begun to disdain the entertainment culture in America to a point where it even colored the way she saw her fans, and I believed that it contributed to her dismissal of what she had achieved during her apex in the 70s and 80s. I think her disdaining about today's entertainment culture, which values trash over substance, is more than justified, but I felt her projection of that disdain onto her established fan base, as well as a potential untapped one, was misguided, and did a fair amount of damage to her in the 90s and into the 2000s. Having gone through her memoir a couple of times now since getting it, I have the feeling she has come to terms with all of that. I only hope she realizes that her fans and her peers alike feel that she has made a big difference, and that, to paraphrase a lyric from the Eagles' "It's Your World Now", she was part of something good (the Los Angeles country-rock movement, for starters), and has left something good behind. I don't know..Sometimes I feel it's some of the fans, myself included who have the problem with "today's entertainment." than Linda does.. sometimes it's our own disdain or feelings being transferred on to what we feel Linda may like or dislike.From what I get.. I think she's pretty open minded.. more than I am for sure .. afterall, she seems to like taylor swift. lol |
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Post by philly on Sept 26, 2013 0:21:46 GMT -5
Re: the subject of money. Linda was asked about that at the DC event, and she said the New York Times piece overstated things. She said she was simply trying to make the point that writers make all of the money off of royalties. She went on to say that she saved her money and that she will be fine, "as long as my kids don't spend too much." When I first saw the NY Times allude to Linda's money and having seen something else about her money only a few days before. I just had to check it out, did not sound logical. Linda net worth was estimated at 115 million dollars two years ago. Not likely she will ever have worries about money. www.celebritynetworth.com/dl/linda-ronstadt-net-worth/ While that website didn't give any sources or info on how they came up with their figures, a couple years ago I took the figure of her net worth in '83, estimated by People magazine to be over 40 million and put it into an inflation calculator. It said that would be worth over 95 million today. So if she just stayed a little ahead of inflation, the 115 million could be accurate. I think downplaying her wealth is consistent with her downplaying her talents. Also, unless you're looking for a loan, its probably safer to underestimate your finances. Keeps away the crooks, vultures and people who want to overcharge you because "you can afford it"....also makes it easier to to not spoil your children, I would think. |
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Post by sliderocker on Sept 26, 2013 4:31:29 GMT -5
The only trouble with whoever does these estimations of a person's worth is that sometimes they are on the money, but other times they miss the mark by a planet or two! Howards Hughes was thought to be worth billions prior to his death. When he died, his estate was worth $70 million. Far from poor but nowhere near a billion. Likeiwse, Elvis was thought to be worth at least $20 million and as much as $200 million prior to his death, but his estate was only worth seven million when he died. His estate today is in excess of $200 million, thanks in part to the way Graceland is managed and also, because Elvis is still revered, but no longer living. Part of the reason his estate was so poor was because while he was alive, he had a large group of people on his payroll and gave away a lot of what was left. These same so called experts have put Paul McCartney's worth at over a billion, and I remember seeing these so called experts place David Bowie's worth at over $900 million (really?), Madonna at $800 million (double really!) and Rod Stewart at over $600 million (roll eyes really!). But, here's the problem with their estimations: who were their sources? Paul McCartney has a large song publishing catalog but I doubt that publishing catalog brings in that much money. He has Buddy Holly's catalog but Linda has done more with Buddy's music than what Paul has ever done with it. Paul still had an issue with Michael Jackson owning much of the Beatles's catalog and whined about wanting it back, but he was no less inclined to give Holly's catalog back to his family. I've no doubt Paul is a rich man, but I don't think he comes close to a billion. Likewise, Bowie, Madonna and Stewart, big name performers but if they're as wealthy as the experts claim, the wealth may have come initially from their recordings but if they truly made that much, they made the money from other sources and investments. For the most part, experts don't know! |
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Post by beatle on Sept 26, 2013 6:00:45 GMT -5
I think McCartney could be a billion. Music publishing (ie who owns the songs) is where all the money is made in the music biz. His company MPL has a huge catalog which not only includes Buddy Holly but also musicals such as Annie and a Chorus Line. You can go to their site and see the list. Quite a few years ago it was said somewhere that he makes about a million a week from mechanical royalties alone. He is simply in a different league than most of this peers... But yes a lot of the estimates of these rock stars seem high. And "worth" is different than cash on hand. Many times these stars declare bankruptcy because they were borrowing against their names. If Rock Star X shows up at a bank somewhere....who wouldn't give him money? He's "rich" right? Rich |
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Post by erik on Sept 26, 2013 9:16:52 GMT -5
Quote by Dianna re. Linda's attitudes on the current entertainment culture + T-Swift:
I suppose we do indeed have a bigger problem with the entertainment culture than Linda does. And maybe she sees something in T-Swift (though as a pop singer, rather than a country one) that the rest of us don't, though I'm stumped as to what that something is (her voice still irritates me no end--Swift's, I mean [LOL]). But I'm really trying to be more open-minded than I have been, if advocating on-the-fringe artists like Tift Merritt and Caitlin Rose (who are serious LR fans) is any indication. I would try to make the case to Linda regarding those two; and Robert would probably do the same re. both Tift, and Regina Spektor.
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Post by sliderocker on Sept 26, 2013 12:20:09 GMT -5
I think McCartney could be a billion. Music publishing (ie who owns the songs) is where all the money is made in the music biz. His company MPL has a huge catalog which not only includes Buddy Holly but also musicals such as Annie and a Chorus Line. You can go to their site and see the list. Quite a few years ago it was said somewhere that he makes about a million a week from mechanical royalties alone. He is simply in a different league than most of this peers... But yes a lot of the estimates of these rock stars seem high. And "worth" is different than cash on hand. Many times these stars declare bankruptcy because they were borrowing against their names. If Rock Star X shows up at a bank somewhere....who wouldn't give him money? He's "rich" right? Rich Music publishing is where the "residual" money is, where the money keeps coming in every time a recording is sold or played on tv, radio, satellite radio or internet or sheet music is sold, but it's still the cheapest of the royalties associated with the recording business. And even as a music publisher, Macca doesn't get to keep all of the publishing money on the songs he himself didn't write, he still has to split the publishing money money with the songwriters or their estates. In the old days of music publishing, the split used to be 50/50, the publisher taking half and the songwriters taking half. As songwriters became more knowledgeable about music publishing, music publishers started making less and less on the publishing side of the business. Some publisher these days just make a quarter interest on the publishing with maybe a 5-15% administrative fee for "running" the publishing company. Of course, Macca owns the publishing on a lot of songs that were divested in other publishing companies. And he acquired those songs by acquiring those companies, which is the way Sony/ATV acquired what was supposed to be a 50% interest in the Beatles copyrights from Michael Jackson. But, again, money can only be made if the songs are being played or sold. Many of them are but I think there's just as many of them that are idled, don't get played and they're not on big selling albums, so they're not making money for Macca. Most of Buddy Holly's catalog is that way. You hear his hits occasionally on the radio or buy them on compilation albums, but the rest of his catalog? It's ironic that Macca is so rich from the publishing on everyone else's songs, yet he wasn't able (along with Yoko) to come up with the money in 1976 to reacquire the Northern Songs/Maclen Music catalog, which of course was mostly the songs he and John Lennon wrote together or separately, although there were a few George Harrison songs published by Northern Songs as well. As for Macca making a million a week from the mechanical royalties, maybe so, but those claims reek of being the "Howard Hughes is a billionaire" variety. Current royalties being what they are (9.1 cents per recording sold) and assuming the split between publisher and songwriter is 50/50, that would mean the songs collectively would have to be selling about 250 million every week. Again, collectively, but that again still seems like too large of a number and an exaggeration of income. |
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Post by rick on Sept 26, 2013 12:20:36 GMT -5
Re: the subject of money. Linda was asked about that at the DC event, and she said the New York Times piece overstated things. She said she was simply trying to make the point that writers make all of the money off of royalties. She went on to say that she saved her money and that she will be fine, "as long as my kids don't spend too much." I find the $130 million figure to be high, but what do I know? She certainly doesn't seem to living high on the hog, to quote RonstadtFanAZ. She did mention here the subject of the money being with the person who was the songwriting royalties. And Linda said something like, "And I've never get around to paying them." I think she meant it in jest. She did have trouble remembering -- as we all do -- from time to time, and she would say, "Parkinson's brain," and them move on. Another memory I had is that the moderator, Patt Morrison, said to Linda, " Why 'Simple Dreams'? I thought a better title for your book would have 'Restless Heart'?" And Linda kinda scrunched up her nose and said, "Because I had simple dreams. My dreams were simple. I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to be able to sing." |
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 26, 2013 12:34:58 GMT -5
A lot of very wealthy people lost over half or more of their savings and investments in the great crash of 2008. If they panicked and moved the leftovers to a safer venue then their fortune never rebuilt itself as it has for others who left it invested.
It is ashame that Linda didn't care for her voice as much as us fans (or like Rod Stewart does his voice) as she may have recorded hundreds of songs, even if in a home studio, to release in her waning years. Jim Reeves is a good example of how that could work in your favor.
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Post by richbaileyswifesue on Sept 26, 2013 13:15:45 GMT -5
A lot of very wealthy people lost over half or more of their savings and investments in the great crash of 2008. If they panicked and moved the leftovers to a safer venue then their fortune never rebuilt itself as it has for others who left it invested. It is ashame that Linda didn't care for her voice as much as us fans (or like Rod Stewart does his voice) as she may have recorded hundreds of songs, even if in a home studio, to release in her waning years. Jim Reeves is a good example of how that could work in your favor. Care meaning she didn't care for it or didn't take care of it? I doubt either is true, especially the latter unless she said she didn't like her voice. Oh sure, I bet she heard all kinds of warts that we would never hear because her ear is so incredibly precise; she probably was hard on herself, being a perfectionist and all. |
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Post by erik on Sept 26, 2013 15:03:05 GMT -5
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I think it's the first, because Linda always wanted to be note-perfect, which I can't blame her for. The only problem is, if you strive too hard for something that is really unapproachable, you wind up sounding a touch soulless, and a mere vocal technician.
If I have any criticism of Linda's later records, it's that the tendency towards perfectionism made some of them a little bit dry, as opposed to what I felt was a fiery go-for-broke approach, both on the ballads and the rockers, that she had in the period from 1968 to 1983.
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