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Post by rick on Apr 7, 2012 1:59:38 GMT -5
I remember that Linda chose to sing "Desperado" with Dan Grolnick on piano as the final encore when she was touring with Nelson Riddle as part of her "What's New?" tour.
This is a pretty good quality of the song from the program that was broadcast on Japanese television back at that time.
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Post by Dianna on Apr 7, 2012 13:40:25 GMT -5
I wonder if Linda started taking vocal lessons around that time or perhaps the riddle material helped her to become a better singer.. not that she ever needed it, but you can tell here she is a lot more polished than her previous work.
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Post by fabtastique on Apr 7, 2012 16:14:59 GMT -5
Outstanding....
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Post by erik on Apr 7, 2012 20:26:42 GMT -5
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She probably was, I agree. For certain styles of music, though, I'm not sure being polished vocally is really all that necessary. Some would even argue that it can actually rob the singer of a certain amount of authenticity.
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Post by rick on Apr 7, 2012 22:50:05 GMT -5
She probably was, I agree. For certain styles of music, though, I'm not sure being polished vocally is really all that necessary. Some would even argue that it can actually rob the singer of a certain amount of authenticity. I am wondering. Didn't Linda perhaps take voice lessons or have a coach to be able to go into her head voice for Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance"? She sings some amazing high notes in "Poor Wand'ring One." Linda has often talked about how when she was young listening to the radio and singing with her family that they listened to all kinds of music. I imagine Linda was exposed to operetta as well as Mexican music, standards, folk, etc. It wouldln't surprise me that with Linda having detailed in her interview with Marian McPartland on "Piano Jazz" how she was in England making the film of "Pirates of Penzance" and listening to Frank Sinatra and how she was dying to sing those songs. And then we all know what happened when Linda's first attempt / stab at the standards with "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" was aborted and then she called in Nelson Riddle. Maybe when Linda publishes her autobiography, we will learn more. But, yes, Dianna, Linda's approach/take on "Desperado" here is different from how she sang it in the early 1970s. Part of that can also be that she is singing it with Nelson Riddle conducting and a full orchestra and that she had just finished singing a full evening of standards. |
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Post by Dianna on Apr 7, 2012 22:51:11 GMT -5
True. Not polished in the form of "pageant," which I loathe. A better term might be, skillful. A song like Desperado is sung best from the heart, and as Linda has once previously described, when she sings a song, the song usually has somebody's name and address on it. Desperado, has her own.
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Post by mysteryguest on Apr 8, 2012 0:50:58 GMT -5
I wonder how many times anyone can sing a song and actually sound authentic? It would be interesting to find out from Linda why she has always chosen that song as her encore.
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Post by sliderocker on Apr 8, 2012 11:27:32 GMT -5
I wonder how many times anyone can sing a song and actually sound authentic? It would be interesting to find out from Linda why she has always chosen that song as her encore. My guess would be the reason she has always chosen "Desperado" as her encore is that the lyrics likely hit pretty close to home for her, although many artists often dismiss the idea that certain songs have personal meanings for them. I don't know if Linda would readily admit to a personal connection with "Desperado" but when she sings that song, it seems like the vocal always comes straight from Linda's heart. I did think it interesting that at one of her concerts, Linda once asked the audience if it wasn't someone else's turn to sing "Desperado." Someone else can always sing it but could they put their life, heart and soul into the song, which was what made it Linda's song? That's difficult as done by any other artist, even including the Eagles (including Glenn Frey and Don Henley, who wrote the song), it's just another song for whom there doesn't seem to be any personal meaning. |
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Post by mysteryguest on Apr 9, 2012 20:40:53 GMT -5
I did think it interesting that at one of her concerts, Linda once asked the audience if it wasn't someone else's turn to sing "Desperado."
That would (or should) have been Karen Carpenter who recorded a wonderful version that influenced many copycat covers. You know she had to relate to that song but in a different way.
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Post by Guest on Apr 1, 2019 1:07:27 GMT -5
Linda starting taking voice lessons in New York for Pirates of Penzance with Marge Rivingston who wrote a book and it is on Amazon. I believe she sang "Desperado" as a sort of trade off for her Rock fans but I think regretted it and it has since been left off the original taping of What's New recorded in Santa Barbara.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2022 18:20:51 GMT -5
Of all the many filmed performances of Linda singing "Desperado", which is your favourite?
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Post by memac62 on May 28, 2022 18:43:01 GMT -5
Yokohama Japan 1984
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Post by erik on May 28, 2022 19:08:53 GMT -5
Linda's March 1974 appearance on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert with her favorite in-house desperados (LOL):
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 6:24:39 GMT -5
Moved to an old thread so bumped.
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Post by prisonerindisguise on May 31, 2022 11:57:04 GMT -5
For certain styles of music, though, I'm not sure being polished vocally is really all that necessary. Some would even argue that it can actually rob the singer of a certain amount of authenticity. Absolutely. I can't imagine Mad Love or Living in the U.S.A. with the same level of vocal polish and perfection as something like Hasten Down the Wind, and I feel that the more polished and perfect vocals on Get Closer might've actually hurt some of those songs a bit, especially I Knew You When. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on May 31, 2022 16:04:36 GMT -5
One of the criticisms of LITUSA was that it was too perfect. I saw that on more than one occasion. eddiejinnj
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Post by guest on May 31, 2022 16:19:55 GMT -5
One of the criticisms of LITUSA was that it was too perfect. I saw that on more than one occasion. eddiejinnj Linda's self-titled 1972 album was described as "near perfect" which sounds more positive than "too perfect." |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2022 17:15:53 GMT -5
With some media & writers Linda was in a lose-lose situation, they would have gunned for her no matter what she did or did not. Why Linda entertained RS & it's ilk so much, especially posing for photos she knew she would dislike published, is something I would like to ask her, since they are the anathema of feminism, and sexually exploitive.
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Post by rick on Nov 17, 2022 20:29:58 GMT -5
This newly posted video says it is in 4K HD --
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