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Post by erik on Jun 16, 2019 12:49:13 GMT -5
Besides her rendition of Linda's own songwriting effort "Try Me Again", the track where Trisha sounds the most like her spiritual role model, in my opinion, was the Matraca Berg-penned "They Call It Falling For A Reason" from her 2007 album Heaven, Heartache, And The Power Of Love.
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 16, 2019 12:57:10 GMT -5
Besides her rendition of Linda's own songwriting effort "Try Me Again", the track where Trisha sounds the most like her spiritual role model, in my opinion, was the Matraca Berg-penned "They Call It Falling For A Reason" from her 2007 album Heaven, Heartache, And The Power Of Love.
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 17, 2019 13:42:55 GMT -5
I am not sure who the sound alike singer is but the woman on the swing chair sure is a Linda look alike as well. Reminds me of Linda in Pirates as Mabel. Nice video.
*Freezing* - Phillip Glass & Linda Ronstadt. - Hot Gossip Dancers
Christian Čermelj Published on Nov 5, 2016 Hot Gossip dancers in television show (23-10-86). Music: Freezing - Phillip Glass & Linda Ronstadt
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2021 12:00:44 GMT -5
I really wish I had saved the live concert with Glass and Linda several years ago that was on YouTube .... can’t believe I didn’t do that!
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Post by guest on Mar 30, 2021 14:21:24 GMT -5
I really wish I had saved the live concert with Glass and Linda several years ago that was on YouTube .... can’t believe I didn’t do that! fyi that isn't Linda Ronstadt singing.
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Post by Gost on Mar 30, 2021 15:05:24 GMT -5
Definitly not Linda singing. Is the Linda the background soprano?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2021 10:28:14 GMT -5
Real deal
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Post by songbird on Apr 7, 2021 8:39:05 GMT -5
I was at work one day when i heard "The night they drove ole dixie down" i looked at the screen to see if it was Linda Ronstadt! I thought i never knew she done that! Then read it was Joan Baez. So then i looked up her other song Diamonds and Rust to listen to her voice there. It also really reminded me of Linda's
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Post by songbird on Apr 7, 2021 8:57:08 GMT -5
The reason i started listening to Tricia Yearwood was because i could tell she was a Linda fan. The Sweetest Gift was a song i loved from an early age and when i heard Tricia do it, I knew she was a fan. As was i! Besides her rendition of Linda's own songwriting effort "Try Me Again", the track where Trisha sounds the most like her spiritual role model, in my opinion, was the Matraca Berg-penned "They Call It Falling For A Reason" from her 2007 album Heaven, Heartache, And The Power Of Love.
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Post by erik on Apr 7, 2021 9:02:51 GMT -5
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It wouldn't surprise me to hear about this confusion. I always felt that Linda occasionally seemed to emulate Joan's vocal style at the start of her own career in 1967 with the Stone Poneys, likely because Joan's influence in the 1960's folk music movement was so prevalent. And Linda did cop to that influence, as well as that of Judy Collins. Later on, of course, Linda took all these all disparate influences (including her spiritual role model Lola Beltran) and became her own woman, who invariably got emulated by a lot of women to come, including Trisha Yearwood of course.
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Post by counselorscottie on Apr 16, 2022 8:02:39 GMT -5
While I knew Jennifer's 3 "big" songs, I never thought of her much one way or another. Linda turned me on to her. She really is a great singer, though I don't hear any similarities between the two (There are those who've referred to JW as the "poor man's" LR). J's chest voice sits lower, though she is actually a soprano. The voice is lighter, more lyric, and a little less (noticeable) range. In interviews, Linda has said JW is a "way better singer." Has anyone ever known her go into more detail of that assessment? I will say, Jennifer (particularly when they were younger) was a much better storyteller. Her sense of phrasing is VERY good. Even in 1969-70 she seemed fully formed, while Linda seemed a bit green (like a tremendously talented amateur)--"Don't Cry Now" showed dramatic vocal & professional growth? Thoughts?
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Post by eddiejinnj on Apr 16, 2022 8:21:20 GMT -5
I personally have never heard "early" JW to assess the perception of professionalism. I basically know her for her hits and on the song "Excitable Boy" with Linda. eddiejinfl
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Post by counselorscottie on Apr 16, 2022 8:49:58 GMT -5
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Post by PoP80 on Apr 16, 2022 11:21:27 GMT -5
Linda thinks everyone is a better singer than she is, so that's a debatable point. I do hear some similarities in their voices, but I prefer Linda's vibrato and the emotion that she brings to a song.
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Post by Dianna on Apr 16, 2022 13:34:27 GMT -5
I think some folks were confused when this song came out.(Right Time Of The Night) I knew it wasn't Linda because I saw J.W. on a tv show sing this. I liked her voice enough and bought the albums "Shot through the Heart," and "Jennifer Warnes." Her style was close enough to Linda's. I think this was around the time when Linda was at the peak of her career, a superstar, and many of the girl singers at that time were similar in a way to Linda.. Juice Newton, Nicolette Larson & Karla Bonoff..Linda was the "it girl," and perhaps record companies wanted to cash in on that "Linda sound."
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Post by Linda Fan 5 on Apr 16, 2022 14:49:29 GMT -5
Here’s my take on this. Linda is quoted as saying “the essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.” Well, Linda had all 3 in abundance, she worked tirelessly and caught some lucky breaks too. The tale as old as as time is why one singer finds incredible fame and another singer does not. It certainly vexed Linda when she became a star and felt unworthy. She said she walked around apologizing to everyone, and with her usual grace she’d say “my records not that good, I don’t know why it’s number one.” She said it was actually a tough time instead of a triumphant, happy one. And at the height of her success she would bend over backwards to help Nicolette Larson, Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt, Valerie Carter, and Jennifer Warnes. Linda’s great looks and charisma definitely played a role. They can’t be separated. I mean, I wasn’t going to have 7 posters on my wall of Phoebe Snow or even Emmylou or Dolly. But I felt I KNEW Linda right away, she was the girl next door with the incredible voice, the substitute teacher you could not take your eyes off of. I met Linda twice and her friendly manner and how gorgeous she is literally rendered me speechless. She was giving me 100% of her attention for the few minutes I stood there like an idiot. Never meet your crush, it was awful. I’m gay so I’m not exactly sure why I was so smitten. I’ve been lucky to meet other celebrities and it went just fine. I’m a nut job when it comes to Linda and it embarrasses me. I’ve seen her live ten times and my friends laugh at the trance I go into and how red faced I get. Here’s the difference. Jennifer Warnes, Rita Coolidge, Olivia Newton John are artists I can like and not love. If you see the documentary film “20 Feet From Stardom” about backup singers like Merrie Clayton, Clydie King and others you do ask yourself “why NOT them?” I think it does boils down to backstory. For some reason we have to sense that we know this Star, and even become protective of them. I have to imagine Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift have the kinds of fans that they do because those fans completely and 100% relate to them. That’s the story of me and Linda, I guess. But it turns out we’ll never really know.
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Post by rick on Apr 16, 2022 15:11:14 GMT -5
Linda thinks everyone is a better singer than she is, so that's a debatable point. I do hear some similarities in their voices, but I prefer Linda's vibrato and the emotion that she brings to a song. Pop, I agree. Who is to say why people gravitate toward one singer (I have a good friend who is as devoted to Toni Tenille as we are to Linda ... to each his / her own), but I can remember people talking about Jennifer Warnes and, if I am not mistaken, I believe I used to see her on TV variety shows. And I would watch and think, "Yeah, I need to buy an album of hers and check out her music," but I never did. She wasn't -- in my opinion -- compelling enough in the way that Linda is to me. It's possible Jennifer just didn't have the right producer the way that Linda did with Peter Asher who contributed to "Don't Cry Now" and then would produce a string of successful albums for Linda. Bonnie Raitt had been kicking around to acclaim but not great sales until she teamed up with Don Was and that really gave her a much wider audience. (And just this past week, Bonnie's Don Was-produced "Nick of Time" was inducted into the National Recording Registry). In doing some research before making this post, I saw many heartfelt tributes by Jennifer Warnes about Joe Cocker upon his passing. Of course, they teamed up for "Up Where We Belong" from "Officer and a Gentleman." Maybe someone else remembers this, but I have a memory of Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker accepting an award together and Jennifer was speaking and I don't know why but Joe Cocker chimed in something like, "Well, Jennifer, *I* helped." Does anyone else remember that? I do believe that Linda was a singular talent and she knew how to choose the right material for her voice and then what to do with the material with her voice.
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Post by PoP80 on Apr 16, 2022 15:21:03 GMT -5
Rick, I don't remember that comment from Joe Cocker, but Jennifer Warnes says singing with Joe Cocker was "one of the most thrilling things" she's done in her life. If he did interrupt her, it was probably taken in good humor. Jennifer has had a respectable career, but she lacks Linda's natural charisma in my opinion.
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Post by daveb on Apr 16, 2022 18:47:29 GMT -5
"Don't Cry Now" showed dramatic vocal & professional growth? Thoughts? I've written before that I loved Linda since Different Drum, but, yeah, when she sang Don't Cry Now, Desperado, and especially Love Has no Pride I was so in love with her. Vocal growth yes, she had always been great, but the emotional impact she brought to these songs was another level. >>rick wrote "Of course, they teamed up for "Up Where We Belong" from "Officer and a Gentleman."<< maybe I'm misreading, but it seems you guys are missing the point. Jennifer gained fame with the songs with Joe Cocker, and Bill Medley, but any Jennifer Warnes fan knows that she is a serious singer of artful songs, and a niche artist. She was never to be thought of in the same category as Linda. Her serious work on "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "The Hunter" is in a class by itself.
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Post by Partridge on Apr 17, 2022 1:14:15 GMT -5
I think Jennifer Warnes' first two Arista albums were meant to put her in the same category as Linda Ronstadt. She used some of the same musicians as Linda on the first album, and even more on the second. She got a few hit singles, but no real traction in the marketplace. And to my ears, the singles Right Time of the Night, I'm Dreaming, and I Know a Heartache seemed very much an attempt to appeal to those who appreciated Linda Ronstadt.
She did well with movie songs.
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Post by rick on Apr 17, 2022 1:33:49 GMT -5
Jennifer Warnes Wikipedia page EARLY LIFE Warnes was born on March 3, 1947, in Seattle, Washington, United States, and raised in Anaheim, California. Her desire and ability to sing came early; at age seven she was offered her first recording contract, which her father declined. She sang in church and local pageants until age 17 when Warnes was offered an opera scholarship to Immaculate Heart College. Warnes chose to sing folk music as it became popularized by Joan Baez in the mid-1960s. In 1968, after a few years with musical theatre and clubs, she signed with Parrot Records (a London Records subsidiary) and recorded her first album. That year, she joined the cast of the television show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.Early in her career, industry advisors suggested Warnes change her name to "Warren", but then realized that there was already an actress named Jennifer Warren, so she performed briefly as simply 'Jennifer', though she was credited as Jennifer Warren when she provided duet vocals for singer-guitarist Mason Williams on his 1968 album, The Mason Williams Ear Show. Soon, however, she returned to her birth name.[citation needed] In November 1968, Warnes (as "Jennifer Warren") portrayed the female lead in the Los Angeles, California, production of the stage musical Hair.[3] She had a related UK single release as "Jennifer" on London HLU 10278 in June 1969 with "Let The Sunshine In" and "Easy to Be Hard", licensed from the US Parrot label.[5] <snip> Discography Albums Year Album 1968 I Can Remember Everything Parrot 1969 See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me Parrot 1972 Jennifer Reprise 1976 Jennifer Warnes Arista 1979 Shot Through The Heart Arista 1986 Famous Blue Raincoat Cypress 1992 The Hunter Private Music 2001 The Well Music Force/Cisco 2018 Another Time, Another Place Music BMG Rights Management
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Post by Dianna on Apr 17, 2022 1:52:45 GMT -5
I had forgotten about this lady. Amy Wooley. Rob posted this early on in this thread. She sounds like a clone of Linda's. I think she's on facebook.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Apr 17, 2022 6:31:33 GMT -5
I would have thought JW had more than 9 albums to date. I am so grateful that Linda was sooooo busy recording many albums and being on so many others albums also. Peace to all!!!! eddiejinfl
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Post by eddiejinnj on Apr 17, 2022 6:59:20 GMT -5
I like JW's version of "Song of Bernadette" but I love Aaron and Linda's version especially their ending of the song. eddiejinfl
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2022 7:07:24 GMT -5
I had pin-up girl singers (I'm not gay) that I lusted for and listened to at the same time. In the 1970s, they were Agnetha & Frida from Abba mostly. Abba was then, in UK, Europe & Australia, as big or bigger than Linda was in the US. Abba's hits were disco, romance & tearjerkers. "Mama Mia" show/movie has the songs, but not the skill. Abba was huge, only BeeGees and Queen could rival them in the UK.
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Post by daveb on Apr 17, 2022 18:23:02 GMT -5
I like JW's version of "Song of Bernadette" but I love Aaron and Linda's version especially their ending of the song. eddiejinfl Wow, I didn't know Linda sang that with Aaron. I just listened on youtube to their live version and fortunately also the studio version. I could hardly get through the live performance. First off, the song is in the first person "I did not forget, that child, that song of Bernadette" and so it does not lend itself to a duet. Moreover, especially on the live version the thoughtful, introspective beauty of this Leonard Cohen work, is trampled by the over singing of Aaron Neville. And though Linda is my favorite of all, this is not really a song that her voice does justice, though she sounds much better on the studio version. This of course is just my opinion, I think I must come from a different musical background than you guys here. i know I'm probably older Dave
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2022 5:50:54 GMT -5
I prefer Linda's duets with Aaron on his albums, though "All My Life" is a favourite from Cry..Howl..
Turning to Trisha, her cover of "Mr Radio" is good vocally and very Linda-like, but too loud guitars. 8/10 Trisha to Linda's 10/10 perfection.
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Post by rick on Apr 18, 2022 6:40:18 GMT -5
I prefer the studio version of Linda’s and Aaron’s duet of “Bernadette” over the live version. Here is Bette Midler’s take on the song —
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2022 6:55:59 GMT -5
Live version of "Ave Maria" is better. In the studio version, you only hear Linda at the very end.
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