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Post by erik on Feb 16, 2013 20:09:45 GMT -5
Quote by jhar26 re. Leo Sayer:
True; he's probably out of his league doing the Stones or singing with Linda. But a number of critics thought that Linda herself stepped out of her (or is it their idea of her) box when she did "Tumbling Dice" to begin with. Anyway, what L.S. does on his own, I think he does well.
Insofar as someone like Jessica Simpson (or J-Sim, as I call her) goes, I don't think it would matter one way or another what her weight is like. Her public image, that of a blonde airhead, whether real or not, is really quite grotesque (IMHO).
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Post by sliderocker on Feb 17, 2013 4:31:03 GMT -5
I've always considered Leo Sayer a lightweight. He's way out of his league singing Stones material or singing with Ronstadt. My comments aside about Sayer, as far as being a lightweight, here in the US, he is or was. In Europe and the rest of the world? I don't know. He could've been a much bigger star or singer in Europe than he ever was in the US. We get this narcisstic, egotistical, myopic attitude that As goes the US, so goes the rest of the world. But, that's not true in any sense of the word, Singers who had a lot of hits in the US may only have had one or two hits elsewhere or maybe none at all. We need to get it out of our heads that the rest of the world follows our lead on music, and that our lighweights are the lightweights everywhere else too.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 18, 2013 11:06:55 GMT -5
Leo's Endless Flight album was excellent as was his version of the title song which was written by another favorite of mine, Andrew Gold (another underrated talent). So he is a bit hyper, lol. Too much sugar maybe.
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Post by sliderocker on Feb 18, 2013 14:19:08 GMT -5
Leo's Endless Flight album was excellent as was his version of the title song which was written by another favorite of mine, Andrew Gold (another underrated talent). So he is a bit hyper, lol. Too much sugar maybe. I thought he and Richard Simmons were separated at birth! ;D All kidding aside, I did like some of his songs, like The Show Must Go On (covered by and made into a hit by Three Dog Night, one of their final hits - curiously, TDN got slammed by some critics for depriving Sayer a hit with the same song), Long Tall Glasses, Just a Boy and one of his biggest hits, When I Need You. Odd that that song's not played much today but You Make Me Feel Like Dancing gets played a lot on oldies, along with LTG. Any time I hear the opening strains of YMMFLD, I change the station. They play it too much, and it wasn't that great of a song!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2013 15:04:43 GMT -5
Switching the trend a bit... youtube commenters do not always present humanity in their best light ... If you want to concentrate on the beauty of the performance and not be distracted by whatever verbal swill lurks underneath, you CAN block comments thusly: lifehacker.com/5830390/block-youtube-comments-with-adblock-plus
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Post by sliderocker on Feb 18, 2013 15:16:09 GMT -5
Switching the trend a bit... youtube commenters do not always present humanity in their best light ... If you want to concentrate on the beauty of the performance and not be distracted by whatever verbal swill lurks underneath, you CAN block comments thusly: lifehacker.com/5830390/block-youtube-comments-with-adblock-plusThanks for the link. Can the comments be blocked for a particular video or certain comments blocked or does it block the comments for all videos? A lot of people seem to take great delight in making nasty and vicious comments but there are many favorable comments in among the mean and nasty. I'd hate to block the comments of another fan just because I was trying to block out the non-fan. You gotta figure what are they watching for if they're not a fan in the first place?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2013 15:56:05 GMT -5
I have not tested it out as far as filtering out comments, but it seems though this method will filter out all comments; I guess you can go in and remove it from the blocked section. I don't think the technology has evolved to the point where it can choose the negative comments. Frankly, if I were to post a youtube video, I would probably opt to block comments.. a sad commentary..
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Post by musicaamator on Feb 19, 2013 20:07:40 GMT -5
In the video above, towards the end Linda mouths something to Russ Kunkel, the drummer. Looks like she is saying "I'm too old!"
Is that what she is saying?
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Post by sliderocker on Feb 19, 2013 20:18:41 GMT -5
In the video above, towards the end Linda mouths something to Russ Kunkel, the drummer. Looks like she is saying " I'm too old!" Is that what she is saying? "I'm too old!" would be my guess as to what she was saying, but then the question would be what was the question he asked her that elicited her response?
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 19, 2013 20:19:15 GMT -5
I thought this comment on The First Cut comment section was a bit amusing: DIY1977 1 year ago
I agree about the RNRoll HOFame sentiments.. I saw her in '78 in Dallas. Had pretty good seats, about 30 feet away. Talk about subtley seductive. Her dress strap broke. She kept performing, and fiddling with the strap.. I was 16 years old and on a date with my high school sweetheart .. it was almost too much..
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Post by JasonKlose on Feb 19, 2013 20:24:09 GMT -5
In the video above, towards the end Linda mouths something to Russ Kunkel, the drummer. Looks like she is saying " I'm too old!" Is that what she is saying? I've seen this video before but never took notice to it. I watched Linda's lips and it certainly looks like she's saying that. If she did, why would she say that? She certainly wasn't old. She would have been 36 I believe.....still a very young woman. Maybe she was already thinking about doing the standards with Nelson Riddle and thought she was getting too old to do the rock 'n' roll?
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Post by sliderocker on Feb 19, 2013 20:50:29 GMT -5
I've seen this video before but never took notice to it. I watched Linda's lips and it certainly looks like she's saying that. If she did, why would she say that? She certainly wasn't old. She would have been 36 I believe.....still a very young woman. Maybe she was already thinking about doing the standards with Nelson Riddle and thought she was getting too old to do the rock 'n' roll? Maybe Kunkel asked Linda out on a date or encouraging her to have a wardrobe malfunction? I don't know if she would've been thinking about doing the album of standards with Nelson Riddle at that point, but she was by no means too old to rock and roll. Not when you consider many of her musical contemporaries were still going strong in the rock field themselves. I think her comment was in response to something else, but unless one could get a different camera angle wherein you could get an idea as to what Kunkel's question was, what the question was will likely never be known. (Unless Linda has seen the video and it jars her memory where she can write about it in her book.)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2013 21:41:08 GMT -5
It does look like Linda is saying 'I'm too old'.. It could be she is feeling too old to be doing the rock and roll thing..
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Post by musicaamator on Feb 20, 2013 8:08:43 GMT -5
I've seen this video before but never took notice to it. I watched Linda's lips and it certainly looks like she's saying that. If she did, why would she say that? She certainly wasn't old. She would have been 36 I believe.....still a very young woman. Maybe she was already thinking about doing the standards with Nelson Riddle and thought she was getting too old to do the rock 'n' roll? Maybe Kunkel asked Linda out on a date or encouraging her to have a wardrobe malfunction? I don't know if she would've been thinking about doing the album of standards with Nelson Riddle at that point, but she was by no means too old to rock and roll. Not when you consider many of her musical contemporaries were still going strong in the rock field themselves. I think her comment was in response to something else, but unless one could get a different camera angle wherein you could get an idea as to what Kunkel's question was, what the question was will likely never be known. (Unless Linda has seen the video and it jars her memory where she can write about it in her book.) Two guesses as to why she might have said that: 1. Russ might of said: "How are you?" 2. Nothing was said, and Linda probably felt a changing of the guard at the Grammy's that year, with Benetar, Branigan and other young ones (Lauper, Nena, etc) just making their mark on the music biz. Or something else...
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Post by JasonKlose on Feb 20, 2013 15:37:57 GMT -5
I just wanted to comment again on these people who make perverted, disgusting, nasty comments about Linda on YouTube, particularly this jerk who used to be known as Lindawatcher. He usually makes most of his remarks on the videos of Linda when she appeared on the Tonight Show in 1983, and he usually talks back and forth with someone else. I just saw it recently and it's totally disgusting. He has absolutely no respect for Linda and must not respect himself either.
After listening to the conversation with Linda the other day, I understand that she gets on YouTube as well. I know she has said before that she doesn't like to listen to her own voice, so I'm sure she would not want to watch any videos of herself either. She would probably cringe at that. But what if while listening to opera, she sees a related video of herself, becomes a little curious and decides to watch it. I'd hate to see her read some of the comments that people make, especially the really vulgar stuff. I'm sure she would be shocked and extremely offended. Let's hope she doesn't look.
I wish there was a way to block all the negative comments and keep the positive ones. These people need to have some respect for Linda if they're going to comment, otherwise GO AWAY! I'm sure all of us here on this forum have the utmost respect for Linda, myself included. If only YouTube could just be a little more strict with their rules in regard to comments.
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Post by Travis on Mar 2, 2013 14:36:31 GMT -5
I have always liked Linda, but that took on a whole new level after watching "The History of the Eagles." She is insanely talents and such a sexy innocence mixed with confidence back then. I have become smitten. Then I found this picture and porn is out of my life forever! www.lazygirls.info/Linda_Ronstadt/Upskirt_qO53h0y
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 26, 2013 15:30:24 GMT -5
Also one of my favorite Ronstadt tunes. It could easily be a Bond song.
Published on Oct 29, 2012
In the Spring of 1980 I was working for WHBQ in Memphis, TN. While leaving Memphis on a Friday night to drive to Florida I decided to tune in one of our competitor's to hear what they were doing on the air. The jock said they were in the process of playing the new Linda Ronstadt album, "Mad Love" , without interruption, with Side 2 starting in 10 seconds. Of course this gave listeners the chance to start their cassette recorders and tape the album off the air. The first tune that played, "Look Out For My Love", written by the legendary Neil Young, absolutely blew me away. I thought it to be one of her finest performances on record ever. A month or so later, I scored tickets to her Memphis concert at the Mid-South Coliseum and she included the song in her show. Later in the year, it was released as a single but was on the "B" side of "I Can't Let Go" which was also included on the "Mad Love" LP. It remains one of my all-time favorite songs by a singer who still puts modern day singers to shame. I hope you enjoy the video, my story that goes with it, and will share the music.
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Post by revin2go on Mar 26, 2013 15:56:22 GMT -5
I think Linda was looking out into the audience that night at the Grammys and realized how young the new breed of singers and musicians were. Music was changing dramatically in the early 80s and she probably felt her day in the sun (as far as rock and roll) was behind her or surely getting close to it. It was wise of her to switch gears at that point, although I was wondering if she would ever return to pop rock. I'm glad she did with Rainstorm and We Ran.
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Post by sliderocker on Mar 26, 2013 19:17:00 GMT -5
I think Linda was looking out into the audience that night at the Grammys and realized how young the new breed of singers and musicians were. Music was changing dramatically in the early 80s and she probably felt her day in the sun (as far as rock and roll) was behind her or surely getting close to it. It was wise of her to switch gears at that point, although I was wondering if she would ever return to pop rock. I'm glad she did with Rainstorm and We Ran. I don't know that she would've looked at the new breed of singers and musicians and realized how young they were, not when you consider she wasn't all that old at that point in her life and not that much older than many of the new musicians and singers who were around, and who were in their mid to late 20s or maybe even early 30s themselves. The number of new acts whose members were in their late teens and early 20s probably wasn't that many. Most rock and rollers in the 80s didn't achieve success when they were in their early 20s like they did in the 50s and 60s or even 70s. And maybe the truth of the matter is that really much younger rockers did not achieve success in any era until they were in their mid-20s at least. And most that did achieve some success at an earlier age didn't really last very long, as far as maintaining a presence. Linda was one of the few artists to have a long run, and I don't think she or anyone could've predicted when that streak would've come to an end.
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Post by JasonKlose on Mar 30, 2013 9:11:37 GMT -5
Go to YouTube to see this video of Linda. Incredible performance as usual, but SO CUTE too! She introduces her band.
But also read some of the comments. I had made a few comments there myself. I mentioned that I'm a freelance journalist and how much I would love to meet Linda and interview her. Then someone replied to my comment. I've read other comments from this person and they are actually nice and complimentary. But this one comment got under my skin a little.
They said that Linda's sweet personality when she was young would not prepare me for the person she is now. They said that she is just plain rude and they wished me luck if I would happen to meet her. I'm not sure what rudeness they are referring to. Do they not agree with Linda's politics? Was it the things she said about Pres. Bush, the Michael Moore Las Vegas incident in 2004? I don't know, but I don't think it's right to judge someone just based on how you feel about the person.......just because you don't agree with them. I'll admit, Linda did seem a little annoyed and grumpy around that time. Maybe it was because of her illness, I'm not sure.
I believe Linda is perhaps the happiest she's ever been in her life. I think she is content with what she has done and with where she is and what she is doing now. I even told this person on YouTube, look up the website for Grace Cathedral in San Francisco; she spoke there on Feb. 10. Download and listen to the audio file. She is a wonderful lady.....sweet, down-to-earth, gracious, polite, funny. I don't detect any rudeness there.
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Post by sliderocker on Mar 30, 2013 13:30:43 GMT -5
But also read some of the comments. I had made a few comments there myself. I mentioned that I'm a freelance journalist and how much I would love to meet Linda and interview her. Then someone replied to my comment. I've read other comments from this person and they are actually nice and complimentary. But this one comment got under my skin a little.
One of the things I've noticed about the internet is a tendency for it to bring out the worst in some people. They delight in ripping people apart, people they don't know personally. That can be especially true when it's politics one is discussing. The nasty comments on youtube, I don't get though. If you're not a fan, why are you watching (if you are watching) in the first place? Much less leaving nasty, hateful comments. If I ran youtube, I'd make it a point that all the nasty comments would be removed and would also advise the posters that they run the risk of being blocked if they kept it up.
They said that Linda's sweet personality when she was young would not prepare me for the person she is now. They said that she is just plain rude and they wished me luck if I would happen to meet her. I'm not sure what rudeness they are referring to.
It's possible someone could've had a chance meeting with her, and the person was hoping for a chance to spend some time talking with her, and she wasn't in the mood or didn't have the time. Linda may have needed to respond to the person in a rude manner because the person didn't take the hint. Some celebrities don't mind talking to their fans when they have the time, whereas others are uncomfortable around their fans. I could see Linda being friendly enough to say hello, and maybe talking to an fan for a brief time, but I think she would either be too busy and have other things to do, or had a free moment for herself. Some might foreget she has a life too. Much as I'd like to know her personally, as a fan, I wouldn't want to impose on her life like that.
Do they not agree with Linda's politics? Was it the things she said about Pres. Bush, the Michael Moore Las Vegas incident in 2004? I don't know, but I don't think it's right to judge someone just based on how you feel about the person.......just because you don't agree with them. I'll admit, Linda did seem a little annoyed and grumpy around that time. Maybe it was because of her illness, I'm not sure.
It's probably more her politics than anything else. Politics have gotten so increasingly polarized over the past 20 years, that certain people are too intolerant of what other people think politically. There's no civility, just a "my side is right and your side is wrong." The amount of hate coming forth from right wing talk radio is a big contributor to that polarization. Those on the extreme right have the screwy idea that a celebrity like Linda gives up her right to speak her mind just because she's a celebrity and has a higher profile. Of course, the extreme right never says anything when the celebrity in question is a conservative celebrity. Them, it's okay for that kind of celebrity to speak their mind. I don't know that I'd consider Linda annoyed and grumpy, though I wouldn't have blamed her if she did feel that way. She got some undeserved negative press from the Vegas incident, and as for Bush, well, those on the right have a short attention span as they don't seem to remember giving Clinton a hard time every day of his presidency. Linda handled the Vegas incident with far more grace and kindness than she should have. The ones on the right politically were rude to the point I wouldn't have blamed her if she had told them to f--k off instead.
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Post by musicaamator on May 20, 2013 8:42:11 GMT -5
I felt so bad for Linda having to do this version of Tell Him--in a car at a drive-in during winter? Who the heck came up with that idea? But like a pro she did it, although I am certain she wasn't digging it.
But I love her new wave look here with the deep rouge blush on her cheeks and the eye shadow. So early 80's for sure!
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Post by eddiejinnj on May 20, 2013 10:10:25 GMT -5
I think it may be at least 2 fold re: linda and her approachability and whether she is now"rude." I would say that she is a very sweet nice unassuming person when speaking with others especially in situations where she is familiar with the people she is talking to. Re: total strangers/media; I think that she is so unassuming that she might think well if I was a stranger and avg joe, it would not be appropriate to just come up and talk to a stranger. she MAY and I don't know this, need to recall that she is a celebrity to many still and she knows what goes with it. eddiejinnj
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Post by Richard W on May 20, 2013 11:11:27 GMT -5
I think the "rudeness" only comes into play when she detects she's being had or put on, or if the interviewer displays obvious ignorance.
A perfect example is the notorious RS "interview" for FLH -- her last for them, tellingly -- where she shut down the interview because the interviewer was being a total jerk.
She was eager to discuss music with this guy, but she detected early on that he was angling for something else, even going so ridiculously far as to ask her if she were a Satan worshipper. (You can almost hear Wenner cackling behind the scene.) She even called him out by saying that she'd been doing this sort of thing (interviews) for a long time and that he wasn't going to trick her.
To make the whole thing worse, the interviewer, in an introduction to the piece, spun this hatchet-piece into a reflection of Linda's notoriously "prickly" interview personality.
I think the overwhelming consensus -- from professional interviewers, peers, and even fans on this board who have met her -- is that she is an intelligent, gracious person.
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Post by the Scribe on May 20, 2013 11:29:43 GMT -5
I felt so bad for Linda having to do this version of Tell Him--in a car at a drive-in during winter? Who the heck came up with that idea? But like a pro she did it, although I am certain she wasn't digging it.
But I love her new wave look here with the deep rouge blush on her cheeks and the eye shadow. So early 80's for sure!
We had a thread on that in the old forum but I forget what it was entitled. It is from a German or Dutch television show I believe. I thought it was very funny but others don't agree.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 12:07:20 GMT -5
It had a surreal element which I liked (I am a David Lynch fan!)
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Post by Dianna on May 20, 2013 12:12:36 GMT -5
I like her hot pink animal print coat and matching green hair clip. lol.. cute!!
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Post by the Scribe on May 20, 2013 12:17:22 GMT -5
I don't know how people can live in that kind of climate. I think Linda's cheeks are red from the freezing ass cold while singing in a convertable!
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Post by sliderocker on May 20, 2013 13:58:36 GMT -5
I think the "rudeness" only comes into play when she detects she's being had or put on, or if the interviewer displays obvious ignorance. A perfect example is the notorious RS "interview" for FLH -- her last for them, tellingly -- where she shut down the interview because the interviewer was being a total jerk. She was eager to discuss music with this guy, but she detected early on that he was angling for something else, even going so ridiculously far as to ask her if she were a Satan worshipper. (You can almost hear Wenner cackling behind the scene.) She even called him out by saying that she'd been doing this sort of thing (interviews) for a long time and that he wasn't going to trick her. To make the whole thing worse, the interviewer, in an introduction to the piece, spun this hatchet-piece into a reflection of Linda's notoriously "prickly" interview personality. I think the overwhelming consensus -- from professional interviewers, peers, and even fans on this board who have met her -- is that she is an intelligent, gracious person. I thought the RS interviewer was being a jerk with a chip on his shoulder, and thought Linda reacted appropriately, although in the very little they did print, she came across with an attitude. That's the danger of the printed word because you can't tell how the person was actually talking to the interviewer, whether they were defensive and had a chip on their shoulder and were angry, or if they were just responding to the questions as nicely as they could but were scratching their head wondering what in the hell was up with the interviewer. The RS interviewer displayed a lack of professionalism in that interview, and one can just imagine how the superfanatical, irrational religious nuts reading the interview took the "Satan worshipper" comment. Can't imagine the superfanatical religious nuts would read RS but as Linda has been on their hit list of rock's Satanic worshippers, some might look for any evidence supporting their false beliefs. And they would take what that interviewer wrote as meaning that he knew what Linda believes, so it was a true statement rather than a total lie.
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Post by Dianna on May 20, 2013 14:21:55 GMT -5
I know Slide. I wonder what the person interviewing Linda's tone was, because in the past she has been asked personal questions and she either answered or said she didn't want to talk about it.. . I can't remember what set either of them off during the interview in question and I could be wrong but when I originally read it, I thought she flew off the handle.. so yeah, it could of been the tone they used with her or she was in a bad mood that day. And the sarcastic satan worship question came up at the end after there was tension, it's not like the person threw it out there right off the bat. Usually when there is tension and emotions are running high, people will make digs. lol
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