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Post by germancanadian on Sept 20, 2018 23:52:35 GMT -5
Linda sounded great live so has anyone wondered why she never made any live albums or videos? There was a 1980 concert on HBO but it wasn't on video, it's on Youtube now. Nearly every singer does live albums so I find it odd that she never did. It would have been great to have one of her live shows from the late 70s or early 80s on cd or dvd.
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Post by sliderocker on Sept 21, 2018 12:25:40 GMT -5
Linda never much cared for many of the venues her concerts took place in, especially arenas. Her preference was for theater type settings, smaller settings which she believed was better for the sound and her singing. Another reason may be that as Linda was never fond of her own singing, she would probably find fault in her performance and say it wasn't good enough for release. I watched a video of her singing "Down So Low," - which was a song I didn't much care for on her "Hasten Down the Wind" album - and she just stunned and knocked me out with her performance. I like to think Linda was just being humble about her own singing, and that she knew she was better than she ever gave herself credit for being. She said she had never listened to her own albums, so I always wondered how she knew her performances were bad? Her dislike of her singing seemed to have been a life long thing and it continues to this day. But, it's not a belief that has ever been shared by her fans and I think she appreciates her recordings are so well loved and she is so well loved, and she doesn't want to disappoint her fans with performances she considers substandard.
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Post by germancanadian on Feb 3, 2019 19:54:41 GMT -5
This post is kind of ironic now, strange that I asked this question just a few months ago.
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Post by erik on Feb 3, 2019 22:37:37 GMT -5
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If it's live performances that we're talking about here, I don't think she ever seriously disappointed. I understand that she sets a very high bar for herself, I get that. But I've always felt that she judges her own work way too harshly; and I do wish she had listened just a bit more to what her true fans had to say.
Besides, I will always maintain that an artist's mettle is really determined by how well they do in front of live audiences, and that's true even of Linda, who, besides her incredibly high standards, was also known for being extremely self-conscious and shy onstage. In Linda's case, however, it is both the high standards and her ability to overcome her self consciousness that make her a tremendous onstage presence.
I would never say that she should have released live albums at the same rate Elvis did in the last seven years of his life (and usually the setlist on Elvis' live 70s albums was terribly repetitious despite his clear stage force), though I wish she had done just one full one at the apex of her career. Still, even having a live album at what is basically the tail end of her career and her life is far better than nothing...and, to me anyway, far better than some of the godawful crud that's out there now.
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 4, 2019 0:40:44 GMT -5
I am still waiting for the full live concert that was recorded on FILM for the movie FM.
ronstadt.proboards.com/thread/2161/Unless Linda appeared at the Summit twice that year this is the most likely setlist either way:
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www.setlist.fm/setlist/linda-ronstadt/1978/the-summit-houston-tx-7bf54ae4.html All That You Dream (Little Feat cover) Play Video Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison cover) Play Video When Will I Be Loved? (The Everly Brothers cover) Play Video Ooo Baby Baby (The Miracles cover) Play Video Willin' (Little Feat cover) Play Video Alison (Elvis Costello cover) Play Video That'll Be the Day (The Crickets cover) Play Video Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley cover) Play Video Just One Look (Doris Troy cover) Play Video Desperado (Eagles cover) Play Video Mohammed's Radio (Warren Zevon cover) Play Video It's So Easy (The Crickets cover) Play Video Someone to Lay Down Beside Me Play Video My Blue Tears Play Video Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Warren Zevon cover) Play Video Tumbling Dice (The Rolling Stones cover) Play Video You're No Good (Dee Dee Warwick cover) Play Video Sorrow Lives Here Play Video Back in the U.S.A. (Chuck Berry cover)
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