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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 29, 2019 7:23:21 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Wendy. I love "Look Out For My Love" but given it is Linda's first "official" live album I would say she had to include "Willin". I still wonder if they kept just 12 tracks for the vinyl, could they have added more for the cds as bonus tracks? Even if it was 2 more, I would go with the aforementioned Young song and "Party Girl" eddiejinfl 2222
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Post by Richard W on Mar 29, 2019 10:32:51 GMT -5
I'd guess the other songs were left off mainly because Linda wasn't happy with those particular performances.
She may have made some "in the moment" vocal choices that she regrets. There are certainly ones that make me wish she hadn't made. That theatrical whispering of "vice" in Party Girl derails an otherwise breathtaking performance; her vocal assault on Silver Threads along with Payne's anachronistic keyboard solo don't do that signature song any favors; the way she shreds her vocal chords on Mad Love are more wince-worthy than exhuberant; and the classic I Can't Help it gets a canned, almost corny honky-tonk arrangement by the band that sounds more like a parody of a country song than a real one. There are others.
There are outstanding moments in all of these songs, of course, because it's Linda at the mic, but a live performance is a series of instantaneous choices and on several of the songs the choices don't bear repeating. Unless you edit the recording in the studio, which was not an option here and for which I am grateful. This truly is a "live" album.
That said, the twelve tracks released make for a fantastic listening experience, a rare live album that begs to be replayed
I haven't stopped playing it since February!
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Post by erik on Mar 29, 2019 18:23:42 GMT -5
Quote by Richard W:
I may be wrong about this, but I think it in part comes back to Linda seemingly not being comfortable onstage in front of hundreds (and tens of thousands) of people, even though she has some of the most supportive fans of any singer that ever lived. She was probably right to leave off those songs because of her dissatisfaction. That being said, however, I have always maintained that how one measures a singer's career, even Linda's, is not based only on what they accomplish in the studio, but is based also on how they are able to communicate with a live audience. And in Linda's case, whatever discomfort she may have had in performing live, she always managed to overcome those limitations to be able to shine without needing a whole lot of gimmickry, pyrotechnics, and stuff like that.
As for Live In Hollywood--well, I haven't exactly listened to it non-stop, simply because I don't want the freshness to wear off, but it nevertheless is a tremendous effort, and a way to (hopefully) let people know why Linda was a big deal back in the day, and why a lot of today's great female artists continue to appreciate her.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 29, 2019 20:00:15 GMT -5
While that may be partly true with what Linda and John were trying to accomplish here I thought the larger part was because of logistics and sacrificing quality to put so many songs on one cd.
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Post by Richard W on Mar 30, 2019 9:43:14 GMT -5
The thing about LIH is that you really get a sense of Linda's sheer joy in singing. Every song on it crackles with passion and energy, something that Linda, despite her performance discomfort as noted by Erik, overcomes in spades. There's an energy and an immediacy here that elevate the songs even higher than they already were. You can feel that come through the audience.
Oh, and this band just nails it. They sound as if they're having as good of a time as Linda is.
Anyone else notice the guy in the audience's hearty "yeaaaahh!" at the beginning of Just One Look, right after she sings the title for the first time? Cracks me up.
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Post by musedeva on Mar 31, 2019 0:01:41 GMT -5
What I've come to believe after years of struggling with my own vocals based on my jaw injuries is her brilliance was born out of her natural talent and the fact that she was first and foremost a live performer
Even most of her recordings appear to have been "live" or mostly live settings
Everything now is digitized, people are separated, there is no common vibe and there is no "waiting audience" that naturally, on an energetic level interacts and pulls/creates energy for a performance
I've had to basically try to learn to hipnotize myself to overcome my injury/habit and pretend I'm on stage,,,because I always do very well when I perform out live,,,its the nitty gritty recording game that seems to present the problems
I think the fact like she always says,,,she was a living room live singer with alot of musicians and then always performing out,,THAT is the mix with her natural talent why she was such a prolific perfect vocalist!!!
its so costly to have instrumentation, people don't take the time to learn their craft/maintain their skill set, music is just not music that was widespread practice "back in the day" and for that,,,the ear and the voice took their tolls, IMHO...jsut sayin
The thing about LIH is that you really get a sense of Linda's sheer joy in singing. Every song on it crackles with passion and energy, something that Linda, despite her performance discomfort as noted by Erik, overcomes in spades. There's an energy and an immediacy here that elevate the songs even higher than they already were. You can feel that come through the audience. Oh, and this band just nails it. They sound as if they're having as good of a time as Linda is. Anyone else notice the guy in the audience's hearty "yeaaaahh!" at the beginning of Just One Look, right after she sings the title for the first time? Cracks me up.
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Post by pricepittsburgh on Apr 1, 2019 4:56:30 GMT -5
I can't grasp all the more, although it's been mentioned, why Heatwave missed the cut. It is IMO one of the best of the show and her best live version of it. Add to that it was a hit for her it just doesn't make sense.
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Post by erik on Apr 1, 2019 8:44:59 GMT -5
Quote by pricepittsburgh:
Well, as I've stated, the disdain she feels of her own 1975 recording of it (not to mention the "heat" [no pun intended] that she took from certain critics for recording it) is likely what influenced her thinking, plus the fact that back in the day some rowdy (and inebriated) "fans" at her concerts would be shouting for that song when she was about to sing a ballad. One can only say that "it is what it is".
I myself have said that "Heat Wave" should have been included on Live From Hollywood, but I'm not going to dock Linda anything for the decision to leave it off. The album still works like crazy (IMHO).
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Post by germancanadian on Apr 1, 2019 15:09:31 GMT -5
I can't grasp all the more, although it's been mentioned, why Heatwave missed the cut. It is IMO one of the best of the show and her best live version of it. Add to that it was a hit for her it just doesn't make sense. I was also disappointed that Heatwave wasn't included. It reached number 5 on the Billboard charts and is one of my personal favorites too. Still a great album overall though. Also not happy that Wal-Mart Canada didn't even have it in stock.
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Post by scottymac on Jan 4, 2021 17:06:25 GMT -5
I believe in 2019 that it was announced that the album 'Live In Hollywood '80' would be available. Trying to find this on vinyl. Did this happen?
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Post by RobGNYC on Jan 4, 2021 17:25:25 GMT -5
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