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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2019 8:47:14 GMT -5
The 1995 show was epic..
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Post by Richard W on Feb 22, 2019 9:39:58 GMT -5
My signed vinyl is in black.
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Post by germancanadian on Feb 22, 2019 15:01:41 GMT -5
Linda now has 1.5 million followers on Spotify, up over 200,000 since Live in Hollywood was released. Great to see so many people becoming new fans.
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Post by Richard W on Feb 22, 2019 15:30:07 GMT -5
Well, it is a fabulous record, start to finish.
As far as I'm concerned, every song on this album cuts the studio version.
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Post by lawrence on Feb 22, 2019 18:11:28 GMT -5
I agree. The cut that kills me is Hurt So Bad. Talk about an emotional arc. She really nails the drama in a way that very few singers could. Those final shouts of "Nooooo!"... are like gun shots. You can feel the anguish and it's thrilling.
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Post by Richard W on Feb 22, 2019 19:18:07 GMT -5
Absolutely, Lawrence. She ups the drama on HSB to thrilling effect.
And Just One Look, to give another example, she and the band find a real groove here that I don't get from the comparatively wobbly studio version (which I've always liked but wanted to like more -- and now I do!). And she and Waldman and Edwards really belt it out with some awesome soulful wails. I just love it.
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Post by erik on Feb 22, 2019 19:58:27 GMT -5
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Post by germancanadian on Feb 22, 2019 21:56:02 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 23, 2019 5:33:43 GMT -5
Seems like almost every review is a mirror of the Rhino review. Not much original writing. But at least there is an effort. Wish they were as good as the album however.
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Post by moon on Feb 23, 2019 22:05:12 GMT -5
The current issue of people magazine has a short paragraph or two about live in Hollywood and a picture of LR. Yes ,I confess I read people mag. Just for the record it was my 95 year old mother that told me there was mention of LR in the magazine!
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 23, 2019 23:48:59 GMT -5
The current issue of people magazine has a short paragraph or two about live in Hollywood and a picture of LR. Yes ,I confess I read people mag. Just for the record it was my 95 year old mother that told me there was mention of LR in the magazine! Your secret is OUT moon!
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Post by erik on Feb 24, 2019 12:14:27 GMT -5
Quote by ronstadtfanaz:
Rather lazy of them (IMHO). At least I spent an hour writing the review I posted at Amazon....
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Post by rick on Feb 24, 2019 12:23:56 GMT -5
The current issue of people magazine has a short paragraph or two about live in Hollywood and a picture of LR. Yes ,I confess I read people mag. Just for the record it was my 95 year old mother that told me there was mention of LR in the magazine! Your secret is OUT moon! Rob, it’s better than admitting to reading “The National Enquirer.”
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Post by Tony on Feb 24, 2019 14:52:01 GMT -5
My signed vinyl is in black. you made me curious so I finally removed the shrinkwrap to take a look at my copy. It is in a heavy-duty lined black sleeve, but the record itself is red. I'll post a scan later.
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Post by Partridge on Feb 24, 2019 15:06:55 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Feb 24, 2019 15:09:36 GMT -5
Just curious if anyone has had second thoughts about disliking the cover photo for Live in Hollywood? I think it will become iconic like Heart Like A Wheel cover art.
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Post by erik on Feb 24, 2019 15:25:19 GMT -5
Quote by ronstadtfanaz:
I don't see anything wrong with it. It's still Linda.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Feb 24, 2019 15:33:48 GMT -5
I like the cover. It has a classic iconic pose for a singer. The whole pkg/project was well done other than they should have moved the band intros either in the middle of the tracks (I was glad Erik wrote that in his review) or at least before right before Desperado and they should have gotten the date of the concert correctly. I guess I should gather my thoughts and do a review like I always do, also. Also, the arrangements for the show were not like the studio versions except "JOL" but even that was given a harder edge to it. eddiejinfl
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Post by fabtastique on Feb 25, 2019 1:02:12 GMT -5
Still (not so) patiently waiting for my copy - I was away last week and it arrived Thursday with a £12.50 customs charge so need to make a trip to to post office to collect it. Hopefully Tuesday it will be in my hands !
Finally ....
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Post by eddiejinnj on Feb 25, 2019 9:05:13 GMT -5
Thanks for being such a loyal fan, fab!!!! I was thinking if we could post the Billboard charts that the album is still making for example Top Album Sales ( No 7 first week. No 20 second week), Internet Sales etc. I would appreciate it. Maybe we can make a separate thread for it? eddiejinfl
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Post by Richard W on Feb 25, 2019 11:01:42 GMT -5
I still argue that the band credits track is properly placed at the end of the concert.
Haven't we all heard those live album band intros and after the third or fourth time simply skipped over them, whether by lifting the needle or clicking next track?
As it is, Live in Hollywood presents a seamless, unbroken live set of songs without the (eventually) annoying band intros stopping the show.
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Post by Richard W on Feb 25, 2019 11:04:38 GMT -5
Bad sentence structure on my part, Tony!
I should have said "the signature is in black ink."
The album itself is indeed red. I, too, had to remove the shrink wrap so that I could take look at it, even though I don't own a turntable.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Feb 25, 2019 11:53:04 GMT -5
That is why I figured put it rt before Desperado which was the game changer song in this concert. It would be cool to hear Linda talk as part of this concert so my vote (for what's worth lol) is for track 12 to be band intros and desperado track 13 and she says good night after finishing the song and a proper fading of an excellent concert. eddiejinfl
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Post by RobGNYC on Feb 25, 2019 12:55:17 GMT -5
I got red vinyl/red signature.
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Post by Richard W on Feb 25, 2019 19:21:18 GMT -5
Maybe she lost the black pen or it ran out of ink...
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Post by Richard W on Feb 26, 2019 12:53:57 GMT -5
This is also an unusual Ronstadt album in that 9 of the 12 songs are rockers, with the ballads a minority at 3.
I'm especially impressed by that 4-song sequence beginning with Poor Poor Pitiful Me and ending with Back in the USA where Linda maneuvers through several rock styles seamlessly:
Poor Poor Pitiful Me: straight up FM rock You're No Good: r&b rock How Do I Make You: new wave rock Back in the USA: old time rock & roll
And am I the only one who detects the pure joy of singing on this album? Not my joy in listening to it, but her joy in doing it.
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Post by RobGNYC on Feb 26, 2019 17:03:30 GMT -5
This is also an unusual Ronstadt album in that 9 of the 12 songs are rockers, with the ballads a minority at 3. I'm especially impressed by that 4-song sequence beginning with Poor Poor Pitiful Me and ending with Back in the USA where Linda maneuvers through several rock styles seamlessly: Poor Poor Pitiful Me: straight up FM rock You're No Good: r&b rock How Do I Make You: new wave rock Back in the USA: old time rock & roll And am I the only one who detects the pure joy of singing on this album? Not my joy in listening to it, but her joy in doing it. Agree, she sounds absolutely in command--she has said (no matter how much we may argue with her) that she didn't really learn to sing until 1980 and I think that comes through in this recording.
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Post by erik on Feb 26, 2019 21:35:48 GMT -5
Quote by Richard W:
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I know I've mentioned this before, but I feel that one of Linda's many strengths, which is shown yet again on Live In Hollywood, is her ability to balance the ballads with the up-tempo rock and roll numbers. And while we. of course, can argue whether she only "learned to sing" after 1980 (personally, I think she showed it before and after 1980), it is that ability that her fellow female peers have sought to emulate (IMHO).
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Post by pricepittsburgh on Mar 3, 2019 9:42:24 GMT -5
Quote by germancanadian: In one of the most overt examples of Linda's self-deprecation, "Heat Wave" is one of those songs she has never been happy about having recorded, though she was doing it live in concert at least as far back as 1971 when the future Eagles were backing her up. It may have been David Geffen who though she should record the song because it would become a big hit for her (which it did indeed become [#5 in November 1975]). And this is strictly my opinion and my thesis, but I think some of her feelings towards her version of "Heat Wave" may have been influenced to an unhealthy degree by certain white male critics of certain New York-based rock music publications (whom I will not name, because why name morons?) who seem to have something against a White woman (though with a Mexican background) doing anything from the historically African-American Motown label. And to hear how many times they make such criticisms, you'd think that they actually believe Motown covers were all she ever did (even though "Heat Wave" is one of a mere three Motown covers in her repertoire) I have said many times here on the forum that such criticisms are not only illegitimate (especially since nobody at Motown ever minded Linda doing their songs), but that they amount to reverse racism. As to how she feels about "Heat Wave" as she recorded it in 1975, it is what it is, and we have to accept that. Do I wish it had been included here? Yes, absolutely. That said, however, the song list here is a really good overview of how she so influenced her fellow female peers in her career (IMHO). Agreed but they had no issue with Elvis doing covers of Soul and R&B or The Stones or Beatles. Linda covered far more white artists than black anyway.
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Post by erik on Mar 3, 2019 12:46:29 GMT -5
Quote by pricepittsburgh:
I would submit then also that they targeted Linda for doing this specifically because she was a woman. Misogyny played a part in this slamming of Linda doing R&B back then (IMHO).
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