Linda as a Meme

[rick]

http://instagram.com/p/BvL9R6uHNYT

[eddiejinnj]

Not sure if this is a compliment or not? What is everybody's take? There seems to be a lack of clear definition (paraphrasing an entry in Cambridge Dictionary site). eddiejinfl

[rick]

Eddie, the person behind this Instagram account worships and adores Linda, and Emmylou, and Dolly, and Kate and Anna, etc.
I do not think this is negative at all.

That said, there certainly are plenty of times people on this Forum have said nasty things about Linda. This isn’t that.

[germancanadian]

This one made me laugh - i.imgur.com/7GXwoaa.png

[erik]

Quote by rick:

Eddie, the person behind this Instagram account worships and adores Linda, and Emmylou, and Dolly, and Kate and Anna, etc.
I do not think this is negative at all.

That said, there certainly are plenty of times people on this Forum have said nasty things about Linda. This isn’t that.

Yes, I've seen infinitely worse things said about Linda on a lot of other places on the Internet, including YouTube, as I wager others here have as well. This is just for the hell of it; and Linda definitely looks quite animated (IMHO).

[eddiejinnj]

It is not a matter of being comparative to what others have said, whether worse or not. Without some context, the post for me is very confusing after my initial reaction of whaaat lol!!!! Life is perception!!!!! eddiejinfl

[rick]

http://instagram.com/p/BvRG1PFHzW2

[Dianna]

Mar 19, 2019 16:58:20 GMT -5 germancanadian said:

This one made me laugh - i.imgur.com/7GXwoaa.png

That's an insult to the pigs!

[musedeva]

THIS!!  is the best one....never saw this before

.....never understood about the pig trip either.....shows how down home sown comfortable she is!!ahhaha

Mar 22, 2019 4:56:50 GMT -5 rick said:

http://instagr.am/p/BvRG1PFHzW2

[the Scribe]

The reason for the pigs on the cover of her second solo album has to do with the name of the album Silk Purse. The phrase "You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear" is where the concept of the cover came from. Not sure why they chose that name to begin with. But that is how the pigs came about. I am thinking Tony has that article explaining it in the Ronstadt website archives.

found it:

Linda Ronstadt likes lots of things. She likes not wearing a bra, and playing clubs, and hanging out, and being with people, and old houses, and she likes pigs. But best of all, she likes her new Capitol album, Silk Purse. The title of the album was arrived at after the photo session. Linda got the pig idea partly to keep her country image and partly because - well, she likes pigs. (She said, "I tried to feed one a ham sandwich and he wouldn't eat it. I was so proud of him.") During the shooting she jokingly said "We should call the record Music From Big Pork," and that was the working title for awhile. Then she and her manager decided that was a little tasteless and she came up with Fresh Pork. But that still wasn't quite right so her manager's wife thought of the old saying, "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" and Silk Purse became the title of the record.

ronstadt-linda.com/artcir70.htm

[musedeva]

That's Great! its gross she tried to feed that pig though!

[the Scribe]

Evidently Linda chose the pigpen concept because she likes pigs (and most animals in general) and it was in keeping with her somewhat country image (DaisyMayish). Then came what to name it. It may not have had the same effect if they showed Linda holding a silk purse instead of all those pigs. I never thought much about pigs before until Green Acres and Arnold. I kind of liked them after that. I had friends in college (early 70's) who just loved that slick purse album lol. After a while I stopped correcting them.

[eddiejinnj]

My grandmother had a pet pig on the farm in Monmouth County, NJ. They are clean and nice but big pet. Eddiejinfl