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Post by rick on Jul 11, 2020 0:39:38 GMT -5
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Post by Partridge on Jul 11, 2020 0:46:58 GMT -5
The moves remind me of Elaine Benes a bit.
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Post by alyn on Jul 11, 2020 3:38:51 GMT -5
one of my favourite shows.... add the dress, the hairstyle.... just beautiful, I was so pleased when I found this show on dvd about 3 years ago
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Post by rick on Jul 11, 2020 4:01:46 GMT -5
The moves remind me of Elaine Benes a bit. Speaking of which, did you ever see this tribute to "The Elaine Dance" when Julia was awarded the Mark Twain Prize? -- |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 11, 2020 6:56:47 GMT -5
That is the Live at Budokan dvd, correct? Not quite an Elaine dance, Boss!! You funny!!! Got to get them thumbs pointing and hand jiving!!! eddiejinnj
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Post by musedeva on Jul 11, 2020 17:15:56 GMT -5
i luv singing that!!
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Post by erik on Jul 11, 2020 17:45:13 GMT -5
The live "All That You Dream" video was, I believe, from Houston in late 1978; and yes, it is one of her (thousands??) of great performances that I hope will be preserved forever.
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Post by RobGNYC on Jul 11, 2020 18:08:25 GMT -5
"All That You Dream" should have been the first single from "Living in the USA." The critics liked it (Rockwell, Rolling Stone, even Christgau) and if it was a hit, as seems likely, it might have helped change the misperception of her as just a singer of too-familiar oldies. "Back in the USA" just reinforced that image and it wasn't that good anyway.
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Post by erik on Jul 11, 2020 18:14:02 GMT -5
Could "All That You Dream" have been a big hit if it had been released as a single? I wouldn't doubt it.
But I am not at all convinced that her covering 50s/60s R&B, C&W, and rock and roll classics (a.k.a. "oldies") was ever a mistake on her part. Maybe the critics think that it is, but then again they will always say that. And it'll still be a crock of s*** (IMHO).
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Post by Richard W on Jul 12, 2020 9:08:45 GMT -5
Personally, I've always found the studio version of this song to be a bit of a drag (especially the instrumental break), never understanding the critics' favoring of it.
While this live version is somewhat, well, livelier, none of Linda's renditions tops the raucous version on the live Little Feet album. "This is a Little Feet song I did on my record," she says—sure, but it wasn't arranged like this, which, for sheer energy and vocal oomph, runs over the studio version like road kill.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 12, 2020 9:26:34 GMT -5
Well, it could be also in the context of the time; kind of an extension of the bi-centennial feel which had been marketed my guess would be starting in '74 thru 1976. RobG's comments mirror mine also about the lead off single. It just screamed oh this is another Ronstadt "formula" record. If the critics liked "All That You Dream" and am sure people around her did too, you would think that if the suggestion was brought to Linda she would be cool with it being a single. She had great admiration for Lowell George and the rest of the band too so the song being a single would be an acknowledgement of George's talents as a songwriter, etc. "Back in the USA" is a cool song but it seemed too thematic. eddiejinnj
PS: They probably have "Bi-centennial Minutes" on youtube if they survived. They were pretty cool. After a couple years they don't pack their same punch, though!!! lol
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Post by Linda Fan 5 on Jul 12, 2020 10:18:57 GMT -5
I recall reading that during those sessions “All That You Dream” came easier to them in the studio. You can hear the great groove they got in to. “Back in the USA” was apparently a struggle to get right. I like her Live Versions of that song better.
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Post by rick on Jul 12, 2020 16:31:47 GMT -5
"All That You Dream" should have been the first single from "Living in the USA." The critics liked it (Rockwell, Rolling Stone, even Christgau) and if it was a hit, as seems likely, it might have helped change the misperception of her as just a singer of too-familiar oldies. "Back in the USA" just reinforced that image and it wasn't that good anyway. Two things to say from back in the day: 1. I love "All That You Dream." Love her vocal. So powerful. At the time of its release, I was editor of the USC student newspaper and my roommate was the entertainment editor. He got the album to review and his review said re: "All That You Dream" something to the effect of "Linda Ronstadt tries to copy Bonnie Raitt's sound on 'All That You Dream' and it is quite unsuccessful." I did tell him that I disagreed with him, but he knew what a big fan of Linda's I was and am and so it ran as he wrote it. 2. When "Back in the U.S.A." was first released as a single and getting radio airplay, my friend LeAnn, who worked as a make-up artist at a high end Beverly Hills salon, said that the entire shop heard Linda's new single and the consensus was: "You can't even tell that it's Linda Ronstadt. It's a new sound and it doesn't sound like her. Why would Linda Ronstadt try not to sound like herself?" Of course, I disagreed with that, too. People!!!! |
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Post by cymru56 on Jul 13, 2020 12:00:09 GMT -5
Just to put the record straight "All That You Dream" written by Paul Barrère and Bill Payne not Lowell George. Bill of course played keyboards for Linda on later albums.
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Post by alyn on Jul 14, 2020 2:27:06 GMT -5
Little Feat with Lowell George were / are my favourite band and All The You Dream I'd say is in my Top Five favourite LF songs. My favourite version with Linda singing is definitely the one on the Lowell George Tribute show from 1979, the groove is definitely in place and that is the absolute key thing about All That You Dream, the groove. I'm pretty sure it was all of the rest of Feat playing it that night. It was nicely placed on the Hoy Hoy compilation album.
Sadly it kind of became a 'thumper' with the drum beat when Linda recorded it and the middle instrumental section is just way off and I think it lost it's way pretty badly... but strangely I still enjoying hearing it in her live sets from the shows back then, with Willin' it is a very affectionate nod to such a wonderful if shambolic band and their charismatic genius leader.
I'm pretty certain the video at the top of this thread is taken from '1978 Live At The Summit' show which is avialable out there in the right places, just about :-)
My video player on my PC is acting up this morning, to refer to it, but I'm sure it was that show.
Cymru 56 - nicely placed accent grave on Barrère :-) :-) not many do that, and Lowell had a big thing about it on the sleeve notes of at least one Feat album :-)
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Post by rick on Jul 14, 2020 2:53:57 GMT -5
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Post by RobGNYC on Jul 14, 2020 3:08:53 GMT -5
I don't hear any Bonnie influence but I agree with Ken Emerson in the Rolling Stone review of "Living in the USA"--I remember thinking of Maria the very first time I heard Linda's version, especially on the "milk and honey" line:
"'Living in the U.S.A.'s other outstanding track is a stomping-mad rendition of "All That You Dream" that obliterates Little Feat's woozy original. The bluesy chromaticism of the melody is unprecedented for Ronstadt, who rises to- no, transcends- the occasion and becomes a dramatically different singer, one whose sultry sophistication suggests Maria Muldaur without Muldaur's fatal cuteness. Uncharacteristically unafraid to sound ugly here, Ronstadt angrily prolongs the final note of the last verse, hammering it into a violent yowl of protest against the dashing of her dreams."
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 19, 2020 6:48:53 GMT -5
"Loving everyonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeee" Great note. I don't know Muldaur's catalog well enough to think Linda sounds like her. eddiejinnj
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Post by alyn on Jul 19, 2020 11:15:58 GMT -5
The song really was a Little Feat Tour de Force and (pardon me if this isn't the right expression) really brought out the blackness in Lowell's singing, emotionally charged - what else could it be with the hook line of 'I've been down but not like this before', I always have to remind myself that it was a Barrère (or Payne)lyric as Lowell really pours everything into it as if it were his own, and Linda follows suit. I love this song :-)
From the same Feat album came the track Mercenary Territory in which Lowell really voices his despair about the state of Little Feat at the time, a song that took flight on the live album with addition of Tower of Power horns, and also some over-dubbing as the track was recorded at a sound check and generally Lowell re-recorded his parts on most of the album...but what the heck... it's amazing.
Just bringing to light some Little Feat here that folks might not know :-)
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