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Post by Diane Carpenter on Aug 3, 2023 18:01:23 GMT -5
I’m a huge fan of Linda Ronstadt. I think her voice is unparalleled. The other day, though, I was re-winding her songs in my mind and I couldn’t recall a song wherein Linda ‘got her man’. Please keep in mind I was thinking about her big hits, not EVERY song on every album. Please help me recall a song in which she lives happily ever after with her man!😃😃
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Post by RobGNYC on Aug 3, 2023 18:22:04 GMT -5
The two hits with Aaron, “Don’t Know Much” and “All My Life.”
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Post by Biff McFly on Aug 3, 2023 21:35:03 GMT -5
"Just One Look"
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Post by RobGNYC on Aug 3, 2023 22:00:33 GMT -5
“Just One Look” maybe, but she’s still “scheming” to make him her own “someday,” although she’s definitely not crying about it.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 4, 2023 8:51:16 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Diane and good to see you Biff!!! I'll have to think on that one. eddiejinnj
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Post by gboiler1 on Aug 4, 2023 10:59:02 GMT -5
Please try " If I should fall behind" , written by Springsteen; really sweet
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Post by LindaFan5 on Aug 4, 2023 12:16:52 GMT -5
Linda’s voice is the sound of heartbreak. The artistry she employs to belt something sad is so riveting it always succeeds in making me feel better. Try Me Again, Blue Bayou, Anyone Who Had A Heart I consider mini operas. There’s a range and desperation in those that no other singer can quite duplicate. Her happier songs are not ones that tend to really move me (for all the obvious reasons.)
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Post by PoP80 on Aug 4, 2023 15:47:46 GMT -5
Linda’s voice is the sound of heartbreak. The artistry she employs to belt something sad is so riveting it always succeeds in making me feel better. Try Me Again, Blue Bayou, Anyone Who Had A Heart I consider mini operas. There’s a range and desperation in those that no other singer can quite duplicate. Her happier songs are not ones that tend to really move me (for all the obvious reasons.) 100%. I was going to post something very similar. The cry is Linda's voice is so unique and expressive. I would much rather hear a song of heartbreak than a mushy love song any day. Linda's song choices were stellar for the most part, and she knew how to showcase her vocal abilities and vulnerability in such an authentic way. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 4, 2023 18:11:19 GMT -5
Yeah, that is what Phoebe said: "she is like crying when she sings". eddiejinnj
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 4, 2023 18:14:43 GMT -5
She does a beautiful job with Springsteen's "If I Should Fall Behind". eddiejinnj
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Post by MokyWI on Aug 5, 2023 7:20:36 GMT -5
Patsy Cline, Linda, Karen Carpenter all had the “cry” in their voice. The queen of “cry” is Tammy Wynette IMO. Patsy had such class… Can’t forget K.D. Lang.
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Post by erik on Aug 5, 2023 23:18:44 GMT -5
Quote by PoP80 re. Linda's vocal cry:
Speaking strictly for myself, I think that elemental cry in Linda's voice manages to come out whether she is doing a heartbreak song, a love song, or a full-throated rock and roll number (as a cry of joy, perhaps?). She has been known to say that singers stand on the shoulders of their predecessors; and in this arena of crying voices, her role models are probably Lola Beltran and Patsy Cline (IMHO).
There's a saw that never gets old, one attributable to T.S. Elliott, Pablo Picasso and Igor Stravinsky, that "Good artists borrow; great artists steal". No one should take that the wrong way, however. It simply means, in Linda's case, that she took what influenced her the most, mixed all of these elements, some of them quite disparate, and became her own original artist. And since then, of course, a lot of the great female singers who have been influenced by her can be said to have, done the same, keeping Linda's memory alive for those who are attentive-enough listeners to catch the thread.
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