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Post by musicaamator on Mar 21, 2013 20:50:54 GMT -5
am very pleased to see quite a few new board members and am actually a little green of music that he is just discovering linda. what a journey you have. the artists of today put out so few recordings that by the time they retire will probably have a fraction of material recorded like linda no less in the amount of genres/variety. welcome all. eddiejinnj Thanks Eddiejinnj. Let me just say collecting all her releases is a labour of love! Still need to get The Stone Poneys recordings as well as her box set, and various other items. It's still a lot to go, but the Lovely Linda is so worth it. I am loving her stuff. All of it!!!!
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Post by JasonKlose on Mar 21, 2013 21:22:20 GMT -5
am very pleased to see quite a few new board members and am actually a little green of music that he is just discovering linda. what a journey you have. the artists of today put out so few recordings that by the time they retire will probably have a fraction of material recorded like linda no less in the amount of genres/variety. welcome all. eddiejinnj Thanks Eddiejinnj. Let me just say collecting all her releases is a labour of love! Still need to get The Stone Poneys recordings as well as her box set, and various other items. It's still a lot to go, but the Lovely Linda is so worth it. I am loving her stuff. All of it!!!! She is definitely worth it! There is no one out there like her today in my opinion, and there probably never will be. She deserves all of the accolades she has received, but still deserves a whole lot more. I can't give her enough credit and praise. I still have a ways to go with my collection too, but I absolutely adore everything I've bought so far. Besides her CDs, I have a number of posters of her and an autographed 8x10. I have also been starting an LP collection and have two of Linda. I bought a copy of "Living in the U.S.A." about a year ago on ebay. It was still in the plastic, sealed, never opened. A week ago I got "Heart Like a Wheel," near mint condition! The vinyl has no scratches and the cover and inner sleeve are in excellent condition. I played the record......played great......no skips or repeats. You can tell that the previous owner took good care of it and must have been a big fan. I'm hoping when I meet Linda she can sign it for me. I also have two DVDs of some of her '70s concerts......both from 1976.....one in London and one in Germany. Another DVD is a compilation of some of her performances throughout her career......it spans from 1967-1987. I just love it! I play everything over and over. I can never get enough of her glorious voice or her gorgeous face. She was so beautiful!
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Post by musicaamator on Mar 22, 2013 6:32:22 GMT -5
Thanks Eddiejinnj. Let me just say collecting all her releases is a labour of love! Still need to get The Stone Poneys recordings as well as her box set, and various other items. It's still a lot to go, but the Lovely Linda is so worth it. I am loving her stuff. All of it!!!! She is definitely worth it! There is no one out there like her today in my opinion, and there probably never will be. She deserves all of the accolades she has received, but still deserves a whole lot more. I can't give her enough credit and praise. I still have a ways to go with my collection too, but I absolutely adore everything I've bought so far. Besides her CDs, I have a number of posters of her and an autographed 8x10. I have also been starting an LP collection and have two of Linda. I bought a copy of "Living in the U.S.A." about a year ago on ebay. It was still in the plastic, sealed, never opened. A week ago I got "Heart Like a Wheel," near mint condition! The vinyl has no scratches and the cover and inner sleeve are in excellent condition. I played the record......played great......no skips or repeats. You can tell that the previous owner took good care of it and must have been a big fan. I'm hoping when I meet Linda she can sign it for me. I also have two DVDs of some of her '70s concerts......both from 1976.....one in London and one in Germany. Another DVD is a compilation of some of her performances throughout her career......it spans from 1967-1987. I just love it! I play everything over and over. I can never get enough of her glorious voice or her gorgeous face. She was so beautiful! Wow--exciting to read that Jason! Concerning that autographed copy, was that from ebay? And what photo of hers was it? Interesting about the vinyls you have, as it reminds me of what just happened a couple months ago. When I went back to visit my parents (the house I grew up in) for the Holidays, I was scrounging around the basement looking to see if we had any Linda Ronstadt albums, for I kind of remember seeing The Living In The USA as well as the Greatest Hits ones. I was pretty sure. So I am looking around intently but not seeing them, when on the last bin I found a copy of the Mad Love album. Man, I was floored! My favourite album too! Still in mint condition it was! I wanted to play it but the record player sadly, was not working anymore. But I was happy to know at least I found one album! I did not bring the vinyl back with me but will eventually, when I get a record player! The sound on vinyl is so warm, a better dynamic range and so much better than the cd's (IMO). Perhaps, I too, shall start a Linda vinyl collection! BTW, Jason, I have that compilation dvd too, as well as two others, including her 83-95 vids and a Best of Linda DVD ( www.ioffer.com/i/linda-ronstadt-dvd-the-best-of-%282dvd%29-213189138.)! And like you I love viewing those to hear her awesome voice and see her beautiful face!
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Post by JasonKlose on Mar 22, 2013 13:51:28 GMT -5
Wow! Great story about finding those records. So were your parents into Linda? That's awesome! I would love to have "Mad Love" on vinyl too. I'd love to have them all.
You are so right about the sound. It is much better than the CDs. I always thought CDs sounded amazing, but when I go back to the LPs now, they do sound more dynamic.....more like the original recording, without being enhanced and digitally remastered like so many CDs are today.
As for the autographed photo.....it's an 8x10 of Linda's 1976 Rolling Stone cover, with her in the red lingerie with one strap off her shoulder. Very sexy......and cute! The photo came with a certificate of authenticity. I'm still not sure if it's truly authentic or not. I looked up some information on how to spot fake signatures and it doesn't seem to be a fake. What do you think?
Yes, I'd love to have more DVDs of Linda......like the one you mentioned from 1983-95. Mine only goes up to 1987, but it doesn't include any videos from the Nelson Riddle recordings. I love the way she looked during that period too. She looked to me like a life-size doll. So small, so cute, with those amazing big brown eyes. So incredibly gorgeous!
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Post by musicaamator on Mar 22, 2013 17:50:13 GMT -5
I love the way she looked during that period too. She looked to me like a life-size doll. So small, so cute, with those amazing big brown eyes. So incredibly gorgeous! From what I have seen from that time period and before that too, I don't think Linda ever took a bad picture! I used to kid around with friends by saying that nobody took a good picture in the 70's (due to the fashion, hairstyles, etc.). Then I saw Linda's pictures and have been eating crow since.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 23, 2013 0:41:42 GMT -5
I love the way she looked during that period too. She looked to me like a life-size doll. So small, so cute, with those amazing big brown eyes. So incredibly gorgeous! From what I have seen from that time period and before that too, I don't think Linda ever took a bad picture! I used to kid around with friends by saying that nobody took a good picture in the 70's (due to the fashion, hairstyles, etc.). Then I saw Linda's pictures and have been eating crow since. I've heard it tastes a lot like chicken?
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Post by JasonKlose on Mar 24, 2013 16:14:38 GMT -5
I love the way she looked during that period too. She looked to me like a life-size doll. So small, so cute, with those amazing big brown eyes. So incredibly gorgeous! From what I have seen from that time period and before that too, I don't think Linda ever took a bad picture! I used to kid around with friends by saying that nobody took a good picture in the 70's (due to the fashion, hairstyles, etc.). Then I saw Linda's pictures and have been eating crow since. Yes, she was quite the looker in her younger days. I totally agree with you about Linda not ever taking a bad picture. She's still a cutie today. But when she was in her early 20s to about her early-mid 40s, she was one of the finest looking women I've ever seen. She just had that look......that sexy, sultry look, but with a certain innocence and cuteness. She was irresistible and had to drive men crazy. I know she does that to me. I haven't seen a woman with that same look anywhere. Linda just had it down perfect, with those gorgeous, big brown eyes and those perfect cute little lips. And she was about as perfect as you can get for a woman. From everything I've seen and heard of Linda, I'd say she was exactly the type of woman that most men desire and dream about.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2021 14:18:54 GMT -5
I would love to have a neighbourly chat with her, just about pets, life, the universe and everything. I have an interest in glass musical instruments, so Linda's opinion and experience would be a great topic.
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Post by guest on Apr 4, 2021 17:12:52 GMT -5
She's generally so complimentary of so many vocalists, I'd ask her which singers she thought were really awful and I'd encourage her to trash talk without holding back. She might find it enjoyable, I know I would
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Post by RobGNYC on Apr 5, 2021 0:01:11 GMT -5
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Post by guest on Apr 5, 2021 5:43:50 GMT -5
If I could spend more time with her I would probably talk to her about politics, immigration, Mexican food, sustainability, global warming and music history. I am also very interested in geneology, in her parents and their childhoods as well as Grandma Lupe whom Linda resembles so much. I would love to be involved in making a documentary about her family history. It really is a story of the great American Southwest that needs to be told in film. I would hope that someone in the Ronstadt family has the foresight to get the now older generation of Ronstadt's on film talking about their family history, anecdotes, family stories, etc. before they leave this Earth. At least archive as much as possible until the time comes. I am not sure what they are waiting for. A Brief Biography:
Winnall was the second oldest son of Henry Dalton and was born in Los Angeles in 1850. He was well educated and eventually made his way to Tucson, Arizona where he was a partner in the wagon making firm of Dalton and Vasquez. Dalton was a respected member of the community. In 1882 he hired a 14 year old apprentice newly arrived from Mexico, Federico Ronstadt, known as Fred. Dalton married Jesusita Vasquez, the sister of his partner, and in the 1880 Census, the couple had one child, Hortensia, who was a year old. In 1882, a second daughter, Lupe (Guadalupe) was born. Dalton sold his interest in the shop and pursued mining ventures in Sonora. When his daughters were grown, he returned to Tucson and obtained a job as a wheelwright in the Ronstadt carriage making firm. Fred Ronstadt married a second time to Lupe (Guadalupe) Dalton c. 1903 and they had four children. One of the children, Gilbert Ronstadt, fathered a famous daughter. Yes, the connection is correct. Noted singer, Linda Ronstadt, is a great-granddaughter of Winnall Dalton and the g-g-granddaughter of Henry Dalton, the English Ranchero in California. For a full story of the Ronstadts and the Dalton connection, visit the website, “The Ronstadt Family Collection”, where you may also view the wedding picture of Winnall and Jesusita Dalton and the first communion picture of LupeThis might be coming true with her new book and probably a documentary to follow. Good call.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Apr 5, 2021 7:05:36 GMT -5
Welcome guest to the forum. Thank you for your input and it is easy to join. eddiejinfl
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Post by erik on Apr 5, 2021 8:50:07 GMT -5
I guess another question I would ask of Linda is more speculative in nature, and it would be whether she had ever thought of the possibility of a musical concept album that combined her country, rock, and Mexicana roots. She had merged the three styles on a number of individual songs over the years; and I'd ask if the notion of doing a whole album that merged those styles was ever in her wheelhouse.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2021 8:58:05 GMT -5
I guess another question I would ask of Linda is more speculative in nature, and it would be whether she had ever thought of the possibility of a musical concept album that combined her country, rock, and Mexicana roots. She had merged the three styles on a number of individual songs over they years; and I'd ask if the notion of doing a whole album that merged those styles was ever in her wheelhouse. I think more along Love Songs & Heartbreak Ballads, Rockin' Ronstadt etc. But maybe that's for another time.
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Post by sliderocker on Apr 5, 2021 23:09:16 GMT -5
Part of the questions I would ask Linda:
Growing up in Tuscon, you were exposed to almost all of the musical genres you would perform in your adult life: rock, western swing, country, pop, the music of Mexico, rhythm and blues or soul, the old Broadway standards, gospel. And some, not all, of those musical genres encapsulate eras when you were very successful or struggling. Which was of more value to you: the times when you struggled or the times when you were successful?
And as it relates to the above, one of my boobytrap questions:
Many feel that Elvis was only good when he was on Sun and struggling, that he didn't grow as an artist when was on RCA, although he did grow as an artist. And in a sense, he covered almost all of the same musical genres, including old Broadway standards. True, his albums didn't have a running theme to every song. There were no linked-messages to most of the albums and like you, he actually preferred big ballads to rock. Yet, last year you said Elvis wasn't any good as an artist once he was no longer on Sun. How familiar were you with his catalog? And since the two of you shared musical genres, do you feel you grew as an artist? If you feel that you didn't grow as an artist and Elvis didn't grow, is that in some way holding on to what he meant to you because it's known you were a fan?
You also stated Frank Sinatra grew as an artist, which I disagree with. He was essentially the same as he was when he was in his 20s, up to his death. A crooner. I like some of his stuff but I hear nothing to suggest he grew as an artist. He was entertaining, no question, but his growth to me was his growth as an actor. He stayed true to himself as a vocalist and I don't see that as a bad thing.
You once said you wished you had recorded the Doc Pomus song, "A World Not My Own," and "Where's the Playground, Susie" (which you would've done as "Where's the Playground, Baby." I don't think there would've been a problem recording the latter song without changing it from a person's name to baby. You could've done that song as a mother watching her child grow with a tinge of sadness, which you were especially good at. Do you remember any of the other songs you wanted to do, but you just didn't get around to recording the songs? You also had the initial option on "I Don't Know How to Love Him" and yet, you turned it down. Do you remember your reason why?
These are just some of the inital questions I would ask Linda if I could. And I have framed them in such a way as to talk with her like she's a normal person. My idea would be to talk to Linda for as long as she could hold out and just get to know here as a friend and person. And not as a celebrity reflecting on her past. Some of the questions I would ask would cover her music but I'd want to cover other avenues of her life - without prying into her private life.
Linda should realize that when she's gone, there's all sorts of would be biographers willing to dig into the mud of her life for their books. Would I want to write a book on Linda? I could, but I love Linda too much to burn her soul with trash while she's alive or after she is gone. I don't even want to think about that eventuality. Trashing Linda would be a betrayal and that's not something I would do for all the money in the world.
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Post by RobGNYC on Apr 5, 2021 23:36:47 GMT -5
Part of the questions I would ask Linda: Growing up in Tuscon, you were exposed to almost all of the musical genres you would perform in your adult life: rock, western swing, country, pop, the music of Mexico, rhythm and blues or soul, the old Broadway standards, gospel. And some, not all, of those musical genres encapsulate eras when you were very successful or struggling. Which was of more value to you: the times when you struggled or the times when you were successful? And as it relates to theabove, one of my bobbytrap questions: Many feel that Elvis was only good when he was on Sun and struggling, that he didn't grow as an artist when was on RCA, although he did grow as an artist. And in a sense, he covered almost all of the same musical genres, including old Broadway standards. True, his albums didn't have a running theme to every song. There were no linked-messages to most of the albums and like you, he actually preferred big ballads to rock. Yet, last year you said Elvis wasn't any good as an artist once he was no longer on Sun. How familiar were you with his catalog? And since the two of you shared musical genres, do you feel you grew as an artist? If you feel that you didn't grow as an artist and Elvis didn't grow, is that in some way holding on to what he meant to you because it's known you were a fan? You also stated Frank Sinatra grew as an artist, which I disagree with. He was essentially the same as he was when he was in his 20s, up to his death. A crooner. I like some of his stuff but I hear nothing to suggest he grew as an artist. He was entertaining, no question, but his growth to me was his growth as an actor. He stayed true to himself as a vocalist and I don't see that as a bad thing. You once said you wished you had recorded the Doc Pomus song, "A World Not My Own," and "Where's the Playground, Susie" (which you would've done as "Where's the Playground, Baby." I don't think there would've been a problem recording the latter song without changing it from a person's name to baby. You could've done that song as a mother watching her child grow with a tinge of sadness, which you were especially good at. Do you remember any of the other songs you wanted to do, but you just didn't get around to recording the songs? You also had the initial option on "I Don't Know How to Love Him" and yet, you turned it down. Do you remember your reason why? These are just some of the inital questions I would ask Linda if I could. And I have framed them in such a way as to talk with her like she's a normal person. My idea would be to talk to Linda for as long as she could hold out and just get to know here as a friend and person. And not as a celebrity reflecting on her past. Some of the questions I would ask would cover her music but I'd want to cover other avenues of her life - without prying into her private life. Linda should realize that when she's gone, there's all sorts of would be biographers willing to dig into the mud of her life for their books. Would I want to write a book on Linda? I could, but I love Linda too much to burn her soul with trash while she's alive or after she is gone. I don't even want to think about that eventuality. Trashing Linda would be a betrayal and that's not something I would do for all the money in the world. Bobbie Gentry recorded a beautiful cover of "Where's the Playground, Susie?" as "Where's the Playground, Johnny?"
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Post by sliderocker on Apr 11, 2021 11:50:52 GMT -5
Bobbie Gentry recorded a beautiful cover of "Where's the Playground, Susie?" as "Where's the Playground, Johnny?" Pretty darned gorgeous! Thanks, Rob. With regards to Linda's choices of songs she wanted to do, I think her resistance to I Don't Know How to Love Him, Help Me Make It Through the Night and Stand By Your Man wasn't that she actually hated the song, but hated others suggesting she record certain songs. Thus, although I believe Kenny Roger's song A Stranger in My Place, Jonathan Edwards's song Sunshine, the Bee Gees's song Sweetheart and Mac Davis's song Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me would've been good songs for Linda to have recorded, she would've refused because she appeared to not like anyone telling her what to record. Her attitude was like the attitude of her friend Michael Nesmith. He preferred to have success on his own terms, even if it meant getting less in return. That kind of attitude comes with certain danger. Nesmith once expressed surprised in 1972 in an interview that RCA still allowed him to record. This was after he had recorded Tantamount to Treason, Vol. 1 and had just completed his bare bones album And the Hits Just Keep On Comin', which featured just him and Red Rhoades. The album title was a jab at the RCA executives who were pressing Nez to write some hits. As his Monkees bandmate would put it, "That was not something you told Mike Nesmith. Not even on a good day." Nesmith recorded one more album for RCA, fufilling his contract with RCA and the contract not being renewed. He had started up a label with Jac Holzman at Elektra, called Countryside and was going to record and release albums on that label. However,Holzman was replaced by David Geffen and Geffen didn't like Nesmith at all and shut down his label and nixed his deal with Elektra. It's somewhat surprising Linda signed with Asylum, given her loyalty and friendship with Nesmith. Maybe she didn't know what Geffen did?
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Post by erik on Apr 11, 2021 12:51:54 GMT -5
Quote by sliderocker re. Linda's resistance to recording certain songs: I'd agree on the point on "I Don't Know How To Love Him" or "Help Me Make It Through The Night". As to "Stand By Your Man", though, I think she had something of a visceral reaction to the message of the song as Tammy Wynette had recorded it, saying that it blew her mind that Tammy had recorded it as an open letter to Women's Lib (in an interview she gave to Rolling Stone back in May 1974):
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Post by PoP80 on Apr 11, 2021 14:33:48 GMT -5
Interesting that Linda says she "finally learned how to sing" in the Maslin article from 1974. She now says she didn't learn how to sing until Pirates of Penzance when she took voice lessons from Marge Rivington. Heart Like a Wheel was definitely a turning point in her career, so arguably her vocal style and song choices were improving at that time. Pirates elevated her voice to an entirely new stratosphere, but the vocal chops were innately present at birth.
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Post by Richard W on Apr 12, 2021 0:29:29 GMT -5
Well, you sketch before you learn the mechanics of drawing.
And it's not until your singular persona has absorbed those mechanics through tireless practice and repetition—and integrated them with whatever innate talent you have—that you have any chance of becoming an artist.
Roughly, anything before Don't Cry Now: vocal sketching; everything after that until Cry Like a Rainstorm: vocal training, technical absorption of the craft, honing talent; everything after that: art.
And through it all: the gift of rare vocal brilliance.
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Post by sliderocker on Apr 16, 2021 11:35:31 GMT -5
Quote by sliderocker re. Linda's resistance to recording certain songs: I'd agree on the point on "I Don't Know How To Love Him" or "Help Me Make It Through The Night". As to "Stand By Your Man", though, I think she had something of a visceral reaction to the message of the song as Tammy Wynette had recorded it, saying that it blew her mind that Tammy had recorded it as an open letter to Women's Lib (in an interview she gave to Rolling Stone back in May 1974): I remember that Rolling Stone article and Linda's comments very well. And I think Tammy Wynette did say the song was a message to those crying out for women's liberation in 1968. But, did she still feel that way in 1974 or later? I think she modified her stance, agreeing with those who supported women's liberation but also, taking the stance one could still be liberated and still be supportive of men. Seemed like she mentioned if they didn't want to be second class citizens, they couldn't achieve their goals by making men second class citizens.
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Post by sliderocker on Apr 16, 2021 11:42:52 GMT -5
Interesting that Linda says she "finally learned how to sing" in the Maslin article from 1974. She now says she didn't learn how to sing until Pirates of Penzance when she took voice lessons from Marge Rivington. Heart Like a Wheel was definitely a turning point in her career, so arguably her vocal style and song choices were improving at that time. Pirates elevated her voice to an entirely new stratosphere, but the vocal chops were innately present at birth. And she still disses her singing on her old standards, the Pirates of Penzance. I guess another question I would have for Linda would be why after saying you learned how to sing, first in 1974 and then when you did the POP, why do you still dismiss your singing, even after saying you had learned to sing?
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Post by memac62 on Apr 16, 2021 12:00:05 GMT -5
I don't know if she's ever talked about it but, I'd like to know why Linda omitted the 2nd verse of Heart Like A Wheel and the 3rd verse of I Will Always Love You.
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Post by erik on Apr 16, 2021 17:35:49 GMT -5
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I think the answer to this is a mixture of two things. First of all, a lot of times it seems that Linda can say the most hopped-up things about herself that verge, dare I say it, on the ridiculous. Secondly...well, Linda has never been satisfied with anything she's ever done, which frustrates fans like us no end, and probably confuses more than a few of her peers. That's my take on it.
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Post by sliderocker on Apr 17, 2021 12:07:55 GMT -5
I don't know if she's ever talked about it but, I'd like to know why Linda omitted the 2nd verse of Heart Like A Wheel and the 3rd verse of I Will Always Love You. My guess would be Linda didn't feel any connections to the verses in question. Linda omitted part of the lyrics on Poor, Poor Pitiful Me and her recording of I Never Will Marry was different to the version of the song she performed with Johnny Cash. But, that song dated from the 1860s and many lyrics had been added and deleted over the years. And Linda's version was as haunting and stunning a performance as any. It's also possible that with Heart Like a Wheel, the second verse may not have been written at the time. The McGarrigle Sisters themselves did not release their first album until 1976. And Linda may have caught a performance which did not include the verse. Maybe it wasn't written at the time? When the Sunshine Company recorded the first version of Back On the Street Again, the song did not have lyrics in the bridge (I remember a time/when I thought the world was mine...) which was in the Stone Poneys version. Steve Gillette said in an interview when the Sunshine Company recorded the song, it was still a work in progress and wasn't finished. The Stone Poneys version benefitted from the song still being worked on, although it was Steve on acoustic guitar and vocals singing with Linda when it was finished. I don't know if Kenny or Bobby played on the song or if it was a solo Linda song. It's also possible Linda recorded the songs with the verses intact but were removed from the versions that appeared on the album for unknown reasons. Linda herself might not remember why the verses are missing, given her illness. Maybe that would be a good question for Peter Asher?
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Post by sliderocker on Apr 17, 2021 12:29:15 GMT -5
I think the answer to this is a mixture of two things. First of all, a lot of times it seems that Linda can say the most hopped-up things about herself that verge, dare I say it, on the ridiculous. Secondly...well, Linda has never been satisfied with anything she's ever done, which frustrates fans like us no end, and probably confuses more than a few of her peers. That's my take on it.
I believe Linda had an inferiority complex about her singing that has been a career long insecurity. I don't believe it was because she was a divaish perfectionist or the conceit of her ego, which would explain the later parts of her career. It was pretty well known that during the early part of her career, she didn't have an ego to speak of. She was dissing herself pretty good during the early part of her career.
I still believe, and I may be wrong about this, that there were others behind the scenes in Linda's career, who may have been criticizing her singing, telling her she was no good. And maybe she took it to heart. Or maybe they were criticizing her song choices and arrangements and she took it as they were saying she was no good? Some of the songs she chose, while she sang them well, were questionable choices. Especially the songs that had been done to death by other artists by the time Linda got to them.
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Post by PoP80 on Apr 17, 2021 13:14:46 GMT -5
I think the answer to this is a mixture of two things. First of all, a lot of times it seems that Linda can say the most hopped-up things about herself that verge, dare I say it, on the ridiculous. Secondly...well, Linda has never been satisfied with anything she's ever done, which frustrates fans like us no end, and probably confuses more than a few of her peers. That's my take on it.I believe Linda had an inferiority complex about her singing that has been a career long insecurity. I don't believe it was because she was a divaish perfectionist or the conceit of her ego, which would explain the later parts of her career. It was pretty well known that during the early part of her career, she didn't have an ego to speak of. She was dissing herself pretty good during the early part of her career. I still believe, and I may be wrong about this, that there were others behind the scenes in Linda's career, who may have been criticizing her singing, telling her she was no good. And maybe she took it to heart. Or maybe they were criticizing her song choices and arrangements and she took it as they were saying she was no good? Some of the songs she chose, while she sang them well, were questionable choices. Especially the songs that had been done to death by other artists by the time Linda got to them. I just think Linda was insecure in general, about her looks, her image, her singing, etc. She always though her sister was prettier and that affected her ego. Also, everyone in her family had a good singing voice, so she wasn't thought of as anything special. It seems like she's made more peace with herself as she'a gotten older, but those deep-seated feelings never really go away.
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Post by erik on Apr 17, 2021 19:02:39 GMT -5
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I don't doubt any one of those things in the last. However, I also think it was evident to those in her family that she did have quite the voice from an early age; and that even if it was on the fly, and without actual "training", she would develop that voice into something special. For all the reasons you stated, and perhaps a few more, Linda was just too hard on herself, when she really didn't have to be--at least not to that extent, anyway.
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