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Post by rick on Aug 5, 2022 23:14:47 GMT -5
Mr. Partridge, your favorite bloviator is back! --
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Post by RobGNYC on Aug 6, 2022 0:18:49 GMT -5
Mr. Partridge, your favorite bloviator is back! -- Not even Caruso was so in love with the sound of his own voice. The photo on the sleeve that he uses to make such a point about late ‘70s Linda vs. ‘80s/ Mad Love Linda is from 1978/ Living in the USA. “I’m Bloviating Away…”
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Post by rick on Aug 9, 2022 12:00:18 GMT -5
This guy has two videos - one for "You're No Good" and one for "When Will I Be Loved" --
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 9, 2022 12:52:04 GMT -5
Ewok to Remember is funny. Thanks for posting. eddiejinnj
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Post by rick on Aug 10, 2022 5:27:14 GMT -5
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Post by rick on Aug 11, 2022 1:10:47 GMT -5
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 11, 2022 7:48:12 GMT -5
I like when the guys say that Linda's version of IWALY is like singing to one person versus everybody. I totally agree. There is more of a connect to the lyrics and the emotions. The Desperado gentleman first says her name wrong then says that her not writing is kind of a problem. Not for me :-) eddiejinnj
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Post by rick on Aug 18, 2022 13:27:24 GMT -5
And, yep, we have yet-another "reaction" video to "Blue Bayou" --
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 19, 2022 6:44:00 GMT -5
At least he says Linda's name right but not Bayou or the album "Sweet Dreams" lol He did pick up that Linda was not in it for the fame. eddiejinnj
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Post by Partridge on Aug 19, 2022 21:55:02 GMT -5
Okay, he started off with "is she nervous?" That makes sense.
For an "official" video, it does seem it takes too long to get the song started. It should have been edited better. Bottom line, the song did not speak to him, which is okay.. this is definitely not the best performance to be introduced to Linda. From the same concert, maybe Desperado or Tumbling Dice would be better.
I don't think he has a very good ear. He compared Linda to Karen Carpenter, who apparently he has heard of. I always thought of Linda as the anti-Karen-Carpenter. And though Linda does not show off in this video, I can't recall Karen Carpenter having any high notes.
And for some reason this reminded me of a proper young man who was a friend at the University. He was a Karen Carpenter fan; I was a Ronstadt fan. Linda had not yet reached the top echelons of stardom. The Carpenter fan loved Karen because she was sweetness and sunshine and all things good and godly and he thought Linda was whorish. I thought Karen Carpenter was bland, so bland she could even drain the life out of a Skeeter Davis song. He went on to be a leader in his church. I have barely touched a church since then.
Oh well, I digress. That's what I do.
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Post by RobGNYC on Aug 19, 2022 23:12:11 GMT -5
On Karen Carpenter's relatively few high notes, according to Richard, it was more a choice than any lack of ability/range: forum.amcorner.com/threads/highest-note-hit-by-karen.14890/"Both Karen and I felt the magic was in her ‘chest voice’ (a.k.a. ‘basement’). There is no comparison in terms of richness in sound, so I wasn’t about to highlight the upper voice. We did use it every now and again for some arrangemental colorings. For example, you can hear it on 'here to remind you...' on the song 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again'. The second time it is sung, Karen and I cover three octaves; I go to a low F and Karen goes to a high F. That is her head voice. The thirds that are done underneath the second half of the sax solo in 'All You Get From Love Is A Love Song' also feature her head voice."
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Post by rick on Aug 20, 2022 3:43:56 GMT -5
This guy says he can’t pronounce “Ronstadt” —
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 20, 2022 7:14:33 GMT -5
I really can't see why it is such an issue getting her name correctly enunciated/spelled. It is the word Ron with stadt. Even if you make hard d sound before the last t sound it still sounds right. eddiejinnj
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Post by erik on Aug 20, 2022 17:32:46 GMT -5
Quote by eddiejinnj:
...unless it's to get a rise out of us. At least that's my theory, because there doesn't seem to be any other explanation for this after 55+ years.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 21, 2022 11:41:04 GMT -5
One never knows, buddy!!! All have a great Sunday!!! eddiejinnj
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Post by rick on Aug 21, 2022 13:26:39 GMT -5
Quote by eddiejinnj: ...unless it's to get a rise out of us. At least that's my theory, because there doesn't seem to be any other explanation for this after 55+ years. Erik, I agree that after 55-plus years, people "should" know, but ... I think that when people see a name like Jones or Smith or Johnson, etc., they have no problem with it. There is a "Z" in my last name and I have had to spell it for people all of my life and even with that, people add extra syllables, add letters like "G" or "D" that are not there. Part of it I think with Linda's name might be the run of consecutive consonants "nst" and then "dt." Sadly, as an American, I feel I can say this, I don't think most Americans either study or pay attention to "foreign"-sounding names whether the names be "Ronstadt" or "Buttigieg". It's not the typical 'murican or Anglo-Saxon-sounding name like a "North" or a "Newton-John" or a "Ross." Those names are straight-forward. Most time when I am on the phone someone will hear my name and just ask, "Can I just call you 'Richard' ?" They don't even want to try. This Forum is not meant for the political, but I do think part of the fault lies with our education system -- it doesn't prepare many people to go out into the world and step outside their comfort box. A name like "Ronstadt" Too hard. Too hard."
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Post by RobGNYC on Aug 21, 2022 14:59:41 GMT -5
It’s also just lazy. If you were going to make a video and didn’t know how to pronounce, not just any word, but the name of the subject, wouldn’t you watch a pronunciation video? There are several out there.
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Post by PoP80 on Aug 21, 2022 15:58:08 GMT -5
He's just playing around. He said the name "Ronstadt" correctly with his accent.
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Post by rick on Aug 21, 2022 16:02:30 GMT -5
Pop, I am with eddie and Erik and Rob on this, people are lazy. If he weren't lazy, he wouldn't have said, "I'm just gonna call her Linda"
If I were one to post reaction videos, and, for example, I decided to react to Meshell Ndegeocello I would learn how to say her name correctly.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 22, 2022 17:50:34 GMT -5
Or Natalie Imbruglia!!!! I happened to get that one right but I imagined her name in an article and that works for me often. eddiejinnj
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Post by rick on Aug 30, 2022 2:41:46 GMT -5
Reaction to “Down So Low” —
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Post by eddiejinnj on Aug 30, 2022 6:46:41 GMT -5
I'm sorry to those Tracy Nelson fans but Linda just knocks it out of the park here. The version above is near perfection. He is right she is a "bad ass singer". eddiejinnj
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Post by rick on Sept 1, 2022 0:22:11 GMT -5
This one is in Spanish but it has subtitles --
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Post by Dianna on Sept 1, 2022 3:32:22 GMT -5
This guy says he can’t pronounce “Ronstadt” — To me it sounded like he pronounced "Ronstadt," with an accent... German Possibly? German Surname.. not sure how it's pronounced in it's native origin.. Maybe he did say it right.. but in German. lol
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Post by rick on Sept 3, 2022 5:24:21 GMT -5
Reaction to “ Willin’ “ —
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Post by eddiejinnj on Sept 3, 2022 6:38:04 GMT -5
He keeps saying "Linda Ronstandt" and he doesn't give much analysis but he seems like a nice man. eddiejinnj
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Post by rick on Sept 10, 2022 4:40:46 GMT -5
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Post by Partridge on Sept 10, 2022 13:28:34 GMT -5
Hurts So Bad reaction. All I can do is shake my head. I envision their head-bobbing could be superimposed over almost any song to create a reaction. So her thing seems to be so much not reacting to the music but reacting to the message. She didn't like this song because women should not beg. She can beggar off. Or is that bugger?
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Post by rick on Sept 10, 2022 15:07:22 GMT -5
Hurts So Bad reaction. All I can do is shake my head. I envision their head-bobbing could be superimposed over almost any song to create a reaction. So her thing seems to be so much not reacting to the music but reacting to the message. She didn't like this song because women should not beg. She can beggar off. Or is that bugger? Do you think they have any clue that there were other versions of this song -- sung by men -- before Linda recorded her version?
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Post by rick on Sept 14, 2022 3:04:09 GMT -5
Another “Blue Bayou” reaction —
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