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Post by Mr. Kaplansky on May 30, 2021 17:31:07 GMT -5
I was wondering what song by Linda was most viewed on youtube. Without looking, take a guess. It's a song I never liked much and always felt she recorded it in the wrong key!!! But maybe it's just a hard song to sing for any singer. I'll reveal it after a few replies.
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Post by Richie on May 30, 2021 20:08:22 GMT -5
Blue Bayou?
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Post by MokyWI on May 30, 2021 21:38:58 GMT -5
I will guess “Blue Bayou” as well.
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Post by musedeva on May 31, 2021 1:11:58 GMT -5
def Blue Bayou...its all about the money note....there's a grace semi note that climbs up......the key is ingenious....no one else can do it.....Mariah did this all the time......
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2021 5:37:56 GMT -5
def Blue Bayou...its all about the money note....there's a grace semi note that climbs up......the key is ingenious....no one else can do it.....Mariah did this all the time...... Callas? My favourite BB is Linda's Atlanta performance. The Bayou-oo-oh-oo yodel at the end is what makes it extra special, Linda kept it. That was a raw emotional performance, genuine emotion, raw, Linda at her greatest! ♡♡♡ |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2021 5:42:42 GMT -5
I like Linda's concert in Germany as well, which was a year earlier. Germany was HDTW, Atlanta SD. So sweet Linda with the flower in her hair style ♡♡♡
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Post by eddiejinnj on May 31, 2021 8:35:30 GMT -5
Somewhere Out There!!!!! I will stick to one as Mr. K asks for. eddiejinnj
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Post by musedeva on May 31, 2021 17:01:22 GMT -5
Yeah, def the Germany and Atlanta performancess.......MONEY NOTES DELUXED!
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Post by Biff McFly on May 31, 2021 23:24:05 GMT -5
"I Don't Know Much"....'nuf said.
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Post by Holly on Jun 1, 2021 1:24:05 GMT -5
"I Don't Know Much"....'nuf said. I agree lol. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jun 1, 2021 6:25:26 GMT -5
I was going to say DKM. I was trying to figure out what song he says "might be" in wrong key in his opinion and that it must be a difficult song. I was torn between the two. eddiejinnj
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Post by Mr. Kaplansky on Jun 1, 2021 7:33:23 GMT -5
Bingo! It's Blue Bayou. Some of my favorite Linda Songs have well under 100 thousand views. I looked up some hits by Whitney Houston. I will always love you-over 1 Billion views!!! Some of Whitneys other hits are 200 plus million views. I guess Linda isn't as popular with african americans. They usually listen to R&B.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2021 8:23:20 GMT -5
Bingo! It's Blue Bayou. Some of my favorite Linda Songs have well under 100 thousand views. I looked up some hits by Whitney Houston. I will always love you-over 1 Billion views!!! Some of Whitneys other hits are 200 plus million views. I guess Linda isn't as popular with african americans. They usually listen to R&B. But most reaction videos seem to be by African Americans. |
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Post by erik on Jun 1, 2021 9:18:56 GMT -5
Quote by Mr. Kaplansky re. "wrong key" for "Blue Bayou":
I guess I'd respectfully dissent here about "Blue Bayou" being in the wrong key the way Linda sings it (it is in B Major, for anyone who keeps track of these things); for her, at least at that time, it just seemed right. And while I can't articulate exactly why I think it, it does seem to me that a fair amount of Spanish-language pop songs, especially with a Mexican flavoring, seem to be in this key.
Quote by heartbreaker re. African-American reactions to Linda videos:
I have to wonder at times just how sincere and genuine those reactions are, considering how many of them have been proliferating over there on YouTube.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2021 9:47:55 GMT -5
I think its generational surprise that their grandparent's generation could do music, & better.
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Post by RobGNYC on Jun 1, 2021 10:19:46 GMT -5
Bingo! It's Blue Bayou. Some of my favorite Linda Songs have well under 100 thousand views. I looked up some hits by Whitney Houston. I will always love you-over 1 Billion views!!! Some of Whitneys other hits are 200 plus million views. I guess Linda isn't as popular with african americans. They usually listen to R&B. It is a very broad generalization to say that African Americans "usually listen to R&B." On what are you basing that statement? Whitney Houston is not a good gauge. She had and has a gigantic fan base of all races. It could even be argued that her fan base has been mostly non-African American--she was booed at the 1988 Soul Train Awards. www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/07/not-black-enough-the-identity-crisis-that-haunted-whitney-houston |
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Post by guest on Jun 1, 2021 17:29:17 GMT -5
Bingo! It's Blue Bayou. Some of my favorite Linda Songs have well under 100 thousand views. I looked up some hits by Whitney Houston. I will always love you-over 1 Billion views!!! Some of Whitneys other hits are 200 plus million views. I guess Linda isn't as popular with african americans. They usually listen to R&B. Please site references as to how you came to that conclusion. Thank you. |
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Post by Biff McFly on Jun 2, 2021 0:10:29 GMT -5
All the brothers and sisters I know like her A LOT.
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Post by Mr. Kaplansky on Jun 2, 2021 19:56:20 GMT -5
I based my statement on African americans I've known and met in my life.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2021 20:06:40 GMT -5
Many of Linda's songs were first sung by black singers. "You're No Good" by Dee Dee Warwick (Dionne's sister), for example.
Just One Look
Dark End of The Street
Tracks of My Tears
Ooh Baby Baby
Back in the USA
Walk Away Renee
Its in His Kiss
many more...
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Post by RobGNYC on Jun 2, 2021 20:26:06 GMT -5
Many of Linda's songs were first sung by black singers. "You're No Good" by Dee Dee Warwick (Dionne's sister), for example. Just One Look Dark End of The Street Tracks of My Tears Ooh Baby Baby Back in the USA Walk Away Renee Its in His Kiss many more... The Left Banke did "Walk Away Renee" first. The Four Tops covered it later. |
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