Stopped to fix a young woman's bicycle chain which had come off and jammed, riding up the Chicago Lakefront around that time.40+ years ago now. I was heavily involved in the repair, sitting on the ground with a chain tool, her leaning over the bike watching, when I looked up and ... O ... M .... G. Imagine how hard it was not to act like a blithering idiot looking straight into Linda Ronstadt's eyes from about 18". My God she was beautiful. I was stunned. She was very sweet, gracious, laughed it off, talked to me like we were friends, asking what its like to live on the lakefront, etc. She gave me a number to call to get tickets to her show that night. And so I did. 2nd row. Great show. When she told the story of "this nice cute guy who fixed my bike" and waved to me I about feinted.The best "brush with greatness" (as Letterman used to say) in my entire life. What a memory, and happening across this song brings it all back. Thanks, Linda! If you ever need your bike fixed again ...
Hey @scottube1 what is a chain tool and do you always keep one in your pocket when you are walking along the beach ? I Live in MI been to Lake MI many times but only on the MI side. I guess it would be interesting to try the Chicago side.
I was trucking over to Sacramento, and left Boomtown after a bite to eat. I had to chain up as it was nasty with snow and ice. I got by the scale, and the weather cleared up, so I stopped at a rest area and took the tire chains off. I was a mess, and wet. I went into the comfort station, and Linda was sitting there on a bench. I immediately recognized her, and I told her I knew who was. I asked her if she would like to have a chat. Sure was her reply. She gave me about 45 minutes of her time. I told her I played a few gigs with Neil Young as a youngster, and I play guitar now. That had to be about 15 years ago. I'll never forget it. What a nice lady she is. Thanks Linda.
In the day when professional music was musical notes, harmony, a bit of a story, respect for men and women, bound by a respectful morality, individual and collective talent. Boomers were gifted great music from our parents and grandparents and taught respect for the art of music. We were the lucky generation.
Morality? She opened the song with a story about taking drugs and screwing a married man. Not so much. Now I love Linda Ronstadt but morality? Not so much.
@@farmerbill6855 Some of us boomers still believe that honesty and truthfulness are higher forms of morality. Your judgment of her recreational drug use and unwitting sex with a married partner tell us more about your morals than hers.
One person’s morals are another’s weakness. And vice-versa. My attention to the music created in our earliest years and before focuses on sadness from a failed relationship, job, battle over substances or a cheating partner. The music of my generation 1958 to ~ 1988 continued the previous themes and added opposition to an unpopular war (as opposed to WW2) the advent of additional freedom by virtue of the automobile and toys with internal combustion engines. “ROUND ROUND GET AROUND I GET AROUND” Themes about life style were increasingly added to the mix. Inventions from Les Paul and Laurens Hammond just before the war started a trend that caught fire in the fifties and continues to grow to this day. All along traditional music theory was in the structure of our music. Respect for one another was generally assumed. Music about bitches and hoe’s and discussion of questionable sex behavior started appearing in the early to mid ‘80’s. My hope for new tunes of innovations, happiness, non-violence respect for each other became snuffed out.
That is our lady Linda showing off her country roots, singing a soulful “Willin,” because she knows what it’s like to be on the road. I think at her core she had country roots, growing up in Arizona, but as she has noted with her musician family, she was exposed to the American songbook of the 40s and 50s, mariachi, and later, rock ‘n’ roll. And she showed us that she could do all of them.
I was at this concert. December 13, 1977 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. I was so happy to hear this song because I had always loved the way it went straight from When will I be Loved to Willin on the Heart like a Wheel album
Linda is one of a kind. Stunner, amazing pipes, perfect timing, incredible soul. We are losing all the great ones. Live music will never be as great as it was in the 50s, 60s and 70s. How lucky are we to have lived in the golden age of rock, blues, Motown, Soul, R&B and Funk?
You are absolutely right, Bill. And sadly, within the next 5 or 10 years, they will all be gone. I try to see as many of the great old singers and bands as I can. Last year, I had tickets for 4 concerts, but the pandemic got in the way. I've got tickets to see her old backup band play Hotel California in October. I saw them a couple years ago. Glenn's gone, but his son does a good job, filling in. Sadly, Linda's singing days are over. Linda, thanks for the memories. I wish you well.
I dunno, it's been 50 fuckin' years I worshipped this woman. Almost nothing has remained constant through all that time. But this has. What a gift she is. It honestly just doesn't get much better. If any. Wherever you are, Linda, thank you and be well.
Lowell even spent time with Linda, and by 1979 he was gone. Dr. said he died of "chronic excess." Wonderful rendition of his song Linda, appreciate it!
Her talking voice is adorable! Then when she starts singing her voice is so powerful and awesome! Such a cool contrast. Love you Linda Ronstadt! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Linda was a perfectionist and did not like delivering her sound in a large venue where she felt it was compromised. So consider yourselves fortunate to sample her stadium performances on youtube which in my opinion delivered and then some. At this time in 1977 at age 31 she was very recently, very rich due to hard work, dedication, and her perfectionism. She never quit improving until she quit rock. What a voice, never a wrong note in tone or pitch. Her vibrato remains unmatched. This is Linda at the very top of her game when she did not even know it.
She's everybody's type. Even women would love her as a friend. She's real and down to earth. And when she performs, its bare bones. Not a lot of smoke and mirrors to make her look or sound better than what she is. Also, she really never pushed the sexual aspect of her stage persona. She never needed to. Can you imagine her with male dancers or females twerking- lights flashing, her wearing a bathing suit and high boots?! No. She has talent. And it speaks for itself.
Very astute--i got to meet Linda about 20 years ago (after she was no longer singing) because she was best friends with my ex-girlfriend--they grew up in Tucson together--and my ex said there is no friendship she values more
Her intro of this song and her tale about Lowell George - without mentioning his name - is just fuqn priceless. When I saw her on her "Mad Love" tour she sang - or tried to, anyway - "Desperado", whereupon her first attempt after the full musical intro she "forgot the words" and had to start over from the beginning. Classic Ronstadt.
How far we have fallen since this powerful heartbreaking songbird grabbed the mic and sang her songs to us. A true champion of songwriters, musicians and cooler than the others. Sigh...
I love so many of her songs, but I keep coming back to this one. It just seems perfect. Every syllable of every word is perfectly sung. Alice, Dallas alice. Baked by the sun EVERYtime I GO to MexiCO. Just a great song
One of the greatest voices to ever grace the American stage! Loved this girl so much!! Linda, peace and rest upon you, and thank you for all you've done!!
growing up, i heard Linda from my folks playing her music, dancing and my mom singing along. i’m now 55 no longer have my parents but still have beautiful Linda’s great tunes and many sweet memories, golden.
Your adoreable,nobody like you ,I adore this song.i love you linda Ronstadt my very favorite singer and i sang and roked along with you tjeough some tough stuff in my life. If it wernt for you id not have made it .your an angel god givin Peace...i'll never forget you lady gorgeous women!!! I saw you live 3 times
Her instrument was like a Stradivarius and she played it to divine perfection. Live, on certain magical nights, Ronstadt was breathtaking in sight and sound. No wonder they all were so devoted to her.
We always wish the people we love to hear, will always stay young and can be enjoyed forever ! Alas, as time goes by, we tend to age, and still have that special voice, but they obviously lost a little, and we still go to see them for one reason. While they are singing now, even if it is different from years ago, we are watching them sing in our(memories)time and enjoying it just as much as years ago.. The fact they still want to perform for us, doesn't rule out happiness for all. Linda sang all kinds of music, ballads, feel good, and emotional, with a starred voice and great stage presence that we remembered and talked to the crowd like a friend or neighbor would and that meant a lot. Wishing her nothing but good health and happiness
This just sent shivers down my spine and put a tear in my eye, stunning voice and amazingly talented beautiful woman, loved her since I first saw her live way back then.
I have never heard this song or seen footage of the song. Linda was the first girl I ever loved, I was 6. Now I am 50 and she still makes me wanna love her. God love this woman, she suffers from a disease that took her voice from her and her fans. I pray onto the Father right now to love her as we have loved her to make her days better. WE ALL LOVE YOU . GOD LOVES YOU MOST AND cannot wait to hear you with his chorus of angels, but he needs to wait until you say your're ready and he is glad you are making the plans for this ICONIC lady.
Yes, you and me both, and about a gazillion other guys would board that, for Linda! Ah man, she is the most absolute, talented and drop dead gorgeous woman of my lifetime. And I'm still, willin! Love ya, Linda!!😍😎😘
There was a guy who interviewed her in the last 5 years (after being diagnosed with Parkinson's) and at one point he was talking about Jerry Brown and how he never liked him, because Linda was supposed to be his girlfriend. LOL. I'm pretty sure he spoke for millions of us.
While I was big into great music 8n the 60's and 70' like Dubies, and Eagles, Wings, and not seeing Linda to much or thinking about her, her new Documentary movie sparked a whole new awareness and total admiration and crush on Linda! OMG, it could have been the liberal in her that kept me away, but after seeing this movie she has my full respect and she was smart and not a dumb beauty. So cute and sexy as she is always just being herself, not a phony pony.
That stunning voice was always in service to great songs. The fact that she never seemed to crave her own reflection makes her the fairest in the land.
It was the Summer of my junior year in college and was driving and listening to an FM station and "Different Drum" came on. Drove to The Record Bar. Bought the record. Everyone since and every concert I could attend. Still in love with Linda. End of story.
Queen of hi-fidelity Vinyl and even more mesmerizing live. You can have all them other girls - only Linda was a keeper. And man people still stalk her and make up stuff about her.
She didn’t write it but she took a song and elevated it into something that far transcends its source. The sympathy, the elocution, her clarity of vision make this song remarkable.
Thanks Little Feat, I started my California music journey from Little Feat and now came back to Linda Ronstadt whom I first had no interest in. In these days, I've been listening to Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, JD Souther, Karla Bonoff, Byrds and early Eagles.
The love of my life introduced me to the music of Lowell George when I was still just a kid really. 32 years, and he’s been gone now coming up to 4.. it’s still leaves me gutted.. such bittersweet heartstring pulling. Linda does that well enough with her own material, this is twice the pain.
She was initially diagnosed as Parkinson’s, but further testing (in the Autumn of 2019) revealed that she is NOT suffering from Parkinson's, but rather Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), for which there is currently almost no treatment. There are no happy ways to go, but PSP is one of the saddest
Wow, Tumbling Dice, and then Your No Good....they clear the stage and then the encore is "Willin" back to her country roots. This whole concert was amazing...wish I was there...this band is so tight! without mixing and all the CRAP that comes with some of the music today.... Makes me smile!
Linda Ronstadt is what the universe creates when it's showing off. Rare, real and remarkable.
Susan bogguss does to
Well said!
❤❤❤
You nailed it I'm 51 she's the best I've ever heard
So well said !!!
Stopped to fix a young woman's bicycle chain which had come off and jammed, riding up the Chicago Lakefront around that time.40+ years ago now. I was heavily involved in the repair, sitting on the ground with a chain tool, her leaning over the bike watching, when I looked up and ... O ... M .... G. Imagine how hard it was not to act like a blithering idiot looking straight into Linda Ronstadt's eyes from about 18". My God she was beautiful. I was stunned. She was very sweet, gracious, laughed it off, talked to me like we were friends, asking what its like to live on the lakefront, etc. She gave me a number to call to get tickets to her show that night. And so I did. 2nd row. Great show. When she told the story of "this nice cute guy who fixed my bike" and waved to me I about feinted.The best "brush with greatness" (as Letterman used to say) in my entire life. What a memory, and happening across this song brings it all back. Thanks, Linda! If you ever need your bike fixed again ...
Great story.
That is one great story, I am truly envious
Love that story
Hey Scott, thanks for the story; I'm so green with envy! Glad you met this lovely soul.
Hey @scottube1 what is a chain tool and do you always keep one in your pocket when you are walking along the beach ? I Live in MI been to Lake MI many times but only on the MI side. I guess it would be interesting to try the Chicago side.
I was trucking over to Sacramento, and left Boomtown after a bite to eat. I had to chain up as it was nasty with snow and ice. I got by the scale, and the weather cleared up, so I stopped at a rest area and took the tire chains off. I was a mess, and wet. I went into the comfort station, and Linda was sitting there on a bench. I immediately recognized her, and I told her I knew who was. I asked her if she would like to have a chat. Sure was her reply. She gave me about 45 minutes of her time. I told her I played a few gigs with Neil Young as a youngster, and I play guitar now. That had to be about 15 years ago. I'll never forget it. What a nice lady she is. Thanks Linda.
Her little voice at the beginning, talking about her encounter with Lowell George, turns into THAT when she starts singing. Amazing talent.
In the day when professional music was musical notes, harmony, a bit of a story, respect for men and women, bound by a respectful morality, individual and collective talent. Boomers were gifted great music from our parents and grandparents and taught respect for the art of music. We were the lucky generation.
Morality? She opened the song with a story about taking drugs and screwing a married man. Not so much. Now I love Linda Ronstadt but morality? Not so much.
@@farmerbill6855 Some of us boomers still believe that honesty and truthfulness are higher forms of morality. Your judgment of her recreational drug use and unwitting sex with a married partner tell us more about your morals than hers.
You're right, hard to detect morals where there are none.
One person’s morals are another’s weakness. And vice-versa. My attention to the music created in our earliest years and before focuses on sadness from a failed relationship, job, battle over substances or a cheating partner. The music of my generation 1958 to ~ 1988 continued the previous themes and added opposition to an unpopular war (as opposed to WW2) the advent of additional freedom by virtue of the automobile and toys with internal combustion engines. “ROUND ROUND GET AROUND I GET AROUND” Themes about life style were increasingly added to the mix. Inventions from Les Paul and Laurens Hammond just before the war started a trend that caught fire in the fifties and continues to grow to this day. All along traditional music theory was in the structure of our music. Respect for one another was generally assumed. Music about bitches and hoe’s and discussion of questionable sex behavior started appearing in the early to mid ‘80’s. My hope for new tunes of innovations, happiness, non-violence respect for each other became snuffed out.
What a load of cliched crap.
That is our lady Linda showing off her country roots, singing a soulful “Willin,” because she knows what it’s like to be on the road. I think at her core she had country roots, growing up in Arizona, but as she has noted with her musician family, she was exposed to the American songbook of the 40s and 50s, mariachi, and later, rock ‘n’ roll. And she showed us that she could do all of them.
I was at this concert.
December 13, 1977 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta.
I was so happy to hear this song because I had always loved the way it went straight from When will I be Loved to Willin on the Heart like a Wheel album
Me too buddy...and I'm a retired truck driver bought the album back 4:36 this song and fell in love
Linda is one of a kind. Stunner, amazing pipes, perfect timing, incredible soul. We are losing all the great ones. Live music will never be as great as it was in the 50s, 60s and 70s. How lucky are we to have lived in the golden age of rock, blues, Motown, Soul, R&B and Funk?
Hear, hear! 👍💖🤩
You are absolutely right, Bill. And sadly, within the next 5 or 10 years, they will all be gone. I try to see as many of the great old singers and bands as I can. Last year, I had tickets for 4 concerts, but the pandemic got in the way. I've got tickets to see her old backup band play Hotel California in October. I saw them a couple years ago. Glenn's gone, but his son does a good job, filling in.
Sadly, Linda's singing days are over. Linda, thanks for the memories. I wish you well.
Was 21 when this came out.
Damn we had some great music back then didn’t we!
Y’all keep on Rocking, I am
☠️😉☠️
I dunno, it's been 50 fuckin' years I worshipped this woman. Almost nothing has remained constant through all that time. But this has. What a gift she is. It honestly just doesn't get much better. If any. Wherever you are, Linda, thank you and be well.
Crush of a lifetime. Very special gal.
shes not well but an amazing person and talent, many hits here in australia
Check this rendition out, from The Voice Norway:
ua-cam.com/video/6YwQ2gzTpb4/v-deo.html
IT'S JUNE 5, 2022 AND STILL LISTENING TO THIS SONG. I ALSO WANT TO THANK LINDA FOR HER BEAUTIFUL VOICE.
me too, been listening to her all day.
Great singer. Perhaps the best ever. To my ears her voice was so open and clear.
Many have covered this tune. Her interpretation is the best.
Lowell even spent time with Linda, and by 1979 he was gone. Dr. said he died of "chronic excess." Wonderful rendition of his song Linda, appreciate it!
Linda & Lowell; the 'most beautiful couple'--
No one comes close to that voice...power, clarity, so rich!...and just so darn cute! Thank you Linda for all the great music. Will always love you!
Totally agree.
Her talking voice is adorable! Then when she starts singing her voice is so powerful and awesome! Such a cool contrast. Love you Linda Ronstadt! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Lowell George may have wrote this …but Linda made her own. Perfection…
man, why am i watching so much Linda Rondstat lately. Re-inspired.
Linda was a perfectionist and did not like delivering her sound in a large venue where she felt it was compromised. So consider yourselves fortunate to sample her stadium performances on youtube which in my opinion delivered and then some. At this time in 1977 at age 31 she was very recently, very rich due to hard work, dedication, and her perfectionism. She never quit improving until she quit rock. What a voice, never a wrong note in tone or pitch. Her vibrato remains unmatched. This is Linda at the very top of her game when she did not even know it.
She's everybody's type. Even women would love her as a friend. She's real and down to earth. And when she performs, its bare bones. Not a lot of smoke and mirrors to make her look or sound better than what she is. Also, she really never pushed the sexual aspect of her stage persona. She never needed to. Can you imagine her with male dancers or females twerking- lights flashing, her wearing a bathing suit and high boots?! No. She has talent. And it speaks for itself.
so true!
Very astute--i got to meet Linda about 20 years ago (after she was no longer singing) because she was best friends with my ex-girlfriend--they grew up in Tucson together--and my ex said there is no friendship she values more
Lowell's wife would beg to differ.
Her intro of this song and her tale about Lowell George - without mentioning his name - is just fuqn priceless. When I saw her on her "Mad Love" tour she sang - or tried to, anyway - "Desperado", whereupon her first attempt after the full musical intro she "forgot the words" and had to start over from the beginning. Classic Ronstadt.
I cut my teeth listening to this beautiful voice. I so wish I could’ve seen her live.
Love you forever Linda.
Best trucker song ever..RIP dad.
That voice, that heartbreaking voice still in a league of her own.
heart warming!
Soul stirring too!
a face that would sail a thousand ships and melt the hearts a thousand men
Waddy Wachtel on acoustic guitar!
My God, Linda! Love this lady...how freakin' lucky were we to grow up with the likes of this absolute honey.
How far we have fallen since this powerful heartbreaking songbird grabbed the mic and sang her songs to us. A true champion of songwriters, musicians and cooler than the others. Sigh...
Linda opens her mouth the sound comes out and my soul responds accordingly
Classic. This song was an anthem for anyone on the road back in the 70's. Still is today.
Original authentic and heartbreaking. All the best to Linda, the only songbird for many boys.
I love so many of her songs, but I keep coming back to this one. It just seems perfect. Every syllable of every word is perfectly sung. Alice, Dallas alice. Baked by the sun EVERYtime I GO to MexiCO. Just a great song
Indeed
@@dallasalice1170 wow. Dallas Alice- it's a pleasure to finally meet you.
Even though she didn’t write it, she does sing the heck out of it.
She's purdy, too.😊❤❤❤
@@grokeffer6226 what a smile
For those of you who don't know who she was talking about , it was Lowell George of Little Feat ,a legend who left us way too soon !
That is a freaking perfect version of that song. Unreal.
She made it all look so easy.
Linda Ronstadt made a lot of great music but I’d have to say that that is my favorite Linda Ronstadt song
One of the best ever. Her range of vocals and styles was incredible. She will always be my darling.
Absolutely the finest recording of this song.
I was at this show. A friend of mine was Concierge at the hotel the Feat stayed at in Atlanta and scored doobage for them. Those were some cool days
Linda, you are so special.
Got to love you
Linda in her absolute prime! Incredible....
What an amazing young woman. I’ve loved Linda since my friend George D’jarnet turned me on to her Stone Pony’s album. Those were the good days.❤️❤️❤️
Linda, at the height of popularity, when she was queen, and ruled American music.
Really Miss the good ole days and our boomer music!! Great job !!
Oh my God - the best, now & then, always
a great singer and gorgeous too
Perfect 70’s beauty. She had it all. Only thing missing was me. Damn
One of the greatest voices to ever grace the American stage! Loved this girl so much!! Linda, peace and rest upon you, and thank you for all you've done!!
growing up, i heard Linda from my folks playing her music, dancing and my mom singing along. i’m now 55 no longer have my parents but still have beautiful Linda’s great tunes and many sweet memories, golden.
When perfection comes together.
Nobody better than this lady!
Thanks for the memories Linda. Your beautiful inside and out!
I still have a crush on you after 50 years😂😍❤️✌️
So did every guy I went to school with.
Your adoreable,nobody like you ,I adore this song.i love you linda Ronstadt my very favorite singer and i sang and roked along with you tjeough some tough stuff in my life. If it wernt for you id not have made it .your an angel god givin Peace...i'll never forget you lady gorgeous women!!! I saw you live 3 times
If you can believe it, she was at her best live. As a huge fan I made sure I saw her as often as I could. Blew me away from the first!
Her instrument was like a Stradivarius and she played it to divine perfection. Live, on certain magical nights, Ronstadt was breathtaking in sight and sound. No wonder they all were so devoted to her.
BREATH TAKING--voice like an Angel & absolutely Gorgeous Lady--stunning!
the best song from one of the greatest albums ever done
Oh my, what a great video clip of Linda in her prime. What a combination of talent, beauty, and down-home personality. Love her!
We always wish the people we love to hear, will always stay young and can be enjoyed forever !
Alas, as time goes by, we tend to age, and still have that special voice, but they obviously lost a little,
and we still go to see them for one reason.
While they are singing now, even if it is different from years ago, we are watching them sing in our(memories)time and enjoying it just as much as years ago..
The fact they still want to perform for us, doesn't rule out happiness for all.
Linda sang all kinds of music, ballads, feel good, and emotional, with a starred voice and great stage presence that we remembered and talked to the crowd like a friend or neighbor would and that meant a lot.
Wishing her nothing but good health and happiness
Goddess. Absolute Goddess.
Slowed down nice and easy so we have plenty of time to take it all in! Masterfully done!
When I saw Linda back in those days she had one of the best bands I've ever seen.
That might be because at a later time that band would become the Eagles.
The Stone Ponies.
This just sent shivers down my spine and put a tear in my eye, stunning voice and amazingly talented beautiful woman, loved her since I first saw her live way back then.
She was the complete picture ...voice, looks and style. Her songs live on as will the memory of her. TQ for the music and the journey.
So in love with Linda..From the Stone Ponys days...
I have never heard this song or seen footage of the song. Linda was the first girl I ever loved, I was 6. Now I am 50 and she still makes me wanna love her. God love this woman, she suffers from a disease that took her voice from her and her fans. I pray onto the Father right now to love her as we have loved her to make her days better. WE ALL LOVE YOU . GOD LOVES YOU MOST AND cannot wait to hear you with his chorus of angels, but he needs to wait until you say your're ready and he is glad you are making the plans for this ICONIC lady.
Greatest woman to ever take the stage. Thanks for everything, Linda.
Man oh man - great singer with a great song and super band. Makes me feel like a boy again - RONSTADT in the 70s - sigh...
Tell me about it.... right in the mid 70's like 74, 75, 76, 77.... *top of her game*
Love this so much.
an american classic one of a kind voice
angels are jealous when she sings
The real offering of the genre... the Queen of Country Rock! Lovely...
I didn't think I could like this song any more than I have for the past 40 years, but I was wrong. This is just spectacular.
The reason for a time machine - to go back and swoop her up. Gorgeous voice, mucho musical talent, great bands - all heart no vanity. Sigh ...
Best rendition of Willin' ever sung..
Don't forget she breathtakingly beautiful then.
Ron's Channel Agree about it being the best version.
Yes, you and me both, and about a gazillion other guys would board that, for Linda! Ah man, she is the most absolute, talented and drop dead gorgeous woman of my lifetime. And I'm still, willin! Love ya, Linda!!😍😎😘
There was a guy who interviewed her in the last 5 years (after being diagnosed with Parkinson's) and at one point he was talking about Jerry Brown and how he never liked him, because Linda was supposed to be his girlfriend. LOL. I'm pretty sure he spoke for millions of us.
She didn’t demand publishing rights from songwriters. Class act and greatest woman rock singer ever.
She truly was and still is the queen!
The only problem with this is that it wasn’t longer... much longer. Much love to Lowell and Linda.
While I was big into great music 8n the 60's and 70' like Dubies, and Eagles, Wings, and not seeing Linda to much or thinking about her, her new Documentary movie sparked a whole new awareness and total admiration and crush on Linda! OMG, it could have been the liberal in her that kept me away, but after seeing this movie she has my full respect and she was smart and not a dumb beauty. So cute and sexy as she is always just being herself, not a phony pony.
Spent many nights in Richards in Atlanta, and I was probably in the audience for this show. Lovely Linda with a voice that'll make you cry.
Linda chatting with the crowd( how unusual) and then boom - a stellar live performance. Vocals extrodinare. Linda delivers Lowell.
I love her!
That stunning voice was always in service to great songs. The fact that she never seemed to crave her own reflection makes her the fairest in the land.
That voice.... oh that voice.....
WOW! LOVE HER VOICE and her presence! LOVELY LINDA!!!!
It was the Summer of my junior year in college and was driving and listening to an FM station and "Different Drum" came on. Drove to The Record Bar. Bought the record. Everyone since and every concert I could attend. Still in love with Linda. End of story.
Nobody in the world will ever sing this song as good as Linda did.
Maybe not in the future... but Lowell George... I don't know... he sang it pretty well...
@@tribefromthenorth That is for sure. I guess I meant besides him..
@@sjmullen6691 :-)
Beautiful
One of the best of all time.
Love how she directs the timing at the end, during the pauses, with her arm movements ...
she is adorable
Queen of hi-fidelity Vinyl and even more mesmerizing live. You can have all them other girls - only Linda was a keeper. And man people still stalk her and make up stuff about her.
She didn’t write it but she took a song and elevated it into something that far transcends its source. The sympathy, the elocution, her clarity of vision make this song remarkable.
she didn't write any of her songs
@@conorkennedy3304 yes, she's a singer, not a songwriter. i'm not sure what your point is.
She did write try me again, off the hasten the wind album.
Any song Linda sings is GOLD !
Wow. Never heard the story of Linda's meeting Lowell! She was just impossibly cute on top of her pipes!
Thanks Little Feat, I started my California music journey from Little Feat and now came back to Linda Ronstadt whom I first had no interest in. In these days, I've been listening to Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, JD Souther, Karla Bonoff, Byrds and early Eagles.
Wow, thanks for posting this! Surprised I'd never seen it before, and glad for the UA-cam recommendation that brought me here! 😎✌🏼
Incredibly talented, gifted, personality, looks, beautifully strong voice, tough as nails and independent.
The love of my life introduced me to the music of Lowell George when I was still just a kid really. 32 years, and he’s been gone now coming up to 4.. it’s still leaves me gutted.. such bittersweet heartstring pulling. Linda does that well enough with her own material, this is twice the pain.
These videos of Linda are priceless. Thanks for sharing them.
Amazing.
She is a wonderful singer. It's sad to hear that she had to go into retirement as a result of Parkinson disease.
She was initially diagnosed as Parkinson’s, but further testing (in the Autumn of 2019) revealed that she is NOT suffering from Parkinson's, but rather Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), for which there is currently almost no treatment. There are no happy ways to go, but PSP is one of the saddest
Wow, Tumbling Dice, and then Your No Good....they clear the stage and then the encore is "Willin" back to her country roots. This whole concert was amazing...wish I was there...this band is so tight! without mixing and all the CRAP that comes with some of the music today.... Makes me smile!
No boring repetitive vacuous lyrics, no effects, no autotune or any of that kind of BS, just totally organic and amazing. I totally agree with you 👍👍
I didnt know he didnt tell me. She is a doll always and forever.
I believe Linda is considered the first Diva. The best voice .