Linda has the extra ordinary ability to weave her voice in tight harmonies that few can match. She's there, you can distinctly hear her, but she's not dominating the melody. All three of their voices are tremendous instruments on their own.
Bella Bella- as to Linda’s voice, I don’t believe anyone else has heard any quite like her either. Listening years earlier to Andrew Gold & Kenny Edwards backing her up is as good as vocal arrangements can get, imo. She’s a treasure no doubt...plus she’s always had “It”
Here in Mexico City, 2024 post- pandemic. Remembering when I first heard these voices, first heard those lyrics of Neil Young…70s 80s90s… tears in my eyes for all the beauty that can just go by…
I've attended two David Letterman shows in my lifetime , this was one of them. My hosts and I had no idea who the guests were that evening (until we got there); and then, this happened. I'm not a religious man, but I suspect this is the closest I'm ever going to get. Absolute perfection.
Well...religion doesn't take anyone to a Heavenly place anyways. If you truly enjoyed the experience, it's time to get in terms with JesusChrist. The place alone and the Angels Choir will blow your mind for the whole eternity. 😉
No ego, just pure talent in harmony. You could sense that the trio were both happy and proud to be singing together. The result is music that's heaven on earth.
Love each of these ladies for their talents each brings, but together it is angelic music for my soul. Love, love, love it! I am mesmerized by that glass harmonica!
She has an incredible range. In some of the other clips of the three of them, she sings the low harmony. All three of them have simply amazing, iconic voices.
Linda once said that she loved singing like this as she didn't have to sing leads and could focus on harmonies. That 4 octave voice certainly soared in this. Parkinson's is a miserable disease.
Few days before Christmas 2024, and just discovering this beautiful rendition. Heartfelt and sung perfectly. A stunning Trio, and yes, Linda has my heart ❤
By 1999, when they appeared on Letterman, Linda's voice was starting to be affected by the palsy that eventually led to her retirement from public performances and ultimately prevented her from being able to sing at all. When she was at full power, NO ONE could sing like Linda.
There is no doubt, this is the best three female trio ever to grace this planet, never equaled, never mind overtaken. God bless Linda Ronstadt and return her voice to its correct place.
best trio of all time !! it's a crying shame that Linda Ronstadt can no longer amaze us with her incredible voice. love you always little bare foot girl !!
The part that really hit me is the look of absolute joy and happiness on Linda's face as she looks over at the other two -- as if there is NO PLACE in the world that she would rather be than on that stage adding her voice to help create that magic!
Just listened to an old concert from the 70's on UA-cam when Linda described getting a breathless call from Emmylou to hurry and get herself over to her house; their favorite singer, Dolly Parton was there. She went on to say they sang together, sounded pretty good and hoped something would come of it. Something did!
It's real easy to forget a major talent like Janis Joplin she sang acapella no backup and her Mercedes-Benz song dominated the number one spot in the chart for months. I don't see this person singing it without a band behind her so she's got a talent but I got to put my money on Janis Joplin having the best because she stood alone and dominated first place for a long time everybody else got some band
@@omgDavidGlasper Janis Joplin held the Mercedes-Benz song in the number one spot for a few weeks with no music. I would call that the greatest accomplishment for a female vocalist in my life time.
Linda is great, but she lacks pure emotion. There is no greatest, just personal favs. i personally rate Judith Durham light years over any other female singer, and that includes the incomparable Dame Shirley Bassey. 😊
24 years later, I'm wondering how I missed this! We see Dolly and Linda occasionally through the years, all three emitting true beauty, but not having seen Emmylou Harris since the 80s, she has entered her senior years as an incredibly beautiful woman. I had not idea she was still performing! I love how humble they are, not overpowering or upstaging, a wonderful blending of three iconic voices. Wow.
I remember seeing this live. I was holding a sleepless babe in my arms, rocking her. This performance brought me to tears. Husband bought the CD fo me the next day. Said daughter is all grown. Performance can still evoke tears
How beautiful. Thank you for sharing. This was glorious, heartbreaking. One of my favourite songs elevated by those goddesses. Letterman has always brought such gems as these to light.
@@neilmccormick2064 they made a couple of alterations, yeah. Can you really picture those ladies singing "and I felt like getting high"? It's a gorgeous rendering of a classic...gave me chills to hear it.
The funeral dirge are the bad thoughts, from the left, leading to self destruction. What would leave no trace in 5000 years? Perhaps an ideology that convinced the young that they are destroying the planet, causing them to walk away from civilization leaving only overgrown buildings?
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun. Not the best choice. It's very hot. I'm from Canada, and Neal Young was great, but I always found the lyrics to this song rather silly. The girls sounded excellent, though!
I think of Linda now and then and feel so sad we won’t ever hear her sing again........Parkinsons is such a cruel illness it certainly robbed us of a pearl who really did sing songs for the lost and the lonely
But I saw her interviewed a while ago on the Tavis Smiley show. She talked about her disease. I don't even know if I could be as humble as she was, and I'd been through some pretty rough times. Linda is a class act and quite a lady. I was inspired by her wisdom ..
I think Linda Ronstadt is one of the classiest acts ever to come out of the States. Eloquent,charming,humble,kind,,generous warm compassionate,considerate and a voice ,a voice that has reduced me to tears on so many occasions.She really is a national treasure .
Absolutely heavenly. Great harmony. Linda has always been my favoutite. Devistated when she no longer sang due to her medical issue. 😢 Great to be able to view how great she was. ❤
These are three very talented women and they have harmony down to a science. But it is the most beautiful Linda Ronstadt whose vocals stand out to me. I miss her singing and pray for her to be well everyday.
I first heard 'After the Gold Rush' as I sat down in the chapel for my best friend's memorial service in October of 1971. Four days earlier we were climbing a 400 foot waterfall when the unthinkable happened. As I took my seat in the chapel I heard the line, "I was thinking about what a friend had said, I was hoping it was a lie." It later occurred to me that every person in the room had lived that line at some point that week. In the song, there is no explanation of what 'a friend had said'. Neil left that to our imagination, which is what makes it so provocative. My friend loved Neil's music and used to especially enjoy singing 'Sugar Mountain' for us. It was 2 months before his 20th birthday when he died, cause you 'can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain'. It almost goes without saying that no other song holds a place in my heart quite like this one.
I love these three women. I have got to say though, on this performance, Dolly’s voice was outstanding and seemed to shine above EmmyLou’s and Linda’s. That Kentucky twang was perfect for this song.
This song sends chills down my spine. So blessed to have seen Linda LIVE! A divine performance from all. Much love and healing from us to Linda, always
i listen to linda rondstadt's voice and it brings tears to my eyes. such a glorious voice silenced by disease, i'm glad i had a chance to hear her at her best in my lifetime.
Played Trio 'til it fell apart, Trio 2 suffered the same fate. Absolute perfection. Best example of flawless harmony I've ever heard. Thank you, ladies.
Linda Ronstadt is arguably the most gifted vocalist of our time. Unlike many other wonderful singers, Linda can sing anything; opera, country, standards, folk, and she can rock. Not too many others can do that. What a cruel thing that she has a disease that has silenced her.
These three ladies together are the ultimate in musical mastery. The harmony makes hair stand, sends tingles down spines, gives goose bumps and fills my heart with wonder every time I hear this song. Linda’s, Emmy’s and Dolly’s harmony is out of this world. Only these three legends can sound so surreal and magical. This is a magical arrangement and the voices cannot be matched.
Also listening in 2022. And I commented there was no Autotune BEFORE I read all comments -- others said it first. Their voices together are pure Heaven.
I’ve watched a lot of videos of these three singing together,and almost all the comments mention the fact that Linda literally has to hold back when she sings, because her voice is so powerful. She was really one of the best ever.
This song is so brilliant that I have to listen to it daily. The voices are insane, but it’s the harmony that makes this version so beautiful. Neil Young wrote this song but these three ladies have lifted it to fab heights. Dolly’s voice is superb and Linda and Emmy bring such celestial harmony to make this version an angelic version that NY would be proud of. This version is a treasure.
I’m 68. After the Gold Rush is one of my favorite albums. I heard this version from their CD many years ago. It is the most stunning, beautiful piece of music I have heard. To hear it done live brought tears to my eyes. The most beautiful voices in perfect harmony.
Dolly has the most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard Allison Krauss is a close second I’m positive this is what angels singing sounds like God blessed us with these ladies we need to appreciate and thank them and god
As my eyes filled with tears and my throat lumped up, I sat and listened in awe to the gift of their angelic voices, as memories rushed through my mind.
This song brought me to tears, in a good way. These three women did an awesome job with it. As a fan of all three, when I found this video, I automatically knew it would sound awesome. So glad I found it. The song is very powerful, and gets me in my heart. I love this, and I love all of these beautiful ladies.
All great Artists. But Dolly Parton really gets me , with not only her beauty , but her spirit , voice , personality, she's a renaissance woman to me. So smart and disciplined. One of a kind. And always humble and grateful to God.
On pourrait dire la même chose à propos de Diana Ankoudinova et ce n'est même pas nécessaire de connaitre le propos de la chanson, souvenez vous ... DIANA ANKUDINOVA ...
This was a beautiful performance by three very talented women. The musicians backing them were fantastic and creative and added the finishing touches to what I consider to be a masterpiece.
These three ladies sing with such grace, emotion, and power, either solo or as the trio. Their voices are ethereal, leading us on a perfect harmonizing journey to what it must sound like in Heaven.
You mean by agreeing to the butchering of the lyrics because of some bogus sense of petty morality? I thought Jim Morrison killed that puritanical nonsense in the 60s .
The best year of my life. I was nine years old and with my mom in Larnaca Cyprys. Spring 1999 started war in my country Yugoslavia. Never new untill know this Masterpice was made the same time. I so much love this thrio, ecpecialy Linda. I wish all the best for herr. If she reads this I am sending her love.
This is the purest form of what our old folks called genuine music! Zero autotunes, just rehearsing until your heart breaks, and when you sing, remember to transmit the feelings and emotions of the simple but incredibly genius compositions. And back then the awards for sales, etcétera were irrelevant! Not today! Sad!
Absolutely gorgeous! I'm broken hearted that Linda can no longer sing. At the same time I'm So grateful that we have recordings like this. I'll never forget these voices.
It took my many times listening to this masterpiece to realize the high harmony was Linda's! I guess I usually had my eyes closed, floating away, and didn't watch the video. There's a brief two part harmony at about 2:26 where it shows only Linda and Dolly singing. I don't think I ever appreciated that she had that kind of range. I suppose that's usually the domain of background singers, and she alway sang lead. What an instrument she had.
I've been listening since I was a a child in the 70's to Linda's gift. I'm a professional vocalist and I'm sooooo glad I lived in the same era and was able to see her live.
Dolly singing solo, and then Linda's beautiful alto voice comes in. Oh, how l love her voice. One of the few singers I can actually listen to the whole album/CD. All three are wonderful in their own right. Even better together. Thankyou U-tube.
The nostalgia beauty of this performance is like a punch in the gut. We have three ladies I hold dear to my heart singing in wonderful harmony a Neil Young song from my youth. I think I sprung a leak out the corner of my eye.
I can’t think of any singers today that can match these three ladies. I mean they are F-ing legends and 100 years from now people will still be listening to their bodies of work because they have once in a lifetime talent, true musicians
No lip-synching. No dancing. No light show. Just pure raw talent. And no egos.
No Auto-tune either.
Just perfection....
Oh, there were plenty of egos. Just not on display here.
You won't find this anymore on today's joke of what they now call evening talk shows.
Why Don you people feel the need to criticize?
If these three together don't give you chills, you have no pulse.
I cried
It’s a bit of magic, isn’t it
Ou são depressivos ( risos )
We might be dead if you like this
Agreed! Surreal and otherworldly , just simply unbelievable.
We are blessed by angels..
Amazing. Three awesomely talented women whose music I grew up on. Wow.
Just stumbled upon this in mid 2024 and all I can say is WOW.
Agreed.
Same here. Watching random music video and just loved this. What beautiful harmony. Think I’ll check into their other songs
@@andreagunn6895you’ll not be disappointed!
November 22nd, 2024. Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿. I never really left.
Linda Ronstadt long long time is a masterpiece❤
Everything Linda did was a masterpiece.
Headed there now...cry every time
Yup all great but 1977 December in Atlanta...Desperado the best. Just Linda, a piano and 10000 people listening in the dark. She was fearless!
Linda Ronstadt was my first ever concert as a teen. Her music has gotten me through a lot ❤
No gimmicks, no USP’s, just three beautiful women with unique and wonderful voices.
Linda is holding back her voice on this song. Just happy to harmonize beautifully. I’ve never heard a voice quite like Linda Ronstadt ever.
Bella Bella I know right?
Linda has the extra ordinary ability to weave her voice in tight harmonies that few can match. She's there, you can distinctly hear her, but she's not dominating the melody. All three of their voices are tremendous instruments on their own.
It’s so tragic that she lost her voice to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
Bella Bella- as to Linda’s voice, I don’t believe anyone else has heard any quite like her either. Listening years earlier to Andrew Gold & Kenny Edwards backing her up is as good as vocal arrangements can get, imo. She’s a treasure no doubt...plus she’s always had “It”
Yes, all three so humbly blended with the others. So beautiful.
Listening in 2023 . It never gets old ❤
Hello Wendy
How are you doing today?
Here in 2024
2024 and still love this. Incredible
Here in Mexico City, 2024 post- pandemic. Remembering when I first heard these voices, first heard those lyrics of Neil Young…70s 80s90s… tears in my eyes for all the beauty that can just go by…
Sheer perfection.
I've attended two David Letterman shows in my lifetime , this was one of them. My hosts and I had no idea who the guests were that evening (until we got there); and then, this happened. I'm not a religious man, but I suspect this is the closest I'm ever going to get.
Absolute perfection.
Wow ! What a beautiful memory..
❤
oh my god.
Well...religion doesn't take anyone to a Heavenly place anyways. If you truly enjoyed the experience, it's time to get in terms with JesusChrist. The place alone and the Angels Choir will blow your mind for the whole eternity. 😉
@@ottozambrana66 Amen brother
No ego, just pure talent in harmony. You could sense that the trio were both happy and proud to be singing together. The result is music that's heaven on earth.
Simple class, utterly beautiful
Three class acts
@@sherripickett3213
Don’t forget Neil
Love each of these ladies for their talents each brings, but together it is angelic music for my soul. Love, love, love it! I am mesmerized by that glass harmonica!
No egos, you are correct.
I feel so blessed that I had the music of the 60's and 70's as my growing up music.
Thank you so much, they are wonderful!
Hello Barbara
How are you doing today?
Those Linda Ronstadt high harmonies are stunning.
She could sing anything in any genre! A once in a lifetime talent.
Check out her stuff with Philip Glass.
She has an incredible range. In some of the other clips of the three of them, she sings the low harmony. All three of them have simply amazing, iconic voices.
Linda once said that she loved singing like this as she didn't have to sing leads and could focus on harmonies. That 4 octave voice certainly soared in this. Parkinson's is a miserable disease.
Emmy singing high harmony as well
Few days before Christmas 2024, and just discovering this beautiful rendition.
Heartfelt and sung perfectly. A stunning Trio, and yes, Linda has my heart ❤
Nice to go back in time. I miss Linda Ronstadt’s amazing voice.
I agree 💯 magical ✨️.
Reminds me of being young and my 1st husband ❤ beautiful.. God is Good
Yeah, she was really great.
8/12/24: we all miss Linda’s incredible voice. These 3 friends surely made fine music. Thank you Linda, Emmylou, and Dolly.
By 1999, when they appeared on Letterman, Linda's voice was starting to be affected by the palsy that eventually led to her retirement from public performances and ultimately prevented her from being able to sing at all. When she was at full power, NO ONE could sing like Linda.
There is no doubt, this is the best three female trio ever to grace this planet, never equaled, never mind overtaken. God bless Linda Ronstadt and return her voice to its correct place.
If you can find it.. her album “Hand Seen, Home Grown” is awesome early Ronstadt
Hand Sewn Home Grown
She says she sings in her head now
I would add Karen Carpenter to that list. I was just thinking how incredibly her voice would harmonize with these beautiful women.
@@everydaywithsandra 💛
best trio of all time !! it's a crying shame that Linda Ronstadt can no longer amaze us with her incredible voice. love you always little bare foot girl !!
For me, it's Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, and Gillian Welch, Linda was a stunning vocalist. Check out go to sleep you little baby, sung acapella.
Wonderfully! But check out Emmulou Harris, Mary Black and Dolores Keene singing Sonny
The part that really hit me is the look of absolute joy and happiness on Linda's face as she looks over at the other two -- as if there is NO PLACE in the world that she would rather be than on that stage adding her voice to help create that magic!
Even the angels are crying right now...this is what heaven must sound like.
ANDDDDDD she's singing the highest of all high harmonies on this song!!!!
Just listened to an old concert from the 70's on UA-cam when Linda described getting a breathless call from Emmylou to hurry and get herself over to her house; their favorite singer, Dolly Parton was there. She went on to say they sang together, sounded pretty good and hoped something would come of it. Something did!
She recently reflected that since she was a young girl, all she ever wanted was to be a singer, "how cool is that?" she asks.
Goose bumps
Linda Rondstadt was the best vocalist ever! She could sing anything from country to opera!
It's real easy to forget a major talent like Janis Joplin she sang acapella no backup and her Mercedes-Benz song dominated the number one spot in the chart for months. I don't see this person singing it without a band behind her so she's got a talent but I got to put my money on Janis Joplin having the best because she stood alone and dominated first place for a long time everybody else got some band
@@markmcgoveran6811 Barbra Streisand and Karen Carpenter are the two best ever, and didnt have bands.
@@omgDavidGlasper Janis Joplin held the Mercedes-Benz song in the number one spot for a few weeks with no music. I would call that the greatest accomplishment for a female vocalist in my life time.
Rondstadt is a goddess of a voice
Linda is great, but she lacks pure emotion. There is no greatest, just personal favs. i personally rate Judith Durham light years over any other female singer, and that includes the incomparable Dame Shirley Bassey. 😊
This is talent! No overdone loud noise. Just beautiful pure harmony. Gosh this is good!
No auto tune……Just natural perfection!❤
Hello Catherine
How are you doing today?
I heaven is this beautiful ........
Separate, these three voices are each amazing. Together, they are astonishing! The whole is greater than the sum of its parts!
24 years later, I'm wondering how I missed this! We see Dolly and Linda occasionally through the years, all three emitting true beauty, but not having seen Emmylou Harris since the 80s, she has entered her senior years as an incredibly beautiful woman. I had not idea she was still performing! I love how humble they are, not overpowering or upstaging, a wonderful blending of three iconic voices. Wow.
Checkout Emmylou and Mark Knopfler recordings if you haven't already. Great stuff.
Emmylou and Mark's video is on UA-cam.
Emmy Lou still performs at the Telluride Bluegrass festival every year!
Here she is singing more Neil Young last year ua-cam.com/video/sFUWQ69ijiI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Broll1tx
@@ericmatteson8888 Thank you!
I remember seeing this live. I was holding a sleepless babe in my arms, rocking her. This performance brought me to tears. Husband bought the CD fo me the next day. Said daughter is all grown. Performance can still evoke tears
What a lovely memory... All happiness to you and your family
Aww my son would have been a few days before turning one and I never missed David Letterman during those years. Time goes by so face.
Beautiful cover of Neil Young song !
How beautiful. Thank you for sharing. This was glorious, heartbreaking. One of my favourite songs elevated by those goddesses. Letterman has always brought such gems as these to light.
How beautifully soothing. I just happened on this and what a treat it was. Just lovely.
Oh, wow -- thank you, life, for letting me witness this.
They took Neil Young’s tune to another level. Absolutely beautiful. Thank God platforms such as this exist. We will never lose the memories.
To a level of censorship re the lyrics.
Tomorrow will be a Neil Young day, zzzzzzzzzz
Nah sorry it’s good but in now way his level. Neil Young owned this song.
@@neilmccormick2064 they made a couple of alterations, yeah. Can you really picture those ladies singing "and I felt like getting high"?
It's a gorgeous rendering of a classic...gave me chills to hear it.
@@peterkelly6146 Isnt every day a Neil Young day?
This performance should never be lost. It is timeless, magnificent, pure. So wonderful to hear
And here I am, on my way out in August of 2024 and still loving it. Thank you girls. Dorothy 🇿🇦☮️🙏💜
Me, too!
me too!
I was in the 8th grade when Niel Young released After the Gold Rush. I've loved this song ever since.
Listening in 2021. What a beautiful song by three beautiful ladies. No frills, just raw talent. Thank you for posting this!
A decent cover the original is much better Neil Young did it perfectly and Emmy lou has sung back up on that song for 40 years with neil
Ronstat stinks as usual.
Listening in 2022.
true
@@rosanneweeks2415 me too!!
I just loved the way Dolly and Linda would side glance at each other. Wether it was the pure joy of singing or reassurance, it was beautiful.
Hello Lesley, how are you doing?
Hello Callum, how are you doing?
I love those three. Each of them a big deal on their own, but submitting to the music and just blending with each other. Sublime. ❤
‘Submitting to the music’
LOVELY. THANK YOU. At 57, one of the few joys of my life has been Linda Ronstadt...for over 40 years, as both of grew older. Thanks, again.
Sounds good to me.
I keep coming back to this song, and it never fails to make me cry like a baby. It feels like the funeral dirge for the planet Earth.
I think that it is exactly that. Neil Young is a kind of prophet.
It may be
Yes💧
The funeral dirge are the bad thoughts, from the left, leading to self destruction.
What would leave no trace in 5000 years?
Perhaps an ideology that convinced the young that they are destroying the planet, causing them to walk away from civilization leaving only overgrown buildings?
Cannot hold the tears back. This is beyond just talent! It takes you to another dimension. At 3:39 it is so hauntingly beautiful! Unsurpassed!
Hello Brenda
How are you doing today?
There is not a single thing about this that isn't just....perfect.
Sean Cruse I didn't care for the change in lyrics to apparently appease the network but the singing was beautiful.
Flying Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun. Not the best choice. It's very hot. I'm from Canada, and Neal Young was great, but I always found the lyrics to this song rather silly. The girls sounded excellent, though!
@Midnight Rider Well, yeah. Everything needs more cowbell, especially cows. Goes without saying.
3 of the most talented female vocalists. What a beatific arraignment.
lisa caron, Jim Morrison would have sung it the right way!
I think of Linda now and then and feel so sad we won’t ever hear her sing again........Parkinsons is such a cruel illness it certainly robbed us of a pearl who really did sing songs for the lost and the lonely
But I saw her interviewed a while ago on the Tavis Smiley show. She talked about her disease. I don't even know if I could be as humble as she was, and I'd been through some pretty rough times. Linda is a class act and quite a lady. I was inspired by her wisdom ..
John Boyle I know I think of her too and feel that same sadness
I think Linda Ronstadt is one of the classiest acts ever to come out of the States. Eloquent,charming,humble,kind,,generous warm compassionate,considerate and a voice ,a voice that has reduced me to tears on so many occasions.She really is a national treasure .
Just PERFECT
Jungle fever did her in..very sad...
Absolutely heavenly. Great harmony. Linda has always been my favoutite. Devistated when she no longer sang due to her medical issue. 😢 Great to be able to view how great she was. ❤
Hello Pamela
How are you doing today?
They are all great ❤this
Love these ladies. EmmyLou is more beautiful each year, Dolly is amazing, Linda is wonderful. So glad to have this video.
Hi Laurie hope you're okay?
They are so known for their harmonies. They sound like what angels in heaven must sound like.
These are three very talented women and they have harmony down to a science. But it is the most beautiful Linda Ronstadt whose vocals stand out to me. I miss her singing and pray for her to be well everyday.
Yes. God bless her. She has brought us so much joy.
Me too!
Yeah, but she started to inject politics into her performances leading to many a walkout.
@@williamjordan8603 Their loss
To all you imbeciles who have got political. Linda Ronstadt hasn't sang for nearly NINE YEARS.
This is why I love You Tube. Sometimes recordings I did not know existed come along to delight me. Thank you for uploading this.
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@@LONMOWER77 Why the sad face?
You tube is the best gift we have ever had. That's all there is to hope for in world of disillusioned souls
I remember seeing this when it was first broadcast. Such a beautiful rendition of Neil Young classic, by three angels. Love ya, Linda!! 😍😎
Amen, to that, my thoughts exactly...
I first heard 'After the Gold Rush' as I sat down in the chapel for my best friend's memorial service in October of 1971. Four days earlier we were climbing a 400 foot waterfall when the unthinkable happened. As I took my seat in the chapel I heard the line, "I was thinking about what a friend had said, I was hoping it was a lie." It later occurred to me that every person in the room had lived that line at some point that week. In the song, there is no explanation of what 'a friend had said'. Neil left that to our imagination, which is what makes it so provocative. My friend loved Neil's music and used to especially enjoy singing 'Sugar Mountain' for us. It was 2 months before his 20th birthday when he died, cause you 'can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain'. It almost goes without saying that no other song holds a place in my heart quite like this one.
Lovely.
When music was art . Beautiful song and three icons. Amazing and emotional.
How could anyone dislike this performance? This was beautiful.
538 people don't like talent.
@@WadeKingston well said!
There are a lot of kids online that just go around giving thumbs down to anything that isn't auto tune and twerking.
I love these three women. I have got to say though, on this performance, Dolly’s voice was outstanding and seemed to shine above EmmyLou’s and Linda’s. That Kentucky twang was perfect for this song.
Dolly really delivered the lead vocal, and Linda and Emmy Lou on supporting vocals were great
Tennessee twang, tyvm ❤
Love the sound of the glass harmonica with the voices of the three ladies !
This song sends chills down my spine. So blessed to have seen Linda LIVE! A divine performance from all.
Much love and healing from us to Linda, always
Being 62, there was a time when I was in love with each of these beautiful artists and their voices. Still am. Thanks
Hey, hey, 63. I was first. 🤭
Got you guys beat by a bunch. Just started a new decade 80.
Anyone else watching this in the twenty-first century?
April 2020
Of course will always be one of the best!
April 2020.
Too beautiful for words. May 28, 2020.
Yes, thankfully...
Not seen this before. What a delight, angelic. Thank you
Hi Pauline hope you're okay?
i listen to linda rondstadt's voice and it brings tears to my eyes. such a glorious voice silenced by disease, i'm glad i had a chance to hear her at her best in my lifetime.
Played Trio 'til it fell apart, Trio 2 suffered the same fate. Absolute perfection. Best example of flawless harmony I've ever heard. Thank you, ladies.
Hello dear,how are you doing,how is the weather over there,can i be your friend if you don't mind?
You might know this?! but Emmylou released a bunch of other songs not found on the first two albums! for free! you tube them as they are wonderful!
Linda Ronstadt is arguably the most gifted vocalist of our time. Unlike many other wonderful singers, Linda can sing anything; opera, country, standards, folk, and she can rock. Not too many others can do that. What a cruel thing that she has a disease that has silenced her.
The disease may have silenced her, but her voice will live forever on vinyl, CD and now digital, nothing can remove it
so well put nikki.xx
I agree absolutely. What a talent, and what a woman.
You forgot Spanish!
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Nikki Vilardo
Watching repeatedly and feeling awe everytime.
These three ladies together are the ultimate in musical mastery. The harmony makes hair stand, sends tingles down spines, gives goose bumps and fills my heart with wonder every time I hear this song. Linda’s, Emmy’s and Dolly’s harmony is out of this world. Only these three legends can sound so surreal and magical. This is a magical arrangement and the voices cannot be matched.
Wow I'm still listing in 2021. What a beautiful song by three beautiful ladies. No frills, just raw talent. Thank you so much for posting this!
Also listening in 2022. And I commented there was no Autotune BEFORE I read all comments -- others said it first. Their voices together are pure Heaven.
Listening today in July 2024 and still healed by such talented legends.... listening to Linda Ronstadt - soul extremely touched.
I’ve watched a lot of videos of these three singing together,and almost all the comments mention the fact that Linda literally has to hold back when she sings, because her voice is so powerful. She was really one of the best ever.
No lasers - no strobe lites - no smoke machines - no twerking - just plain raw talent. Beautiful!
Fred Dalkeith yes
Dolly, picking a guitar with those nails, not to mention her voice. And Linda and Emmylou, what more needs be said! Legend!
Such a boring generic comment
@@popland1977 I guess you didn't like women either
😥😪🗽.... gotcha no sense of humor I swear, hey but that has two women dudes you would be nothing not even here believe it or not.
Wow. No Autotune just real talent, beauty and artistry. Thank you so much ladies.
I’m grateful to have lived in an era of singers if this quality and character
Yes indeed . Did not realise how luckly we were at the time .Took such quality for granted.
Linda Ronstadt married a terrorist
Gives me chills. So thankful that this treasure has been preserved.
They blend so well, yet i could hear each one too...so amazing to take a trip with them🦋
This song is so brilliant that I have to listen to it daily. The voices are insane, but it’s the harmony that makes this version so beautiful. Neil Young wrote this song but these three ladies have lifted it to fab heights. Dolly’s voice is superb and Linda and Emmy bring such celestial harmony to make this version an angelic version that NY would be proud of. This version is a treasure.
I’m 68. After the Gold Rush is one of my favorite albums. I heard this version from their CD many years ago. It is the most stunning, beautiful piece of music I have heard. To hear it done live brought tears to my eyes. The most beautiful voices in perfect harmony.
I live in France,I am old ,when I hear these Ladies sing,I thank God I am a man,love you Ladies.
The angels in Heaven will sound like These Ladies. In our darkest hour hour God sends a light.
Amen
Agree!
There are no gods or angels. There is talent.
Fuck NATO that night they started to bomb us
On a tv show?
Hard to believe that Linda Ronstadt is 75 years old, time flies but her music lives on.
this amazing trio... Linda with prefect pitch. Emmylou with her amazing talent for Harmony. What can you say about Dolly... heaven given talent.
Emmylou has been so under rated for years she always has been a phenomenal singer!
Dolly has the most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard Allison Krauss is a close second I’m positive this is what angels singing sounds like God blessed us with these ladies we need to appreciate and thank them and god
Almost 22 years later...wow this is so moving🥰
As my eyes filled with tears and my throat lumped up, I sat and listened in awe to the gift of their angelic voices, as memories rushed through my mind.
Those days...
2024 Living in New Zealand 🇳🇿 3 icons with stunning voices. They each compliment one another. Thank you for letting me view your profiles ❤...😊
Watching in 2024! Love this so much!
This song brought me to tears, in a good way. These three women did an awesome job with it. As a fan of all three, when I found this video, I automatically knew it would sound awesome. So glad I found it.
The song is very powerful, and gets me in my heart. I love this, and I love all of these beautiful ladies.
So happy to see Linda Ronstadt too.. amazing voice… all three are so gifted
So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song. Hello
All great Artists. But Dolly Parton really gets me , with not only her beauty , but her spirit , voice , personality, she's a renaissance woman to me. So smart and disciplined. One of a kind. And always humble and grateful to God.
I must agree and a prolific song writer.
She's beautiful.
And her tits. 😆
@@jbetnar Dolly says: "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." Love Dolly.
Not a fan. She did put out a lot of music, but it’s pretty cheap
Willie Nelson said there are two kinds of men. The ones who love Linda Ronstadt, and the ones who haven't seen her sing.
A bit of a paraphrase, he said that about Emmylou, the second 1/2 was those who haven't met her. It's applicable though.
I had mad crush on her at 15
On pourrait dire la même chose à propos de Diana Ankoudinova et ce n'est même pas nécessaire de connaitre le propos de la chanson, souvenez vous ... DIANA ANKUDINOVA ...
God I miss her performing! ❤
.ANKLE AND I 9
This was a beautiful performance by three very talented women. The musicians backing them were fantastic and creative and added the finishing touches to what I consider to be a masterpiece.
These three ladies sing with such grace, emotion, and power, either solo or as the trio. Their voices are ethereal, leading us on a perfect harmonizing journey to what it must sound like in Heaven.
Hello Pam, how are you doing?
Hi Pam hope you're okay?
One of Neil Young's most incredible songs, sung the way it deserves to be...
didnt realize it was one of neil's songs
Linda sang harmony on Neil's "Heart of Gold" song, too.
You mean by agreeing to the butchering of the lyrics because of some bogus sense of petty morality? I thought Jim Morrison killed that puritanical nonsense in the 60s .
@@creggsteffler9001 yep she sure did
@@teresalinton5898 he is a prolific songwriter.
No one better than Linda. Bringsme to tears every time. The collaboration is genius and the best ever. Crystal clear angels.
The best year of my life. I was nine years old and with my mom in Larnaca Cyprys. Spring 1999 started war in my country Yugoslavia. Never new untill know this Masterpice was made the same time. I so much love this thrio, ecpecialy Linda. I wish all the best for herr. If she reads this I am sending her love.
Such a fantastic song by Neil Young, done oh so well and lovingly by this Dream Team! It's so perfect it all seems like a dream to me.
Just speechless..............these women and their voices are just incredible...WOW, just WOW
This is the purest form of what our old folks called genuine music! Zero autotunes, just rehearsing until your heart breaks, and when you sing, remember to transmit the feelings and emotions of the simple but incredibly genius compositions. And back then the awards for sales, etcétera were irrelevant! Not today! Sad!
Yes, it's beautiful.
This is so beautiful it brought tears of elation to my eyes.
Absolutely gorgeous! I'm broken hearted that Linda can no longer sing. At the same time I'm So grateful that we have recordings like this. I'll never forget these voices.
hermosas voces!!!!
so sorry linda cant sing anymore i didnt know but i still have a crush on her
Mr warmth. Tell your buddy. It went to my phone line. If you don't know what you are doing don't do it
Rondstadt was a beauty in her physical prime. This is why aging is total bs!
@@kevinbeck6785Parkinson's. Such a sad, sad story.
It took my many times listening to this masterpiece to realize the high harmony was Linda's! I guess I usually had my eyes closed, floating away, and didn't watch the video. There's a brief two part harmony at about 2:26 where it shows only Linda and Dolly singing. I don't think I ever appreciated that she had that kind of range. I suppose that's usually the domain of background singers, and she alway sang lead. What an instrument she had.
I was really surprised by that, because in some of the other clips of the three of them, she sings the low harmony. Linda has an incredible range!
I've been listening since I was a a child in the 70's to Linda's gift. I'm a professional vocalist and I'm sooooo glad I lived in the same era and was able to see her live.
Ronstadt's voice on "Telling Me Lies" from the 1st TRIO is killer. This is pretty damn beautiful as well. Linda and Neil Young were very good friends.
Dolly singing solo, and then Linda's beautiful alto voice comes in. Oh, how l love her voice. One of the few singers I can actually listen to the whole album/CD. All three are wonderful in their own right. Even better together. Thankyou U-tube.
The nostalgia beauty of this performance is like a punch in the gut. We have three ladies I hold dear to my heart singing in wonderful harmony a Neil Young song from my youth. I think I sprung a leak out the corner of my eye.
Every now and then amongst all of the crap on UA-cam a gem like this comes along.
This turned up in my recommendations again, after a year. It's still brilliant.
So lovely to hear Linda singing pure soprano. Three gorgeous singers!
I play this at least once a month. I close my eyes and just melt away with the beautiful harmonies. It's like being in church.
The most beautiful combination in country music...pure talent...never get tired of listening their melodies...
Just beautiful harmonies. These three ladies are the best voices of our generation
Love how these fabulous soloists become part of a magical trio. Love them forever.
I can’t think of any singers today that can match these three ladies. I mean they are F-ing legends and 100 years from now people will still be listening to their bodies of work because they have once in a lifetime talent, true musicians