The real benefit back then is children being exposed to a perfect example of real singing, superior singing, tone and phrasing and breath control, without out all the Diva opera crap. She finished this song beautifully and gets the emotion out of it instead of "it's all about me and my skill" attitude. Brilliant, there will never be another Linda Ronstadt. She could sing anything, without butchering it, actually improving it.
It's the Muppets. She's singing to Kermit. And yet she pulls it off in a way that brings tears to my eyes. What an amazing woman. Thank-you Ms. Ronstadt!
When I was really little, my Dad used to play this for me and tell me to always remember this is how much he loved me. He’ll be passed four years in a couple weeks, and I’ve been having a hard time, and for 5 straight days I woke up with this playing in my head. So I had to find a video of her singing it. So very glad I found this incredible one with my beloved Muppets! Thank you! 🙏🏻❤️💚💗
@bobbeck2743: If there were no God, there’d be nothing instead of something. A universe this complex doesn’t spring from a simpleton. Just listen to those marvelous harmonies in this video. If they were chaotic and dissonant, they’d have to be subsidized by an immoral Fed. agency like the Nat.Endowment fo da Arts to exist.
@bobbeck2743: If there were no God, there’d be nothing instead of something. A universe this complex doesn’t spring from a simpleton. Just listen to those marvelous harmonies in this video. If they were chaotic and dissonant, they’d have to be subsidized by an immoral Fed. agency like the Nat.Endowment fo da Arts to exist.
When one looks at the achievements of Linda Ronstadt it becomes obvious that she is a musical genius. If she had been stricken with the disease that took he voice what she would be now is incredible. There is nobody now, the past or in the future who can or will hold a candle to her. I suggest that even Jimmie Rodgers would shed a tear if he were here and heard her sing songs he wrote nearly 100 years ago. Patsy Cline was good, we lost her then, along came Linda Ronstadt .
I started this song feeling jealous of Kermit...and finished it with tears rolling down my face. I imagine that must have been a magical day to have been on the set....
WOW Wonderful version of a great oldie by one of the most incredible female vocalists of all time,together with Kermit. Why don't people comment on the clip & forget about all the other dribble?
This was filmed at the height of Linda's rock and roll career and it's evident she was reaching back to the standards/American songbook which ultimately gave way to her "What's New" album.
This is sweet. My late mum and dad both loved this song and, although I liked Linda best in her rock days, I can see the attraction here. She sings it well.
Johnny come lately here but totally in agreement In fact many artist 's have stated their appearances on the MUPPET show involved some of their best work !!~! enjoy!
What a sad song！ Linda Ronstadt sang it so beautiful. So sad is that she can no longer sing on earth, but her glorious songs shared in a form of video remain in my memory.
@@sacredcoww Is that a reference to Herman's Hermits ? I think so this is just a great throwback to my childhood and what a voice LINDA had i need to find more clips like this as this will lull me into a blissful sleep CHEERS mate .
A fine New Orleans Jazz Band just posted a good version of this old chestnut. So, I had to watch this, the best ever. I still want to know how they made Fozzie Bear look so enthralled; like the rest of us.
yes thanks so uplifting to hear this and yes what a beauty she was here i wonder if the muppeteers were struggling to not cry off camera [well they're off-camera anyways !!] but i certainly am getting misty -eyed ! ENJOY THE HOLDAYS !!
This is my favorite version of this beautiful song. There is an elusive "something" that really requires Kermit and the other Muppets to sing with Linda.
@@jodycascio567 So true. Her vocal cords must be made of steel as they have remained perfectly intact-it's the messaging that has malfunctioned. Truly am sorry for Ms. Ronstadt (and us) that she can no longer experience the physical exhilaration and emotional pleasure of singing with her friends, be it Emmylou or Kermit! I turn to this song for comfort as I bury members of my family and dear friends. Their songs and kisses will live in my heart! But I never will grow to old to dream as I believe that one day I will return to the Source of all the beauty, grace and love in this world. I have read that Ms. Ronstadt is not a believer in a monotheistic God. But I believe her God-given voice and her free will to develop it and share it and revel in it, is a miracle. I am so grateful that friends and fate protected her during the perilous times of the 70's, and she is still with us. And I am so grateful to her for not only shining her light on us for our lifetimes, but for illuminating the the light of so many others-singers, songwriters, and musicians-who may have remained hidden to us in this world had she not sung their songs or spoke of their influence in her musical journey. We can't stay at "this party" forever, but I am not too old to dream that the "never-ending party" to come will have the best "live performances" ever with the best sound systems and performers in the universe!
Pretty sure this was around 1980. She's wearing the same outfit she wore on her 1980 HBO special...which coincidentally is being broadcast on PBS tonight!
I've watched this at least 50 times. I will never be too old to love the way Linda Ronstadt delivers this great song.
The real benefit back then is children being exposed to a perfect example of real singing, superior singing, tone and phrasing and breath control, without out all the Diva opera crap. She finished this song beautifully and gets the emotion out of it instead of "it's all about me and my skill" attitude. Brilliant, there will never be another Linda Ronstadt. She could sing anything, without butchering it, actually improving it.
100% true we had people who loved music and respected the art of it now it's just celebrity and fame. A rarity to be so talented.
Perhaps the finest moment of The Muppet Show! God Bless and keep Jim Henson and crew for making our childhoods a Wonder!
This is definitely one of Linda Ronstadt's best performances
It's the Muppets. She's singing to Kermit. And yet she pulls it off in a way that brings tears to my eyes. What an amazing woman. Thank-you Ms. Ronstadt!
Me too.
And me. X
could not agree more
Linda harmonizes with the muppets, then flicks a switch and instantly that voice just soars. I am in awe
Sheer magic. Can't stop weeping. Fozzie's accompanying on the piano made all the difference. So beautiful.
That was Rolf (the pianist dog), not Fozzie Bear
@@OffGrid9 Thanks.
@@OffGrid9that is Fozzie, rowlf is the thing that tell the jokes
correction …. Rowlf the dog on piano
@@charlesjefferis8812 Thanks for the correction. I should have known by the keyboarding technique.
I’ll never grow too old to dream about Linda Ronstadt…..she will always be my teenage crush!!
Are you kidding me??? Sublime...classic..perfect..
One of the most beautiful voices of all time!
May be the best performance she ever gave on television.
When I was really little, my Dad used to play this for me and tell me to always remember this is how much he loved me. He’ll be passed four years in a couple weeks, and I’ve been having a hard time, and for 5 straight days I woke up with this playing in my head. So I had to find a video of her singing it. So very glad I found this incredible one with my beloved Muppets! Thank you! 🙏🏻❤️💚💗
First there was Patsy Cline and then along came Linda Ronstadt. If there was a God she would still entertain us. She is the best.
Who needs a god when we have video?
@@JiveDadsonhuh??
@bobbeck2743: If there were no God, there’d be nothing instead of something. A universe this complex doesn’t spring from a simpleton. Just listen to those marvelous harmonies in this video. If they were chaotic and dissonant, they’d have to be subsidized by an immoral Fed. agency like the Nat.Endowment fo da Arts to exist.
@bobbeck2743: If there were no God, there’d be nothing instead of something. A universe this complex doesn’t spring from a simpleton. Just listen to those marvelous harmonies in this video. If they were chaotic and dissonant, they’d have to be subsidized by an immoral Fed. agency like the Nat.Endowment fo da Arts to exist.
Listening in 2020 with much love and a little melancholy. 💕
Wow! Excellent. The best version of this old song I’ve ever heard
wow, awesome ! Linda, Kermit, the Muppet Band and Chorus. Fab harmony, sweetness, and passion !
The way she ends that song send chills up my spine. Just beautiful.
When one looks at the achievements of Linda Ronstadt it becomes obvious that she is a musical genius. If she had been stricken with the disease that took he voice what she would be now is incredible. There is nobody now, the past or in the future who can or will hold a candle to her. I suggest that even Jimmie Rodgers would shed a tear if he were here and heard her sing songs he wrote nearly 100 years ago. Patsy Cline was good, we lost her then, along came Linda Ronstadt .
Wow! Linda Ronstadt!
She'll be great forever.
Is there anything more beautiful in the world than Linda Ronstadt?! 🥰
Burek,ćevap,pljeskavica,icecream?
@@dusanradin5868Nope. 😊
She is an angel.
What a wonderful voice.
anyone who doesn't cry at this has no heart at all!
"The angels in Heaven fight over who sounds the most like Linda Ronstadt." - Rolling Stone Magazine
Linda Ronstadt is what happens when the universe decides to show off a little bit
I've loved her since childhood. I remember watching this when it originally aired. I was absolutely in heaven! Linda, kermit and miss piggy too. 😁
no one is ever too old to dream!
but memories are very nice too...
Oh, My! My first celebrity crush, and she nailed this tune. No one will ever equal her range and intensity.
I started this song feeling jealous of Kermit...and finished it with tears rolling down my face. I imagine that must have been a magical day to have been on the set....
To have been a muppeteer on that day; part of the magic. I wonder just how many times it was that they had to do this to make it perfect?
WOW
Wonderful version of a great oldie by one of the most incredible female vocalists of all time,together with Kermit.
Why don't people comment on the clip & forget about all the other dribble?
Beautiful.
Thank you for sharing this gem.
Almost fifty years since the first time I saw her sing, and I am still head over ass in love with her.
THIS IS SOOO beautiful. Be ready to shed a tear from the pure beautiful feelings here.. Thank you Linda and muppets..
I love this amazing woman, social activist, vocalist and rock/latin icon #LindaRonstadt ❤📺 #TheMuppets
I love this song. It is one of my favorites and performed brilliantly!!!
This was filmed at the height of Linda's rock and roll career and it's evident she was reaching back to the standards/American songbook which ultimately gave way to her "What's New" album.
Ralph is tearing it up on keyboards!
Rowlf. but yes he sure is!
O my goodness, thank you!@@threalMrT76
@@frankpeter6851 , please change that comment?
Love3 you Linda i wish u could come back to us and sing like in the old days w e miss an d love you linda always
Great tribute to a great lady.
Beautiful . My favorite singer
She even makes the frog sound good .... fabulous
I love this video i keep on viewing over and over daily..love Linda so much....
This is sweet. My late mum and dad both loved this song and, although I liked Linda best in her rock days, I can see the attraction here. She sings it well.
Love of Linda lives in my heart. ❤x
One of the best interpretations of this old song. Thanks a lot!
Linda's voice comes from the Heavens.
Simply marvellous. I listen and watch on repeat! 😊
This is #everything.
The love of my life will will stay in my heart ❤️
This is great. In it's own way, it doesn't get much better.
Johnny come lately here but totally in agreement In fact many artist 's have stated their appearances on the MUPPET show involved some of their best work !!~! enjoy!
What a sad song！
Linda Ronstadt sang it so beautiful.
So sad is that she can no longer sing on earth, but her glorious songs shared in a form of video remain in my memory.
Always love Linda
I LOVE this song. What a voice she has. Will love her music forever.
Goosebumps from head to toe
One of my favorites, always loved Linda R.
SHE JUST WIPED MY TEARS AWAY AND I SMILE ONLY BECAUSE OF HER.
I love how she spoke in her book about her crush on Hermit. Adorable ❤️
Kermann's Kermits
@@sacredcoww Is that a reference to Herman's Hermits ? I think so this is just a great throwback to my childhood and what a voice LINDA had i need to find more clips like this as this will lull me into a blissful sleep CHEERS mate .
Her voice is so pure. No remixes needed, and that beautiful face!!
you're the best LR, thanks for sharing your wonderful voice ❤️❤️❤️
Linda, a true American treasure!
2:21 I have goosebumps . Vocals like this is the reason why she’s the greatest female singer of all time.❤
delightful! ...love the heads nodding at the end
Not sure the folks on the set of that show expected that. She may have been singing with a felt frog, but she sang that like she was at Carnegie Hall.
What a gorgeous Song.
I'm 65 and many years ago,my mother saw this and told me that she remembered her mother would sing this song to her....the song originated in 1934...
Love this, and Linda too, oh, and The Muppets.
Thank you !!! Greetings from Finland
You are never going to grow to old to dream no matter what
Linda and the Muppets, this must be heaven.❤
I had this album. I haven't seen it in a long time.
Wow this just brought tears to my eyes. She has such an amazing voice
Sobbing. This is just beautiful.
This is truly,, absolutely, unbelievably priceless! Go Muppets!
Brava Linda👏👏👏
A fine New Orleans Jazz Band just posted a good version of this old chestnut. So, I had to watch this, the best ever. I still want to know how they made Fozzie Bear look so enthralled; like the rest of us.
pure magic between Linda and Henson’s muppets ❤️
Gad, she made that frog sound ok, what a gem, what a voice, what a lady
just great
Go Linda. Perfect Version
thankyou for the upload
yes thanks so uplifting to hear this and yes what a beauty she was here i wonder if the muppeteers were struggling to not cry off camera [well they're off-camera anyways !!] but i certainly am getting misty -eyed ! ENJOY THE HOLDAYS !!
Absatively....posolutely....AMA-ZA-ZING!
Thank you so much for this one. What a gem.
My god, she’s beautiful smitten since I was fifteen xxx
I love the Muppet Show, but where has this song - and especially this version - been all my life.
very sweet
Thanks much - made my Day!
Never thought I would be jealous of a frog.
Love That
Listening in January 2022 love it we have lost all of this. Thanks to utube .
This is my favorite version of this beautiful song. There is an elusive "something" that really requires Kermit and the other Muppets to sing with Linda.
The original Kermit, Jim Henson. No one like him. And Linda...my heart aches that she can no longer sing.
Ditto, she could sing till she was 100 , but no thanks to that damn Parkinsons
@@jodycascio567 So true. Her vocal cords must be made of steel as they have remained perfectly intact-it's the messaging that has malfunctioned.
Truly am sorry for Ms. Ronstadt (and us) that she can no longer experience the physical exhilaration and emotional pleasure of singing with her friends, be it Emmylou or Kermit!
I turn to this song for comfort as I bury members of my family and dear friends. Their songs and kisses will live in my heart!
But I never will grow to old to dream as I believe that one day I will return to the Source of all the beauty, grace and love in this world. I have read that Ms. Ronstadt is not a believer in a monotheistic God. But I believe her God-given voice and her free will to develop it and share it and revel in it, is a miracle. I am so grateful that friends and fate protected her during the perilous times of the 70's, and she is still with us. And I am so grateful to her for not only shining her light on us for our lifetimes, but for illuminating the the light of so many others-singers, songwriters, and musicians-who may have remained hidden to us in this world had she not sung their songs or spoke of their influence in her musical journey.
We can't stay at "this party" forever, but I am not too old to dream that the "never-ending party" to come will have the best "live performances" ever with the best sound systems and performers in the universe!
A wonderful talented and versatile singer. Parkinson’s disease has stolen a very special talent from us far too soon.
Very Very Nice!
Best version of this song. Muppets make every song better back in the day
Bellissima ma mi fa piangere😭
Yes !! Thomas
How did they make Fozzy Bear look enthralled?
She was at peak hotness and peak ability in this Muppets episode. So good.
Pretty sure this was around 1980. She's wearing the same outfit she wore on her 1980 HBO special...which coincidentally is being broadcast on PBS tonight!
Interesting. Kermit rarely wore any clothes except for a spiky collar, but he wore a suit for Linda Ronstadt.
I hope you had a great time. And now I, Mr. Sly want you to sing-along.
❤ re all of the below comments. For you, Phil, if one day you are watching this again. ❤
Oh man! Kermit is one lucky, er, frog. And the woman can sing!