Andrew Gold discusses the making of "You're No Good" by Linda Ronstadt.
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- Excerpt of an interview Andrew Gold gave to Linda's & his drummer Michael Botts (also of Bread). He details exactly how the Number One song "You're No Good" came to be. From playing the drums, the Beatle-esque guitar solo and so on... Andrew was Linda's Musical Director, arranger and multi-instrumentalist.
The song was originally composed by Clint Ballard Jr.
The rest of the interview is available on Soundcloud.
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Andrew was a most talented treasure of a musician.. And oh man what is left to say about Linda.? Simply chose the finest players and had the most Gorgeous, flexible vocal instrument on the planet. Seemed to also have a big musical brain and a big warm, wandering heart. Miss her voice and certainly Andrew and Kenny as well.
RIP Andrew Gold and Mike Botts. Two very good musicians.
Say that again! Both very tasteful musicians, very persuasive. I saw Mike Botts live on the Bread reunion tour, great on the ballads and up tempo.
Don't forget bassist Kenny Edwards; he died in 2010.
Sad that both are gone....along with Linda's bassist, Kenny Edwards....great musicians all....
R.I.P. - Marnie Nixon [February 22, 1930-July 24, 2016] (Andrew Gold''s mother) who sang so beautifully on so many movie soundtrack we all love
His father Ernest Gold wrote the theme from "Exodus".
I was absolutely gobsmacked when I found out who his mother is!! And she outlived him. :-(
What? Who knew!
What Movie Song tracks? ....I'd be interested in knowing.
... With a pedigree like that, "self-taught" in his case would've cost a fortune in college classes!
I loved Linda’s version since 1974. It’s perfect! Andrew’s contributions are a key ingredient.
Absolutely.
The chemistry between his guitar and her vocals is very dynamic.
@@davanmani556 It’s him.
As good a voice as Linda is, the music in this song helped make it what it is, and it's Andrew. Incredible arrangement and production.
Absolutely. Couldn't have said it any better. It really was his song. He owned this.
I always thought that neither Andrew nor Waddy got enough credit for their addition to music!
Indeed. I would add Paul Carrack to that list as well.
Andrew Gold. "Thank you for being a friend" ...of music. Waddy was Warren's go-to guy. Warren needs moe cred too, yo!
What a perfect name for this man...Gold! He really did have the Midas touch, and in addition to his musical talent, seemed to also have a heart of gold as well.
So fortunate for Ms. Ronstadt, that during a time when she, herself, said the rock culture was so male-dominated and hostile toward women, she had men like Andrew Gold and Peter Asher in her corner. They shared her standards for the quality of the music they put their name on and were gentlemen; they seemed brotherly in a warm and protective way.
Enjoyed this interview immensely-it was entertaining and enlightening. Have an Andrew Gold CD in "Save for later" in my Amazon account-have to move it to my "Cart" right now!
Loved the way this song rides out at the end.
I love the story of how Andrew pulled this all together....it was another great breakthrough for Linda and a first for Andrew.
Let's see: didn't your parents name you after you know who?
The guitar part before the solo is as haunting as the intro to Monkey Man. That string section and the outro rent space in my head and give me goosebumps to this day.
The bass guitar player, Kenny Edward’s was in the Stone Ponies with Linda; when she went solo she asked Kenny to join her band as a bass player, he said yes & he was her bass player & background vocalist for years.
As a lifelong Linda fan, thanks Andrew. RIP .
Life long fan of all of them...
GFY!!
I had the privilege of seeing Andrew in 1977 in Memphis. He opened for the Eagles. He was fantastic!
He got his due thankfully with "Lonely Boy". It hit big and was a Masterpiece of writing and music. What a talent.
Same tour, I same the Miami baseball stadium show. Jimmy Buffet also played
A song about himself @@lorraineb.4698
I always thought that ANDREW GOLD (R.I.P.) would deserve wider recognition. He was such a fenomenal musician and songwriter in his own right and yet he was always in the shadow of Linda Ronstadt and others...
Thanks for sharing this. Andrew was a talent the likes of which we may never see again 💖
So cool , one of my favorite solos of all time. I was just talking to my brother about it yesterday and remember saying it sounded like George Harrison.
IT is the guitar work that nails this song. Among other things. The beat and chord progressions.
It probably is a major break Andrew Gold did the drumming because it is perfect it's basic approach to the song. He doesn't over play it and his drumming is a perfect fit for the song.
That was an amazing solo, great phrasing.
RIP Andrew. Gone too soon.
Sickening.
So sad that both these two guys are gone!!great talents
All 3 guys have passed away.
I lived through the 70's but Linda Ronstadt went over my head because I was into blues then - only just discovered her music and the excellent Andrew Gold - talk about multi-talented!
yes, & Linda is drop-dead gorgeous lady as well--
Wow, love this kind of insight into classics!
Thanks for the awesome interview Andrew! Pure genius on the haunting riff and overlays! I remember when this song came out.
The End reminds me so much of the Eagles.... I love that guitar (Thanks Andrew!)
this is great....Andrews was a true stud musician and producer.
A great piece of pop craft by Andrew on drums, keyboards and guitars supporting the wonderfully versatile and soulful Linda. Kenny Edwards, Peter Asher and Val Garay were important to it as well.
Absolutely iconic drums AND guitar! Simple and perfect!
Well no one ,and I mean no one can ever say that Linda Ronstadt , Andrews Gold and all of the world class Band's she assembled over the decades were ' no good ' ..can they ? Musicianship and musicality of the finest grade possible . I can't get enough of them ,even to this day !
That "Beatle middle thing" is awesome in itself and sets up the next verse for Linda extremely well. Maybe doing your own "Beatle thing" is ok.
MIss and love you Andrew. I never get tired of the song nor the story.
Very enjoyable interview. I had never noticed the Beatles influence til it was pointed out.
I think it's amazing that Linda pointed it out. Shows you what a sharp ear she had...very intuitive.
Wow amazing guitarist Andrew the Legend plus singing with our Rock Goddess Linda thankyou for your video those were tge days :-)
I always was blown away by the drummers on this video.
The guitar parts on "You're no Good", had such an interesting "vibe" that just pulls the listener right in. The chorused sounding chordal parts along with the single note bass lines, was brilliant!! That song because of the way it was played and recorded, couldn't have been done any better. Unequalled!!
Of course, Andrew is pure gold.
@9:19 what a face. what a voice. what a ride. Thanks Linda !
Always loved this song...and the VH version as well...!!!
I used to listen to this on my huge Sony TC-6200 tape recorder over and over in 1974.
Just hit undo. LOL Friend since the 70's got the album credit of "Weekend knob job" after he erased the wrong takes of a Steely Dan album while cleaning up the session's tracks. Great interview! :)
Guitar parts that I always loved as a kid before I ever had a guitar, one day decades later I spent an afternoon learning all the parts and still remember them decades later.
Mahalo for sharing this. :-)
I was in LA a little before that time on keyboards....managed by the Cohen Brothers as was Linda and Frank Zappa....one of the biggest "misses" in my life was not meeting up with .Andrew.....I am now dealing with Parkinson's ......love this piece as well as Lonely Boy....and the guitar work is superlative.....rm.
Her best song.
First 45 I ever bought. Still love this song today
My favorite of hers.
She goes through a lot of emotional range in the song. From sad to regretful and mad and beyond… all supported perfectly by her voice and the band. Outstanding song all around.
@@teresaclark1508 She did a good job covering ‘Tracks of my Tears’ too by Smokey Robinson. She really made any song she did better
Truly one of the best guitar solos ever created, and the "flown in" duplicate for the double-tracking could not have made for a better outcome. I often thought that they played with the tape speed on the added track, but it turned out to be the "flown-in" and ever-so slightly discrepant second track, which just made this solo a dazzler. The second half of the solo, with the single low notes, sounds especially cool... and big. When I heard the band Madness and their MTV hit song "Our House," I was reminded of that sound by the guitars. At the time of "You're No Good," Linda Ronstadt was quite the rock singer then, and the chord changes in this song evoked a sort of eerie quality, especially in the solo. I sure never expected her to sing this way, since the first song I heard her sing was the lilting Mike Nesmith ballad "Different Drum." Linda was also so very gorgeous in that era; when she posed for Rolling Stone, I actually liked her better than what I was seeing in Penthouse, and that was saying something, because Guccione's models made Playboy's look like crack whores. Thank you Andrew Gold, for your immense guitar prowess and solid production values.
Exquisite lead break by AG - he nails the George Harrison vibe. RIP
In Ronstadts new doc. Peter Asher talks about the song and never mentioned Andrew Gold, what a slap in the face.
We agree Andrew should have been featured in the film.
It's a sad thing he should be honored for his talent. Lost respect for them for doing that. Thanks for sharing this, miss Andrew. By the way my son is named Andrew 💖
Yes I noticed that as well. Andrew was all over those mid 70's albums of hers. I wonder if Peter was bitter over Andrew moving on. He was a great drummer in addition to everything else he did - great energy and build ups to the hot solo and the final verse.
@@JohnHancotte "Lonely Boy" is a masterpiece from summer 1977.
Yes...I mentioned that on the documentary. Slap in the face indeed.
what a great interview...
Such a talented man, a sad loss to music.
Rip, mensch.... you are so talented, my brother!
Brilliant
Great backstory of magical moment in music history!
Holy shit! Mike Botts!!!
Mike was a good guy, cool dude. Never said he had cancer or any health issues and I tried to call him one day...
I knew of him with Bread... Not with Linda Ronstadt.
Just a wonderful and talented svinger, producer, etc...
The term Musical Genius gets thrown around too much, and in this case, it's not an exaggeration. Andrew Gold was self taught, and could do it all music wise--compose, produce, and play--so many instruments, too. The artist Prince, also gone too soon, is the only other person I can think of who could do this, but on a much higher level because of the unrecorded catalog he left behind. Andrew Gold's music is still as fresh and brilliant as it was then.
Don't forget Paul McCartney.
Todd Rundgren as well.
Goddang that outro. Masterpiece.
“You’re not good was written right before you joined the band....” Huh? It was written in 1963 by Clint Ballard. WTF?
Yeah, I think he meant "arranged." Musicians' memories are often fuzzy. Especially '70s musicians . . . :)
They should have mentioned the song writer. Boring interview.
Great song writer 💛💛💛
RIP Andrew Gold. What an arrangement - simply awesome. Literally simple and awesome - groove, soul, rhythm. Now, this song was written WELL before Michael Botts came along, of course. But Linda made it her own. even though she's never liked her vocals. I sure the hell do.
@ .45 - "this was written just before you joined the band" - just to clarify I think they are referring to the new 'arrangement' - the song was written by Clint Ballard Jnr and first performed by Dee Dee Warwick & a hit for the wonderfull Betty Everett in 1963 - not to mention the early 60's Brit version by Swinging Blue Jeans [which Peter Asher may have been aware of]. No doubt Linda Rs was the best version.
yep, I caught that too.
Gone Too Soon ! 💔
What a talent
Geezus Lord, what is that bad ass groove at the begining of this interview???
When was the interview with Andrew Gold conducted? Was he a trained musician (studied and read music) or was he a home-grown, self-taught prodigy? This has to be among the best Ronstadt tunes because of the arrangement, production values and musicianship. Many, many little guitar licks, fills, arpeggio chording, intro-outro segments, classic solo in middle....it's a humdinger of a rock tune that captures the sound of the folk-rock-country-British Invasion era. Can you offer any links to video of Gold laying down the tracks in studio, tablature, etc.? Andrew knew his musical chops as "Lonely Boy" and others reveal. Very listenable tracks and still hold up well. Love to know more about the history of the players back then.
Hi John, Andrew did this lovely interview with Botts around 2001 or so. He was a prodigy/ taught himself many many instruments. Never even learned to read music. Not sure we have footage in the studio from back then. Wish we did - the estate is in the process right now of finding what we can on video and transferring it dating back pretty far.
A friend of mine, Steve Hoffman, remastered to Gold CD a few of Linda's albums including "Heart Like A Wheel" - amazing sound quality for true classic album. AG was a genius....
@@AndrewGoldOfficial AG didn't read music??? That's hard to believe, given how much he wrote and arranged; and who his parents were: true Hollywood royalty, singer Marni Nixon and the composer Ernest Gold. I'll take your word for it, but wow.
I think he knew music theory no doubt, but I’m assuming he’s like me. I don’t “read” music, like a classically trained musician. But I can play drums, bass, keys, and taught myself. I can read notation, but I never read it as I play it. That’s how I take it, if he says I can’t read music. I can’t “read” music either, but I’m well versed in theory.
This is so cool, the 1st time I heard of Andrew Gold is from this song. wanted who did the kick-ass guitar solo on the track
That Beatles lick made the record. In a way it did not belong but it also blends in wonderfully.
great musicians!
Very Nice :)
Didn’t Waddy Wachtel play one of the “Lizzies” in The Warriors? Given that Mike Botts died of cancer in 2005 (within a year following the death of his bandmate from Bread, James Griffin, also from cancer), I’m guessing this interview is 25-30 years old now. The “Lonely Boy”-Andrew should have been a bigger star in his own right.
Both guys left us too early
A revelation to me.
Dusty Springfield sang this song in 1964 and 1968. Both live versions, check 'em out. I do like LInda's band's arrangement best. But Dusty sang it great also.
RIP2 "pure talent"
Yes guitar sound rather like the Beatles. Great song great sound!
Written by hank ballard 1963
Does anyone know the name of the opening song, it is such a cool groove that I can't get out of my head?
Hi - it is off of the host and drummer extraordinaire's CD "Adults Only" and the song is called "Buns of Doom." Insider joke.
@@AndrewGoldOfficial WOW, thank you SO MUCH!!! I can't begin to tell you how much I TRULY appreciate you replying back to me. I just found it here on TH-cam...now it's to press the "loop" option and drive my neighbors KRAZY!!! Thanks again, have a GREAT day!
Can anyone tell me exactly what instrument comes in with those hauntingly beautiful three-note patterns at 9:17? Honestly, it sounds like a plucked autoharp! It has mesmerized me for over 40 years.
That is my FAVORITE part of this great song! It has always stood out to me.
@@roblox_team1388 My favorite part as well; agreed.
He talks about it at about 4:07. It's just a series of 4 triplets (the last one played twice) on the G, B, and high E guitar strings (you can find it on any of several guitar lessons for the song on TH-cam), but their recording device was kind of warped, and it resulted in a sort of wow and flutter on the final recording. I don't think I've ever heard anything quite like it on any other song...ever.
He did that on his Telecaster.
@@ClassicTVMan1981X I think you're right (and thank you), but to me the tone sounds so unique. As I said above like an autoharp. Audio-magic! : )
This is great stuff.....But what about how the strings got on there? Who wrote the arrangement?
Strings arranged and conducted by Gregory Rose.
In a 1983 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Ronstadt expressed reservations about the recordings she had made during her 1970s heyday, specifically citing "You're No Good": "I thought the production on 'You're No Good' was very good but [that] I didn't sing it very well. As a song it was just an afterthought. It's not the kind of song I got a lot of satisfaction out of singing" Why for so many artists are their biggest hits always add-ons or after thoughts and their least favorites. I've heard this story so many times. It's always something, like "we didn't even want to record that" or "it was put in at the last minute". If she didn't care for it so much, why was she singing it at her live shows prior to recording it? Maybe because she didn't have that much to do with it's sound or arrangement but it went to #1?
Very interesting
i quoted an AG song to my guitar teacher. I never saw him again. gess he thought i had issues. LOL
I believe without Andrew Gold, Glen Frey, Don Heley and a few others to include Peter Asher we may have never known how GREAT Linda really was...Linda had a knack for attracting the best musician's to play with her...HOWEVER...unfortunately a lot of these musician's did not live into their 70s or even late 60s...and Linda started having issues with her voice in her early 50's per "her" and it was finally taken away in her mid 60s...she is not doing well as of now "Apr 2023" at age 76...Peter Asher is almost the last man standing...it must be very sad for him knowing all these GREAT musician's and singer's and seeing their early demise for whatever reasons...especially Linda's voice...I have all her albums and love listening to them on my Stereo...prayers for Linda...amen
Nice comment!
Wonky guitar note to whoever made the video collage: the black Strat shown at 3m 23s is not a '62 as referred to by Andrew, it's an early 70s.
Just sayin'.
+Andrew Gold Andrew, I have loved this song since the 70s. I can listen to this song over and over. I know your solo work, but, didn't know you worked on You're No Good. Can you state which Beatles (or George Harrison) inspired you in creating this? This doesn't sound Beatles-like to me. I just love it as an individual song.
Big headstock. Ric might be 62.
@@BadlndsBob Andrew's no longer with us Bob .. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gold .. physically anyway, but he is in spirit .. thank for all the gold Andrew .. IMHO you're a genius, and You're No Good is a masterpiece (and there's more of your 'You're No Good'-like production genius on Eric Carmen's She Did It (as well as Jeff Porcaro on drums and Bruce Johnston back-up singing .. Wow !!!) .. do check it out folks!) .. what a sublime legacy .. rest in peace my friend ...
The guitar in the midnight special video is the ‘62 I think. Small headstock, logo look older than the one shown here
Hard to believe that Linda didn't like it. Brilliant solo on this record, and of course Linda is great on this. The crazy thing about this song is it's more of an R&B song than anything Linda did before or after. I never really thought about it but the solo is really just like something George would have done.
Yeah, it sounds a lot like Something ...maybe a touch of the Let It Be solo, although I'm not sure if that's George or Paul.
That's because originally it *was* a R&B song, written in 1963.
@@bossfan49 Re Let It Be, it's George, both on the single and album versions
why wasn't andrew featured in her bio-pic from a couple of years back?
Good question. Massive goof up. Peter Asher did discuss him but they edited out.
I'm not quite following what he was talking about the "broken disc" at the end.
Very strange he isn't mentioned in Ronstadt’s doc! Big falling out I’d assume...
Yes, very strange, especially since Andrew died a few years back.
wow
Andrews arrangement made You’re no Good the song that it was
What's the story ? The best session guitarist there didn't rate a mention. Waddy Wachtel
Hi Felix - Andrew adored playing with Waddy but I think he may have joined the band a bit later in time. This was only about the exact time/details of the actual recording. Waddy was not in the room quite yet. But again, they were a guitar orchestra on stage and remained friends throughout Andrew's life. Waddy was his lead guitarist as well on the hit "Lonely Boy." :)
@@AndrewGoldOfficial "2 years ago" .....wow; can I talk to my Mum this way? Lol..... luvya, loved the entire Gold/Nixon family's musical output!
That guy is a Grade A ass.
cool
some one please tell me the song in the video? please!1 please please message me!
@5:05 ... when they say "Beatles influence" on "You're No Good" . . . I dont hear anything that sounds Beatle-ish to me. I just dont get it.
Go to 1:40-1:50 at this URL... th-cam.com/video/e47Ya2iVFRI/w-d-xo.html
Starting at 7:43, the lead guitar and bass parts. and especially at 8:00, sounds rather like the guitar solos in Something and Let It Be. (to me, anyways)
Agreed. Not the least bit Beatlesque at all. I think people claiming to hear it *want* to hear it because it's not there.
It's there man , it's got Harrison all over it.
every live
Masterful...
You know, you hear music like this, then you flip over to MTV or some music channel and there is Beyonce or Gaga or some horrid black hip hip or rap "thing", and you just want to gag as you realize that music, pop music, inventive and well crafted, is gone.....long long gone away.
Truly.
If you are 25 and you buy a "best hits of the 70s and 80s and listen to it, you'll discover that there was a time when people knew how to write songs, and not just piece together loops and drum beats, the add a dirty girl singing it in a dirty video they call a "hit song".
sad but true
Fastguitars But you're not a racist, right?
not liking rap doesn't make him a racist. try being not so sensitive.....f
Webinator so let me get this straight. If you like rap you're cool. If you don't like rap you're a racist?
Fastguitars and you what's worse, everything artists like these pioneered fought for but especially women and women like Linda, the modern women or girls wanting fame are giving up to companies and producers to have fame rather than working their own journeys to the top, Linda was not famous for a long time, though probably famous with other artists for her talent that knew her! Even with Stone Ponys with that great song Different Drum! It was a struggle! Now they take they're others off, shake it off copy each other with some different lyrics and rely heavily on auto sound and video, and it's a hit! It's true Video killed the radio star maybe it also killed the true artistry of struggle to create great talent and music like this! You think of records like Rumours etc the battles the Eagles had internally Don Felder and Glen Fry for example Joe Walsh drugs and drink yet still the creation of great music through that adversity! Linda and these guys were amazing though!
Linda mentioned him ONCE in her autobiography. Did his contribution mean nothing to her?
I have the same questions and curiosity for years.
Probably jelousy on her part. She was never a confident person and to know that a huge part of her success was because of him must make her feel resentful.
Why can't we see the video portion?
Okay. Did you talk about You're No Good again on a T.V. interview? I can't find anything. There is also a performance with Linda wearing a mini dress singing You're No Good. You are using a Fender Super Reverb amp. I don't remember what show that was.
Thanks for replying, Keep me posted.
***** you really did amazing work on this and your solo endeavors.....thank you for your contribution to the music world!
I thought Peter Asher produced this song.....
He did.
They said he did.
Black girl harmony singers helped make the song!
They always do. That's Sherlie Matthews and Clydie King ..two of "The Blackberries". They sang on tons of hit records throughout the 60s and 70s. And possibly Cissy Houston. They all sang on the Heart Like A Wheel album. Sherlie Matthews (black) and Clydie King (gold) are in this video th-cam.com/video/ISLN-nxGt7Y/w-d-xo.html
@@bossfan49 Didn't Clydie King marry Dylan?
@@markfaby3130 That was a claim made by one of Dylan' ex-gfs in the late 90s. I don't think it's ever been confirmed. He was married to another black singer with whom he fathered a child.