There're also many opinions that Joe Walsh let Eagles not be Eagles. You better know there're many fans like Bernie era but dislike Joe era. It's just your opinion.Just like Tom Johnston era and Michael McDonald era Doobies were the perfectly different band under the same name.
As a "man of a certain age" I really appreciate this video. The Eagles really did the anthems of my youth. We lived many of their songs. Then there is Linda Ronstadt! Wow, any young man who wasn't in love with her had no eyes or ears. She is a total package. Not only beautiful, could sing ANY song from ANY genre but she was instrumental in helping tons of other influential musicians of the 70s and 80s made it. Who else could excel at hard rocking, country, folk, Spanish language and even opera! There were a lot of bad things about my generation (baby boomer) but I feel very luck to have lived in an era with such exceptional music such as this.
And New Wave and jazz standards! She was one of my early influences. When I was 14, I started working as a writers’ demo singer and got work in all genres of music all throughout my life. I’m 58 now. One of the reasons I was able to do that was because there was so much to learn from her and her remarkable versatility. Just an amazing artist and so, so lovely inside and out.
I hope you got to see her live; I did in 1970 and what a voice! carried perfectly well with electric guitars etc. not to mention every guy in the place looked to be falling for her hard! get her memoir; it’s really excellent and no ghost writer. she’s an intelligent woman as well.
Dolly Parton once said that Linda Ronstadt was the only vocalist she ever met who could sing any song from any genre and make it sound beautiful. Dolly was right.
countrygirl countrymusiclover1127 - have you listened to Linda in different styles? You certainly mention some big stars, many if whom I like, but the versatility of Linda was amazing. I think Dolly nailed this 100%.
@countrygirl countrymusiclover1127 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris have been friends since the 1970s and recorded two "Trio" albums together. Each of them was amazed by the abilities of the others. There's a documentary of their collaboration here on TH-cam. th-cam.com/video/uQ7StOs2xY0/w-d-xo.html
Southern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s...they made magic. Country Rock was born. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Emmylou Harris, the Eagles, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Linda Ronstadt, Poco, Pure Prairie League to name a few...magic.
When the 1970s rock and roll playing Eagles sounded more country than 95% of the shit that passes for country music on the radio today. Love both Eagles and Ronstadt.
Linda helped the Eagles even thou many have passed. Anybody will tell me she's old but Linda made an impact and not many can attest to that, singing and crooning, in tune as Linda Ronstadt did. Her music will live until the real end of time. BRAVO LINDA for your voice and time you have spent with all of us. My hat and a graceful bow to you-👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
There are two kinds of men in the world ----- those who have a crush on Linda Ronstadt and those who have never heard of her. ----- Willie Nelson -----
I saw Linda way back in the dark ages. Before she was a household name. And her opening act, × back--up band was what became The Eaglrs. Still on of the best concerts I ever attended!
Don't know if this is already cited/answered in another posting here.....but....after this 1974 collaboration (on the ROCK CONCERT TV show) did Linda ever perform again (whether at a concert or on another TV show) with any subsequent version of the Eagles?
Linda Ronstadt was the vocal gift that just kept giving. Cool , creative, deep musical chops. This is the easy stuff yet her voice is so honest, clear and unadorned. She lifted the best to their highest.
The loss of Linda’s voice must be unbelievably sad for her but also for the rest of the world. Thank you Linda for leaving so much wonderful material for us . Life can be so cruel. I find it difficult to believe in any forgiving higher entity when so many people succumb to such horrible diseases, having said that her voice is that of an angel. So pure.
Don’t knock synths. These complaints make you sound old. Your parents aren’t supposed to like your music, just like you’re not supposed to like your kids... it’s not my cup of tea but I’m not going shit on it. Go listen to any of your “rock” records from 1975-76 onward and most of them are loaded with synth; ever listen to Van Halen? You don’t like the Cars, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Yes, Can, Robert Wyatt, Suicide, Bowie, Roxy Music/Eno?
Seen Linda Ronstadt with the Eagles in concert about 1974-75. Linda came out first, and I was at the 50 yd. line in the stadium at Tampa, Fl. I had to get a close look at her♥, so I made my way to the stage, she was so pretty and sounding great. Great concert!
@@purplerain2314 I got to see them at one Don Kirshner’s Day On The Green concerts in Oakland in the mid 70s. I thought music would always be that good. Man was I wrong.
I still love Linda Ronstadt, it's so tragic that fate took away her iconic singing voice. Linda went out and rounded up a group of musicians whose playing she liked and made them her backup band. They became the Eagles.
@@anthonyfoutch3152 I saw an Eagles documentary(3 hrs). Roger & Glen didn't feel confident releasing Desperado or playing on their own. They signed on as Linda's backup group. Both Jackson Browne & Linda convinced them that they were great & to go on your own. They released their version of Desperado that yr. PS: Roger rented$ Jackson's spare bedroom & Glen lived in the basement for free. He taught them how to write music.
About once in a generation or so you see someone like Linda who can sing anything in any genre. One of a kind and people my age got to grow up listening to her and grow old listening to her.
@@loditx7706 The late and much missed Judith Durham. She sang with three very decent singers in the Seekers but soared above them when she cut loose. Originally a jazz singer, which may explain some of it but a great voice as you say.
@@lindsayolh TY for response. ❤️. I don’t keep up with individual news, so was unaware of her death.I am sorry for her loss to family and friends. I am lucky to be able to hear her whenever I want. She was a great talent and I wii miss her.
I'd add Anita Carter to both Linda & Judith Durham when it comes to vocal purity that can just soar above other voices, no matter how talented. A lot of the material she sang in her early years with the Carter Family would be considered "hokey" by today's standards but some of her performances with Johnny Cash and/or her sisters were extraordinary.
Linda was truly electrifying, but to say she was she best of the 20th century, well, we’ve had had our share of kick-ass female singers. Linda herself told a story of meeting Beverly Sills in a grocery store and she said Oh Ms. Sills, I must sing Mimi” (La Boheme.) And Sills said back “You and every mezzo soprano in the world my dear.” Repeating the story shows Linda’s heart and modesty, and it also shows she knew she wasn’t the absolute best. Listen to (and let yourself hear) some coloratura arias. The 20th Century had some totally stunning female singers. th-cam.com/video/4FwZKjFJ-qo/w-d-xo.html
@@themotiondoctor Ronstadt was clearly the greatest popular singer - in Concert she and that voice were mesmerizing. Surely some Opera and Jazz vocalists had it going on as well. A long long time ago I was in a fine restaurant in NYC - and Linda was there in the back with a couple of newspaper journalist guys and Beverly Sills. No one bothered them - they seemed to be giggling up a storm. When they left Sills and Linda were still laughing about something. Two very special songbirds from different ends of the musical forest.
@@h.walkermaan8857 That must have been fun, you lucky guy you. Evidently after that grocery store meeting, they decided they had a lot in common, which tells us a lot about that musical forest.
So, the greatest was Kate Bush. Huge body of work as a singer, composer and producer. And a voice that was without equal. Linda had style, taste in music, personality, she almost had it all, but she wasn't quite the complete package that Kate was.
I hear you man, everybody matters. Homeless people matter, addicted people matter, everybody on this earth matters. So different back then. Everybody liked everybody, now fuck, I don't wanna say anything to cause an uproar. It was just a lot better time then. We are in deep trouble right now.
@@paulbrunelle3597 you're my new faverate friend Paul! What's funny is my best friend passed away about 5 years ago and i miss him terribly! He would have said what you just said and his name is "PAUL!" so thanks brother
Yes ! It could be a FREE concert. Like, way out in a farm field somewhere. Like the one when we were way younger but different. With more bathrooms and wheelchair accessible. We could call it... WOODSTICK !!!
Have you seen the clip on TH-cam of Linda singing the classic"Skylark" with the Nelson riddle orchestra? It really showcases how gorgeous her voice was and it was her at the top of her form.
I have always loved Linda Ronstadt. Her voice is so beautiful and you can tell her heart is in the music. She is truly a great music icon and she always will be. Let's give it up for lovely Linda Ronstadt. Her magnificent voice will live forever.
“Our favorite girl singer” says Glenn Frey at the opening. Well Glenn, I’ll promise you you had a lot of company! Girl could sing any song from any genre and look absolutely stunning doing it. I miss people like her in show biz. I miss good music too. Oh yeah her cover band, The Eagles, they were pretty good too!
Linda Ronstadt has always been my favorite singer. God how I miss that voice! From albums to 8 track, cassette to CD. Now I drive a car without a CD player, damn!
Fielder, who is playing pedal steel, was not an original Eagle. I know because their first few albums and I saw the early band with Don, Glennn Randy, and Bernie. No Don.
@@artprince9163 - Yes, the Eagles formed in 1971 and Felder didn't join them until 1974. But all the original forming members are there with Linda is I guess I was alluding to.
Growing up as a teenage girl in a small town Tennessee I had dreams of being the next Linda Ronstadt. I just loved everything about her and still do. What an amazing talent and soul.
I had dreams of being the next Elvis. 💕 Love Linda Ronstadt. Some people listen to her Spanish album and don’t know what a big star she was in rock and roll, and some people know her for her rock and roll and don’t know what a big star she was in Spanish. Not. To mention her work with Nelson Riddle and her albums with Dolly Parton and Emmy Lou Harris. A great singing star, God bless you Linda. Check out Mary Lou by The Creative Force, Amazing!
There can't be many videos where you can switch off either the sound or vision and still enjoy what is left. She has the most beautiful voice and a joy in her performance that just makes me smile. Both together are wonderful. (Bands not bad either!)
Members of The Eagles were in her band before they were Eagles and they wrote "Desperado1" and she asked permission to sing it and made it a Monster Hit~!!!
@@1calvinfunny1 Don Henley said they recorded the song in England, and he was rushed, and thought if he could have tried a few more takes he could have sang it better. I think its perfect though.
Back then, Linda's SMILE would knock a man down to his knees, IMO... So BEAUTIFUL and TALENTED-!!! LOVE HER (even to this day)-!!!!!!! Huge fan, of lovely Linda-!!! 🙂😊👍✌
She was really something. I saw the Eagles at their millenium concert in L.A. and she opened for them. My goodness, she was huge. I felt really bad for her. Had pretty much lost her singing voice as well.
I just hope the forthcoming biopic of Linda Ronstadt is lip-synced by the actress portraying her, because nobody could be Ronstadts voice to have the tone that swoops from tenderness to muscular richness.
@@MitchellWilkinson-m8n Practice is all it takes. People use to say 'no one can sing like Steve Perry,' then when Journey finds a singer who did, nailed that great voice, fans were saying he was using backtrack or other enhancements when he never did and so he was let go. It can be done.
DK’s RC was a terrific show! IIRC, he never booked lame-o soft “fake rock” acts, and the bands all played live. This one with Linda and the Eagles is a real gem.
By 1974 the Eagles were a bonafide successful band and Linda Ronstadt was on the brink of superstardom. Her only solo hit after the Stoned Ponies was Long Long Time ,in 1970
Awesome. Thank you. Had the pleasure of seeing them about one year before this. Nils Lofgren opened!!!! As much as I liked them after Joe Walsh joined, they kicked ass here too. Would give anything to have seen them with Ms. Ronstadt.
@@keithhatch56 Fuck the social justice warriors. Us babyboomers don't give a damn! We say how we feel and if it upsets someone, they can kiss my saggy white ass!!!!!
Glad I was lucky enough to see Linda's live shows many times in my younger days. For those young folks that will no longer have that opportunity, you don't know what you're missing. No theatrics, no pyrotechnnics, no troupe of gay backup dancers, no lip synchng...just a beautiful babe with an incredible voice, backed up by some of the best musicians in the business. It didn't get any better than that.
Thank you but todays generation cannot comprehend your words, it doesn't compute in their world, just be so happy that you (and me) saw and appreciated REAL talent, talent I really doubt we will witness in this earth world ever again!
I loved this. Great voice, and Bernie’s lead is very cool. Her recent documentary, “Linda Ronstadt:The Sound of My Voice,” is great to watch and hear. First person with five consecutive patinum albums! And DAMNIT, she’s still cute!
I had one too. She was wearing short shorts and roller skates. I don't remember ever having another poster of a woman or singer. I did have one of Mercury Morris, but I digress. lol
Seeing and hearing Linda live was transformational for tough guys. Her pure powerful generous voice was honest, clear and achingly gorgeous. This is some easy country rock with her former bandmates.
Linda Ronstadt and Karen Carpenter could sing me the tax code laws and I would never ever tire of the gift that God gave them.. truly the best female vocalists of the modern pop era
Yikes are you kidding?. Carpenter was a sour pop singer(who sang love songs with her creepy brother) dreadful material and schlocky arrangements. Ronstadt possessed one of the greatest instruments in American music history surrounded by the best players. Not even in the same universe.
@@WARDMAN3 We certainly agree on Linda. I should try and be more diplomatic. But comparing Ronstadt with pop singers simply because they are women or recorded during the same era drives us Linda advocates nuts. Peace ✌
@@skyewilliams2247 Believe me I do not get offended...Music is personal... While I disagree with you on Karen, as you see we both agree with Linda! Does not make me right... you right! That;s the beauty! But we are on same playing field if we agree on Linda
Just to better understand where I come from, I started piano at 3...I live and breathe music... So my opinion is coming from a huge well of knowledge and appreciation and studying... It is not based on just being from the same era! Curious. what other singers do you like and appreciate from 60s 70s or 80s... To see if we are in concurence!
My late husband and I had our first date at an Eagles concert that Linda opened. We were married 1 year later. It was truly magical. Miss the days of their great music.
@@lindaronstadt7426 I have seen that smile at the end of many of your songs & it just adds to the performance. The grin in the middle of Blowing Away with Bonnie Raitt is the best.
How can you not love this young lady? Thank God I was young enough to hear her in her prime, when her golden voice echoed through clubs and radios across the nation. ❤❤❤
Linda has such an amazing voice! She just belts it out! I've always loved her music. Literally everything she sings is powerful and right on key! God bless you Linda and thank yout for making all of our lives better with your beautiful voice!
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the best female singer backed by the best American rock band ever. Doesn't get any better than this. Savor it. (The greed, bickering and general assholery of Henley, Frey [RIP] and Azoff notwithstanding.)
I blame the cocaine and the showbiz on the aforementioned asshattery. Azoff was a teddy bear compared to Peter Grant and the hijinks that the Eagles got up to paled in comparison to what the Zeppelin boys got up to, nevermind The Who. Joe Walsh brought it up another level, but Walsh was an OG compared to these guys, but even he admitted that as much of a pack of dinks that Henley, Frey (RIP), and Azoff could be, Walsh was still in awe of them.
There's so much going on here even though it's a deceptively simple song. Watch again for the interaction, dynamics, and even some side eye. Linda showed up to slay that! ❤
Linda Ronstadt we love you! You were such a cool demeanor, had fun with your friends and entertained our asses off! Thanks so much for all you did to touch our souls. You were one awesome singer and beautiful soul. I know you aren't able to sing now, but don't let it get you down. We love you all the same. Take it easy!
Like Steve Perry who has said he idolized Sam Cooke who came before him, Linda has said that growing in Arizona she idolized Mexican country music singer Lola Beltran. To find more about the origin of Linda's beautiful and amazing voice pick up her recently issued book (2023) called "Feels Like Home" where she describes her Mexican American background in Arizona. I bought 10 copies and gave them out to my kids and family.
Jorge, believe it or not, there is a growing appreciation for Mexican/American heritage as well as Mexican ancestral heritage. I lived for many years in a majority Mexican/American neighborhood and I came to love the humor, the music, the food and the vibrant spirit of my friends and neighbors. You are doing the perfect thing by reminding your kids and family of the greatness of your people. Thank you for mentioning Lola Beltran. That gives us another opportunity to appreciate beautiful Mexican culture.
humm might only be once in 100 or 1000 or even 100000 or more lifetimes only time will tell but she did come in my lifetime and loved her from first time i hear her on radio WSRF AM WSHE FM Ft.Laud. Fla.
There're also many opinions that Joe Walsh let Eagles not be Eagles. You better know there're many fans like Bernie era but dislike Joe era. It's just your opinion.Just like Tom Johnston era and Michael McDonald era Doobies were the perfectly different band under the same name.
Amen
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Bernie era All the Way !
Without Joe Walsh i wouldn't have gotten to hear Hotel California about 10,000 times.
Joe Walsh is slumming it being with the Eagles, IMO.
Willie Nelson once said, "There are two types of men in the world: those that love Linda Ronstadt, and those that never heard of her". I agree.
Triple Ditto
Jeff Campbell .It was about Emmylou Harris he said that
Whether he said it or not…it’s true!
Absolutely from Australia
I STILL love her.
I’ve been obsessed with Linda since I was a teenager. I just turned 67 and still listen to her CDs in my car. No one will ever replace her Talent
Amen! Best female vocalist of all time!
I’m right behind you in age and I still think Heart Like A Wheel is one of the best albums released in the 1970’s.
@@Melissa-y2u Absolutely! One of my all time favorite albums and in the top of all Linda's albums.
Her version of I STILL MISS SOMEONE, makes me weep.
Johnny Cash’s song
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At 67 I am grateful for You Tube for increasing my quality of life...
YEP . LOVE YER . DARLING .
As a "man of a certain age" I really appreciate this video. The Eagles really did the anthems of my youth. We lived many of their songs. Then there is Linda Ronstadt! Wow, any young man who wasn't in love with her had no eyes or ears. She is a total package. Not only beautiful, could sing ANY song from ANY genre but she was instrumental in helping tons of other influential musicians of the 70s and 80s made it.
Who else could excel at hard rocking, country, folk, Spanish language and even opera! There were a lot of bad things about my generation (baby boomer) but I feel very luck to have lived in an era with such exceptional music such as this.
Linda Ronstadt a rare and remarkable songbird indeed.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
You and me both, brother!
WELL SAID SIR
And New Wave and jazz standards! She was one of my early influences. When I was 14, I started working as a writers’ demo singer and got work in all genres of music all throughout my life. I’m 58 now. One of the reasons I was able to do that was because there was so much to learn from her and her remarkable versatility. Just an amazing artist and so, so lovely inside and out.
Used to listen to Linda for hours...this song takes me back to youth. What a time for great music. Linda is a legend.
I hope you got to see her live; I did in 1970 and what a voice! carried perfectly well with electric guitars etc. not to mention every guy in the place looked to be falling for her hard! get her memoir; it’s really excellent and no ghost writer. she’s an intelligent woman as well.
I fell in love with her voice in the mid 70's. I had no idea what she looked like. Then... those eyes!
Linda is by far one of the best singers ever. She could do everything!!
And then some
She knew how to pick top musicians to play in the recording studio and on tour, and she sure could pick songs.
I agree!
Still now, and forever, Linda Ronstadt's voice is timeless, totally fabulous!.
You forget how good she. She was one of the best with a voice as big as a house! Brilliant!
I love how she did “ Willin” by Lowell George & Little Feat
Yes!
Best female rock ‘n’ roll star of all time. Hands-down. Second place goes to Stevie Nicks
Dolly Parton once said that Linda Ronstadt was the only vocalist she ever met who could sing any song from any genre and make it sound beautiful. Dolly was right.
my jury is still out on the matter of whether or not rap is actually music.......
Dolly is right. One of the best voices in the world.
countrygirl countrymusiclover1127 - have you listened to Linda in different styles? You certainly mention some big stars, many if whom I like, but the versatility of Linda was amazing. I think Dolly nailed this 100%.
countrygirl countrymusiclover1127 it’s Dolly who can sing and harmonised even with Led Zeppelin 😍
@countrygirl countrymusiclover1127 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris have been friends since the 1970s and recorded two "Trio" albums together. Each of them was amazed by the abilities of the others. There's a documentary of their collaboration here on TH-cam.
th-cam.com/video/uQ7StOs2xY0/w-d-xo.html
What makes Linda so unique is she could sing any kind of song . Now she is bearing her illness with great dignity God bless her
She did, rock, Mexican, country.
God bless her is ironic. You sure you even have a clue about her actual thoughts on God?
@@jamesgroce3125 No just just giving my own views if that's ok with you
@charliekavanagh1217 love that response. Everyone wants to have something to say even when it's not warranted 😂
Amen.
2024 Living in New Zealand 🇳🇿USA 🇺🇸 LINDA RONSTAT with her looks and her gifted singing voice.❤😊
Southern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s...they made magic. Country Rock was born. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Emmylou Harris, the Eagles, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Linda Ronstadt, Poco, Pure Prairie League to name a few...magic.
Can't forget Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band.
When the 1970s rock and roll playing Eagles sounded more country than 95% of the shit that passes for country music on the radio today. Love both Eagles and Ronstadt.
Poco was my favorite country rock band. Too me, the Eagles were a Poco knock-off.
@@theswagler5648 Someone said Poco was the farm team for th eEagles
@Mike The Bike - Didn't know that. I like the Eagles, especially Desperado album, early stuff. But I'd rather seen Joe Walsh keep James Gang together.
@@theswagler5648 Roger that. James Gang -w- Walsh was kick azz!
Most of our once great American culture went down the toilet several decades ago. I blame "liberalism" for a large part of that decline.
I’m 19 and I just discovered this , Love her voice
I'm so glad you dig it!
Have fun following the amazing Linda journey! She’s great in any genre.
Our Miss Linda always steps back when the guitar solo comes up. Total class.❤️
Linda helped the Eagles even thou many have passed. Anybody will tell me she's old but Linda made an impact and not many can attest to that, singing and crooning, in tune as Linda Ronstadt did. Her music will live until the real end of time. BRAVO LINDA for your voice and time you have spent with all of us. My hat and a graceful bow to you-👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
There are two kinds of men in the world ----- those who have a crush on Linda Ronstadt and those who have never heard of her.
----- Willie Nelson -----
Ben M ..........Such wisdom Ben, such wisdom!
Amen
+Ben M He really said that? Huh, wasn't aware of that quote.
@Ben Was that said before or after her tete-a-tete with Gov Moonbeam; something that would decidedly warrant a reevaluation.
those who "HAD" a crush ....to have one now is a reach
The Eagles and Ronstadt, it doesn't get any better than that.
I saw Linda way back in the dark ages. Before she was a household name. And her opening act, × back--up band was what became The Eaglrs. Still on of the best concerts I ever attended!
I could listen to that band all day.
Don't know if this is already cited/answered in another posting here.....but....after this 1974 collaboration (on the ROCK CONCERT TV show) did Linda ever perform again (whether at a concert or on another TV show) with any subsequent version of the Eagles?
Technical sound engineer All sound cloud stream.
Yes it does. They are very good. Lots of fun. But to say it doesn't get better than that is silly.
Linda Ronstadt was the vocal gift that just kept giving. Cool , creative, deep musical chops. This is the easy stuff yet her voice is so honest, clear and unadorned. She lifted the best to their highest.
👍 yes! Check out Mary Lou by The Creative Force, Amazing
She is just so special. Other women singers bore me after one tune. Grabs the microphone and sings her heart out.
She sang the 2nd best version of “Ride An Old Paint” I ever heard.
Thank you.
Then she had to go and get religious ☹️
The loss of Linda’s voice must be unbelievably sad for her but also for the rest of the world. Thank you Linda for leaving so much wonderful material for us . Life can be so cruel. I find it difficult to believe in any forgiving higher entity when so many people succumb to such horrible diseases, having said that her voice is that of an angel. So pure.
VERY well said. And yes, a belief in a god seems to be universal but is the evidence sufficient to keep believing?
@@bumpkin-dc9gv The challenges of life are the reason we are here.
What happened to her voice?
@@laheart1957 Linda suffers from a nervous system illness and can no longer sing.
I was in love with that beautiful lady when I was 17 I'm 73 and still in love with that wonderful lady today
No synthesizers, no auto-tune, just real instruments, real lyrics, true talent and real music.
Such a shame how she could not sing anymore. We lost 2 GREAT female voices of all times with her and Julie Andrews.
Something sadly lacking in the shit they call music today!
Darn right you are
Don’t knock synths. These complaints make you sound old. Your parents aren’t supposed to like your music, just like you’re not supposed to like your kids... it’s not my cup of tea but I’m not going shit on it. Go listen to any of your “rock” records from 1975-76 onward and most of them are loaded with synth; ever listen to Van Halen? You don’t like the Cars, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Yes, Can, Robert Wyatt, Suicide, Bowie, Roxy Music/Eno?
Yes and the gorgeous voice of lovely Linda
Being from Tucson for 32 years what an awesome music 🎵 🎵 🎵 artist!
Seen Linda Ronstadt with the Eagles in concert about 1974-75. Linda came out first, and I was at the 50 yd. line in the stadium at Tampa, Fl. I had to get a close look at her♥, so I made my way to the stage, she was so pretty and sounding great. Great concert!
Living through this we just never understood how magical it really was.
I think we did, I know I did, but what we didn't know is that that now magical era wouldn't last.
When music was music.
Linda was amazing
We lived it..
@@purplerain2314 I got to see them at one Don Kirshner’s Day On The Green concerts in Oakland in the mid 70s. I thought music would always be that good. Man was I wrong.
That's couse we can't remember most of it.
Nobody, and I mean nobody could belt 'em out like Linda Ronstadt.
And she did it without ANY warmup.
Ann Wilson. Listen to her do Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center.
I still love Linda Ronstadt, it's so tragic that fate took away her iconic singing voice. Linda went out and rounded up a group of musicians whose playing she liked and made them her backup band. They became the Eagles.
Plus she saved their band recording Desperado and album that was flopping for The Eagles.
@@DonLicuala nothing special nothing special nothing special nothing special nothing special ?????????????????????????????????????
@@DonLicuala more special than u
That’s bcs most of them live in Laurel Canyon where all the most of the musicians live at the time there’s even a documentary about Laurel Canyon
@@anthonyfoutch3152 I saw an Eagles documentary(3 hrs). Roger & Glen didn't feel confident releasing Desperado or playing on their own. They signed on as Linda's backup group. Both Jackson Browne & Linda convinced them that they were great & to go on your own. They released their version of Desperado that yr. PS: Roger rented$ Jackson's spare bedroom & Glen lived in the basement for free. He taught them how to write music.
It gives me happiness to see that, even today, people know how wonderful she was.
Just walked up to the mic and belted it out. That’s talent!
Such a naturally beautiful voice. Damn I miss vocals without auto tune!
Boy....you ain't kidding! Today's music is CRAP!
You don't even know what auto tune is...
About once in a generation or so you see someone like Linda who can sing anything in any genre. One of a kind and people my age got to grow up listening to her and grow old listening to her.
@Paul B. Graham: Like the female singer in The Seekers, I have never heard a voice as clear and pure as hers and her range is fantastic.
@@loditx7706 The late and much missed Judith Durham. She sang with three very decent singers in the Seekers but soared above them when she cut loose. Originally a jazz singer, which may explain some of it but a great voice as you say.
@@lindsayolh TY for response. ❤️. I don’t keep up with individual news, so was unaware of her death.I am sorry for her loss to family and friends. I am lucky to be able to hear her whenever I want. She was a great talent and I wii miss her.
I'd add Anita Carter to both Linda & Judith Durham when it comes to vocal purity that can just soar above other voices, no matter how talented. A lot of the material she sang in her early years with the Carter Family would be considered "hokey" by today's standards but some of her performances with Johnny Cash and/or her sisters were extraordinary.
There will be no one like Linda Ronstadt. Did Rock and Roll, Gilbert And Sullivan, Country and Mexican. All amazingly. One of a kind!
Not to mention the American Songbook with Nelson Riddle. She could do it all - effortlessly.
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She’s so amazing!!! It’s sad she can’t sing anymore☹️
Mexican!! Hahaha!! Spanish is the correct word.
Agreed!!! And she is still beautiful. What a set of lungs!
No matter how many times I hear the Lady sing, I always get chills up and down my spine. She had some big league pipes.
She sure did. Never heard a rock & roll or country singer belt out a song like she did.
You have to appreciate this video for the historical value. Amazing.
Thanks, Ms. Rohnstadt, for your contributions to great music. And, that beautiful smile. God bless you and yours now and forever. Amen
Linda Ronstadt very beautiful all around. Amazing voice and talent.
Greatest female singer of the twentieth century. She sang the songs that helped me get through my darkest times. I will love her always.
Linda was truly electrifying, but to say she was she best of the 20th century, well, we’ve had had our share of kick-ass female singers. Linda herself told a story of meeting Beverly Sills in a grocery store and she said Oh Ms. Sills, I must sing Mimi” (La Boheme.) And Sills said back “You and every mezzo soprano in the world my dear.” Repeating the story shows Linda’s heart and modesty, and it also shows she knew she wasn’t the absolute best. Listen to (and let yourself hear) some coloratura arias. The 20th Century had some totally stunning female singers.
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@@themotiondoctor Ronstadt was clearly the greatest popular singer - in Concert she and that voice were mesmerizing. Surely some Opera and Jazz vocalists had it going on as well. A long long time ago I was in a fine restaurant in NYC - and Linda was there in the back with a couple of newspaper journalist guys and Beverly Sills. No one bothered them - they seemed to be giggling up a storm. When they left Sills and Linda were still laughing about something. Two very special songbirds from different ends of the musical forest.
@@h.walkermaan8857 That must have been fun, you lucky guy you. Evidently after that grocery store meeting, they decided they had a lot in common, which tells us a lot about that musical forest.
So, the greatest was Kate Bush. Huge body of work as a singer, composer and producer. And a voice that was without equal. Linda had style, taste in music, personality, she almost had it all, but she wasn't quite the complete package that Kate was.
She was awesome but there’s also Emmy Lou, Nancy Griffin, Dolly Parton and Patty Loveless….I can’t pick the best🤷♂
One of the best voices of the classic country rock era. One of the best voices of any era, period!
She just came right on out there & killed it! ❤️
For men, real men, it's quite impossible not to admire the beauty of Linda. Wew!
Please, do tell us the difference between men and ‘real men.’ I can’t wait.
Dang i miss those day's! What a mess we have now! Let's all just go to a concert where everyone matters!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hear you man, everybody matters. Homeless people matter, addicted people matter, everybody on this earth matters. So different back then. Everybody liked everybody, now fuck, I don't wanna say anything to cause an uproar. It was just a lot better time then. We are in deep trouble right now.
@@paulbrunelle3597 you're my new faverate friend Paul! What's funny is my best friend passed away about 5 years ago and i miss him terribly! He would have said what you just said and his name is "PAUL!" so thanks brother
Dog and Paul, you are both correct. However time waits for no person - everything changes, nothing stays the same. Unfortunately......
@@vectorm4 true story my friend,true story!
Yes ! It could be a FREE concert. Like, way out in a farm field somewhere. Like the one when we were way younger but different. With more bathrooms and wheelchair accessible. We could call it... WOODSTICK !!!
The seventies was a time when music was accepted for itself, did not matter the brand,good music was good music.
I love how effortlessly she can transition from a purr to a growl, and to do it so beautifully.
It's like a musical law......you hear Linda once and you have to hear again.
Linda was in a vocal universe all her own. This was the simple stuff - she could sing it all - and so she did.
Have you seen the clip on TH-cam of Linda singing the classic"Skylark" with the Nelson riddle orchestra? It really showcases how gorgeous her voice was and it was her at the top of her form.
@@jessemackinnon5433 Thanks 4 that reference.
I'll check it out
Indeed. Great Singer. Gorgeous voice. Beloved by rockers and pickers, roadies, DJs and all of us. No comparisons - she was in her own Spectrum.
60s and 70s music was the best!!!
I have always loved Linda Ronstadt. Her voice is so beautiful and you can tell her heart is in the music. She is truly a great music icon and she always will be. Let's give it up for lovely Linda Ronstadt. Her magnificent voice will live forever.
Beautiful woman and beautiful voice.
“Our favorite girl singer” says Glenn Frey at the opening. Well Glenn, I’ll promise you you had a lot of company! Girl could sing any song from any genre and look absolutely stunning doing it. I miss people like her in show biz. I miss good music too. Oh yeah her cover band, The Eagles, they were pretty good too!
The woman could out sing any of those "boy singers".
Linda Ronstadt has always been my favorite singer. God how I miss that voice! From albums to 8 track, cassette to CD. Now I drive a car without a CD player, damn!
@@donnajohnson6227 -yeah Linda Ronstadt could knock the socks off you with her voice and with her looks! What an incredible woman!
I loved The Eagles, but every time I see this (which is a lot) it pisses me off how condescending he sounds about her.
@@geerterri By saying she was instrumental in putting the band together? Which I did not know.
Wow!! Doesn't get any better than this. The lovely Linda Ronstadt and the original eagles.
Fielder, who is playing pedal steel, was not an original Eagle. I know because their first few albums and I saw the early band with Don, Glennn Randy, and Bernie. No Don.
@@artprince9163 - Yes, the Eagles formed in 1971 and Felder didn't join them until 1974. But all the original forming members are there with Linda is I guess I was alluding to.
@@artprince9163 Ooh a person who knows the Eagles history good for you,I remember that also
I love hearing her voice! This brings good memories to me. Great performance!
The Queen of Hearts is always your best bet. She was so unadorned and with that clear gorgeous voice. Powerful and warm.
Well said, my friend.
I'm a year late on my comment, totally agree I fell in love with those gorgeous eyes WOW!!! I was in high school when I 1st saw her major crush!!!!
A very special rare songbird.
One of the best female rock/pop vocalists ever!
monsterguitar1 the best, bar none!
She did not require amplification.
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@@gordiemitchell4321 Exactly!!!
@@mwduck Saw her at DAR Constitution Hall in WDC in 1976, and yes, she did not need amplification. Great voice.
Growing up as a teenage girl in a small town Tennessee I had dreams of being the next Linda Ronstadt. I just loved everything about her and still do. What an amazing talent and soul.
You couldn't have had a better role model!
Did you perform?
I had dreams of being the next Elvis. 💕 Love Linda Ronstadt. Some people listen to her Spanish album and don’t know what a big star she was in rock and roll, and some people know her for her rock and roll and don’t know what a big star she was in Spanish. Not. To mention her work with Nelson Riddle and her albums with Dolly Parton and Emmy Lou Harris. A great singing star, God bless you Linda. Check out Mary Lou by The Creative Force, Amazing!
There can't be many videos where you can switch off either the sound or vision and still enjoy what is left. She has the most beautiful voice and a joy in her performance that just makes me smile. Both together are wonderful. (Bands not bad either!)
It doesn't get any better than this Linda and the Eagles.
Members of The Eagles were in her band before they were Eagles and they wrote "Desperado1" and she asked permission to sing it and made it a Monster Hit~!!!
@@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys I don't know which version I like better..
@@1calvinfunny1 Don Henley said they recorded the song in England, and he was rushed, and thought if he could have tried a few more takes he could have sang it better. I think its perfect though.
She's so beautiful ! Such a stellar voice, she's magical and wish her the very best.
Back then, Linda's SMILE would knock a man down to his knees, IMO... So BEAUTIFUL and TALENTED-!!! LOVE HER (even to this day)-!!!!!!! Huge fan, of lovely Linda-!!! 🙂😊👍✌
Totally agree. Her smile, and the way she filled out those tight pants. And no plastic boobs, just natural as God made them.
She was probably my first crush before Charlie Angles,I see her on roller skates wearing shorts on one of her albums …Im 59 now..
Queen of hi-fidelity vinyl and even more mesmerizing in person. The boys here backing up their former boss. Love her still.
I still love Linda Rinstadt! She was one fine-lookin' woman. And what a voice!
She was really something. I saw the Eagles at their millenium concert in L.A. and she opened for them. My goodness, she was huge. I felt really bad for her. Had pretty much lost her singing voice as well.
Bernie and Linda enjoyed playing together... she kept looking at him and smiling. The whole song it's like "Glenn who?".
Linda was Bernie’s friend who then hired the others for her backing band
There’s a video on Rock Essentials with Tim’s channel that delves into Linda and Bernie, some of the places they lived, etc..
@@melodymakermark Both of them friends of Gram Parsons.
I am so very excited they are finally going to make a film on Linda. Amazing.
Long awaited.
I just hope the forthcoming biopic of Linda Ronstadt is lip-synced by the actress portraying her, because nobody could be Ronstadts voice to have the tone that swoops from tenderness to muscular richness.
@@MitchellWilkinson-m8n Practice is all it takes. People use to say 'no one can sing like Steve Perry,' then when Journey finds a singer who did, nailed that great voice, fans were saying he was using backtrack or other enhancements when he never did and so he was let go. It can be done.
God, I love Linda, her voice, her style, the Eagles what a special person. 🔥😎✌️😘
For those wishing a time/date reference for this ... Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - season 1/episode 20 - Mar 18, 1974
Thanks. Was wondering the year. 10th grade in high school. Man, that was a while back...
DK’s RC was a terrific show! IIRC, he never booked lame-o soft “fake rock” acts, and the bands all played live. This one with Linda and the Eagles is a real gem.
By 1974 the Eagles were a bonafide successful band and Linda Ronstadt was on the brink of superstardom. Her only solo hit after the Stoned Ponies was Long Long Time ,in 1970
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Awesome. Thank you. Had the pleasure of seeing them about one year before this. Nils Lofgren opened!!!! As much as I liked them after Joe Walsh joined, they kicked ass here too. Would give anything to have seen them with Ms. Ronstadt.
Glenn Frey is so cute and shy when he introduces her. "favorite girl singer," I love it. Linda Ronstadt was adorable and fun, too.
That would be sexist today.
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Fuck the social justice warriors.
Us babyboomers don't give a damn! We say how we feel and if it upsets someone, they can kiss my saggy white ass!!!!!
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I’m 70 and have had a crush on Linda since 1970. What an amazing singer!
Yeah I loved her too until she got political.
@@DouglasTaylor69 You sound like a conservative dickwad.
@@jeffhodge7333 and you sound like a liberaturd!!!!!
Haha! Me too
Glad I was lucky enough to see Linda's live shows many times in my younger days. For those young folks that will no longer have that opportunity, you don't know what you're missing. No theatrics, no pyrotechnnics, no troupe of gay backup dancers, no lip synchng...just a beautiful babe with an incredible voice, backed up by some of the best musicians in the business. It didn't get any better than that.
Love it !
Amen to that brother.
Thank you but todays generation cannot comprehend your words, it doesn't compute in their world, just be so happy that you (and me) saw and appreciated REAL talent, talent I really doubt we will witness in this earth world ever again!
So was I! At a small venue in MI called Pine Knob! Fantastic! One of the greatest of all times!
Gay backup dancers? WTF is that? There have been dancers in music since it began. Some artists were singer and dancers. What a stupid comment.
when I listen to Linda sing Blue Bayou, it just put me in a World of tranquility
It didn't matter the genre. You pick the tune, Linda brings the pipes.
Linda had a powerful, passionate voice.
Everyone wanted to do a duet with her.
"A voice as BIG as a house!"
I was actually thinking of something else😊
Check out Mary Lou by the Creative Force , amazing
Hi Kathryn
Linda's voice, so much energy, vocal well placed, and the Eagles all top notch players!
I loved this. Great voice, and Bernie’s lead is very cool. Her recent documentary, “Linda Ronstadt:The Sound of My Voice,” is great to watch and hear. First person with five consecutive patinum albums! And DAMNIT, she’s still cute!
ABSOLUTELY!!!
the documentary brought some tears
those were the good old days of great music
The first poster of a girl that I ever had in my bedroom was of LINDA RONSTADT!! I loved her then, and I still love her now!!
Ahhh, William, loving Linda Ronstadt was so easy for me! Back in the day tickets didnl't cost as much as do today! Loved the 70's!
Hey,I remember that poster. It hung proudly in many a sailors barracks room in Norfolk Virginia . 1975!
I had one too. She was wearing short shorts and roller skates. I don't remember ever having another poster of a woman or singer. I did have one of Mercury Morris, but I digress. lol
@@arcburn3364 I remember that one but that was later. The album cover of Heart Like A Wheel ... she was gorgeous!
We had her picture hanging on our walk next to Cheryl Tiegs during my college years. And what a voice.
Hello Mary
How are you doing today?
The singer with the greatest range of our generation.
She was THE voice of a generation. No one could touch her range
Vicki Carr
Eh, hello! Ever heard of Ann Wilson of Heart?
Yes Ann Wilson is marvelous and she was beautiful.
Seeing and hearing Linda live was transformational for tough guys. Her pure powerful generous voice was honest, clear and achingly gorgeous. This is some easy country rock with her former bandmates.
Love incarnate enclosed in cosmic American music.
Her generosity, her ear for talent, and that one of a kind voice. No wonder she is so deeply beloved.
Linda Ronstadt, a rare and remarkable songbird. You either get her or you don't. But if you do the rewards are deep and broad. Sigh...
Linda Ronstadt is simply the best❤
Linda is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. Period.
Linda Ronstadt and Karen Carpenter could sing me the tax code laws and I would never ever tire of the gift that God gave them.. truly the best female vocalists of the modern pop era
Yikes are you kidding?. Carpenter was a sour pop singer(who sang love songs with her creepy brother) dreadful material and schlocky arrangements. Ronstadt possessed one of the greatest instruments in American music history surrounded by the best players. Not even in the same universe.
@@skyewilliams2247 I am not kidding! However I respect and understand your opinion! And we certainly agree about Linda!
@@WARDMAN3 We certainly agree on Linda. I should try and be more diplomatic. But comparing Ronstadt with pop singers simply because they are women or recorded during the same era drives us Linda advocates nuts. Peace ✌
@@skyewilliams2247 Believe me I do not get offended...Music is personal... While I disagree with you on Karen, as you see we both agree with Linda! Does not make me right... you right! That;s the beauty! But we are on same playing field if we agree on Linda
Just to better understand where I come from, I started piano at 3...I live and breathe music... So my opinion is coming from a huge well of knowledge and appreciation and studying... It is not based on just being from the same era! Curious. what other singers do you like and appreciate from 60s 70s or 80s... To see if we are in concurence!
Prettiest smile of the 70's
Amen
Linda Ronstadt is an unique voice & thank God for her voice within the change of the Eagles lineup.
My late husband and I had our first date at an Eagles concert that Linda opened. We were married 1 year later. It was truly magical. Miss the days of their great music.
That smile at the end, she was America's girl next door, with great pipes! Not many left like her
Thanks for your comment and for being a fan, God bless you.. I text you on here because you're a big fan and you seems to be a very nice person 😍
@@lindaronstadt7426 I have seen that smile at the end of many of your songs & it just adds to the performance. The grin in the middle of Blowing Away with Bonnie Raitt is the best.
Hearing Linda sing, never gets old! July 20, 2021 Thank You and God's blessing on you Linda and your family!
Thanks for your comment and for being a fan, God bless you.... I text you on here because you're a big fan and you seems to be a very nice person 😍.
😊😁I'm very pleased to know I'm not the only one that loves the song but when last did you play it.
I'm almost 68.
And I never get tired of any of her singing or Eagles or any one from our era.
We get old and forget how great she was. Thanks for reminding me.
Thanks for your comment and for being a fan, God bless you.. I text you on here because you're a big fan and you seems to be a very nice person 😍
How can you not love this young lady? Thank God I was young enough to hear her in her prime, when her golden voice echoed through clubs and radios across the nation. ❤❤❤
Linda has such an amazing voice! She just belts it out! I've always loved her music. Literally everything she sings is powerful and right on key! God bless you Linda and thank yout for making all of our lives better with your beautiful voice!
Now that's a kick ass voice, and a band. Love it.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the best female singer backed by the best American rock band ever. Doesn't get any better than this. Savor it.
(The greed, bickering and general assholery of Henley, Frey [RIP] and Azoff notwithstanding.)
Yes it does. Jimmy Buffet.
I can't hit like on this enough! fucking phenomenal!
right on man...
A little hyperbole there, but pretty good.. :)
I blame the cocaine and the showbiz on the aforementioned asshattery. Azoff was a teddy bear compared to Peter Grant and the hijinks that the Eagles got up to paled in comparison to what the Zeppelin boys got up to, nevermind The Who. Joe Walsh brought it up another level, but Walsh was an OG compared to these guys, but even he admitted that as much of a pack of dinks that Henley, Frey (RIP), and Azoff could be, Walsh was still in awe of them.
There's so much going on here even though it's a deceptively simple song. Watch again for the interaction, dynamics, and even some side eye. Linda showed up to slay that! ❤
So unbelievably cute. I never figured out how that voice came out of such a tiny person.
Its because she's Latina. lol muey caliente!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
You should look up Lydia Pence and her band Cold Blood..Little woman - big voice.
Broad facial structure , probably big sinuses.
@Billyclub Clark Euuuuuuw, no wonder she never married.
@@storyteller1749 well half anyway.
Linda Ronstadt we love you! You were such a cool demeanor, had fun with your friends and entertained our asses off! Thanks so much for all you did to touch our souls. You were one awesome singer and beautiful soul. I know you aren't able to sing now, but don't let it get you down. We love you all the same. Take it easy!
Linda wore her fame so lightly - very rare. That remarkable, clear voice would deliver us to some glorious music.
Like Steve Perry who has said he idolized Sam Cooke who came before him, Linda has said that growing in Arizona she idolized Mexican country music singer Lola Beltran. To find more about the origin of Linda's beautiful and amazing voice pick up her recently issued book (2023) called "Feels Like Home" where she describes her Mexican American background in Arizona. I bought 10 copies and gave them out to my kids and family.
-- ❤she's the best of the best❤ --
Jorge, believe it or not, there is a growing appreciation for Mexican/American heritage as well as Mexican ancestral heritage. I lived for many years in a majority Mexican/American neighborhood and I came to love the humor, the music, the food and the vibrant spirit of my friends and neighbors.
You are doing the perfect thing by reminding your kids and family of the greatness of your people.
Thank you for mentioning Lola Beltran. That gives us another opportunity to appreciate beautiful Mexican culture.
Not only the lady 'who gave us the Eagles', but one of the finest voices in the biz.... She just nails it !
Her voice is magical. Rest in peace Glenn
A Linda Ronstadt only comes around once in a lifetime.
So true. Rock on, Linda.
humm might only be once in 100 or 1000 or even 100000 or more lifetimes only time will tell but she did come in my lifetime and loved her from first time i hear her on radio WSRF AM WSHE FM Ft.Laud. Fla.
What an incredible concentration of talent!