Yes, Bob Glaub, and Dan Dugmore is there too and Danny Kortchner (never sure about the spelling). I think this is, sadly, her last gasp at pop/rock. She did not lose her talent but the world moved on, as did she. I did not like her next phase which she is coming to here (the dress and the pace). - Nelson Riddle and big ballads. I still think she is the best singer that pop/rock/folk ever produced.
Ronstadt's incredible interpretation of this oft overlooked song serves a reminder of her powerful vocals yet sensitive treatment of a song's intent. Leading with a dynamic strong indictment against a former lover, then ending with a series of sighing coos. Unlike some great artists, her live performances never waver. Great stuff ! The artists from yesteryear will be hard to duplicate !
Emmanuel Leroux Written by the great singer/songwriter, Jimmy Webb. She adored him; said his songs were not easy to sing, but felt the rewards of singing them right were huge.
LOVE Linda. Very underrated song from when she was itching to break free from the rock/pop/country format that had served her so well in the 70s. Still, her voice is pitch perfect.
A very underrated song. Loved it in 1983 and still do. Reminds me of a girl I dated back then. She looked very much like Linda Ronstadt looks here, very beautiful: black hair, dark eyes.
Exactly my thoughts. Fantastic rendition of the Jimmy Webb song. Had the LP. Didn’t really listen to the mellower stuff then. It helps to see her sing it. What a knockout she was. So sorry about the Parkinson’s. She’s very brave.
One of my all time favorite songs - and I loved this so much off of "Get Closer". Saw her in Dallas in the early 80's - was one of the first concerts where the artist sounded truly better than the recording. Clear as a freakin' bell.
@trollhater70s She might LOOK different now, but she is the same person. People who can't look past appearances and see the real person inside are so shallow. It is childish to judge a person by their appearances.
Nothing else like Linda. Comparisons are like a slur. She sang rings around her contemporaries and was beloved by the boyz that surrounded those pipes. Grab the microphone, let the band shine and sing your heart out. OMG - What a concept!
I remember first hearing this recording in 1983! Linda Ronstadt's voice and the song still cause me to stop and go back to the eighties, which to me were very happy and very sad, all at the same time. Bless you, Linda!
Linda was amazing from the first performances in the 1960s, but she got better and more beautiful as the decades passed. There will never be another. She always managed to make the listener think she was singing just to you alone. I miss her.
Don't forget the multi-talented Andrew Gold on gitbox, too. Her band comprised the creme'-de-la-creme of California studio musicians. The best that ever were.
Knew most of her band mates back then and they were ALL great players. However when you talk about "creme'-de-la-creme" in the LA session players back then, it was the "Wreching Crew" that had that title. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)
The guitar playing, arrangements and everything about this song is so damn good - her singing is so effortless so compare it to the uncomprehensible crap that is passing for music right now in 2019. This has a hummable tune, good lyrics and arrangement and you don't hear that anymore.
just gorgeous,with a voice .............no tatoos ,no crap ,just pure talent!!!!!!!!!!!! what a pleasure to listen to ,even if she got old or over weight ,who cares ? she had class ,looks and talent ,look what we listen to today ?nothing
She has to be the must stunningly beautiful woman ever and also have the best voice ever. Remeber, there were few computer fix ups when she recorded. Imagine, yo actually had to have the pipes!! No one comes close today, With few exceptions they look like dogs and sound the same.
Lost someone in 1992...1995 this song helped me to remember her and get through some tough times...rediscovered it again after 20 years...Thank-you !!!
I am trying to reply to someone who has a sensible comment, not this awful near the knuckle sexist crap. I loved Andrew Gold too: one of the most talented musicians ever. At Linda's concerts your eyes kept bouncing round the stage, trying to work out where he would be next as he played every instrument known to man. Linda here is at her glorious, sexiest peak and really doesn't deserve some of the sexist, ageist, fattist comments here.
That's Andrew Gold on lead guitar... He wrote songs for others and then 2 songs to his personal band as Andrew Gold, himself on lead vocals with piano - "Thank you for being a friend" the Golden Girls sit com theme! And "Oh what a lonely boy"
iI went to a small concert venue in a Community College auditorium, we were seated in school chairs on the basketball court, it was Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne.
Linda,I for one miss you,especially your voice today but you know what I have all your Beautiful songs to fall back on,Our Savior Jesus Christ Loves you and you are very special,walk daily with Him,hope to meet someday,thanks Jerry James
O.k. googled the incident,wow imagine a rock singer making a politicaql statement, sorry i remember the sixties and seventies when it was not only common but almost expected. Also i did serve in the military to protect the free speech of only people who i agree with, I may not agree with someones positon on an issue but i will fight to defend thier right to say it. Even the idiots who protest at fallen military funerals. and thats all i got to say about that.
Man, that girl could sing. A microphone, a devoted band and a gorgeous pure voice. Linda was honestly one of a kind.
my heart is aching all over again because of someone I should have forgotten.
Amen, and still not over it after all these years.
Great pure vocalist. No one oohs and aahs like Linda did.
Amen!
This was from "The Tonight Show" in 1983.....Johnny Carson flirted with her shamelessly.....not that I blame him.
Yes, Bob Glaub, and Dan Dugmore is there too and Danny Kortchner (never sure about the spelling). I think this is, sadly, her last gasp at pop/rock. She did not lose her talent but the world moved on, as did she. I did not like her next phase which she is coming to here (the dress and the pace). - Nelson Riddle and big ballads. I still think she is the best singer that pop/rock/folk ever produced.
Glorious vocalist. This is one of her understated gems. Clear, honest emotions. Just terrific - Linda.
Jimmy Webb gem.
what an outrageously beautiful woman bloody hell
Just a wonderful piece of music. Miss Linda’s vocals are something very endearing
Ronstadt's incredible interpretation of this oft overlooked song serves a reminder of her powerful vocals yet sensitive treatment of a song's intent. Leading with a dynamic strong indictment against a former lover, then ending with a series of sighing coos. Unlike some great artists, her live performances never waver. Great stuff ! The artists from yesteryear will be hard to duplicate !
Andrew Gold on guitar....Linda looking SO good....singing a Jimmy Webb staple. It doesn't get any better than this.
Man, nobody could ooh wah like Linda.. time for a cold shower.
Her voice is as smooth as silk, here. One of my favourite songs from her. A gem.
Love this performance! Linda’s eyes are so beautiful!
Linda ----the Perfect Blend of Power and Sweetness----what a VOICE!
Linda was sexy without TRYING to be sexy! She is still beautiful...
Wow Linda. Her voice is simply flawless--and smooooth as silk. Truly the best female vocalist to Ever grace a stage. NO autotune needed!
Best most enthralling female vocalist ever Linda 💓
Auto tune is a direct reflection of our current culture. Fast and easy, not always good and memorable.
You bet, right?! Flawless....always.
Rest in eternal peace Andrew Gold. Love his guitar playing
One of the best vocalists ever and with a Jimmy Webb song..you cannot go wrong!!!
Easy For You To Say....my favorite song by Linda. Absolute perfection.
Linda at her best i do like that song she is so "Ronstadt "in that song
Emmanuel Leroux Written by the great singer/songwriter, Jimmy Webb. She adored him; said his songs were not easy to sing, but felt the rewards of singing them right were huge.
I grew up listening to Linda because my mom had almost all her tapes. We used to listen to her all the time. This is one of my favorites.
She and Marvin Gaye stand alone as the greatest vocalists in rock/pop/R&B history
Love Linda, but Aretha was pretty good, too
Great singer. This delivery of a subtle under appreciated tune shows why Ronstadt was a sensuous talent with an instrument she played to perfection.
LOVE Linda. Very underrated song from when she was itching to break free from the rock/pop/country format that had served her so well in the 70s. Still, her voice is pitch perfect.
So true!
Man what a beautiful woman
More I hear this tune from Ronstadt the more I love it. Did not appreciate how great a song it was back in the 80s.
gogo delux I did, I used to listen to it back then. Great and unappreciated song.
gogo delux This is a killer rendition. Her voice is so pure, haunting and sublime.
A very underrated song. Loved it in 1983 and still do. Reminds me of a girl I dated back then. She looked very much like Linda Ronstadt looks here, very beautiful: black hair, dark eyes.
Exactly my thoughts. Fantastic rendition of the Jimmy Webb song. Had the LP. Didn’t really listen to the mellower stuff then. It helps to see her sing it. What a knockout she was. So sorry about the Parkinson’s. She’s very brave.
I Am Head Over Heels In Love!! That's Easy For Me To Say!!
One of my all time favorite songs - and I loved this so much off of "Get Closer". Saw her in Dallas in the early 80's - was one of the first concerts where the artist sounded truly better than the recording. Clear as a freakin' bell.
I saw her on this tour. One of the first proper concerts I went to.
@trollhater70s She might LOOK different now, but she is the same person. People who can't look past appearances and see the real person inside are so shallow. It is childish to judge a person by their appearances.
I saw her in 1979,saw fleetwood mac a month or so later, Stevie Nicks was great but not in Lindas' league at all.
Vocal perfection. I have always loved every recording she produced.
Andrew Gold on the Strat!... and Wow what a beautiful thing LR is!!
Im here for my Daily Linda. vaccine.
One of the great singers of my lifetime with the beauty to match. Can't forget the great Andrew Gold.
Nothing else like Linda. Comparisons are like a slur. She sang rings around her contemporaries and was beloved by the boyz that surrounded those pipes. Grab the microphone, let the band shine and sing your heart out. OMG - What a concept!
One of the greatest singers of our generation, lending her talent to a great Jimmy Webb song.
That's one Beautiful woman. All woman I have known with Mexican/German Descent are beautiful. Joan Baez was another one.
You know Lee, Linda has a mother too and she has got Dutch DNA as well.
And Karen Carpenter, all wonderful.
Beautiful song, performed by a beautiful lady. Haunting and mesmerizing. Thank you for posting this clip.
I remember first hearing this recording in 1983! Linda Ronstadt's voice and the song still cause me to stop and go back to the eighties, which to me were very happy and very sad, all at the same time. Bless you, Linda!
This is one of my favorite songs of Linda.❤
One of my favorites. Period.
This song and Blue Bayou are my favorites. Music isn't the same anymore.
Love Beautiful Linda since the Troubadour Days, always will. Queen of Rock and she could sing anything!
Linda was amazing from the first performances in the 1960s, but she got better and more beautiful as the decades passed. There will never be another. She always managed to make the listener think she was singing just to you alone. I miss her.
She's still alive, and her music also remains very much with us.
I don't know which is more beautiful her eyes or her voice.....or maybe its just her
Don't forget the multi-talented Andrew Gold on gitbox, too. Her band comprised the creme'-de-la-creme of California studio musicians. The best that ever were.
Knew most of her band mates back then and they were ALL great players. However when you talk about "creme'-de-la-creme" in the LA session players back then, it was the "Wreching Crew" that had that title. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrecking_Crew_(music)
@@sorceryrockband Watched the documentary. Awed by Carol Kaye.
Beautiful, brillant and that voice.
An angel
She's at her very best here!!
Killer Eyes girl!
she is so beautiful here.. and what a voice... she can think of a note then hit it.. sublime.. love you Linda
The guitar playing, arrangements and everything about this song is so damn good - her singing is so effortless so compare it to the uncomprehensible crap that is passing for music right now in 2019. This has a hummable tune, good lyrics and arrangement and you don't hear that anymore.
Carson's over in the corner smoking a cig
and feverishly trying to get his pants up before she finishes the song...WOW!!!
Smooth and crisp voice and so powerful for such a little petite woman. Thanks for sharing this Gem of a video. I always admired Linda Ronstadt. ☆♡☆
She's so damn lovely..and what a good sight to see my hero Andrew Gold on guitar..R.I.P....
Does anyone have the interview from this show? She was very chatty and Johnny was very flirtatious with her...
Beautiful woman, voice, and song.
gorgeous
just gorgeous,with a voice .............no tatoos ,no crap ,just pure talent!!!!!!!!!!!!
what a pleasure to listen to ,even if she got old or over weight ,who cares ? she had class ,looks and talent ,look what we listen to today ?nothing
Those eyes!
Her look reminds me of Rosanne Cash back when Rosanne was having her heyday in Country.
The only girl Singer. Gorgeous important voice, gorgeous genuine vibe - surrounded by great players.
Beautifiul.....what a voice...gorgeous eyes
The quality and tone of her voice is just unparalleled by anyone and her expressiveness is top notch...Love her to death!!
So true!
She has to be the must stunningly beautiful woman ever and also have the best voice ever. Remeber, there were few computer fix ups when she recorded. Imagine, yo actually had to have the pipes!! No one comes close today, With few exceptions they look like dogs and sound the same.
The great Jimmy Webb from oh yes Oklahoma. Lol. And that sweet sexy volcanic voice that Linda has. Wow love you honey.
Rest in eternal peace Andrew Gold
Lost someone in 1992...1995 this song helped me to remember her and get through some tough times...rediscovered it again after 20 years...Thank-you !!!
You will forever stay in my heart.
My god she was wonderful!!
Easily one of Linda's most underrated songs from her LP, Get Closer!
Leslie Robinson . It became a top 10 hit as a single. Had tremendous airplay. Hardly an underrated song.
Great Video - Thanks for posting. Beautiful!
About my favorite song of hers!
@timtormey The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson
How beautiful is Linda Ronstadt, and with a voice to match,can't beat it.
Amen to that! No autotune here folks
I am trying to reply to someone who has a sensible comment, not this awful near the knuckle sexist crap. I loved Andrew Gold too: one of the most talented musicians ever. At Linda's concerts your eyes kept bouncing round the stage, trying to work out where he would be next as he played every instrument known to man. Linda here is at her glorious, sexiest peak and really doesn't deserve some of the sexist, ageist, fattist comments here.
there are 2 kinds of me...men that love linda ronstadt and men that have never met her...
All my love & admiration to Linda. ALWAYS!!!
I'm glad Linda supports Atheists, takes guts
Written by Jimmy Webb 1982. Linda does a great job on this track. Copyright White Oak Music (ASCAP)
wow so good.
How was this song NOT a SMASH hit?
Wow, I'm sure all men must have been in love with Linda Ronstadt at one time or another, just great.
So true!
Still am 😊
♥️ Linda! Never will be another! Voice of the angels!
She's incredible.
No one better... Great post.
That's Andrew Gold on lead guitar... He wrote songs for others and then 2 songs to his personal band as Andrew Gold, himself on lead vocals with piano - "Thank you for being a friend" the Golden Girls sit com theme! And "Oh what a lonely boy"
iI went to a small concert venue in a Community College auditorium, we were seated in school chairs on the basketball court, it was Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne.
One of my favorites by Linda
her eyes...just makes me ache... she finds a face and sings to it... its her gift.. i'm glad i'm still here to enjoy... youtube....love you linda
I'm glad I never got the chance to look into her eyes, would've driven me crazy.
Someone needs to padlock the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. If this lady ain't, it ain't legit.
Linda,I for one miss you,especially your voice today but you know what I have all your Beautiful songs to fall back on,Our Savior Jesus Christ Loves you and you are very special,walk daily with Him,hope to meet someday,thanks Jerry James
O.k. googled the incident,wow imagine a rock singer making a politicaql statement, sorry i remember the sixties and seventies when it was not only common but almost expected. Also i did serve in the military to protect the free speech of only people who i agree with, I may not agree with someones positon on an issue but i will fight to defend thier right to say it. Even the idiots who protest at fallen military funerals. and thats all i got to say about that.
Linda = perfection
shes a doll!
This is from The Tonight Show.
She has never looked better, DAMN!!!!! I'm gay and I am turned on! I have loved her forever, and it's so great to see this performance.
This was one of my favorites next to so many of your Beautiful songs,Thanks Linda,miss you
Linda's eyes are simply mesmerizing!
Aye, Linda!
@kir3txsbcglobalnet I love the song too...but it wasn't released until 1982-83 on Linda's "Get Closer album.
Loved this album in the early 1980s.
yessur!!!