Linda started her career in the Sixties. She was the singer for the Stone Poneys and one of my favorite song from that time is Different Drum. She was even younger then.
Linda had so much diversity in her voice and in her songs. She did rock (You’re No Good!) and was amazing in light opera (Pirates of Penzance 1879)! My favorite albums were the “Trio-Tucson sessions”. Linda recorded with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. They were such different singers and were stunning together!
What an amazing voice. 11 Emmy awards. Sadly, she retired in 2013 due to her Parkinson's Disease diagnosis, which affects her ability to control her voice.
This was definitely early in her career. This is a clip from the Glen Campbell variety show in 1971. She has the most beautiful voice on the planet. Fun fact: she appeared barefoot in most of her early performances, even on TV. Please explore more of her music. 🌺✌️
This was an earlier hit for her, the clip is from the Glen Campbell variety show, but her catalog is vast. The song I think has its roots in country but is really more of a ballad. She was THE top woman in rock in the 70's able to sellout stadiums within hours but once she tired of touring and anxious to explore different areas of music she expanded successfully into many different genres. Some of those genres along with rock-folk, jazz, light operetta (there is a clip out there of her performing Poor Wandering One from "The Pirates of Penzance" that is a great spotlight on her upper range), mariachi, the Great American Songbook, Latin and New Wave among others. I don't think she and Karen Carpenter are too similar aside from both having incredible voices both well suited to ballads.
THEEEEE greatest voice to grace us. She is one of the original GOATS. Go down her rabbit hole. Listen to The Stone Pony's (her 1st band) the best song Different Drum Also give Desperado ... he greatest song, a listen.
She moved from Tucson AZ to LA when she was 17 . This song was released in 1970. Her 1st hit came while she was the lead singer for a group called the Stone Poneys but this song performance was in 1973 when Linda was 24
Having to listen to your reaction again. Did I say before you have the happiest face, most congenial? I LOVE this song and your reaction. The 70s. And now I notice your cross around your neck. Jesus's blessings, brother. Yes, i see my last comment, which wasn't my first. You're wonderful!
Linda recommendations, alphabetically: Dark End of the Street; Desperado; Faithless Love; Heart Like a Wheel; I Will Always Love You; It Doesn't Matter Anymore; Just One Look; When Will I Be Loved; Willin'; You Can Close Your Eyes; You're No Good.
You have now played 2 songs from Linda, who most people that have heard say that she is the best all time female singer, which I agree to also. It is very hard to peg her into any genre, because she sang pop, rock, country, Mexican, standards (with Nelson Riddle), light opera, and more. She was very big in the 70' and 80's, and was known as the Queen of Rock. But since about 2005 she has a brain debilitating disease and cannot sing at all anymore, but she is still with us. She was born in Tuscon, AZ in 1946 - which was a VERY good year! She sold over 100 million albums, and has won many, many awards. If you want something more rockish, listen to 'Back in the USA, and if you want to hear an angel sing, then listen to any of her songs arranged by Nelson Riddle.
For a more in-depth look at Linda's singing abilities hope you react to her rendition of "You're No Good" and her song in Spanish with Mariachi Vargas from her "Canciones de Mi Padre" concert. Unfreaking believable!
Great Reaction! Linda ALWAYS does an amazing job no matter what she sings. While this performance of "Long, Long Time" is beautiful, it was done on a TV show and they were apparently short on time and she only sang two of the three verses to this song. If you will listen to (and hopefully react to) the studio version that has all three verses (which make the song even more meaningful) you will be even more impressed. I have really enjoyed watching your reaction videos and I look forward to seeing more.
I wouldn't worry so much about how to classify songs. Just listen and react. With Linda Ronstadt, I'd keep in mind that she could and did sing everything. As a result, she could have chosen anything to sing, so why did she choose what she chose? Because of the lyrics, IMO. Throughout her career, Ronstadt chose wonderfully written material. Tis song is no exception. Forget the vocals (hard, I know!) and this is still a devastating song about unrequited love.
First, “How it sounds” versus “Listening to the words”…. Even if I couldn’t pick up all the lyrics, I would still know what she was saying, for sure! Her heart was bleeding out loud, and it sounded beautiful. Also, she was so precious in this performance. So young she hadn’t even lost her baby cheeks yet. This song fit her so perfectly. (It was 1970 btw.) AND, trying to put Linda Ronstadt in a category is like categorizing people, or telling a painter that they can only use the colors that come in a box of 8 crayola crayons and they cannot blend those 8 colors. Linda invented new colors that changed music forever. 😉 And you can believe everything every word she sings, because she means it!
Back again! Back then, it was just "Top 40!" Most music crossed over, and R&B and disco & funk & country & everything that was good was on the top 40. Top 40 with Casey Kasem. Look it up!
Yes, she formed the Stone Poneys with Bobby Kimmel and Kenny Edwards when she was 17 (almost 18), and they performed live in clubs, but they weren't signed to a record deal until somewhere around her twentieth birthday.
I caught your Jimmy Barnes-Joe Bonamassa reaction and now I see you're doing Linda Ronstadt--keep sticking to the top shelf musicians. You've got to understand, Linda was the world's most famous singer in the mid 1970's (think Madonna, Beyonce, Tom Cruise, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan...yes, like that)... and she could sing anything from Rock to Blues to traditional Mexican ballads. As talented as Linda was, she didn't write her own songs. Beth Hart, whom I mentioned in my Jimmy Barnes comment, is similar to Linda in some ways but is far more emotional and raw, with greater vocal power and range, and a next-level stage presence. Beth is a multi-instrumentalist and writes her own music and lyrics. Check her out on her own (apart from collaborations with guitarists like Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Beck, Slash, & Buddy Guy). Here are eight BETH HART suggestions to get you started: 1) “Caught Out in The Rain” (From the 2018 Royal Albert Hall concert in London; about an unhealthy relationship with a dangerous man): ruclips.net/video/lzdJf7Hqttk/видео.html 2) “Am I The One” (one of the world’s greatest performances from the legendary 2004 Live at Paradiso concert in Amsterdam): ruclips.net/video/hZG3MghkX3Q/видео.html 3) “Skin” (Piano acoustic performance from Dutch TV ‘2 Meter Sessions’ in 1999; about an older sister’s death from AIDS when Beth was 12): ruclips.net/video/al-b4wx3f54/видео.html 5) “No Quarter” & “Babe I'm Gonna Leave” (From the Parkbühne in Leipzig, Germany, July 2022): ruclips.net/video/rS5CiOecXho/видео.html 6) “A Change is Gonna Come” (From Beth’s neighborhood night club, the Echoplex, in LA in 2010; Sam Cooke cover): ruclips.net/video/QnIL8AKWRNQ/видео.html 7) “Mama” (From the 2004 Paradiso concert; Beth on piano): ruclips.net/video/q2DVaSDMRMg/видео.html 8) "House of Sin” (Old-school rock-star type performance at the 2005 Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands): ruclips.net/video/yLv0QuW8hHo/видео.html
LInda was born in 1946. "Long, Long Time" first aired in 1970, when she was 24. I don't know when this performance was 1976? She's be around 30. She looks really young, but she's no teenager. This song would qualify as "pop rock folk", if you need a genre. It's a lovely ballad. It might fit well in today's C&W scene, but in 1970 it would not have fit at all - though it probably got some air time on C&W stations. C&W lovers recognize good songs, whatever the genre.
If you don't cry when you hear this song for the first time, that means you've paused it because you were about to cry. Be real, man! Have the courage to cry in public, when the song is so beautiful you can't help yourself. It's called "being human". That's what we're here to do, so yeah. (((HUGS))) I know. Oh! And speaking of which. If you want to hear the most beautiful voice on the planet, look up Dimash Kudaibergen. He will completely blow you away.
I think one of the cruelest things to happen in music was Linda Ronstadt's voice extinguished by Parkinson's disease. She was the epitome of the girl next door with a God given talent.
"You have to listen to the words..It's not really about...how it sounds...." Are you joking? (I know you're not.) It's exactly about how it sounds - it's a plaintive ballad about unrequited love. The words match the tune and the performance perfectly: it's about someone who loves someone to the core of their being but who gets absolutely nothing in return. It's full of pain, and that's what the lyrics and the music and Ms. Ronstadt's soulful singing convey in unmistakable terms. How could you possibly miss that? Or do you just not think before you speak? I rarely give down-votes, but for such a stupid, unaware reaction by someone putting themselves forward as a knowledgeable person, you deserve nothing but down-votes..
Even overnight sensations; actors and singers who become rich ... end up facing the realization that they are missing the most important thing in life ... and that is to acknowledge our God; the Lord of the Universe. Jesus waits to see who will seek Him out. Life isn't about just ME ME ME. Its about Him, and we all need Jesus!
Straight to the heart. Love Linda!!!
Linda is a legend who could & did sing everything! Beautiful soul ❤
The soft rock classic was recorded by a 24 year old Linda Ronstadt in 1970. One of the saddest songs ever written.
I love this song. Only Linda can sing it.
Linda started her career in the Sixties. She was the singer for the Stone Poneys and one of my favorite song from that time is Different Drum. She was even younger then.
Es una Rock Star Linda
She’s an absolute sweetheart, i’ll always love her
Best female singer ever!!
Linda was so good, her band became the Eagles! She could sing ANYTHING! ❤❤❤her
You nailed it. It's all about the lyrics. Next her instrument; finally the technique It's a gift.
Linda had so much diversity in her voice and in her songs. She did rock (You’re No Good!) and was amazing in light opera (Pirates of Penzance 1879)! My favorite albums were the “Trio-Tucson sessions”. Linda recorded with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. They were such different singers and were stunning together!
She was 23 or 24 and she looked very young for her age considering how people in that era tended to look older.
What an amazing voice. 11 Emmy awards. Sadly, she retired in 2013 due to her Parkinson's Disease diagnosis, which affects her ability to control her voice.
I read that she was always questioning if she sounded all right . She had no idea how good she was 😢
This was definitely early in her career. This is a clip from the Glen Campbell variety show in 1971. She has the most beautiful voice on the planet. Fun fact: she appeared barefoot in most of her early performances, even on TV. Please explore more of her music. 🌺✌️
Linda didn't care about genre labels
Yeah, this is - literally - As Good As It Gets.
Her first hit was "Different Drum" 1967
Yep, she was 21 years old when she first charted as lead singer for the Stone Ponies. She was 20 when it was recorded.
This is one of my favorites from her! She is one of the best singers I’ve ever heard ! Great reaction! ✌
She did i5 all - rock, country, Spanish.
Yep, I'm back again to see you watch Linda! Yeah, she just was really round-faced, and that gives her a very young look.
She was 14 when when her and her brother and sister formed a folk trio and played small venues.
Omg!😊
It's a Ballad.
This was an earlier hit for her, the clip is from the Glen Campbell variety show, but her catalog is vast. The song I think has its roots in country but is really more of a ballad.
She was THE top woman in rock in the 70's able to sellout stadiums within hours but once she tired of touring and anxious to explore different areas of music she expanded successfully into many different genres. Some of those genres along with rock-folk, jazz, light operetta (there is a clip out there of her performing Poor Wandering One from "The Pirates of Penzance" that is a great spotlight on her upper range), mariachi, the Great American Songbook, Latin and New Wave among others.
I don't think she and Karen Carpenter are too similar aside from both having incredible voices both well suited to ballads.
THEEEEE greatest voice to grace us. She is one of the original GOATS. Go down her rabbit hole. Listen to The Stone Pony's (her 1st band) the best song Different Drum Also give Desperado ... he greatest song, a listen.
She moved from Tucson AZ to LA when she was 17 . This song was released in 1970. Her 1st hit came while she was the lead singer for a group called the Stone Poneys but this song performance was in 1973 when Linda was 24
this is on her 1970 album so recorded in 1969
Having to listen to your reaction again. Did I say before you have the happiest face, most congenial? I LOVE this song and your reaction. The 70s. And now I notice your cross around your neck. Jesus's blessings, brother. Yes, i see my last comment, which wasn't my first. You're wonderful!
She sang all genres. Her voice is sadly missed.
Check out When will I be loved! She can belt out a tune too! Linda could sing ANY kind of music and did! Pure talent. Beautiful ❤
I like how the lighting allows you to see her tongue. This is the most beautiful sound I have ever heard. It's in the Linda Ronstadt category.
One of her best. Enjoy.
Love your blissful smile. It's so apropos.
My favorite by Linda.
24 year old Linda Ronstadt in 1970 and 11 Grammys !!!
This was preformed live on the Glen Campbell Show. ❤
She moved to L.A. when she was 18 to start singing. I believe she was 25 here
Linda recommendations, alphabetically: Dark End of the Street; Desperado; Faithless Love; Heart Like a Wheel; I Will Always Love You; It Doesn't Matter Anymore; Just One Look; When Will I Be Loved; Willin'; You Can Close Your Eyes; You're No Good.
You have now played 2 songs from Linda, who most people that have heard say that she is the best all time female singer, which I agree to also. It is very hard to peg her into any genre, because she sang pop, rock, country, Mexican, standards (with Nelson Riddle), light opera, and more. She was very big in the 70' and 80's, and was known as the Queen of Rock. But since about 2005 she has a brain debilitating disease and cannot sing at all anymore, but she is still with us. She was born in Tuscon, AZ in 1946 - which was a VERY good year! She sold over 100 million albums, and has won many, many awards. If you want something more rockish, listen to 'Back in the USA, and if you want to hear an angel sing, then listen to any of her songs arranged by Nelson Riddle.
For a more in-depth look at Linda's singing abilities hope you react to her rendition of "You're No Good" and her song in Spanish with Mariachi Vargas from her "Canciones de Mi Padre" concert. Unfreaking believable!
Great Reaction! Linda ALWAYS does an amazing job no matter what she sings. While this performance of "Long, Long Time" is beautiful, it was done on a TV show and they were apparently short on time and she only sang two of the three verses to this song. If you will listen to (and hopefully react to) the studio version that has all three verses (which make the song even more meaningful) you will be even more impressed. I have really enjoyed watching your reaction videos and I look forward to seeing more.
Or watch her sing the longer version live on the Johnny Cash show here: ruclips.net/video/_G46AMsn8K0/видео.html
I wouldn't worry so much about how to classify songs. Just listen and react. With Linda Ronstadt, I'd keep in mind that she could and did sing everything. As a result, she could have chosen anything to sing, so why did she choose what she chose? Because of the lyrics, IMO. Throughout her career, Ronstadt chose wonderfully written material. Tis song is no exception. Forget the vocals (hard, I know!) and this is still a devastating song about unrequited love.
First, “How it sounds” versus “Listening to the words”…. Even if I couldn’t pick up all the lyrics, I would still know what she was saying, for sure! Her heart was bleeding out loud, and it sounded beautiful.
Also, she was so precious in this performance. So young she hadn’t even lost her baby cheeks yet. This song fit her so perfectly. (It was 1970 btw.)
AND, trying to put Linda Ronstadt in a category is like categorizing people, or telling a painter that they can only use the colors that come in a box of 8 crayola crayons and they cannot blend those 8 colors. Linda invented new colors that changed music forever. 😉 And you can believe everything every word she sings, because she means it!
She can also rock, sing country, sing mexican folk, FRank Sinatra type songs, light opera etc.
Saddest song ever.. touching to the soul if u got one..
Back again! Back then, it was just "Top 40!" Most music crossed over, and R&B and disco & funk & country & everything that was good was on the top 40. Top 40 with Casey Kasem. Look it up!
One of the most beautiful, if not THE most beautiful, ballads ever written ... and performed.
There is a non-TV version which has an additional verse with weighty lyrics.
This song was featured on the MAX tv show "The Last of Us" season 1, episode 3. Very meaningful.
I think Linda was a signed professional singer by the time she was 21. She was 24 when she first sang this song. She is a true singing legend.
Yes, she formed the Stone Poneys with Bobby Kimmel and Kenny Edwards when she was 17 (almost 18), and they performed live in clubs, but they weren't signed to a record deal until somewhere around her twentieth birthday.
Another great verse from the recording was cut due to TV time restraints.
I call it string pop. A great pop song with string accompaniment
Listen to her "Desperado"
Please react to Linda singing down so low
I caught your Jimmy Barnes-Joe Bonamassa reaction and now I see you're doing Linda Ronstadt--keep sticking to the top shelf musicians. You've got to understand, Linda was the world's most famous singer in the mid 1970's (think Madonna, Beyonce, Tom Cruise, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan...yes, like that)... and she could sing anything from Rock to Blues to traditional Mexican ballads. As talented as Linda was, she didn't write her own songs. Beth Hart, whom I mentioned in my Jimmy Barnes comment, is similar to Linda in some ways but is far more emotional and raw, with greater vocal power and range, and a next-level stage presence. Beth is a multi-instrumentalist and writes her own music and lyrics. Check her out on her own (apart from collaborations with guitarists like Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Beck, Slash, & Buddy Guy). Here are eight BETH HART suggestions to get you started:
1) “Caught Out in The Rain” (From the 2018 Royal Albert Hall concert in London; about an unhealthy relationship with a dangerous man): ruclips.net/video/lzdJf7Hqttk/видео.html
2) “Am I The One” (one of the world’s greatest performances from the legendary 2004 Live at Paradiso concert in Amsterdam): ruclips.net/video/hZG3MghkX3Q/видео.html
3) “Skin” (Piano acoustic performance from Dutch TV ‘2 Meter Sessions’ in 1999; about an older sister’s death from AIDS when Beth was 12): ruclips.net/video/al-b4wx3f54/видео.html
5) “No Quarter” & “Babe I'm Gonna Leave” (From the Parkbühne in Leipzig, Germany, July 2022): ruclips.net/video/rS5CiOecXho/видео.html
6) “A Change is Gonna Come” (From Beth’s neighborhood night club, the Echoplex, in LA in 2010; Sam Cooke cover): ruclips.net/video/QnIL8AKWRNQ/видео.html
7) “Mama” (From the 2004 Paradiso concert; Beth on piano): ruclips.net/video/q2DVaSDMRMg/видео.html
8) "House of Sin” (Old-school rock-star type performance at the 2005 Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands): ruclips.net/video/yLv0QuW8hHo/видео.html
LInda was born in 1946. "Long, Long Time" first aired in 1970, when she was 24. I don't know when this performance was 1976? She's be around 30. She looks really young, but she's no teenager.
This song would qualify as "pop rock folk", if you need a genre. It's a lovely ballad. It might fit well in today's C&W scene, but in 1970 it would not have fit at all - though it probably got some air time on C&W stations. C&W lovers recognize good songs, whatever the genre.
By 1976 Linda Ronstadt had already recorded Heart Like a Wheel. I believe Long, Long Time came out in March, 1970. It's a favorite of mine.
No, it's hard to explain the moving quality of Ronstadt.
The older she got, the better she sang - until she became ill. This lady sold out stadium concerts ! Keep digging.
Another sad love song by Split Enz..."I hope I never".
Soothing? It’s an achingly sad love song.
If you don't cry when you hear this song for the first time, that means you've paused it because you were about to cry. Be real, man! Have the courage to cry in public, when the song is so beautiful you can't help yourself. It's called "being human". That's what we're here to do, so yeah. (((HUGS))) I know.
Oh! And speaking of which. If you want to hear the most beautiful voice on the planet, look up Dimash Kudaibergen. He will completely blow you away.
Bravo! one should never apologize for being effected by art. That is what art is for. It's meant to change you. Meant to get a reaction.
This is such a sad song.
Regrettably there's an important verse missing out of this live performance, due to time restraints
I think we called this soft rock.
I think one of the cruelest things to happen in music was Linda Ronstadt's voice extinguished by Parkinson's disease. She was the epitome of the girl next door with a God given talent.
Glenn Campbell show.
U r 2 superficial about her looks /age-. She’s the greatest voice in 2-3 generations.. focus on the music!!
Yes Poindexter, you need to just sit and listen to the song play. Not interrupt the song with talking.
Great singer and a classic song. The romanticism in this music was destroyed by the "sexual revolution", you don't hear romantic songs today, correct?
"You have to listen to the words..It's not really about...how it sounds...."
Are you joking? (I know you're not.) It's exactly about how it sounds - it's a plaintive ballad about unrequited love. The words match the tune and the performance perfectly: it's about someone who loves someone to the core of their being but who gets absolutely nothing in return. It's full of pain, and that's what the lyrics and the music and Ms. Ronstadt's soulful singing convey in unmistakable terms. How could you possibly miss that? Or do you just not think before you speak?
I rarely give down-votes, but for such a stupid, unaware reaction by someone putting themselves forward as a knowledgeable person, you deserve nothing but down-votes..
I heard that little moan!!!
Que falta de cultura musical ,veo en estos jovenes que desconocen que edtan escuchando a una Rock Star
You were cheated. This live version left out the complete last verse. Listen o the album cut.
Soft rock
Even overnight sensations; actors and singers who become rich ... end up facing the realization that they are missing the most important thing in life ... and that is to acknowledge our God; the Lord of the Universe. Jesus waits to see who will seek Him out. Life isn't about just ME ME ME. Its about Him, and we all need Jesus!