Her biographical film, “The Sound of My Voice” is phenomenal. I highly recommend watching it! Linda is such a kind soul and really worked extremely well with others and brought people together. Her range of music tells the story of an extremely talented musician/song writer/performer. Country, pop, musicals, opera, classic rock. She literally could sing/perform any style of music. Sadly she has Parkinson’s disease now and cannot sing anymore. 😢
Yes, Linda Ronstadt's backup band left to become the Eagles. They left though a couple of years before this song was recorded. Andrew Gold did the guitar solo for this song. He later had hits of his own like Lonely Boy and Thank You for Being a Friend, which was the theme for The Golden Girls (the show's version was sung by a woman).
David Levin Man you ain’t kidding I got a lot of Linda Ronstadt on my iPhone and I was born in 67 so I definitely dig her music along with a lot of others of course but it’s so easy is also a great song to they’ll be a great request also
I haven't heard that one since I was, like 3, but I can sing it by heart (such a thing was so dog gone easy to do back in those days when you had only 20-odd records to choose from and no MTV).
There’s an excellent documentary about Linda that I HIGHLY recommend: Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice. She has Parkinson’s now and has lost the ability to sing...so sad.
Some of the finest music ever, Ever. Thx Jamel and Miss Linda, and ur band . You, Sir, have great taste and speak well and w/conviction. I love how u express yourself, and u are real. A real, honest, kind, intelligent man. We need more like u. I hope u turn all ur friends andfam onto this old music. From the 1940's to 2000. It's the best. Ronstadt is an icon w/a one of a kind God given gift which she shared. We always are thankful for these infusions of joy. We sure need them. Thx for passing on the best music, Jamel. U are a treasure too.
@Epiphone Guy ...and Andrew Gold with the ginger beard is playing lead guitar plus produced Linda. Andrew himself late had hits with "Lonely Boy" ruclips.net/video/boAv-Bu4MrI/видео.html & "Thank You For Being A Friend" also the theme song of the Golden Girls TV series ruclips.net/video/voNEgCKzves/видео.html
I knew he looked familiar but couldn't quite place him. And I'm shocked at myself, I grew up with these people & their music! I guess I'm actually getting old. :/
I often find myself saying, “You know, 70’s music was special-not just because I was a teen during it. Jamel, you are so right...the music across the board was very special.
Ronstadt sang loops around her contemporaries and she wore her fame so casually. Always let the band shine bright. Rarest of songbirds. No wonder her players were so devoted.
I agree because I was born in the 60s and raised with this music. It’s good to know that it I’m not the only one who really can’t connect to todays music [with the expectation of ADELE]. I don’t even listen to music on the radio. I do have 40 CDs albums of Linda Ronstadt I must say. ❤ Thank you for appreciating her as must as so many do though less talked about. SHE SURE STAND THE TEST OF TIME. Love you Linda!
"You're No Good" is a song written by Clint Ballard, Jr., first performed by Dee Dee Warwick for Jubilee Records in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Leiber and Stoller are basically Motown. She so good, she so good, baby, she's so good!
@@johncampbell756 Which were you talking about, Mad Love? No, that was produced by Elvis Costello, but it wasn't by any means punk or new wave, it was just rock.
@@moonlily1 It was considered that, at the time. Elvis didn't produce it, he just gave her three songs. He didn't like her cover of Alison, but he liked the checks so he offered her three more songs for that album. He still prefers the checks to the covers themselves. She quickly got away from that sound.
@@johncampbell756 Sorry, no, it wasn't. Anyone who would categorize Mad Love as a "punk" album has never heard punk music before and doesn't understand it. It's not a punk album anymore than Blondie's "Autoamericon" is a rap record. This was a mainstream rock record.
The girl in the gold is Clydie King, and the other backup singer is Sherlie Matthews. Two of the best in the business. The entire band is amazing. Richie Hayward on drums, Skunk Baxter on Congas, Andrew Gold on the guitar, just gold all the way around (and not only Andrew...)
I remember slipping out of bed and down the hallway when I would hear my big brother watching the Midnight Special in the family room. He would always let me watch with him and I credit him with introducing me to some of the best music ever. Thanks and miss you Ken!
Thank You Thank You Thank You for loving “Our generations music”! We truly did have so great music! I still sing and dance around in my car when I hear them and I’m 71!!! You have the heart and soul of the 60’s, 70’s& 80’s! God Bless you! Keep em coming! 🎤🎹🎺🎷📻🎹
Whoa there !!!The 70's yes, but let's not forget the 60's. Linda and the Stone Ponies did Travel to the Beat of a Different Drum back then. And that's just the tip of the iceberg..... The Hollies, The Kinks, The Rascals, The Temptations, Chicago, The 5th Dimension, Mamas and the Papas, Jefferson Airplane, The Four Tops, The Four Seasons, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Animals, Deep Purple, Steppenwolf, The Beatles, The Stones, The Dave Clark Five, Blood Sweat and Tears, The McCoys, Janis Joplin, Booker T and the M.G's, ? and the Mysterians, Sam and Dave, Ike and Tina Turner, The Who, The Monkees, Carol King, The Byrds, Jan and Dean, The Everly Brothers, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, The Blues Project, The Moody Blues, Cream, Sam the Sham and the Pharohs, The Box Tops, The Turtles, Tommy James and the Shondels, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Trogs, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, The Yardbirds, Hermans Hermits, The Righteous Brothers, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, The Left Banke, The Association, Buffalo Springfield, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, The Spencer Davis Group, The Cyrkle, Dusty Springfield and so many many others that can not be overlooked. The 60's and 70's were a period of some of the best music ever recorded and it's fantastic that so many people born after that time have discovered just how good and enjoyable it was !!! You should find and listen to a few songs from each of the above listed artists and see what you think for yourself. You won't be disappointed.
Still modern day jammers dude. Check out, Andrew Bird, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Of Monsters And Men, Grizzly Bear, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Band, The Dead South, The Decemberists, Death Cab For Cutie, Nyles Lannon, The Pouges, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Fleet Foxes, and litteraly scores more bands and artists. You just have to look past the garbage exterior of the modern music to really find the good stuff. Our modern pop music is trash. Same thing happened to country. But look into the modern rock and folk music scene. There is some really phenominal and groundbreaking music being recorded these days.
@@tirsahingalls2776 will do, am familiar with some of them. But I've got to say, I've been into music since just prior to the Beatles came to America, but by the late 1980's I just about gave up on anything new that was coming out or on the radio. Around that time I realized that between 1963 and 1989 there was more than enough great music for me to digest and assimilate. The exception of course is the Blues, there are some blues guitarists and blues bands out there that are truly top notch, equal to the new breed like Joe Bonamassa. But thanks for the list.
@@bobgarr6246 a lot of that is survivorship bias. The 60s and 70s produced a lot of trash too, people just forgot those tracks after a couple years and never played 'em again, while the real gems have stuck with people, and their fans will drag the albums out of an old cabinet to share them with their friends. The same is true of music from the Baroque and Classical periods, and for Jazz and Swing, and for movie soundtracks--a lot gets written, but only the really good (or memetically awful) sticks in the popular conciousness for longer than their initial 15 minutes of fame. The same will be true of the last few decades too, it'll just take time.
Apparently,Music from 70's & early 80's are truly the best..Notice how many TV Commercials use for example Queen,Rolling Stones, Aerosmith,SuperTramp sound track..Not to mention the use of that era in many,many well known Movie's.. Obviously someone likes that music to have it in there Movies & Commercials... Best music ever!!!
...she was one of the first artists to ever be on the country, pop, AND R&B charts at the SAME TIME. Check out the documentary that just came out about her called "The Sound of My Voice." Literally, she's 73 years-old and has Parkinson's disease, so she is no longer able to sing, and given her prodigious talent, that is such a tragedy. She was the first woman to pack arenas (back in the 70's). She sang on broadway (Pirates of Penzance), she recorded standards with Nelson Riddle (Rosemary Clooney & Frank Sinatra, etc. songs), she sang with Aaron Neville, and was a trio with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris...AND she sang mariachi music. Linda Ronstadt is also Mexican American....a LOT of people don't know that. Forget Selena, Linda was THE ORIGINAL Mexican American superstar icon. More people need to know about this national treasure.
Linda was iconic. At the top of her game she changed genres against all advice. She did theatrical, also Hispanic music to honor her heritage. And also did the old standards to honor the music her parents loved. She dated then 70s governor Jerry Brown. She was a woman who followed her own path. She was amazing and iconic. Love her story, it's inspiring
It's is an absolute JOY to see you discover the music and the phenomenal artists from the late 60s/70s and through the early 80s. YOU will be the one to make today's artists rethink what is real creativity and true talent and you'll keep these "old" artists alive for generations to come. I thank you for that (and of course, the memories). Stay safe and keep discovering. ✌
Linda Ronstadt is a national treasure. Dolly Parton is too. They got together with Emmylou Harris and did an album. I think it was called Trio. They had some absolutely breathtaking harmonies. You should check it out, even if you don’t react to it, just for your love of beautiful music.
The perfect song from start to finish, vocals, backing harmonies, lead vocal power, and instrumentation. She took a great classic song and turned it into an even greater classic song! And that's something, considering how iconic the Everly Brothers' version was.
Yeah, they do a great job in telling the story in the movie The History of the Eagles. Don and Glenn had become part of her backing band but wanted to start they're own band. Instead of getting mad at them, she helped them and told them they needed to get Bernie Leadon in their band. Don said she was so gracious about the whole thing when she could've been upset with them. But that's how classy she is.
This is a very early performance in her career, when she was considered more of a country/rock singer. That voice is unmistakable no matter what the material was. Thank you for these great reactions. Her variety of work is endless. 😀
I'm an old 56 but Linda Ronstadt's music has just shaped my own taste in music. Since the pandemic, I have been doing karaoke live shows for my friends on Facebook and I always squeeze in one of Linda Ronstadt songs every weekend. She's the bomb!
Bro in that era from the late ‘60’s to the early ‘80’s we all listened to a diversity of so much great music, from Rock, jazz fusion country-rock,soul blues
It all comes down to the fact that there are two kinds of music. Good music, and what everyone else listens to. Everybody has a different idea of what music is good. If it doesn't hook you, it's nothing.
Linda was the "Queen of the Covers." This was originally done by Dee Dee Warwick ('63- did not chart), Betty Everett (#51 Hot 100 '63), and UK's Swinging Blue Jeans in '64 (#3 UK, #97 US)
Recently PBS broadcast her story. Took me way back standing in front of a a juke box playing her first hit ‘Different Drum’ and I turned to my friend and said this girl is too good and she’ll be out of this band and into something great for a long time. Rock, Mex, Opera, with the Eagles and other bands-an angel or a devil that voice could do anything. She’s quite ill now and can’t sing. Her gift has been stolen from her but how lucky we are to have all the best of her. Jamel, I appreciate you’re putting yourself out there and listening to music you never imagined you would hear, let alone appreciate and better yet, send it back to us with your smooth moves, big smile and sharing your own love for the music of my young days. Much love, brother.
@yes man That's the part that gets me in her version. That "No" near the end just kills me. The Ooh right before the No just adds to the emotion of it. And you guys saying the anemic original by Little Anthony is superior to this are just wrong.
I bought a DVD set of the best of “Midnight Special” and it is full of great performances from beginning to end. The 70’s rocked...then, the 80’s happened, lol
Jamel, since I found your channel last week, I feel like I'm seeing these performers through new eyes and am hearing tunes that I've heard hundreds of times through new ears. You've reawakened my appreciation for so much of the music that grew up with. And the way youtube has some very old live performances available for us is wonderful. I remember watching a youtube video of Nat King Cole in black and white from before I was born that just blew me away. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Ms Linda was always so beautiful and graceful.. her unique way of singing and how she controlled her voice her persona is one of a kind! Always so beautiful…delivered as female with grace, respect and entertaining. One of a kind!! Legendary!!
Never trying to outdo anyone else in her band.. always a shining in her own beautiful self… she is the true definition of musical harmonies talent!! I love you linda
Ritchie Hayward on drums from Little Feat. That reminds me - Willin' - Linda Ronstadt's version of the Little Feat song - is EPIC Jamel - you have to do some Little Feat. Especially from the Waiting for Columbus Live record as well as the studio albums. The groove is Sooooo deep. Fat Man in the Bathtub. Time Loves a Hero. Spanish Moon, Dixie Chicken, Oh Atlanta, Rock and Roll Doctor.
Linda Ronstadt was my “go to” for songs after a breakup. She gave the perfect voice to my feelings - whether I was angry or even better, when I was feeling really really Blue. ☮️💟
That woman's voice is pure power! She is a Latina, and recorded the best selling Spanish language album called Canciones de Mi Padre (songs of my father) Great old Mexican songs!
Great to see the entire band including tbe backup singers fully breathing life into a special performance. They all know they have a gold standard up front.
"She looks pretty tall" She's actually only about 5' 2" - gotta love those 1970's platform wedge high heels that everyone, even the men, wore back in the day. :-P
That is surprising. Every time I've ever seen a photo of her from her early days, with or without shoes, she always looked like she was kind of tallish. I would have guessed 5'6" to 5'9".
My brother used to wear them in the 70's and he was about avg height. Here's Linda next to Obama for height comparison. www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/7a7061d259ecf4cf203d84331e6df54f06a3030a/c=15-0-2265-3000/local/-/media/2018/06/07/Bergen/Morristown/636639696345038623-ASBBrd-07-15-2016-PressMon-1-B006-2016-07-14-IMG-LL-Birthday-Ronstadt-2-1-DEF0B7GE-L845431501-IMG-LL-Birthday-Ronstadt-2-1-DEF0B7GE.jpg
Nancy Berry Really? I saw in her bio that she's part German, part Hispanic raised in Tucson, AZ. She's slender but looks as tall as the guys she plays with...but then the camera changes a lot of things...
@@qthelost I think what adds to the illusion is the high waist & slender silhouette of the pant legs, which flares out at the bottom. She's wearing high heels but look how long the length is, almost touching the floor to where you can barely see her shoes. I'm just a tad over 5' 6" & back in my youth when I wore super high heels on occasion, it would push me past the 5' 10" mark. But for work I wore about 2 inch heels which put me at about 5' 8". When co-workers would run into me off hours, running errands or out for a meal, a few were surprised that i was shorter than what they're used to seeing during the week, because I was wearing flats or sneakers instead. :-P
I grew up listening to Linda and being one of her biggest fans. I saw her live over 50 times! Her voice was so pure and clear and a huge range to boot. Betty Everitt was original recording of this song but Linda made it a Multi Million platinum hit. She was only 5 feet tall but her voice was 10 feet high! She is sick now with parkinsons and can't sing anymore but thank god we have her voice on all her recordings
cutin' the rug was before even our time: "Cutting a rug" comes from the 1920s and the 1930s when couples would dance the jitterbug. When done continuously by many couples in one area it would make the carpet appear as though it was "cut" or "gashed".
That was Jose' Feliciano that introduced her. You should do a reaction to him. I recommend his cover of the Doors Light My Fire. He gave Light My Fire a second life back in the day. He’s an amazing guitarist and performer.
Almost every song she's ever done is a cover song. She's just so good at it she turned that into 3 number one albums (out of 30 studio albums) and over 100 million records sold. This live performance is a must see decades before they officially recorded as Trio, Dolly, Emmylou Harris and Linda. ruclips.net/video/8zkrS1dfOVE/видео.html
I used to never miss "The Midnight Special" on tv on Saturday night as a teenager. Yeah, I had absolutely no social life. Some things never change. Smh.
"Lose Again" is another incredibly powerful song she did that was written by Karla Bonoff, as was "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me." There was a recent special about Linda on CNN called "The Sound of My Voice." You REALLY should make a point to see it. You'll be amazed at her career. Simply a national treasure. Thanks for the great reaction . . . again!
The power and rawness of her voice really shines through in her natural habitat -- on her mariachi cd. You have to hear that! Also, your camera ain't trippin', 🎶 You look Goood! You look Good. You look good. Jamal, you look good. 🎶
That's Candi Staton back there with the moves. She was quite an artist in her own right. Huge Linda Ronstadt fan, so thank you for this! Love your reactions!!
It is easy to connect to the music of this era because it is real., it is not washed through a computer and sanitized. It is real, artist actually had to be great on stage as well as great in the studio.
SIRIUS XM 70's channel on my radio in my car I get to listen to this type of music. Sirius XM can also be streamed online too I believe. Linda Ronstadt was celebrated as A Kennedy Center Honorary Recipient in 2019 for her life in music. So many music awards that it would take me all day to type them all here. She now suffers from Parkinsons disease which limits her from singing much these days. Research her awards for music. One of the best female voices in musical history. I remember when I first heard her. Loved the duet she sang with Smokey Robinson. You have to see that. She had so much vocal control she could sing with anyone.
I'm with you. The music today can't compare to the music we had in those days. And there was so much really good music that we got spoiled. Now we all tune into the oldies stations because we can't stand today's music. Linda Ronstadt was a great artist, she had real chops. I'm a fan.
@@Tall-Cool-Drink The thing with disco is if have heard one song you have heard almost all of them. K.C. and the Sunshine Band. In my opinion the Bee Gees were much better before they discovered disco. Listen to their album Odessa. When they discovered disco Barry Gibb sounded like someone had clamped him in a delicate spot in so many of their songs. But I agree about todays music in general. It's not good.
No matter how great and wonderful these songs and artists are, and this performance was spectacular, Jamal, having you hear with me to listen and enjoy it all, makes a world of difference... Bless you and yours, you're my buddy......
You are fun to watch. And I do thank God that I grew up with the stars of the 60’s and 70’s, where everyone wanted to come up with their own sound. Loved them all.
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I think it is hard to appreciate how clean and tight this performance was, LIVE in the 1970s. No computers, no techno, just talent and practice.
Yeah , had Jeff the skunk Baxter on congas, Don Henley on drums , Glen Frey on guitar .
Tt55 K not this performance, thats Ritchie Hayworth from Little Feat on drums and Andrew Gold ( of Lonely Boy fame) on guitar.
Doc Gonzales , ah yes you are right , but that was Skunk on congas
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Damn straight! Not a bum note in the whole song, and they weren't all easy notes. Drummer kept solid time too. Those were some real players...
Very soulful singer. She doesn’t fit into one specific genre. She does whatever she wants. Amazing, powerful voice.
Linda was too cool for school. She always seemed to let her bands groove free. They couldn't categorize her and man did she celebrate that.
No one can sing like Linda could. 💕💕💕💕
And that voice!! She had the purest voice in pop music in the 70s.
Her biographical film, “The Sound of My Voice” is phenomenal. I highly recommend watching it! Linda is such a kind soul and really worked extremely well with others and brought people together. Her range of music tells the story of an extremely talented musician/song writer/performer. Country, pop, musicals, opera, classic rock. She literally could sing/perform any style of music. Sadly she has Parkinson’s disease now and cannot sing anymore. 😢
Stoney End....Different Drum.....Linda is Smooth
@@MysterySp0t Linda could sing the phone book (yes I'm old) and make it sound good.
This is my favorite Linda song. She's got a sharp edge voice. Love her. I wouldn't call this country though.
Linda Ronstadt's backing band went on the form The Eagles.
Never heard this about Eagles
@Queen_Of_Cups If there was only some place like google where you could look up something like that...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt
Yes, Linda Ronstadt's backup band left to become the Eagles. They left though a couple of years before this song was recorded. Andrew Gold did the guitar solo for this song. He later had hits of his own like Lonely Boy and Thank You for Being a Friend, which was the theme for The Golden Girls (the show's version was sung by a woman).
@@severma22 trick pony
When I'm feelin' "too old" and invisible, I must remember that we had the best music ever!
I'm right beside you, you're not invisible!
We can see each other, what a sweet gift
Check out Linda singing, "It's So Easy" which was originally written by the late great Buddy Holly.
David Levin yes please!
Lubbock will love you for it!
David Levin Man you ain’t kidding I got a lot of Linda Ronstadt on my iPhone and I was born in 67 so I definitely dig her music along with a lot of others of course but it’s so easy is also a great song to they’ll be a great request also
I haven't heard that one since I was, like 3, but I can sing it by heart (such a thing was so dog gone easy to do back in those days when you had only 20-odd records to choose from and no MTV).
The song was played in Brokeback Mountain movie. Check it out.
There’s an excellent documentary about Linda that I HIGHLY recommend: Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice. She has Parkinson’s now and has lost the ability to sing...so sad.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched that special. I love her. Her voice is amazing, her range is unbelievable. 🎼❤️
Lay my head on a railroad track
Ohh realy ?? Ohh no its sad I didn't know this...its sooo sad..cz I love her powerful voice
She might not be able to sing currently, dear Wendy Wofford-Garcia ... but her vinyl records still do ... and will continue to for the rest of time.
T Y For sure...having recordings preserves all music legends for all time!
My favorite female singer of all time.. gotta love Linda Ronstadt. 🌷 🌷
Some of the finest music ever, Ever. Thx Jamel and Miss Linda, and ur band . You, Sir, have great taste and speak well and w/conviction. I love how u express yourself, and u are real. A real, honest, kind, intelligent man. We need more like u. I hope u turn all ur friends andfam onto this old music. From the 1940's to 2000. It's the best. Ronstadt is an icon w/a one of a kind God given gift which she shared. We always are thankful for these infusions of joy. We sure need them. Thx for passing on the best music, Jamel. U are a treasure too.
Jamel: The cat banging the bongos is Skunk Baxter. Well known as a member of Steely Dan AND The Doobie Brothers.
Amazing All Star Band backing Linda. She shared many shining moments on Stage with so many greats.
@Epiphone Guy ...and Andrew Gold with the ginger beard is playing lead guitar plus produced Linda. Andrew himself late had hits with "Lonely Boy" ruclips.net/video/boAv-Bu4MrI/видео.html & "Thank You For Being A Friend" also the theme song of the Golden Girls TV series ruclips.net/video/voNEgCKzves/видео.html
I knew he looked familiar but couldn't quite place him. And I'm shocked at myself, I grew up with these people & their music! I guess I'm actually getting old. :/
Not to mention a long time consultant to the Department of Defense.
@@ErnieDouglas Yeah! And Richie Hayward on drums!
I often find myself saying, “You know, 70’s music was special-not just because I was a teen during it. Jamel, you are so right...the music across the board was very special.
Ronstadt sang loops around her contemporaries and she wore her fame so casually. Always let the band shine bright. Rarest of songbirds. No wonder her players were so devoted.
She had one of the best voices of all time. She could sing different styles and well
The beauty and voice of an angel. She does a great cover of Little Feat's "Willin'". 👍
Love that one but I'm kinda partial to the Little Feat version
Oh, we need some Little Feat reactions!
Richard Hassler And I’ve been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah...
@@susanmaggiora4800 Driven every kind of rig that's ever been made
Love that song, very special.
Linda is the Bomb....so talented....she has so many great tunes...Love this song...never gets old.
Love Linda Ronstadt! The most versatile female vocalist in pop music history!
I agree because I was born in the 60s and raised with this music. It’s good to know that it I’m not the only one who really can’t connect to todays music [with the expectation of ADELE]. I don’t even listen to music on the radio. I do have 40 CDs albums of Linda Ronstadt I must say. ❤ Thank you for appreciating her as must as so many do though less talked about. SHE SURE STAND THE TEST OF TIME. Love you Linda!
"You're No Good" is a song written by Clint Ballard, Jr., first performed by Dee Dee Warwick for Jubilee Records in 1963 with production by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Leiber and Stoller are basically Motown.
She so good, she so good, baby, she's so good!
Van Halen did a great cover of "You're No Good" on their 1979 album, Van Halen II.
Leiber and Stoller wrote many of Elvis' early songs. Amazing songwriting duo.
Betty Everett did the best version.
Dee Dee was Dionne Warwick’s sister and 1st cousin to Whitney Houston.
Michael Loveland Sorry I didn't scroll down far enough to see your comment before I said the same.
So tight. And the control she has of her voice is incredible.
Linda performed a variety of genres: country, rock, folk, and latin music too.
Plus two albums of new wave/punk (when Elvis Costello was considered punk).
@@johncampbell756 Which were you talking about, Mad Love? No, that was produced by Elvis Costello, but it wasn't by any means punk or new wave, it was just rock.
@@moonlily1 It was considered that, at the time. Elvis didn't produce it, he just gave her three songs. He didn't like her cover of Alison, but he liked the checks so he offered her three more songs for that album. He still prefers the checks to the covers themselves. She quickly got away from that sound.
I think she did Pirates of Penzance too... light opera.
@@johncampbell756 Sorry, no, it wasn't. Anyone who would categorize Mad Love as a "punk" album has never heard punk music before and doesn't understand it. It's not a punk album anymore than Blondie's "Autoamericon" is a rap record. This was a mainstream rock record.
Lynda is a fantastic talent, everybody should admire her fabulous and multiple talents.
The girl in the gold is Clydie King, and the other backup singer is Sherlie Matthews. Two of the best in the business.
The entire band is amazing. Richie Hayward on drums, Skunk Baxter on Congas, Andrew Gold on the guitar, just gold all the way around (and not only Andrew...)
Clydie was a cutie! And yes, she had the moves going on, too.
A few years later, Clydie became Bob Dylan's main squeeze.
And Barbra Streisand
@@leighwinson9859 Yep- in "A Star Is Born" they were the Oreos.
Wow good info
Linda could sing it all. Rock. Country. Everything.
The Midnight Special?! Now that brings back some fine musical memories.😄
I remember slipping out of bed and down the hallway when I would hear my big brother watching the Midnight Special in the family room. He would always let me watch with him and I credit him with introducing me to some of the best music ever. Thanks and miss you Ken!
Kiss Black Diamond, Baby's Everytime I think of you was 11 hell ya🔥🔥
Thank You Thank You Thank You for loving “Our generations music”! We truly did have so great music! I still sing and dance around in my car when I hear them and I’m 71!!! You have the heart and soul of the 60’s, 70’s& 80’s! God Bless you! Keep em coming! 🎤🎹🎺🎷📻🎹
I agree Jamal, music today doesn’t even come close to the music back in the 70’s, so much soul back then.
Whoa there !!!The 70's yes, but let's not forget the 60's. Linda and the Stone Ponies did Travel to the Beat of a Different Drum back then. And that's just the tip of the iceberg..... The Hollies, The Kinks, The Rascals, The Temptations, Chicago, The 5th Dimension, Mamas and the Papas, Jefferson Airplane, The Four Tops, The Four Seasons, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, The Animals, Deep Purple, Steppenwolf, The Beatles, The Stones, The Dave Clark Five, Blood Sweat and Tears, The McCoys, Janis Joplin, Booker T and the M.G's, ? and the Mysterians, Sam and Dave, Ike and Tina Turner, The Who, The Monkees, Carol King, The Byrds, Jan and Dean, The Everly Brothers, Lou Reed, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, The Blues Project, The Moody Blues, Cream, Sam the Sham and the Pharohs, The Box Tops, The Turtles, Tommy James and the Shondels, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Trogs, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, The Yardbirds, Hermans Hermits, The Righteous Brothers, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, The Left Banke, The Association, Buffalo Springfield, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, The Spencer Davis Group, The Cyrkle, Dusty Springfield and so many many others that can not be overlooked. The 60's and 70's were a period of some of the best music ever recorded and it's fantastic that so many people born after that time have discovered just how good and enjoyable it was !!! You should find and listen to a few songs from each of the above listed artists and see what you think for yourself. You won't be disappointed.
Still modern day jammers dude. Check out, Andrew Bird, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Of Monsters And Men, Grizzly Bear, Cherry Poppin Daddies, Big Bad Voodoo Band, The Dead South, The Decemberists, Death Cab For Cutie, Nyles Lannon, The Pouges, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Fleet Foxes, and litteraly scores more bands and artists. You just have to look past the garbage exterior of the modern music to really find the good stuff. Our modern pop music is trash. Same thing happened to country. But look into the modern rock and folk music scene. There is some really phenominal and groundbreaking music being recorded these days.
@@tirsahingalls2776 will do, am familiar with some of them. But I've got to say, I've been into music since just prior to the Beatles came to America, but by the late 1980's I just about gave up on anything new that was coming out or on the radio. Around that time I realized that between 1963 and 1989 there was more than enough great music for me to digest and assimilate. The exception of course is the Blues, there are some blues guitarists and blues bands out there that are truly top notch, equal to the new breed like Joe Bonamassa. But thanks for the list.
@@bobgarr6246 a lot of that is survivorship bias. The 60s and 70s produced a lot of trash too, people just forgot those tracks after a couple years and never played 'em again, while the real gems have stuck with people, and their fans will drag the albums out of an old cabinet to share them with their friends. The same is true of music from the Baroque and Classical periods, and for Jazz and Swing, and for movie soundtracks--a lot gets written, but only the really good (or memetically awful) sticks in the popular conciousness for longer than their initial 15 minutes of fame. The same will be true of the last few decades too, it'll just take time.
Apparently,Music from 70's & early 80's are truly the best..Notice how many TV Commercials use for example Queen,Rolling Stones, Aerosmith,SuperTramp sound track..Not to mention the use of that era in many,many well known Movie's.. Obviously someone likes that music to have it in there Movies & Commercials... Best music ever!!!
Loved the Midnight Special. Love Linda Ronstadt. I love that you love it. There's a lotta love here right now.
...she was one of the first artists to ever be on the country, pop, AND R&B charts at the SAME TIME. Check out the documentary that just came out about her called "The Sound of My Voice." Literally, she's 73 years-old and has Parkinson's disease, so she is no longer able to sing, and given her prodigious talent, that is such a tragedy. She was the first woman to pack arenas (back in the 70's). She sang on broadway (Pirates of Penzance), she recorded standards with Nelson Riddle (Rosemary Clooney & Frank Sinatra, etc. songs), she sang with Aaron Neville, and was a trio with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris...AND she sang mariachi music. Linda Ronstadt is also Mexican American....a LOT of people don't know that. Forget Selena, Linda was THE ORIGINAL Mexican American superstar icon. More people need to know about this national treasure.
Linda was the HIGHEST paid female rocker of the 70's. Astounding voice, I own "all" of her albums which I purchased as they came out!
As a Latina child, she was who I looked up to❤ She's one of kind. She makes me proud to be a Latina! A true talent
Canciones de Mi Padre
Linda was iconic. At the top of her game she changed genres against all advice. She did theatrical, also Hispanic music to honor her heritage. And also did the old standards to honor the music her parents loved. She dated then 70s governor Jerry Brown. She was a woman who followed her own path. She was amazing and iconic. Love her story, it's inspiring
It's is an absolute JOY to see you discover the music and the phenomenal artists from the late 60s/70s and through the early 80s. YOU will be the one to make today's artists rethink what is real creativity and true talent and you'll keep these "old" artists alive for generations to come. I thank you for that (and of course, the memories). Stay safe and keep discovering. ✌
Linda Ronstadt is a national treasure. Dolly Parton is too. They got together with Emmylou Harris and did an album. I think it was called Trio. They had some absolutely breathtaking harmonies. You should check it out, even if you don’t react to it, just for your love of beautiful music.
When I will be loved - her version of The Everly Brothers.
Louie Caporusso Jr yes!
The perfect song from start to finish, vocals, backing harmonies, lead vocal power, and instrumentation. She took a great classic song and turned it into an even greater classic song! And that's something, considering how iconic the Everly Brothers' version was.
Amen!
Wow -- thanks for putting this on my radar!
I love Linda Ronstadt.
LINDA RONSTADT sang whatever she wanted. Country, Rock, Folk, Mexican...this lady could sing anything.
She’s the reason we have the eagles. They were her band if I’m not mistaken or backup singers but she did get them they’re start.
Yeah, they do a great job in telling the story in the movie The History of the Eagles. Don and Glenn had become part of her backing band but wanted to start they're own band. Instead of getting mad at them, she helped them and told them they needed to get Bernie Leadon in their band. Don said she was so gracious about the whole thing when she could've been upset with them. But that's how classy she is.
Let's not hold that against her.
She actually introduced Glenn Frey to Don Henley.... and history was made....
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@@dannytse8767 Great video! I've seen the movie but I haven't seen that interview.
This song made her famous! I have every album she made. She sang every kind of music!!! Loved her voice!❤❤❤
This is a very early performance in her career, when she was considered more of a country/rock singer. That voice is unmistakable no matter what the material was. Thank you for these great reactions. Her variety of work is endless. 😀
I'm an old 56 but Linda Ronstadt's music has just shaped my own taste in music. Since the pandemic, I have been doing karaoke live shows for my friends on Facebook and I always squeeze in one of Linda Ronstadt songs every weekend. She's the bomb!
I like her version of ‘tumblin’ dice.
Linda is the best! Her live concerts were AWESOME!
I love this guy!! His reactions are priceless! ❤❤❤
I’ve watched this performance so many times and every time I fall in love with the lady in yellow. She’s on a whole different level
Bro in that era from the late ‘60’s to the early ‘80’s we all listened to a diversity of so much great music, from Rock, jazz fusion country-rock,soul blues
It all comes down to the fact that there are two kinds of music. Good music, and what everyone else listens to. Everybody has a different idea of what music is good. If it doesn't hook you, it's nothing.
I grew up on both versions and love them both...Linda gift and the way she delivered the song was priceless.....her voice was just pure and flawless
Jose Feliciano introduced Linda in this video. He’s an amazing musician you should check out.
Love José!
Feliciano--blind, too.
god, i thought that was tony clifton but i knew that was wrong
I'm like Jose Feliciano...yall dug in the archives!
Awwww I loved Jose back in the day! Didn't realize it was him, thank you!
Linda was the first woman to hit the rock, country and R&B charts....with this song righthere.
Linda was the "Queen of the Covers." This was originally done by Dee Dee Warwick ('63- did not chart), Betty Everett (#51 Hot 100 '63), and UK's Swinging Blue Jeans in '64 (#3 UK, #97 US)
Recently PBS broadcast her story. Took me way back standing in front of a a juke box playing her first hit ‘Different Drum’ and I turned to my friend and said this girl is too good and she’ll be out of this band and into something great for a long time. Rock, Mex, Opera, with the Eagles and other bands-an angel or a devil that voice could do anything. She’s quite ill now and can’t sing. Her gift has been stolen from her but how lucky we are to have all the best of her. Jamel, I appreciate you’re putting yourself out there and listening to music you never imagined you would hear, let alone appreciate and better yet, send it back to us with your smooth moves, big smile and sharing your own love for the music of my young days. Much love, brother.
Look for Linda doing "Hurts So Bad" originally by the Imperials.
Randall Spangler yes!
Little Anthony and the imperials are so good that you should check out the original version of hurts so bad. Respectfully Brant Heavner 😊😊
@yes man That's the part that gets me in her version. That "No" near the end just kills me. The Ooh right before the No just adds to the emotion of it. And you guys saying the anemic original by Little Anthony is superior to this are just wrong.
one of the best female vocalists ever! and gorgeous!
I bought a DVD set of the best of “Midnight Special” and it is full of great performances from beginning to end. The 70’s rocked...then, the 80’s happened, lol
Oh God, where did you bought it? Please tell us🙏🙏
I have nine DVDs of all the Midnight Special shows. It’s a fabulous collection.
Jamel, since I found your channel last week, I feel like I'm seeing these performers through new eyes and am hearing tunes that I've heard hundreds of times through new ears. You've reawakened my appreciation for so much of the music that grew up with. And the way youtube has some very old live performances available for us is wonderful. I remember watching a youtube video of Nat King Cole in black and white from before I was born that just blew me away. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Ms Linda was always so beautiful and graceful.. her unique way of singing and how she controlled her voice her persona is one of a kind! Always so beautiful…delivered as female with grace, respect and entertaining. One of a kind!! Legendary!!
Never trying to outdo anyone else in her band.. always a shining in her own beautiful self… she is the true definition of musical harmonies talent!! I love you linda
Ritchie Hayward on drums from Little Feat. That reminds me - Willin' - Linda Ronstadt's version of the Little Feat song - is EPIC Jamel - you have to do some Little Feat. Especially from the Waiting for Columbus Live record as well as the studio albums. The groove is Sooooo deep. Fat Man in the Bathtub. Time Loves a Hero. Spanish Moon, Dixie Chicken, Oh Atlanta, Rock and Roll Doctor.
I think Jamel would LOVE Little Feat!!
Makes me want to make that run from Tucson to Tucumcari and Tehachapi to Tonopah on a motorcycle.
Ah I just posted the Ritchie question befor I read this. Let's hear Feat reactions, certainly.
Linda Ronstadt was my “go to” for songs after a breakup. She gave the perfect voice to my feelings - whether I was angry or even better, when I was feeling really really Blue.
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That woman's voice is pure power! She is a Latina, and recorded the best selling Spanish language album called Canciones de Mi Padre (songs of my father) Great old Mexican songs!
Here is another one of my favorite female singers, great voice
L❤️VED The Midnight Special ~ Oh My Soul Jamel “Did you see that sister in the yellow cutting the rug”!!GREAT REACTION!!! You’re a HOOT!
Great to see the entire band including tbe backup singers fully breathing life into a special performance. They all know they have a gold standard up front.
"She looks pretty tall" She's actually only about 5' 2" - gotta love those 1970's platform wedge high heels that everyone, even the men, wore back in the day. :-P
Seriously? She looks like she's 5'9.
That is surprising. Every time I've ever seen a photo of her from her early days, with or without shoes, she always looked like she was kind of tallish. I would have guessed 5'6" to 5'9".
My brother used to wear them in the 70's and he was about avg height.
Here's Linda next to Obama for height comparison.
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Nancy Berry Really? I saw in her bio that she's part German, part Hispanic raised in Tucson, AZ. She's slender but looks as tall as the guys she plays with...but then the camera changes a lot of things...
@@qthelost I think what adds to the illusion is the high waist & slender silhouette of the pant legs, which flares out at the bottom. She's wearing high heels but look how long the length is, almost touching the floor to where you can barely see her shoes. I'm just a tad over 5' 6" & back in my youth when I wore super high heels on occasion, it would push me past the 5' 10" mark. But for work I wore about 2 inch heels which put me at about 5' 8". When co-workers would run into me off hours, running errands or out for a meal, a few were surprised that i was shorter than what they're used to seeing during the week, because I was wearing flats or sneakers instead. :-P
I grew up listening to Linda and being one of her biggest fans. I saw her live over 50 times! Her voice was so pure and clear and a huge range to boot. Betty Everitt was original recording of this song but Linda made it a Multi Million platinum hit. She was only 5 feet tall but her voice was 10 feet high! She is sick now with parkinsons and can't sing anymore but thank god we have her voice on all her recordings
cutin' the rug was before even our time: "Cutting a rug" comes from the 1920s and the 1930s when couples would dance the jitterbug. When done continuously by many couples in one area it would make the carpet appear as though it was "cut" or "gashed".
Linda’s voice is fantastic. But I couldn’t take my eyes off the singer in gold. Fantastic!
Old school music is where it’s at 💯💯💯😎🤘🎧🎸🔥✌️
Staying up to watch the midnight special was a weekly highlight of my youth. And I had a crazy crush on Linda Ronstadt ✌🌍🎵
Just Linda's voice sends chills up my spine.
One of my favorite singers. Amazing voice, range and technique.
That was Jose' Feliciano that introduced her. You should do a reaction to him. I recommend his cover of the Doors Light My Fire. He gave Light My Fire a second life back in the day. He’s an amazing guitarist and performer.
Skunk Baxter on congas, Andrew Gold on lead guitar...what a band.
I am so loving you listen to this outstanding music! If we all got together and listened to good music, the world would be a better place!
You always look like you are having such a good time!
Almost every song she's ever done is a cover song. She's just so good at it she turned that into 3 number one albums (out of 30 studio albums) and over 100 million records sold.
This live performance is a must see decades before they officially recorded as Trio, Dolly, Emmylou Harris and Linda.
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I love love love her! I saw her at a day on the green concert at the Oakland coliseum in 1976,, back when I was in high school. We were so excited!
I used to never miss "The Midnight Special" on tv on Saturday night as a teenager. Yeah, I had absolutely no social life. Some things never change. Smh.
DionysusAlS and don Kirschner's rock concert.. fri nites. sat nites :)
@@judithwilber2540, yes, loved Don.
WASN'T THAT FRIDAY NIGHT 🤷♂️
@@Montyhugo, possibly... I forget. I think you're right, though. Still had no social life.
@@DionysusAlS I ALWAYS TRIED TO WATCH ANYTHING MUSIC. I WAS INTERESTED IN MORE OF THE HARD ROCK AND HEAVY FUNK! BUT I REALLY ENJOYED THE LIVE MUSIC✌❤
"Lose Again" is another incredibly powerful song she did that was written by Karla Bonoff, as was "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me." There was a recent special about Linda on CNN called "The Sound of My Voice." You REALLY should make a point to see it. You'll be amazed at her career. Simply a national treasure. Thanks for the great reaction . . . again!
I was just a young kid in the 70’s and I had it bad for Linda! She had it all, the looks the voice, amazing
You and me both. Son. You and me both
The power and rawness of her voice really shines through in her natural habitat -- on her mariachi cd. You have to hear that!
Also, your camera ain't trippin', 🎶 You look Goood! You look Good. You look good. Jamal, you look good. 🎶
Legendary guitarist, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on congas.
Yes!
Yessir!
legendary mustache too.
So, as a segway he should probably do something by the Blues Brothers eh?
Go the skunk.
She did have such a beautiful voice. She did so great on Rock & Roll songs like, this one. Great reaction, Jamel. Thank you!
Watch Linda with Aaron Neville singing live on award show...I don't know much. Alot of chemistry!
I did 👍🏾
That's Candi Staton back there with the moves. She was quite an artist in her own right. Huge Linda Ronstadt fan, so thank you for this! Love your reactions!!
It is easy to connect to the music of this era because it is real., it is not washed through a computer and sanitized. It is real, artist actually had to be great on stage as well as great in the studio.
Loved the Midnight Special. Never missed it. So much talent displayed on that show. Really groundbreaking
The incredible and magical Andrew Gold on lead guitar! You’d know his tune “Thank You For Being A Friend”. He’s got some mega jams!! ✌🏻💙
SIRIUS XM 70's channel on my radio in my car I get to listen to this type of music. Sirius XM can also be streamed online too I believe. Linda Ronstadt was celebrated as A Kennedy Center Honorary Recipient in 2019 for her life in music. So many music awards that it would take me all day to type them all here. She now suffers from Parkinsons disease which limits her from singing much these days. Research her awards for music. One of the best female voices in musical history. I remember when I first heard her. Loved the duet she sang with Smokey Robinson. You have to see that. She had so much vocal control she could sing with anyone.
Her cover of "Heat Wave" is really good
I absolutely love her voice, was such a great artist
"Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield. Xo to you Jamal
Yesssss!!!! I love this song!!!
I'm with you. The music today can't compare to the music we had in those days. And there was so much really good music that we got spoiled. Now we all tune into the oldies stations because we can't stand today's music. Linda Ronstadt was a great artist, she had real chops. I'm a fan.
You would have loved the 70s.
Music wise, I'm lucky I grew up in the 70s.
You and me too. I loved the 70's music.
But unfortunately in the 70's there was disco.
@@saunders06516 I loved disco. Especially KC & The Sunshine Band.
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Disco is underrated, and better than music kids listen to today.
@@Tall-Cool-Drink The thing with disco is if have heard one song you have heard almost all of them. K.C. and the Sunshine Band. In my opinion the Bee Gees were much better before they discovered disco. Listen to their album Odessa. When they discovered disco Barry Gibb sounded like someone had clamped him in a delicate spot in so many of their songs. But I agree about todays music in general. It's not good.
No matter how great and wonderful these songs and artists are, and this performance was spectacular, Jamal, having you hear with me to listen and enjoy it all, makes a world of difference... Bless you and yours, you're my buddy......
Smokey Robinson version against Linda Ronstadt version of “Tracks of my Tears” please.
Listen to Aretha's version of Tracks of my Tears. Puts Smokey's and Linda's to shame.
Gary Dodgson If you haven't heard it, don't knock it.
Ooh Baby Baby! I love both Smokey's and Linda's version!!
Gary Dodgson There are so few men who can sing in has high an octave as Smokey. Male singers like him really need their own category.
Donna Sharpe what’s better than two reaction video face off, a three way battle royal Aretha, Smokey, & Linda.
You are fun to watch. And I do thank God that I grew up with the stars of the 60’s and 70’s, where everyone wanted to come up with their own sound. Loved them all.
My daughter did a cover of this for a school talent show. She did really well. :D
Linda Ronstadt was the best! And I love your reactions, Jamal. You are lively, fun and bring a love of music to your reactions.
The second song with Nelson Riddle is "Someone to watch ovee me" a true classic!
Those ladies BURNED IT DOWN! This whole production was amazing!