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This whole thread could be dedicated to Linda Ronstadt. Almost all of her songs were covers and almost all were better than the originals. A voice gone too soon. Plus she was kind of cute.
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Tainted Love. The original is awesome.
Here's another cover he does. I love Bonnie Raitt's version but I also love this one.
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This whole thread could be dedicated to Linda Ronstadt. Almost all of her song were covers and almost all were better than the originals. A voice gone too soon. Plus she was kind of cute.
Have you seen "The Sound of My Voice"? I thought it was incredible.My wife is a huge Ronstadt fan but for my money, I'd go with Johnny Rivers as my favorite cover artist. The Michael Nesmith penned Different Drum is an all time great song but most everything else she did just fell in the "quite pleasant" category for me, like a female Tom Jones. And I'd have to say you're underselling when you say she was "kind of cute", I always thought she was incredibly beautiful.
Have you seen "The Sound of My Voice"? I thought it was incredible.
I found this on multiple sites:No, I wasn't at all familiar with it until I just read about it after your post. It sounds very interesting, I'm sure my wife will want to see it too. So, after reading about the documentary and a few write-ups on her, I'm confused - does she have Parkinson's AND a form of Palsy or was she originally mis-diagnosed?
Have you seen "The Sound of My Voice"? I thought it was incredible.
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Listen to the Jack White version.
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OK, I have kept quiet on your female Tom Jones quote. Really? Linda makes Jones look like an America's Got Talent contestant or a lounge singer. She sang rock, pop, opera, mexican, county, western, 1940's,1950's like no one before her or after her. TJ was FS without the talent. Just watch the doc on her an hopefully you will see. And yes, I adore her.My wife is a huge Ronstadt fan but for my money, I'd go with Johnny Rivers as my favorite cover artist. The Michael Nesmith penned Different Drum is an all time great song but most everything else she did just fell in the "quite pleasant" category for me, like a female Tom Jones. And I'd have to say you're underselling when you say she was "kind of cute", I always thought she was incredibly beautiful.
OK, I have kept quiet on your female Tom Jones quote. Really? Linda makes Jones look like an America's Got Talent contestant or a lounge singer. She sang rock, pop, opera, mexican, county, western, 1940's,1950's like no one before her or after her. TJ was FS without the talent. Just watch the doc on her an hopefully you will see. And yes, I adore her.
Linda not in the top 100? WOW. My jab was at TJ, not FS, I said TJ was FS without the talent. Linda is my favorite female artist of all time due to her vast range and work (I do not consider Wiki, just what I hear). I really value your opinions, especially on movies, but for music, which I have always loved listening, playing and singing, it looks like we have to agree to disagree. Linda is one of a kind. And she is kind of cute, but that is not why I like her.I wasn't trying to say she was just a female Tom Jones but I'd also suggest that I think much higher of Tom than you must if you'd consider that comparison an insult. I don't even know what to say about your "talentless Frank Sinatra jab", it would never cross my mind to call Jones or Ronstadt anything but supremely talented. I chose Tom because like Linda, he excelled with various styles. From his Wiki page; he had success in Pop, R&B, Show Tunes, Country, Dance, Soul and Gospel.
Anyway, my point was that her music isn't really my type and no matter what kind of music she was doing, I always heard Ronstadt. I enjoy a lot of what she does, I just don't love a lot of it. I feel the same way about Tom. They each have a few songs I love but neither of them would make my top 100 artists list (not even close) although if someone asked my opinion for 20 greatest female vocalists, she'd easily be there. I love a lot of female artists from Jo Stafford to Billie Eilish and a lot of singers in between; Linda's music just doesn't make my short list. Different tastes is all, it's not a critique of her talent.
Linda not in the top 100? WOW. My jab was at TJ, not FS, I said TJ was FS without the talent. Linda is my favorite female artist of all time due to her vast range and work (I do not consider Wiki, just what I hear). I really value your opinions, especially on movies, but for music, which I have always loved listening, playing and singing, it looks like we have to agree to disagree. Linda is one of a kind. And she is kind of cute, but that is not why I like her.
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Regardless of the Ronstadt debate, I grew up on this and it's my favorite.
@AzStevenCal Not sure you'd be old enough to have heard the original on this one.
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Well, my favorite era of music is mid-60's followed by Doo ***, so yeah, I'm old enough to know it. But I didn't realize it was a Joni Mitchell song and I don't believe I've ever heard it on the radio. My wife, though, had it on a Bette Midler 8 track in the early 70's so I heard that version often.
Pretty sure this is the original.. Recorded in penthouse of Playboy club in Chicago 1959. Count Basie tickling the ivories. Snap your fingers as the cool cats did back then.
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