Interesting, but somewhat sad interview...
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/th...term=TNY_Daily
Thread: Linda Ronstadt in The New Yorker
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09-02-2019 12:01 AMBut also very uplifting, given all the joy she brought so many people. We should look at artists like her for what they did give us, rather than what we think she lost. When athletes are still in their late-30s and have to retire, we don't mourn the loss of their abilities; we treasure their time in the sun.
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09-02-2019 12:28 AMWhat kind of music do you listen to?
I love opera. It’s so terrible—I listen to it on YouTube. I’m an audiophile, but I’ve just gotten used to the convenience of being able to hear twenty-nine different performances of one role.
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09-02-2019 04:37 AMShe made great music throughout her career, including terrific covers of Mexican classics.
Here in her powerful prime:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNAN-JoMabM
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09-02-2019 12:22 PMHer voice is a rare and exceptional instrument. Most of what passes for "singer" would be better off not listened to beside Ronstadt.
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09-02-2019 02:27 PMHer 'pop' songs weren't in my wheelhouse, but even I had to understand what a great singer she was . . .
I Fall To Pieces
When Will I Be Loved
Blue Bayou (!!!)
and this one, which does get to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoitbfaVjH0
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09-02-2019 03:30 PMShe was also a catchphrase on the PGA Tour in the 1970s. If you were playing with somebody, and you nailed your drive, so that you airmailed a playing partner's ball (carried beyond where his ball had settled), you would also say you had "Ronstadted him". As in "blew by you" = Blue Bayou. Sometimes these phrases can be pretty arcane.
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09-02-2019 05:38 PMThe things you can learn on this forum... very clever.