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Mogger Since:
August 13, 2006
Age:
33
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Brooklyn, NY

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Today, just a song that I happen to love. Curtis Mayfield, So In Love. The brass and organ riffs in this song break my heart in pieces, and put it back together again every chorus. Listening to this song feels like being in love feels to me, earnest and hopeful and sad all at the same time. Curtis's music is like that, is open and gentle and vulnerable in ways that really reasonate with me.

 
Curtis Mayfield, So In Love and further listening... It's All Right (with The Impressions) People Get Ready (Live performance circa 1988, track down the original version off the People Get Ready album with The Impressions)

We People Who Are Darker than Blue

Artist: Album: Track: The Tattler, Willin, Desperado, You're No Good

It's been awhile, but I thought it was time for some great music, you know, on Monday, because Monday's suck. And great music is...well...great!

Today, a little Linda Ronstadt.

I've been a Linda fan for a long time; I love her in the 70s with her rootsy, country-folk rock, I love her in the 80s and 90s with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra doing jazz standards, I love her these days teaming up with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris doing covers and converting rock songs to children's lullabies.

Linda hit the music scene in 1967 as the lead singer of a band called the Stone Poneys, with a song called Different Drum, written by Mike Nesmith of the Monkees. Different Drum was not her most commercially successful song, but her clear-as-a-bell voice did get her the attention of several songwriters, beginning her looong career as a talented vocal artist and champion of then lesser known songwriters including Elvis Costello, Phillip Glass, Randy Newman, James Taylor, Roy Orbison, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Paul Anka, Hank Williams, Patti Griffin, The Everly Brothers, Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Neil Young, Tom Petty and Aaron Neville.

She's incredibly feminine, but also incredibly and tomboyishly tough, and brings a different kind of femininity to her music than other female artists of the time including Diana Ross, Melanie, Carole King and Carly Simon. She was faded blue jeans over flower skirts, electric guitar over whispering folk, and managed to break into the boys club of rock and roll but maintain her identity as a woman at the same time. She was also the first woman to successfully sell out stadium concerts with only herself as the headliner. In 1975 she was photographed by Annie Leibowitz for an interview and picture spread in Rolling Stone magazine, launching her to super sex-symbol status, but never lost her girl next door appeal. That's what I like best about her. On top of her importance as a woman in the rock music scene in the 70s, she just makes really good music, and onstage she has a realness about her that draws you in and feels incredibly homey to listen to. Like she might well be playing the night away in a backyard jam session rather than playing to audiences of a thousand or more. And she is a person who simploy loves music. Of all genres. She's collaborated with more artists than I can list here, and has had hits on the pop, country, rock, latin, easy listening, blues, opera, mariachi and children's charts. The big hits, most of us know... It's So Easy, That'll Be the Day, Heat Wave, When Will I Be Loved, You're No Good, Blue Bayou. Below, a few of my favorites, of the lesser known but just as good variety. And a few that are insanely popular but simply too good not to include.

These are all live performances... she's actually never released a live album throughout her career, which is unfortunate as she seems to be a performer who really feeds off of and gets that much better with the energy of the crowd.

Most of these clips are from her 1976 concert Linda Rondstadt London, which is posted on youtube in it's entirety by the fabulous JKTRL. If you've got the time, I encourage you to watch all 12 of the clips. It won't be time wasted.

And now, some favorites. You'll have to follow the links for some of these, as the user denies embedding access. Just click on the song name (not the picture) for the jump.

The Tattler

Willin'

 
Desperado

Okay, so here are two versions of this song, because it's my favorite of hers and I simply couldn't decide which I liked better. The first is from a 1974 performance on American Bandstand; it sounds much like the studio released version that got radio airplay, and you can really hear how good the song is. Plus I love the backup singer in the yellow jumpsuit behind her who is shaking hip like she doesn't even have bones.

The second version is from an outdoor summer concert she did in 1976 and she is ROCKING OUT. She's really feeding on the energy of the crowd, and the music is loud and hard, and she's putting all her guts into it and the result is awesome, even if the audio quality isn't as good.

Hope you enjoy them both. I just couldn't choose only one.

 
You're No Good - American Bandstand
 
You're No Good - Summer of 76
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dj ivi says:

great post! such a thorough synopsis. i grew up with my mom listening to linda, but i haven't listened to her in a very long time. this was a blast from the past!

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Very good ! I ve always liked her didnt know she could rock like that

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SOOOO, I love a meme, I love music, and when this MUSIC MEME crossed my path, I found myself in meme heaven. It comes from the fabulous Andrea over at Hula Seventy. Read mine, play yours, and then post your lists in the comments. Here's how it works...

If your life were a soundtrack, what would the music be?

1. open your library (iTunes, winamp, media player, Zen, iPod) 2. put it on shuffle 3. press play 4. for every question, type the name of whatever song comes up 5. new question-- press the next button 6. don't lie and try to pretend you're cool

SOUNDTRACK FOR MY LIFE...

opening credits: "Do Right Woman" Aretha Franklin

waking up: "Train Wreck" Sarah McLachlan

first day at school: "Beloved Wife" Natalie Merchant

falling in love: "Lighter's Up" Lil' Kim

breaking up: "Beautiful Boy" John Lennon

prom: "A Kiss to Build A Dream On" Louis Armstrong

life's okay: "Goodbye to Love" The Carpenters

mental breakdown: "Little Plastic Castle" Ani Difranco

driving: "Louise" Bonnie Raitt

flashback: "Here Comes the Sun" Nina Simone

getting back together: "I Shall Believe" Sheryl Crow

wedding: "Hurt" Johnny Cash

birth of child: "What Condition My Condition Was In" Kenny Rogers & the First Edition

final battle: "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" Sophie B. Hawkins

death scene: "Wigwam" Bob Dylan

funeral song: "We Can Work It Out" The Beatles

end credits: "Skyline Pigeon" Elton John

So, I totally didn't cheat. Just what exactly what IS my Zen player trying to tell me about my love life???

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just in case...my iPod is responsible for this...not me

SOUNDTRACK FOR MY LIFE

opening credits: "One Day at a Time" Jeremy Camp

waking up: "Statue" Low Millions

first day at school: "Joy To The World" Three Dog Night

falling in love: "Down We Fall" Drake Bell

breaking up: "Man-Revolutionary!" Rogue Wave

prom: "Si Volvieras a Mi" Josh Groban

life’s okay: "Twin Cinema" The New Pornographers

mental breakdown: "Bright Lights" Matchbox Twenty

driving: "Sweet Emotion" Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon

flashback: "Brothers Under the Sun" Bryan Adams

getting back together: "Good People" Jack Johnson

wedding: "Things we Go Through" Hawk Nelson

birth of child: "Beautiful" Shawn MacDonald

final battle: "Everything Is Beautiful" Starfield

death scene: "Touch Me" The Doors

funeral song: "Ironic" Alanis Morissette

end credits: "Peace Train" Cat Stevens

Well, I was VERY tempted to lie, especially when Bryan Adams and Drake Bell came up. If your love life is screwed up, look at what my iPod said about mine! m.e.

Posted about 1 year ago
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ciaran says:

Here we go - here's hoping for cool tunes all the way...

opening credits: “Painter Song” Norah Jones

waking up: “Sideman” Lonnie Smith

first day at school: “Two Way Monologue” Sondre Lerche

falling in love: “Hindi Sad Diamonds” Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo & Alka Yagnik (shit, I was doing so well on the cool front)

breaking up: “Your Song” Marius DeVries

prom: “Cannonball” The Breeders (that's better!)

life’s okay: “Dig Dr Woody” Sonny Sitt

mental breakdown: “Up, Up & Away” 5th Dimension

driving: “Nevertheless” Frank Sinatra

flashback: “All You Good Good People” Embrace

getting back together: “Chico - Death Of A Rock Star” Goldie (Wow - I can't think of a less romantic tune)

wedding: “What You Waiting For (Elevator Mix)” Gwen Stefani

birth of child: “The Rolling People” The Verve

final battle: “Starstruck” The Kinks

death scene: “Twisted Logic” Coldplay

funeral song: “Quixote” Polygon Window (Christ, I reckon that would scare the priest)

end credits: “Step It Up” Stereo MCs

WOW! I bloody loved that - that really did turn up some rather apt, and some incredibly unsuitable, choices.

Posted about 1 year ago
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