[EMAIL PROTECTED] quoted :
> > Influence? Linda Ronstadt - another great voice, full of quivering
> vibratto,
> > but devoid of sincerity and emotion.
>
and wrote:
> Devoid of sincerity or emotion??? Hmm...I wouldn't say that as much as
> guilty of overcooking it, but I haven't heard as much of her stuff as I
> probably should.
>
I'm fairly ambivalent about Linda Ronstadt. I think when I discovered her, I was
going through that little thing called adolescence, and she was going thru her
girl guide outfit / skateboarder pads and shorts look, and I think my judgement
was clouded somewhat <g>
there are some great performances scattered across albums like Heart Like a Wheel,
hasten down the wind and prisoner in disguise. Simple Dreams is pretty much a
stone classic altogether. I am even perverse enough to enjoy Mad Love - her
generally adjudged as misguided new wave phase. These days, though, I find the
bits I like are her duets. Specifically, things like "Star of Bethlehem" with
Neil Young and quite a lot of the Trio album.
But the over-emoting / overcooking criticism seems to me to be a valid one a lot
of the time. She sometimes seems to foghorn it when something more subtle is what
the song is gently pleading for.
Stevie
