“I loved Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers the best, because they really were a band,” she says. She became a huge fan of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, calling them “my favorite rock and roll band of all rock and roll bands.” "The Waiting," a Top 20 Petty hit, later appeared on Ronstadt's 1995 album Feels Like Home. Listen to Linda Ronstadt Perform 'Poor Poor Pitiful Me'
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Then, I started doing as many of his songs as I could figure out how to do.”Ī concert update of Zevon's “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” is featured on her new Live in Hollywood album Ronstadt also recorded “ Carmelita” and “ Mohammed’s Radio.”
I learned ‘Hasten Down the Wind,’ I think from JD, and recorded it. JD Souther and Jackson Browne were really good friends with him, so I used to meet him sometimes and I loved his songs. We knew each other, just sort of through mutual friends. “Warren and I had mutual friends and I found out that he was moving out of his apartment on Beachwood up in Hollywood," Ronstadt says. Ronstadt, who left music after a Parkinson's diagnosis, said real estate played a role in becoming close with Zevon. It was just friends of friends of friends.” Wendy Waldman brought Billy Steinberg to me and I go, ‘Well, he’s a really good songwriter I’ll record some of his songs.’ That’s how we got ' How Do I Make You.' Mark Goldenberg wrote and I met him through Kenny Edwards and Karla Bonoff. I just figured that everybody in Los Angeles was a pretty good songwriter. I particularly LOVE: "Lose Again," "The Tattler," "If he's ever near," "Down so Low," and "Someone to Lay down Beside Me." As I said, she can really connect with her voice, because it is so authentic, and I think that is the greatest of her many gifts.“I have to say, I took it totally for granted," Ronstadt tells UCR in an exclusive interview. To me, this is one of Ronstadt's all time classics, and while it isn't as perfect as "Heart Like a Wheel," it has several incredible cuts, included a few she wrote herself. I love how she can be heartbreakingly beautiful one second, and then lay it all out on the table with belted tourch songs a second later (Down so Low for example). What shines on her 70's albums, above all else, is her souring, haunting voice, which seems capable of anything. Like Joni Mitchell, it didn't always keep fans listening, but it was a brave and largely successful effort to keep her work fresh. I think she, as many artists do, wanted to expand and try what SHE wanted after her 70's parade of classic albums, including this one. "This is another example of Linda's incredible string of outstanding 70's recording, combining a breezy nostalgic feel with a sophisticated emotional kick thrown in.
I have to say that I am generally unimpressed with Mobile Fidelity's releases, but in this case, unlike the albums remastered from her Capitol days The Best of Linda Ronstadt: The Capitol Years there is no alternative to the original. Strangely, there wasn't one track from "Hasten down the wind" on "The very best of Linda Ronstadt The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt so no comparisons are available there. Having heard 'Lo siento mi vida' on 'Jardin Azul / Las Canciones Favoritas'Mi Jardin Azul: Las Canciones Favoritas, you can compare the difference in sound clarity. It is Mobile Fidelity's claim that this 24-karat gold CD and their Gain 2 System produces unsurpassed quality that I take issue with.Ĭertainly it is better than the original 1990 CD issue that had no enhancement, but listening to this disc, some of the lead vocals sounds muddy, and there is a general lack of brightness to the album. "This, as most would agree, is one of Linda Ronstadt's best albums, filled with a great selection of songs, and well produced by long-time associate Peter Asher.