tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post3228594339427178246..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Your Thursday Moment of And Speaking of GorgeousNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-86412764689371928632020-02-11T22:28:19.023-05:002020-02-11T22:28:19.023-05:00It's sweet to have a video with two of the gre...It's sweet to have a video with two of the greatest voices that ever adorned rock and soul together even if it's a lip sync. I love the period, the feel, and the emotion in the music. PP and Steve are loved together and separately. Makes me long for a time past which is part of the power of great music.John Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14059997790386609787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-51365703167059425762020-02-06T19:17:04.958-05:002020-02-06T19:17:04.958-05:00YupYupEdwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-37506002491983923842020-02-06T17:59:31.190-05:002020-02-06T17:59:31.190-05:00My problem with her is that she sings like a bird....My problem with her is that she sings like a bird.<br /><br />Unfortunately, a bird sings exactly the same when it’s happy as when it’s sad.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-20724619854939081762020-02-06T17:23:53.699-05:002020-02-06T17:23:53.699-05:00Never been a LR fan, but if the recent doc can be ...Never been a LR fan, but if the recent doc can be believed, I think she is entitled to professional respect for doing what she did and doing it her way.<br />What she did, of course, was to take music from a variety of genres and bland them down just enough to get a mass culture consumer product that many people now look back on as the joy of their youth.<br />that's America, dammit.edwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3698139729264073892020-02-06T17:12:12.725-05:002020-02-06T17:12:12.725-05:00That version is, er, historically interesting.
Th...That version is, er, historically interesting.<br /><br />That said, that's exactly how I thought her early band probably sounded live. Which is to say -- wimpy and lame.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72919335854462525022020-02-06T11:35:31.633-05:002020-02-06T11:35:31.633-05:00Don't knock Linda Ronstadt! I prefer this poor...Don't knock Linda Ronstadt! I prefer this poorly mixed live garage band version:<br /><br />https://youtu.be/TGZznJXY1Xc<br /><br />Though I must admit that doing a whole retro orchestra thing on the P.P. Arnold track is an interesting choice. The Kenosha Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033456113843929721noreply@blogger.com