Linda Ronstadt Mohammed's Radio

[shopdogsam]

,,, last row,, first seat, I was listening to Mohammed's radio,, shopdogsam

[9sommo]

shes great..

[Powerdeak]

Makes me feel nostalgic. This was one of the trancks that characterized Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) Radio II mid-afternoon programme, Song Time, in the late 1970's and early 1980's.

[candyrn16141]

Excitable Boy made Warren Zevon a star, to some degree, Werewolves of London is his claim to fame. I agree, having Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt and David Letterman as close friends, didn't hurt...

[DaDa2Phlux]

Great vocal ,as always .dig the photo at 1:32 - 1:34 Linda hanging with Robert Plant & Ron Wood- two of the most notorious party beasts to ever ski the snowy slopes of Peru  ;-)

[MLTSproductions]

This song was so perfecly written by Zevon that anybody could make a hit out of it. This version is good but can no way be compared to the original.

[conmaesta]

@MLTSproductions Excuse me but you are so wrong...If it weren't for Linda Ronstadt picking up obscure tunes such as this and many others because she has exquisite taste Warren Zevon, JDSouther and many others would still be unknown...And don't argue with me about it because you don't have a clue....At 75 years of age I kind of know what's going on in the industry sonny boy

[cwebsterk]

Linda YOU'VE made me want to "rock-n-roll all night long" since the 70's! Best singer in the world

[TheKikogomez]

That so handsome woman and that voice,omg she hadit all alllll

[searcherboy]

I loved Linda Ronstadt in my teens. I thought she was just beautiful, all a woman should be. Loved her singing just as much. Listening to this makes me nostalgic.

Thanks for your talent, Linda. I hope life's been good to you.

[8alih]

everybody's desperate trying to make ends meet

work all day, still can't pay the price of gasoline and meat

alas their lives are incomplete

when i first heard this verse a chill went up my spine, zevon sure had a talent of cutting to the bone, so much truth distilled into so few words, just superb, takes a real poetic talent

[rdrdrd1]

A wonderful treatment of one of the best of Zevon's many greats

[valiantplayer]

This Lady makes everything work. Always.

[dansanders93]

I spent over 40 years in radio and TV broadcasting. My first job was at a small station in Ocean City New Jersey WSLT. who knows what it may be called now. But the very first song I played was Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Pony, Different Drum. I loved her then and now. Rock Hall of Fame, Wake up.

[johnthehulk1]

Linda has a phenomenal voice. She also has "great taste" selecting the premiere rock lyricist Warren Zevon. This is a beautiful version of Warren's great song. Zevon left a legacy of great music that so many other musicians did versions of . Linda's versions were some of the best. Especially this song and "Carmelita". Also a very beautiful lady, then ,and now.

[TimmyStyles]

i would love to date 70s Linda Ronstadt!

[dreyam]

Well okay. I still think Warren's version is definitive, but as covers go, this one's pretty damn strong.

[Beechbaybee]

WHY IN GOD'S NAME IS THIS CHICK NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME???? is there anything we can do to get her there...she literally owned the era and influenced american music....what a gift

[Dave29671]

She is simply beautiful and has a voice to match.

[manuetalain83]

Even if Linda sings wonderfully, it's only a cover! Don't forget, the original is by the great Warren Zevon!

[Dave29671]

She is the best ever.

[DaMuttzNutz]

@Dave29671 She's okay Dave, but certainly no Emmylou Harris. I think that if you're going to cover someone else's song, you need to bring something special to the table. I dont think Linda ever does. Here in the UK she's best known for Tracks of my Tears and Blue Bayou; nobody can tell me that she even comes close to matching the standard set by Smokey Robinson or Roy Orbison. Same with Zevon, who was certainly one of America's most gifted singer-songwriters.

[CirqueMedrano]

Such a fantastic song - Zevon's songs are great and growing ever greater with time - this is a good version but his is better i think... still so great she recorded it.

[donno54]

i use to have her poster on my wall ...

[roisabborrar]

My god what a voice !

[ictyme7]

awesome. 

[cleverconnections]

They were both at Asylum Records together.

[bapyou]

Why isn't LR in the Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame? Who cares!

Did you realize that for a performer to be inducted they have to pay ~$25,000? As John Lydon said to them a few years back "They want me to pay them $25,000 so that they can tell me that I'm famous? Fuck that!"

The R'n'R Hall of Fame is a rip-off, folks. Everyone has the list of immortals in his or her heart. You don't need no stinking museum to tell you who should be on your list.

[cj7849]

@bapyou Thank you. What Linda deserves is a lifetime achievement Grammy.

[golfsmoore]

Nelson Riddle

[gwengoad]

I heard a fan said I would give anything to sing like U and she said do you want to practice 4 hrs. a day? That is honey when sae sings it is sooooo sweet

[cwebsterk]

Linda honey, YOU make me want to rock-n-roll all night long!!!! The greatest voice ever...and you've turned me on to artists like Zevon that I would have never heard of.

I said on another page that they need to clone Linda! She was is/was the greatest singer of a genereration and I mean SINGER....there is no such thing anymore.

[tpo1956]

Love the early Linda, and she's done so much for Warren Zevon's songs, but not this one. In fairness, who else but Warren could pull off this fabulous work of art?

[teamfat666]

The closing shot of Zevon was a nice touch.

[jimincairns]

The ageless and always gracelful Miss Ronstadt can do no wrong. She has the voice of an angel with a dagger in her boot.

[Debbyturner]

@jimincairns Hey! Good line for a song! I'll work on it! Thank you!

Hugs, Debby

[emnilivedeht]

awesome voice from a more innocent time

[lokeydaniel]

The list ... rock and roll hall of fame... yuck. i mean... regae jazz, rap. who deosent get in... pat benatar???kiss isnt in... its crazy. my friend works there.. oh well. theres a mojo nixon song about it.

[haruch]

Art Like a Wheel

[Weeman718]

I like going on youtube and finding horrible covers of great songs..

(ex: madonna covering Don McLean's American Pie)

..but this cover is great!

awesome song

[4759690]

The Best of The Best!

[IABOY4444]

Great song written by the late, Great Warren Zevon. Linda's vocals are untouchable.

[petmis]

@IABOY4444 and linda helps him...excitable boy...so good

[Bosingr]

Linda was a foxy little lady back then.

[janter101087]

Linda is still a foxy lady forget the pounds my waist isn't what it was in 1977 either. She is class and beautiful just the way she was and is.

[AhuitzotlTlazohtla]

Exactly, janter, I couldn't agree more!

[Yumyumcha]

Thanks for this azmax.

[30millioncrabs]

Name me a FEMALE Artist from today that can compare to THIS. Beyonce? Pink? Kelly Clarkson,....close, no cigar. NOBODY can compete with Goddess Linda.

[AnotheroftheRabble]

The lack of songwriters of the quality of Warren Zevon is also having a big effect - mind you, were it not for Jackson Browne we would never have known Zevon either. I think the problem has been around for a long, long time. We're in a world that appreciates big tits or a strong jawline more than it ever will talent or quality.

[Bosingr]

Not many that's for sure.

When Trisha Yearwood came along in the early 1990s, to me, she became the successor to Linda. And she even named Linda as one of her main inspirations.

There is another one.

Her name is Thia Megia, and don't let her very young age fool you. When she starts singing is when people sit up & pay attention.

Do a search here on YouTube for "Moonlight Serenade Thia" and "Mercy by Duffy Thia Megia" And "America's Got Talent Thia Megia."

[AhuitzotlTlazohtla]

Linda talked to reporters a lot, leading up to the big Mexican Independence Day Bash,that she organized, & that was held in San José, CA, in Sept., with Joan Báez, Santana, herself & other big names performing.

[smartbartender]

love some linda!!!!!!!!!

[elmarkothegreat]

linda you are in my hall of fame without a doubt.

as i know in the eyes of millions you belong in the HOF ALSO.

love your music and you

[BuddyKatt]

i should have said, wz in the rock n roll hall of fame!!!

[DRpokeme]

ah many a night spent with good mate and Linda, drinking all night long. This is one that has great memories for me. A wasted youth, maybe?

[BuddyKatt]

haha. maybe you were holding the governor of california

[DRpokeme]

LOL i hope not....HAha

[LewisTheLad]

crazy thing how a lady can hold you in the moments when she sings a song and a couple of images are passed before your eyes...just Magic.Thank You Miss Ronstadt

[gregzintx]

oh yes one of my fav's on this set.

I think she ticked off alot of people for changing style- WHICH I LOVE AS WELL.

Plus her political views in Vegas angered alot- WHO KNOWS But maybe this is why THE RRHOF has ignored her. SAD AS SHE IS THE GREATEST.

[kaattz]

excellent version, though i haven't heard the original, thanks for the song man ..

[louiseduvee]

An immense talent She wasn't a bad opera singer, but I like her better like this. Oh, what a voice! Great taste, too.

[loOol43]

linda: pourquoi les femmes ne sont elles pas toutes comme vous ...?

[robi2000]

Oh linda pretty woman

[mikebtko]

I love this version... Then again I love me some Linda Ronstadt!!!... She once was the hardest working voice in the music business... She's simply awesome!!!... Thank you for posting...

[bjacko688]

the many pretty faces and looks of linda ronsdat..beautiful woman

[deadmanwalking316]

Excellent collection of photos with music of my favorite female vocalist .....well done.

Ronstadt Fan Forever

[hgdanie]

Facinating song, excellent video, and the greatest concert performance I have ever seen.

[armafgan]

I LIKE SO SO MUCH

[SexHot999]

Im a huge fan of Linda, thanks for this video.

and people please, relax, its just music, good music.

[andriantsilavomanitr]

tsara ny hira e!!!!

[marty6161]

How ironic that the songwriter, Warren Zevon, would sing about how no one can afford to pay the price of gasoline and meat!!! I suppose that will never change.

[MpressJay]

Thanks for posting this song and pix My husband loves her

[MillionMonkeys]

NOT in the Hall of Fame????

Let's go BURN down the Hall of Fame!!!!!!

[tonntonn10]

Just heard Zevon's version on "Californication".

Made me search for the lyrics and found these recordings

wonder what warren would have thought of "You Tube"?

[qimissung]

I love this song, and her rendition of it.

[Mack6667]

Thanks for this unique video collage.

People might have opinions about the song, meaning, Ronstadtm or even the name of the album this song was on "Living in the USA", well, whatever the case, she is, at least for me, the BEST female singer, THE USA has every produced. And this chic makes be love rock n roll.

[Mack6667]

Thanks for this unique video collage.

People might have opinions about the song, meaning, Ronstadt or even the name of the album this song was on "Living in the USA", well, whatever the case, she is, at least for me, the BEST female singer, THE USA has every produced. And this chic makes me love rock n roll

[azmax64]

Everyone has an opinion, and I don't want the comments here to be another battle ground. Let's keep politics and religion to ourselves, ok?

[Grungadin]

It is not Mohammed's fault that his religion has turned sour and corrupt. Which could also be said about Jesus and Buddha, if they truly did exist. Think about it, the present pope was formerly in the nazi youth, and he now has power over millions of people. Some people are given too much power, and that can be seen in extremist mosques around the world.

[oxmyx1]

ohammeds religion "turned sour" I love the revisionist twinge. Ask yourself this. How many people did Jesus personally behead? How many acts of pedophilia did Jesus perform? How many times did Jesus raid other tribes caravans and homelands to rape and pillage to his desire? Take a good read of the Koran.

[Grungadin]

Wow based on a remark like that you expect me to believe you read the Koran?

I have not, I wish I had, but no, not yet.

And to be honest Mohammed suffered persecution everywhere he went, just like Jesus. I doubt many of those he "slaughtered" were undeserving of their punishment. i Admit the pedophilia stuff sounds messed up, but I haven't heard about it before, and you're hardly a source of knowledge to learn about it.

[Grungadin]

Well i hope jesus is not your "prophet" if you mock other religions.

[faud03]

a travesty that she isn't in the rock hall-country/rock/ballads/lati­n/pop she sang them all-no female singer has ever had her range of genre at her level of success--her ability to take songs written and played by the elite performers of music and make them her own is unmatched

[andyinoregon]

Love Warren Zevon, but he was damned lucky that an artist as popular as Linda chose to record his obscure songs. The royalty income he received from her record sales alone probably allowed him to live comfortably in the '70s and early '80s.

[qimissung]

lol:)She did a good job with them, too, didn't she?

[enervatus]

Classic

[jim1310]

This has always been my favorite Linda Ronstadt song. I love today just as much as when I first heard it all those many years ago.

[richardhk3]

It's a great verison. WV is one of a kind.

[richardhk3]

Damn fine version

[busterhyman991]

This song was prophetic and ahead of it's time.

[ironbmike]

she has nothing on warren

[DietrichHamilton]

she wasn't trying to have anything ON HIM, you should be grateful for her. And her helping him and his career. He wanted her to sing it. So stop with the competition and comparison and appreciate her.

[Nessus07]

A very fine song written by Zevon, who's version is nice but I think I like LR's slightly harder, rockin version better. More biting.

[cikacikita]

Nice job!

[agentzinns]

This song today would make #1

[agentzinns]

If this song came out today It'd be # 1

[elmarkothegreat]

linda rocks love that feeling and voice

hall of fame definite

[iknix11]

Can You Post Allyson? :-)

[adcan45]

yes, please, "Alison" is one of my many favorites by Miss R...Great job, by the way!

[paulotomaso]

i love this whole album. and this is one of the best from it. thanks for posting something good, that there aren't already 20 posts of. wonderful

[Mack6667]

Excellent song. Thanks....from the Living in the USA album, how prophetic....