Thanks to my older sis and her 8track I was introduced to Linda!!! Back in 70's Simple man Simple dream 8 track! Carmelita! Ms. Linda Ronstadt I would love to meet you one day! Your vocals and songs are timeless!!!! I am 40 yrs. old and not married. I would make you so happy!!!! I love you Linda Ronstadt!!!!
Linda Ronstadt is BAR NONE the finest interpreter of songs EVER in the history of recording artists using that unmistakably awesome voice of hers and applying it to ANY GENRE of music....she has a knack for taking someone else's song, adding her own flavor and spicing it up to produce a hit record, be it rock, country, easy listening, mariachi, contemporary classics, or pop - SHE'S THE BOMB! Notice the striking resemblance of her (early photos) with another rising pop sensation - Selena Gomez.
Yeah, so Warren Zevon did it best, Dwight Yoakum did a great cover of it, but Linda does a good job with it. It's basically the story that paints pictures in my head of somebody who has lived a hard, but short life and is reaching the end and will die quietly in Carmelita's arms.
Simple Dreams is one of my favourite Linda Ronstadts albums and this track plus the title track, Tumbling Dice and Poor Poor Pitiful Me are my favourites. She has an ageless voice of impeccable quality.
Love this song by Linda. She is one of our greatest singers of all time. She can sing any type of music and has had a major influence on most artists in these last decades.
Warren had to love this version. This is an outstanding version of a true classic. Miss you man. Hopefully you and Roland are enjoying a lot of sandwiches while you are waiting for us.
the tragedy with Linda is that she has not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she kicked down the doors for all those that come after her, I think the RRHF should be ashamed, this voice is the greatest of the last 100 years and it will be years before anyone, if they come along that can even compare to it.
I was born the year heart like a wheel was released , so my appreciation of Linda is indeed timeless. My earliest memories are of listening to Linda with the head phones on my mothers record player.
Compaired to Warren Zevon, he pawned a typewriter, she pawned a pistol. A bad move, the pistol could take her further than the typewriter or the herion.
It never occurred to me until recently that this version was, truly, a tribute to Warren Zevon and his talents as a songwriter. The Spanish guitar is wonderful, and it's too bad Ms. Ronstadt didn't do this one (maybe as a duet with Dwight Yoakum) on the tribute album.
Lovely version of a great song. But why does Linda "pawn my Smith & Wesson" (a gun) when in the original version Warren pawns his "Smith Corona" (a typewriter) ? In a sad song like this, I prefer the idea of a writer selling his last chance of making a straight living ...
@Tregeare - some of the early versions that Zevon did it was also a Smith & Wesson. I think he changed it later before the version that ended up on his eponymous album.
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
@TheSie1977 or the GG Allin version. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay different because he was a different sort of cat...but he does it well. Really gritty...very opposite of this. Still very good
@maziku Yes, its located just outside of Downtown Los Angeles. Echo Park became a hipster place in the 1990's as rents were starting to increase and many creative artists and people moved to the area. Quite a bit of LA history and great architecture in the area especially in the adjacent Angelino Heights historic district area. Gentrification has taken place for sure. I remember the park being a rough area many years back but have not been around that way in the past four or five years.
I agree with peppersdog. I love Linda's version. But the lyrics are slightly altered, and Warren did it a little better. Linda, however, has a better voice than Warren. And she was certainly beautiful too. Hard to believe someone so pretty is so talented. She still has a dynamite voice too. Like Warren, she should be in The Rock and Roll Hall of fame too.
omg this song brings me to happy tears remembering my childhood. i was ten years old singing in front of the mirror with a brush in my hand as a microphone pretending to be her. i loved her then as i do now. she has voice like no other.
My sisters name is Carmelita, her birth was dedicated to Linda Ronstadt, our mom used to sing this song to her when she was just tiny, amazing how a song can affect a person so much< now Carmelita sings this song to her 2 little daughters.
i fell in love with LR and this album the year it came out i was 20 and through it i felt i knew all about the drug culture and West Coast USA..LOL.. well things change and we live & learn. But i still love this album..Thank you LR & WZ
bugeyes455858 Linda's top notch version of one of my favorites by the late(great) Warren Zevon. Regardless of whose tune she covers, Linda always adds her unique vocal treatment to it.She sings like an angel.
Linda Ronstadts version was beautiful. Unfortunately she made one major error in the lyrics which has been repeated ever since. Warren Zevon wrote it as "I pawned my Smith CORONA," not Smith & Wesson. The guy in the song is an anguished writer in Echo Park, an artists colony in earlier L.A., who had to pawn his typewriter - a Smith Corona - not a handgun. It's the typewriter, his only means of communicating his art, that he loses in the process. That is the whole point of the original song.
@SLOphoto1 After this version, Zevon sang it the same way. Warren often changed his lyrics in later versions to suit the mood and I guess he liked Linda's more violent turn. I do prefer WZ's to this one.
@SLOphoto1 You are right about the lyric change and I think Linda changed it because she was so criticized for NOT being a writer but she wanted to sing this great song.
You should go fuck yourself. Warren Zevon is one of the most influential musicians of all time. GG Allin is a piece of garbage. His cover was good, but he's a douche.
kickin is a motherfucker all the way i do it every 90 days (or so) usually the or so. i got the money to keep me in the habit just like to get clean.... from time to time--more often time these days than time . ------maybe mr. brownstone has got me? anonymity is grace. love--------------
@pegoutube Right? I was really suprised to learn that he wrote the song and that Jackson Browne produced it. Its like talent piled on top of talent, with a "cherry" talent topping.
Try to find Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) version of same song. I am not a big Counting Crows fan but this version by Adam is stellar. It was put out originally on a various artist CD called "The I-10 Chronicles". I think the CD can still be bought on Amazon.
@SkitKorek The title of this album caught my attention, I realized that even though I lived in many different places in Southern California and Arizona, I have lived almost my entire life within 3 or 4 miles from I-10. Now I am very far away. Saludos.
Her version is beautiful hands down. GG's is probably only better to GG fans (or people who even know who he was). Because it is fitting for him in a weird creepy kinda way. Just makes it seem like he's passionate about something so different than his norm.
Very strange but I agree. It is kinda weird how the GG cover is so fitting and you really wouldn't think that for him. Her cover isn't bad, I guess I'm partial being a GG fan.
Linda's version of this tune is classic. I have always loved her. If you haven't heard the original by Warren Zevon give it a listen. There is also a tasty version by Cross Canadian Ragweed.
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AJMusicgirl: You can stop putting Linda's OLD pictures on these videos. You are living in the past. She's an old, fat sack now. DEAL WITH IT!!! Show her as she is, not as you want her to be!!! This just shows that you are living in a state of denial!! Yes she's a national treasure. Let's bury her!
My recollection is that the late Great Warren Zevon's first solo LP was held back from release so Ronstadt's versions of this & Mohammad's Radio would hit the airwaves first. Certainly got my attention to Warren's work.
the oak ridge boys should be opening for Linda, the longer i live the dummer this world gets, we gota put more money into education, we will be a third world country in 50 yrs
My friend's band covers GG's version whenever they do shows. There were eight of us on stage last week singing GG's version live. I love and prefer Zevon's version, though.
Nice! Very nice. But Zevon's version of this particular song, has never been topped, ever, by anyone. It's one of those songs he just wrote so perfectly for himself. But I know he didn't mind others doing it, and this is pretty good.
@peppersdog Nobody would even know Zevon if it weren't for Linda! She loved him! Saw her in concert several times and she always promoted him and said what a great artist he was.
@cwebsterk That's pretty harsh to say that no one would have heard of Warren if not for Linda. I have followed Linda since the Stone Ponies and I am a big fan. But, that's like saying that no one would have heard of Don Henley or Glenn Fry if they hadn't played in her band. Has Linda ever done Werewolves of London or Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner. If you don't recognize these songs you need to expand your musical horizons. Warren stood pretty well on his own. Enjoy every sandwich.
i love this song and this lady,when i was young, i was a raving alcholic,on my wy to jail or death, then this young girl name carmalita,from mexico, thought i was worth saving, thank god for, carmalitas
and Beyonce said what? DIVA? I thinks Not. Linda is a Goddess,......DIVA is something Whoopi Oprah and a Goldberg thunk up. None of them have the class and grace of Linda. Only Black woman that comes close is Retha,.......AND KoKo Taylor! hand me down some blues!
carmelita seems to be the name god gave angels to help men, my carmelita traveled 1300 miles when she was 16, to find this dum gringo and save his life, thank god, for carmelitas.
Besides Warren Zevon's original and Miss Linda's cover, you might listen to Dwight Yoakam and Flaco Jimenez doing this one. I might even say Mr. Yoakam's cover is better than the original.
Loved this song from my childhood. Didn't know of any of the other versions, but having looked at them all, I still have to say this is my fave. Check out Willy Deville's version as well.
Paralelismo entre Carmelita y Agarrate a mi María....
cascajas 3 weeks ago
before we got married my wife and i ran off to mexico for a year. i used to sing this song to her in the shower
styrbjorn49 1 month ago
Dislikes? Clueless,,,,,,,,,,,
scruffs73741 2 months ago
,,, down mexico way, the wind,, oh,so soft, on a cool summer night,,Carmelita was her name,, thanks for the flashback,, shopdogsam
shopdogsam 3 months ago
Thanks to my older sis and her 8track I was introduced to Linda!!! Back in 70's Simple man Simple dream 8 track! Carmelita! Ms. Linda Ronstadt I would love to meet you one day! Your vocals and songs are timeless!!!! I am 40 yrs. old and not married. I would make you so happy!!!! I love you Linda Ronstadt!!!!
TheRoctex 3 months ago
after dear zevon's version , this too is fine , eh ! johnny gee - quaestor !
MrQjohnny 5 months ago
Is there any friends club that I can join from Hong Kong. I like Linda since I was 13.
louisa1234567890 5 months ago
@louisa1234567890 Have you tried Yahoo? They have one you might like...
adcan45 4 months ago in playlist LINDA RONSTADT
Who needs heroin ? Listening to this Chic sing gives more pleasure !!! Lol
DicksPC 6 months ago 5
When this album came out, every girl I knew ( just about ) had this album
Aqene1000 7 months ago
Been clean three years now...don't have to live that way anymore.Thank God!
hmfromhell 7 months ago 6
thank u very much for this video, i love this song, n i love linda n warren zevon
clouds882 7 months ago
Love Linda and Warren, but, two letters and a name, GG Allin.
MrDdastardly 7 months ago 3
Being listening to Amy all evening, feeling very sad. This song helped a lot.
pepperbucket 7 months ago
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adcan45 7 months ago
Brains, beauty (both inside & out) and unparalleled talent.
Since I first heard her in 1967, I’ve been a huge fan (and I must admit have had a secret crush on her like so many other men).
She has brought joy to many millions with her incomparable vocals, angelic voice and good deeds.
Johnnie Carson put it best, after hearing her sing, “When You Wish Upon a Star”, he said, “Now that’s real class!”
She is truly a national treasure.
Happy Birthday, Linda and best wishes for many more!
gotti6969 8 months ago 2
@gotti6969 Real class she is, but singing "Perfidia" in Spanish. I have a crush on her as well !!
doowoppyify 6 months ago
70s Women, Wow!!
56kanaka 8 months ago 8
@56kanaka that's for sure... & I ws once one of them :)
harryandjudy 2 months ago
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Linda Ronstadt is BAR NONE the finest interpreter of songs EVER in the history of recording artists using that unmistakably awesome voice of hers and applying it to ANY GENRE of music....she has a knack for taking someone else's song, adding her own flavor and spicing it up to produce a hit record, be it rock, country, easy listening, mariachi, contemporary classics, or pop - SHE'S THE BOMB! Notice the striking resemblance of her (early photos) with another rising pop sensation - Selena Gomez.
Korvinski 8 months ago
beautiful singing no doubt!
GregLA818 8 months ago
Yeah, so Warren Zevon did it best, Dwight Yoakum did a great cover of it, but Linda does a good job with it. It's basically the story that paints pictures in my head of somebody who has lived a hard, but short life and is reaching the end and will die quietly in Carmelita's arms.
jehjeh37111 9 months ago 2
@jehjeh37111 What about GG Allin? He did a very good cover as well.
metalupyourthrash 8 months ago 2
I'm a heavy metal headbanger myself,but when I hear Linda
I just give in to her........ : [....bringing me to my knees,speechless
with a blank stare,bringing me down a level and feeling full of
heart again.Thanx Linda XXXX.
THRASHFKINFILLETS 9 months ago 5
@larryluzier including me
zodiusracemosis 10 months ago
7 people are all strung out on heroin.
larryluzier 10 months ago 3
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I so loved my Simple Dreams LP with this unforgettable song...may God bless Linda. Thank you very much!!!. Cheers!!!, Sergio.
profesorsergio 10 months ago
I so loved my LP with this unforgettable song...may God bless Linda. Thank you very much!!!. Cheers!!!, Sergio.
profesorsergio 10 months ago 4
This takes me back to the great ole days, listening to my old friends Dave & Carmen singing this great song in Alberta. Take care guys.
aegudger 10 months ago
love it~~
LInda sings the best with this song~~
RubyLovesTomDonnelly 11 months ago 2
Simple Dreams is one of my favourite Linda Ronstadts albums and this track plus the title track, Tumbling Dice and Poor Poor Pitiful Me are my favourites. She has an ageless voice of impeccable quality.
12steve1 1 year ago 2
@TheTrueFranchisePart2:-) Now I've seen it all, wayyy different.. ;-) There's just that much music around..
TheSie1977 1 year ago
@TheTrueFranchise; deVille was a different cat;-), indeed, but very real! The GG Allin verson I will check..
TheSie1977 1 year ago
A beautiful song by a beautiful lady.
johnthehulk1 1 year ago 18
@Abbeshay No, she's an international treasure. You don't get to keep her to yourselves. We love her down under too.
2456anton 1 year ago
I like this song but i'm strung out on heroin on the wrong side of town
smoluk1 1 year ago
beautiful, reminds me of Tucson nites..
sulferwings24 1 year ago
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The most underrated and underappreciated singer of all time.......
toastedcheeser 1 year ago
Love this song by Linda. She is one of our greatest singers of all time. She can sing any type of music and has had a major influence on most artists in these last decades.
stellahaha1 1 year ago 2
I didn't know that Linda Ronstadt sang this song , having only Dwight , but it all makes sense. Great song.
KillieKentRadio 1 year ago
id love to be with linda she has the sweetest voice in music
klatu1956 1 year ago
Warren had to love this version. This is an outstanding version of a true classic. Miss you man. Hopefully you and Roland are enjoying a lot of sandwiches while you are waiting for us.
john9944 1 year ago 2
@Abbeshay I remember lying on my bed thinking quite different thoughts about her... ;-p
tomelifeisjustonebig 1 year ago
the tragedy with Linda is that she has not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she kicked down the doors for all those that come after her, I think the RRHF should be ashamed, this voice is the greatest of the last 100 years and it will be years before anyone, if they come along that can even compare to it.
widmer41 1 year ago 4
I agree, but she won't call me back. rats!!!!!
Tomcat8158 1 year ago
a legend in her own time. perfect piece of work!
Beechbaybee 1 year ago
I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet....!!!
radioelargentino 1 year ago
I was born the year heart like a wheel was released , so my appreciation of Linda is indeed timeless. My earliest memories are of listening to Linda with the head phones on my mothers record player.
JazzminVine 1 year ago
Compaired to Warren Zevon, he pawned a typewriter, she pawned a pistol. A bad move, the pistol could take her further than the typewriter or the herion.
bigdaddyjayfrank 1 year ago
Compaired to Warren Zevon, he pawned a typewriter, she pawned a pistol. Bad idea, a pistol will get you alot mre than a typewriter.
bigdaddyjayfrank 1 year ago
Heroin!!! yea ya...
G.G. Allin covered Linda.. go figure....
LMoonz 1 year ago
It never occurred to me until recently that this version was, truly, a tribute to Warren Zevon and his talents as a songwriter. The Spanish guitar is wonderful, and it's too bad Ms. Ronstadt didn't do this one (maybe as a duet with Dwight Yoakum) on the tribute album.
BradFryeHouston 1 year ago
Lovely version of a great song. But why does Linda "pawn my Smith & Wesson" (a gun) when in the original version Warren pawns his "Smith Corona" (a typewriter) ? In a sad song like this, I prefer the idea of a writer selling his last chance of making a straight living ...
Tregeare 1 year ago
@Tregeare - some of the early versions that Zevon did it was also a Smith & Wesson. I think he changed it later before the version that ended up on his eponymous album.
aapold 1 year ago
this is best song that she has sung~~for me it is~~~
RubyLovesTomDonnelly 1 year ago
It's a little hard to imagine La Linda strung out on heroin, but it's a great cover of a great song.
I worked hard to learn the Spanish guitar solo...
hrothgleas 1 year ago
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
radioelargentino 1 year ago
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Nice! Zevon deserves to be covered!! When you have some time, try out the willy deVille version...
TheSie1977 1 year ago
Nice! Zevon deserves to be covered!! When you have some time, try out the willy deVille version...
TheSie1977 1 year ago
@TheSie1977 or the GG Allin version. It's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay different because he was a different sort of cat...but he does it well. Really gritty...very opposite of this. Still very good
TheTrueFranchise 1 year ago 2
check out the gg fuckin allin version, its much better.
backalleyvandall 1 year ago
what kind of area is echo park? its in L.A right?
maziku 1 year ago
@maziku Yes, its located just outside of Downtown Los Angeles. Echo Park became a hipster place in the 1990's as rents were starting to increase and many creative artists and people moved to the area. Quite a bit of LA history and great architecture in the area especially in the adjacent Angelino Heights historic district area. Gentrification has taken place for sure. I remember the park being a rough area many years back but have not been around that way in the past four or five years.
berky1 1 year ago
I agree with peppersdog. I love Linda's version. But the lyrics are slightly altered, and Warren did it a little better. Linda, however, has a better voice than Warren. And she was certainly beautiful too. Hard to believe someone so pretty is so talented. She still has a dynamite voice too. Like Warren, she should be in The Rock and Roll Hall of fame too.
johnthehulk1 1 year ago
I listen to her songs in spanish and can't understand them but love them so much. Great post ! Carmelita, hold me tighter...
kocean1 1 year ago
omg this song brings me to happy tears remembering my childhood. i was ten years old singing in front of the mirror with a brush in my hand as a microphone pretending to be her. i loved her then as i do now. she has voice like no other.
rmercadotreto 1 year ago
Her version of this song breaks my heart to this day! This takes me right back to the winter of 77.
nazibrothel 1 year ago
Abbeshay.......prob should be International treasure!!!, same emotions in UK LOL
2zorro3 1 year ago
She did a great version of this song & helped bring Warren & his music to prominence; why argue (pointlessly) about who did it better? They both did!
markt133 1 year ago
You got that right, Abbeshay!
Bellydancingnana101 1 year ago
awesome song!! just heard it for the first time today,
blastallird 1 year ago
I've been wondering for awhile what she has been up too. Right up there with Bonnie Bramlett, Bonnie Raitt, Rita Coolidge and the rest!
mamalovestv 1 year ago
A simply gorgeous song!!
Hantharo 1 year ago
Linda Ronstadt does GG ALLIN!
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago 2
@TEMPmichaelhansen if not THE most..underrated singer/songwriters in history.
Zevonfan524 1 year ago
@Abbeshay
this is a Warren Zevon song later covered by GG ALLIN.
TEMPmichaelhansen 1 year ago 2
Cross Canadian Ragweed did this song best
ragweedfan86 1 year ago
@ragweedfan86 agreed! gotta pay tribute to the origin though!
humanrights4all 1 year ago
linda is sexy the guitar chorus is heavy but i thin warren did it better
218codeman 1 year ago
My favorite version....Linda...what a voice!!!
Froike 1 year ago
My sisters name is Carmelita, her birth was dedicated to Linda Ronstadt, our mom used to sing this song to her when she was just tiny, amazing how a song can affect a person so much< now Carmelita sings this song to her 2 little daughters.
atim87 1 year ago 2
i fell in love with LR and this album the year it came out i was 20 and through it i felt i knew all about the drug culture and West Coast USA..LOL.. well things change and we live & learn. But i still love this album..Thank you LR & WZ
DRpokeme 1 year ago
i'll think you ll find the version by chuck farley is the best version
simonfaw 1 year ago
One of my favorite Linda Ronstadt songs. Just beautiful
derequwc 1 year ago
bugeyes455858 Linda's top notch version of one of my favorites by the late(great) Warren Zevon. Regardless of whose tune she covers, Linda always adds her unique vocal treatment to it.She sings like an angel.
bugeyes455858 1 year ago 2
Always loved singing with her!Aw the good ole days....
cksirgent 1 year ago
Always loved singing with her!The good ole days....
cksirgent 1 year ago
She is reall GREAT:-)
dagny1207 1 year ago
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she used to be really hot
its a shame she got so fat
thrillhouse222 2 years ago
Linda Ronstadts version was beautiful. Unfortunately she made one major error in the lyrics which has been repeated ever since. Warren Zevon wrote it as "I pawned my Smith CORONA," not Smith & Wesson. The guy in the song is an anguished writer in Echo Park, an artists colony in earlier L.A., who had to pawn his typewriter - a Smith Corona - not a handgun. It's the typewriter, his only means of communicating his art, that he loses in the process. That is the whole point of the original song.
SLOphoto1 2 years ago 2
@SLOphoto1 After this version, Zevon sang it the same way. Warren often changed his lyrics in later versions to suit the mood and I guess he liked Linda's more violent turn. I do prefer WZ's to this one.
ronknorr 1 year ago
@SLOphoto1 You are right about the lyric change and I think Linda changed it because she was so criticized for NOT being a writer but she wanted to sing this great song.
cj7849 1 year ago
@Noah
You should go fuck yourself. Warren Zevon is one of the most influential musicians of all time. GG Allin is a piece of garbage. His cover was good, but he's a douche.
hwiskey1 2 years ago
kickin is a motherfucker all the way i do it every 90 days (or so) usually the or so. i got the money to keep me in the habit just like to get clean.... from time to time--more often time these days than time . ------maybe mr. brownstone has got me? anonymity is grace. love--------------
theroot1969 2 years ago
Linda's version is best! Takes me to those younger days!
gv1967 2 years ago
@pegoutube: Likes Warren Zevon, but two words: Linda rocks!
COdave 2 years ago
Love Linda but two words, Warren Zevon
pegoutube 2 years ago 15
@pegoutube Right? I was really suprised to learn that he wrote the song and that Jackson Browne produced it. Its like talent piled on top of talent, with a "cherry" talent topping.
melpeanut1 10 months ago
Try to find Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) version of same song. I am not a big Counting Crows fan but this version by Adam is stellar. It was put out originally on a various artist CD called "The I-10 Chronicles". I think the CD can still be bought on Amazon.
SkitKorek 2 years ago
Nigga you're tripping.
GG does the best cover of this song ever. All other versions including the original can suck on my balls.
noahfuckyourface 2 years ago
You silly troll. Anyone with an ear would know that GG Allin was all show and no musical talent at all.
lobzunpreston 2 years ago
@SkitKorek The title of this album caught my attention, I realized that even though I lived in many different places in Southern California and Arizona, I have lived almost my entire life within 3 or 4 miles from I-10. Now I am very far away. Saludos.
gruntball 1 year ago
First heard this song when I lived in Norway in 1980's ... one of the best songs I have ever listened to ......... love it !!!!!
kriandos 2 years ago
check out willy devilles version also
mongrellguts 2 years ago
Awesome...didn't think I'd find it....
auneekuni 2 years ago
Her version is beautiful hands down. GG's is probably only better to GG fans (or people who even know who he was). Because it is fitting for him in a weird creepy kinda way. Just makes it seem like he's passionate about something so different than his norm.
kaptainkommie 2 years ago
Very strange but I agree. It is kinda weird how the GG cover is so fitting and you really wouldn't think that for him. Her cover isn't bad, I guess I'm partial being a GG fan.
oldcabbage4846177 2 years ago
GG Allin also does a nice cover of this song
heybigw 2 years ago
if you like an offkey crackhead with an untuned guitar.
MrJrhather 2 years ago 3
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concreteparachute 2 years ago
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He was a heroin addict, not a crackhead haha
concreteparachute 2 years ago
gg version is nice too.
kaptainkommie 2 years ago
Linda's version of this tune is classic. I have always loved her. If you haven't heard the original by Warren Zevon give it a listen. There is also a tasty version by Cross Canadian Ragweed.
john9944 2 years ago
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AJMusicgirl: You can stop putting Linda's OLD pictures on these videos. You are living in the past. She's an old, fat sack now. DEAL WITH IT!!! Show her as she is, not as you want her to be!!! This just shows that you are living in a state of denial!! Yes she's a national treasure. Let's bury her!
MrFreeLibertarian 2 years ago
@MrFreeLibertarian I posted the song on a far left blog. Said I loved her voice...She's turned into a MAD COW!
onceadad 2 years ago
Actually it would be better for us if we could bury you!
nytbrd 2 years ago
Absolutely right!!! Linda is a worldwide reference! Love you Linda!
SouthSuavest 2 years ago
My recollection is that the late Great Warren Zevon's first solo LP was held back from release so Ronstadt's versions of this & Mohammad's Radio would hit the airwaves first. Certainly got my attention to Warren's work.
retrogradevids1 2 years ago
the oak ridge boys should be opening for Linda, the longer i live the dummer this world gets, we gota put more money into education, we will be a third world country in 50 yrs
joseywhales1998 2 years ago 2
Nice song:-)
dagny1207 2 years ago 5
you are so right
joseywhales1998 2 years ago 3
culhane family reunion Keervile Texas we was large and in charge Uncle Miltie Dapper Dave love ya from Uncle Howie you to Tina
TheUnclehowie 2 years ago
Warren Zevon wrote some great songs. This would be one of my favorites. Linda Ronstadt did justice to a few, Mohammed's radio comes to mind.
pegoutube 2 years ago
Rock on, Linda. Another favorite of mine. Thanks for posting this, AJmusic girl, much appreciated.
derequwc 2 years ago 3
GG Allin does a nice cover of this song.
franksaninocencio 2 years ago 2
Adam Duritz does a killer version on The I-10 Chronicles compilation. Loves me some Linda and WZ.
Pioneer Chicken Stand...
Cleofizoid 2 years ago
My friend's band covers GG's version whenever they do shows. There were eight of us on stage last week singing GG's version live. I love and prefer Zevon's version, though.
kentweirdo 2 years ago
the Pioneer Chicken stand, haha!
alabamabregan 2 years ago
5 yrs and this still makes me cringe, I accually seen her do this live, opening for the Oakridge Boys, when I was 12, befor my 10 years of hell
cook3278 2 years ago
Yeah,, Shes alright.
diggitydeez 2 years ago
magnificent voice. magnificent performance. magnificent artist. I've always loved this--and Ms. Rondstadt
kcdrew69 2 years ago
Good job. Everyone can learn from you struggle does not mean you stop trying. Listen to the Warren Zevon version too, it gets me everytime. Peace.
knight1wolf 2 years ago
no t.v when i was little but we had music ,this song was always on our recored player, then dr hook was next, magic.
ILUV74 2 years ago
she is awesome, so is the song
joseywhales1998 2 years ago 3
Nice! Very nice. But Zevon's version of this particular song, has never been topped, ever, by anyone. It's one of those songs he just wrote so perfectly for himself. But I know he didn't mind others doing it, and this is pretty good.
Rest in Peace Warren. You are missed.
peppersdog 2 years ago 13
@peppersdog what about GG's version? You look at GG and know that he lived this song.
blackestcracker 1 year ago
@peppersdog Yes RIP Warren---loved that guy
mikem1154 1 year ago
@peppersdog Amen!!
ictyme7 1 year ago
@peppersdog Nobody would even know Zevon if it weren't for Linda! She loved him! Saw her in concert several times and she always promoted him and said what a great artist he was.
cwebsterk 1 year ago
@cwebsterk That's pretty harsh to say that no one would have heard of Warren if not for Linda. I have followed Linda since the Stone Ponies and I am a big fan. But, that's like saying that no one would have heard of Don Henley or Glenn Fry if they hadn't played in her band. Has Linda ever done Werewolves of London or Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner. If you don't recognize these songs you need to expand your musical horizons. Warren stood pretty well on his own. Enjoy every sandwich.
john9944 1 year ago 2
can't touch Dwight's version. can't even touch it...
Champ24isUnderrated 2 years ago
To each their own.
fantasyfish92 2 years ago
My name is Carmelita :)
serenety1 2 years ago
hi carmalita, the name of angels!
joseywhales1998 2 years ago
OMG!!! I haven't heard this song in years. What memories.
Pigsfly23 2 years ago 4
I got this 8 trac when i was 14 for Christmas. I played it to death. Wow! Those were the days!!
justintimeferg 2 years ago 3
One of my favorite Zevon songs. RIP Warren.
GooglelyTube 2 years ago 4
i love this song and this lady,when i was young, i was a raving alcholic,on my wy to jail or death, then this young girl name carmalita,from mexico, thought i was worth saving, thank god for, carmalitas
joseywhales1998 2 years ago
oh, shit. who wrote this song???
BuddyKatt 2 years ago
Warren Zevon.
JackGander 2 years ago
and Beyonce said what? DIVA? I thinks Not. Linda is a Goddess,......DIVA is something Whoopi Oprah and a Goldberg thunk up. None of them have the class and grace of Linda. Only Black woman that comes close is Retha,.......AND KoKo Taylor! hand me down some blues!
30millioncrabs 2 years ago
You should check out Cross Canadian Ragweed Cover of Carmelita" RIP Warren " They love Zevon!!!
MushroomKingMo 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this---she can blow most women off the stage... (just my opinion)
louiseduvee 2 years ago 2
Dwight gets it hands down.....GG gets the runner's up
darthshitface 3 years ago
GG version better but this is the original so gotta give her some props no more methadone i know that feeling
hopelesskc 3 years ago
This is not the original, the original is by Warren Zevon.
guncereal 3 years ago 4
the original is wrote and performed by warren zevon, check it out
THEDWARVESMUSTDIE 2 years ago
i prefer gg allin version
basuioy 3 years ago
basuioy.....HELL YEA!!!!!!!
ghiagirl227 3 years ago
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basuioy 3 years ago
I have no idea what that word is! Where are you?
ghiagirl227 3 years ago
I agree on the Flaco Jimenez/Dwight Yoakum version comment. It led me back to Warren Zevon.
stevengowin 3 years ago
carmelita seems to be the name god gave angels to help men, my carmelita traveled 1300 miles when she was 16, to find this dum gringo and save his life, thank god, for carmelitas.
joseywhales1998 3 years ago
thank you i don.t know how i forgot!!!@!
stevicki 3 years ago
my sisters and I always sing this...perfect harmony...remember it from when I was young
shaybeck2218 3 years ago
sing it tape it, would love to hear it on u tube
joseywhales1998 3 years ago
welfare as we once knew it, heheh.
bearcreme 3 years ago
I say Prisioner in Disguise is her best, but "true" Ronstadt fans heheh, would claim Heart Like a Wheel was her finest.
bearcreme 3 years ago
Besides Warren Zevon's original and Miss Linda's cover, you might listen to Dwight Yoakam and Flaco Jimenez doing this one. I might even say Mr. Yoakam's cover is better than the original.
sgpnc 3 years ago
Check out GG Allins version. Other than mine, it's the best. The A'hole KNOWS what he's singing about!
uuaz62 3 years ago
Loved this song from my childhood. Didn't know of any of the other versions, but having looked at them all, I still have to say this is my fave. Check out Willy Deville's version as well.
loscochinosdelmar 3 years ago