Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt , For A Dancer - Live

enjoy this cover of Jackson Browne

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[jonnybellie]

The 'fate' referred to is that this song was written about his (Jackson Browne's)girlfriend who comitted suicide, she was a dancer...

[jimBoRare]

@jonnybellie Watch some other videos of this song, Jackson himself says this song is about a male friend of his who was a dancer who died too young.

[ShadySidebury]

What's the "fate" line in this version? I can't quite get it, but I love the version. It seems so deeply personal to Jackson, and yet these ladies more than do it justice. (I ought to have known, considering it's Emmylou, but this song is as near as it gets to sacred to me, so I'm protective over it.)

[jimBoRare]

I hear "Throws In Your Way"- Jackson version says-Chooses to play.

[TakenAlso]

Hi G

This is fanatastic, slight glitch at 2.12 was it on original, thanks for posting.

Ally.

[jimBoRare]

I dont think so ! May have to ck it out.

[mogenlogen]

If you love really love music, nobody beats Jackson Browne.

[lynrowe]

Glad the ladies are doing this song cause the more people that hear Jackson's songs the more fans he will have, I tried but I just couldn't listen to the whole thing.

[JACQUELINEGREENE]

Well Done Linda and Emmylou Harris

[WarrenZevonAddict]

Respect Miss Linda Ronstadt!

[northernmuse9]

@jonnybellie Please don't post something as fact if you haven't even bothered to verify it. It's been well-documented for nearly FORTY YEARS that this song was written about JB's friend, Scotty Runyon. (See QueenBeatlesWings' post below). The "girlfriend" you refer to was actually JB's wife, Phyllis Major, mother of his first son, Ethan. She had been an actress. There ARE some songs that JB has acknowledged writing about her--check out "Ready Or Not". As for the others--do your own homework.

[northernmuse9]

@QueenBeatlesWings Can't rec your comment high enough or enough times. I'm so tired of people writing crap without bothering to look up the truth. (It ain't that hard, folks.) Thanks for setting the record straight.

[Rastafari6]

This is horrible, Im sorry Too fast.. Go Jackson-

[CPSJSMSUUMUGA]

@ShadySidebury Well said. I like the idea of being protective of great songs, usually against covors that somehow don't seem to convey the original meaning. This seems to me to be just a bit too fast.

On the other hand, covers needs to be more than straight copies, so it's a fine line to walk. At least they have the judgment to recognize a great song, as they also do on Springsteen's, "Across the Border."

[offpatsmile]

bit too up tempo for the meaning of the song to me...and I prefer it simpler - as if sung solo by the grave...

but worth having to compare with JB's and there is still space for a haunting slower solo acoustic version IMO...

still love Emmylou and Linda.