In Reply to: Ronstadt is great . . . posted by markrohr on February 21, 2007 at 15:06:30:
We certainly disagree about popular standard vocals if you think Linda Rondtadt is bad.At worst she is merely average.
Heard her singing live a few years ago I was surprised that she sounded better live than in her popular vocals recordings ... while Aaron Neville wounded worse live.
I can only think of one Rondstadt song that I thought was good enough to get into one of my many DIY Popular Standards mixes (Perfidia sung in Spanish). She seems significantly better singing songs in Spanish.
There was another song (English) that almost made the cut for one of my CDR's.
But her singing is not bad -- it's just average. Much better than Rod Stewart maiming popular vocals. Much better than the typical screaming and braying sould divas you often hear today, IMHO.
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Richard BassNut Greene
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- Ronstadt is average with most popular standards -- even better live -- Rod Stewart is awful with similar songs. . - Richard BassNut Greene 08:39:53 02/23/07 (0)