Linda sings this song written by Jimmy Webb and included in her multiplatinum album "Cry like a Rainstorm, Howl like the Wind", winner of three grammies.
I love and adore Linda. This song is hitting harder than usual, my mom passed away 4 months ago & my dad is still in hospice in very late stage, final stage Dementia and he’s deaf. I am bereft, I met my husband 46 years ago in May 1978, and we went to Fort Bragg, Mendocino on our first date, looking over the Ocean, out on the California Coast.
The only real consideration is how beautiful her voice is--not to mention all the genres of music she has mastered so well it looked easy. she's not a pop tart, has made song choices you wouldn't expect and is amazing. the only possible negative i can say is that once you've heard her sing something you don't like anyone else's version as well.
there are times in life where if we are fortunate enough we might find a performance where we don't strive to impress the crowd but seek to impress only ourselves. She found it here. Roll on young lady.
Linda Maria Ronstadt just delivers these Superb performances of beautiful songs effortlessly prior to her health issues. One Amazingly talented lady for sure ✨🎶🎙️💃🏻🌟
My most favorite song in 1990 when I was deeply in love ( ..... again😁 ..... ).33 years old ..... Such sweet memories 💖💖💖💖 Constantly on "repeat" .....
I only know one artist who could give every beautiful song an extra color with her authentic voice. Catch each note gracefully ! She has been doing this years after years and she was at her top here, that's beautiful Linda.
This song and Linda's vocals never fail to bring tears. She superb here but I only few it occasionally because it gets me depressed. LOVE this genius singer!
She is the only singer besides Karen Carpenter that can bring me to tears! My mom is needing all your prayers right now! Please remember her! She is so loved and dear to so many! Thank you!!!
When I first heard this on the local radio station I was driving home and I was crying all the way. I cried just now. It makes me think of all the ones I loved so much who are no longer here. How I miss them!
Yes, me too. My brother borrowed her autobiography from me recently and he described her as a "music scholar" and she is. She loves music through and through and knows it. Her good looks and rock queen status perhaps muddied the waters for a few years but she is a musician to her bones.
John Doe part of the problem was she wasn’t as interested in being a star as some performers. She was very private. Also she was often said to be little more than a cover artist. I’d rather listen to a singer with her talent, singing well chosen songs than to hear a gifted song writer who can’t sing. In the 50’s and part of the 60’s no one cared if singers wrote their own songs. Ok, more than enough out of me.
Oh, don't think so. Musicians and real music appreciators recognized her. But she came up in the 70s and had to compete with some less-than-great music and performers. Hers was an industry problem.
We will miss you Linda Ronstadt so sorry to hear about your Parkinson’s disease. Damn it!!! We will miss your voice!!! Thank you so much for your songs!!!
On the last 2 "adios", sounds like she goes in succession from chest to mix to head voice?.... damn, the tools she had in her vocal arsenal was WILD, dynamic. I love her, no other voice like her's .♥
Composed by the incomparable Jimmy Webb, arranged by the incomparable Brian Wilson, and sung by the incomparable Linda Ronstadt, the result is a masterpiece.
I am sang it with bronchitis a few minutes ago. I love this song and thank you so much Linda Ronstadt for singing so beautifully in everything you sang.
played this at my sister funeral. She had always wanted it played and i had never heard it. Great song and great singer. Now i can't get it out of my head. One of her classics for sure.
This song reminds me of and old friend I lost to cancer, the year after this song came out. Very sad, but so beautiful. Linda is wonderful in concert..well worth going to. I love her voice. OMG, LargeLindaR, that is one of the most tragic stories I ever heard!
a beautiful song, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson and Linda ....... she finds a face then sings to it... its her gift to us...don't worry.... I won't be morose... she makes my heart ache....love you Linda
Paul, What an excellent description of what Linda does to one. Transported is right, she takes one to somewhere otherworldy. Thank you for your comment.
When my husband of 35 years died, I was moved to sing, unexpectedly at his gravesite in GA Tsalagi territory. He was born in Houston, TX and raised in Los Angeles, CA. The song was Adios. But, if I had prepared, I think it would have been Goodbye my Friend. I fell in love with her version of the Pirates of Penzance, I mistakenly have two of them. I pray that her life is as comfortable as possible and that she knows that we love her dearly.🌹
The recorded version is arguably her best-ever recorded performance, with Brian Wilson offering back-up vocals that captured the 60's Beach Boys vibe as American popular music migrated from East Coast 50's Doo-Wop to California surfer music. Easily her best-produced recording.
@@gtswann do you have the cds Winter Light and We Ran these are must haves for real Ronstadt fans they came out in the early to mid nineties a l so she did a third cd in Spanish torchy Cuban Music with an orchestra FRENESI is the name of the cd and she did a jazz cd entitled HUMMIN TO MYSELF this is Linda on the legendary jazz Verve label singing her ass off with four or five musicians I'm giving you this info because Linda's fans stop me and chat whenever I wear a RONSTADT T shirt most of these people have not heard of these cds HAPPY LISTENING HAPPY NEW YEAR
John , thanks for the suggestions, i love Winter Light ! It is impeccable! I have listened to Fresni and Hummin to Myself online. The Linda Ronstadt T shirt was supposed to be part of Christmas present, it is coming and i will definitely wear it with pride and honor. Linda was represented last night on the CBS New Years Eve celebration by Cheryl Crow and Angela
Sorry , i tried to edit and posted instead but,,,a was represented last night on the CBS New Years Eve celebration by Cheryl Crow and Ashley McBryde singing '"When will I b3 loved" their rendition was ok but it wasn't of Linda's caliber. I thought to myself if i had 500 million dollars and it were possibly, i would have paid that to see Linda on the stage performing it herself. I certainly miss her singing.
@@gtswann have you heard or perhaps you already have WE RAN a little more Rock oriented kind of dark slightly edgy also Linda produced a show at the White House when Clinton was prez her special guest was AaronNeville then out of nowhere Linda burst on to the stage with a fabulous Mexican orchestra I believe this is still on you tube Linda's box set is worth getting lots of previously unreleased gems
Joyo, so glad you chimed in. Ashamed to say I was just a casual music fan as a teen in the 70's, but the recent documentary and the reading of her musical memoir has had me roaming CZcams for weeks. This performance is exquisite. Actually, trying to round up some 60 something friends to go see Jimmy Webb, the writer of this song, at the end of the month. It's taken me 40 plus years to fully enjoy the other-worldly talent of Ms. Ronstadt!
sure that you Americans are strange. Your Life TV, newspapers, books speak every second of the importance of not only paying attention to appearances and look inside themselves to find the true beauty does not stop at the appearances and other superficial platitudes like, then every time I come to hear the wonderful performance of one of the most talented singers I've ever heard, I find comments about her weight rather than her voice.....
You're just jealous. French singers suck big time. Their lyrics are aweful and full of nonsense instead like you country. You love pretending you're something else when in fact the States, Italy, Germany etc are much better for their art.
I've loved listening to Linda Ronstadt for years and years. What a perfect voice she has. Also, Jimmy Webb writes such great songs. Only right that Glen Campbell should record this at this stage in his life, too.
This is a bittersweet song, basically pretty sad. She sings it with true feelings. I can't see how she could have come across any other way. One of my favorite LR songs, btw.
Beautiful voice, beautiful lady. My favorite female singer of all time. ♥️
This is a perfect song for Linda. Love Jimmy Webb’s music.
The greatest most versatile female vocalist of her generation.
I love and adore Linda. This song is hitting harder than usual, my mom passed away 4 months ago & my dad is still in hospice in very late stage, final stage Dementia and he’s deaf. I am bereft, I met my husband 46 years ago in May 1978, and we went to Fort Bragg, Mendocino on our first date, looking over the Ocean, out on the California Coast.
She is God given talent. What a gift. Thank you Linda Ronstadt.
The way she sings that second “adios” 😩 perfection!
Every song she sings brings tears to my eyes.
The voice of an angel.
I can’t say that I’ve ever heard a goodbye expressed so beautifully...
My goodness how gorgeous is that voice?
Words fail to explain how gorgeous and pure her singing was.
gogo delux ditto
OOH BABY BABY is a revelation; she outdoes Smokey, who wrote it. Those pearly tones and perfect vibrato are sorely missed. Thanx, Miss Linda.
The only real consideration is how beautiful her voice is--not to mention all the genres of music she has mastered so well it looked easy. she's not a pop tart, has made song choices you wouldn't expect and is amazing. the only possible negative i can say is that once you've heard her sing something you don't like anyone else's version as well.
Linda, you are the greatest ever. Thank you for everything. I adore you so much.❤
there are times in life where if we are fortunate enough we might find a performance where we don't strive to impress the crowd but seek to impress only ourselves. She found it here. Roll on young lady.
Linda Maria Ronstadt just delivers these Superb performances of beautiful songs effortlessly prior to her health issues. One Amazingly talented lady for sure ✨🎶🎙️💃🏻🌟
range, pitch perfect, effortless control and sung with her heart .... perfect
That vocal is breathtaking,absolute class .
Linda, your voice is a continual blessing. Thank you for sharing your gift to the world.
By far one of the Greatest Vocalist of the past 50 years!!
Ella, Karen, and Linda...Throw in Kathy Mattea, and I am in Vocal Heaven
@@71moreheadplease add Gloria Estefan and Whitney - oh, and Lady Day
Amen
My most favorite song in 1990 when I was deeply in love ( ..... again😁 ..... ).33 years old ..... Such sweet memories 💖💖💖💖 Constantly on "repeat" .....
At the top of her form, UNBELIEVABLE control of pitch and vibrato. She is so missed
Nobody SINGS like this anymore....the BEST EVER
Jimmy Webb song, Linda singing it, as good as it gets.
a masterpiece .. that's all ... just a masterpiece.... what a voice..!! Linda , we miss you... !!
I only know one artist who could give every beautiful song an extra color with her authentic voice. Catch each note gracefully ! She has been doing this years after years and she was at her top here, that's beautiful Linda.
This song and Linda's vocals never fail to bring tears. She superb here but I only few it occasionally because it gets me depressed. LOVE this genius singer!
such emotion and heart in her voice....her expression...her eyes......amazing!
A powerful sadness. The best set of pipes ever!
She is the only singer besides Karen Carpenter that can bring me to tears! My mom is needing all your prayers right now! Please remember her! She is so loved and dear to so many! Thank you!!!
For your mom 🙏sending her all our love keep listening to linda it always helps god bless 🙌 ❤️
Done. Prayers
the strongest, best voice recorded in this century and she still looks wonderful to me.
Linda +jimmy webb songs + Brian Wilson vibes 💗💗💗💗🥲
Omg... What pure pipes...
Linda how we miss you.....
When I first heard this on the local radio station I was driving home and I was crying all the way. I cried just now. It makes me think of all the ones I loved so much who are no longer here. How I miss them!
My Very Favorite Linda Ronstadt Song. I Love This Song, her voice is just beautiful. Thanks for this song Linda.
Good taste. It's her best performance when combined with Brian Wilson adding that California Beach Boys surfer sound. Brilliant production.
Magical just sublime from the gorgeous & incomparable Linda Ronstadt. With a nature & personality to go with her voice & looks & without a ego.
One of her finest vocals. Linda's got the warmest voice on the planet.
Great Song, by a Great Lady. The Best Female Vocalist ever! Thanks Linda, for so many Great Songs!
Linda was totally under appreciated for her musical talent by most. But I recognize it and I love her.
Yes, me too. My brother borrowed her autobiography from me recently and he described her as a "music scholar" and she is. She loves music through and through and knows it. Her good looks and rock queen status perhaps muddied the waters for a few years but she is a musician to her bones.
John Doe part of the problem was she wasn’t as interested in being a star as some performers. She was very private. Also she was often said to be little more than a cover artist. I’d rather listen to a singer with her talent, singing well chosen songs than to hear a gifted song writer who can’t sing. In the 50’s and part of the 60’s no one cared if singers wrote their own songs. Ok, more than enough out of me.
Oh, don't think so. Musicians and real music appreciators recognized her. But she came up in the 70s and had to compete with some less-than-great music and performers. Hers was an industry problem.
This is simply NOT TRUE. She was ALWAYS appreciated. By fans AND her industry.
OMG! I was in love with this child, like many of us! Saw her in concert twice and then on Broadway. What a talent!!
Linda- voice of an angel- thank you for such happiness and joy
We will miss you Linda Ronstadt so sorry to hear about your Parkinson’s disease. Damn it!!! We will miss your voice!!! Thank you so much for your songs!!!
to me the 80' and 90' are the best decades, the songs, the people, the schools etc... if only i could have a time machine :)
I forgot how strong her voice is. No one like her
Absolutely! Truly one of a kind.
Every time I listen to Linda I just fall in love with her all over again. I just can't help it.
Me, too... always...
The greatest female vocalist of her (Or any other) generation! No one does it better?
She is simply a force of nature!
I like the Glenn Campbell version too.
Couldn’t agree more, she was a force of nature.
Voice of an angel...
On the last 2 "adios", sounds like she goes in succession from chest to mix to head voice?.... damn, the tools she had in her vocal arsenal was WILD, dynamic. I love her, no other voice like her's .♥
Beautiful woman, beautiful voice, wonderful song.
Composed by the incomparable Jimmy Webb, arranged by the incomparable Brian Wilson, and sung by the incomparable Linda Ronstadt, the result is a masterpiece.
Incomparable indeed. Good one, Jimmy.
I could not have said it better DrNSalmon.
Love the Wilson harmonies
Background by the BeachBoys ! Awesome !
A remarkable vocalist - her recording of this with Brian Wilson is very special.
Love Glen Campbell's version, which is utterly poignant. But this arrangement, ohhhhhhhhhhh so good.
I am sang it with bronchitis a few minutes ago. I love this song and thank you so much Linda Ronstadt for singing so beautifully in everything you sang.
STUPENDOUS SONG AND VOCAL PERFORMANCE!
played this at my sister funeral. She had always wanted it played and i had never heard it. Great song and great singer. Now i can't get it out of my head. One of her classics for sure.
Best voice ever. Pure and full of emotion.
What a power house of a voice❤
love you, Linda.thank you for your beautiful voice for us to enjoy
What this woman does to me with just her voice is impossible to explain. She has a place in my soul where no other exists.
great song, played it at my sisters funeral. she loved it. adios.
I love you Linda ...for me you are the best singer in the world !!!
It just doesn't get any better than this !!
Great singing voice, thank you Linda
Parkinson's might have silenced her voice, but she will live on, forever, in videos like this. Only one of the Best.
This is very lovely as was Linda here.
This song reminds me of and old friend I lost to cancer, the year after this song came out. Very sad, but so beautiful. Linda is wonderful in concert..well worth going to. I love her voice. OMG, LargeLindaR, that is one of the most tragic stories I ever heard!
An absolute gem written by Jimmy Webb.
Glenn fry said Linda's voice was a power house, sooo true.
it remains a sensitive song well performed by Linda too
Beautiful.
beautiful
This was the moment I fell in love with Linda.
a beautiful song, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson and Linda ....... she finds a face then sings to it... its her gift to us...don't worry.... I won't be morose... she makes my heart ache....love you Linda
Beautiful!
I miss hearing her being able to sing.She was so skilled and unique sounding.But I can always listen to so many she sang and be transported.
Paul, What an excellent description of what Linda does to one. Transported is right, she takes one to somewhere otherworldy. Thank you for your comment.
played this at my sisters funeral. was so good. she loved this song.
Classic Ronstadt! Thanks for posting this Julian.
She is so beautiful.
When my husband of 35 years died, I was moved to sing, unexpectedly at his gravesite in GA Tsalagi territory. He was born in Houston, TX and raised in Los Angeles, CA. The song was Adios. But, if I had prepared, I think it would have been Goodbye my Friend.
I fell in love with her version of the Pirates of Penzance, I mistakenly have two of them.
I pray that her life is as comfortable as possible and that she knows that we love her dearly.🌹
TREASURE VOICED RONSTADT; GOD BLESS YOU FOR SHARING THIS UPLOAD
I sang this at my husband's funeral. The words meant so much to us. Linda is just the most awesome singer. Thank you for uploading this.
una de las canciones que mas me gusta de linda ronstadt......gracias por caompartir tan bella cancion.....
JUST BEAUTIFUL
Fabulous...what a treasure!
Her vocal technique is superb. Probably the best version of 'Adios' .
One of the greatest ever.
I never hear her beautiful voice singing this song that it doesn't put a limp in my throat.
I miss you the most!💔
The recorded version is arguably her best-ever recorded performance, with Brian Wilson offering back-up vocals that captured the 60's Beach Boys vibe as American popular music migrated from East Coast 50's Doo-Wop to California surfer music. Easily her best-produced recording.
I am completely in love with her voice!
Same here, she makes me cry and leaves me speechless with a lump in my throat. What an incredible angelic masterpiece God created in Linda.
@@gtswann do you have the cds Winter Light and We Ran these are must haves for real Ronstadt fans they came out in the early to mid nineties a l so she did a third cd in Spanish torchy Cuban Music with an orchestra FRENESI is the name of the cd and she did a jazz cd entitled HUMMIN TO MYSELF this is Linda on the legendary jazz Verve label singing her ass off with four or five musicians I'm giving you this info because Linda's fans stop me and chat whenever I wear a RONSTADT T shirt most of these people have not heard of these cds HAPPY LISTENING HAPPY NEW YEAR
John , thanks for the suggestions, i love Winter Light ! It is impeccable! I have listened to Fresni and Hummin to Myself online. The Linda Ronstadt T shirt was supposed to be part of Christmas present, it is coming and i will definitely wear it with pride and honor. Linda was represented last night on the CBS New Years Eve celebration by Cheryl Crow and Angela
Sorry , i tried to edit and posted instead but,,,a was represented last night on the CBS New Years Eve celebration by Cheryl Crow and Ashley McBryde singing '"When will I b3 loved" their rendition was ok but it wasn't of Linda's caliber. I thought to myself if i had 500 million dollars and it were possibly, i would have paid that to see Linda on the stage performing it herself. I certainly miss her singing.
@@gtswann have you heard or perhaps you already have WE RAN a little more Rock oriented kind of dark slightly edgy also Linda produced a show at the White House when Clinton was prez her special guest was AaronNeville then out of nowhere Linda burst on to the stage with a fabulous Mexican orchestra I believe this is still on you tube Linda's box set is worth getting lots of previously unreleased gems
2019! my all time fave song of hers....
Joyous,
Joyo, so glad you chimed in. Ashamed to say I was just a casual music fan as a teen in the 70's, but the recent documentary and the reading of her musical memoir has had me roaming CZcams for weeks. This performance is exquisite. Actually, trying to round up some 60 something friends to go see Jimmy Webb, the writer of this song, at the end of the month. It's taken me 40 plus years to fully enjoy the other-worldly talent of Ms. Ronstadt!
This is just so good... Jimmy Webb and Linda Ronstadt.. just mesmerizing... sublime... love you Linda...
3/6/23 Ioved this song ❤
Love this Jimmy Webb song..thanks for posting a live version
Beautiful !!
A Classic!
Jimmy Webb's beautiful melody comes alive with a voice like this. This is such a demanding song to sing it live.
Heavenly.
sure that you Americans are strange. Your Life TV, newspapers, books speak every second of the importance of not only paying attention to appearances and look inside themselves to find the true beauty does not stop at the appearances and other superficial platitudes like, then every time I come to hear the wonderful performance of one of the most talented singers I've ever heard, I find comments about her weight rather than her voice.....
Ignorance is so trendy! Buck the trend.
You're just jealous. French singers suck big time. Their lyrics are aweful and full of nonsense instead like you country. You love pretending you're something else when in fact the States, Italy, Germany etc are much better for their art.
Beautiful--even with the bad audio. Thanks!
This song brings back lots of memories
The queen of rock.
I've loved listening to Linda Ronstadt for years and years. What a perfect voice she has. Also, Jimmy Webb writes such great songs. Only right that Glen Campbell should record this at this stage in his life, too.
This is a bittersweet song, basically pretty sad. She sings it with true feelings. I can't see how she could have come across any other way. One of my favorite LR songs, btw.