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| From | "Rick McCall" <rmccall@cox-internet.com> |
| Subject | Re: mad love |
| Date | Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:35:22 -0500 |
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Hey Dave -
Mad Love was Ronstadt's "punk/new wave" album, if those words and that name
could be used in the same sentence with a straight face (they can't).
Ronstadt actually covered three Elvis Costello songs and three Cretones
(Mark Goldenberg) songs on the record, which was released in 1980.
The Costello covers are Party Girl, Girl's Talk and Talking In The Dark.
The Cretone numbers, all from Thin Red Line, are Mad Love, Justine and Cost
of Love. She also took a stab at Neil Young's Look Out For My Love on this
disc.
Are they any good? Depends on whether you like Ronstadt or not. When the
album was released, I liked it a lot and, coincidentally, thought Linda
Ronstadt was hot. Now, I don't think this album has aged particularly well.
Your mileage may vary.
One thing for sure: Ronstadt has a great set of pipes. May not be
everyone's cup o' tea, but she can sure belt it.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seaman, Dave" <seamand@MSX.UPMC.EDU>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 11:57 AM
Subject: mad love
> <<<From: "Rick McCall"
> I believe those are the only two Cretones albums that were made....they
were
> both among the best of the New Wave movement. Linda Ronstadt covered
several
> songs from Thin Red Line on her Mad Love album.>>>
>
> What a coinkidenk, i was just listening to an old old tape of Linda's Mad
> Love album - first time I'd listened to it in probably 20 years. I
enjoyed
> it. Probably because it transported me back in time, not because it was a
> particularly great album. But I'd say it's a fun album. Her choice of
> covers was often good: for instance Party Girl, Girls Talk, I Can't Let
Go -
> but let's face it, the songs were usually much better done by the original
> artists. Although I like Linda's take on ICLG - I think maybe the
> Continental Drifters listened to it once or twice before they did their
> version for the Hollies trib from a few yrs back. (The Drifter version,
by
> the way, totally rocks and is by far and away my fave version of the
song.)
>
> Back to Mad Love - which Cretones songs did Linda cover on Mad Love?
>
> Thinking about Ronstadt makes me think i should find a good cd comp of
> pre-80s Rondstadt - same with Carly Simon. I have a soft spot for the 70s
> female vocalists. Heck, female vocalists of any decade. I remember a
> thread here years ago where some folks said they couldn't really get into
> female pop vocals. I for one love female pop vocals. In fact, I can
think
> of a few female vocalists/bands where I feel the music/songwriting is
sorta
> so-so, but I liked them anyway just because of the sound and feel of the
> female vocals -- whereas run of the mill music with male vocals usually
just
> plain bores me, no matter how good the vocalist is. Hmmm...
>
>
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