KLSX Interview With Jim Ladd - Street Angel

[danax6]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

Was I wrong to skip through that one woman blathering on and on? Radio callers can be the worst, and once I felt she wasn't going to ask any worthwhile question, I just skipped over it.

That was aweful. Combine that with the woman asking about her best friend's baby that she 'adopted' and it's no wonder Stevie could barely get through Rhiannon afterwards. Some people are idiots, who asks those kind of questions really?

[nightbird89]

excellent...

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by David

I put up another Street Angel interview, using SaveFile.com, which Romy recommended. I hope the files are more available this way than with YouSend.

This interview is with Jim Ladd on KLSX in Los Angeles, while Stevie was on tour for Street Angel -- August 23, 1994. I know it's fashionable these days to minimize Jim Ladd's importance to Stevie & usefulness to fans, but for my money there's just no comparison between him & anyone else in radio in terms of getting the best Stevie possible at the microphone. For example, that 1987 Tampa thing from the other day. The DJ was a typically annoying, yapping motor-mouth, the way they all are. Those guys are there to hear themselves yap--they get off on it--not to let their guests be heard. They have absolutely nothing to add to our understanding of Stevie--or even of music in general. But Jim is vastly different. He lets Stevie talk & she talks. He pulls out of her, virtually every time he talks to her, a rounded, complete conversation, a meaningful exchange of deep ideas, passing thoughts & surprising emotions, & she delivers, too. Every one of her interviews with him is a dramatic, emotional experience that is comparable to any one of her albums. You feel as if you had spent serious time with Stevie, when Jim is at the helm, & she lives it all with you. Jim interviewing Stevie is like a radical Stevie movie.

Part 01
http://www.savefile.com/files/1946069

Part 02
http://www.savefile.com/files/2422462

Part 03
http://www.savefile.com/files/8348698

Part 04
http://www.savefile.com/files/9081971

Part 05
http://www.savefile.com/files/3743245

Part 06
http://www.savefile.com/files/5006496

DAVID you are the SH!T man!!
Jim interviews are always kick ass
i havent heard this one before..........the RAL one is probably one of my fave Stevie interviews ever.
HAve never heard a SA interview either
so this is very exciting for me
THANK YOU very much........DLing it now

[DeeGeMe]

Thank you so much for this. I love hearing the old interviews!

[DavidMn]

What an interesting interview.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Janis_no1

Guess im in lots of trouble then huh!

Yes i shall admit that i do not have that album!! I had it, i remember not liking it, this is years ago when i wasn't into her as much as i am now, and i gave it to my stepmother.... nobody ever talks about it and hardly acknowledges it. It seems to be the forgotten/ignored album

....and for good reason.

[Marlene 03]

She sounded super depressed, to me-- even before the sad stories and upsetting personal questions. I guess that fits in with her timeline. I just thought her voice sounded flatter and more timid when she spoke than in interviews from late 90s onward, such as the one Jim Ladd did before Vegas last year (it was in March, I think). That one is much more animated, and she's so funny in it, too. Jim Ladd was great w/ Stevie in this one, though (except for the "moist" part). I haven't heard many of his interviews, so I'm glad I got to listen to this, and she did have some interesting and honest answers. Thanks for posting this.

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

....and for good reason.

dont me me come bitch slap ya now
i know your theme song is Docklands
it is OK to admit it

[tuigirl]

Are there any lindsey mentions? Save me trawling through it all....

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

Are there any lindsey mentions? Save me trawling through it all....

Who?

Just kidding. No, I don't believe Lindsey was mentioned at all.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by danax6

That was aweful. Combine that with the woman asking about her best friend's baby that she 'adopted' and it's no wonder Stevie could barely get through Rhiannon afterwards. Some people are idiots, who asks those kind of questions really?

I know! I couldn't believe when that caller asked about Robin's son. I almost died and you can totally feel the tension in that studio. It was so uncomfortable. Are those calls screened before they hit the airwaves? But still, a good interview.

[tuigirl]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Who?

Just kidding. No, I don't believe Lindsey was mentioned at all.

cheers Johnny