Linda Ronstadt and Fleetwood Mac

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by David

"Witchy Woman" was on the debut Eagles album in 1972.

Do you remember what Stevie Nicks was doing in 1972?

Waiting tables?

[Gailh]

Didn't John have a "thing" for Linda Ronstadt at one point?

Gail

[OldTimer]

Originally Posted by Gailh

Didn't John have a "thing" for Linda Ronstadt at one point?

Gail

Didn't most guys have a thing for Ronstadt in the late 60's/early 70's?



She and Stevie actually had quite a bit in common, including the Hiroshima hairstyle.

[gypsy4life]

Originally Posted by OldTimer

Didn't most guys have a thing for Ronstadt in the late 60's/early 70's?



She and Stevie actually had quite a bit in common, including the Hiroshima hairstyle.

They must have come up with this together! Slumber party hairdo's 101

[Black_Moon]

Originally Posted by OldTimer

Didn't most guys have a thing for Ronstadt in the late 60's/early 70's?



She and Stevie actually had quite a bit in common, including the Hiroshima hairstyle.

I think they look so alike!

[APerfectLie]

She probably never touched any Fleetwood Mac stuff because of Stevie. There are a lot of similarities between the two and I don't think there is any animosity between them, but because of their similarities, for her to do a Mac song, it would seem as if she was invading Stevie's space. And I don't think Stevie would feel this way, but a lot of people would feel "Fleetwood Mac is Stevie's thing! Stand back Linda!!!" You know what I mean? Now why the two never did anything together? Who knows.

[lilwing80]

Sorry, guys, I am not a rabid Eagles fan. I don't know as much about when their albums came out like I do Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks. I know songs, that's all. I didn't realize the song was from '72. And just because it could say raven hair... writers change things around all the time .... thought it could've been a veiled thing.... it does make sense though.

So this is interesting. Learn something new all the time.

[Richard B]

I read somewhere that her album, Simple Dreams, released in 1977 was the first album to bump Fleetwood Mac's Rumours off the #1 spot it held for so long.
I think in the 70's Ronstadt was bigger than Stevie Nicks...just a bigger international household name. I think Rolling Stone even named her the "Queen of Rock N Roll' back in the later 70's.

ON EDIT:
How she ever got the "rock n roll" label I'll never know, as I find her music super mellow yellow. I like many of her covers though, she's got a strong voice, a true vocalist.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

She probably never touched any Fleetwood Mac stuff because of Stevie. There are a lot of similarities between the two and I don't think there is any animosity between them, but because of their similarities, for her to do a Mac song, it would seem as if she was invading Stevie's space. And I don't think Stevie would feel this way, but a lot of people would feel "Fleetwood Mac is Stevie's thing! Stand back Linda!!!" You know what I mean? Now why the two never did anything together? Who knows.

Eh?

Only similarities between Linda Ronstadt and Stevie Nicks:

1. They have brown eyes.
2. They are short.

That's it.

I don't think Linda covered Fleetwood Mac material because she really didn't sing "girl songs." Her main schtick back in the day was to take men's rock and roll songs and reinterpreting them as a woman. Secondly, I don't think she covered FM for the same reason that virtually nobody else covers FM- that the personalities within FM are bigger than the songs themselves.

[LukeA]

Ronstadt's career (at least her 70's commercial heyday) is basically one big shtick. Basically every single she released was a cover of a song that was already pretty well known. She had a decent voice, but it was the built-in appeal of the songs themselves and the fact her sexuality was presented/promoted front & center that brought her success. Her contemporaries of that era lean less toward the Stevie Nicks variety and more towards Leif Garrett.

And, full disclosure- her recording of "Different Drum" (with the Stone Poney's, written by Michael Nesmith) is a favorite of mine.

[jenniferuk]

I recall something about John having a crush on Linda and hoping to meet her at the Grammy's (77-78?)...but she didn't attend.

[Dodfather]

I love Linda Ronstadt, She can sing the s**t out of anything! She's on my list of top female vocalists of all time and so I would have LOVED to hear her doing some work with Fleetwood Mac, maybe a guest on a live show or something that we could now see on youtube, but sadly not...

Yeah, she really kick started so much of that 70s LA country/rock scene by having the founding members of the Eagles as her backing band (before they became the Eagles) and covering songs by artsis like Lowell George etc and making them far more popular and exposing them to a larger audience... she;s just great!

Also, with her and Stevie both being from Arizona I'm sure they might have a few things in common to discuss when they met, which they MUST have done a good few times over the years!