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A nice article; thorough and fair. I appreciate the lengthy discussion of Linda Rondstadt; someone I respect but have never been particularly drawn to.
I will note, in passing, that I was just looking into a Judee Sill song ( substack.com/@earnestne… ) and J.D. Souther does not come across well in that store.
A nice article; thorough and fair. I appreciate the lengthy discussion of Linda Rondstadt; someone I respect but have never been particularly drawn to.
I will note, in passing, that I was just looking into a Judee Sill song ( https://substack.com/@earnestnessisunderrated/note/c-49333672 ) and J.D. Souther does not come across well in that store.
Thanks so much. I forgot that 'Jesus Was a Cross Maker' was about Souther.
I am a huge Linda Ronstadt fan - I got seriously into her music about 11 years ago and her music helped me get through a tough time. One day, I shall write an essay exclusively about her.
I understand, and that prompts an interesting through. David Bowie's _Ziggy Stardust_ album helped me get through a tough time, and I think there was something about the combination of deep emotion and also artificiality that helped me process my emotions while keeping them at a little bit of distance.
Normally I'm a fan of music that feels more emotionally direct, but in that case it felt like a little bit of indirection was helpful (again, not that it wasn't emotion, but that the performance was displaying emotion that had been processed, rather than raw), and, for me, I have a similar reaction to Linda Rondstadt.
As a side note, I did really enjoy the documentary about her a few years ago.
Agree about the documentary. It's interesting to what music helps someone out during tough times so appreciate you sharing about Bowie's Ziggy Stardust album.