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Subject: Re: Linda Ronstadt - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 23-Jun-84 03:36:56 EDT
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ism780!judy    Jun 19 14:51:00 1984

I didn't purchase the album because I heard it was bad.  But I caught her
on HBO (and was glad I didn't purchase the album).  I think several things
happened.  1)  She has been working technically on her voice.  It shows and
it is a nice voice.  2) She never could act.  When doing loud popular
songs, all you have to do is belt.  And if you aren't a technically proficient
singer, you tend to put a lot of emotion into it to cover up the technical
deficiencies.  Now that she has solved them, she is concentrating too much
on the technique and too little on the meaning and impact of the songs.
This would improve if she could learn to act.

Also, I noticed you could hear every intake of breath even when she had plenty
of time to breath.  It's not noticeable with electric guitars backing her
up.  But it drove me to distraction.