Ronnie
Spector puts on a *great* concert – the top range of her voice is a bit
weakened, but the rest of her range is strong and her rhythm and feels for her
songs are impeccable.
I’d def.
go see her again!
I was
also very struck by her as a historic figure (the concert was set up as a
review of her biography)...
Most of
all, how she got to know the Beatles before they hit it big thanks to an
English tour, and how to them she was always this cool (black) girl from the
States.
Who was
she to them, at that time? What an odd
moment in history.
Also,
she danced at the Peppermint Lounge in NYC, and Brian Wilson wrote “Don’t Worry
Baby” for her as a follow-up to “Be My Baby”, though Phil Spector wouldn’t let
her record it and so the Beach Boys ended up doing it.
She sang
“Don’t Worry, Baby” at the concert, though, and what a different song when she
interprets it! It’s almost completely
different, and gorgeous, with her voice and style.
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