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Three more songs for the list, and with the 3rd one we crack the Top 300! Huzzah!

302. DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS-THE SMITHEREENS (1988)
Album: Green Thoughts

Opening with a smokin' guitar riff, it's got a loose, garage-rockin' vibe married
to a 60's melodic sensibility. One of those songs I wish had been around when
I was still singing in a band. I think we would've knocked it out of the park.




301. LOVE HAS NO PRIDE-LINDA RONSTADT (1973)
Album: Don't Cry Now

Every time I hear this, I want to take poor Linda and give her the world's
biggest hug. She sounds absolutely heartbroken here..who'd dare to treat
one of my 70's crushes in such a foul manner? Libby Titus wrote it, and
others have recorded it, but Ronstadt took ownership of it as soon as this
recording was finished. Terrific performance.




300. THE WARMTH OF THE SUN-THE BEACH BOYS (1964)
Album: Shut Down Volume 2

The song was written just hours before President John F. Kennedy was
assassinated. Even though the lyrics are about the loss of a love and the subsequent
solace the singer takes in the sunshine, the band has stated that the recording that
took place not long after the killing greatly reflected the somber mood they were in
at the time. The voices do indeed sound drenched in sadness, which plays very
effectively against the beautiful melody and vocal arrangement. An early example
of Brian Wilson's rapidly evolving artistic creativity.

Not like I haven't liked many of your song choices (although many I admit I've never even heard, especially the more-recent ones) but Love Has No Pride by Ronstadt is indeed one of the great singing jobs of all time. And it is indeed not just the great voice, production-wise; lots of people have that. Its the meaning it.

In the years since Parkinsons has robbed Linda R. of her ability to sing, she's given lots of spoken interviews, & in one of them she says that (at least ideally) she's got to have a reason why she wants to sing a song, some lines that tell people what only that song can say. She gives examples of verses she's taken out of songs because she just couldn't sing them, & she doesn't cite this song in particular as "saying something she had to sing", but, boy, just listen to it & you know its such a song.

I remember being in car at the beach changing-house & staying in the car until the song was over just to hear it, 1st time I heard it. My memory might be a little scrambled here because that long ago my parents would have been driving, as I didn't own a car then. Could I have actually gotten them to park & let me listen to the radio? I remember it anyway.

Writing credits go to Eric Kaz/Libby Titus, though, not Titus alone.

ghostjmf wrote:Not like I haven't liked many of your song choices (although many I admit I've never even heard, especially the more-recent ones) but Love Has No Pride by Ronstadt is indeed one of the great singing jobs of all time. And it is indeed not just the great voice, production-wise; lots of people have that. Its the meaning it.

In the years since Parkinsons has robbed Linda R. of her ability to sing, she's given lots of spoken interviews, & in one of them she says that (at least ideally) she's got to have a reason why she wants to sing a song, some lines that tell people what only that song can say. She gives examples of verses she's taken out of songs because she just couldn't sing them, & she doesn't cite this song in particular as "saying something she had to sing", but, boy, just listen to it & you know its such a song.

I remember being in car at the beach changing-house & staying in the car until the song was over just to hear it, 1st time I heard it. My memory might be a little scrambled here because that long ago my parents would have been driving, as I didn't own a car then. Could I have actually gotten them to park & let me listen to the radio? I remember it anyway.

Writing credits go to Eric Kaz/Libby Titus, though, not Titus alone.

Yeah, it sure does sound like she's channeling some past heartbreak there. If not, then she was one heck of an actress.