![]() Ive grew up here all of my life / But I dreamed someday Id go / Where blue-eyed girls and red guitars / And. While some critics may have preferred Joni Mitchell's intellectualism, Bonoff and Ronstadt tapped directly into the internal experiences of the American everywoman. Lyrics to Whistle Down The Wind by Tom Waits. Instead of the rush of newfound love, “Lose Again” deals with the tribulation of maintaining long-term relationships after the bloom is gone. She tells him she thinks she needs to be freeHe tells her he doesnt understandShe takes his handShe tells him nothings working out the way they plannedShe. Together they formulated a realistic, grownup perspective for female pop music. Ronstadt brings soaring authenticity to Bonoff’s resolute words. Tracy Nelson gave Ronstadt “Down So Low,” a husky blues about a rough breakup, while Karla Bonoff-who wrote “Lose Again,” “If He’s Ever Near," and “Someone to Lay Down Beside Me”-is the album’s hidden star. But more crucial is its inclusion of contemporary women songwriters. C G E E7 She's so many women, Am D7 G C/G G7 He can't find the one who was his friend, C Am7 He hanging on to half a heart, G Bm G But he can't have the restless part, Am7 D7 G So he tells her to hasten down the wind, Em C G F Dm7 He tells her to hasten down the w-ind, C G D G C/D G He tells her to hasten down the wind. ![]() ![]() Like its predecessors, the album looks to Ronstadt’s peers (Zevon, Ry Cooder) and her formative idols (Buddy Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day,” an extra-sultry version of Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”). Named for the celebrated Warren Zevon song of the same name (sung here with Don Henley), Hasten Down the Wind shows Linda Ronstadt outgrowing the boisterously girlish persona that had made her a hippie icon. ![]()
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