Post by the Scribe on Jun 9, 2023 22:48:38 GMT
“You’re No Good”
Linda Ronstadt’s top songs don’t come any better than “You’re No Good”. Written by Clint Ballard, Jr. (Wayne Fontana, The Mindbenders) and first recorded and performed by Dee Dee Warwick in 1963, this smoldering, rollicking track opens Ronstadt’s iconic Heart Like a Wheel. Her interpretation brings out soul-country undercurrents in ways only she could conjure. The production is suitably heavy on electric guitar but breezy enough to let Ronstadt lead and satisfyingly slinky to tap into her uproarious female strength, as she lets an ex know just how shifty he really is. “I broke a heart over someone like you / I’ll beg his forgiveness on bended knee / I wouldn’t blame him if he said to me ‘you’re no good,’” she then reveals, detailing her own treacherous ways. It is one of many chart-toppers she scored on the Hot 100 and sounds just as good all these decades later.
Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good 01/29/1975
www.pastemagazine.com/music/linda-ronstadt/the-15-best-linda-ronstadt-songs
Linda Ronstadt’s top songs don’t come any better than “You’re No Good”. Written by Clint Ballard, Jr. (Wayne Fontana, The Mindbenders) and first recorded and performed by Dee Dee Warwick in 1963, this smoldering, rollicking track opens Ronstadt’s iconic Heart Like a Wheel. Her interpretation brings out soul-country undercurrents in ways only she could conjure. The production is suitably heavy on electric guitar but breezy enough to let Ronstadt lead and satisfyingly slinky to tap into her uproarious female strength, as she lets an ex know just how shifty he really is. “I broke a heart over someone like you / I’ll beg his forgiveness on bended knee / I wouldn’t blame him if he said to me ‘you’re no good,’” she then reveals, detailing her own treacherous ways. It is one of many chart-toppers she scored on the Hot 100 and sounds just as good all these decades later.
Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good 01/29/1975
www.pastemagazine.com/music/linda-ronstadt/the-15-best-linda-ronstadt-songs