Post by the Scribe on Aug 6, 2021 8:25:04 GMT
“Anyone Who Had a Heart” (1993, “Winter Light” album)
By this point in her career, Ronstadt had a reputation for honoring the greatest in the songwriter pantheon, but she had yet to really delve into the Bacharach/David catalog. While this song may have always seemed sui generis to its original vocalist Dionne Warwick, Ronstadt was at the point where she didn’t need to compete, only follow her inclinations. Gutsy enough to take on the song, she proves a wonderful interpreter, creating tension with her own call and response and hitting those unique syncopations right where she wants to. This is a track you can play when you’re home alone or in the car and need the catharsis of belting romantic yearning at the top of your lungs. Side note: When asked what other Bacharach songs she would have liked to have recorded, Ronstadt mentions one of the tracks he composed with and for Elvis Costello, “I Still Have That Other Girl.” One more reason to mourn the physical loss of Ronstadt’s singing voice; she never got to record what surely would have been a stirring version.
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