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Linda Ronstadt: Hasten Down the Wind (Asylum). For a sweet country rocker, Linda sings a lot of sad songs. Now and then she tips her hat to mainstream rock 'n' roll- That'll Be the Day and a razzle-dazzle version of Heat Wave-but mostly Ronstadt has built her career singing about losers. Her new LP continues in the same vein. "Save me/ Free me/ From my heart this time," she implores in a voice edged with tears. The gentle reggae tune Rivers of Babylon blows a few of the clouds away, but nowhere does Ronstadt...
...those more surrealistic fantasies still lurk in the Stones' repertoire, and as the final "Crazy Mama" testifies, they still can master the portrayal. "Crazy Mama" is a rambunctious rocker whose lyrics are garbled just enough so that you never know exactly what the song is about. But the tone is plenty menacing, as are the words and lyrics which can be made out. Such intriguing bits as: "Well you crazy mama/With your ball on a chain/And you sawed off shotgun/ Blood all on your brains, yeah," and "You can scandalize me/Scar all over my name/ You can steal my money...
...Christmas dinner in 1973 with a few intimates, including Political Adviser Bryce Harlow and Senator Barry Goldwater, he was unable to express himself. "Bryce, explain what I'm saying to Barry," he pleaded several times. Next day Goldwater called Harlow, asking, "Is the President off his rocker?" Replied Harlow, "No. He was drunk...
Outfitted in an orange and white soccer uniform-and mink warm-up coat-Glitter Rocker Elton John came to the Los Angeles Coliseum last week to greet his newest employee. George Best, 29, aging soccer superstar and flashy fixture on the British pub scene, had signed on with the L.A. Aztecs, the American team of which Elton is part owner. Best, who claims he is "better than Joe Namath in both sports that he participates in," bested Elton 5-1 in a quick scrimmage, then considered his chances for making a hit in the colonies. "We've got some...
...brutal sexuality, she sings of "white, shining silver studs with their noses in flames" and of a suicidal lover who "picked up a blade, and pressed it against his smooth throat." Redondo Beach, set against a catchy reggae beat, tells of lesbian love. Other Smith songs like the hard rocker Free Money are easier to take. In surrealistic blues like Birdland, her mordant fragments of verse can be evocative...