Linda Ronstadt booed for support of Michael Moore ?

[gauguin57]

I just got an email from a relative who recently saw a Linda Ronstadt concert in northern Virginia. When Linda expressed support for Michael Moore, this relative said, the crowd BOOED her. Fans booed her at her OWN CONCERT.

She apparently dedicated "Desperado" to Michael.

Things are getting harsh out there. Sheesh.

As for me, I'm seeing "F-9/11" for the THIRD TIME tomorrow. WOO HOO!

[UdoKier]

1. Whart a bunch of clods.

nt.

[Union Thug]

2. Go Linda!!!

Man, she has a great voice.

But more importantly, she voiced her opinion publically. Who cares what a bunch of half-wit, backwoods, Deliverance-aspiring freeptards think.. the woman has guts.

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[neebob]

47. You're such a fanaticle!

[FredScuttle]

53. "Fanaticle"

It's the new "moran"

[Trajan]

58. Funny when the fanaticle morans come here ....

You gotta love it ...

You gotta love their beautiful minds ...

[NoPasaran]

60. I come not to praise fanaticles but to flase them...

There must be something in freepers' genetic soup that keeps them from being able to click that "Check Spelling" button.

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[DieboldMustDie]

44. Gee! It's another graduate of the George W. Bush School of Rhetoric.

B'bye now. :crazy:

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[proud patriot]

3. Where was the concert ?

if you don't mind my asking .

[gauguin57]

6. wolf trap in vienna, va ...

... but it sounds like she talks about Michael Moore at other concerts, too.

[gauguin57]

4. found this on bravenet forum ...

" ... Some yahoo in the yuppie Wolftrap crowd continued to boo her loudly all throughout Desparado, to the point that no matter where you were in the venue you heard him as much as you heard Linda. Exactly why he felt like he had the right to compromise 12,000 people's right to hear Linda sing because he didn't like her politics was unclear."

I'm not a violent person, but I think if I'd been there, I would have punched that guy right in the mouth!

[proud patriot]

8. I wonder how people will go see F911 just becuase the bozo was rude

:think:

[gauguin57]

16. one more piece of info ...

Another piece of info, from a L.R. forum ... someone at the concert ... which apparently drew some mucky-mucks in formal attire ...:

"The biggest excitement of the night, by a long shot, came when Ronstadt then dedicated her encore of "Desperado" to filmmaker Michael Moore, kick-starting a boo-cheer competition throughout the venue that drowned out her singing and left grown-ups in tuxes and evening gowns yelling at each other on their way to the parking lot."

Good lord. We're at civil war, people. And right near the site of the Battle of Bull Run, to boot!!!

[proud patriot]

18. Cool

I hope this country will be able to heal

[flutter by]

28. I saw her at the Armadillo

back in the '70s. If this had (or could have) happened there, all you'd have to do is tell one of the bouncers and he would have done a lot worse.

Stuff like this just makes me want to buy another one of her CD's. How do you think I ended up with the Dixie Chicks on my shelf?

:smoke:

[Bluebear]

5. Merry Little Christmas is a holiday staple at our house

I will enjoy it even more now!

[JohnnyRingo]

7. Sometimes it seems like half the people in the country are stupid

....And they tend to vote straight ticket republican.

[nolabels]

27. You don't have to be a republican even if you are stupid

Even stupid people know that


http://www.d.umn.edu/~mohs0025/funny/

Btw, I bet you thought you could trip me up with that thing about being stupid :hi:

[Old and In the Way]

9. Ronstadt's version of "Desparado" is, well, one of the finest

songs of all time. She sends me when I hear her singing that. I'd have gone bezerko on whoever the idiot was that had to make his political views take precedence over her singing.

[gauguin57]

10. I mean, holy hell.

You're a fan. You buy a ticket to see someone give a concert. And then you BOO them for voicing an opinion? I mean, how IGNORANT is THAT?

[PartyPooper]

11. Does anybody besides me remember when Linda Ronstadt and Jerry Brown

were touted as an 'item'.

As I recall, it was in the 1970's when Jerry was governor of California.

Does anybody besides me remember this?

:shrug:

[Bluebear]

14. But of course!

[PartyPooper]

20. Priceless! Bravo!

You should be a reporter in the Washington press corps along side of Helen Thomas!

:toast:

:beer:

[Bluebear]

26. Thank you , thank you....

....but George's boys would move me to the back row and never call on me either.

[mike_c]

23. be still my heart....

Linda wants me, I just know it....

[Union Thug]

15. I DO I DO!!!!

.. showing my age again... doh!

[PartyPooper]

32. me, too!

:D

[SharonAnn]

19. Man, I remember before that! When she was with the "Stone Poneys"

and they had the hit song "Different Drum".

"You and I travel to the beat of a different drum"
etc.

In the 60's!

[PartyPooper]

33. Whatever happened to the "Stone Poneys"?

It seems they just vanished.

:shrug:

[Wind Dancer]

36. Same here, SharonAnn!

I've seen her in concert 3 times back in the day. She's one of my favorites.

[calimary]

39. Yep! Those were the good ol' days.

I MISS "Governor Moonbeam." He was really a breath of fresh air.

[Ivan Zero]

51. Ah yes, I remember it well

I had a teeming teenage crush on Linda at the time - remember the cover of Living In The USA? Roller skates and satin shorts? Ooh child!

What does she see in him?, lamented young I, harshly appraising Governor Moonbeam. Hormones are fun.

I'll bet the Virginia moran heckler remembers all this and went to Wolf Trap with disruption in mind. Why, he's getting back at her for saying "no nukes" in 1979. Fuck all y'all who paid good money to hear her sing, you're gonna hear me bellow. I am Freeper, hear me blurt.

Wonder if she's doing "You're No Good" these days ... she should dedicate it to Dubya.

[mike_c]

12. I grew up in NoVa, but I'd sooner bite open a vein than go back....

Land of half-million dollar tract homes as far as you can see. It used to take me an hour and a half to commute each way from Sterling to GMU in Fairfax-- about 30 miles, maybe, as I recall.

OK, this reply has absolutely nothing to do with Linda Ronstadt, but the mere mention of Wolf Trap Farm Park reminded me of my misspent youth. Have I mentioned how glad I am to have landed on the left coast?

[laura888]

21. All that commuting means hours spent listening to AM radio freeper talk...

...enough to brainwash anyone, I'm sure.

I live in NoVA (Alexandria) and actually listen to WPFW when commuting.

[mike_c]

31. actually, when I was a kid it was still mostly rural....

I remember when Tyson's Corner was still all farm land, and Loudoun County was REALLY rural. I went back there for college when I was in my 30's, during the late 80's. Things had changed, to say the least. I'm trying to remember the call letters of the radio station I listened to-- very progressive, in Alexandria I think, but I can't remember now. More brain cells killed for the cause, no doubt....

[laura888]

34. It's probably changed even more since you left

The area between Tyson's and Dulles is soon to be solid offices and houses. Housing prices have doubled and tripled in the last 5 years or so because of the influx of people.

I'm constantly scheming how to lessen the commute thing. Mine is about 45-minute to an hour each way. From Alexandria to Chantilly.

where do you live on the west coast?

[mike_c]

42. Blue Lake, CA, near Arcata, in way NorCal....

Baja Oregon. The Humboldt Nation.

[faithnotgreed]

48. wow. youre so lucky to be out there. i wanted to move to arcata

thats been about 5 yrs ago now but i still think of arcata

one day maybe

[Misunderestimator]

13. I saw F911 for the second time tonight...

And it was sold out AGAIN. Glad I saw it a second time... so much to take in... I went on opening night, but tonight the applause was even greater.

Glad that Ronstadt has a conscience. I've never cared much for her, but I admire that.

[alphafemale]

17. I'm coming to terms with Linda singing "Desperato"....sorta.

But consider the children.

Please shut-up.

Please. Some bad mental images are forever.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

24. Are you discussing a personal problem, or is there something you...

...could add to your comment so the rest of us can "get it"?

[LibDemAlways]

22. Ms. Ronstadt should have

stopped mid-song and politely asked the "morans" to please stifle the noise in consideration of their fellow patrons. That would have received a huge amount of applause and put the booing idiots in their place. Considering what it costs to attend a concert these days, I'd be mighty pissed if a few dumbshits ruined the experience for me.

[Zen Democrat]

29. Wait a minute. Desperado ... you better come to your senses?

Are you sure that Linda was expressing disapproval of Michael Moore and the crowd booed that?

Because if she dedicated Desperado to Michael Moore, doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement from her. I would have booed, too.

[gauguin57]

41. As I understood it, she expressed verbal support

for him BEFORE dedicating the encore to him. And anyone who knows ANYTHING about Linda knows she's been a left-leaner throughout her whole career. She talks about liberal politics on half the talk shows she does. I saw her sing with James Taylor at a nuclear freeze rally in the early '80s in Central Park.

Desperado is just one lovely, kick-ass song. Don't think she was asking the audience to apply the lyrics, literally, to Mr. Moore.

[Zen Democrat]

30. Desperado lyrics ...

(I guess it would matter what she said to preface the song. Linda's always been a Democrat, so on reflection I'm sure she meant it as supportive of Michael.)

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow
Don' you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get
Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no youger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone
Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late

[PsN2Wind]

50. She should have segued into

Mohammed's Radio, then they would have really shit. Check out the lyrics!!

[LibDemAlways]

54. Or "you're no good"

dedicated to the chimp and cheney.

[moondust]

56. I'd pay to see that!

[President Jesus]

55. Linda's campaign contributions, 1979 - present

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Ronstadt&first=Linda

and btw, she's on board, big time.

[southernleftylady]

57. I had a friend that went tothat concert... half booed half cheered

[AnnInLa]

59. Remember?

I think I can top yall's remembrances...remember when she was called "Barefoot Linda Ronstadt" and appeared often without shoes? My hubby had a huge crush on her....I saw Jerry Brown just this past week on a talk show, he has lost all of his hair, or is shaving his head now, don't know which. Way back then, my fav song of hers was "Weed, Whites and Wine"...boy, how time doth pass and change one!