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‘Lovin’ You’: Minnie Riperton Soars, With Stevie Wonder’s Help
Udiscovermusic ^ | May 3, 2025 | Paul Sexton

Posted on 05/03/2025 11:55:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/03/2025 11:55:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: sit-rep

Ping


2 posted on 05/03/2025 11:55:35 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

What about Richard Stamos’ version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh95mcmm2Qw


3 posted on 05/03/2025 11:57:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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The mother of SNL member Maya Rudolph.


4 posted on 05/03/2025 11:58:55 AM PDT by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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Was just going to look for that!


5 posted on 05/03/2025 12:11:38 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

Article doesn’t mention that she was classically trained in operatic singing.


6 posted on 05/03/2025 12:19:02 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: nickcarraway

That’s the single song that I absolutely will NOT listen to whenever it shows up on the radio or on Sirius. I simply hate this song.


7 posted on 05/03/2025 12:26:40 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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Me too!
It makes me want to stick chop sticks in my ears.
They must play this song in HELL!


8 posted on 05/03/2025 12:33:08 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history!)
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I’m not surprised. Mariah Carey was trained by her mother who was an opera singer and vocal coach, so she got a lot of that too. How many singers can hit whistle register?


9 posted on 05/03/2025 12:34:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: dfwgator

Minnie lived in Gainesville for a while.


10 posted on 05/03/2025 12:36:15 PM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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A lot of people did: Petty, Stephen Stills, Don Felder.


11 posted on 05/03/2025 12:37:28 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Beautiful song. 70’s malaise at its finest.


12 posted on 05/03/2025 12:48:12 PM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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She was great in Idiocracy.


13 posted on 05/03/2025 12:48:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: toddausauras

Right up there with “Havin’ My Baby”.


14 posted on 05/03/2025 12:49:21 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway
Oct. 3 1976 Helen Reddy Olivia Newton-John played Linda Ronstadt and Minnie at the Eagles RockNRoll Tennis Festival to raise money for a cancer charity. Minnie and Linda lost to Helen and Olivia but they posed for pix. Only Linda is still alive now. RIP to the others.


15 posted on 05/03/2025 12:58:30 PM PDT by xp38
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Yeah


16 posted on 05/03/2025 12:59:00 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: dfwgator

Agreed...the production on Anka’s mid 70’s stuff is sonically perfect, let alone the incredible vocals. People couldn’t sing that good now if you paid them.


17 posted on 05/03/2025 12:59:51 PM PDT by toddausauras (47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 47 )
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The song came off as cringe-worthy back then to a lot of us guys, I’ll admit

ONLY lately have I come to appreciate her vocals and when I hear it I feel nostalgic about how much better and simpler life was in the 1970s.

I made a similar comment to Burleigh Drummond of Ambrosia when he got up from their table (they sat down next to me).

I didn’t know his name at the time but he smiled when he saw me looking at him

I said, can we go back to the time when you guys were on the 📻 radio? Things were SO much better back then. He just smiled again.

I wound up meeting and speaking to Chris North after that (a couple of times).


18 posted on 05/03/2025 1:10:43 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway; Larry Lucido

Somebody step on a Cat!!??

lol... I appreciate the classics with the best of them, but couldn’t last long with this one!!


19 posted on 05/03/2025 1:16:11 PM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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https://youtu.be/7U8H9ZUOcZY

...sigh...


20 posted on 05/03/2025 1:20:28 PM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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