tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post114959096623145396..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Soul DeepMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-13875962241805929772018-03-21T18:48:31.749-05:002018-03-21T18:48:31.749-05:00It may be "risky," Rocco, but I think it...It may be "risky," Rocco, but I think it's both understandable and appropriate, especially considering that from the very start of her solo career in 1963, Dusty <i>chose</i> the songs she recorded.<br /><br />Also, I appreciate what Australian music critic Bernard Zunes once said of Dusty: "She didn't write the songs, and if you had never heard her sing, you could argue Dusty was a '60s version of the non-writing, so-called divas of today, the Celine Dions, Mariah Careys, et al. But the difference is that she was an interpreter, not just someone who hit the right notes. Like Sinatra, she didn't write the songs but she sounded as if she had lived them."<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />Michael<br />Michael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-46057800065154371832017-05-26T22:32:07.697-05:002017-05-26T22:32:07.697-05:00I wonder if it is not a little risky trying to und...I wonder if it is not a little risky trying to understand her life and feelings through songs. <br />She was not the author, she did not write them, though she was able to sing them very well.Roccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05340867357973849798noreply@blogger.com