Linda Ronstadt - Poor Poor Pitiful Me - May 6, 1996 at the White House

Linda Ronstadt with a rousing performance of "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" at "In Performance At The White House" for Bill & Hilary Clinton on May 6, 1996
Hope someone can post a better quality video of this!

[@kb6kgx]

Andrew Gold on guitar! From Wikipedia: He played a major role as multi-instrumentalist and arranger for Linda Ronstadt's breakthrough album, 1974's Heart Like a Wheel, and her next four albums. He was in her band from 1973 until 1977, and then sporadically throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

[@Nosehairification]

Love this song, and no one can do it like Linda. Great voice!

[@robertwagner2882]

she was born to sing. thank you lord for giving her to us.

[@keylearning5746]

Only one Linda. Been in love with her my whole life. Voice of Angel powered by a heart of gold!

[@bluerick]

The look on Bill's face says it all...Watching Linda perform was a joy to behold....

[@dianaacademia9493]

Praying for your recovery... my greatest singer.... with a very simple woman but innermost beauty...

[@stevesahagian3658]

I don't know why I chose to listen to this, but her voice from the 70'snd here in '96....NO DIFFERENCE!! Amazing

[@Susie196921]

She has some set of pipes - all around best voice ever!

[@TheKikogomez]

she was look america in the 70.loved loved great linda,she had everything ,she is american icon

[@localtowee]

I see and hear a wonderful performer . Still singing deep inside the hearts and minds of people who appreciate her. We still appreciate you Linda.

[@magicmike6961]

that beautiful voice comes out of her so effortlessly

[@doofus0123]

how many singers can sing the same song after 18 years and still bang out all the notes? awesome!

[@huarenxivonne9662]

Warren Zevon

[@claytonberg721]

Probably with the early stages of parkinsons as well. She's matching what miley cyrus can do today with control and tone, and exceeding her by an octave at least. If Linda didn't have parkinsons she'd still be giving miley cyrus and gaga a run for their money.

[@Nazzz65]

That's TALENT!!!

[@MaxStax1]

My favorite female singer of all time,such a distinctive voice,and does magic with every song she covers.

[@kellyanndean9374]

Yuck she's a demoncrap! Clinton's sad,,I thought she was so smart! And a conservative!!! What a sad soul

[@rsvihla]

@@kellyanndean9374 WTF difference does it make whether a performer is a Democrat like God intended or a Godforsaken Republican just a breath away from eternal damnation?

[@BloozeDaddy76]

Greatest female vocalist ever

[@captainbuck5969]

Pat Benatar is better!

[@kenrutherford1109]

Unfortunately, Linda had to end her singing career when she lost her voice due to progressive supranuclear palsy

[@barrysokolowski3778]

That has to be a joke.​@@captainbuck5969

[@mikeveis9188]

No, Janis Joplin was.

[@alfredneuman6911]

Linda at her most accomplished. She filled stadiums and was the Queen of Rock and Roll in the 1970s. Then, she studied operetta and sang and acted on Broadway. And then American standards. And then Mexican. And then Country. As she got older, she learned, trained, practice, thought. She gained some weight. A more substantial woman with even greater power. By the time she gets to the White House, she had a half dozen careers as the leading singer in every genre in which she sang. A phenomenon. A genius.

[@captainbuck5969]

She didn’t sing any rock songs that I know of.

[@caroleathenacosta-songwrit9193]

@@captainbuck5969 "Tumbling Dice" isn't a rock song?

[@Impulse21s]

@@captainbuck5969 Then you don't know many rock songs.

[@evanhughes1510]

⁠​⁠@@captainbuck5969she’s sang many rock songs: Tumblin dice, it’s so easy, that’ll be the day, when will I be loved… just to name a few off hand

[@StormLaker]

Man that voice......just beautiful!

[@Country822]

Absolutely STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No other word for it.

[@michelburt9900]

we all had our heros,male or female,mine was Pheobe Snow and Linda Ronstdt and it was great music to mix with motor cycles on long trips in Cally and Washington state,thank you ladies for making my memories. Magic Magna!!!

[@gtswann]

She is my favorite female vocalist of all time. Not only is her voice crystal clear, but the way she emotes her feelings just crushes me! My ,my , my no other woman on the planet can bring me to tears just by singing a song. I love you now and forever will Linda.

[@gogodelux7222]

That voice is remarkable. This tune is a Zevon great that Linda just aced.

[@rsvihla]

Of COURSE we have to mention that Warren Zevon wrote this song. But Linda took it and made it her own.

[@mwduck]

@@rsvihla Now Linda is just enjoying every sandwich.

[@rsvihla]

@@mwduck what does your comment have to do with my comment?

[@mwduck]

Do you not know the Warren Zevon quote?

[@mwduck]

@@rsvihla 6:36 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZq3mmuBjLiNopY

[@jongreek]

Great version. Tasty licks by Andrew Gold, RIP.

[@harlanchess8056]

This gal just sang better than everyone else. Her earlier version of this Zevon tune, is even better - especially live.

[@seddimoussavi3721]

One of my favorites of all time.

[@kenbrownfield6584]

Linda is just awesome !

[@breffnipark]

What a VOICE !!!!

[@nuccten]

She still belted this one out. Always a fan.

[@maryellencallan5369]

Saw her she is the BEST

[@lukespack]

Linda really aced this song. We miss this woman.

[@elizabeththamson120]

Your voice is that of an Angel Linda-bless you

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

WHAT A VOICE!

[@breffnipark]

Still very beautiful in 1996 !! :)

[@cowboy80fan]

Linda Ronstadt is still the BEST singer I've ever known. She was one SEXY GIRL back in the '70s. Still so beautiful here in 1996.......AMAZING! Also, a few of her old band members joined her here.......Andrew Gold and Dan Dugmore on guitar, Russ Kunkel on drums...........COOL!

[@Struwelpeter62]

RIP Andrew Gold.

[@TheOhiobuzzard]

Perhaps? She's the best...period! I've listened to her from the beginning of her career through today...IMHO no one comes close in her genre.

[@AdKraemer]

One of my favorite things about Bill Clinton is that, as cool as he is, his infallible inability to clap in time is just stunning.

[@FYMASMD]

Video and audio are not synced very well. The video is ahead about a half a beat. He is on time. Watch and listen closer.

[@FroehligGirlz]

@THESATURNSSC1 Agreed. You have to be to get to the White House. Their general policy approach, though, was tougher on the widening income gap than any other in the last 50 years, with one notably racist regret. When you vote, vote based on what a politician says they're going to do coupled with how well they've followed through on past promises. That whittles down to their record in politics. Read up, and count your own promises kept.

[@Mike-hz4jp]

I was surprised that he wasn't up on stage playing his sax.

[@pabloperez4063]

@@Mike-hz4jp surely he tried on Another song

[@charliehutch3533]

Linda must have been late forty's early fifty's n still had it going on....yay Linda we love you...she still rocks my boat. If you're out there girl I know its not easy....who'da thunk with age comes losing our bodies...??? It wasn't in the 'book' i read. Keep remembering what you sang so many times 'its so easy to fall in love' but it was 'real easy' with you on the stage...love you girl

[@user-qy9tf2im7f]

Thank you Warren for this classic!

[@matteowatteo1296]

I love you Linda. Forgot how awesome you are.

[@ulfericsson8404]

Nothing can compares to Linda Ronstadt❤️🎶💯

[@leathmyatt75]

Terri Clark covered this song and had a country hit with this song in 1996.

[@fredduckworth5683]

Best female rock vocalist period. Dynamite mouth.

[@warrenfourie511]

Honestly, you can delete the word ‘female’ from that sentence…

[@bobbyb7979]

That voice...wow!

[@FLBoy46]

19 years after she first released this blockbuster, she still HAD IT. Say what you will about the Clintons, they had musical taste!

[@mmagliaro]

Sigh... it always depresses me to see how few people bother to find out where songs came from. Hooray for those of you who knew Warren Zevon wrote and recorded this himself when Terri Clark was just an 8-year-old child. And Linda's version is fantastic, as always. If you watch some KZbin versions of her singing this... I agree. She is better as an older woman, and that's quite a feat considering how magnificent she was in the 1970s. Best female rock or country singer there ever was

[@paulaharrell8723]

What a joy to enjoy her talents!

[@THENAWP1]

I love the way Bill looked at her!Speaks volumes!

[@barrybeasley5504]

Linda did gain some weight , but who doesn't , JUST LOOK AT THAT FACE AND THOSE BIG BROWN EYES !! shes beautiful !

[@markdemoreuille4451]

You're absolutely right bud!

[@paulrobichaud7410]

barry beasley For my Post John Cougar Mellencamp Thank You for your +

[@paulrobichaud7410]

Linda Ronstadt Great Voice!

[@paulrobichaud7410]

+Stephanie Brown Thank You !

[@annecohen8927]

She had thyroid issues, but she was still elegant before the illness diagnosed as Supranuclear palsy, robbed her of her voice.

[@samuelcohen2215]

How much chutpah does Linda have to sing this to the Clintons, sitting together, in the middle of the Monica Lewinsky scandal? That took real guts and a great sense of humor. Warren Zevon must have been cracking up!

[@clinicalpsychologistwannab7706]

Linda's voice still perfect. Bill's timing, not so much :D

[@philmontejano5971]

Monica appropriately called him, the creep

[@baritonebynight]

Bill Clinton had an affair get over it. Trump tried to get a foreign power to interfere with our democracy by withholding aid they desperately needed. Which is worse? The first one is dishonorable, the second is why congress has the power of impeachment.

[@kermets]

@@baritonebynight you are safe from Trump Now

[@isaacmcpeek9636]

@@baritonebynight nope that was Joe he is on record on TV saying drop the investigation or loose the money. Very few in politics for decades long can resist the corruption left or right because the entire system is rotten to the core. It needs no defence or sides taken. Those in it for life on either side should be looked apon with nothing but suspicion. My father worked in the white house then the Clintons are as dirty as many claim. And she is far worse than him. She is the deviant mind he is the charisma. And he is very good at it. Its hard NOT to like his personality but he is a womenizer. some are addicted to money others drugs. For Bill its women & they come very easy because he is quite charming. For the people who know or have been around them it isn't a mystery.

[@rsvihla]

@@baritonebynight Trump SUCKS!!!

[@johnforeman634]

God damn what a voice. I think she’s probably my all time favourite.

[@davidcunningham2984]

needs more cowbell. ;) Linda is the best there ever was.

[@gtswann]

Oh my gosh! Lol! SNL Christopher Walken skit!

[@dawnhottinger4258]

Amazing!!

[@oldcollegecoed]

God...three of my favorite people in one video...thanks for making my day!

[@robertwagner2882]

damn i love her.

[@lancehurley9743]

Also,appears to be the great Andrew Gold on guitar..

[@johnforeman634]

I gotta say I really like to see her with Waddy to her right. Watch some of the older ones from the seventies, they’re incredible.

[@thesteamingbean.]

First time watching this video. She was the best in my books.

[@JFPickus]

I remember watching this on TV and loving it.

[@tegenvaller13]

Warren Zevon rules.

[@frankmartinez2655]

This is the only thing that I can thank 'what's his face Bill for...' Linda at the White House gig..."Ay Linda estes mi corazon "!

[@Nazzz65]

Linda's got the PIPES!!! God GIVEN!!!

[@santosgarlato565]

Always a class act

[@giddalti]

Awesome voice!

[@Oscarallknowing]

Look at Bill C. He looks like a little kid ! So would I if she sang for me !!!! LOVE YOU FOREVER LINDA !!

[@leefrancis190]

You are just too good,blessed to be one of your passionate fans,take care and good health,love love you very much much

[@tootired76]

Broke my heart to learn of her disease which made it impossible for to sing no more!!

[@rotorhd2]

shut up an listen.....she is awesome

[@twinstu50]

Tres magnifique!

[@redlikewineagain697]

Wow!!! She sounds fabulous!

[@pawsndclawz]

OMG I grew up with LR.. and I miss her now so so much...

[@prescientselector3784]

Linda baby !

[@marybaker1715]

She’s the best

[@markspringer2658]

she's the BEST

[@joeamata8302]

Just amazing! I heard she's unable to sing these days....she will be missed

[@LocoCanada]

Slick Willie really outta time with da clappin'

[@matthewcibellis5977]

Thank you, Linda...It's so great that you sang this to Bill Clinton..."he was a credit to his gender." Outrageous...

[@kimpark283]

Incredible contrast to wot she looked like up to 1980.

[@gtswann]

"Wot" the hell is wrong with you? I am sure your body hasn't aged has it? Gee whiz.

[@evanhughes1510]

She looked good in the 80s too

[@alanFconrad]

I love her voice.....best of all time

[@alanFconrad]

hahaha,,,,,Clinton cant clap in time

[@tonywrenn7114]

what more could be said

[@kindanice101]

Simply said...she has one of the best voices in music. EVER. I still can NOT believe she has never been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Unbelievable. Check out on Facebook "LInda Ronstadt Should Be In The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame."

[@harrychristopher8424]

God she’s good

[@BonnChnd]

That woman Rocked!

[@davidmacias4737]

Hermosa preciosa la reyna de todas las reynas ...yepper queen of queens 4 ever n ever.

[@diahawk6164]

gifted. poor !!!poor! !!!

[@kzinn100]

So am I,Remember when she was Linda Goodcookies ?Late 70s ?Shes still a Cutie always will be

[@brianbytheocean]

I wish the world was always in HD :-(

[@simonmoves]

just gotta love linda in her power service voice--

[@unamckillen7125]

The guys have spread too - bless their hearts. It happens.

[@unamckillen7125]

Yes, it is and she is playing it for laughs a bit here - "all those boys won't let me be" - she pantomines that. She is beautiful but older beautiful and, yes, I agree, to me she is the best singer in rock/pop ever - she just gets a song and belts it out or does it justice in a quieter way - always what the song requires. I like the fact too that the guys are still there. Bob Glaub too, I believe.

[@QueerAndUnplugged]

Man, I MISS Warren Zevon. Linda too since she's unable to sing now.

[@frankmartinez2655]

Dig the Prez getting down..yeah he knows the beat...Linda is Spanish for Beautiful si si muy bonita la Linda ...Aye Aye!!!

[@jerzycieslak8108]

shi is fantastic!!!

[@robertcarrico8953]

What a voice 🤔👍👍👍👍💙🖤💥👀

[@thefunkyangel]

I love this clip. Bill obviously was enjoying it.

[@kermets]

Best Song Ever.............

[@leathmyatt75]

this was before Terri Clark covered this song and had a huge country hit with it.

[@Okiemom50]

@fodsaks yep.He was a very unique individual. RIP, Warren.

[@birdie068]

Classic.

[@bill8985]

Zevon.... check. Ronstadt.... check. Let's go.

[@annecohen8927]

You could see the Clintons were having a great time!😁❤️ These days were the best days, so far!

[@Harold710]

It looks like the video and audio are not synced.