Bonnie Raitt

I only know “Something to Talk About” and “I Can’t Make You Love Me” and I always thought her hair was cool.

She's no Bonnie Franklin!

Terrible song choices.

I like the bluesy stuff.

I prefer her father.

I really liked Something to Talk About, it was like an inside joke between a friend, about our mutual (then closeted) gay friend. For some reason the song reminds me of the Sue Grafton alphabetical murder mystery book series, I imagine the narrator, Kinsey Millhone, as a down to earth Bonnie Raitt type who would probably like her as an artist.

Is she a homosexualist, ladies?

I love this old Bonnie Raitt version of this John Prine song.

I can't find the reference, but I can swear that she joked once that back in the day, she sat on more faces than she could remember.

She had that huge album the the late 90s (?), won every major grammy that year. Then what?

Bland, boring, and no big boobs.

Iconic, you dumb whores.

Her version of Randy Newman’s “Guilty” is amazing…the best rendition ever.

BR is also a respected guitarist.

"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a really sad song.

She plays a wicked slide guitar and her voice is beautiful. "Louise" is a favorite of mine. Her first two or three albums, before she got commercialized, were outstanding.

She is not a homosexualist.

A friend from mine she cries at night and she calls me on the phone….

I think she's BI sexual, if not lesbian. (yes, I know she had a husband once)

Because we've all been there at least once....

She’s an icon!!

I saw her in SRO concert at Red Rocks in Denver and she put on a fantastic show. She caught a whiff of the ever present pot smoke and joked about 20 years of sobriety down the drain. lol. She does some pretty good covers....my favorite is Del Shannon's "Runaway".

She thought Cidny Bullens was sexy back when they were butch rocker Cindy Bullens. As did Elton John.

Bonnie's dad was Broadway icon John Raitt.

^ We know

Love her. But as much as I love Prince too, his cover of I Can't Make You Love Me was absolutely awful.

One of her more recent music videos featured same sex couple kissing, fwiw.

John Raitt

In his prime there were few to none better.

Silver haired Big Daddy!

She was ushered into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame much too easy!

R21 He was terrible in the movie version, creepy and weird. He could never translate to film.

I can't make you love me was an incredible song, I was very moved by it the first time I heard it.

There is nothing more heartbreaking than realizing someone you want, doesn't want you. Best one can do is dig up a bit of pride and try to exit gracefully.

George Michael did a good version of I can't make you love me, but it should have been covered by somebody like Whitney Houston or Gladys Knight, somebody who can really do justice to melody and lyric. It's an incredible song!

Bonnie Raitt is a terrific blues singer. I’ll take her any day over Adele.

A great mane of hair!!!

I especially like her early stuff.

GM's cover of ICMYLM

What are Bonnie's pronouns?

For such a popular song ICMYLM has only been covered a handful of times in recordings.

My guess is people who know they cannot do song justice stay away.

“Jack Daniels was the only man who was never unfaithful to me.”

Her ex-husband was Michael O'Keefe, the actor who played Fred (husband and then ex-husband to Jackie) on Roseanne.

I love her '70s albums, but it seems like people only ever talk about Nick of Time (1989) and Luck of the Draw (1991). it's astonishing how good she was from the start. She never pretended to be anything other than an upper-middle-class suburban white girl and yet she sounded so authentic, not unlike Emmylou Harris I guess. Her voice wasn't as powerful as Ronstadt's but she was smarter (certainly more politically astute) and more interesting. Her cover of the Marvelettes' "Danger, Heartbreak Ahead" is actually better than the original. Probably can't say that about any other white artists covering Motown.

A true original. One of the very best…

Bonnie is incredible. I have to admit that I arrived fairly late to the party, when she released "Green Light" in 1982. I loved that record and played it to death. The next album ("Nine Lives") left me a little cold, but then of course "Nick of Time" came along in 1989 and it all clicked. Great album, she was in great voice, video featuring the then very hot Dennis Quaid on VH1.... She finally got her due. The rest of that album and those that followed in the early to mid 90s are for the most part very good to great. She has such a deep catalogue, though. You can always go back earlier to her albums from the early to late 70s and discover some fantastic songs. She never disappoints. There is always something new to discover with her. I remember during her "Nick of Time" a friend of mine referred to her as "the witch with the white forelock." I just shook my head. Yes, of course, that was all she was. Moron.

God, has new music become truly awful. Remember when artists looked out together and actually could sing. I mean sing songs that actually meant something with emotion!

Put together*

[quote]Her ex-husband was Michael O'Keefe, the actor who played Fred (husband and then ex-husband to Jackie) on Roseanne.

WUSS

Great live performance by George Michael of I can't make you love me!

Thanks for posting R34! ❤

She allegedly had a fire crotch. Now, her crotch looks like a small fire covered by a melting snow cap.

[quote]We know

Many here would have no clue who John Raitt was, they weren't even born in the 1990s. These people don't even know most of the rock bands people are posting about, let alone, a late Broadway star.

That's why we hate them, R47.

YW R45

That clip demonstrates what great talent GW was, and what world lost from his death far too soon.

GM not only had a great instrument, but he knew how to use and take care of it as well.

For those that didn't bother suggest reading comments to that YT video. Several are from people who worked with GM including a few there when live performance of "ICMYLM" was recorded.

No one has a bad thing to say about GM in those comments. He was always described as a wonderful person.. generous to a fault.

He really did the song justice R49. Even when it came out as a single I thought George Michael's version had more depth than Bonnie Raitt's. And he was on top of his vocal game during that wonderful live version. Very beautiful and subtle musical arrangement too. Just superb!

Apparently he was very generous with his money too, big donations to charities over the years. Quite sad he died way too young, but I think he was a troubled guy who just couldn't find any piece of mind.

*peace