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In The Stardust By Suzy Ronstadt for Jimmy Webb ORIGINAL Debbie Vicari
You know all the famous songs by Jimmy Webb? Where's the playground Suzy, Girl you're gettng married, By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising? The sappy ones and of course the ever popular Macarthur park? Well Suzy was MUCH of his inspiration. He wrote song after song with her in mind and if you met her you would understand why. She played a lot of them for me and then I knew who Jimmy Webb, the amazing songwriter was. Anyway, when I met Suzy she got her songs that she wrote 20 years back out of a file and asked me what I thought them. This song and a couple of others I thought were incredibly amazing and there are so many I have not heard. She told me she was too intimidated by Jimmy's talent to show them to him or others when they were together. (I happened to run into Lenny Waronker, one of the producers that produced a song of his, "Where's the Playground Suzy" and he said it's easy to see why she was intimidated with Jimmy's talent. Oh and he and Richard Perry, a wonderful person, friend and producer, really liked Suzy's song too by the way!). Either way,. the love Jimmy and Suzy wrote about was one that most of us have sung about without knowing who and what it was about and made man of us wish we loved like that, thanks to Jimmy's many famous songs. But Jimmy wasn't the only one writing and feeling that intensity. Suzy just kept it to herself. But I say no more.. this is my favorite song of hers and I can feel the longing when singing it. She is happily married to a wonderful man, Bobby Ronstadt, who btw does the background vocals on this and another of my songs (the other with suzy - great harmoney team!) In fact I believe they are all friends. But nobody forgets a love that makes you feel like this.. When you listen keep the story in mind. Love to hear what you think. I'll have a well produced version in the near future but for now.. I just thought it shoud be shared. Time for Jimmy to hear a song about him for a change :) In a good way of course. Feelings once felt like this should not be kept back. I sure hope I find someone I long for this intensely. Maybe I will get lucky. Thanks for reading and listening.