Linda Ronstadt performing “Heart Like a Wheel” on The Midnight Special in 1975.
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Heart Like a Wheel
Songwriter: Anna McGarrigle
Some say the heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it you can't mend it
But my love for you is like a sinking ship
And my heart is on that ship out in mid-ocean
When harm is done no love can be won
I know it happens frequently
What I can't understand oh please God hold my hand
Why it had to happen to me
And it's only love and it's only love
That can wreck a human being and turn him inside out
Some say the heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it you can't mend it
But my love for you is like a sinking ship
And my heart is on that ship out in mid-ocean
Patty Andrews (1918-2013) The Andrews Sisters - mezzo-soprano vocals
Songs: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin"
Propaganda: see visual
Kate McGarrigle (1946-2010) Kate and Anna McGarrigle - vocals and instrumentals
Songs: "Southern Boys," "Tell My Sister"
Propaganda: see visual
Proof that Kate & Anna McGarrigle fans are different:
A guy cintacts me on an online forum. He wants help figuring out how to share some files of McGarrigle live recordings he has lying around. After some back and forth we agree he upload to We transfer and send me a link. So he does, saying "here's the first bunch". I click, expecting anywhere between 10 and 50 tracks from one of two occasions.
But NO
THIS GUY SENT ME 307 INDIVIDUAL TRACKs FROM AT LEAST A DOZEN DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES.
Starmania – The Show (1979): a Canadian-French cyberpunk rock opera (in French) written in 1976 with music by Michel Berger and book and lyrics by Luc Plamondon. At a recovery conference in Montreal in the 90’s I heard “Le monde est stone” at their cabaret & loved the song. While there I found a 2nd hand copy of the double lp & bought it. It was the studio lp & the songs was excellent. The…