Introduction
They told her it was just a simple pop tune. They told her it was too light, too sweet, too forgettable. But when Linda Ronstadt took the stage and unleashed her fiery version of “It’s So Easy”, she didn’t just sing a song—she detonated a revolution.
This wasn’t the soft, predictable radio hit Buddy Holly once recorded. In Ronstadt’s hands, it became something darker, sharper, and almost scandalous. With that unmistakable desert-born voice—half angel, half outlaw—she turned “It’s So Easy” into a battle cry against complacency in rock music. Every note was a challenge. Every line was a dare. It was no longer “so easy” to resist her.
When she performed it live in the late 1970s, audiences didn’t know whether to dance, scream, or fall to their knees. The song blasted across arenas like a storm, her voice slicing through the noise of a male-dominated rock industry. And for a moment, Linda Ronstadt didn’t just belong to the music world—she owned it.
The critics were stunned. How could a woman who was once dismissed as just a “beautiful ballad singer” transform a simple rock ‘n’ roll number into a weapon of raw power? The answer was terrifyingly clear: Linda Ronstadt was no longer playing by anyone’s rules.
“It’s So Easy” wasn’t just a hit single. It was proof that Linda Ronstadt was the most dangerous woman in rock—a woman who could take a lightweight song and turn it into a thunderclap that shook the foundations of the industry.
Even now, decades later, the echo of that performance lingers. It wasn’t just rock. It wasn’t just rebellion. It was Ronstadt declaring war—and winning.
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Lyrics
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
People tell me love’s for fools
Here I go, breaking all the rules
It seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh, so doggone easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Yeah, it seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh
Where you’re concerned my heart can learn
Oh-oh-oh
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
Look into your heart and see
What your love book has set aside for me
It seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh, so doggone easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Yeah, it seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh
Where you’re concerned my heart can learn
Oh-oh-oh
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
It seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh, so doggone easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Yeah, it seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh
Where you’re concerned my heart can learn
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
This is a song by my friend Lowell George
It’s called “Willin'”
