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Post by the Scribe on Jul 5, 2013 10:53:21 GMT -5
I met Linda a few years ago when she sang with the Gay Mens Chorus in LA ... it was my only time to see her live - she was great but only 3 songs .... I was so nervous (to be completely honest) I had diarrhea before the show! sorry to be so blunt.
Did you get to shake hands with her?
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 5, 2013 10:57:59 GMT -5
I like bill maher cause he just has one of those makes ya laugh faces and he not bad on the eyes but his own opinions are known and/or expressed generally. have to check out this particular program of his and see if he approaches objective imo lol. I do hope linda goes on there. when she was on the fish bubble show whatever it was called, linda and bill seemed to get along well. eddiejinnj
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2013 11:03:19 GMT -5
Bill M. seems to be a Linda fan, and supported her during the Aladdin mess...I believe she has been on before; if not I think she would be a good fit..
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Post by erik on Jul 5, 2013 17:35:19 GMT -5
I think she and Ann Savoy were on his show (on Amazon) to promote Adieu False Heart seven years ago.
And yes, I do think she'd be a really good guest for Mr. Maher.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 5, 2013 19:18:01 GMT -5
yeah, I had said she was on his fishbowl amazon show and it was ann and linda (though ann seemed happy to let linda talk more). eddiejiinnj
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 5, 2013 19:29:57 GMT -5
I think she and Ann Savoy were on his show (on Amazon) to promote Adieu False Heart seven years ago. And yes, I do think she'd be a really good guest for Mr. Maher. Good God! Seven years ago already?
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Post by fabtastique on Jul 6, 2013 3:49:44 GMT -5
I met Linda a few years ago when she sang with the Gay Mens Chorus in LA ... it was my only time to see her live - she was great but only 3 songs .... I was so nervous (to be completely honest) I had diarrhea before the show! sorry to be so blunt.Did you get to shake hands with her? Yes I did get to shake her hand, I really wish I had gotten a photo taken with her, but yes, I was too nervous!
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 6, 2013 6:12:14 GMT -5
I know; tell me bout it six years. let's hope for at least a guest duet this or next year. eddiejinnj
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Post by 70smusicfan on Jul 6, 2013 8:55:57 GMT -5
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Post by linda2006nicci on Jul 6, 2013 10:52:07 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2013 14:38:50 GMT -5
The listing has marked as ended... I am not sure if it has been sold or if the publisher has had it removed.
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Post by Dianna on Jul 6, 2013 14:52:32 GMT -5
I just checked again and it says sold. Maybe a lucky forum member got it.
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Post by cymru56 on Jul 7, 2013 18:25:09 GMT -5
I ordered both the hardback and audio editions from Amazon UK several weeks ago - have now had e-mail stating availability postponed until mid October- Anyone else heard the same ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2013 21:07:26 GMT -5
I ordered both the hardback and audio editions from Amazon UK several weeks ago - have now had e-mail stating availability postponed until mid October- Anyone else heard the same ? Nope, I ordered the ebook via Amazon and have not heard otherwise..
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 8, 2013 12:06:59 GMT -5
It didn't hit me that the phrase "A Musical Memoir" was attached to the title before now so that pretty much defines what it is all about. (not that I thought there would be any personal revelations) In the early days Linda almost was "uniquely" open about her personal life but somewhere along the line that trap door shut and I would be curious to know why or what changed to do that?
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Post by Maybe on Jul 8, 2013 12:28:37 GMT -5
Maybe European release delayed to allow time for Linda to promote book in USofA, then travel to England and Spain for promo appearances.
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Post by Dianna on Jul 11, 2013 12:33:37 GMT -5
More Snippets from the book via Linda's FB page
When Linda Ronstadt left school to pursue music, her father gave her $30, an 1898 Martin acoustic guitar, and the words “Ahora que tienes guitarra, nunca tendras bambre” (“Now that you own a guitar, you will never have to starve.”). A decade later, she was a chart-topping, Grammy-winning powerhouse. Learn more about Linda’s musical journey from the artist herself in her upcoming memoir SIMPLE DREAMS, available 9/17
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Post by Dianna on Jul 11, 2013 12:35:07 GMT -5
On a side note.. it seems like Linda's father spoke a lot of spanish to her... I'm surprised she isn't fluent.
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Post by sliderocker on Jul 11, 2013 16:51:19 GMT -5
More Snippets from the book via Linda's FB page When Linda Ronstadt left school to pursue music, her father gave her $30, an 1898 Martin acoustic guitar, and the words “Ahora que tienes guitarra, nunca tendras bambre” (“Now that you own a guitar, you will never have to starve.”). A decade later, she was a chart-topping, Grammy-winning powerhouse. Learn more about Linda’s musical journey from the artist herself in her upcoming memoir SIMPLE DREAMS, available 9/17 Wonder if she still has that 1898 Martin guitar? That would probably be worth a nice little sum of money, if she still has it.
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Post by erik on Jul 11, 2013 17:41:08 GMT -5
Quote by ronstadtfanaz re. Linda's openness:
I think it was because the press (especially the tabloid/paparazzi wing) began focusing largely on that, and almost none on the work she was doing, I can certainly understand her frustration at having her private life exposed that way, which I think was partly what caused her to lose her love for L.A. by the end of the 1980s. The tabloids and the paparazzi are infinitely worse now than they ever were in the 1970s (IMHO).
Quote by Dianna re. Linda’s fluency in Spanish:
She mentioned once somewhere that, even back when she was a kid, they were trying to drum multiculturalism and bilingual education from the classroom, which I think is partly why her Spanish isn't exactly top-notch.
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Post by Dianna on Jul 11, 2013 18:11:50 GMT -5
regarding Linda's Spanish....Now that I think about it.. Most of us who grew up with a bilingual parent(s, in this case. the language being spanish, spoke only english in school. The problem is mostly when the parents are bilingual or in Linda's case 1 parent (my case too).. which means the other language.. english is predominantly spoken most of the time.. She probably picked up a lot stuff (like I did) when her dad was talking to his side of the family.. you want to know what's going on. lol..When 1 parent is bilingual and the other only speaks only spanish then you are fluent.. It's very difficult the other ways.. lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2013 19:55:19 GMT -5
If I were smart when I was young, I could have learned fluent Russian, German and/or Yiddish in my multi lingual household... DOH!
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 11, 2013 19:55:46 GMT -5
I don't know for sure but I doubt Linda's mom was fluent in Spanish so that is probably why she isn't either.
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Post by sliderocker on Jul 11, 2013 20:23:46 GMT -5
I don't know for sure but I doubt Linda's mom was fluent in Spanish so that is probably why she isn't either. I wonder if speaking Spanish could've been discouraged? I recall that way back when, learning a second language was discouraged rather than encouraged. Of course, in those days, a secondary language wasn't considered a necessity in the US. It's very much needed now since some people coming to live in the US don't want to learn English in order to live here. And in order for two people to be able to communicate effectively, there has to be a language common to both. Where there is no common language, one has the potential for misunderstanding and worse. With so many Spanish speaking people here, I think all schools should teach the Spanish language in addition to the English language at the very least. But, some schools don't even offer a foreign language course of any kind, and that's a mistake, imo.
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Post by Dianna on Jul 11, 2013 20:55:09 GMT -5
I don't know for sure but I doubt Linda's mom was fluent in Spanish so that is probably why she isn't either. I wonder if speaking Spanish could've been discouraged? I recall that way back when, learning a second language was discouraged rather than encouraged. Of course, in those days, a secondary language wasn't considered a necessity in the US. It's very much needed now since some people coming to live in the US don't want to learn English in order to live here. And in order for two people to be able to communicate effectively, there has to be a language common to both. Where there is no common language, one has the potential for misunderstanding and worse. With so many Spanish speaking people here, I think all schools should teach the Spanish language in addition to the English language at the very least. But, some schools don't even offer a foreign language course of any kind, and that's a mistake, imo. It was discouraged.. My mom is around Linda's age.. a little older.. and both her parents spoke only spanish, they didn't know english. Mom was born here but didn't learn english until she went to school.. It's funny but my mom's name birth name is Amelia.. and the teachers changed it to Emily. which has stuck ever since!!! and then to Emmy by some people. lol
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Post by philly on Jul 12, 2013 1:28:31 GMT -5
I recall that the late singer Selena didn't know any spanish until after her career started. Her father was Mexican heritage and her mom native american. Selena Gomez reportedly wants to learn Spanish too. I've read that only about 17% of 3rd generation hispanics speak it fluently. I took Spanish for a few years in school, but you forget alot from disuse.
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Post by Dianna on Jul 12, 2013 10:40:30 GMT -5
I recall that the late singer Selena didn't know any spanish until after her career started. Her father was Mexican heritage and her mom native american. Selena Gomez reportedly wants to learn Spanish too. I've read that only about 17% of 3rd generation hispanics speak it fluently. I took Spanish for a few years in school, but you forget alot from disuse. She understood it and spoke some .. albeit very broken. or spanglish, which is how many of learned. esp in a bilingual household.. George Lopez gives the best example of spanglish and how it was growing up in a mexican bilingual household. lol GL
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Post by Richard W on Jul 12, 2013 14:58:00 GMT -5
My grandfather, Pasquale, was 100% Italian -- yet the only Italian I learned was "basta macula!" -- roughly translated as "shut your mouth!"
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Post by erik on Jul 12, 2013 16:56:19 GMT -5
I realize that the following will probably make me sound like a "Rightie", but I am of the belief that those who come to America from a foreign country and are naturalized as citizens should be able to learn English and to speak it, at least in public. I am rather unbending in this, and I make no apologies for it. Back to Linda--In another thread, I mentioned that one of the opportunities I felt was lost with Linda's retirement was in doing an album that combined elements of her country, rock, and Mexican-American styles, mixing the common instrumentation of all three that would be redolent of both her Southwestern upbringing and her California music legacy. Since the Mexican influence is very much there in several of her country-rock songs ("Lo Siento Mi Vida", "Adonde Voy", "Blue Bayou" [both English and Spanish], "Carmelita", and "The Dreams Of The San Joaquin"), I feel it would have been interesting to see her mix those styles more directly for an entire twelve-song album, with some songs in Spanish, others in English. I felt such a project would have worked well. If there is any real disappointment that I felt about Linda's departure from the scene, it would have been in not doing this. ronstadt.proboards.com/thread/397/opportunities-projects
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 12, 2013 20:43:29 GMT -5
am not sure why you think that a "rightie" belief. I believe that most people have a variety of beliefs that would be in various quote political labels. I know of no rightie or leftie belief guide book/list again not one I know of that is well known. there may be people that agree with you on that issue but are quote mostly leftie (using your spelling and terminology). it is your opinion erik and you are entitled 2 it. as long as you don't discriminate or deny people basic human rights that only speak Spanish or another language in this country would I say that one could make judgment on as it impacts others. prejudice is thoughts/beliefs/opinions. discrimination is behavior based on such prejudice and that can be judged and legislation as is seen in civil rights legislation. glad you got back to linda and I will also.
to my knowledge, it seems linda has tried more in recent years to use and speak language so she may speak more fluently now. I think she has said she understands it well; just doesn't speak it as much in the past. eddiejinnj
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