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Post by gboiler1 on May 10, 2019 10:03:54 GMT -5
New to the board but I just came across the Joe Smith interview of Linda for 1 hour and 45 minutes; fantastic listen for those who have not yet heard
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Post by eddiejinnj on May 10, 2019 11:07:29 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, gboiler!!!!!! I will of course do a search for the interview but if you know how to post link that would be extremely appreciated. Today my comma isn't working (it's BAAAACK). Not sure if I am going to get it back. eddiejinnj
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Post by RobGNYC on May 10, 2019 11:15:07 GMT -5
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Post by rick on May 10, 2019 15:29:41 GMT -5
I have Joe Smith’s book and Linda is featured in it.
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Post by eddiejinnj on May 10, 2019 16:37:24 GMT -5
Thanks for link. I had to download Apple iTunes which I thought I had. I started to listen to it but will try and wait to listen to whole thing with me partner (me purposely). FYI, for those concerned my comma is back. LOL. Hey, at least I entertain myself. eddiejinnj
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Post by gboiler1 on May 15, 2019 10:44:14 GMT -5
Hey, at about the 47:20 mark, she stops and sounds like "I have a problem with an addiction" and then something after which I can't make out. She states she stopped using during "Pirates" several years earlier. Anybody else pick up on that or having any thoughts or clarification?
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Post by RobGNYC on May 15, 2019 13:30:10 GMT -5
Hey, at about the 47:20 mark, she stops and sounds like "I have a problem with an addiction" and then something after which I can't make out. She states she stopped using during "Pirates" several years earlier. Anybody else pick up on that or having any thoughts or clarification? Are you sure about that time mark? I listened a few minutes before and after 47:20 and don't hear her saying that. |
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Post by vikingfan on May 15, 2019 15:04:13 GMT -5
I hear her say something about an addiction and then what she follows up with is muffled a bit and he's talking over her a bit. I have it at the 51:00-51:30 mark.
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Post by gboiler1 on May 15, 2019 17:37:40 GMT -5
I listened again, direct from Library of Congress site, right around 47 minutes on mine anyway; with volume way up "I have a problem with an addiction" pretty clear, after that; can't tell; she is talking about low points on tour and people in the band not listening "heard about 1/4 of what anybody said" just prior
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Post by the Scribe on May 15, 2019 17:56:08 GMT -5
An addiction can be an addiction to anything although most people may think of serious drugs. Somewhere along the line she was addicted to diet pills most likely from the pressure of looking thin while in the spotlight. I had an aunt who also struggled with taking diet pills and she couldn't sing, wasn't famous but had German ancestry much like Linda. Blame it on the Germans.
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Post by Biff McFly on May 15, 2019 17:58:02 GMT -5
I think when Linda mentions "I have a problem with an addiction" she is referring to the glass of water. Linda has a dry sense of humor.
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Post by gboiler1 on May 15, 2019 18:07:46 GMT -5
Actually sounds feasible "I like that" !!
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Post by the Scribe on May 15, 2019 18:12:40 GMT -5
I think when Linda mentions "I have a problem with an addiction" she is referring to the glass of water. Linda has a dry sense of humor. That's because she is from the Sonoran Desert. |
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Post by musedeva on May 16, 2019 1:04:46 GMT -5
come on folks....Geffen nailed it in the documentary right.....
editing that out....spur ah the moment commentary.....I had a friend back in the day...well ...a couple
of em,,,one in particular...that took "beans" for weight stuff and another that was skinny to start with
i tried 'em and it was sickening....so whatever...but it was very common
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Post by gboiler1 on May 16, 2019 7:12:43 GMT -5
well, this is what I'm hoping to get opinions on since she claims she stopped during Pirates (1981-1982) and then this interview being done in 1986.
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Post by ladymoonAZ on May 18, 2020 10:53:27 GMT -5
It was diet pills. She briefly mentions it in her documentary and, it was because of the pressure for her to look svelte in her prominent celebrity life. She did get beyond it about the time of Pirates of Penzeance, when she stopped worrying so much about what everyone thought of her career, and being pidgeonholed by certain set expectations.
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