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Post by Partridge on Oct 16, 2023 20:17:23 GMT -5
Radio and Records, May 30, 1980  Billboard, May 31, 1980    CashBox, May 31, 1980  Record World, May 31, 1980  
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Post by MokyWI on Oct 17, 2023 5:33:14 GMT -5
If I remember correctly when Mad Love started to fall on the charts it fell fast. Quick to the top five, sold a million, then fell fast after 8-10 weeks on chart. I don’t even think “I Can’t Let Go” as the third single slowed it down. Still, hardly a failure.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 17, 2023 7:39:42 GMT -5
I never heard of that Ronin Band before with almost all of Linda's band/session members in it. I guess I'll have to check out the tube to see if anything is posted on there. Anybody heard anything from this band? eddiejinnj
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Post by erik on Oct 17, 2023 8:28:58 GMT -5
Quote by MokiWI:
Considering the amount of "competition" on the charts there was in 1980, Linda's success with Mad Love was still quite absolute in my opinion, even though "I Can't Let Go" only went as high as #31 in August. By then, she was firmly ensconced in The Pirates Of Penzance, which, in its off-Broadway, on-Broadway, and film iterations, would consume most of the following two years of her life.
It does have to be said, however, that "Hurt So Bad" was the final Top 10 hit she would ever have as a solo artist. The other two after this, "Somewhere Out There" (1987) and "Don't Know Much" (1989), were both duets, with, respectively, James Ingram and Aaron Neville.
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Post by RobGNYC on Oct 17, 2023 9:14:05 GMT -5
For comparison, Mad Love was in the Billboard album chart Top 20 for 15 weeks (12 weeks Top 10), Simple Dreams for 20 weeks (16 weeks Top 10).
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Post by PoP80 on Oct 17, 2023 9:36:45 GMT -5
I never heard of that Ronin Band before with almost all of Linda's band/session members in it. I guess I'll have to check out the tube to see if anything is posted on there. Anybody heard anything from this band? eddiejinnj Eddie, the Ronin Band you're referring to didn't last very long and I think they only had one album. There have been a couple of other bands with the same name since--one from Long Island and one from the UK. I wonder why that name is so popular? |
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Post by RobGNYC on Oct 17, 2023 10:08:14 GMT -5
Waddy's site has extensive Ronin coverage, including photos with Linda in Japan. www.waddywachtelinfo.com/Ronin.htmlI always wondered if the band name had some connection to Linda (the "Ron") but on looking up "Ronin," it means drifter, wanderer, or Samurai with no master. Pretty great name for a group of musicians who spent years recording/touring in support of other musicians. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 17, 2023 15:10:31 GMT -5
Thanks everybody for your help. I had thought I saw Linda at the Saratoga Springs Art Center in August of '83 but it was July 17th (I looked it up). Then "What's New" came out in September, tmk. eddiejinnj
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Post by MokyWI on Oct 17, 2023 21:07:02 GMT -5
Thanks everybody for your help. I had thought I saw Linda at the Saratoga Springs Art Center in August of '83 but it was July 17th (I looked it up). Then "What's New" came out in September, tmk. eddiejinnj Eddie I saw her five days later in Boston on the Common. July 22, 1983. We got to hear “Prisoner In Disguise”! |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 18, 2023 9:26:56 GMT -5
It was a great set-list!!! What "rarity" did she sing again? I know we talked about. I think it was "Bandit and a Heartbreaker" or "Falling Star".
eddiejinnj
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Post by MokyWI on Oct 18, 2023 11:51:25 GMT -5
It was a great set-list!!! What "rarity" did she sing again? I know we talked about. I think it was "Bandit and a Heartbreaker" or "Falling Star". eddiejinnj That’s the one, “Bandit and a Heartbreaker”. What’s New was just a couple months away. I don’t think I even knew about What’s New coming out when I saw her on July 22, 1983 in Boston. I don’t remember her mentioning it from the stage. I think I first learned about What’s New from an ad in a magazine before the album’s release for her Cinemax album feature she did to promote it. Finding out about a new release was exciting. No spoilers or tidbit updates like we have today. Hope Tony is going to continue these through Get Closer and What’s New rise/fall. Thanks again Tony. |
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Post by PoP80 on Oct 18, 2023 15:39:30 GMT -5
I never heard Linda sing "Bandit" live and I don't have the box set that includes it. Apparently, it was originally a Judee Sill song called "Jesus was Cross Maker".
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 19, 2023 8:39:59 GMT -5
We had discussed the song being about JD, no? eddiejinnj
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Post by PoP80 on Oct 19, 2023 10:11:45 GMT -5
We had discussed the song being about JD, no? eddiejinnj Yes, indeed, Eddie. It has been covered many times by other artists, but I think Linda was the only one who changed the title? |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 21, 2023 14:57:12 GMT -5
Thanks, Pop!!! "And when I turned he was gone" Love that song!!! All have a great weekend eddiejinnj
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Post by PoP80 on Oct 21, 2023 15:16:25 GMT -5
Eddie, It seems like JD made a lot of women “cross.”😉
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