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Post by eddiejinnj on Sept 20, 2016 12:59:44 GMT -5
Heard "that'll be the day" last night in denny's edddiejinnj
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Post by Guest on Oct 8, 2016 14:48:30 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Oct 22, 2016 13:39:36 GMT -5
This morning on KOLA 99.9 FM San Bernardino:
Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 80s
Week ending October 23, 1982
Two years, two months, and two weeks after her last appearance on the Top 40 (with "I Can't Let Go" in August 1980), Linda re-enters the Top 40 at #40 with "Get Closer".
Also on the chart: THE ONE YOU LOVE--Glenn Frey SOUTHERN CROSS--Crosby, Stills, and Nash SOMEBODY'S BABY--Jackson Browne HEARTLIGHT--Neil Diamond EYE IN THE SKY--Alan Parsons Project LOVE ME TOMORROW--Chicago NOBODY--Sylvia WHAT'S FOREVER FOR?--Michael Murphey GLORIA--Laura Branigan YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME--The Gap Band
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Post by erik on Jan 7, 2017 22:44:35 GMT -5
This morning on KOLA 99.9 FM San Bernardino:
Casey Kasem's American Top 40
The Top 100 Hits Of 1987, Part 2 (#50 to #1):
"Somewhere Out There", Linda's duet with James Ingram from the late 1986 animated film AN AMERICAN TAIL, clocks in at #39 for the year (it peaked at #2 for one week in March 1987).
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Post by erik on Jan 28, 2017 14:08:44 GMT -5
This morning on KOLA 99.9 FM San Bernardino
Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 80s
Week ending January 31, 1987.
"Somewhere Out There", which entered the Top 40 at #34 the previous week, moves up five points to #29 (it is also used as a long-distance dedication for the first of many times on American Top 40).
On KRTH 101.1 FM @ 6:30 AM: 'You're No Good"
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Post by erik on Jan 29, 2017 14:14:55 GMT -5
This morning on KSWD 100.3 (The Sound)'s Peace, Love, And Sunday Mornings:
"The Tracks Of My Tears"
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Post by geh on Feb 3, 2017 8:36:14 GMT -5
SC103.1 FM, from Port Royal, South Carolina, is currently running a commercial advertising the great variety of music that they play. In the ad, the announcer says "You can go to bed with Linda Ronstadt and wake up with Ozzy Osbourne"! I have heard Linda a number of times on this station!
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Post by erik on May 27, 2017 11:30:42 GMT -5
This morning on KOLA 99.9 FM San Bernardino:
Casey Kasem's American Top 40: The 80s
Week ending May 31, 1980
Linda's version of "Hurt So Bad" spends the second of three straight weeks at its peak position of #8. It would be the last Top 10 solo hit of her career, and the last Top Ten hit of any kind for her until her duet with James Ingram, "Somewhere Out There", reached the Top Ten at the end of February 1987.
Also on AT 40 this week: WITH YOU I'M BORN AGAIN--Billy Preston and Syreeta THE SEDUCTION (LOVE THEME FROM "AMERICAN GIGOLO")--James Last Band CARS--Gary Numan TWILIGHT ZONE--The Manhattan Transfer COMING UP (LIVE AT GLASGOW)--Paul McCartney LITTLE JEANNIE--Elton John STOMP!--The Brothers Johnson CUPID/I'VE LOVED YOU FOR A LONG TIME--The Spinners THEME FROM "NEW YORK, NEW YORK"--Frank Sinatra SHININIG STAR--The Manhattans
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Post by PoP80 on Jun 20, 2017 14:19:40 GMT -5
WFUV-FM has been saluting Chuck Berry this week. Today they played Linda's live version of "Back in the USA" from the Chuck Berry 60th birthday celebration in the 1980s, not once but twice!! Dennis Elsas (DJ) went on to rave about Linda's eclectic musical styles and said she was one of the best. He's a big Linda fan and plays her often on his afternoon show. Linda was really rockin' out that day with Chuck Berry--fun to hear her belting it out!!
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Post by erik on Jun 25, 2017 11:55:01 GMT -5
This morning on KSWD 100.3 FM (The Sound)'s Peace, Love, And Sunday Mornings: "Love Is A Rose"
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Post by 70smusicfan on Jun 29, 2017 20:44:58 GMT -5
My wife got a new car 9 months ago and extended the Sirius XM subscription 6 months ago with the "standard" package. I don't drive her car a lot, but do drive it some on "around-the-town" errands. I FINALLY heard my first Linda solo song (not as backup/duet) after 6 months yesterday on "The Bridge" channel that I just found - Poor, Poor Pitiful Me. I really notice a Linda negative bias on all 70s-era over-the-air radio stations as well as, at least it seems to me, Sirius XM.
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Post by F**k Sirius- on Jun 30, 2017 0:04:36 GMT -5
Sirius/XM has a huge bias against Linda Ronstadt in all formats. Isn't Dave Marsh one of their experts that curates their playlist?
Consider that Blue Bayou was Linda Ronstadt's biggest selling single of her career, and it is not even on the '70s station playlist.
And the '80s station has no Linda Ronstadt on their playlist at all. Linda was the #1 female singer of 1980 based on her hit singles and album of that year (source:Billboard Magazine). She had several smaller radio hits in the '80s. Her sales were mostly albums (What's New, Lush Life, For Sentimental Reasons, Trio, Canciones de mi Padres) that were all platinum or multi-platinum sellers but were not radio friendly so I would not expect cuts from those to be played. She had two platinum selling singles during the decade- Somewhere Out There and Don't Know Much that should be in rotation. It is unreal that someone who was #1 for the year in 1980, and actually sold better than Madonna some years, is not even represented on their playlist. The only time I have heard Ronstadt on the '80s station is when they were doing the countdown for a week in history and she was in the Top 10. I was shocked they didn't find a reason to cut her out.
And the stations that play album cuts totally ignore her. They play "deep tracks" from albums that scarcely dented the Top 200, but they don't play deep tracks from her many million-selling #1 and Top 10 rock albums, and God forbid they should play tracks from modest-selling Top 100 albums like Feels Like Home.
Outlaw County plays the shit of out Emmylou Harris but can't even bother to play Duo or Trio tracks. You're more likely to hear Elvis Costello with his god-awful murderings of country classics that you would an real trailblazer like Linda Ronstadt. The last two times I have heard Linda on Outlaw Country were when people died. When Joe South died, they played Linda's version of "I Knew You When" which is neither outlaw nor country. When Chuck Berry died, they managed to play "Back in the USA."
F**k Sirius-- cancel your subscription.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jun 30, 2017 9:24:29 GMT -5
It's nauseating how radio has treated her since the early 1990's. Well, come to think of it it was before then. Linda would have had 2 more number one hits (Somewhere Out There and Don't Know Much which were number one songs sales wise) had radio played the songs more. eddiejinnj
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Post by artpelzer on Jun 30, 2017 12:19:15 GMT -5
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jun 30, 2017 13:46:11 GMT -5
I think the SA thing had some effect but Linda was the chosen one to be ridiculed. Like some how is was different when many others in the same period did the same thing. Also, to Linda's defense, we have discussed it was a last minute proposition for her. By the time the Givens thing happened and Linda to my knowledge is on the cool and admired list for Stern now (last I knew and I don't follow him much), Linda was on the decline in radio play. She had a modest hit with "Dreams to Dream" in 1991 which should have been a bigger hit and given more of a shot on radio especially being the follow up to "Somewhere Out There", a HUGE song, and the second song is also from a Spielberg Soundtrack (not an official title of the soundtracks nor credits). Also, she had a few Adult Contemporary Top 40 hits in the 90's with "Close Your Eyes" with Aaron, DtoD (previously mentioned), "The Blue Train" and "Oh No Not My Baby". The worst travesty and Erik and I talk about it all the time Re: "Walk On" not being a huge country hit and if they played it more it would have been a big hit. eddiejinnj
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Post by moon on Jun 30, 2017 17:14:01 GMT -5
It is still so hard to believe how her music in the 90's was so ignored. It's some of her best. And why she is ignored in general on the radio etc. Is so unbelievable!
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 30, 2017 18:00:24 GMT -5
It is still so hard to believe how her music in the 90's was so ignored. It's some of her best. And why she is ignored in general on the radio etc. Is so unbelievable!
I predict Linda will be more popular than ever. After she is dead. She will be discovered by the millennial generation as her music is used in film, commercials and who knows what kinds of inventions yet to come that incorporate music.
As dedicated fans I know we all wish for more, especially during Linda's and our living years but Linda has been loved and has no doubt felt the love in her last few years ironically all starting with entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which coincided with her Parkinson's announcement and new book. She is now looked at by most as one of the "greats" and no amount of negativism by some can ever take her away from that position in music history. Linda's musical statistics tell a very real musical success story from trailblazer to a class of her own. Most would kill for that kind of record, and life.
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Post by Guest PA on Jun 30, 2017 20:12:41 GMT -5
Just heard Different Drum and Poor Poor Pitiful Me in a bar in Essex, CT. Music Choice plays her all the time on the 70s, Singers and Swing and occasionally the 80s her CDs sell far more than her female contemporaries. More importantly she is honored and debated. No one gives a f#$,k about Sirius-(though they play her on the bridge) there are currently seven tribute bands Dedicated to Linda that I know of that tour regionally. She is recognized by many as perhaps greatest set of pipes in the rock and roll era. The conversation on this board re: the hack Dave Marsh or Robin Quivers is pathetic in itself - who gives creedence to that stuff?. Are you fans and advocates or hung up on defensive negativity?. Would welcome some real conversation about music. I know you love her but yikes!
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Post by Partridge on Jun 30, 2017 20:49:33 GMT -5
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Post by Guest PA on Jun 30, 2017 23:05:05 GMT -5
Always thought of Marsh as a troll - especially with regards to Linda. He seemed to stalk her like some obsessed spurned lover. He has his head up in Springsteen's ... But many rock fans think he is fool. He is now an old fool.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 1, 2017 9:10:20 GMT -5
I, trying to be as objective as I can, was really trying to answer the previous posters' questions re: SA and The Tonight Show incident. Both were big news events. Welcome to the forum Guest PA. Why don't you join up, as we would love another Ronstadt fan and analyst. We do a lot of analysis re: Linda's music etc. eddiejinnj
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Post by Guest PA on Jul 1, 2017 13:40:33 GMT -5
Thanks for your kind invite Eddie. We all recognize how very special Ronstadt has been. Expressions or celebrations of her music can cause frustration if others don't get it. However, dwelling on a few harsh faulty critics from years past over and over is a bit of a downer and waste of the very devotion we share. My Linda glass is full not half empty. Some interesting conversation on two major anniversaries of significant albums would be nice. 30 years Canciones de ... and 40 years for Simple Dreams. I'll be back...
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Post by eddiejinnj on Jul 1, 2017 15:57:20 GMT -5
I hope so. Life is perception. Dwelling can have different meanings and extents. By far also, you see the plethora of topics we discuss. The forum's glass is full too. Give some thought to a pretty active forum conducted on a musical artist that has not had an album of quote all new material since 2006. We are lucky our focus happens to be a very talented, prolific artist and beautiful to add that we do have lots to discuss. Look forward to your comments on the significance of the anniversaries you mention above. I, for one thing, hope that the bonus tracks on the 40th anniversary edition of the album, "Simple Dreams are never before heard songs from the vault preferably from the same time period. We have also discussed the possible inclusions. Again, look forward to your commentaries!!! eddiejinnj
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Post by erik on Jul 1, 2017 18:48:52 GMT -5
Quote by moon:
While I know some will probably disagree with me, it was partially because she began the decade with two further Latin music projects, both of which won Grammys but which really didn't sell all that much. And also, she had begun to suffer from a lot of ailments, notably Hashimoto's thyroiditis, that kept her from doing a whole lot of promotion. But yes, once you get beyond those things, it is indeed a crime that what she did in the 1990s was ignored, particularly, in my opinion, Winter Light and We Ran.
Quote by ronstadtfanaz:
A fairly cynical observation, in my opinion, to think that Linda will be more popular after she shuffles off this mortal coil, but it could turn out to be true. However, I would point out that a fairly sizeable contingent of female artists in the alt-country/Americana genre of today (Tift Merritt; Lindi Ortega; Margo Price; Kelsey Waldon; Caitlin Rose), and many inside mainstream country as well, have pointed to her as a big influence on them wanting to sing at all in the first place, let alone follow her tracks into the music business. The attention is being paid by artists within the music industry itself. The real question is whether people outside of it, meaning the public at large, will follow suit (IMHO).
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Post by musedeva on Jul 1, 2017 22:47:43 GMT -5
that is disgusting....i haven't had a subscription with sirius for 20 years!...in fact I don't even have a car radio!
when I get time and my website going , I'll host a petition,,,or get one going on that political petition site...they refuse her, I think, because of the Jann (woops...YAWN) Power and the Political Power(s) that Be, in my opinion....
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Post by Tony on Jul 2, 2017 21:27:17 GMT -5
Road trip this weekend-- flipping through my favorite Sirius channels, heard "Long Long Time" on The Bridge. On the way back home, heard "Long Long Time" on the same station. They seemed to be playing the same songs again.
The Bridge has a tired playlist. I hear You're No Good on there a lot, and Tracks of My Tears so much I change stations when I hear it. They may be trying to diversify since I've recently started hearing some album tracks- I heard "Hasten Down the Wind" by Warren Zevon- "Look Out for My Love" by Neil Young. Haven't heard any album cuts by Miss Ronstadt.
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Post by the Scribe on Jul 23, 2017 5:34:06 GMT -5
Silver Threads and Golden Needles Coast to Coast AM 7-22-17 11:30 pm Mountain Time 3 million listenership with International Audience George Knapp Host
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Post by Partridge on Jul 26, 2017 17:02:07 GMT -5
While out today listening to Sirius, I heard Desperado by the Eagles on the '70s station, which I have no problem with because it's a great song. However, how can they justify having that on their '70s playlist when it never cracked the Hot 100, and the album did not even make the Top 40 album chart, yet they do not have Blue Bayou on the playlist at all which was a million-selling single from a multi-million-selling album that was #1 for several weeks?
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Post by erik on Jul 26, 2017 19:25:11 GMT -5
Quote by Partridge:
I can think of a ton of reasons/excuses for this, some of which when I've mentioned them have gotten me into hot water. But the cynical observation that Linda will probably get a lot of love from satellite radio once she's no longer alive seems to be panning out...sadly (IMHO).
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Post by 70smusicfan on Jul 27, 2017 7:17:19 GMT -5
Forgot to mention that 1-1/2 days ago I was listening to Sirius "60s on 6" (this is the 50th anniversary of the "Summer of Love") and heard Different Drum. Wonder who was Linda's lover during the Summer of Love.
I too have heard Desperado a couple of times on Sirius and always think that Linda's version is better (something I believe that some of the Eagles have alluded to in the past).
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