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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 22, 2018 6:24:29 GMT -5
The Blue Bayou single imo must be an import. They spelled "Maybe" "Mayby" for "Maybe I'm Right" the B side. eddiejinfl
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Post by LindaFan5 on Mar 23, 2018 14:16:51 GMT -5
Photo is Not Linda instead Martha Whatshername from the Motels
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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 23, 2018 16:44:59 GMT -5
Martha Davis. eddiejinfl
Have been trying to find earlier pics of Ms. Davis to see if I can ascertain for certain or as close to it as possible who the pic is. There is a part of me that says that not Linda but to look casually I would say it is. I was reading an article on Ms Davis about why she left the music biz in the 80's when it seemed she quit because of the way her music changed and it not being her original intent. She called "Only the Lonely" a beautiful vocal but said it was "very very MOR. She talked about the music time being Linda Ronstadt and the California sound. The author of the article spelled Linda's name wrong like in the Karla, Kenny and Linda pic on this thread. I still can't get why her name is that hard. Anyway, will try and find pics hairstyle wise and also chest wise and am only saying that for ID purposes. If Ms Davis was a say D cup, we probably know that that pic is of Linda. I saw a pic of Martha from back in the day and she had straight hair (which Linda has had a lo0 but also it seemed that the features on the pic were hard to tell if they transferered to the pic in ?. Sorry to type out my analytical thoughts in such a rambling way. Anyway, will keep you all posted on this great mystery lol!!!!! eddiejinfl
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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 24, 2018 17:26:00 GMT -5
Why in your opinion or fact, if that may be the case, do you know the pic is Martha, LindaFan5? eddiejinfl
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Post by GUEST on Mar 24, 2018 17:48:04 GMT -5
What photo are you all talking about? I see no reference to it here in this thread. Not sure what I am missing in this conversation lol.
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Post by LindaFan5 on Mar 24, 2018 18:13:55 GMT -5
Referring to the photo of the singer with one hand up and the other clutching a mic. She is in a vertically striped halter. It is definitely not Linda. It is either Martha Davis or Melissa Manchester. I lean towards it being Martha.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 24, 2018 22:04:00 GMT -5
Referring to the photo of the singer with one hand up and the other clutching a mic. She is in a vertically striped halter. It is definitely not Linda. It is either Martha Davis or Melissa Manchester. I lean towards it being Martha.
That's Linda. The photo is just a bit "off" the way it was downloaded or transferred. Her head is a bit compressed and the photo is at an odd angle when photographed. Oddly, Linda isn't wearing any of her usual bling. Anyway, Martha never wore that kind of outfit that I have seen and Melissa Manchester has a larger nose and different eyes. The outfit is typically "Linda casual." Also a pretty typical Ronstadt hand gesture. All in all I can understand why you would think that because Linda has the ability to look quite different, almost like a different person in her photos at times. Just look at the photos from 1987 where she rocked with Chuck Berry one week, performed Mariachi music the next and a month later appeared with the Trio. Could I be wrong. Yes. But if you look closely she has that small beauty mark here that she adorned prominently in some of her mariachi photos.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 25, 2018 9:29:34 GMT -5
For me, it is the non-open smile/smirk that makes me think of Linda. She might have not been doing the bangles thing in this part of the 80's. Could have been between "Get Closer" and "What's New". Also, Linda's hair length was like that at that time. eddiejinfl
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Post by LindaFan5 on Mar 25, 2018 10:08:11 GMT -5
Ok. I’m still convinced it is Martha Davis. I can’t post photos here as a guest but I found Davis wearing the midrif baring top with the short sleeve on one side in a 1979 promo photo for the Motels. Davis always wore a “kerchef” around her neck at the time and Linda only did that for the Trio costume. Additional the jawline is different. The body is too in my opinion. There are 3 moles that Davis always had and the upper lip is different. Linda admits to having very few clothes. If you see something she’s wearing you’ll likely see it again in photo after photo. Or recycled in concert. Davis was more of a fashionista. But all that said it’s not really that big a deal. I just don’t like when stuff like that is wrong. (Like the spelling of Linda’s last name, lookalikes etc.)
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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 25, 2018 11:09:39 GMT -5
I did a google search " Martha Davis 1979 pics" and there were several of her with a scarf around her neck. She does have big eyes like Linda and her hair was long curlyish. So, imo, Davis is back in running for "Whose Pic is This" a new game show on the Linda Ronstadt Fan's Forum Discussion Group, lol!!!!! eddiejinfl
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Post by cymru56 on Mar 25, 2018 12:38:52 GMT -5
The hair and scarf are very similar to Linda's style at the time of the Atlanta concert in 1977. She also sometimes wore crop tops and is pictured with a single band on the same finger of her left hand around that time.
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Post by Dianna on Mar 25, 2018 15:10:50 GMT -5
hmm hard to tell. If the photo is indeed Linda, it would have to be before 1978 and after 1982-83.. her hair was more that length during that time period. I don't remember that top in any of her photos and the arms look different than Linda's so does the chin.. I could be wrong tho and the photo could be distorted.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 25, 2018 16:11:57 GMT -5
Linda with bandana around her neck. Similar hairstyle. Similar pants? Her hair is similar to the period around FM the movie.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 25, 2018 16:30:48 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 25, 2018 16:35:13 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 25, 2018 16:38:17 GMT -5
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 25, 2018 17:07:28 GMT -5
Ok. I’m still convinced it is Martha Davis. I can’t post photos here as a guest but I found Davis wearing the midrif baring top with the short sleeve on one side in a 1979 promo photo for the Motels. Davis always wore a “kerchef” around her neck at the time and Linda only did that for the Trio costume. Additional the jawline is different. The body is too in my opinion. There are 3 moles that Davis always had and the upper lip is different. Linda admits to having very few clothes. If you see something she’s wearing you’ll likely see it again in photo after photo. Or recycled in concert. Davis was more of a fashionista. But all that said it’s not really that big a deal. I just don’t like when stuff like that is wrong. (Like the spelling of Linda’s last name, lookalikes etc.)
Is this the photo you found? Looks like a similar top and kerchief but enough of the photo is blocked to be definitive lol. I don't know much or anything about Martha but she sure is a beautiful woman and very "Linda look-a-like-ish" for sure. I tried to contact the ebay seller on the other photo that is supposed to be Linda but they can't be contacted for some reason. Meanwhile the mystery continues. The lips in that photo are very un-Linda like as she is known as the smiling rock star but I did find some photos of Linda with a similar type smile. I also compared several other side photos of Linda to that photo and the cheek and jawlines are not only exact but the shadows they create are the same. Love a good mystery. And now you have me interested in this woman. I have never strayed far from Linda in all my years with a few exceptions so this is a cheap thrill lol.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 25, 2018 17:33:05 GMT -5
After looking at the two tops in the promo photo and the one Erik posted I surmise they are one and the same. And Martha is even wearing the same skirt as you can tell by the button. Maybe Linda left that top in one of her Motels during a tour and Martha grabbed it along with Linda's hoop earrings and skirt lol. Good Job LindaFan5!
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Post by Biff McFly on Mar 25, 2018 18:51:04 GMT -5
It's Martha. You can tell by the mole below the left (her left) side under her lip in the first picture posted of her singing. Compare it with other pictures of Martha. I thought is was Linda until someone brought it up.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Mar 25, 2018 19:03:15 GMT -5
Another great episode of "Whose Pic is This". eddiejinfl
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 25, 2018 19:15:23 GMT -5
It's Martha. You can tell by the mole below the left (her left) side under her lip in the first picture posted of her singing. Compare it with other pictures of Martha. I thought is was Linda until someone brought it up.
Linda was just trying to confuse us with her mole.
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Post by PoP80 on Mar 26, 2018 7:47:58 GMT -5
Really? It looks like Linda to me, judging by the high cheekbones and smile. The "moles" you are referring to look more like acne to me. Also, the crop top and pants in the photo are different from the striped top and skirt that Martha Davis is wearing in the photo below. I could be wrong, but that's my hunch.
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Post by LindaFan5 on Mar 26, 2018 8:18:27 GMT -5
Well. This was fascinating. The second I saw the photo I said “That’s not Linda.” To me it honestly isn’t even close. The physicality (body shape) is all wrong and I have never in my life seen Linda wrap the mic cord around her arm like a snake lol. Even 2 photos of a different singer wearing an exact outfit twice isn’t enough to convince some of us. I’ve seen Linda put a hand up like that, but then again I doubt there’s a singer alive that doesn’t do that. And the smirk? Sure. Same thing. I’m just so glad for this forum that allows nutty debates like this one but also keeps sellers honest. I wouldn’t want someone buying that on eBay and thinking it’s Linda and getting a big surprise when a Martha Davis fans comes over and sees it framed in a hallway.
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Post by erik on Mar 26, 2018 8:41:14 GMT -5
I for one am sorry I even posted the f***ing pic.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 26, 2018 16:04:16 GMT -5
I for one am sorry I even posted the f***ing pic.
Don't be silly. It had even me fooled and was an excellent investigative exercise which is the type of thing I like to do....whether I am right or wrong. I don't even blame the ebay seller because it is such an ambiguous photo. Had I known who Martha Davis was to begin with I would have been more familiar with that possibility. Now she has a new fan as I am enjoying her music. This is what forums are for imho.
Probably should also post the photo in the Linda Look-A-Like thread.
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Post by moe on Mar 26, 2018 16:24:51 GMT -5
Well. This was fascinating. The second I saw the photo I said “That’s not Linda.” To me it honestly isn’t even close. The physicality (body shape) is all wrong and I have never in my life seen Linda wrap the mic cord around her arm like a snake lol. Even 2 photos of a different singer wearing an exact outfit twice isn’t enough to convince some of us. I’ve seen Linda put a hand up like that, but then again I doubt there’s a singer alive that doesn’t do that. And the smirk? Sure. Same thing. I’m just so glad for this forum that allows nutty debates like this one but also keeps sellers honest. I wouldn’t want someone buying that on eBay and thinking it’s Linda and getting a big surprise when a Martha Davis fans comes over and sees it framed in a hallway. Good eye LF5. I was just the opposite, to me it was obviously Linda. The Motels pic convinced me; it is fairly obvious that the outfit in the band pic is virtually identical to the one in the pic in question. Obviously there are a bunch of detectives lurking around the forum. I hear the FBI May be looking for folks like you-second career anyone? At any rate this little mystery has been a lot of fun- good job to all involved. By the way I chalk my mistake up to not being able to see Linda's eyes in the subject photo. Which, in addition to being windows to the soul are IMHO, the most identifying (and best) of her features.
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Post by Dianna on Mar 26, 2018 18:56:56 GMT -5
It's the smile and the nose that threw me off! Really does look like her.
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Post by PoP80 on Mar 27, 2018 7:41:12 GMT -5
Linda does iike striped shirts though... Attachments:
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Post by Tony on Mar 27, 2018 11:14:33 GMT -5
I for one am sorry I even posted the f***ing pic. No need to be sorry for engendering such a lively discussion. I for one would have said it was Linda not Martha but the evidence has turned me around.
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Post by erik on Mar 27, 2018 19:07:38 GMT -5
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