The Deejay mentioned the song but did not play it. I don't think I've ever heard Long Long Time on the Sirius '70s channel, presumably because they do not consider it a big enough hit. Yet they play tunes by Elton John and Fleetwood Mac that did not even make the Top 40. I found it odd that he mentioned this TV program and did not play the relevant song.
Last Edit: Feb 13, 2023 2:56:10 GMT -5 by Partridge
"South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum." - James L. Pettigru (1789-1863)
Thanks everyone for the answer to the pedal steel/harpsichord question. So, it sounds as if both instruments are on the record. I wonder why people don’t seem aware of Putnam on harpsichord. Jeez, I truly don’t hear a pedal steel there—but as Erik points out, it was used in a novel way.
I wish I could convey to all of you what it was like back then to see Linda sing Long, Long Time live. It’s just “got” you. I first saw her sing it in January of 1975 at the Irvine Auditorium at Penn. She strapped on a guitar for that song only, if I remember correctly. I think Linda sang it again in ‘76 when I saw her at the Mann Music Center—but that was it. I don’t believe I saw her sing it again until that very retrospective tour at the Tower Theater in 1996 when, once again, she strapped on a guitar. I couldn’t believe it.
And Linda can say what she wants about her phrasing, but we all know: it’s impeccable and it slices right through you. Long, Long Time—one of the ten best ballads of the rock era.
I think that still the most important element of Hot 100 placement is airplay, and this song is getting very little to none.
Again, chalk it up to the shallowness of the American entertainment media, focusing in on the sensationalistic, clickbait "celebs", like Taylor, Rihanna, and Beyoncé. Linda, even at the height of her fame between 1975 and 1990, was nowhere close to being the publicity hound that those three are. And at this point, there really isn't much that Linda herself can do to help this song back into the public's attention, especially given how shallow and short the entertainment media's attention span really is. I don't want to use this hoary old cliché, but...it is what it is.
But then again, I would love more than anything to be proven wrong.
Quote by markm:
I wish I could convey to all of you what it was like back then to see Linda sing Long, Long Time live. It’s just “got” you. I first saw her sing it in January of 1975 at the Irvine Auditorium at Penn. She strapped on a guitar for that song only, if I remember correctly. I think Linda sang it again in ‘76 when I saw her at the Mann Music Center—but that was it. I don’t believe I saw her sing it again until that very retrospective tour at the Tower Theater in 1996 when, once again, she strapped on a guitar. I couldn’t believe it.
It certainly is all that, I don't disagree with you on that at all, Mark. It would indeed have been something else to have seen Linda live doing that song on acoustic guitar in so purely "unplugged" a moment, whether in 1975 or in 1996.
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt
It is fun to watch how many additional listeners she is getting on Spotify every day. It has more than doubled. And I can see adjustments in her artist playlists. But what really irritates me is on Spotify in almost every Linda Ronstadt playlist is a live version of “all that you dream But they have the wrong one! Linda saying lead on all that you dream” which they have attached with her name on it and it’s a live version that doesn’t feature her at all!!!! it’s been that way for such a long time and I’ve looked for some way to get a message to Spotify to simply use the correct live version which they have available (Linda songs it on the little gray album Hoy Hoy) but have not tagged correctly. I know it seems like a little thing but that is such a great song sp at least use the album version or any version where she’s actually doing the singing on it. Rant over.
As much as I love Long, Long Time, it's becoming an "ear worm" that I can't break free from. The song is in my head day and night! Anyone have a cure??
As much as I love Long, Long Time, it's becoming an "ear worm" that I can't break free from. The song is in my head day and night! Anyone have a cure??
As a result of "Long Long Time" being used in The Last Of Us, Entertainment Tonight interspersed scenes of the episode with interviews she gave between 1983 and 1992 over how she makes music to make order out of chaos:
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
PETER HOAR — “The Last of Us,” “Long, Long Time” (HBO/Max) – WINNER Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Cecil O’Connor; First Assistant Director: Bethan Mowat
Love Nick Offerman and what he says in this article. Those complaining “why make it a gay love story” reminds me of those who complain about Gay Pride Celebrations and want a “Straight Day” to make it fair. FAIR? You have 365 days a year where you can be who you are openly!
I too admire Nick Offerman's zeal in telling this story and, even more importantly, why he told it the way he did. He doesn't have to explain himself to anyone. But there are a hell of a lot of others who do, because they always (seemingly need to) find something to b**ch about(IMHO).
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt
That was the best episode of the series, not just because of the song, but the way it was weaved so poignantly into the love story. It created a lot of buzz and introduced young fans to Linda's music. The message rises above any narrow-minded viewpoints that may have surfaced.
I never posted these before, but these are two examples of what the use of "Long Long Time" in The Last Of Us bought out in at least two female folk-pop artists:
Kate Voegele, who had starred in the CW series One Tree Hill and has had a recording career since 2006, did the song for one of her Acoustic Sessions on YoUTube:
And there is also L.A.-based folk-pop singer and "busker" Katie Ferrara, who did the song last summer at CityWalk at Universal Studios before a small but receptive audience:
They're obviously not Linda, but then who is? (he asked rhetorically).
"I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt