As sung by global treasure Miss Linda Ronstadt

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reply 31

February 4, 2023 5:58 AM

Great song, and the bitch had pipes.

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January 31, 2023 5:29 PM

Mppshshjjjph shpppphshph!

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January 31, 2023 5:31 PM

They're trying to make this the new "Running Up That Hill" but it ain't gonna happen.

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January 31, 2023 6:01 PM

Is it featured in some show or film, r4?

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January 31, 2023 6:32 PM

Yes, R5. The Last of Us on HBO. It's #2 on the iTunes singles chart now since the episode aired on Sunday.

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January 31, 2023 6:36 PM

I remember the first time I saw her, around 1969/1970, I thought it was Sally Field singing. Wow, she was awesome.

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January 31, 2023 6:43 PM

It's sentimental kitsch, but I always loved it. Glad to hear it's getting a second life, she deserves to be better known.

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January 31, 2023 6:51 PM

I'd love it if "Long, Long Time" became the new "Running up That Hill." I didn't notice it when first came out (1970). I heard it for the first time when my first gay boyfriend (I thought) played it at me while breaking up with me. This was in 1976. I didn't even know Linda Ronstadt was still around.

I went to Disc-O-Mat the next day, and bought Hasten down the Wind, Prisoner in Disguise, and Heart like a Wheel. Later I realized that Different Drum was the album to buy. But those three allowed me to dig in and wallow like I had never done before. Still, "Long, Long Time" is the song that reminds me of my first breakup.

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January 31, 2023 7:07 PM

I see a lot of disdain for Linda on here, but I absolutely love her and think her singing is a national treasure.

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January 31, 2023 7:07 PM

r10 here again. Years later, I realized he played the second side of Different Drum lots of nights when we got together. The song that made the biggest impression on me was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?", which was always on my mind when I couldn't fall asleep at his apartment. Turns out it's the last song on the side that started with "Long, Long Time."

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January 31, 2023 7:21 PM

Linda was my go-to after break-ups.

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January 31, 2023 7:24 PM

R7 Linda and Sally actually have a project in common. Can you name it?

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January 31, 2023 7:28 PM

I don't get the hype over this song.

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January 31, 2023 8:04 PM

That song was stupid too r4

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reply 18

January 31, 2023 8:05 PM

It plays over a GAY LOVe SCENE!@!!!!

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January 31, 2023 8:17 PM

So strange. I don’t watch The Last of Us but I was just listening to this song on YouTube in the last week or so. Not sure why it popped in my head but I’ve always liked it. DL fave Kim Carnes recorded a version for the 1977 film Heroes. Not as tortured as Linda’s but I like Kim’s version as well. Starts at about 15:15 in the link

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reply 21

January 31, 2023 9:00 PM

She's a really fat tub of shit!

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reply 24

January 31, 2023 9:24 PM

They should have used this classic.

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January 31, 2023 11:55 PM

Heard that on the car radio when it first came out. My friends and I were smoking dope and went silent during the entire song, we were wowed by Linda's voice.

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reply 27

February 1, 2023 12:04 AM

R26 Totally forgot about that. Thanks! Mr. Plow! That was great and the Mr. Plow (Rosebud) commercial was hilarious.

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reply 28

February 1, 2023 12:32 AM

Seth Rudetsky was apparently the one to suggest it.

You GO, gurl!

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reply 29

February 4, 2023 2:28 AM

I probably won't be able to listen to this song ever again. That TLOU episode was just too much for me.

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reply 30

February 4, 2023 2:45 AM

I adore Linda's voice and this is a great song although it's far from one of her best.

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February 4, 2023 5:58 AM