Love In Store Single

[Macfan4life]

Where I lived you would have swore it was a top 10 song. Its one of my favorites. It was fantastic in the Mirage concert too. It was released during the explosion of MTV. I know they hated doing the Hold Me video and would never have done another video. However I think a video could have made it climb another 10 spots. Unheard of that any song would be in early 1983 and not have a video. It was still on the charts when the Mirage show debuted on HBO in February 1983.
Mick was right. Mirage was #1 and charting hits and huge videos. Once the Mirage tour ended at the end of October, 1982, the album fell. Just imagine if they had a normal or typical tour that went into January 1983 with a video for Love In Store. As Steve would say....it would have been a hit and Lindsey did not have to leave the band.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Where I lived you would have swore it was a top 10 song. Its one of my favorites. It was fantastic in the Mirage concert too. It was released during the explosion of MTV. I know they hated doing the Hold Me video and would never have done another video. However I think a video could have made it climb another 10 spots. Unheard of that any song would be in early 1983 and not have a video. It was still on the charts when the Mirage show debuted on HBO in February 1983.
Mick was right. Mirage was #1 and charting hits and huge videos. Once the Mirage tour ended at the end of October, 1982, the album fell. Just imagine if they had a normal or typical tour that went into January 1983 with a video for Love In Store. As Steve would say....it would have been a hit and Lindsey did not have to leave the band.

Did you hear it on the radio much? Lis? Anyone. Like "Think About Me" I don't think it got much play.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Did you hear it on the radio much? Lis? Anyone. Like "Think About Me" I don't think it got much play.

I don't remember ever hearing either song on the radio!! Once in a blue moon they'd play the video for Think About Me on MTV but that was a real rarity.

--Lis

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

I don't remember ever hearing either song on the radio!! Once in a blue moon they'd play the video for Think About Me on MTV but that was a real rarity.

--Lis

There's a video for Think About Me?

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

There's a video for Think About Me?

Yeah, there was, it was sort of a compilation of some clips from (what I now know is ) the Rumours backstage footage. It was basically just a bunch of clips strung together while the song played... roadies setting up the stage w the big red trunks..mick kicking out his foot..maybe chris and stevie putting on their make up? i can't recall much more than that. VERY rare to see it played on MTV.

--Lis

[dougl]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

Yeah, there was, it was sort of a compilation of some clips from (what I now know is ) the Rumours backstage footage. It was basically just a bunch of clips strung together while the song played... roadies setting up the stage w the big red trunks..mick kicking out his foot..maybe chris and stevie putting on their make up? i can't recall much more than that. VERY rare to see it played on MTV.

--Lis

And the equipment trucks adorned with penguins. Footage from the Tusk documentary.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

Yeah, there was, it was sort of a compilation of some clips from (what I now know is ) the Rumours backstage footage. It was basically just a bunch of clips strung together while the song played... roadies setting up the stage w the big red trunks..mick kicking out his foot..maybe chris and stevie putting on their make up? i can't recall much more than that. VERY rare to see it played on MTV.

--Lis

God, I'd forgotten that even existed, it's been so long since I've seen it.

It's mostly about the crew setting up. Carrying lighting truss around and the like.

[soul_drifter333]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goKM7jsOwrg

The 41:00 minute mark. Looks like more of promotional film for the song and video release than an actual music video. This video was great at the time, but for me the audience applause is mixed in too loud and drowns out the band. Angel is a highlight. Love how Lindsey and Stevie sing in one mic. I think that the only time they've done that. When Mick is by the pool at his house there is a woman dressed in Stevie clothes playing with his kids, but it doesn't look Jenny or Stevie to me.

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

Yeah, there was, it was sort of a compilation of some clips from (what I now know is ) the Rumours backstage footage. It was basically just a bunch of clips strung together while the song played... roadies setting up the stage w the big red trunks..mick kicking out his foot..maybe chris and stevie putting on their make up? i can't recall much more than that. VERY rare to see it played on MTV.

--Lis

[Macfan4life]

The song peaked at #11 on the Adult Contemporary charts. Back in those days the radio was full of those stations. I heard it all the time on the radio.

I want to know how Jim Recor co-wrote it with Chris. We know the Recors had a special relationship with the band. Jim's former wife was the "Sara", Stevie's best friend and eventually became Mick's wife. But what was his relationship with Chris? How did they sit down and write a song together. Her other Mirage songs were about Dennis. It seems Love In Store would be about Dennis too so I would love to know how Recor came into the picture.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

I don't remember ever hearing either song on the radio!! Once in a blue moon they'd play the video for Think About Me on MTV but that was a real rarity.

--Lis

I didn't hear Love in Store on the radio. Besides Hold Me and Gypsy, it was Can't Go Back what I did hear.

Was the Think About Me video an extract from the Tusk documentary?

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Villavic

I didn't hear Love in Store on the radio. Besides Hold Me and Gypsy, it was Can't Go Back what I did hear.

Was the Think About Me video an extract from the Tusk documentary?

I think some tusk doc footage and a bit of the backstage rumours footage were mainly what made up the video...? hard to remember..

--Lis

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

I think some tusk doc footage and a bit of the backstage rumours footage were mainly what made up the video...? hard to remember..

--Lis

Yeah--right after the section where Stevie talks about preparation for touring, that each tour may be your last...

And then, a montage of the road crew, the stage machinery, etc., set to the music of Think About Me.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Yeah--right after the section where Stevie talks about preparation for touring, that each tour may be your last...

And then, a montage of the road crew, the stage machinery, etc., set to the music of Think About Me.

It's funny, I've not seen that for so long. I've only had the outtakes dvd for a few years, so I usually watch that instead.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Did you hear it on the radio much? Lis? Anyone. Like "Think About Me" I don't think it got much play.

I remember hearing both songs on the radio. In both cases, I’d think “oh, yeah, there’s that hit, too…” Nowadays, I see these two songs like the mid-sized hits you find on a Foreigner compilation, you know the whole “wow, I forgot they had so many hits” thing.

Love In Store is such a fun, peppy, song that celebrates a GROUP identity. All five of them are on it and it’s hard to deny their collective chemistry. Compared to the other two hits, its arrangement is rather simple. But that’s its charm! It reminds me of those really catchy, no-frills tunes Nick Lowe would write—a song entirely reliant on its hooks to come across, and without inflating it with a lot of studio gimmicks.

[jbrownsjr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrFNSJguUos

Puts me in such a good mood!