[Les]

Absolutely, for the older fans, The Dance was hugely nostalgic. But it was at least the original writers/singers of those songs who were playing them on The Dance tour. That wasn't the case with the Time lineup tour. They were new people with talents of their own and they were still singing the same old songs for most of their set. I think that situation was at the crux of Lindsey's comment.

It wasn't that the Time album lineup was somehow nostalgic in and of itself. Not at all. It was that no matter what new infusion of blood and energy was put into the band for Time, when that lineup hit the road, they were still doing mostly Rumours-era material. Mick (and John?) didn't seem quite able to let their new members be themselves. Having all of these new faces still doing the old songs created the impression of them as almost being a cover band of their own material.

I think that's why Lindsey originally thought Dave Mason's joining could be a good thing. Maybe he thought Dave was a strong enough personality (and musician) to sort of push Mick over the hump of just retreading Rumours out on the road. That didn't appear to happen as much as one could have hoped, so that could explain the last part of Lindsey's comment.

I guess there have been rumors that Christine and Dave Mason weren't exactly buddies. If Lindsey heard those rumors, I suppose that could be part of Lindsey's latter comment too. Just a thought.