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Originally Posted by Les
While I know it's a thrill to make this claim because it makes for such an easy cheap shot at Lindsey, it still doesn't make it any truer.
Lindsey never compared himself to a starving artist. At that point in the documentary Lindsey was trying to convince Mick that making a double album, which would sell less, shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. He chose an analogy with film makers to try to make this point. As a film maker, one can put out the watered down blockbuster and make money hand over fist, or one can put out something more challenging, and accept that less money will come in, but maybe feel a greater affection and satisfaction about the actual product.
Mick's response, much like yours, was perhaps funny, but not to the point.
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And it's a silly analogy for a rich corporate rocker to make knowing full well that he's not going to be hurting for the money, whereas a filmmaker like Todd Solondz hasn't exactly been rolling in cash because of his films and has never found great commerical success. It was disingenuous, especially when he started talking about two room apartments.
And I loathe to agree with Mick Fleetwood on
anything. 