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Originally Posted by sanders8323

I've asked maybe 8 to 10 questions, and only one of them have been answered. All of my questions relate to the music, and if you look at the blog, most of the questions have nothing to do with that. So ask him something about the band's or his drug use. He's bound to answer that. That's all most people seem to ask about or care about.

And I've asked about 7-8 questions a day, persisting with some of them multiple times. I would say he usually answers about one of those a day, on average. About half those questions relate solely to SnL and the others are more general and/or music-related. I also try asking half while logged in and half as anonymous. There doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason as to which of mine he answers, though timing comes into it. Certainly, I know for a fact that he's ignored lots and lots and lots of SnL related questions (not even particularly nosy or personal ones) in favour of answering things like 'did they have birthday parties for each other?' or 'what shoes is lindsey wearing?'

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Yeah, I asked only 1 question- about his experiences during Out Of The Cradle, and the soul-searching nature of Lindsey's songs on that album. It was never answered. Instead, Richard has answered countless repetitive questions on the band's drug usage, and every single thing about Stevie & Lindsey's personal lives except a descriptive of their fart odors. I'm done with the blog- meaningful questions are being avoided in preference of the lowest common denominator.

There are a lot of questions being asked, apparently, and I certainly wouldn't get worked up over ONE not being answered. I've asked about the OOTC songs as well; also not answered. It's not a big deal, tbh. He'll get to one of them, or one like it, eventually, I would say. Yes, I think he answers too many questions on certain topics but it's HIS blog and his prerogative.

And I'm sorry but are you implying SnL's personal lives are the LCD? I don't think we need to have some trophic level system going on wherein Pure Music is up top, and anything technical is sooooo much better and more valuable. Some people find it hard to separate the personal/music (SnL, for one...) and ask accordingly. I mean, there can be LCD questions from both ends. Would you say asking 'What's your favourite song on Tusk?' is any 'more' of a 'good' question than asking his opinion on, say, how SnL have changed or stayed the same over the years, both personally and musically?

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

yeah I don't think he's ignoring people, he's ignoring questions. And while he has answered some of my questions, he does indeed seem to be mainly focusing on the more 'titillating' stuff about S&L and feeding the shippers rather than talking about being a producer. Say what you will about Ken, but he did indeed talk about the crafting of the songs and how artistic choices were made etc. I almost wonder if Richard is still rebuilding his connections to the band and their circle and answering things in the way he thinks they would like them answered. Who knows. I will say though he has posted some fun pics of Mick and some nice pics of Chris.

People are acting like him ignoring some questions is a real personal affront. He's explained he can't get to everything. There's every chance, to my mind, that it's not even him picking the questions, tbh - but that Stacy selects them, sends them through to RD, he answers, and Stacy posts. We don't know for sure his method of posting. Believe me, there have been WAY more interesting, 'titillating' things he could've said or answered about SnL, to be honest. I cringe when people ask nosy questions about things like 'were they noisy?' but I don't think most SnL focused questions are like that, to be frank, and I think they are important in helping fans build a bigger picture view of the people behind the artists, as well as getting an insight into the music. I know lots of people are well able to divorce the music from the personal behind it, but I find them locked in tight and enjoy any information about the people that impacts the music and lyrics they produce.

And yes, he's posted plenty of pictures of the various members of the band which have been lovely to see. Looking forward to more.

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

It's total shipperville. But he did just say that he doesn't like talking about Stevie and Lindsey's love life with each other anymore because Lindsey is happily married with children and it's disrespectful to assume there relationship is anything other than within the scope of FM.

You see, Lindsey now has a beautiful wife & family. What was relevant quite a few years ago, is not necessarily relevant now. I do not want to say anything that will affect his wonderful family & home life, by bringing up certain past situations

I think you're overstating it somewhat. I'd suggest looking at the past 25 questions or so and adding up those actually about SnL, personally.

And that's an interesting interpretation of what he said, one I don't entirely agree with, tbh. I don't think he's saying it's disrespectful to assume that, and I think he was backtracking somewhat from what he said earlier when he answering about the present day relationship. SnL themselves pretty freely cop to their relationship not being in those sole confines of Fleetwood Mac. I think you'll be hardpressed to find many people who genuinely think their relationship is the same as theirs with other members of the band. Their own history (not even touching present day stuff) pretty much guarantees that.

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Oh, I know he's not avoiding people specifically-it's not possible since the questions are all submitted anonymously. I'm just totally flummoxed as to why he is categorically ignoring any sort of remotely substantive questions about his craft as a producer & engineer. Instead, he keeps answering rephrased versions of the same old tired relationship & drug questions that have been brought up in every FM related interview from the past 40 years.

Yeah, the whole shipper focus really turns me off. I'm just so very sick of that aspect of Fleetwood Mac. Their relationship lasted for less than a decade, and ended 40 years ago. LET IT GO. Lindsey has been with Kristin nearly 2 decades now. They have 3 children- one is nearly grown. Stevie banged half of the western world after she ended their relationship. Point being S&L both moved on decades ago.

I think it's more than likely that he gets more questions of the drug/relationship kind which increases the chance of them being answered. In addition, I'm sure he's aware those personal posts get more attention/likes than the technical ones. No one is averse to wanting that. And can we not blanket categorise all SnL related questions as UNsubstantive.

Not all people asking about (or even interested in) Stevie and Lindsey's life (lives?) and relationship are 'shippers'. Not all 'shippers' are praying night by night that Lindsey drops Kristen and he and Stevie run off to a house in Wales to not just write music, for goodness' sake. One can be interested in that dynamic and how it affects the music. One can be interested in their past and how it's been reconciled and explored in the context of their future. One can find their rather unique situation intriguing and want a more 'insider' view on it.

Their relationship was not limited to the 60s/70s, for goodness' sake. I think there's every chance even their 'romantic' relationship wasn't even limited to that and Stevie professes that she only knew it was over when his first child was born. Certainly, a relationship is more than sex, and the love is there, albeit expressed in a different way these days, perhaps. I also STRONGLY disagree that Stevie and Lindsey have moved on. From some things, yes. From some elements of that relationship, yes. But from each other? No.

I could give a buttload of quotes here to express what I mean but I think this will suffice. Note how she directly compares the length of her ROMANTIC relationship with Mick (though I think that's inaccurate too) to the length of her (???) relationship with Lindsey.

Our relationship didn’t last a long time, Mick’s and mine. It was a year. And Lindsey’s and mine’s relationship lasted from when we first met in 1968 and I joined his band up until now. Mick and I will be best friends when we’re 90. But Lindsey’s and mine’s relationship is different.

More complicated?

Much more complicated, yeah.

I think the quote in my signature (also from that set of interviews last year) sums it up well. They both still write and sing songs about one another, express a desire to sort through **** which hasn't been worked out, treasure when they can 'remember' what it was like before and re-embrace that, and so on.

Like the eyes to the soul / From across the room,
And the crowd fades away / And we stand alone,
Just like nothing’s changed / After all these years,
But it’s still the same
And you’re not to blame / No you’re not to blame

Well, my heart still stops / When I stand before you
And my heart still breaks / When you take my hand
And my eyes still close / When someone speaks your name
And you understand / It’s all the same

She does still hear him
All night long
The same song over and over
It heals her heart
No voice of a stranger
Could play that part
It broke her heart
Broke her heart