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It is a selfish choice on some level - one that was going to disappoint others - but it's the kind of selfish choice that I don't think anyone should be denied or have held against them. I don't doubt it was a difficult decision for both. But it was the best choice for his and her life at the time that each made the choice. They're real people with other things to tend to in life and they know what they're ready to deal with at any given point far better than we do. In those circumstances, thirty-eight or sixty is neither here nor there.
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I can honestly say I didn't hold it against LB for exiting. I remember being really sad.
At the same time, I was also curious to see what CM and SN could do without him after so many years. I think it was very a respectable job covering the TITN tour on such short notice. I also thought the BTM tour was very good. I know many people did not think so, but I thought that FMac put on a very good show w/o Lindsey. The crowd in Cleveland (where i lived at the time) was going bezerk! I remember when they opened with BTM the crowd errupted. CMcVie stole that show. Stevie looked a little out of it but she was still solid and the RV and BB were explosive at times. |
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And as for the selfish commment, I'll just repeat what I said earlier: Quote:
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Yeah but I think Christine and Stevie said they would still record but not tour again. This was well before Time. LB on the other hand said he would tour then backed out. That's kind of what got the promoters and band mgmt a little miffed.
But like I said I respected his decision not to tour. His life was pretty messy back then. I was sad because he is amazing, and his work on TITN w/ Christine was amazing work! Wayne Shorter sax - just saw him 2 weeks ago in Los Angeles, he is 71. Blew me away! |
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>>>>By the way, I don't think I've ever read this 1997 Mojo article. Any chance you might be able to post it in the BLA? >>>>
I may get around to that eventually. :-) Right now I'm buried in info regarding the Chris/John bio I'm working on...but maybe after that I can transcribe it for the BLA. -Lis |
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As has been said, it was two different sets of circumstances. Lindsey quit the band in 1987 after a tour was booked. Christine, on the other hand, made it clear from the outset that she wouldn't be touring after 1990, only recording with the band. There were no expectations that Christine would tour... however, there were expectations that Lindsey would tour. So feelings were hurt, and folks (fans as well as his bandmates) felt letdown or "betrayed." If Lindsey had given a firm "no" right from the start, and made it abundantly clear that he was not going to tour for the album, and if he hadn't allowed dates to be booked, then I'm sure it would have been completely different. Yes, fans would have still been disappointed he left the band, just as they're greatly disappointed Christine has left, but there wouldn't be that vibe of "broken promises." I'm not criticizing Lindsey in the least, and you're right, it was a very selfless thing he did by folding his solo album into 'Tango,' and giving up his time to tackle the producer/arranger duties. And as far as I'm concerned it's all water under the bridge, but since you're asking why there's a different reaction from many of the fans in regards to Lindsey not touring and Christine not touring, these are the reasons as I see them.
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Besides, in 1987 a solo Lindsey album would have done well. Keep in mind he had fairly big hit with the Go Insane single. But we're talking about Christine anyway. |
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There are a few vocal people who view Lindsey very harshly still. But I don't know how many really do. I think most people are actually able to look at it in a pretty human way. I can't really imagine looking at Christine's departure harshly either.
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Without getting bogged down into hypotheticals, though, I will venture to say that Lindsey's departure would still have been viewed more negatively than Christine's, simply because so much depended on him. Where were Fleetwood Mac without him? Up on of those rivers Carne talked about in the Rumours forum without any toilet paper. P.S. Not that a lot didn't depend on Christine too! The stakes were just a lot lower when she left, as has been stated above. Last edited by sodascouts; 05-04-2004 at 03:48 PM.. Reason: Clearing up any implied diss of Christine. |
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Is it really a sacrifice for LB to give up his solo work to fold into a FM album?
LB average sales just over 100,000 units FMac average sales TITN 1,000,000 plus and then this also did huge internationally I love LB, but the sacrifice thing kind of cracks me up. Seems like he's always sacrificing albums for FMac, poor guy! |
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And, from what I hear, fans weren't really disappointed once they went to the concerts. I'll let Chili pipe in with how ecstatic the crowds were.
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Belittling the man's solo sales doesn't negate the fact that he stopped his personal project and gave two years of his life to the whole band instead. A band that he was thinking of leaving. It was a commitment that few in the band - perhaps only Christine - were willing or able to match. He could have left without doing the album. He could have insisted that they wait for him to do the solo album first. He could have insisted upon being allowed to do both, and just doing his personal little bits for Tango and then taking off again with little care about what else happend with the album. He didn't, thankfully. ----- Lis - thanks for the response about the article. If you can scan it, I can probably transcribe it for you if you're interested. Just let me know.
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