How are you different from every other ledgie?

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by goldie

In high school in 1988, I wore a string around the collar of my shirts because that is what Christine wore in one of the pics in her 1984 solo album (that I discovered in 87-88).

I know the string you mean LOL. too funny. she wore it so well!!

-Lis

[catinthedark]

this is a good question.

- well, for one, if i had $1000 to drop, i wouldn't spend it to fly to vegas to see stevie. i have paid hundreds for a show, but i couldn't pay $1000. and i'm not passing judgement on anyone here. i wish i could do it!!

- oh, here's another. even though i've been a fan since 1987, i didn't see a Dance show.

- or a TISL show.

(can i go slit my wrists now? would that be okay?)

- i have the ribbons from stevie's mic from the SYW tour - got them after the last show of the tour.

[catinthedark]

uh - okay. having just read the "i don't want to go to work today" thread over in chit chat... here's how i'm different from every other ledgie:


i love my job

[tuigirl]

well...I love "Not that funny"...now that must make me unique

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by David

Nah, nobody should be appalled. Chili likes the same group we like, all in all.

I do?

Originally Posted by David

He just wants to break through the monolithic & somewhat oppressive tunnel vision for the Nicks & Buckingham years of the group with a rhetorical stance that counteracts the wholesale swallowing of material & achievement from the public favorites.

Ummm...well, ok...I guess?

Originally Posted by David

Remember that he spent some of his hard-earned cash (I assume it was hard-earned!) to see ten thousand shows on the Rumours Tour, & more hard-earned cash to see three or four shows on the 1997 reunion, so you have to put his "travesty" epithets into context.

Amen to THAT!

Originally Posted by David

He's just trying to break through the monolith. A lot of us do that in our own ways: I do that by acting goofy & throwing out all my Fleetwood Mac memorabilia. Others do that by leaving the Ledge or committing suicide. Still others do that by committing crimes, such as kidnapping, assault, & putting kosher dill pickles on a Caesar salad.

Curing "Mac-myopia" one Ledgie at a time.

[DownOnRodeo]

My Not Make Believe fanship set me apart for a while there, but it seems to have garnered some fans since.

[PsychCat]

I've witnessed firsthand the state-of-John that apparently Christine grew more than weary of.

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by PsychCat

I've witnessed firsthand the state-of-John that apparently Christine grew more than weary of.

do tell more!

Gail

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by PsychCat

I've witnessed firsthand the state-of-John that apparently Christine grew more than weary of.

Oh, no you don't ...you don't just get off that easy without further explanation.

[estranged4life]

I'm predominantly a metalhead (Probably the only Ledgie who listens to either Behemoth or Cradle of Filth) who just happens to like Fleetwood Mac. So I can easily go from Satanic death vocals and 240 bps music to F.M. with ease

I also think "Behind the Mask" is a GREAT album (Hate to admit I have played "BTM" moreso than either "Rumours" or "Tusk" as of late)

[Mari]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

I think "When You Say" is a great song - I must be fairly unique in that

No, you're not

hm, let's see, what else..
I think I have a fairly unique way of expressing my stevie fandom ..

To be honest, I'm not really a Fleetwood Mac fan anymore. They really don't excite me that much, compared to the other bands I'm into. Why am I here then? Uh, because of the ledgies or some kind of .. sentimentality about the band..
I don't know how unique that is for a ledgie?

[David]

Originally Posted by tuigirl

well...I love "Not that funny"...now that must make me unique

Not unique, but certainly a member in an elite club: in my opinion, "Not That Funny" is the most joyous, infectious, lovable track the band ever created.

This track first appeared on "Tusk" which was released on October 12, 1979; that date should become a landmark in pop history comparable to May 29, 1913--the night "Le Sacre du Printemps" was first performed--in concert hall history. There was no riot, & no one threw anything at the turntable, but I think it's fair to say that the listener was in a state of shock, because "Not That Funny" has the same kind of hypnotic excitement as the "Sacre," the same primitive force, & the same thrusting, jabbing eroticism. The pop breakthrough had finally come. AOR pop had been supplying mechanized sex--sex as physical stimulant but without any passion or emotional violence. The sex in "Not That Funny" expresses the band's drives. Lindsey Buckingham is working out his aggression on Mick Fleetwood & Mo Austin, & the physical menace of sexuality that is emotionally charged was such a departure from everything we had come to expect from pop that there was something almost like fear in the atmosphere of the party in the Warner Brothers lobby following the release.

[David]

Originally Posted by Mari

I think I have a fairly unique way of expressing my stevie fandom ..

I far predate you!!

[Mari]

Oh yeah? Where's your homepage then?
First version of the nicksfiles dates back to 2001, I think!

[melly]

I never listen to any FM song that Stevie doesn't sing lead on.

I have come to mildly dislike: Don't Stop, Big Love, and other huge hits through over exposure to them. If I hear Don't Stop in a store, I cringe.

I like Christine McVie a lot, but I don't really like any of the songs she's written and her voice doesn't do anything for me. I would never buy her, or LB's solo stuff. I only really like FM cos of Stevie.

I only really listen to Stevie demos these days, not the released albums. I'm not sick of the released stuff exactly, but I have heard them so many times (as a teenager listened to Rock A Little on average probably six times a day) that I don't actually need to play the songs if you get what I mean. At a guess, I'd say I haven't played Belladonna or Street Angel all the way through for over 5 years.