1978 Concert Review

[Gailh]

Originally Posted by macfan 57

It's not fair or unfair. There are many critics and fans who simply don't care about supposed "dynamic stage presence". I could care less about "stage antics". I LOVE understated, brilliant musicianship. All of my favorite performers are like that...Christine, George Harrison, Steve Winwood, etc. The others are just very annoying to me. Obviously, back in the 1970's when Fleetwood Mac was in their prime, there were quite a few critics who felt the same way.

I agree. I find over dramatic stage performances somewhat embarassing. Lindsey's antics on Come for instance made me cringe. But some people like that sort of thing.

Stevie did provide a much needed focal point for the band when she first joined and I really don't think she and Chris were rivals simply because they were there to do different things. It's like a sports team - everyone has their job to do. The strikers on a football (soccer) team will always get more attention than the defenders but you can't have a team with all strikers.

Stevie has always been a fairly obvious and easy target for the critics.

Gail

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Gailh

Stevie has always been a fairly obvious and easy target for the critics.

Especially now that she's easier to see through the crosshairs!

[amber]

Wow, I didn't really know there were people who didn't care about showmanship and engaging the audience. I don't just mean with movement, I mean also with vocal delivery.
But, anyway, learn something new every day. Also, I think Lindsey's antics are embarrassing sometimes, but Stevie's have not been, to me, until lately.

[TheWILDheart]

OMG! How DARE they slag off my Stevie! HOW VERY DARE THEY!? I SHALL CASTRAIT THEM!!!

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by amber

Wow, I didn't really know there were people who didn't care about showmanship and engaging the audience. I don't just mean with movement, I mean also with vocal delivery.
But, anyway, learn something new every day. Also, I think Lindsey's antics are embarrassing sometimes, but Stevie's have not been, to me, until lately.

i honestly thought Fmac had the right balance most of the time... with LB SN and CM...

in CM's case, i loved watching her groove behind the keys
with LB, i loved his spastic head shaking and coke induced guitar solos... (quite honestly it looked like he was going to ejaculate afterwards hahah)
and then stevie's twirls were cool to me as well...

they were five completely different acts with completely different stage presences...

i will say this about anyone of them when they attempt to dance... .they are whiter than Hanson....

[DavidMn]

Oh just some critic shooting off his mouth.

[Angel69]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Janis Joplin, she ain't!

Thank God for that.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Janis Joplin, she ain't!

For sure. At least Stevie didn't overdose and die before she turned 30. How tragic that would have been...around the time of Tusk/Bella Donna.

[PenguinHead]

[QUOTE=jbrownsjr
i will say this about anyone of them when they attempt to dance... .they are whiter than Hanson....[/QUOTE]
You've got that right. What's so ironic is that Stevie used to take ballet classes!!! But I would never use the word "graceful" to describe her movements; more like "clunky and awkward." Hey, but that's rock and roll!

[Angel69]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

You've got that right. What's so ironic is that Stevie used to take ballet classes!!! But I would never use the word "graceful" to describe her movements; more like "clunky and awkward." Hey, but that's rock and roll!

Most ballerina's dont take to the stage in 6" platform boots.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Angel69

Most ballerina's dont take to the stage in 6" platform boots.

hahahahahahahahahaha!!!! this made me really spit my drink up

[bols59]

Rolling Stone magazine suffered (past tense?) from overweening misogyny. From trashing Bette Midler's second album, to calling Shadows and Light by Joni Mitchell, sounding like "one long solemn fart," it's painfully obvious Jann Wenner wants women in the music biz to shut up and look pretty but never dream they're as good as their male counterparts. **** him and his ****ty rag mag.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by bols59

Rolling Stone magazine suffered (past tense?) from overweening misogyny. From trashing Bette Midler's second album, to calling Shadows and Light by Joni Mitchell, sounding like "one long solemn fart," it's painfully obvious Jann Wenner wants women in the music biz to shut up and look pretty but never dream they're as good as their male counterparts. **** him and his ****ty rag mag.

Well at least you're here with an agenda to push.

Bravo, and thanks for resurrecting a 17yo thread.

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by bols59

Rolling Stone magazine suffered (past tense?) from overweening misogyny. From trashing Bette Midler's second album, to calling Shadows and Light by Joni Mitchell, sounding like "one long solemn fart," it's painfully obvious Jann Wenner wants women in the music biz to shut up and look pretty but never dream they're as good as their male counterparts. **** him and his ****ty rag mag.

this isn't wrong.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Originally Posted by David

Okay, but don't let people try to shove the view down your throat that your asynchronous experience of the Fleetwood Mac saga renders you incapable of seeing or hearing what they see & hear. If we were to stretch that line of thinking further, we'd have a world of great biographers like Leon Edel & historians like Bernard De Voto & Jacques Barzun who were unable to "recover" the aesthetic & cultural meaning of the past, simply because they weren't yet born.

The asynchronous experientalist of the Fleetwood Mac saga has much to offer to the community's understanding & collective impressions of the band.

I go in for a colonoscopy next week at the gastroenterologist's clinic.

Look luck David! I hope the results are favourable and nothing serious.