The New Album Thread - Page 55

shackin'up · #**811** 05-05-2014, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Autumn Ocean

Another example of his passive-aggressive behaviour is in DR, when he says "I own the masters", implying he might take his songs and go home if he doesn't get his way on the double album, without actually threatening to do it.

I know, but I understand that action, because Mick was with him on the doublealbum idea from the start on. He was willing to fold his GOS in a mac album, as long as that 13- to 17 track batch would NOT be pulled down to a 6 or 7 poptrack-batch. And in the end Mick backed out on the idea. He was just confronting Mick with the fact that those tracks should see the light of day like they were meant to. You can call it passive - agressive, you can also see it as a reasonable argument to push the rest of the band to be careful with what he envisioned with these songs.

In the end, it was a compromise. Good for politics, not for art.

shackin'up · #**812** 05-05-2014, 12:28 PM

I still want Given Thing to see the light of day, it maybe was my fave GOS track. but I dont't think this was it. He had a instrumental track without lyrics. Although it was not much of a lyric, Given Thing had words. Great that they share songwriterscredits on some of these tracks...

Macfanforever · #**813** 05-05-2014, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthonyMI

Girl. Is. Orange.

Hahahaha.This reminds me when I scanned a photo of my late dad with his girl friend years ago and printed them out and the faces were red.

TrueFaith77 · #**814** 05-06-2014, 09:30 AM

Family Man is the most beautifully produced Mac track between the release of Gypsy and No Limit.

elle · #**815** 05-06-2014, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

Mostly kidding. That's good, but I'd like something a little more concrete before I let myself become optimistic. The reason people don't understand is because Stevie won't talk about it. She hasn't mentioned a FM album even once this year. And the band members don't exactly have anything very optimistic to say about it either. Regarding Stevie, that is.

She could clear up the misunderstanding very easily and quickly.

yes. it would be much more reassuring if we heard that everything will be ok from band's side.

they all talked about the recording of a new FM album, except Stevie. if she mentioned new FM album once in all her interviews people would have much less reason to speculate.

if she's contractually obligated to release another solo album as many here are saying, and that contract dates back to 1996 (that seems way too long?), why didn't she have the same problems recording SYW (they were seriously considering Interscope at the time), or EP last year, or her Sound City and other recent releases that were not on WB?

i know nothing about how these contracts work, just wondering if someone else does?

BlueLight · #**816** 05-06-2014, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by elle

yes. it would be much more reassuring if we heard that everything will be ok from band's side.

they all talked about the recording of a new FM album, except Stevie. if she mentioned new FM album once in all her interviews people would have much less reason to speculate.

if she's contractually obligated to release another solo album as many here are saying, and that contract dates back to 1996 (that seems way too long?), why didn't she have the same problems recording SYW (they were seriously considering Interscope at the time), or EP last year, or her Sound City and other recent releases that were not on WB?

i know nothing about how these contracts work, just wondering if someone else does?

I remember reading somewhere that Stevie's Enchanted box set finished up her prior contract with Atlantic, and that TISL was the first record she released on her most recent, 5-album deal with WB/Reprise.

Unless she is contractually obligated to release an album by a certain year, it's hard to see why her WB contract would prevent her from contributing work to a new FM album before she finishes up her WB contract.

michelej1 · #**817** 05-06-2014, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Hahahaha.This reminds me when I scanned a photo of my late dad with his girl friend years ago and printed them out and the faces were red.

It reminds me of Stevie saying:

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I haven't laid out in the sun since I was 28. While everyone else is out there burning up, I'm walking around going, 'When I do look 60, you will all look 100. Enjoy it now because you aren't going to be happy when I look young enough to get a date and you don't.' I'll still be going out when I'm 75. Everybody else will be in the rest home!

michelej1 · #**818** 05-06-2014, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueLight

I remember reading somewhere that Stevie's Enchanted box set finished up her prior contract with Atlantic, and that TISL was the first record she released on her most recent, 5-album deal with WB/Reprise.

She bought out her Modern Records contract for $125,000 and then went with WB.

Michele

Johnny Stew · #**819** 05-06-2014, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

The reason people don't understand is because Stevie won't talk about it. She hasn't mentioned a FM album even once this year. And the band members don't exactly have anything very optimistic to say about it either. Regarding Stevie, that is.

She could clear up the misunderstanding very easily and quickly.

Very true, very true. We should note, though, that Stevie hasn't talked about her album at all either. The only info we've gotten about it has been from Dave Stewart and Mick.

So my view is that it's not necessarily a bad or troubling sign that she hasn't discussed Fleetwood Mac's album. She's been mum regarding both projects.

bombaysaffires · #**820** 05-06-2014, 03:07 PM

In another thread (in the Rumours forum) there's an interview (audio) with Lindsey talking about what they've been doing at the Village Recorder. He says they've been there for 8 weeks altogether, him and Christine, and the goal has been to get Chris up to speed and back on track with writing and recording with him/FM and that's what they've done. So it makes sense-- at least to me-- that Stevie wasn't there. It was more like, you guys go to the Village Recorder and get Christine all spooled up and I'll be in Nashville with Dave getting myself and MY music spooled up and at some point when we all come back into the studio together as FLEETWOOD MAC we will all work together to create a FM album". It doesn't sound like the goal in LA was to create a FM album at all, but to help Chris blow the dust off and be ready when they DO go in to put together an album. At least that's my take. YMMV

Kubrick2788 · #**821** 05-06-2014, 04:02 PM

Someone calling that the most well produced song between Gypsy and anything is more than a stretch. I had a good laugh at that one. Definitely a Lindsey dud.

Phil · #**822** 05-06-2014, 06:52 PM

Yes I agree with you bombaysaffires and just posted about this in another thread. I would be very surprised if Stevie hadn't planned the Nashville recording session many months ago - just organising a time when Dave Stewart would be available would be a nightmare in itself (he's constantly travelling around the world working with all manner of people).
Yes Johnny, it's interesting to me that Stevie has kept quiet about both the Mac album and her own project - it's usually the case that you can't shut her up, but when it comes to creating, she likes to be left to her own devices and not pressured by speculation - the very thing most of us are actually doing!