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Villavic
11-24-2006, 05:39 PM
This will be just speculation, unless somebody shows an article that explicitly mentions this.

What friendship do you think is stronger: Stevie and John, or Lindsey and Christine ?

(maybe the answer depends on the year, who knows!)
carrie721
11-24-2006, 05:44 PM
hasn't chris said that nobody was really friends with lindsey? i'd say stevie and john.
Villavic
11-24-2006, 06:05 PM
hasn't chris said that nobody was really friends with lindsey? i'd say stevie and john.

when did she say that!! I guess Mick and Lindsey are really friends, but I wanted to ask about male-female friendships
carrie721
11-24-2006, 06:10 PM
when did she say that!! I guess Mick and Lindsey are really friends, but I wanted to ask about male-female friendships

maybe somebody else can help me out with the citation ... i don't rememberr where i saw that. :o
rbs3676
11-24-2006, 06:17 PM
I would think Stevie and Mick...they are very close...

rbs
macfan 57
11-24-2006, 06:58 PM
when did she say that!! I guess Mick and Lindsey are really friends, but I wanted to ask about male-female friendships

She said that in a Goldmine Magazine interview in 1992.

I'd go with Chris & Mick or Chris & John as being the closest male/female friendship in Fleetwood Mac. She has described both John & Mick as being like brothers to her. I think Stevie & John are friends, but not as close as the other two friendships.
carrie721
11-24-2006, 07:02 PM
She said that in a Goldmine Magazine interview in 1992.

thanks, mary ann. :)
goldustsongbird
11-24-2006, 07:59 PM
Yup, MA's right (as usual!) Here's the exact quote, if anyone's interested.

Goldmine: How did you enjoy working with Lindsey [Buckingham]? Was there a special bond there?

Christine McVie: I don’t think so as people. As musicians, yes, I think that he respected me as a musician, and I certainly respected him as a musician. We weren’t close friends. You couldn’t say that. I mean, Lindsey’s not really close friends with anybody.
ontheEdgeof17
11-24-2006, 09:01 PM
Mick and John are probably the closest.
Johnny Stew
11-24-2006, 09:21 PM
Mick and John are probably the closest.Especially since they're married!


http://i.rollingstone.com/assets/rs/85/714/images/23505_lg.jpg
ontheEdgeof17
11-24-2006, 09:25 PM
Especially since they're married!


...in my mom's dress, of all things!
MrsMcVie
11-26-2006, 11:43 AM
She said that in a Goldmine Magazine interview in 1992.

I'd go with Chris & Mick or Chris & John as being the closest male/female friendship in Fleetwood Mac. She has described both John & Mick as being like brothers to her. I think Stevie & John are friends, but not as close as the other two friendships.

I think you´re right - as usual!:laugh:
Btw, didn´t John say in his Q&A that he and Stevie were friends, but not as close as him and Chris or him and Mick?
macfan 57
11-26-2006, 12:05 PM
Btw, didn´t John say in his Q&A that he and Stevie were friends, but not as close as him and Chris or him and Mick?

Yes, I think he did.:) By the way, on one of those video clips on her website, Chris mentioned that she felt the closest to Mick & John.
jbrownsjr
11-26-2006, 06:32 PM
I've also heard Christine say that Lindsey was like a brother to her and that he would do anything for her. I forget what time periond that was... i think around rumours...
Dreamz19
12-29-2006, 09:32 PM
This will be just speculation, unless somebody shows an article that explicitly mentions this.

What friendship do you think is stronger: Stevie and John, or Lindsey and Christine ?

(maybe the answer depends on the year, who knows!)

As soon as I saw the title of the thread I thought Chris, Mick and John. But between those groups I would say Stevie and John even though Stevie and Mick would have been a better choice.
SteveMacD
12-29-2006, 11:08 PM
This may actually become a discussion that gets at the heart of all the weird little factions of Fleetwood Mac fans...

Mick and the McVies, to me, are more like siblings than bandmates. A few others have been able to hang out with them, but nobody, not even Stevie, has really been able integrate into that particular bond. Friends come and go, and sometimes come back again. These three have always been there for each other. Even though Christine has retired, she is still obviously regarded by Mick and John as still being a part of that particular entity. It was Christine's instinct to offer to help the band on SYW, and probably Mick's to say yes, though he had to work within band/label politics.

But, John and Chris were married, and the three of them lived together in the same house for nearly four years. They were all stars of the British Blues boom, went through countless guitar players, and took a huge risk together that paid off dearly. They litterally grew up, got rich, and grew old together.

I think Bob Welch was very much a part of their family (in their minds), but he broke that bond when he quit. He became just a friend. When Stevie and Lindsey joined, there were many more people in the background. Thus, the intimacy of Fleetwood/McVies and Buckingham Nicks was never, and really could never, be what it was amongst themselves. In the case of Stevie, she perhaps came the closest, with Billy coming in a close second, to becoming as close to that bond as anybody could. Their relationship with Lindsey was mostly just a professional, business relationship (and a damn good one).
gldstwmn
12-29-2006, 11:15 PM
...in my mom's dress, of all things!

She must have been a very tall woman. :laugh:
ontheEdgeof17
12-30-2006, 10:06 AM
She must have been a very tall woman. :laugh:

birth defect.
MrsMcVie
12-30-2006, 03:41 PM
This may actually become a discussion that gets at the heart of all the weird little factions of Fleetwood Mac fans...

Mick and the McVies, to me, are more like siblings than bandmates. A few others have been able to hang out with them, but nobody, not even Stevie, has really been able integrate into that particular bond. Friends come and go, and sometimes come back again. These three have always been there for each other. Even though Christine has retired, she is still obviously regarded by Mick and John as still being a part of that particular entity. It was Christine's instinct to offer to help the band on SYW, and probably Mick's to say yes, though he had to work within band/label politics.

But, John and Chris were married, and the three of them lived together in the same house for nearly four years. They were all stars of the British Blues boom, went through countless guitar players, and took a huge risk together that paid off dearly. They litterally grew up, got rich, and grew old together.

I think Bob Welch was very much a part of their family (in their minds), but he broke that bond when he quit. He became just a friend. When Stevie and Lindsey joined, there were many more people in the background. Thus, the intimacy of Fleetwood/McVies and Buckingham Nicks was never, and really could never, be what it was amongst themselves. In the case of Stevie, she perhaps came the closest, with Billy coming in a close second, to becoming as close to that bond as anybody could. Their relationship with Lindsey was mostly just a professional, business relationship (and a damn good one).

I agree with you a 100%, couldn´t have said it better myself.:nod:
danax6
12-31-2006, 08:00 AM
Stevie and Lindsey. :lol:
skcin
01-01-2007, 05:37 PM
Great post, Steve. I think that bond will always be strongest for the Brit faction of the Rumours lineup Mac. So many years, thick & thin, all that.

As far as current friendships - hanging out together, spending time with one anothers' families, I'd guess Stevie & Mick. Don't they go to Hawaii together (not like that!) relatively frequently? And did I hear Stevie is Godmother to at least 1 of the twins, or did I imagine that?