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TrueFaith77
03-23-2019, 11:49 AM
What if Stevie’s ultimatum led to her being fired (well, that actually would have been quitting)? And what if the managers all said in order for the tour and a new album to be viable, the band would need a new female front singer?
Who would you have wanted to replace Stevie in that scenario?
HomerMcvie
03-23-2019, 12:00 PM
Bekka Bramlett is the best singer FM ever had. And she's still smoking hot!
Macfan4life
03-23-2019, 12:17 PM
Sorry, I would have to disagree with the premise of the question. The band would never "fire" Stevie. The band revolves around her now.
But I will play along. If Stevie quit (or got fired), it would be silly to try and replace her. Lindsey and Christine could easily carry the band along. Stevie does not play an instrument so its not like Chris or Lindsey leaving where the band needed their instrument. But I do suppose they could have had auditions for the best cow bell player who always misses the beat. You see, I hear HomerMcvie is an awesome cow bell player but his downfall is his timing. It seems to always be on the beat :eek:
What if Stevie’s ultimatum led to her being fired (well, that actually would have been quitting)? And what if the managers all said in order for the tour and a new album to be viable, the band would need a new female front singer?
Who would you have wanted to replace Stevie in that scenario?
which is what should have happened. and what Lindsey at first thought was happening - that she quit because she hated his guts. that would make sense.
we used to discuss that here, there were some threads. Steve usually wanted Susanna Hoffs.
Lindsey once mentioned Jenny Lewis.
HomerMcvie
03-23-2019, 12:24 PM
Sorry, I would have to disagree with the premise of the question. The band would never "fire" Stevie. The band revolves around her now.
But I will play along. If Stevie quit (or got fired), it would be silly to try and replace her. Lindsey and Christine could easily carry the band along. Stevie does not play an instrument so its not like Chris or Lindsey leaving where the band needed their instrument. But I do suppose they could have had auditions for the best cow bell player who always misses the beat. You see, I hear HomerMcvie is an awesome cow bell player but his downfall is his timing. It seems to always be on the beat :eek:
No one beats it better than I. :lol:
David
03-23-2019, 12:37 PM
What if Stevie’s ultimatum led to her being fired (well, that actually would have been quitting)? And what if the managers all said in order for the tour and a new album to be viable, the band would need a new female front singer?
Who would you have wanted to replace Stevie in that scenario?Patti Smith could have added so much (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6nkhJ79X-E) to Fleetwood Stale, don't you agree? Smith fronting (or, more accurately, subverting) Fleetwood would be my dream band. And apparently she's still onstage, kicking. I'm so ready for Fleetwood to deconstruct their text (instead of the merely cheap destruction of their legacy). Il n'y a pas de hors-texte, lads.
button-lip
03-23-2019, 01:09 PM
Someone with musical talent. Can't be that hard.
Steviegirl
03-23-2019, 01:50 PM
which is what should have happened. and what Lindsey at first thought was happening - that she quit because she hated his guts. that would make sense.
we used to discuss that here, there were some threads. Steve usually wanted Susanna Hoffs.
Lindsey once mentioned Jenny Lewis.
I just googled Jenny Lewis. LOVE her voice and her songs! Really good choice.
Sorry, I would have to disagree with the premise of the question. The band would never "fire" Stevie. The band revolves around her now.
But I will play along. If Stevie quit (or got fired), it would be silly to try and replace her. Lindsey and Christine could easily carry the band along. Stevie does not play an instrument so its not like Chris or Lindsey leaving where the band needed their instrument. But I do suppose they could have had auditions for the best cow bell player who always misses the beat. You see, I hear HomerMcvie is an awesome cow bell player but his downfall is his timing. It seems to always be on the beat :eek:
As I would vote Bekka if I HAD to pick someone.....and that’s because she was in the band and did some amazing vocals. But the Buckingham/McVie MAC album proved it. No need for a replacement.
sands of time
03-23-2019, 02:56 PM
The Webb Sisters, obviously.
Macfan4life
03-23-2019, 03:17 PM
I've reconsidered this idea. I have my candidates down to 3.
Grace Slick - but I want the out of control raging alcoholic Grace like when she accosted West Germans about their losses during WWII during a Jefferson Starship concert in 1977 or 1978.
The girl who worked as the crazy and out of control Stevie in the Ho Ho's parody of Red Rocks. She does not have to sing anything but can randomly appear on stage, try and slap/high five John McVie and periodically fall/jump off the stage. No one will know when she is going to appear next. Will keep the audience in total suspense. She can even do that backward spider crawling from the movie The Exorcist on stage during Not That Funny.
Last but not least the woman who played Stevie in the French and Saunders segment.
I've reconsidered this idea. I have my candidates down to 3.
Grace Slick - but I want the out of control raging alcoholic Grace like when she accosted West Germans about their losses during WWII during a Jefferson Starship concert in 1977 or 1978.
The girl who worked as the crazy and out of control Stevie in the Ho Ho's parody of Red Rocks. She does not have to sing anything but can randomly appear on stage, try and slap/high five John McVie and periodically fall/jump off the stage. No one will know when she is going to appear next. Will keep the audience in total suspense. She can even do that backward spider crawling from the movie The Exorcist on stage during Not That Funny.
Last but not least the woman who played Stevie in the French and Saunders segment.
Dawn French was a very funny Stevie with Jennifer Saunders doing a mean Christine.....as I remember.
No one needed to replace her. I would have loved to see FM carry on as foursome. BuckVie incarnate! The magic would have been awesome! The creative juices would have flowed! Instead we got a karaoke cover band performing the same old same old again. Fizzle.
Storms123
03-23-2019, 05:16 PM
Hillary Scott actually sings Rhiannon better than Stevie does. She sings it the way Stevie used to.
bwboy
03-23-2019, 05:31 PM
Ann Wilson or Pat Benatar. No point in replacing Stevie with someone no one's ever heard of.
jbrownsjr
03-23-2019, 06:26 PM
Dawn French was a very funny Stevie with Jennifer Saunders doing a mean Christine.....as I remember.
That spoof is the. funniest thing ever!!
Also, "I should be so lucky!!" "lucky lucky lucky"
secret love
03-23-2019, 07:24 PM
What if Stevie’s ultimatum led to her being fired (well, that actually would have been quitting)? And what if the managers all said in order for the tour and a new album to be viable, the band would need a new female front singer?
Who would you have wanted to replace Stevie in that scenario?
Sheryl Crow, or as a second choice, Sussanah Hoffs.
secret love
03-23-2019, 07:25 PM
Sorry, I would have to disagree with the premise of the question. The band would never "fire" Stevie. The band revolves around her now.
But I will play along. If Stevie quit (or got fired), it would be silly to try and replace her. Lindsey and Christine could easily carry the band along. Stevie does not play an instrument so its not like Chris or Lindsey leaving where the band needed their instrument. But I do suppose they could have had auditions for the best cow bell player who always misses the beat. You see, I hear HomerMcvie is an awesome cow bell player but his downfall is his timing. It seems to always be on the beat :eek:
:nod:
Yep, the Buckingham McVie tour in another universe was the Fleetwood Mac post-Stevie tour.
SteveMacD
03-23-2019, 09:47 PM
They wouldn’t need a replacement. They have enough between them to put on a set of hits and classics.
That having been said…
1. Susanna Hoffs. Kind of sounds like a younger Stevie. Since she was in a band that sold 25 million albums, she has her own image and nobody would expect her to be Stevie. I also think she would have a great stage chemistry with Lindsey.
2. Colbie Caillat. Family connection. Popular enough and wouldn’t feel like an outsider.
3. Natalie Maines/The Dixie Chicks. Natalie joins and the other two become the backing vocalists. They had the big hit with “Landslide” and she sounded eerily close to Stevie when they did “Too Far From Texas.” Put her in a blond wig and a black chiffon dress and most people would be none the wiser. Fun fact, on the last Dixie Chicks album to date, Taking The Long Way, track 7 (Lubbock or Leave It) was written by the Chicks and Mike Campbell, track 8 (Silent House) was written by the Chicks and Neil Finn, and track 9 (Favorite Year) was written by the Chicks and Sheryl Crow.
No offense to Jenny Lewis, but she’s not a big enough name to take over for Stevie. She doesn’t have a recognizable image or songs. Part of the reason Fleetwood Mac were able to survive this episode relatively unscathed is because they brought in largely recognizable and respected names. People had a frame of reference for the new guys and nobody expected Neil and Mike to be like Lindsey as a result.
secret love
03-23-2019, 09:53 PM
They wouldn’t need a replacement. They have enough between them to put on a set of hits and classics.
That having been said…
1. Susanna Hoffs. Kind of sounds like a younger Stevie. Since she was in a band that sold 25 million albums, she has her own image and nobody would expect her to be Stevie. I also think she would have a great stage chemistry with Lindsey.
2. Colbie Caillat. Family connection. Popular enough and wouldn’t feel like an outsider.
3. Natalie Maines/The Dixie Chicks. Natalie joins and the other two become the backing vocalists. They had the big hit with “Landslide” and she sounded eerily close to Stevie when they did “Too Far From Texas.” Put her in a blond wig and a black chiffon dress and most people would be none the wiser. Fun fact, on the last Dixie Chicks album to date, Taking The Long Way, track 7 (Lubbock or Leave It) was written by the Chicks and Mike Campbell, track 8 (Silent House) was written by the Chicks and Neil Finn, and track 9 (Favorite Year) was written by the Chicks and Sheryl Crow.
No offense to Jenny Lewis, but she’s not a big enough name to take over for Stevie. She doesn’t have a recognizable image or songs. Part of the reason Fleetwood Mac were able to survive this episode relatively unscathed is because they brought in largely recognizable and respected names. People had a frame of reference for the new guys and nobody expected Neil and Mike to be like Lindsey as a result.
Agree they don't NEED a replacement... but then why not tour BuckVie as Fleetwood Mac? Instead they claimed oh we just happened to think of Mick and John when we were recording, not because they're in the same band as us, just because they're the greatest rhythm section there is...
They would feel inadequate without Stevie. It is sad but I think it is true. :distress:
BombaySapphire3
03-23-2019, 09:57 PM
Brandi Carlile ..as good a writer as any of the Rumours 3 and spectacular voice.
Brandi Carlile ..as good a writer as any of the Rumours 3 and spectacular voice.
wow, yes! i was thinking that last month when she was all over the grammys. Lindsey went to see her too, on last FM tour on the day off and she posted their pic and was gushing about him.
secret love
03-23-2019, 10:01 PM
Brandi Carlile ..as good a writer as any of the Rumours 3 and spectacular voice.
Most people are suggesting replacements now, not as many saying they don't need one! :eek:
In another thread discussions are happening about an interview with Christine McVie. She talks about how Stevie is basically married to the job of lead singer (she doesn't use the word "married", I think) while Christine says she personally has her own life "I like to go shopping on my own". Stevie does NOT even buy her own groceries? Uh, sorry, what? WHAT A LUXURY. Having slaves buy your groceries and personal items. Wow. This is how she can be so good at her job. She has no life. Which is why she will never be replaced.
BombaySapphire3
03-23-2019, 10:01 PM
wow, yes! i was thinking that last month when she was all over the grammys. Lindsey went to see her too, on last FM tour on the day off and she posted their pic and was gushing about him.
It's giving me a stomach ache right now to think of where the band could have gone if they'd replaced La Nicks with Brandi..also Lindsey would probably be totally healthy now.:(
secret love
03-23-2019, 10:06 PM
It's giving me a stomach ache right now to think of where the band could have gone if they'd replaced La Nicks with Brandi..also Lindsey would probably be totally healthy now.:(
Lindsey needed to be replaced, Stevie didn't. They could have saved money on wages for TWO people and still been successful. And made new music, or at least played Carnival Begin and On with the Show live.
Agree they don't NEED a replacement... but then why not tour BuckVie as Fleetwood Mac? Instead they claimed oh we just happened to think of Mick and John when we were recording, not because they're in the same band as us
to appease Stevie. instead of just throwing her out as they should have!
here's Mick talking about the same album as they were recording it -
http://www.mickfleetwoodofficial.com/2015/fleetwood-macs-mick-fleetwood-on-making-new-music-with-the-absolute-lineup/?fbclid=IwAR2Deb5tPRtd6YBBPmmprl6ASKRBpak4J_D6xCi9k8bem1zrn8uIJ86mLg8
It's giving me a stomach ache right now to think of where the band could have gone if they'd replaced La Nicks with Brandi.. also Lindsey would probably be totally healthy now.:(
yes and yes.
what could have been!
secret love
03-23-2019, 10:22 PM
to appease Stevie. instead of just throwing her out as they should have!
here's Mick talking about the same album as they were recording it -
http://www.mickfleetwoodofficial.com/2015/fleetwood-macs-mick-fleetwood-on-making-new-music-with-the-absolute-lineup/?fbclid=IwAR2Deb5tPRtd6YBBPmmprl6ASKRBpak4J_D6xCi9k8bem1zrn8uIJ86mLg8
He has not even bothered to ask his Internet minions to delete this article from the Mick Fleetwood Official Page. Shame? He has none.
Look, credit to the new line up, in that they've managed to put on a show that has some merit and that people still want to pay $450 a ticket to be in the good seats to see.
But - could have let Stevie quit and continued in a much more credible way - even if they wanted to call the tour "The Quartet"!
secret love
03-23-2019, 10:24 PM
yes and yes.
what could have been!
Replacing Stevie would be dumb when Lindsey and Christine clearly have so much to offer and share such a dynamic partnership. Plus, she still emails him, and he hasn't written off doing BuckVie II.
HomerMcvie
03-24-2019, 03:04 AM
He has not even bothered to ask his Internet minions to delete this article from the Mick Fleetwood Official Page. Shame? He has none.
Look, credit to the new line up, in that they've managed to put on a show that has some merit and that people still want to pay $450 a ticket to be in the good seats to see.
But - could have let Stevie quit and continued in a much more credible way - even if they wanted to call the tour "The Quartet"!
Do you EVER STFU? Jesus Christ. You're obviously posting under the influence, because "late night" is when you go on these rants.
saniette
03-24-2019, 07:59 AM
No offense to Jenny Lewis, but she’s not a big enough name to take over for Stevie. She doesn’t have a recognizable image or songs. Part of the reason Fleetwood Mac were able to survive this episode relatively unscathed is because they brought in largely recognizable and respected names. People had a frame of reference for the new guys and nobody expected Neil and Mike to be like Lindsey as a result.
Totally disagree with this. In 2019, Jenny Lewis has way more name recognition than the other people on your list, especially among younger fans. Might make sense to appeal to them rather than being consistently stuck in the past. Jenny Lewis is at least still making relevant work, which is more than can be said of anybody else you mention. Frankly, she is above "filling in" for Stevie, at least at this point in her career. I highly doubt Neil Finn or Mike Campbell would ever have taken this gig when they were still commercially relevant. It's really for dinosaurs only.
TrueFaith77
03-24-2019, 08:24 AM
After much thought and consideration:
Kate Bush
bwboy
03-24-2019, 08:59 AM
After much thought and consideration:
Kate Bush
Hmmm, from what little I know about Kate Bush, I'm not sure what the end result would be, either recording or touring with FM. Interesting idea, definitely.
As for paying $1000 to hear Fleetwood Mac perform Don't Dream It's Over instead of Go Your Own Way- fortunately, we get to see them perform both!
TrueFaith77
03-24-2019, 09:27 AM
Hmmm, from what little I know about Kate Bush
Well, you have much pleasure ahead. Start from the beginning and be “Wow”’d.
She is the greatest female music artist of all time.
Mr Scarrott
03-24-2019, 09:49 AM
Has anyone suggested Florence Welch?
luminol
03-24-2019, 10:04 AM
Interesting thread (since I'm new, I have not read the previous threads like this).
Kate Bush would never want to be part of this notoriously dysfunctional band. She's extremely private and doesn't enjoy performing live, historically. After her very first tour she never toured again. Yes, her London Hammersmith residency a few years back was insanely popular and great, had a number of friends fly overseas for it and it blew their minds, but having a 13 date residency in your nearest hometown is a lot different from joining an aging and endlessly dramatic band loaded with baggage on a world tour. I'm sure she'd rather live in peace with her family, any day of the week.
I love and adore Susanna Hoffs. Interesting idea that I could see sort of working. Though anyone who would sign up to "replace Stevie" is just begging to be heckled for the rest of their lives by Stevie's crowd, and I would not wish that on SH or anyone else I love for that matter. haha.
Ann Wilson has some of the best singing chops on the planet... but that means her singing Stevie's songs would probably be pretty dull for her, given Stevie's limited range. I guess she could always mix it up and make things interesting and unique in her own way, especially given her range, but again, people would probably heckle endlessly and she doesn't need that with her career.
Jenny Lewis? Maybe. Brandi Carlile? Maybe. I see the points that they're more relevant to the younger crowds but also... not nearly the star power overall. But alongside LB and Chris they'd probably balance out just fine and they'd probably jump at the chance (or maybe not, if they're also scared of the drama and heckling).
Never a big fan of the Sheryl Crow thing. She doesn't interest me much.
Love these hypotheticals haha
Interesting thread (since I'm new, I have not read the previous threads like this).
Kate Bush would never want to be part of this notoriously dysfunctional band. She's extremely private and doesn't enjoy performing live, historically. After her very first tour she never toured again. Yes, her London Hammersmith residency a few years back was insanely popular and great, had a number of friends fly overseas for it and it blew their minds, but having a 13 date residency in your nearest hometown is a lot different from joining an aging and endlessly dramatic band loaded with baggage on a world tour. I'm sure she'd rather live in peace with her family, any day of the week.
you are forgetting that Stevie would not be a part of the band in this scenario. and she is where most of unnecessary and overblown drama comes from. :nod:
but i hear you. and also, my opinion was that after 2014-15, FM should not do another greatest hits tour. and if they had to do anything live, should have been some residency somewhere for a few dates. now if they had a new album that would have been different, but it was clear at that point that Stevie is holding that back with the 5, if she stays in the band.
Jenny Lewis? Maybe. Brandi Carlile? Maybe. I see the points that they're more relevant to the younger crowds but also... not nearly the star power overall. But alongside LB and Chris they'd probably balance out just fine and they'd probably jump at the chance (or maybe not, if they're also scared of the drama and heckling).
to clarify, Lindsey brought up Jenny Lewis as hypothetical to replace Stevie when she didn't want to work on new FM music in 2014. so i think he was considering she could be a good fit contributing music to FM album.
when he said that, some of us told him it should be 4 of them, no need for any replacements.
but i do have to wonder whether this type of scenario was considered and floated to the band some time in 2014-2015 when they were working on their new album (that later became BuckVie)? like maybe management was telling them - sure you can get rid of Stevie if she doesn't want to record anymore, but you need to bring in someone else who can be a draw to some of the similar audience. i've been to Jenny Lewis shows - girl power is huge among her audiences.
Though anyone who would sign up to "replace Stevie" is just begging to be heckled for the rest of their lives by Stevie's crowd, and I would not wish that on SH or anyone else I love for that matter. haha.
so true.
we can just look around these boards, and definitely wider social media. there are some fans who consider a positive to not care about people. they keep asking others - why do you care about what happens to LB? it's a very weird attitude.
on social media, every FM show review that doesn't completely throw LB under the bus Stevie cult members go ballistic about. :lol:
ImpossibleHoney
03-24-2019, 02:36 PM
The idea of replacing Stevie is just.....I mean, I get the premise but, frankly, it just wouldn't be Fleetwood Mac without her. But, I can only think of three artists who have actually sprung from Stevie and her influence and think any of these three could pull it off:
Tori Amos - the love child of Stevie and Elton John. I don't know about the idea of two pianists in the same band but, for me, Amos has always been the natural successor to Stevie in terms of voice and lyric. The only problem I can see here is that Tori is prolific in her own right and losing her own work for the sake of FM would be a shame.
Courtney Love - the Gold Dust Woman riseth. If Courtney could have ever gotten it totally together and cleaned it up - she would have went down as a legend but, instead, its been tabloid and fashion show city for years and its become boring. Say what you want but, Love can write a lyric better than most and in full Venus, can shine just as bright as Stevie.
Florence Welch - I love this idea! She has Stevie's grandiose idea for music and really gives it live but, she is not nearly as established and could easily slide in and out.
FuzzyPlum
03-24-2019, 02:45 PM
http://www.parosweb.com/media/static/photos/venus-de-milo_lp78sXov.jpg
Venus de Milo
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3237/2687505257_794fb21059.jpg
A Stevie-esque scarecrow
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5c/4c/cf/5c4ccf5645d16e34d941a437a543338b.jpg
A dressmakers dummy
https://www.thebiggamecompany.co.nz/site/thebiggamecompany/images//thumb/hi%20tumble%20tower%202.png
A pile of giant jenga bricks
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/31/f5/a7/31f5a7e2e121a9f23f5c750882691a55.jpg
Courtney Love
SteveMacD
03-24-2019, 03:17 PM
Courtney Love - the Gold Dust Woman riseth. If Courtney could have ever gotten it totally together and cleaned it up - she would have went down as a legend but, instead, its been tabloid and fashion show city for years and its become boring. Say what you want but, Love can write a lyric better than most and in full Venus, can shine just as bright as Stevie.
:laugh:
The whole point of changing the lineup was to reduce the amount of drama within the band. Courtney Love has more baggage and more drama than Mick, John, Christine, Stevie, and Lindsey COMBINED!!!
Florence Welch - I love this idea! She has Stevie's grandiose idea for music and really gives it live but, she is not nearly as established and could easily slide in and out.
Wasn’t one Welch enough?
bwboy
03-24-2019, 04:49 PM
Kate Bush would never want to be part of this notoriously dysfunctional band. She's extremely private and doesn't enjoy performing live, historically. After her very first tour she never toured again. Yes, her London Hammersmith residency a few years back was insanely popular and great, had a number of friends fly overseas for it and it blew their minds, but having a 13 date residency in your nearest hometown is a lot different from joining an aging and endlessly dramatic band loaded with baggage on a world tour. I'm sure she'd rather live in peace with her family, any day of the week.
I love and adore Susanna Hoffs. Interesting idea that I could see sort of working. Though anyone who would sign up to "replace Stevie" is just begging to be heckled for the rest of their lives by Stevie's crowd, and I would not wish that on SH or anyone else I love for that matter. haha.
Was Bekka ever heckled when she replaced Stevie? My brother saw a FM show with Bekka and he said it was good and she did a great job, and that the crowd reacted positively. No one has heckled FM on this tour, despite one or two people here saying they wanted to, and I don't see people spending a lot of money to heckle the band in protest.
My brother is a huge Kate Bush fan, and the reasons you listed were much along the same lines of my thinking. The idea of her touring with FM is hard to see, considering her solo tours in the past. But on paper, she sounds ideal.
Susanna Hoffs is interesting to me, too. I can't really think of a negative for her. And I could see FM performing Manic Monday, although I shiver at the idea of Lindsey or Christine Walking Like Egyptians!
secret love
03-24-2019, 05:23 PM
Do you EVER STFU? Jesus Christ. You're obviously posting under the influence, because "late night" is when you go on these rants.
No Homer. I live in a different time zone. I'm posting at perfectly normally times, and at time when I haven't been drinking.
Edit: Currently 9.24 am in Sydney, Australia.
Apparently it was a "rant" to claim something I thought you'd agree with Homer, that Stevie doesn't need to be replaced and they could easily continue without her.
HomerMcvie
03-24-2019, 06:13 PM
No Homer. I live in a different time zone. I'm posting at perfectly normally times, and at time when I haven't been drinking.
Edit: Currently 9.24 am in Sydney, Australia.
Apparently it was a "rant" to claim something I thought you'd agree with Homer, that Stevie doesn't need to be replaced and they could easily continue without her.
Well, you hide your location, so one can only guess as to your whereabouts...
BombaySapphire3
03-24-2019, 07:37 PM
After much thought and consideration:
Kate Bush
You have already said that Kate should retire...so which is it:shrug:
iamnotafraid
03-25-2019, 12:39 AM
Who would you have wanted to replace Stevie..?
A pre-1985 hologram version of Stevie.
One that could be controlled from Lindsey's
pedalboard. He's controls her. And there
are no speeches.
If she has to be replaced by a person.
How about Samantha Fish? FM could
return to it's roots.
michelej1
03-25-2019, 12:36 PM
Without Lindsey around to complain, I wouldn't be surprised if this band set up a Vegas residence and actually started using holograms and old video footage interspersed in with live performances, while Stevie was backstage changing costumes and sipping green tea.
SteveMacD
03-25-2019, 12:52 PM
Without Lindsey around to complain, I wouldn't be surprised if this band set up a Vegas residence and actually started using holograms and old video footage interspersed in with live performances, while Stevie was backstage changing costumes and sipping green tea.
I can’t see Neil or Mike going along with that.
TrueFaith77
03-25-2019, 01:56 PM
You have already said that Kate should retire...so which is it:shrug:
Exactly! She needs them as much as they need her!
I can’t see Neil or Mike going along with that.
I don't know enough about them to know why they wouldn't. Seems a gig lots of people do. If I were FM, I would do it. But I like Vegas. Heck, even I would go see them when I was in Vegas because ... why not? (Though I wouldn't go to Vegas specifically to see them, the way I did BuckVie!!)
bwboy
03-25-2019, 02:29 PM
I don't know enough about them to know why they wouldn't. Seems a gig lots of people do. If I were FM, I would do it. But I like Vegas. Heck, even I would go see them when I was in Vegas because ... why not? (Though I wouldn't go to Vegas specifically to see them, the way I did BuckVie!!)
TrueFaith77, the implication was that if Lindsey hadn't been fired, then FM would never stoop to playing in Las Vegas. Not that FM is scheduled to perform long term in Vegas, nor is there anything wrong with making money. But just like Lindsey agreed to play the two big festivals last year for money, I have no doubt he would have been willing to play in Vegas for the money, too. And again, nothing wrong with that.
button-lip
03-25-2019, 02:33 PM
Without Lindsey around to complain, I wouldn't be surprised if this band set up a Vegas residence and actually started using holograms and old video footage interspersed in with live performances, while Stevie was backstage changing costumes and sipping green tea.
If they backstabbed Lindsey for money, I have no doubt they will continue making money anywhere.
michelej1
03-25-2019, 03:06 PM
TrueFaith77, the implication was that if Lindsey hadn't been fired, then FM would never stoop to playing in Las Vegas. Not that FM is scheduled to perform long term in Vegas, nor is there anything wrong with making money. But just like Lindsey agreed to play the two big festivals last year for money, I have no doubt he would have been willing to play in Vegas for the money, too. And again, nothing wrong with that.
That was not the implication. Lindsey has played Vegas many times.
However, I have no doubt Lindsey would never have agreed to do a Celine and take up residence in Vegas. Still, I said that he would complain I did not say that he would never do it, but he would put up a fight.
Spending a Saturday night playing a one-off corporate gig is an entirely separate matter.
Furthermore my point has as much to do with holograms as it did with Vegas. I do not think that Lindsey would employ holograms and old footage to pad a show and give it that loungey feel.
I can’t see Neil or Mike going along with that.
why not? they were pretty clear why they are doing FM covers. private jets and money.
cbBen
03-26-2019, 10:35 AM
IMO the band should not have gone on as FM without Stevie or Lindsey. No replacements after the '97 reset.
HomerMcvie
03-26-2019, 10:52 AM
IMO the band should not have gone on as FM without Stevie or Lindsey. No replacements after the '97 reset.
Christine was just as important as either of them(you always leave her out).:distress:
SteveMacD
03-26-2019, 11:30 AM
IMO the band should not have gone on as FM without Stevie or Lindsey. No replacements after the '97 reset.
There was never a “‘97 reset.” The classic lineup got back together because their collective careers were in the crapper, and without Mo Ostin and Lenny Waronker out at Warner’s, it wasn’t clear if any of them could get signed.
The Catdancer
03-27-2019, 12:00 AM
Harry Styles
BombaySapphire3
03-27-2019, 12:35 AM
Exactly! She needs them as much as they need her!
Wrong...Kate Bush doesn't need anybody.. Fakewood Mac are the ones that need to retire .
David
03-27-2019, 02:44 PM
Wrong...Kate Bush doesn't need anybody.. Fakewood Mac are the ones that need to retire .Agreed. The idea that the mad visionary with the sweet, retiring disposition, Kate Bush, would have any interest in hitching her caboose to Fleetwood Mac is outrageous. She would never, never, never follow Fleetwood across the country back and forth a dozen times to perform in that blandly impersonal, please-everyone way. Even an extremely cursory listen to Before the Dawn would reveal that. That amazing album documented a precise, intricate multimedia presentation combining music, video, dance, and other arts that could only have been delivered on a very small scale—a few weeks in a single theater, where the whole environment could be controlled down to the last detail. That's where her heart and soul are, not in packing in and out of gigantic sports arenas all over the country and running down the "set" as if one were checking boxes on a spreadsheet.
However, when I was playing Lindsey's anthology a few months ago, I imagined Kate listening and kind of cocking her head amusedly at the fascinating parade of sounds: the quirky canvas of sonic novelty and the unexpected way it adds strength and scope to the emotions in the songs. She'd find at least some of his work splendid, is my guess.
However, when I was playing Lindsey's anthology a few months ago, I imagined Kate listening and kind of cocking her head amusedly at the fascinating parade of sounds: the quirky canvas of sonic novelty and the unexpected way it adds strength and scope to the emotions in the songs. She'd find at least some of his work splendid, is my guess.
awwww :thumbsup:
Pyewacket
04-15-2019, 05:40 PM
However, when I was playing Lindsey's anthology a few months ago, I imagined Kate listening and kind of cocking her head amusedly at the fascinating parade of sounds: the quirky canvas of sonic novelty and the unexpected way it adds strength and scope to the emotions in the songs. She'd find at least some of his work splendid, is my guess.
Well, she might actually recognize some of those sounds (as "Big Love" was notedly inspired by "Running Up That Hill")! But yes, I think she and Linds have a bit more in common than she and Stevie -- and that was a spot-on run-down of "Before The Dawn" (which I attended four times!).
jbrownsjr
04-17-2019, 09:12 AM
IMO the band should not have gone on as FM without Stevie or Lindsey. No replacements after the '97 reset.
:laugh: I could easily enjoy Fleetwood Mac without that fake bloated and over rated relationship. SYW was marginal.
I wish $he would have left to pursue her solo career and left the other very wealthy members to concentrate and be forced to write good music. Then, tour the smaller or medium size venues.
It would have been a treat, just like BuckVie. BuckVie was a summer I'll never forget. Christine McVie is Fleetwood Mac.
lennonfan
04-18-2019, 07:03 AM
:laugh: I could easily enjoy Fleetwood Mac without that fake bloated and over rated relationship. SYW was marginal.
I wish $he would have left to pursue her solo career and left the other very wealthy members to concentrate and be forced to write good music. Then, tour the smaller or medium size venues.
It would have been a treat, just like BuckVie. BuckVie was a summer I'll never forget. Christine McVie is Fleetwood Mac.
it would have been so much better. I'm not a Stevie hater by any means but I feel she handled this in the most Divaesque way possible and I view her totally differently now as a result.
Had she left, FM as a 4 piece would have lost nothing on a musical level and we surely would have gotten a proper BuckVie presentation, which as we know was really a Mac album sans you know who.
SaraRhiannon
04-19-2019, 06:26 PM
Florence Welch! She's got that dreamy, ethereal thing going on. And she can really sing.
David
04-22-2019, 06:09 PM
Florence Welch! She's got that dreamy, ethereal thing going on. And she can really sing.
I'm sorry — who, now?
dontlookdown
04-24-2019, 07:23 PM
I'd love to see them as a foursome w/o Stevie. Lindsey would carry the show (as he's done for every show since 97).
And they would never allow "managers" to dictate who gets replaced in the band.
But if I were going to suggest another singer to stand in for Stevie, it would have to be someone who can really belt vocals - like any of these amazing singers:
Maria McKee
Neko Case
Brandi Carlile
SaraRhiannon
04-27-2019, 07:29 PM
I'm sorry — who, now?
Really David??
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