| Regina |
01-07-2005 11:32 PM |
I like it.
And I've always liked it.
I like the drama.
I like the idea that some spark of something remains (even if it's played up) after all these years. It gives the eternal romantic in me hope that feelings remain (even after...oops, wrong lyrics). And I don't mean, hopping in the sack behind someone's back type of feelings. I mean, well...just love in some form. It's nice to think that some relationships, even wacko ones, last forever.
And, to me, it is fun.
I thought about this subject a lot in the aftermath of the Dance concert tour. I think, basically, Lindsey and Stevie have a lot of integrity as human beings. At least, I hope so. If they totally had no feelings for each other at all...I don't think they'd mess with the audience in this way.
I think that quote was completely genuine. I think Stevie is very, very into her songs and into her performance. Didn't Javier from Fritz once say that her early Rhiannon performances were like exorcisms? She's ALWAYS been dramatic. I think it's absolutely in keeping with her personality, her love of her music and the feelings behind her lyrics to feel that way in performance. And I think you don't play guitar like Lindsey without being as passionate about his music, perhaps in a slightly different way, as she is about hers.
So, you have two people with a huge and fiery history on stage singing together LONG after a time when things got so bad between them that they never thought such a thing would be possible again. And different days probably bring different feelings--maybe they are thinking about lyrics, maybe they are thinking of the early days, or how far they've come or what they might have for dinner later--but...I think, sometimes, it's completely possible to have that "in love" feeling again.
BUT, I think they draw the line at what goes on on-stage and what goes on off-stage. I really do view them as an older divorced couple who have known each other most of their lives and have a good relationship now--most of the time. As far as his wife is concerned, knowing next to nothing about her except the fact that she's still married to him--I would think she accepts their relationship and accepts the stage performance. At the very least, I do believe the stage stuff would be toned down if she had a real problem with it.
And, you know, having been to quite a few concerts, the Stevie-Lindsey interaction isn't all the woman COULD worry about, if she were so inclined. There is a lot of flirting going on with the ladies in the audience and Mr. Buckingham. I think Kristen is probably a hell of a lot more secure than we, as fans, give her credit for.
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