Christine works quite differently than Stevie. She has commented about how she generally only writes songs when she knows there is going to be an album. She takes a very workman like approach to her craft: she writes songs for the project at hand.

Stevie (and Lindsey to a lesser extent) just writes, produces,and gathers a variety of demos/songs in a nebulous manner; the possibility being that they might be offered to other artists, her solo albums, soundtracks, or to Fleetwood Mac.

"Blue Turns to Grey," "Gotta Get Away," "Deep Dense," "Given Thing" and "The Singer Not the Song," are the only tracks left that have not made it onto an official studio album. "My Little Demon" in a way did since it was on The Dance, although that's a live version of the song. I honestly believe that "Steve's Riff (Wear You Down)" was made into what we know now as "Sleeping Around the Corner." The beat sounds very similar even though the chorus is completely different. And who knows, there are probably other tracks from that era that are still lying around that we haven't even heard.

yeah it's a very different song. Steve's Riff is still out there.

Gotta Get Away and The Singer Not the song are finished and mixed, just not mastered.... the other songs you list are really demos.

also, people from LB's "guitar army" band in early 90s have posted pics of all of them in HI (or somewhere like that?) and said Lindsey took that whole band there for a period of time and they recorded bunch of tracks which were supposed to be his next solo album. and that none of these tracks ever showed up anywhere.

Do you know if Lindsey's ever commented on these HI songs in a Q & A?

Michele

i don't. you mean at m&gs or is there some q&a here or some other place on the internet you can link me to?

the only time i heard of these songs was from his guitar army band members on fb... i think maybe 2 or 3 of them commented on it, there were some pics of all of them on the beach, snorkeling, etc.

Yes, I was thinking about those meet and greets and wondered if the subject came up.

There's lots of unheard music out there. Michele

But at the time of the Dance, on the Best Buy CD, Christine said that she had lots of songs piled up, so once her life stopped being so busy, she apparently started to write songs without an album project or other goal in sight as well.

Michele

That's exactly why no new album is driving me crazy! I must admit I am more excited to hear Christine's new songs than Lindsey's new songs. But still, it is just wrong that 5 of the 8 new songs Lindsey, Mick and John recorded and finished in 2012 still have not been released to the public two years later.

And the only reason why those new songs have not been released? Because until Stevie adds her backing vocals to them, the band considers those 5 songs "unfinished". :mad:

They should just call Susanna Hoffs.

You're funny! Susanna Hoffs is a great singer! But I think most people can tell the difference between Stevie and Susanna. :p

That's the band's conundrum. Hypothetically:

If Christine, Lindsey, Mick and John release an album that doesn't feature Stevie at all, who's going to answer the awkward questions from the media? The inevitable question would be: Why is Ms Nicks touring with you when she's not on this record? It would be very embarrassing and damaging to the band's reputation.

Just as if Christine had contributed to Say You Will album but not toured, inevitably the media would have asked, "What's going on?"

The band doesn't have any good answers to these questions it would seem. Other than the tired old line of, "We don't really get along", which if you are professionals (and they are) is a poor excuse.

I wish that Lindsey would release the songs that he, Mick and John recorded in 2012 as a solo EP or solo album. Especially when the titles of those songs are as tantalising as "Lay Down for Free"", "Hunger" and "Is it Right".

Remember that article from early 2014 about Christine's studio sessions with Lindsey, Mick and John? The journalist described Christine's song (she wrote the lyrics over Lindsey's music and presumably sings lead vocal on it) "Too Far Gone" as a danceable new Fleetwood Mac song. I want to dance to Fleetwood Mac's Too Far Gone before I die! :lol:

Difference, yep. Better, nope.

the garden?:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

i love Gift of Screws 1.0
but i love the polished version too :nod:

Perhaps this disciplined approach was instilled in her as a result of her childhood piano lessons!

I bought myself a piano lesson once (at age 20) and absolutely hated it. I already know how to read music: I learnt that in high school during two years compulsory music education.

So the teacher just had me practise playing old children's music over and over. Easy and boring! (I thought that he might be able to teach me how to go about composing piano music to go with the song lyrics I wrote.)

I don't know where to start and it's difficult because I'm working backwards: I have my lyrics written first and am yet to write any music to go with them. The piano teacher couldn't offer me any suggestions or advice at all.

"The Singer Not the Song", "Blue Turns to Grey" and "Gotta Get Away" are all Rolling Stones covers, not original Buckingham compositions. I have watched a YouTube video of Lindsey performing "Deep Dense" live, which I think was taken from the same solo concert at which he performed "Steal Your Heart Away" live. The live SYHA took my breath away; I'm nonplussed as to why Lindsey would miss an opportunity to perform SYHA live with Christine back. Her vocals could be made more prominent in a live performance than they are on the Say You Will record and would sound great.

Deep Dense is quite good but not Lindsey's best work. I will search on YouTube for the other songs you've listed.

there's a video of Deep Dense live? never heard that he ever did that song live. maybe that's some other song from his Soundstage?