Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1271883)

I actually like both equally. Fully agree what they both did with FM. I just don't think she's ever needed him like Lindsey tries to intimate. I think they compliment each other very well.

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie (Post 1271886)

Well, I think her songs(and production ideas) are good, but come on, he usually takes the production up a notch.

THEY'RE BETTER TOGETHER.

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1271890)

I don't always agree with his production choices. Russ's "Christine McVie" is beautifully produced. Listen to One In A Million.

I'm not saying they aren't good together. I'm not saying they aren't remarkable together. But I love a lot of her songs that Lindsey had nothing to do with. Why is a prime example.

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1271890)

I'm not saying they aren't good together. I'm not saying they aren't remarkable together. But I love a lot of her songs that Lindsey had nothing to do with. Why is a prime example.

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie (Post 1271894)

Come on... Don't Stop, Think About Me, and Hold Me? FM doesn't get better than that!

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie (Post 1271894)

While it's very close, I slightly prefer 1984 to ITM. It has a more cohesive band sound, IMO. And the songs sound more.....classic.

Come on... Don't Stop, Think About Me, and Hold Me? FM doesn't get better than that!

$tevie says that $he produced Why. After $he taught Bob Weston to play slide guitar, and Christine to play the piano parts.

Originally Posted by SteveMacD (Post 1271901)

I agree.

Christine’s Fleetwood Mac songs before and after Lindsey as well as her two solo albums are on par with anything she ever did with Lindsey. Her music has been surprisingly consistent and dynamic since she joined the band.

There are plenty of examples where Lindsey’s vision and production style wouldn’t have benefited the song, if not been detrimental to the song altogether. Furthermore, I think his Fleetwood Mac productions benefited more from having someone with her musical vocabulary than her songs benefited from his production.



Show Me A Smile, Spare Me A Little, Remember Me, Save Me, Love Shines, and I Do are just as good, IMO.

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1271903)

Heart of Stone, Sooner or Later, Friend, You Are (which sounds like LB on guitar). Bad Loser... the list is huge.

Originally Posted by aleuzzi (Post 1271902)

Okay, I’ll be the contrary Mary and say I feel the songs on ITM blow the 1984 songs away. About 5 of the songs on the self-titled album are strong (and two of them are amazing). But pretty much all of the songs on ITM (excepting Easy Come Easy Go) are excellent.

I never thought she needed Lindsey, even if I love their collaborations. I’m with SteveMacD and Jbrownsjr when I say many of her songs independent of LB’s involvement are bullseyes.

I do agree that Stevie taught Weston everything he knew. She is great that way, a real musician’s musician.

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie (Post 1271909)

Probably the basis of my opinion is based on where I was in life. 1977-1984, FM could do no wrong. I worshiped everything about them(even the old goat). So 1984 holds a....more special place in my heart. ITM sounds slicker. Just like Tango sounds slicker(WAY too slicker,lol). I like a record to sound like a BAND. Not a computer, with every note quantized and pitch corrected.

Even if we disagree, at least we agree that $tevie is the greatest musician EVER!!!

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1271918)

We may disagree. (pun intended) But, I was really good friends with Prince! I saw him on the freeway and he waved to me.

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie (Post 1271919)

Prince was the best man at my wedding! He wrote me a song about a man from Nantucket. Then we had a quickie 3 way behind the church.

Originally Posted by aleuzzi (Post 1271924)

Like a willow, you could bend

Originally Posted by aleuzzi (Post 1271924)

Like a willow, you could bend

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie (Post 1271926)

It's just crazy love.