FM Vs. Solo
 

What do you guys think stevie enjoys / enjoyed performing in more

Depends on how you define enjoyment. Having a pleasant time and the thrill of autonomy, then I'd say solo. Roller coaster highs, tension filled plunges, heady power and emotion, Fleetwood Mac. Michele

Agreed completely. If I was to guess, I'd say that her solo career is less stressful but her Fleetwood Mac career is more.... exhilarating.

See I just listened to the 1980 version of Angel in Japan with the mac.
Then the 81 version of it solo.

It sounded like she had a lot more fun doing it solo.
Idk. something to talk about

Right. I mean it's the feeling that you get after conquering a challenge. That can be quite fulfilling. The sense of accomplishment exhilarating, as you said. But sometimes the high doesn't always seem worth the struggle it took to get there. Do you enjoy strenuous hiking or a Hawaiian beach more on vacation? Guess, I'd choose both at different times.

Michele

Which is why I voted for Fleetwood Mac. I think that there's something about those few magical shows and moments throughout their work together that makes it all worthwhile-- at least to me, and from what we see and hear from the band (usually). I've never seen Stevie look as happy on her solo tour singing ANYTHING than she looks during "Angel" on the Tusk documentary.

Edit: I answered this question wrong! I thought you put, 'which do we prefer'. :lol:

Solo for sure! She gets to go up there and do whatever she wants without concern for Lindsey. And I think she really loves being able to do that. Steive is happy to play Angel - if it was from the Tusk doc or the US Fest. She loves that song. She is more talkative and more smiles during solo from what I've seen in person and heard in bootlegs.

Solo for sure...

However, I think the music she made with the band is much better than her solo stuff. Okay not much better, but better. I think she benefitted from not being able to do whatever she wanted... Thats just me though...

Def prefer her stuff with Fleetwood Mac.

Right on. I suspect the answer to this question changes depending on when you ask her as well.

I go back and forth on thinking her solo career solely exists to provide a thoughtless, easy way of decompressing and releasing music in between Mac projects; or whether she has just suffered through the Mac the past 30 years to fuel her solo career. I think she probably just enjoys both equally, for entirely different reasons. She was essentially saying a couple of years ago how bored she was with her solo career, yet lately she's been saying how she doesn't have to take crap from the Mac because she would be happier solo. Sounds like more Gemini-ness from Stevie... she's gotta have both.

Theres a line in the Rolling Stone review of the Wild Heart, that quotes the Nightbird and says that maybe she really does surround herself with too much love. Always thought that was especially true...

And as for ^^^ ita... I think its probably pretty relatable for non rock stars too. Sometimes you wanna hang out with your friends who are party animals, and sometimes you wanna hang out with the ones who are more chill. Vanilla and chocolate :) I didnt just say that...

Got any Stevie quotes to backup this statement?

Me too, but the question is asking what she enjoys doing more. I think some people got confused - this is what I thought the poll was asking first too.

I do think that she enjoyed working solo more, but my poor ears enjoy her with FM alot more. Going solo, she could and probably would fire everyone who told her "bad idea" - with the results you hear.

FM restricts her, she needs that. When I think solo Stevie I think of those goddamnawful 12 minute versions of "Beauty and the beast" a monstrous self serving pompous mess, and that was only the tip of the iceberg.

And listen to ever one of her solo recordings, the musicians try every then-popular trick, made the albums sound outdated basically the second they came out. The sound of "Rock a litte" is terror, even if from songwriting and her singing, the album is very good.

I could go on and an, and I won't become anymore popular here, so let me just say:

1 for FM, 0 for solo