Underrated in FM?
 

Now I don't know if this has been discussed before and, if so, please accept my apologies. But don't you all think that Stevie's contributions to FM have been horribly underrated over the years? And I'm not talking about the album reviews in Rolling Stone that always criticized her contributions. Why has she always been the one to be represented with the least amount of songs on each album? I suppose that neither she nor Lindsey were accepted as full members during the recording of what is known as The White Album, but when it came to Rumours, it's not like Mick took Christine aside on a parking lot telling her that they needed to delete "Oh Daddy" in order to make room for "Silver Springs". And why did she only get three songs on Mirage and TITN? Solo career or not, she was a prolific writer and would always send her demos to the band when they were in the studio.

Let the Lindsey-bashing begin...

Many people have said that with Stevie, less is more.

Although I agree with you.

Probably because she didn't technically play an instrument on Chris or Lindsey's songs.

I know I'm in the minority here, but I love Stevie's piano playing.

Very true. There could be many reasons, but I agree with the whole 'less is more' vibe. She still managed to crank out some of FM's biggest hits though.

Oh no! I never meant this to be an anti-Lindsey statement. :eek: Do you honestly think that he's to blame?

I've always felt Stevie was under-represented within Fleetwood Mac, too. I've always boiled it down to band politics, though. Stevie was probably the most prolific songwriter of the lot, but most of her songs were airy fairy gibberish garbage... and thus she probably lost credibility because of that. Add that to the fact she played no instruments, and that's why she wasn't taken very seriously by the likes of Christine and Lindsey. Compound these attributes with the always tenuous relationship with Lindsey, who was in many ways the musical director of the band and Stevie's crutch, and we start to see why Stevie didn't get much air time. I think Christine and Lindsey respected one another greatly as musicians, even though the way they approached their crafts was so different. They just naturally energized each other, and bounced ideas and energy off one another. In contrast, it was probably a creative drain to work with Stevie, since she played no instruments and has no real musical knowledge. Her product was so raw, that the band members spent large amounts of time fashioning it into a useable product. Hence why she didn't get much airtime on Mac albums.

Are you guys joking? Stevie is obviously the STAR of the band! I mean, she's the "lead singer" lol. Without her, they are nothing today. I say this all in jest of course :p.

Seriously though, coming from a hard-core fan perspective as we do then yes, she may be a bit underrated but for the rest of the world that statement is totally false. If you took a poll and asked people to name a singer in FM it's a guarantee Stevie's gonna win. IThat to me does not fall under the category of "underrated". She's just the most famous I guess...

Stevie does play piano, obviously not as well as Chris, but according to several interviews with Stevie, she is playing piano on "Sara," although she is uncredited.

I third this:nod:

Mick

Isn't this the truth though. :nod: And it makes the Stevie-bashers squirm in their seats over it.

Why does there have to be camps......can't we all just get along:distress:

ok hippie moment over:lol:

Mick

Pay no attention to me, I appreciate the board as a whole really. I'm not one trying to dice everyone up into isolated little camps or cliques lately in some sort of juvenile fun. I talk to anyone on these boards and that's the way things should be. Whatever it is people end up doing though, I don't care because I'll continue to post anyway if there's something I want to contribute or share.

I don't think so. Good heavens, no.

That's kind of the irony of it all, isn't it? Stevie got them back onstage... live Mac shows were all about Stevie Nicks.