Questions I wish reporters would ask Stevie
 

It seems like every FM or Stevie interview does a long recap of the drama in the band but I wish reporters would cut to the chase and ask more questions. Can someone tell me if Stevie has ever answered the following?

1) Whose idea was it to have Lindsey sing Crystal? Why did they rerecord it for the FM white album?

2) Why haven't they ever performed I Don't Want to Know live? Especially on the tours when Christine wasn't there? Seems like that song would have been a natural.

3) How were you able to put Long Distance Winner on your Enchanted box set? If you were able to do that, can you do it for your other songs on Buckingham Nicks?

4) What kind of control or say do you have in making videos? For example, Gypsy looks like it cost a fortune and it's like watching a movie. Did the director do that all on his own, or was it the band's idea?

5) How does the band coordinate photo shoots and album covers? Do you all show up and just hope for the best, or are the fashions all determined ahead of time? The photos from Tango, for example, always looked so classy.

6) Do you ever listen to your earlier albums, or do you tend to put them away once they're completed and move on to the next project?

Does anyone know if she's ever been asked these questions? And what questions would you love to ask Stevie?

All great questions. I would also ask if the 2006 Melbourne Symphony Concert recording might get an eventual release, particularly since both "Landslide" and "Edge Of Seventeen" have already been issued. I'd also be curious as to whether she has any definite plans to record the 'Rhiannon Project' songs, possibly with a full orchestra.

All great questions..........I would also ask who decides when these expanded editions with unreleased material gets released. I also would like to know her thoughts on the release of Fritz recordings.

All great questions!

1) Don't know who had the idea, but I do remember Keith Olsen saying that "Lindsey always had the right timbre voice for that song", so maybe he took part in the decision.

3) Regarding Long Distance Winner's inclusion on Enchanted, I think it was pretty straightforward as the original label, Anthem, which owned half the album, folded many decades ago, so Stevie and Lindsey have pretty much all the rights for the BN album. Presumably the only person Stevie had to reach out to put LDW on Enchanted was Lindsey himself.
Apparently, a few years ago Universal (then Polygram, which bought the old Polydor label that signed BN) tried to release BN on CD but ran into copyright problems, maybe caused by Lindsey.

4) Based on on Stevie's audio commentary in the Crystal Visions DVD, she didn't have much of a say in the videos. It seems that the Scarlett video of Stand Back is the only one where Stevie really had creative input.
Speaking of Gypsy, if you haven't seen it already, check out this behind the scenes footage of the music video: https://mynewboyfriend.com/tag/russell-mulcahy/ (scroll to the bottom of the page).

Questions that I would ask:

1) Listening to it now, what are your impressions of the Mirage album?
2) Who is Christian/Spinning Wheels about? (I'm obsessed with that song okay!!)
3) What are the songs that you wrote on the guitar rather than the piano? How do you compare the songwriting process with the two instruments?
4) How did the idea to play Gold and Braid on the BD tour come up? Why wasn't it included in BD?
And most importantly:
5) Is it true that Bruce Springsteen wrote Janey Don't You Lose Heart for you and that you guys recorded a duet/demo in 1984? If yes, can I raid your vault in Phoenix and listen to it?

Regarding Crystal, Stevie definitely said at some point that the reason Lindsey sang it was because "he sang it better.":p

I would most like to hear when Buckingham Nicks will be released digitally/on CD and why it hasn't been already!

I'd also love to hear generic questions about her life, like what's on her bucket list or things she's most excited for in the coming years.

Mostly, in terms of interviews, I just want to hear anything new. Any question about Stevie personally, anything unscripted is fine by me.:nod: Please interviewers, do some research about this woman, beyond her discography, before you ask the same old questions over and over!

I want to know

• if Stevie watches Once Upon a Time
• if any of her songs have been inspired by characters on TV that she watches
• is there anyone she wants to meet that she would go crazy fan!girl over
• if she was to do a cover CD from all the songs in a musical, which one would it be
• does she still have an aversion to bb carrots :D
• when the actual eff is BN gonna be released digitally

I don't want to know was performed a few times during the Say You Will tour. I never understood why the band did not do the songs that could do without Christine. They should have embraced the front duo and do the songs the duo does best. I don't want to know is one of them. How about Frozen Love too. That song is what landed Stevie and Lindsey in the band. Crystal would be another one to do.

Thanks for the answers! Sounds like the Buckingham Nicks CD continues to be a mess. First I read that Lindsey was the hold up, then Stevie, then Keith Olsen. I wonder if Stevie just included Long Distance Winner and hoped no one would have a fit?

Re your questions- I was especially intrigued by Christian/Spinning Wheels. An unreleased demo, I presume? Same thing with Janey Don't You Lose Yourself Heart- a possible duet with the boss and unreleased? Holy Moley! I mentioned in a thread once that a duet with John Mellencamp would be awesome, but one with Bruce would be even better! I can't help but think a duet with these two would actually generate radio play whereas alone, they wouldn't.

Thanks, nicolasjz!

Thanks for the info. I Don't Want to Know has always been one of my favorites, and it's certainly underrated. I saw Say You Will on opening night, I think, in Columbus, Ohio, and I'm certain they didn't sing it then.

I would have flipped if they had sang Crystal. There's something about Lindsey singing those words that makes the song magic... he would never write a song like that. I wish the band could have done that more often, switched vocals on their songs. Imagine Christine singing Oh Diane, or Lindsey singing That's Alright, or Stevie singing Brown Eyes. Of course, I like the originals, but outtakes would have been cool.

Thanks, lilyfree! I would agree, Lindsey sang Crystal beautifully. And he must have liked the song, to record it twice.

I agree, the bucket list question would be fun, especially for someone who's had the money to do almost anything! Has she ever went skydiving, for example? I know on the show where she sang Leather and Lace, she said she hadn't driven since 1978 or something like that. Wow, that surprised me because she's dependent on a driver for transportation. I mean she just can't jump in a car to get away from it all.

I Don't Want To Know was never performed live on the Say You Will Tour not even once. In fact, it has never been performed live by Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks. Buckingham Nicks did it a couple of times during their farewell shows in Alabama in '75 but that is it. Sadly, enough. I would also love to know why they never do it.

OMG
You may be correct. I swear I also swore up and down the song was never performed and someone here posted it was practiced for the Unleashed tour or Say You Will tour but only performed once on stage. I swear someone posted a video of it here.
Maybe it was a dream :eek:

I would ask her when is she going into the studio to do her part for the Fleetwood Mac album that's all but completed.

John wanted the song. I don't know if Lindsey wanted to record it again and Stevie definitely wanted to have a new song of hers in its place.

Michele

Really, John wanted it on the album? That's interesting he would voice that. Thanks for the info.