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Originally Posted by getTusked
I think it would have been great to see Christine for a couple more songs...but I feel like I get where LB is coming from too.
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Not me. I really don't understand his position. The whole show—the whole tour—is just a splashy variety show. It's not promoting anything
per se, other than Fleetwood Mac nostalgia (which is fine because it's big bucks these days in the live arena). What would it matter aesthetically whether Christine was onstage for five minutes or fifty-five minutes? I have to conclude that there's some personal rancor between Lindsey and Christine—maybe she said something to him in 1998 that really got under his skin—and time and distance have
not softened it.
There may also be some financial or strategic reasons that are sticking in his craw. Didn't he invest personal money into
Say You Will? It's hard to believe that anything any configuration of Fleetwood Mac does on album at this time is going to sell more than several hundred thousand. Maybe Lindsey doesn't want to divide a tiny take five ways. Maybe he doesn't want to pay for an unofficial member to come and go.
But I think the underlying cause for his statements is still largely personal. Maybe he wants Stevie to enjoy working with
him again, irrespective of Christine's involvement. Imagine if you were Lindsey, and Stevie told you she'd do an album
only if Christine were back in. There's an emotional brutality there if you're the one in the conversation. Hasn't he been saying for fifteen years that the two Americans need to find their way back to each other emotionally and to recover their musical potential? It would hurt if one of them kept saying she's not interested unless So-and-So returns.
Another cause of resentment might be that a big label has told Fleetwood Mac "No album on THIS label unless you five regroup."
When all these conditions are put on your future musical work and you're Lindsey Buckingham, you're not going to be a happy camper, is my guess.