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Originally Posted by iamnotafraid
Not talking about the past, present day my brother.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iamnotafraid
Again, not talking about the past.
Present day brother.
Without Stevie it's a different ball
game.
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Well, that ^ ^ ^ may be the case, BUT you ALL have to remember that music is first and foremost a business and NOT necessarily a band of 5 getting together just because they LOVE to do what they love to do!!
The fact is, FM became a very wealthy act after Rumors, to a degree that none of them expected. Problem is, everyone had their hand in that "Tour till" and it ultimately (and subsequent tours as well) made lil or no money. Mick, with his "wildly spendy ways" wound up BK and sleeping on a couch in someone's basement in the 80s as a member of one of the largest acts in the world. So, are we equating success and who makes the $$ in the band with how well their tour did or what they actually KEPT after everyone was paid??? $$ Advantage: Stevie
Fast Forward to modern day and FM is still a business. Sure, a large percentage of ticket buyers go to see Stevie and she is surely "THE DRAW" on ALL nights, BUT FM in and of itself is still a largely successful touring tour de force. Would they come if Stevie weren't in the line-up? I 'd reckon that many would NOT, stating the same familiar refrain that its JUST NOT the same. Does Stevie care?? I am not sure that she does from a business standpoint since she has so many singer/songwriter royalties that the checks can't be cashed fast enough. This leaves the band in the unenviable position of "dealing" with the fact that the true star of the show is Stevie for BOTH personal and economic reasons. Lets face it, without her, LB, MF, JM and CM could never pull in collectively or individually what she does. So, like it or not, chiffonhead fan of her or NOT, La Stevie Nicks
IS the band.
A post above asked what is it about chiffonheads that disagree with some?? Easy answer, the pure unadulterated adulation of Stevie and the fact that she can DO no wrong, say NO wrong and never be wrong. Maybe its those who dress like her at concerts (although Ive seen guys at LB concerts sporting jeans and leather jackets too)? Who knows and perhaps, its NOT definable, BUT there are those chiffonheads that truly get on ones nerves. Maybe some of us are JUST not as diehard as others or we realize that a singer is NOT what she is, IT is just what she does.