I agree, the Zevon documentary was outstanding. I'm such a fan and it kills me that he's dying.
I've also given a lot of thought to what Stevie could have meant by that comment, and since we heard it in isolation, it's hard to really tell what she meant.
She could have meant that doing the single disc instead of the planned two was a financial decision because obviously, it's easier to sell a lower priced product. It could have meant that they were doing this reunion tour & album for the $$$$. She's mentioned in previous interviews that she and Lindsey (and Christine) have made more money than Mick and John because they also wrote and received royalties from their songs where John and Mick didn't. She could mean that this was something that she and Lindsey were doing for Mick and John's benefit.
Or, because her solo works and Lindsey's don't sell as much as FM's (at least, not recently), that she and Lindsey were doing it for the money too. Somehow, though, I kinda doubt the last one. Stevie doesn't strike me as the kind of person to do it solely for the money. I personally think she agreed to this because she's so emotionally tied to FM and it's members, and to the fans as well.
She possibly thinks she owes doing this to them somehow. Certainly, she's had to have made more money than any of them along the way because she's had the most successful solo career. I know she spent a lot of money along the way too, but she's still got to earn more residuals than the rest of them. Maybe by doing the project she was assisting the rest of them financially, as well as herself. Who knows? Maybe we will get to see the Inside Out special on FM and it will explain it ALL to us!
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