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Originally Posted by elle
yes! incredibly smart move from Ms Nicks! 
while the rest of the FM is stupid enough to still wait for her and not have any new songs to promote on this tour...
as we are talking i have more and more respect for her outsmarting the rest of the band, and less and less respect for them allowing themselves to be fooled again and again. |
Well, the point I was trying to imply is that---IF all of this is true and Stevie is recording a solo record---she's looking out for Stevie, not the band.
And I'm not even saying she's wrong for doing that. But if she's not committed to making new FM music with the band, then I wish she'd just quit.
But what I really want is new FM music NOW…not later.
Overall, I prefer Lindsey's music over the other singers in the band, but his music sounds better in the more than capable hands of Mick, John, and Christine. I love OOTC and his other solo records, but I think any of them would have sounded better with the band backing him up [minus Stevie’s backing vocals, which often grate on me].
On the other hand, I don't own any solo work by the other singers. But that doesn't mean I don't like them. If I had to rank my all-time favorite FM tunes, both Stevie and Christine would occupy a couple of spots in the top 10["Landslide," "Hold Me," etc.]. And in
some ways, Stevie and Christine are better writers than Lindsey.
But again, their music sounds better with Lindsey, Mick, and John playing it. The band is truly better than the sum of its parts.
So I think anything less than all five of them in the studio with a finished album is a huge let-down for fans. The tour isn't about the fans...it's about money, pure and simple. But if the tour provides them enough marketing buzz and financial security to eventually do an album, then I guess even the tour is worth it. Like it or not, this is probably the most likely scenario. And we have to accept the possibility that we may never get another album from the band.
As a fan, I can't help wanting new music as soon as possible, though. As others have noted all too well, this band has a habit of taking forever to record. I figure the sooner they start working [all of them, that is], the better.
So, yeah, as Elle pointed out, Stevie wins the chess game. I wish the rest of the band would be just as shrewd in its decision-making.
matt