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Originally Posted by bombaysaffires
'Fixation' was in reference to the insistence that she must feel the same way about a song, or it's placement in a set, in 2014 as she did in 1984, disregarding her own words.
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Her 2014 comment doesn't indicate a change of heart. It would suggest that she has
always felt the same way about the song and just could
never understand why they placed it where they did. Not like she used to like it as an end song and now she doesn't.
You know what I think that Christine has always felt about Songbird?? SHY.
From the time she says the "boys" convinced her to record it by herself and they rented a place for her to do it with the magnificent piano. She felt self-conscious by her own admission. You know what else I think she felt? Flattered.
I'm not disregarding her 2014 comment. I put it right alongside everything else that she's said about Songbird. In fact, I seldom discard anything any of them say about anything. I just may not agree with you and others about the conclusions to be drawn. We were just talking about Stevie and Christine's relationship in another thread. I think our opinions about what the relationship is is based on more than what they've SAID it is.
What did Stevie mean when she said she could only play Landslide once. You had an opinion on that, because after all these years of following the band, you think you can interpret Stevie to some extent. I think I can interpret them too, even though I may be quite wrong.
The guy mentioned that Christine closed the show with Songbird and she gave a look. Why did she look funny? I think it is because singling that out, singling
her out, makes her feel a little self-conscious and she felt the need to pooh pooh the significance of closing.
No, I don't think she's going to come out and say that she feels good that the band likes her to close the show, but I think she does. Her manner is self-deprecating at all times. She puts her albums down. She doesn't like the Christine Perfect album. She doesn't like Meantime. When asked about the 1984 album she didn't say the band loved it. She said, "They all said they loved the album, and I have no reason to doubt them." [BTW Christine said that she hadn't heard feedback from Stevie about her solo album at all, had not seen Stevie in a year, in fact].
She's not like Lindsey who claims they've all told him that Tusk is their favorite album. I don't believe this. I think Mick has said that to him. I think Stevie has indicated that to him in more recent years. I don't know enough about what John might say or not say to have a strong opinion, but I'd be surprised if John said that to him. I am SURE that Christine did not say that to him.
I remember an SYW interview where the questioner said to Lindsey, "So you're the leader of the band" and he said, 'well, I don't think anyone wants to say I'm the leader...' Well, I am pretty sure that when it came to SYW, at least, Lindsey DID think he was the leader. He just didn't feel like saying, "yep. That's right, baby."
You know I have all kinds of opinions about what they say, what they infer and what the truth is -- which is different. My opinions are not the same as yours. But I'm not ignoring her 2014 comment at all. I'm not going to ignore anything the dame says, having not heard he say anything at all for almost 10 years.
Michele