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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
Meh
Beautiful photos but every photo or almost every photo Stevie is in it. You don't have to have a Phd in psychology to know whether consciously or unconsciously she is taking possession of Chris and the moment.
Before everyone flames me, I am not saying Stevie is not sincere. I am not saying the photos are not beautiful. But Chris's life did not wrap around Stevie. I think a much better collage of photos would have been more appropriate.
When my parents died, I put together huge collages of photos for the funeral home. Only a tiny minority of them had me in them. I documented their entire life. I would have shown Chris in Chicken Shack, Chris with Bob, Chris solo, Chris and John, Chris and Mick, Billy, Chris and her pups, and even Chris with Dennis. I would have also shown her sense of humor with a photo from the Love Will Show Us How video. Chris on that scooter running around her yard with her pups from 2004, etc.
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Thanks for sharing that about your parents. Putting together collages like that can be cathartic when dealing with grief.
Although I agree with everything you said, I think it’s important to point out that what was appropriate for a funeral is much different than a concert. Fans paid big money to see Stevie in concert, and I don’t think it was egotistical that a majority of the pictures had Stevie with Christine. I thought the song and photos were beautifully done, there were a number of pictures of Christine I had never seen before.
One thing I really wish Stevie had done was played a Christine song instead of Running Down a Dream. Everywhere seems to be played, hate to say it, but everywhere these days, so that would have been a nice reminder for the crowd of Christine’s talent.