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Old 03-16-2004, 12:40 AM
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I agree that the documentary was great in showing all four members as normal people. It was really interesting hearing how much input Stevie has for the songs. I actually felt bad for Lindsey at times because it seemed like Stevie and Mick were kind of ganging up on him, but then at some points Lindsey was just a little too whiny. I had to laugh because my sister who doesn't know an awful lot about Fleetwood Mac turned to me at one point and said, "Oh my God, he's such a crybaby." (Lindsey lovers, don't get offended please, just restating what she felt about him because of the documentary). It also seems to me that Stevie is much more down to Earth, especially with that commerciality analysis, knowing that 10-27 year olds are buying music and they won't want to buy 23 songs from ppl in their 50's, and they won't get the deep meaning behind it. It's sad that it has to come down to the commercial aspect, but in all honesty, she's right. The only thing that confuses me is, if she gets it, and other members of the band get it, then why market the album to an older audience by not even releasing the singles to the younger radio stations? It couldn't have hurt.

Lastly, I don't think I was annoyed by the fact that they showed nothing of the heated arguments between Lindsey and Stevie over the running order or the arguments over him staying at home to finish the album while everyone went to Hawaii. They just showed Mick sort of gloss over that part. I was waiting to see some of that, because it's still unclear (at least to me) what the running-order arguments were all about. So, that's my whole analysis of the documentary. All in all I loved it.
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