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Originally posted by blinker12
The documentary solidified my belief that the album is WAY overproduced. I liked each of Stevie's "Phoenix Four" songs in DEMO form (as heard in the doc) better than I do on the album. Both the "Silver Girl" and "Destiny Rules" demos sounded scrappier and more vital than the finished versions. I think Lindsey, as a producer, has become too overwrought in his approach _ increasingly so since the mid-1980s.
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Agreed. I was really surprised to hear such vigorous tunes in demo form. Stevie & her musician friends like Al Ortiz did a great job on those songs. I continually thought, "What the hell happened?" It's very unusual for me to think of Fleetwood Mac pussing up her beautiful songs.
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I LOVED the exchange between Stevie and Lindsey about the "Thrown Down" lyrics. How many people these days would have the nerve to challenge Stevie on something like that? For the record, I think he was right... Stevie came across looking plain stubborn here. She didn't offer any argument apart from variations on "That's just the way I want it."
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I've never heard any poet -- I would say from the 10th century A.D. to the present -- publicly proclaim himself (or herself) a poet as much as Stevie has. Someone really ought to tell her that it comes across as a bit smug, really. There's no reason for a genuine poet to throw that word around quite so frequently; the greatest poets wouldn't stoop to the level of pointing out the obvious, while the would-be poets (poetasters) trumpet their imaginary achievements to the point of seeming barmy to the rest of us.