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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
I have read this (very) long thread and I find it interesting how FM is compared to all of these jam bands like the Dead, Allman Brothers, etc. when FM is really all about tight 3 to 4-minute perfect pop songs. Even performers like Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, etc., who tend to have varying set lists from night-to-night, have jam band-like qualities. And one big distinction here is that none of these performers are as meticulous in the studio as Lindsey. And jamming, with all of its inherent sloppiness and looseness of structure, is the diametric opposite of what Lindsey and FM are all about.
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You're absolutely right, & you & I are having a Maalox moment or something because I was going to post this very thought yesterday, but life or something got in the way. But that's probably what made Fleetwood Mac so thrilling in times past, the way they subverted their own massively popular image as a smooth soft-rock outfit in which all the pieces snapped into perfect -- & rather bland -- place. They perform nowadays in a way that emphasizes that image rather than yanks it around.
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In a sense she is probably overcompensating to maintain an even keel these days.
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Yes, there's something psychological driving her to keep it toned down. It isn't her age, it's her mind. Regardless of its cause, I just don't feel it's an aesthetic victory for her or the audience.