I didnt know if I was allowed to respond to this...but I just read it and I cant believe it!! Its been 30 years and he still remembers the harsh feelings he felt then...you can see he has not gotten over anything in such a long period of time. He still has so much anger.
I dont know WHAT to think..but maybe he isnt too far off. Lindsey and Stevie were really quite good looking and marketable..and sometimes I just wonder how together they were before being chosen ...and they were marketed..and I wonder if it wasnt for Keith ..if they would have become a couple at all..and if they really wanted to make music alone at all..I wonder if they were just like picked...brainwashed..then taken alone as the dynamic duo..and the ones left behind just to fade into obscurity.
We know what Lindsey and Stevie did become..but back then...did Keith really see that? Was he that much of a genius..or did he see like that two gorgeous young people could sing and play well enuf and could pose as these lovers for the mellowish early 70's.
Its easy to really get into what Javier is saying...and I must say...its hard to disagree or say hes TOTALLY wrong...of course I dont know if he is..but it would make sense..and it is a shame really........
I guess hes trying to make it a race issue..and also trying to defend that he wasnt playing anything different than what the scene was at that time. I guess hes really trying to say they were good..playing the music that was popular..yet the two white pretty people were picked out for no reason but the fact they were 1. white 2. pretty.
This deserves alot of thought I think. I could so easily just listen to both sides of this...I dont think we will.
The only thing is...S/L did show they had talent...and they both mention Fritz in interviews..and Lindsey is amazing and respected and Stevie is some sort of icon...and they didnt pose as lovers for long..and they did it their own way and they both really flew with it.
So...if FRTIZ made it...how much better off would they have been? Stevie still would have been doing HER thing..Lindsey HIS..they always were true ...and you cant blame anything for that but just how they are as people. So if Fritz were Fleetwood Mac..cant GET bigger than that...it still would have been the same as it is now..and he probably would feel just as angry..he got his SHOT..but S/L would have gotten most of the fame....expecially S.
[Edited 1 times, lastly by Janet on August 29, 2000]
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