Wow. This is a great discussion. Uhm...I think Javier probably has some good points to what he is saying. But S&L weren't the only white people in Fritz. If Keith was going for good looks and white skin, then why not ask Brian along. I mean in those pictures that Javier was nice enough to share, Brian was just as 'pretty' as Lindsey. Javier was cute himself and so was Bob.
But I think there a great points that were pointed out by everyone. Like Stevie and Lindsey were the ones singing. When you go to a Bruce concert you see Bruce because he is the one singing and out front. Let's face it. Keyboardist and drummers aren't really the ones noticed. You even see that in FM. Christine gets underrated, maybe because she's stuck behind the keyboard...which is where she likes to be.
IMHO, I wouldn't be surprised if the reason Javier and the rest got overlooked--especially Javier--had to do with the social music he was writing, since Keith wanted commercial appeal of radio songs. He seemed like he didn't want to "give-in" on anything or on any respect in order to get a foot in the door for the radio music scene. Stevie and Lindsey, though, managed to blend the commercial with the innovative ala Tusk. In any career, there is some kind of "giving-in" until you can finally make it and stand on your own, like S&L do now.
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