[sulamith]

Well said, Tower!

Check out this quote from Stevie from Bam magazine 10/23/87.
"In the studio, if Lindsey said the wall was gray, I would be absolutely sure it was pink. In oreder to get one of my songs on a record, I would have to say, OK, the wall is gray, Lindsey. Otherwise, it was the back of the bus. Now, this has nothing to do with the other members of Fleetwood Mac, who from the beginning, have always been lovely to me, have always known how important my songs were to me, whereas with Lindsey, he would rather I just stayed at home doing laundry. we are talking about a man who was in love with a woman, and would just as soon she faded out and just been his old lady or wife. Period."

Now my point with this is, the bitterness between S&L during those years played a big part, too. Stevie has talked about offering songs and Lindsey saying "Forget it! Not that one." So, it seems he would reject songs based on his like or dislike of the emotional content. If it was about a particular sensitve area of their relationship, it got vetoed. Even he said he reached a point where he didn't want arrange for her because his heart just wasn't in it anymore. He even said he hated to admit that, and you can tell he feels bad about it now.

I feel they are both at their best together. They balance and compliment each other so well. They have both had career highs and lows, but it seems Lindsey had the upper hand during the Tango era. Stevie was in a real bad emotional place, and her creativity did reflect that, but him not wanting to help her put out the best music she could at that time is really the equivalent of turning the knife a little, IMHO.

They were both playing emotional hardball, and they both got hurt real bad.