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Originally Posted by OldTimer
Apologies if this has been already posted! I thought I'd found all the FM videos there were on youtube, but I just stumbled across one I hadn't, Say You Love Me from the 1993 Superbowl. Stevie's gone, but I guess Rick hadn't left yet? Christine looks gorgeous in her shades. 
(It's almost painful to read the youtube comments - I still can't understand the fierce animosity many of these fans have for Rick & Billy.  ) |
Thanks for the posting!!
I'm with you again OldTimer. I just have never understood why there was so much animosity toward Rick and Billy. I think perhaps it was because they are sooooo good, and nobody could stand the fact that these two guys brought so much to FM and actually
could replace Lindsey, do great renditions of his songs with the band, and contribute their own great material. Doesn't mean that Lindsey is no good, or that he didn't contribute in an immeasurable way to the band. Of course he did. No one in their right mind could argue otherwise. Change is just so hard for some people that they can't accept it.
I also remember people leaving after the Cow Palace show in San Francisco in 1987 on "Tango" tour making comments like, "Lindsey, who?" Rick and Billy blew the roof off that place. It was great. Better than Lindsey, no. Just different and (at the risk of being put in the cross hairs of all the "Rumours" era purists) equally as good in my opinion.
Rick's solo on that is killer!! I remember watching that at the time and thinking, "These guys are kicking AAAASSSSSSSSSS!!!!" As I've mentioned before, this was a major lost opportunity for FM that Rick and Billy didn't stay longer (or permanently) and make a greater impact on the band.