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Originally Posted by Black_Moon
I personally think she's got a point. Really, how much do we know besides what we're told and what Fleetwood Mac and she herself want to be perceived as? Not that much. Basically, they tell us all the skeleton of the story but nothing more.
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But that's true of everyone, in all times & places. All any of us knows about others is what we're told. In that regard, Stevie's comment is nothing but a pointless truism & sheds no light whatsoever on the nature of knowing, let alone the facts of Fleetwood Mac.
Moreover, how would Stevie's grand idea for a book change the situation for any of us? It wouldn't -- any more than any of Stevie's arcane song lyrics provide an objectively realistic image of Stevie herself. Fans may
think those lyrics provide that very thing, but they're only projecting. Everything is interpretation, which is always personal, subjective, & idiosyncratic.
However, my original point was that Stevie's belief that none of us knows any facts about Fleetwood Mac was idiotic, given the fact that we have been exposed to more information about Fleetwood Mac than just about anything else in our lives, especially if we've been fanatics for years or even decades. The information flow has been continual, thanks in part to the band members themselves (Stevie included, naturally). (To respond to your point about how much we know beyond what she chooses to tell us, we have also observed Fleetwood Mac in action on stages & in interviews & in other public settings firsthand, so we know that.) We may not know every angle, every contextual effect, & every emotion, but we certainly have the general outline.
Michele, what do you think?