“Stevie is running the show,” tour keyboardist says in interview - Page 7

bombaysaffires · #91 10-22-2018, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Is English your second language? I'm not trying to be shady... I'm just trying to justify what I perceive to be poor reading comprehension on your part. And if English is your second language, I totally understand why you're not quite getting my point. My point is that the rise of conservative media has elevated stupid conspiracy theories to the mainstream. I did not call you conservative.

Stop it. Now you're just delving into semantics. When Mick demurs that "firing" is an "ugly word," he is not denying that Fleetwood Mac fired Lindsey. Mick was trying to come up with a less caustic term for what happened... which was that Lindsey was fired. He never, ever said or implied that Lindsey left on his own accord.

So once they decided they couldn't move forward with Lindsey, what were they supposed to do? Just gaze at their navels until a random guitar player fell from the sky? Of course they probably had Options B, C, D, E, etc. when they finally decided to pull the plug on Lindsey. That's just common sense.

...and your point is...? What does that have to do with your narrative about everyone being greedy and Stevie holding everyone hostage and acting like a diva and conspiring to get out from under Lindsey's shadow?

We have Carol Ann's account. We have some degree of corroboration regarding Lindsey's anger management issues from Ken Caillat (and Richard Dashut too, I think?). We have Mick's account in his book about Lindsey chasing Stevie around Christine's cul de sac after he announced his departure. There are multiple accounts of the NZ show where Lindsey chucked his guitar at Stevie. Sure, you can be a Lindsey apologist, and that is your right. But the portrait of St. Lindsey that emerges after these accounts of his behavior does not exactly help to negate those allegations.

Please show me one post by anyone that "Stevie is perfect, all her songs are perfect." I just happen to think that criticism has to be backed by more than just wacky conspiracy theories and connecting dots that are located in different time zones. If you are criticizing her work or her performance, it's all legit as long as you have observed it with your own eyes/ears. But formulating such strong stances about the character of someone you don't really know based on a limited dataset is naïve at best.

Sniping at someone who makes a post you disagree with doesn't change the fact that your comments are also based on a number of assumptions about what is and isn't true. Your comments also demonstrate that you have not read many posts. A skim of this thread, others in the Rumours forum, and in the Stevie forum will provide you plenty of posts about Stevie's infallibility. As for 'St. Lindsey', you've clearly not read my posts with care because I've said over and over and over again that Lindsey has been, and I quote, "sh*tty", a "b*astard", an "arse" among many other names, and that I don't blame Stevie for not wanting to work with him any longer. I don't think anyone in this band is a saint. Far from it. But that doesn't fit your narrative.

AncientQueen · #92 10-22-2018, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by button-lip

Stevie isn't capable or running her life, much less a rock band.
And please, don't reduce this to a women vs. men thing. None of them have the musical knowledge and the ability or even the physical status to run a rock band.

Last time I checked, Stevie was a millionaire doing a successful tour with her band of voer 40 years. I don't see how she is not capable, able and doing fine.
FM does indeed tour right now, haven't you heard? So your argument here is just nonsense.

Macfan4life · #93 10-22-2018, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by AncientQueen

Last time I checked, Stevie was a millionaire doing a successful tour with her band of voer 40 years. I don't see how she is not capable, able and doing fine.
FM does indeed tour right now, haven't you heard? So your argument here is just nonsense.

Yep
FM needs Stevie more than ever these days. She does not need to do a thing, just appear on the stage and each band member will make 10 million with her and $200,000 without her.

gldstwmn · #94 10-22-2018, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by secondhandchain

Get some sleep stat!

Can you refute a point without just attacking the person posting it? I'm starting to get really, really tired of you talking about me. Every frigging post you comment on of mine contains some bullsh!t comment about me. This ain't about me. Either refute the point or STFU.

gldstwmn · #95 10-22-2018, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I guess if there is one side effect of the rise of "fake news" and conservative media, it is the tragic elevation of conspiracy theories into mainstream discourse. Everything is a conspiracy now (despite the fact that not a single conspiracy has ever been proven as fact) and everyone feels that every move is based on some evil shadow organization with malicious intent. So, by all means, let your imagination run wild with Stevie conspiracy theories. You know... there must be a reason why she only wears black...

On the one hand they say Stevie is lazy and on the other they say she's constantly plotting Lindsey's demise. I mean c'mon which is it?

gldstwmn · #96 10-22-2018, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Mike broke into “Johnny B. Goode” last night. I think that’s the type of deviation from the script that’s been missing for them. I can’t imagine a scenario where breaking into Chuck Berry wouldn’t make Mick and John’s day.

I read that. His birthday was on 10/18 and CB was from St. Louis. It was a nice nod from Mike. I hope someone caught that on video.

gldstwmn · #97 10-22-2018, 11:35 AM

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