Christine wants to rejoin the band according to The Guardian - Page 21

**jbrownsjr** · #**301** 11-25-2013, 02:43 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25081408

HomerMcvie · #**302** 11-25-2013, 02:51 PM

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Not true, he has Christine and Stevie backstage doing it...

Makes me wonder if they've ever "done it".

**jbrownsjr** · #**303** 11-25-2013, 02:57 PM

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OK I'm going to be very childish and bump my own comment. Somebody engage me into this conversation please! I wanna talk Christine!!!!!

I'm so excited that my belly button had been puckering and unpuckering all day!!!

HomerMcvie · #**304** 11-25-2013, 03:01 PM

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I'm so excited that my belly button had been puckering and unpuckering all day!!!

I told you to stay away from Taco Bell!

I want a new album with Christine!

**jbrownsjr** · #**305** 11-25-2013, 03:03 PM

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I told you to stay away from Taco Bell!

I want a new album with Christine!

I want her to build a temporary bridge to replace the burned one, and it will bring us all back togetherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...

BlueDenimLamp · #**306** 11-25-2013, 03:04 PM

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And I don't know of too many fans who would prefer her not to be there.

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Count me as one.

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I guess I'm only a Buckingham Nicks fan. I got used to nine or ten Stevie songs and nine or ten Lindsey songs in a set. I can't think of a single "life is so wonderful, ... happy, happy, happy" Christine song I would rather hear in place of a song from Buckingham or Nicks. Now, Stevie's and Lindsey's songs in the live set will be even more set in stone with no additional goodies thrown in. It will be Rhiannon, Landslide, Dreams, Gold Dust Woman, Gypsy, Stand Back, and I'm So Afraid, Second Hand News, Never Going Back Again, Go Your Own Way, Tusk, and Big Love, and nothing else. Instead of anything else from them, there will be five or six of the "Polyanna", "I'm so in love and life is perfect and nothing is ever wrong and I'm basking in the afterglow" songs. Ugh. I saw Christine in 1982, 1987, 1990, and 1997, and multiple times on each of those tours, so I'm good.

I'm only talking about me here, I am not trying to open a can of worms. I happen to need angst in my music. But that's just me; we all listen for our own reasons. And we all have the band members and songwriters that we prefer.

Count me as two...

And first I would just like to say that it's pretty unfair of a certain person to say that Stevie can't be mentioned in this discussion because it's about "Christine returning to the band" and that they are tired about people talking about her (Stevie) but they don't seem to have an issue with people talking about Lindsey or his solo career in this thread and because of this persons position at "The Ledge" they are supposed to be fair and impartial...

As seekerj said "We all have the band members and songwriters that we prefer"...My preference is 1) Stevie Nicks. 2) Buckingham/Nicks. 3) Lindsey Buckingham. 4) Christine McVie.

Christine's possible return to FM affects everyone in the band and it will have more of an impact on some members than others...If Stevie, Lindsey, Mick and John have had a band meeting and decided that they want CM back in the band then why don't they just say so...I have a hard time believing that if Chris was back in the band that Mick would be able to keep his big mouth shut about it...

As far as Stevie goes (and this is where I have a problem with CM returning) Chris' all of the sudden wanting back in the band will have a big impact on Stevie's career...Stevie has spent the last few years busting her butt to be where she is right now...She's more well known and popular now than she has been in quite a while and FM is benefitting from her success as well...Sorry but I don't think it's right that Stevie has spent years building up her career so she can end on a high note and then Christine comes along and decides she wants to cash in on Stevie's & FM's recent popularity

Personally I'm looking forward to another solo album from Stevie and hopefully something from "Buckingham/Nicks" but now that it looks like Christine is selfishly going to throw a wrench in Stevie's works we might not get either...

HomerMcvie · #**307** 11-25-2013, 03:12 PM

Fleetwood Mac without Christine, has pretty much been dead to me. SYW was an average album at best(and that's being generous, IMO).

Chris provided the balance that MADE FM what they were. And wrote most of their hits.

I'm finally actually interested in hearing something new from them!

ironman_01701 · #**308** 11-25-2013, 03:25 PM

People this is all planed, you don't (ask publicly) to join the band.

It's all about $$$.

**jbrownsjr** · #**309** 11-25-2013, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ironman_01701

People this is all planed, you don't (ask publicly) to join the band.

It's all about $$$.

Yeah, I believe it's a media stunt.

Ulpian · #**310** 11-25-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Yeah, I believe it's a media stunt.

Orchestrated only by her, or by all of them? I'm not sure I follow.

sywlindseyfan · #**311** 11-25-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I'm so excited that my belly button had been puckering and unpuckering all day!!!

Thank you jbrownsjr. I have been piano all day pretending to be a part of FM. Yikes...I thought that would sound cool, but it's more of a sad truth. I'm excited too, regardless!

michelej1 · #**312** 11-25-2013, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ironman_01701

People this is all planed, you don't (ask publicly) to join the band.

It's all about $$$.

Your point is taken. When she said that she would like to join FM on stage in London if they asked, Mick was already telling people that she WOULD join them.

So, now when she says she would rejoin permanently if they asked, I am going on the assumption that she already has.

Some people would ask publicly, but Christine doesn't really have that type of personality. With her, I feel it's already done and that the guys knew she was going to say it.

Michele

Ulpian · #**313** 11-25-2013, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Your point is taken. When she said that she would like to join FM on stage in London if they asked, Mick was already telling people that she WOULD join them.

So, now when she says she would rejoin permanently if they asked, I am going on the assumption that she already has.

Some people would ask publicly, but Christine doesn't really have that type of personality. With her, I feel it's already done and that the guys knew she was going to say it.

Michele

Now I understand.

I hope it's a done deal!

Johnny Stew · #**314** 11-25-2013, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Fleetwood Mac without Christine, has pretty much been dead to me. SYW was an average album at best(and that's being generous, IMO).

Chris provided the balance that MADE FM what they were. And wrote most of their hits.

I'm finally actually interested in hearing something new from them!

I really like 'Say You Will.' I don't listen to it as often as I do the Mac albums with Christine, but I still think it's a great album. At the time it was released, I was excited to hear what Stevie and Lindsey could/would do together within the confines of Fleetwood Mac but with just the two of them as the leads. But once that curiosity was satisfied, I started missing Christine's contributions too much and no longer had the same enthusiasm for any potential new Mac music if she wasn't involved.

This news, however, has me all jazzed up. And it looks like we diehards aren't the only ones excited about having Christine back.

SteveMacD · #**315** 11-25-2013, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueDenimLamp

As far as Stevie goes (and this is where I have a problem with CM returning) Chris' all of the sudden wanting back in the band will have a big impact on Stevie's career...

Yes, it will help her career.

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Stevie has spent the last few years busting her butt to be where she is right now...

Promoting a documentary on the recording of an album that bombed (188,000 in the US; 500,000 worldwide) while on tour with Fleetwood Mac? Otherwise, touring with Rod Stewart?

I'm not saying it's etched in stone, but I betcha a new album with Fleetwood Mac (with our without Christine) could do better than that.

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She's more well known and popular now than she has been in quite a while and FM is benefitting from her success as well...

Huh? You're about thirty years off. Stevie has always been well known and, for the most part, popular. Her image took a beating between 1987-1997, and it took a Fleetwood Mac reunion to restore that image.

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Sorry but I don't think it's right that Stevie has spent years building up her career so she can end on a high note and then Christine comes along and decides she wants to cash in on Stevie's & FM's recent popularity

Yeah, that's it.

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Personally I'm looking forward to another solo album from Stevie and hopefully something from "Buckingham/Nicks" but now that it looks like Christine is selfishly going to throw a wrench in Stevie's works we might not get either...

Stevie sure seems upset by it.