Christine wants to rejoin the band according to The Guardian

[Wynne]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

What do you think about Christine's hair
in the Mirage Tour video?

I never was a fan of Christines hair or Stevie's hair past 1985 until recently

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by BlueDenimLamp

What I'm saying is it wont help her solo career...The time she spends with FM is time she could be working on a solo album which is what we want and the clock is ticking...

We? You mean YOU. I don't want or need another Stevie Nicks solo album at this point.

I could care less about sales..."IYD"

No, you can't talk about Stevie's popularity and talk about how the others are riding her coattails when her album tanked. As a solo artist, she plays mid-size venues or accompanies other artists. Fleetwood Mac practically sells out arenas. That's not ALL Stevie. If it were ALL Stevie, then Stevie would be able to do that on her own, and she cannot.

Yep a new FM record is the ONLY chance LB,CM,MF & JM have of being noticed In terms of new material...

Really? I seem to recall Mick being nominated for a Grammy a few years back for basically a live album of Peter Green songs with Rick Vito.

Apparently somebody noticed.

Again not talking about sales...IYD is one of the best things Stevie has ever done...Maybe I shouldn't use the word sucess

But low sales do not equate to success.

Sorry it just seems like she want's in while the getting is good...

Even if that were the case (it's not), she would have every right considering she helped the band move on from Peter Green and was a loyal team player during all of the hard times.

Personally I think Stevie would rather do something that would get her the respect as a solo artist that she hasn't received yet like a solo Grammy or be voted into the RRHOF as a solo artist...

The best thing that could happen to Stevie's solo career is for Christine McVie to come back. Stevie wasn't opening for Rod Stewart when Christine McVie was a member of Fleetwood Mac.

Exactly! Like I keep saying "I don't care about sales"

Yet you keep implying that everybody's riding Stevie's coattails because she is the most popular member of the band. I maintain that's rubbish. Sure, she's the most popular, I won't dispute that. But Stevie the solo artist opens for Rod Stewart and has weak album sales, whereas Stevie the member of Fleetwood Mac sells out arenas.

But rather successful from an artistic or "critically acclaimed" point of view...

If she's on an artistic high right now, wouldn't she want more people to notice? The easiest way for that to happen is with Fleetwood Mac. Christine possibly coming back has already generated a lot of buzz. A new album with Christine will generate a TON of publicity, especially if it's a great record. After that, people would be interested in another Stevie Nicks album.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

Oh, please. Christine is not throwing a wrench in Stevie's solo work. This is the woman who released just two albums in a ten-year span. She's the woman who released her song about Hurricane Katrina six years after it happened. Stevie is responsible for Stevie's lack of output.

Which is sad, because the ever reclusive and officially retired (at the time) Christine McVie even released ONE album in the past ten years.

[elle]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

And we haven't even met, elle!!!

missed you by about 5-10 minutes, still can't believe that.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Yes, it will help her career.


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.


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.


Yeah, that's it.


Stevie sure seems upset by it.

One question.. and this is kind of ironic...

Which band member gave final approval that allowed Stevie Nicks to join FMAC back in 1974/1975?

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

One question.. and this is kind of ironic...

Which band member gave final approval that allowed Stevie Nicks to join FMAC back in 1974/1975?

I believe that would be Christine.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Sure some of the songs stunk but that is another reason why 18 weren't too many. That way we could gather the ones we liked and ignore the rest and we still have a cool album to listen to. I haven't listened to that CD in over a year so I'm going to go from memory only and say the only song I really didn't like on it was Silver Hurl.I know there were a few more on my skip it list but that one topped them all as my throwaway track.

Regarding the stinky songs, I think that they're easier to digest when they're in the context of something bigger. While I don't agree with the oft-repeated grouse that SYW was just two songs slapped together, I do think that it kind of lacked a theme that bound everything together. So, that's one reason that I think fewer songs might have made the whole thing tighter sounding.

I contrast that to Tusk. Even though it was a double album containing songs I didn't like, I do feel that the songs went together somehow. I think Honey Hi was related to Tusk (the song), for example.

The Tusk ballads, even if I didn't like many of them, I think they were less weak hanging together than they would have been standing out like a sore thumb on another album.

Song selection, sequencing, whatever it was that the band couldn't do to make the SYW songs more cohesive, I think maybe it would have been easier for them to do if there were fewer songs.

And to me, it's not a problem of Stevie and Lindsey not intertwining, because if you DO break their songs down into two solo albums, I think the 9 songs on each of those solo albums go together EVEN LESS than they do as a blended family of 18 on SYW.

With Christine back we're going to have more harmony than SYW had.

I wonder if we will have a music VIDEO, like in the good old days, not just a performance video, but a conceptual video like in the eighties. I would love that. Also, if we had a retrospective video showing clips of the 5 in the seventies and eighties like Paper Doll did, I'd eat that up as well.

Michele

[I'msoAfraid95]

Everybody on here is talking about hearing new Chris, Stevie, or Lindsey music. I'd like to hear some new drum and bass recording from the 2 guys who ARE Fleetwood Mac

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I believe that would be Christine.

I'm still laughing at your post, "She sure seems upset about it"..

[I'msoAfraid95]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I believe that would be Christine.

Yes. Mick wanted to make sure that wouldn't be any animosity between the 2 ladies. Oh, the irony of what happened to band members a few years later.

[jbrownsjr]

Stevie is extremely generous, and I believe she wants Christine back in the worst way. She offered her money, she said it numerous times in the press. She has been upset over it.

I think Stevie Nicks also does what she wants to do. If she didn't want to have Christine, Lindsey, or FM, she would say so.

[elle]

Originally Posted by I'msoAfraid95

Everybody on here is talking about hearing new Chris, Stevie, or Lindsey music. I'd like to hear some new drum and bass recording from the 2 guys who ARE Fleetwood Mac

me too. and it's there. waiting to be put out, on 5 songs that we've never heard. and we may have a chance to hear those sooner now, if Christine's back and apparently willing to record an album.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Song selection, sequencing, whatever it was that the band couldn't do to make the SYW songs more cohesive, I think maybe it would have been easier for them to do if there were fewer songs.

And to me, it's not a problem of Stevie and Lindsey not intertwining, because if you DO break their songs down into two solo albums, I think the 9 songs on each of those solo albums go together EVEN LESS than they do as a blended family of 18 on SYW.

For me, the issue was there were a core group of songs that sound like Fleetwood Mac, but then there are other songs (i.e. "Illume," "Murrow" or "Red Rover") that would have been great on solo albums, but don't (IMO) work as Fleetwood Mac pieces. MY iPod version of SYW is:

What's The World Coming To
Thrown Down
Miranda
Say You Will
Peacekeeper
Twisted
Down On Rodeo
Smile At You
Steal Your Heart Away
Bleed To Love Her
Destiny Rules
Say Goodbye
Goodbye Baby

[I'msoAfraid95]

Originally Posted by elle

me too. and it's there. waiting to be put out, on 5 songs that we've never heard. and we may have a chance to hear those sooner now, if Christine's back and apparently willing to record an album.

Again I come back to my idea of the "Boys Club... Finally" album if neither of the ladies want to do it. If it's just Stevie on board, I'll take the above mention album over one with the 4 of them.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

For me, the issue was there were a core group of songs that sound like Fleetwood Mac, but then there are other songs (i.e. "Illume," "Murrow" or "Red Rover") that would have been great on solo albums, but don't (IMO) work as Fleetwood Mac pieces. MY iPod version of SYW is:

What's The World Coming To
Thrown Down
Miranda
Say You Will
Peacekeeper
Twisted
Down On Rodeo
Smile At You
Steal Your Heart Away
Bleed To Love Her
Destiny Rules
Say Goodbye
Goodbye Baby

Ok if you're going to sneak Down on Rodeo and Twisted in there.

Michele