"Soundstage Sessions" Billboard Chart Debut Predictions

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

She's not singing on any of the interviews and the interviews are really short.

She has no band with her. I suppose she could have gotten a new guitarist and done Landslide, but, that would require rehearsal time, etc. Any other song pretty much requires a full on band. So, I see why she is not singing.

Originally Posted by Jondalar

The problem with SYW is that MTV is not going to play a Fleetwood Mac video, and they refused to go country like the Eagles and everyone else who wants to sale records.

Actually, MTV would have played it if there had been a hit - they always go to the money. There was no hit because the music was not to the public's liking. But, that is a sep. thing from a lacking of promotion. They promoted the hell out of SYW.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by LukeA

Completely agree. This package has been promoted extraordinarily well, as was SYW.

Some fans are simply impossible to please- like the geniuses who, say, claim a concert wasn't promoted adequately and, when pressed for suggestions, come up with a marketing plan that roughly costs 10X the gross potential of said concert.

Interestingly, I wounder of FM payed for any of this promotion. I say this because La Nicks is heavily promoting the current and ongoing FM tour in this press junket. I tend to doubt they are, but, she could haved asked for it and been correct.

[Jondalar]

I don't think SYW was managements fault. It was Stevies and Fleetwood Macs. I think a lot of people didn't like TISL and it did not help SYW. The album didn't gain her many NEW fans. Fleetwood Mac didn't do a video for it either or try to market it to country stations that like Fleetwood Mac.

Rock has been dead since about 2000. These bands need away to stay in the publics mind, especially old bands. The Eagles have succeeded but Fleetwood Mac has not.

[strandinthewind]

^^^

FM did an entire concert set for the AOL sessions and then released the songs SYW and Peacekeeper as videos

The problems were IMO, they sounded like crap live on several high profile public shows, like Leno and GMA (or was it Today?) .

I also disagree with you and think TISL was very well received and got her many new fans. i base this on my concert experiences, which were filled with new fans and the critics warm reception of TISL.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

^^^

FM did an entire concert set for the AOL sessions and then released the songs SYW and Peacekeeper as videos

The problems were IMO, they sounded like crap live on several high profile public shows, like Leno and GMA (or was it Today?) .

I also disagree with you and think TISL was very well received and got her many new fans. i base this on my concert experiences, which were filled with new fans and the critics warm reception of TISL.

It got good reviews from critics, especially Rolling Stone becuase of The Dance. Rolling Stone only gave Bella Donna 3 stars in 1981 and gave TISL 3.5. You would have to be an idiot to think that TISL is anywhere near as good as Bella Donna. They did it because everyone realized her appeal and longevity and Sheryl Crow was on the album.

Her new fans were from the Dance. Because MTV played the hell out of the videos and it sold well. She did not have a hit off that album and many were disappointed. We all wanted her to pull a Tina Turner and she did not.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

^^^

FM did an entire concert set for the AOL sessions and then released the songs SYW and Peacekeeper as videos

The problems were IMO, they sounded like crap live on several high profile public shows, like Leno and GMA (or was it Today?) .

I also disagree with you and think TISL was very well received and got her many new fans. i base this on my concert experiences, which were filled with new fans and the critics warm reception of TISL.

Exacally. TISL was VERY high profile AND well received.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

It got good reviews from critics, especially Rolling Stone becuase of The Dance. Rolling Stone only gave Bella Donna 3 stars in 1981 and gave TISL 3.5. You would have to be an idiot to think that TISL is anywhere near as good as Bella Donna. They did it because everyone realized her appeal and longevity and Sheryl Crow was on the album.

Her new fans were from the Dance. Because MTV played the hell out of the videos and it sold well. She did not have a hit off that album and many were disappointed. We all wanted her to pull a Tina Turner and she did not.

um, April fools is over.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Exacally. TISL was VERY high profile AND well received.

And, she had a No. 1 hit off of it in the dance world.

In the end, unless FM or La Nicks solo has a major hit, the records will sell about where they are and they will make their money from touring, which is well received for the most part. But, the vast majority want the hits from Mirage back. Such is life.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Exacally. TISL was VERY high profile AND well received.

and only went Gold with all the hype and promotion. I can't tell you how many non-stevie fans said they didn't like it or her voice.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

and only went Gold with all the hype and promotion. I can't tell you how many non-stevie fans said they didn't like it or her voice.

And I cant tell YOU how many liked the album, so there ya go.

[David]

I believe this handsome package is going to enter the chart at #1 & STAY THERE, basically, for weeks.

Rock on, gold dust woman!

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

and only went Gold with all the hype and promotion. I can't tell you how many non-stevie fans said they didn't like it or her voice.

Haven't folks been saying they don't like her voice, all the way back to 1976? Is that really even a factor at this point?

The thing is, a gold album is nothing to sneeze at. Stevie is a middle-aged female singer with a strange voice -- and how many other female singers in her age-group have had gold albums over the past 10 years? Cher certainly. Maybe Bette Midler. But I can't think of any others.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by LukeA

Yes, Fleetwood Mac totally blew it by not selling out and "go country"- they would have saled twice as many copies!

I say Ditto million times,Others did crossed over.especially todays country sounds like lite rock anyway.Oh on my prediction is the top 20 to 30.she has to compete with the young ones on the charts.


I think I've started many threads on here about Stevie and Fleetwood Mac should give country music a shot.

I will fly to Nashville to the Grand Ole Opry to see Stevie or FM on the show.Any I probably would die on the spot if She was ask to sign on to the show.

I think Stevie's Grampa's dream would be fulfilled to see his grand daughter on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry on a saturday night.

Darius Rucker and Jewel was the latest acts on the show.

Stevie's song "After the glitter fades" was play on the country station in my listening area back in 1982 also Leather and Lace.


Pop to country crossovers,no order of faves.

1 The king Elvis Presley
2 Dan Seals of England Dan and John Ford Coley, R.I.P Dan 1948 to 2009
3 Exile group from the 70's 'kiss you all over "
4 Tom Jones a pop icon from the 60's in country in the 70's
5 Ray Charles
6 Jewel shes still cute
7 Darius Rucker of Hootie and the blowfish
8 Eagles as mentioned here
9 Bob Seager


Probably alot of others i cant think as of now.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Probably alot of others i cant think as of now.

For reasons I didn't understand, Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock got a lot of airplay on my country station with Picture.

Michele

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

1 The king Elvis Presley
2 Dan Seals of England Dan and John Ford Coley, R.I.P Dan 1948 to 2009
3 Exile group from the 70's 'kiss you all over "
4 Tom Jones a pop icon from the 60's in country in the 70's
5 Ray Charles
6 Jewel shes still cute
7 Darius Rucker of Hootie and the blowfish
8 Eagles as mentioned here
9 Bob Seager


Probably alot of others i cant think as of now.

Don't forget Jessica Simpson.

Its a long-standing cliche in the music business that once you've exhausted all possibilities and used up all your goodwill trying to make it in your own style of music, you can always "go country".