Brett Tuggle Dishes the details to Rolling Stone

[David]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

It’s not as if he changed his approach to songwriting or production between Fleetwood Mac and solo

Oh, it is as if he changed his approach to songwriting or production between Fleetwood Mac and solo — because he actually did that over and over again. He very deliberately used his solo albums the way Beethoven used his piano sonatas: to experiment. He always said he hoped that his solo albums would interest more people, but he also said that he wasn’t all that surprised that they didn’t. They never will. In fact, if they ever did, something really, really weird will have happened to the mass-market music-buying public — zombie apocalypse, perhaps.

Isn’t it beyond obvious, besides, that Lindsey isn’t the commercial power that Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks is? Why is that continually articulated as if it were a novel observation? Is there a single Lindsey Buckingham fan here or anywhere else who wants to see him play Madison Square Garden? A few nights ago, I watched one of his concert Blu-rays from a few years ago. Imagine trying to put that show over in an arena. It would be like staging Ibsen at the Rose Bowl.

When I talk about charts, sales, etc., it’s not an endorsement or rejection of the art or artist, it’s in response to claims of this person or that person being responsible for their success or superstardom.

Then why do you keep engaging at that level? We’ve already made perfectly clear to everyone on the forum that commercial megastars like Rihanna and Eminem and Kanye and Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj and Drake and Jay Z outsell and outplay the individual members of Fleetwood Mac. But can any of them sing “Buddy’s Song” properly?