Rumours 5 Event 2023?

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Not at all.

Rob C. was an in-house producer for WB. Lindsey wasn’t his employer, WB was. That’s a red flag that the label wasn’t going to allow Lindsey the same creative free reign he’d previously enjoyed.

Furthermore, if a WB employee was pushing for a Hell Freezes Over-type reunion and encouraging Lindsey to get Mick involved on the project, that was coming from much higher on the chain of command. So, not only were the higher ups at WB pushing for a Rumours reunion, but they also intentionally decided to tank Time while it was still being recorded.

By the time Mick got involved with Lindsey’s album and all of the industry guys started coming around, Billy knew the Time lineup was over and tried to warn Bekka and Dave.

In any case, all of the “everything came together very organically” was about as sincere as the “it just felt like a duet album.”

I am still not understanding your DOA statement. Everyone knew FM was done. I dont think Billy needed to tell anyone. Stevie was usually the savior of the band but when her solo album tanked it was no surprise that Time would not chart. Christine never wanted to participate and was never intended to participate. Warner Brothers sort of made her participate where they knew themselves a FM album without a known singer is a waste of time and energy. Chris was loyal to the band and only participated to make sure FM had an album to put out. Thats all you need to know about Time when even your record company has serious doubts if it should even happen. Having said that, I dont think anyone did not give their 100% to the album. Chris had at least 2 good songs.
I dont buy the Dance was presented to the band this early though. Chris bolted back to England and they needed that flop of the Dance to finally hit rock bottom. The next year was 1996 and the darkest days for everyone.

Still not quite understanding your DOA statement.