Frozen Love Podcast

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

It all really reinforces that they actually should have cowriting credit on many if not most of her FM songs. She writes a simple melody to her lyrics, but he composes almost all the musical parts. But her ego just won't allow it. He did a British interview some years back saying that many of her songs should have properly been cowrites (Rhiannon and Landslide for sure). By today's standards, they would be both credited.

I haven't listened to the podcast, but early-career Lindsey could have all the hookiest guitar meolodies and genuis arrangements in the world and still not write lyrics like early-career Stevie. I'm not sure what the default standard for "songwriting" credit should be, but it would be a mistake to unfairly minimise the value and power those lyrics have all on their own. No one's suggesting the songs would have succeeded had Stevie somehow produced them herself and played the instruments. But even if it wasn't Lindsey et al, those same lyrics, singer, performer and personality would, I think, surely have met with some degree of success even with a different music/arrangement/production.

Lindsey probably should have taken producer credits prior to Tusk, though.