Dumbest Things Lindsey Has Ever Said Onstage

[Les]

Originally Posted by Highway Woman

What did he expect them to say? "Lindsey's gone. We blow chunks now. But come to our shows anyway." And Lindsey didn't think twice about saying the same types of things after Christine left. You could even say he went further as he talked about how John could play better without having to worry about Christine.

The anger at Mick was justified, but that wasn't Chris's or John's fault. I guess I just don't see it. Maybe there are harsher quotes out there? Otherwise I don't think it's justified at all.

What wasn't justified? If John and Christine and Mick and Stevie all felt comfortable making comments about being happier in the band after Lindsey's departure for various reasons, was it so uncalled for that Lindsey should say the same thing about his situation? I guess I can sort of see objecting to the forum in which he made those comments to some degree, but this was the first time in a press conference setting that Lindsey was asked about these things since he left the band. I just don't think it's that hard to understand why he made them.

Mick said he thought it was a relief to Stevie to have Lindsey out of the band after he initally left, and he thought she was able to work in a more relaxed way with Rick and Billy. Stevie herself made similar comments. I don't remember, but I have to doubt that I really enjoyed reading that back when the comments were fresh because I missed Lindsey, but I didn't think Mick and Stevie were being jerky or less than truthful about it. Relations between ex-couples often just have a certain residue that makes things testy from time to time and doesn't go away. I haven't any difficulty believing Chris and John experience that too, and so I have a hard time seeing something insulting about Christine in that comment by Lindsey about John maybe finding it easier to relax.

I don't know. I suppose all these little comments they make about one another just touch the little areas of sensitivity we all seem to have about our favorites.