What did Stevie really think?

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Originally Posted by The Tower

Lemme tell ya something, Chrissey mah dear- I am seriously done with Stevie's ****.

She has a ton of money, every recording method at her disposal and a supposed "manic" phase in her that should have her writing 20 songs a year. Jeezus, woman- put out an album. Joni Mitchell was so bothered by her muse that she couldn't stand it anymore and was literally forced into the studio in her early sixties to get it out of her system.

This is why I am NOT going to the Vegas Corporate Thing in December. Here's the set list:

Stand Back
{wardrobe change}
Rhiannnon
{band intro}
Landslide
{wardrobe change}
Dreams
{percussion solo}
{add gold shawl}
Gold Dust Woman
{wardrobe change}
{extended drum combat with percussionist}
Edge of Seventeen
{15 minute "pounding your fists and stomping your feet" encore}
Has Anyone Ever.........


I'm done. Come back to me, Stevie, when you've got a ****ing creative spark to move on.....

Amen. I don't feel motivated to see her in Vegas because I've been there/done that. And I don't think she needs to "break her back" (sorry for not quoting you directly Stewy) to be relevant. Working in the studio can be a relatively serene environment. After all, it's not 1978 any more.
As a side note about Joni, I'm reading a book called Hotel California that talks about the birth of the whole singer/songrwriter movement in the early 60's and it talks a lot about Joni, Gram Parsons, David Crosby, Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne and many other artists, some now forgotten and how David Geffen and Elliot Roberts made a tremendous contribution to that scene. They also made a lot of money. It also talks about the petri dish environment that created The Eagles. I find that interesting because of the connection to all of those players (Bernie Leadon, Henley, Felder and Joe Walsh) that worked with Stevie. Even Tony Dimitriades and Waddy are interviewed. I'm only halfway through the book so as far as the timeline goes there is no mention of Fleetwood Mac yet. But even if there isn't, I won't be disapppointed. It's a fascinating glimpse into that whole time period that was responsible for the birth of Buckingham Nicks and the Fleetwood Mac everyone knows now.
Woops. I guess I went a little off topic there.