Stevie Nicks Says Issues With Lindsey Buckingham Threaten Her Involvement With FM

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Originally Posted by Phil

Stevie's churlishness aside, does anyone remember how Lindsey massacred most of her songs on Say You Will? I believe this may be at the heart of her most recently publicised concerns. Whether others agree with Stevie's stance or not, she was dissatisfied with the arrangements and production Lindsey performed on her songs. Admittedly, she seemed more positive during the original slew of press and interviews in early 2003 but her true thoughts seeped out later on.
Whilst I think Lindsey was genuine in his efforts to realise Stevie's songs to the best of his abilities, she obviously felt as though the original intent of her writing was lost in the transistion to record (an age-old complaint of hers it must be said).
I did actually appreciate much of Say You Will but I found the dense production, particularly on Stevie's songs, to often be cluttered and claustrophobic eg Everybody Finds Out and to some extent, Running Through The Garden (which could have been rescued by a contribution from Christine). In my opinion, Lindsey improved upon Thrown Down (which does conjure up the majestic qualities of Gypsy despite not being nearly as good a song), but elsewhere his vision veered between insensitvity and bastardisation, with the prime example being Smile At You.
At the end of the day, Stevie requires a position of equal footing within the band but as it stands, this respect has not been afforded her way. Clearly she recognises her status as the "drawcard" of the band and so understandably, insists that Lindsey desist with his condescending ways and actually begin acknowledging her talent.

All good points. Accept the last one. That is a bastardization of the mature point in life this man is now. He can be a pain in the ass for her, I know. But I really think LB worked his ass off to let her shine on those SYW-tracks. If she wants to have more influence on how her songs sound, she just has to be there. Since Mirage that hardly ever happened anymore. She gave it over to him -and maybe there ARE reasons to complain, as your post articulates fairly reasonable- so then you simply have to shut up and take the loss.

No she's just pissed that that album didn't sell and she blames him, not the poor quality of her songwriting. That's the bottomline.