Disappointing Lindsey Comment From Mark & Brian Interview

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally posted by CarneVaca
I'm all for that.

Hell yeah! (After a few more BN FM albums mind!)

Can you imagine? It would be going full circle - back to the boys. Oooh yeah..



I'm sorry but I'm as big a Lindsey fan as most of us and I don't fully see a problem with the new arrangement. This album is Lindsey's album. With some Stevie songs. Sure there's not that many Lindsey songs as a result, so that's why fingers crossed we'll hear the album with Shuffle Riff and Down On Rodeo coming around the corner in the next few years. And even if Stevie was added to Murrow/Come/Red Rover ... from what I've heard so far this is far from a compromise - it's magic! Like most of us here I'd prefer these edgy GOS songs to be Stevie-free .... but on the other hand, if they do have some added vocal augmentation from Stevie, then we alredy have the other versions - and I for one can't get enough alternate versions. In any case, the album isn't going to have any compromises like the singles do - if Lindsey doesnt want Stevie on Red Rover, she aint gonna be on there. He'll do it if it sounds good.

When he said 'Peacekeeper' lends itself to a solo, I believe he meant that the vocal was two part, as it was on the original, but in that case with two Lindseys. I acknowledge that having Stevie do the second part was a band/commercial compromise rather than a purely musical move, but even beyond that, if he did it in a solo album and did it live, how could the do the amazing two part harmony on "You know all of our friends are gods..." (my favourite part of the song).

Beyond all the songs and the singing and who sings what and whos song is it anyway, for me this is Lindsey's album because he produced AND engineered it and did all the guitar work. What an achievement. The new FM environment brings out the best in Lindsey, it makes it possible for the world to hear his talent, and I think you'll find that he wouldn't have it any other way at this point which is why he's anicpating getting right back in that studio to paint another masterpiece.

Just think of Stevie, Mick and John as Lindsey's backup band! I do!