What does 2010 hold for FM ??

[Nikolaj]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Nikolaj, as far as I can tell Interscope is only interested in hip hop musicians right now. I think Jimmy's days of working with Stevie are a thing of the past. Also Jimmy was a huge success LONG before he produced Bella Donna.

I do see your (good) points,vf, in what you wrote, yet I believe since Interscope was willing to bid on 'Say You Will' in '03, it was likely because JI had some feelings of good will toward SN and the band that likely are still there.
I know Jimmy began (as an engineer, I think) in late '74 on John Lennon's 'Rock and Roll' album and that was his real entry to his own distinguished music career, long before 'Bella Donna', and that it was also JI who had a lot to do with the success of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, also years before 'Bella Donna'...but, it was not only that he produced BD, but that he was largely responsible for the huge success of it, which launched the new label, Modern, through Atlantic, that did wonders for JI's status in the industry. Though he'd produced for TP, I don't know that he was 'hugely successful' along the lines of a Paul Rothchild or Peter Asher or Richard Perry prior to Bella Donna, but after BD, I think he surpassed their reputations as a 'go to' power-producer who knew a lot about music and money-making. You may recall there were plenty of nay-sayers who thought it was nuts that a subsidiary new label (Modern) be formed for SN's solo prospects, which were considered shaky, despite her enormous popularity with the public. Though it was Fishkin and Morris who ran Modern (co-owned by Nicks, almost unheard of at the time, for a woman to own part of her record company) I think it was Jimmy Iovine who really came through as a guiding force that earned many millions in the 1980s for Atlantic Records, through this new label they agreed to launch to launch SN. Also, after he stopped working with her, Stevie's sales steadily declined, which may also add to his reputation as the man perhaps most responsible for her biggest solo successes.
So, I do think his Nicks association did more for Iovine's professional reputation than his work with Tom Petty, Patti Smith, or his very early John Lennon work.
Based on that, I'd say that it's possible that to this day, JI knows the importance of what his association with Nicks helped him to later achieve. Plus, he may just like her, or like her music. It's very likely he knows better than anyone else what would work for her. Interscope had heard 'SYW' and made an offer, I think it could happen again.
Reconsider her, Jimmy!~