Lindsey Songs: Tusk vs. Mirage

[Spikey]

and "Fake Stevie," aka Lindsey with a variable speed oscillator.

Oh-Ah! Oh-Ah!
Yeah, I don't think "real Stevie" shows up much on Mirage or Tango.


I don't like Can't Go Back as much as Book of Love, which I really like. I think the problem with both of them is that Lindsey always needs more lyrics to fill his songs up. i've always felt that Lindsey's strength is music and Stevie's is lyrics, which is amplified on their solo albums. Christine has strengths in both, although solo she kind of misses both.

I feel Mirage is musically solid but lyrically near-bankrupt, save for Gypsy, Straight Back, and a couple of other tracks. Think "Eyes of the World"- could've been an amazing piece with more lyrics, instead of hardly any, and then repeated. Instead it kinda sounds half-finished lyrically and musically excellent.

Tusk, although it's weird-sounding in parts, is lyrically near-flawless. Musically I think it's weirder, and to me, going to the topic title, it's THAT which scared record execs, the music of Tusk. Rumours and Mirage are much 'safer' musically than Tusk, which was experimental for its' time.


Mirage is pop-goodness but it could've been so much better with minimal extra effort. It continues to bug me everytime I hear it. But I still love it.. I guess I'm a tragic Mac-er after all.

- Spike