Stating the obvious

[JamieSPC]

(Jamie puts on his flame suit)

I don't know if there's anything to this stuff in the Globe and Mail article about Steive being mad about something, but let's be real for just a second...

If I were Lindsey, John and Mick, I would pay VERY CLOSE ATTENTION to any suggestion Ms. Nicks has for the band, the business, the album's running order, the color shirt they should wear, etc. Through three decades she has consistently been the most commercially successful member of Fleetwood Mac, she owns the band's only #1 single, she's sitting back counting the dough from all the covers of "Landslide," and she's widely regarded as one of the most influential females in the history of rock and roll. If I were Stevie, I would (rightly) expect those credentials to carry some weight in a band situation.

(Jamie sprays himself with asbestos)

Not to belittle the contributions of the guys in the band, but take a long hard look at what happens when you take Stevie out of ANY of their respective equations: albums that bomb, businesses that fail, sham "Fleetwood Mac" bands that play on a bill with REO Speedwagon... come on.

If the goal is critical acclaim and success, I'd be willing to listen to Stevie. She's had plenty of both.

(Jamie rolls around on the floor trying to put out the flames)

And as for the much-discussed grammar errors in the new "Smile At You," why do we assume this was Stevie's doing? Have those words EVER appeared in a previous version of the song? Is that not Lindsey's voice singing them? Could it not be his own lyrical addition to the song? (I'm asking cause I don't know.)

Just some thoughts as we wait to see how the public receives a new Fleetwood Mac album that rests solely on the shoulders of Stevie and Lindsey...

Flame on if you must.