Thoughts on ‘Sometimes It’s Bitch’

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by mikebise

However, I will never understand why Stevie's songs with other people "don't flow/don't belong" with her solo work on Collections. PLENTY of other artists have their group and solo hits on combined collections:

Diana Ross
Sting
Tina Turner
Maria McKee

Why should Stevie be any different? She wrote the songs, sings them, just like Sting & Co. "Rhiannon" is not "a Fleetwood Mac song". It's a Stevie Nicks song.

I could not agree with you more and I've thought about this often over the years. I never differentiate between her FM and solo songs. To me they are all Stevie songs. I mean, in my iPod the artist is always Stevie Nicks whether it's one of her FM songs or solo. This may sound insulting to some FM fans but it's still a Stevie song, just different players. I had often wondered over the years how she chooses whether a song will be FM or solo and I finally saw an interview a few years ago where she answered that question. I don't know the exact quote but it was something along the lines of "all of my songs are available to Fleetwood Mac" which I think is so sweet and endearing.