Has Fm.lb,sn Reached Their End?

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Originally Posted by cbBen

And Lindsey's photo on the cover of Under The Skin has the same problem. It is is pensive, arty, and dark in a way that is too generic.

oh, that's one gorgeous photo of lindsey, although i like the version with grayish tint better than the one on the cover that has yellowish tint.

Originally Posted by cbBen

He should have re-cut "Say Goodbye" instead of pasting her on top of his sped-up solo version. It would have worked much better (just look at Live In Boston or Soundstage). Say Goodbye is a great great Lindsey song but he should have either left it for Under The Skin, or re-cut it with Stevie to make it feel like an integrated piece of work. The center channel mix of Steal Your Heart Away proves what great work she did on that song (that "if that's all there is" she throws in there at the end). But it's completely buried in the mix! Again, all he was after was her "presence" on the material. There is only one Stevie Nicks and, even with her voice in its worsened shape, she has something unique to offer to Lindsey's material -- if he will let her.

i see this argument over and over and don't really understand it. lindsey should have been allowed to put out GOS1 when it was done. WB prevented that, and made him roll the songs that were perfectly done into SYW. you and others keep saying how LB spends too much time tinkering in the studio, but then wanted him to spend even more time and start all over again with his GOS1 songs that ended up on SYW. these songs were done. they needed to be put out as a perfect solo album that should have been. instead i have to now listen to SYW (which is still a great great album, imo, b/c of how great just 1/3 of LB GOS1 songs that ended up on it are) and skip most of the SN songs that are not at the same level. if she brought to SYW some of the songs that are on IYD, that would be a different story, i wouldn't have to skip so much. again, just my opinion - tastes are very different and hard to account for.

Originally Posted by cbBen

Maybe Richard Dashut played more of a role than we realized.

from what i've seen lindsey and dashut have always had some kind of bromance going. personally, i'd love for dashut to participate in another FM album, but everybody who's so worried about stevie's comfort in making another FM album may want to take the bromance factor into account. now dashut, lindsey and stewart all together - that may be interesting!