LA show - Lindsey was fantastic, Stevie was not

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by chiliD
".....only "chiffon-heads" would go see Fleetwood Mac ONLY because Stevie was there. And, if there ever was a "fraction of a fraction" of a fan base, it is "chiffon-head" within Fleetwood Mac's fan base.

That's Mr. Chiffon-Head to you!

Just Joking - I totally agree with you on this point.

Having said that and post 1989, it is interesting to me to wonder how the concerts would sell if Stevie and CM were not there. This current tour has demonsrated that FM will sell if CM (the biggest "hit maker") is not there but LB and SN are. We know the concerts sold very well without LB on the TITN and BTM tours. We also know the concerts will not sell at all well if CM, SN, and LB are not there despite a what I felt was a good record with alternate players a la Time. Based on all of that and on Stevie's significant popularity and larger body of sustained popular work, I have a feeling that if SN was not there in any fashion, the concert would not sell as well by a significant margin. But that is totally just my opinion which by no means is law

NOTE: As much as I like Stevie, I would also love to see Mick, John, and LB tear it up with no backup at all - just those three. Now, THAT would be rock and roll to see even if it was just Carne, Chilli, Christy, Livia, me, and a few other Ledgies!!!!!!!

Also, isn't it interesting that people are so quick to discredit CM's popularity, yet, every single critic has said her absence is noticeable.

In sum, to me, FM is and always will be greater than the sum of its parts no matter how much one part shines.

My $0.02