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[michelej1]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

Oh I think he was holding back in that scene coz they were being filmed.

I didn't think he was holding back back then. I think he was in Destiny Rules, but I don't think he was trying to come off politely to her in the Tusk documentary. In fact, the way she reacted and covered her face it was like she expected just what he said. It's not like she was going, "Gee, Lindsey is being especially kind to me."


It's just like when they were at the stadium and he yanked on the back of her dress and told her to sit down. I don't think he was worried about how he came off in those Tusk days.

I think "in a word, yes" is the kind of thing he would generally say to her. He says, Oh, who are you Miss Las Vegas? rather than saying things like, "You look stupid."

As far as the songwriting, I don't think he changes her stuff because he thinks it's awful. I think he changes it because he considers it barebones, a skeletal thing, just like his own demos. Clearly, people think he overproduces sometimes, but I think he thinks a demo is something to be worked up. And I think Stevie thinks that too. The only thing that has changed is that she no longer thinks that Lindsey translates her outlines as well as he once did (Soldier's Angel being the exception).

So, no I don't think the fact that he changes her stuff is saying that he didn't think it was good enough. I think he changes it because when someone gives you a foundation, you're supposed to build on it. It's like she told him his SYW songs were cloissonne boxes and hers were unpolished. He told her not to worry. He would polish hers up. Well, he did, she expected him to change them, but she didn't like the finish he gave them.

As far as his not praising her goes, yes it obviously did bother her a lot. With TISL, when he praised it she said that maybe finally Lindsey was just a little bit proud of her. So, she definitely didn't think he gave her enough approval in the past. And so now he's trying to lavish praise on everything, these days.

I know the Charlie Rose comment you're talking about. He said she considered herself a poet even then and he was quick to criticize what she read to him and he smiled and said that hasn't changed. But I don't think by criticizing he goes around saying, "that's trash!" I mean Waddy said he said to Lindsey back when he was trying to get Lindsey to go on the road with him, how can you stand it? How can you bear to work on all this flower and the vine stuff of hers. And I think Lindsey saw something in it that Waddy, and later Christine, didn't see.

Michele