The New Album Thread

[michelej1]

No, I don't think that Stevie and Lindsey will be co-writers on a song, especially not any new songs and I don't see any reasons why they should be. They have never done so in the past and I don't think starting now would help band relations. Frozen Love doesn't exactly count. Co-writing is not their forte as a duo.

Now, if there are older songs, then maybe one of them might give it to the other. If Stevie has old lyrics, she might give them to Lindsey and he could do some music. We have speculated as to whether Deep Dense was a Stevie song, based on what Javier said. So, I could see that happening, Lindsey working and adding to a song she has already written years ago, but not them having to collaborate in real time together.

Michele

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

If Stevie has old lyrics, she might give them to Lindsey and he could do some music. We have speculated as to whether Deep Dense was a Stevie song, based on what Javier said. So, I could see that happening, Lindsey working and adding to a song she has already written years ago, but not them having to collaborate in real time together.

no don't think they are / will be collaborating in real time, in the same room.

but i see a possibility of her giving him maybe either her newer poems, or skeletal songs (her description of his contribution to Landslide at Nashville show would fit that kind of scenario) to work on them. to be her catalyst.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

no don't think they are / will be collaborating in real time, in the same room.

but i see a possibility of her giving him maybe either her newer poems, or skeletal songs (her description of his contribution to Landslide at Nashville show would fit that kind of scenario) to work on them. to be her catalyst.

I think he's a catalyst through production efforts (i.e. the Landslide remarks she made the other night), not through writing things with her.

Michele

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I think he's a catalyst through production efforts (i.e. the Landslide remarks she made the other night), not through writing things with her.

Michele

could be. i don't know. and as you probably know, personally i don't really care. plus i think if he was someone else without their sordid history, he would have had co-writing credits on more than FL. whatever shape his catalytic activities take, if that means new songs he and Christine worked on will actually come out in this lifetime, i'm onboard with that.

and i also couldn't care less whether or not SN will bi*ch and complain about him ruining her songs two years later. i just want to hear all those songs we've been hearing about since 2012.

[DauphineMarie]

Once in a million years a lady like her...

Would write a song with equal ownership, with her archnemisis/greatestloveofalltime

So no.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

and i also couldn't care less whether or not SN will bi*ch and complain about him ruining her songs two years later. i just want to hear all those songs we've been hearing about since 2012.

I care. I'd rather he not produce her songs and maybe not even play guitar on them, but just sing on them.

I don't want to hear it, because the complaints will last for a good 10 years. If there is a documentary in 2025, the complaints will be revived in that documentary. I don't want to go out like that. I loved Thrown Down and she doesn't. I'd like to get more of the magic they make together, but it's not magic to her any more and that makes a difference.

Michele

[Macfanforever]

A big fat NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.What do I know.............LOL.......

But we never know with FM..

As far I know Lindsey worked out fine with his help on Stevie's Soldiers Angel.

[nicole21290]

They can work together - on the road or wherever. Writing songs together? No, I don't think that will happen for a FM project at this point in time. Not in the 'traditional' way.

"She’s not a witch, but she has an attraction to those mystical creatures because they’re fun to write about. So she gave me the rights to her music and she and Lindsay [sic] Buckingham are working on a special sort of redo of a song they did about a witch."
- Ryan Murphy, 2013

[PenguinHead]

Never once in a million years will Stevie and Lindsey ever collaborate in that manner. They have never had a Simon and Garfunkel or Hall and Oates type of collaboration and chemistry, Why would anybody expect that now?

I don't believe in the perpetuated notion that Stevie doesn't want Lindsey producing her songs. He is responsible for taking her raw talent and crafting the songs that launched her into stardom. She is well aware of that.

I think the experience of recording Say You Will really soured her creative relationship with Lindsey because of various circumstances. Without Christine there, the balance of power shifted. It's not so much of how she didn't like how he produced her songs, its more about how she didn't feel connected to the process. It was a dark time in her life, and the enduring isolation suffered during the recording that album made it even darker.

Dave Stewart was like a beacon of light that opened her eyes to a world where recording can be a fun experience that's expedient and full of levity. Let's face it: Lindsey is a pretty serious and controlling guy who likes working alone. His process is fastidious and solitary. Dave is the polar opposite personality. His process is spontaneous and collaborative. So I can understand her hesitance in committing to work with Lindsey.

With Christine back in the fray, I assume Stevie would love to create new music with her. But she doesn't want to Lindsey to rein over everything. Lindsey has spoken in the past, entertaining the possibility of bringing in a co-producer -- be it Dave or someone else. I think that would be the ideal situation which Stevie would be more amenable with, as Lindsey's influence would be countered and balanced.

[shackin'up]

Well, in a weird way you can say that they usually do co-write. That dressingroom Wild Heart shows a LB track under a SN melody/ lyric. If that version did appear on mirage, I'm sure it would have been credited as a Nicks-song. And now we know it as a Nicks song AND a LB song Can't Go Back. Lindsey always have lent his musical windowdressideas to songs. It's just a matter of choice if you count something as a cowrite or see it as an arrangement. Either way, he put his stamp on almost everything she ever did under the Macflag.