Grace Slick thinks FM look awful..

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

I just can't get past her thinking it's totally fine for the crypt keepers themselves, the Rolling Stones, to keep on playing shows despite their old age as long as they sound awesome.... but not Fleetwood Mac.

She is just kissing ass. Actually, the Rolling Stones look aweful. Fleetwood Mac looks better. But it is easier for women to criticize women.

[Danielle]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

She is just kissing ass. Actually, the Rolling Stones look aweful. Fleetwood Mac looks better. But it is easier for women to criticize women.

That's what I thought too, I love the RS, I'm seeing them in Feb., I'd pay to seem them performing from wheelchairs but they do look a lot older than FM.
It's music, it shouldn't matter what people look like anyway.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Danielle

That's what I thought too, I love the RS, I'm seeing them in Feb., I'd pay to seem them performing from wheelchairs but they do look a lot older than FM.
It's music, it shouldn't matter what people look like anyway.

The Stones really are a great band still. Which is an amazing thing in this day and age. They can play any style of music and do it well. It's one of the few shows I would actually pay to see, along with Petty and the Heartbreakers and U2. They are amongst the top five touring bands out there today. We all age and I don't go to a show looking for them to look like they did in their 20's. In fact I much prefer the way they all look now. It lends something to their stage presence and performance.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I don't go to a show looking for them to look like they did in their 20's. In fact I much prefer the way they all look now. It lends something to their stage presence and performance.

um... what?

[David]

Something tells me that Grace Slick is actually criticizing the three men in the Mac, not the women.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by David

Something tells me that Grace Slick is actually criticizing the three men in the Mac, not the women.

Something tells me that Grace Slick can't tell the difference.

[Tango]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Something tells me that Grace Slick can't tell the difference.

^ ^ that made me laugh out loud!

I don't really think Grace is out of her head, at all but she really believes this whole ageism thing.



This interview is from 1992 with Howard Stern. She's open and honest. Howard seems captivated.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

But it is easier for women to criticize women.

I think you're onto something here.

No one can be objective and I think Grace, a woman, looks at women like Stevie and Christine and projects her own insecurities onto them. It's a form of internalized misogyny. There's also an unequivocal jealousy about how the Mac has managed to continue cashing in on its legacy whereas Jefferson Starship--once a staple of 70s FM radio--has not. She can be in awe of the Stones because she was never in their league. In her head, she sees the Mac, who once toured with and, in fact, supported, Jefferson Starship, as peers. It's more easy to criticize your brother than your father.

[pryderi]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I think you're onto something here.

No one can be objective and I think Grace, a woman, looks at women like Stevie and Christine and projects her own insecurities onto them. It's a form of internalized misogyny. There's also an unequivocal jealousy about how the Mac has managed to continue cashing in on its legacy whereas Jefferson Starship--once a staple of 70s FM radio--has not. She can be in awe of the Stones because she was never in their league. In her head, she sees the Mac, who once toured with and, in fact, supported, Jefferson Starship, as peers. It's more easy to criticize your brother than your father.

makes perfect sense

[Mr Scarrott]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

In her head, she sees the Mac, who once toured with and, in fact, supported, Jefferson Starship, as peers. It's more easy to criticize your brother than your father.

Not only that, but didn't Fritz support Jefferson Airplane in the 1960s? She's maybe only human to reflect on her, and the Mac's trajectories. I love Grace's voice on those Jefferson Airplane albums. If you don't shiver listening to White Rabbit, check your pulse. I would pay good money to see her sing in a re-formed Jefferson Wheelchair...

She's entitled to her opinion and even she concedes the band still sound great. She's obviously happy in her retirement but it's not for everyone.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

She is just kissing ass. Actually, the Rolling Stones look aweful. Fleetwood Mac looks better. But it is easier for women to criticize women.

Well they did play Altamont together so who knows what sort of guilt twisted ties may have resulted from that fiasco?