1982-1987

[Macfan4life]

This era was a bitter pill for Fleetwood Mac fans, although we did get ample solo work. 5 years between records is a LONG time and to make it worse the tour did not include Lindsey.
In Mick's first book he alleges that Stevie's people purposely kept her away from the band because she was such a successful solo artist. Stevie did not even socialize with band members that much during this era. It was sad to read Christine's 1984 Rolling Stone article where she said she was not close with Stevie anymore and they had not spoken in well over a year.

[elle]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

In Mick's first book he alleges that Stevie's people purposely kept her away from the band because she was such a successful solo artist. Stevie did not even socialize with band members that much during this era. It was sad to read Christine's 1984 Rolling Stone article where she said she was not close with Stevie anymore and they had not spoken in well over a year.

yeah reading quotes in this thread including Christine's 1984 interview, and looking at the years of all the solo albums and tours that followed them, i could see how Stevie seemed to have been the one that had nothing to do with the band for years at the time, whether of her own volition or because of following her record company "commercial gods" as she likes to say.

quotes from Lindsey, such as this one from 1984 that is stated in several different ways in interviews posted above, seem to imply that while he wanted to do solo projects because FM was somewhat stifling to his creative side, he was always putting being a team player and potential for band's album first:

"There will be a lot of pressure in the next few months to do another Fleetwood Mac album, and I would like to do another if we can make another major statement."

so in 1984 Lindsey thought FM should do another album, and Christine says she has been working with all FM members except hasn't heard from Stevie in well over a year. sounds familiar?

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by elle

yeah reading quotes in this thread including Christine's 1984 interview, and looking at the years of all the solo albums and tours that followed them, i could see how Stevie seemed to have been the one that had nothing to do with the band for years at the time, whether of her own volition or because of following her record company "commercial gods" as she likes to say.

quotes from Lindsey, such as this one from 1984 that is stated in several different ways in interviews posted above, seem to imply that while he wanted to do solo projects because FM was somewhat stifling to his creative side, he was always putting being a team player and potential for band's album first:

"There will be a lot of pressure in the next few months to do another Fleetwood Mac album, and I would like to do another if we can make another major statement."

so in 1984 Lindsey thought FM should do another album, and Christine says she has been working with all FM members except hasn't heard from Stevie in well over a year. sounds familiar?

She was flying high on Wild Heart and doing lots of coke..

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

She was flying high on Wild Heart and doing lots of coke..

I posted an interview quote from Lindsey in the Lindsey forum in the Christine and Lindsey thread where he said sometimes when he and Christine play instruments together, it's like they have one brain. I liked that.

Michele

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I posted an interview quote from Lindsey in the Lindsey forum in the Christine and Lindsey thread where he said sometimes when he and Christine play instruments together, it's like they have one brain. I liked that.

Michele

Yet, there's so many people that don't want them to have any connection, or deny that it exists. I think these two had the strongest connection in the band, at least musically. Sexually .. ewww.. no..

[jbrownsjr]

I remember after Tango In The Night how Lindsey would always say things to the effect of: (paraphrasing) "I know it would be very lucrative, but I don't want to go out on the road." "I'm not keen on the road, anymore."

And it irked me because he left the band and then got butt hurt that Christine didn't want to continue to tour or be out on the road.

I think when he came back and saw how the Dance did so well, he was gung ho again. He got the break he needed.