When I See You Again Appreciation Post!

[face of glass]

Ok EricBliss. If your post was intended as a bait for a Lindseyhead, you’ve caught one:

Originally posted by EricBliss12345
I think it says a lot about how Stevie and Lindsey's relationship was going at that point considering that he'd let something so half assed go on the official album with his name in the production credits.

I realize why some people have been offering a different perspective on Stevie’s contributions to TITN recently; they’re tired of the seemingly endless bashing of “WISYA� and “WTTR…S� that has been going on for quite a while. It has been suggested that the main blame should not be poured on Stevie anymore, that Lindsey should be its main target. While I understand that he should receive his part of it too, especially since he’s one of those who are responsible of the overall sound, it still feels too blunt to me when someone says something like the following:

Originally posted by EricBliss12345
…but Lindsey obviously had serious ego problems at the time that prevented it from happening.

That line especially suggests that he’s the only one responsible of how the track turned out. I don’t think that’s the case and I will explain it right now.

Originally posted by EricBliss12345
Why he wouldn't have tried to get a better vocal performance or work on some lyrics with Stevie is beyond me.

Very few of Stevie’s demos are altered in the area of lyrics or even vocal performance when they go through the various stages of production. I’m sure that possibility is very rarely considered at all; the band wouldn’t choose a Stevie demo if it lacked something particular in the first place. I think she wouldn’t even let any alteration of that kind happen. Whenever there are changes, they are in the sphere of the overall arrangement.

So you seriously think that Stevie has no say in the final outcome of the track? That Buckingham can ignore her wishes and put a song like “WISYA� on the album no matter what she says? I’d like to see some statements or quotes backing that up. No, I can’t prove the opposite myself but I’d still say that claiming Lindsey having a “complete dominance� over the sound of a particular track is pushing some.

If you have problems with the tone colours and Stevie’s voice, fine. They don’t take me away from the songwriting a bit though. It’s not like LB drowned the track in distortion or anything.

In the end, the main blame on the success/failure of a particular track should be put on the songwriter. Because I don’t believe that Stevie has ever been inactive in deciding of the content of her songs. Not even when recording Fleetwood Mac albums.

But no one’s objective here. It’s who we prefer that we’re always speaking for. It’s always easy to ignore the contrary statements. Likewise it’s always easy to discuss someone’s actions to the point where he/she doesn’t seem like a human being anymore.