What are your unpopular Stevie opinions

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Originally Posted by turquoise5

great thread idea!

6. During her early days in LA with Lindsey, her parents still sent her money when things got tight. She never knew what it was like to be totally on her own, with no one else to count on. Though I will say - she is not unsympathetic to people who fall on hard times - her sense of empathy is genuine.

In a way I feel like this is none of my damn business, but she's been so public about this that I guess it's okay for me to say this -

True, they sent her money - but no where near what they were able to afford. They just sent her enough to just barely keep going, and I don't mean in a "spoiled Daddy's girl" kind of way - I mean it was tight. They were REALLY putting the pressure on, and I'm not entirely convinced that her parents were 100% supportive of this.

Originally Posted by turquoise5

7. I don't buy her "I just KNEW I was going to be a famous rock and roll star" line. She wasn't predestined for her life - it was part vocal talent, part songwriting talent, part Lindsey's amazing production talent, part physical beauty, and a lot of luck

Whenever she says this, be sure to catch her next interview. That way you can hear her talking about how lucky they were and how much chance was involved in this.
I'm sure she appreciates that they were fortunate.

I love how in the "Live in Boston" concert, Lindsey says, "And - NOT long after, we were very lucky to run in to THESE guys back HERE!" And John shakes his head up and down to say yes, and seems to say, "YES! YES that's TRUE, he's RIGHT! YES they WERE!" And you suddenly realize that his asking price for kicking Buckingham's *** has gone up from a dollar to a buck-forty - inflation, you know! But also, I think part of what Lindsey said there was in response to some comments that Stevie has made about how long they struggled for before they made it big - I think maybe L.B. sees it in more relative terms and feels that many stars who have now made it big struggled first, for even longer than they had to. Madonna, I believe, may be an example of that.

But by the way, while I feel she's very bright and, of course, writes wonderful, brilliant songs, I don't think Stevie's always all that good at expressing herself in a traditional way. I think it's possible that what she's actually trying to say is, "This all seems so unlikely, it sometimes seems to me that there must be some sort of 'reason' for it - like if God wanted this to happen or something. This has all been very heavy and I feel like there must have been some sort of purpose or Design behind it."