Seeds We Sow -- First Impressions

[Nico]

Originally Posted by jellyman10

Well, I suppose the problem is that I'm crediting him with wanting to make sense, and he just doesn't. At length. He doesn't make sense, and he does it at length. And then he starts talking about wanting to work again with someone who just did some of the best music of her career without him. I don't understand how you can't see that there's a legit interest for a Stevie Nicks fan here.

Lindsey makes a lot of sense to me. I'm sorry. He has a vision that is HIS OWN, as Regina eloquently stated. It may not be yours, so it's understandable that you don't have to like it. But to criticize him for not asking sense because he is rather robotic and redundant in his interviews/live banter is being a tad harsh. LB fans poke at him for the speeches, but we have to admit the man has a very strong artistic vision for someone who really has nothing to prove. I think SN fans seem to think that she is so much superior to him because she writes songs that become hits, and when someone creates music with the goal of doing something different FOR HIMSELF it's just not good enough. I don't understand that and I certainly don't agree with it.

For me, the greatest part about FM has always been Lindsey's mad ways. He was relentless in his pursuit of trying to sound different/out there and that followed through in his solo career. If LB can be criticized for anything on this new album it's that he's basically copying HIMSELF, not others. As you grow older, your world becomes smaller. Things that you didn't dream of in your youth mean a hell of a lot now, and Lindsey is simply taking from the lessons he's learned and applying that to his music. For me, his lyrics have grown. I listen to them now with a great deal of affinity and I am often very impressed. Also, I don't agree with your summation of his guitar skills, but then I have seen him live far too many times to really let anyone's opinions on something like that get me down- the man is mesmerizing and I know it.

I respect that you are concerned about whatever collaboration Lindsey will do with Stevie, but I personally feel that he is on an artistic and creative upswing in the past few years. He has the energy of someone far, far younger and still the drive of a man who cares. If anything, I'm thinking she's lucky to have such a partner. If others disagree, well, maybe it won't happen and then you all can be happy and wait for Stevie's next project.