Message from Wendy Welch (re: BW RRHOF induction)

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I too was disappointed with the RRHOF performances. Why the two duets? Why the acoustic Say You Love Me? I got the sense that the band didn't want to deal with trucking a lot of equipment to the event, and if that's the case that is lame.

Wouldn't there be equipment there for them to use in place of their own? I mean, I'm sure they could have scrounged up a piano, a drum kit. Go knocking door to door for a guitar.

I was disappointed in the two duets and wish they had been replaced with band songs. But I was extremely happy with SYLM and thought the acoustic performance helped us focus on the band at its core. stripped all the money, back up singers, and extra musicians away and left 5 people standing up there playing together.

As for Christine being the one who did it, who says that? Mick? I find it wrong of him to have singled her out, if that's indeed what he did. A decision was made. For him to say, "Wendy, it's not me. It was really Christine who didn't want him in and there was nothing I could do," is really backstabbing from both ends of the story, backstabbing Christine and Bob. So, I don't know if he did that, but if so, it's really deceitful.

At any rate, I wouldn't take his account as true. I don't know how the RRHOF works. I thought reading Bob's comments that Catdancer posted here was very helpful and I believe what he said about why the RRHOF didn't choose him and their pop prejudice. So, I'll just accept that. But if Mick did say that Christine kept him out, I wouldn't believe Mick. I think he was just trying to escape his own hand in the matter. I think if the band was involved in the decision at all, it would be Mick, John and Christine together. I don't know if Stevie and Lindsey would be involved or not, but there are only 2 of them anyway. If there was a vote, they could have voted against inclusion and lost. I don't see any reason for them to run to the press on Bob's behalf. That would not be right.

In fact, this public shaming approach is not an effective way to resolve problems. I remember how hurt Bob was when Wendy was sick and he named the people who would not help raise money. As a fan, I found his statements illuminating, but I also think speaking out to the public about his disappointment probably hardened FM members against him. I don't think outing people is the way to get them to change their minds. It makes the problem worse. What Mick may have done is even trickier, because it sounds like he tried to out Christine to the Welches, but didn't want anyone else to know he was blaming her. So, yikes.

Michele