Is Stevie winning the war....

[redbird]

Well OTOH did Stevie have a "second career" hit on the scale of Cher's "Believe"?

Part of it in my amateur opinion is that the poptimist "movement" bodes well for FM and therefore its members. Also Stevie hasn't given people the opportunity to be sick of her for like 20 years. There are many consumers who weren't even born before then. But being a Rock Chick will mean that her name will keep getting mentioned as rockism tries to enter the 21st century. Also plenty of people probably like the airy fairy thing given the rise of fantasy and paranormal stuff recently.

At the same time plenty of people probably are still at the South Park goat joke level. She's not untouchable, though FM has gotten some love of late from younger crowds with various members being the favorites and unfavorites of various voices.

Anyway like you've said she's not an idiot at networking either, though probably neither she nor FM are taking full advantage.