Stevie Nicks Video Access Hollywood Interview

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Yes, but Stevie and Lindsey were getting along the whole tour, so when she said there could have been more than one song from Christine, but Lindsey's words were "she can't just come and go" she was getting along with him THEN, presumably. I just don't understand the assertion that she was speaking her own mind in London, but now she's speaking Lindsey's mind. Only a couple of months have passed since then.

Only? A lot can happen in a couple of months. It only takes one conversation to change anyone’s opinion about anything.

If Lindsey was talking about Christine rejoining the band when Stevie said that in London (which I don't think he was, he was only talking about her guest appearance) then nothing has changed. Stevie was speaking independently in London and now she's just quoting Lindsey? If that's true, I'd like to know what he did between now and London to turn her around that he didn't do before London? Maybe HE'S the Supreme and his powers have gotten stronger over time, so he can do things to Stevie now that he couldn't do in September.

Or maybe you were using your clairvoyance to read Stevie’s mind. I’d like to know, too. We don’t know.

And the fact is, Stevie has never said Lindsey didn't want Christine back in the band. When she said all of them asked Christine to change her mind, she emphasized every single ONE of them. I don't think she meant 3 of us and not Lindsey. And she said it's Christine's band and she can come back if she wants to. When it came to the London appearances, she indicated that Lindsey had a say in that (and then Christine did too), but she's talking differently now. She's not saying anything about Lindsey right now. I think if the subject was the same as it was then, then she'd invoke Lindsey now, like she did then.

Unless of course she's not saying Lindsey's name to protect him -- which would be curious, since she singled him out as the only one limiting Christine's involvement in the London appearances, just two months ago. Why would she clam up about him now, if what she is doing is voicing his opinion?

I don’t think she was clamming up about him. I think she was adjusting her views. My speculation is that she has started to accept some of Lindsey’s arguments. I also think Lindsey is passive aggressive. I get that impression from reading Carol Ann Harris’ book and watching him behave passive aggressively in the Say You Will documentary. So I don’t think he would ever bluntly say that Christine couldn’t come back to the band. Conversely, I don’t think he would ever completely welcome her back either.

But anyway, Stevie's comments about Christine are similar to what they were in 2003/2004 when she finally accepted that Christine wasn't coming back. So, I don't see anything new or newly "influenced" about them at all.

Whether she was influenced is my speculation based on her tone and body language when the interviewer asked about Christine. She could have been tired of answering the same question over and over again for all we know. Not everything can be explained by citing quotes from past articles.

You think? See, I would say that's untrue. Christine said in 1997 (Best Buy) that they all form a bed on which Lindsey rolls around and does whatever he wants, so I think he always ran the band's stage show. The only difference is he got to do more of his own songs with her 1/3 gone and, of course, the piano was less a focal point. But in terms of the band's sound and arrangements live, I think he always had control of that. He loses space and time (and songs) upon her return, but I don't think he loses control. And I don't think he was happy about her leaving in the first place. I mean, I think he liked it in time and grew into the 1/3 room she opened up, but I think he was upset when she initially decided not to tour with them.

I never disputed that he ran the band’s stage show. I said that he basically runs Fleetwood Mac because he has full control over the stage and the studio. Maybe that’s always been his role. But without Christine's influence, the Fleetwood Mac albums have been sounding like his solo projects, which is probably why they aren't selling well. If Christine came back, I would expect the sound of the Fleetwood Mac albums to be more melodic and less edgy. Many Ledgies would disapprove of this, but they would definitely sell more albums.

Sure, I believe Lindsey was initially upset at Christine leaving (which of course he had no reason to be considering that he did the same thing 10 years earlier), but probably more so because she abruptly cut ties with everyone.