tensions in FM - still creative or not anymore?

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by elle

do we really think their tension is still creative at this point? or has any lingering "tension" become more arresting to any creative growth FM might still have?

"Creative growth" in reference to Fleetwood Mac is long dead.

Originally Posted by elle

... and then there was their most recent output - EP, on which there was no creative tension considering Stevie was mostly absent from it, and contributed one song from 1974 which has been also argued by fans that is worse on the EP than the original demo.

Which ALWAYS puzzles me. Stevie fans have always had a major b*tch about the "official" release of songs whose demo versions have long been bootlegged. That's just insane IMO, there's not been one demo of hers that she's later released have I thought the demo was superior to the final released version. Not even CLOSE.

There's only one song (by ANY artist) that I've heard in my lifetime that the demo version was superior to the final released track, the Beach Boys' "Somewhere Near Japan". And, even in that case, it's a close call.

Originally Posted by elle

no new album for 10+ years doesn't seem very creative to me.

AMEN!

Originally Posted by He's So Unusual

Personally, I'm bored rigid of hearing about the tension in Fleetwood Mac, new and old. They need to put up or shut up. Release a new album or shelve it and finally call it quits after the current tour, just don't drag the whole thing out to make yet another soap opera.

Can I get a "hallelujah"?

Originally Posted by He's So Unusual

The band focuses far too much on the past when they really need to concentrate on the present.

For me, they don't even need to concentrate on the present, if they'd just concentrate on something OTHER than Rumours, I'd be ecstatic!!
I long (most likely in vain) that they'll do a "NoRumours" tour.

Originally Posted by Lee

I don't know if there are creative differences or not, but when I read somewhere that Stevie wasn't going to be on the album @ all because of her solo album, I was or I am very disappointed. I hope that is wrong & she is on there somewhere. It just won't be same with her.

She'll be on the new album...maybe not as a songwriter, but her voice will be and she'll have numerous photos of her in the booklet, if not on the front or back cover.