new Dashut blog - Truth & Consequences (My Times with FM)

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Judging from her comment, this could totally be the case. And yeah, lots of times when something personal falls apart, you're too distracted to focus on anything else(worrying about pleasing us punters).

Ok, so what did he say? I'm assuming this was on Facebook?

Originally Posted by elle

ha see, What's The World Coming To is the only LB song that i absolutely cannot stand on SYW!

I agree. I'm not a big fan of Lindsey going the pop route- I prefer his esoteric & harder rocking stuff. Plus, the lyrics to What's The World Coming To just seem whiney to me.

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I sympathize with Lindsey on SYW. It wasn't his intention for most of it to be part of a Fleetwood Mac album. He had a vision for what that project was going to be, and was probably trying to keep it as close to that original vision as possible. In retrospect, he would have been better off starting over with all new songs instead of just two new songs and seven songs originally slated for a different project, especially in terms of making a cohesive project with Stevie (versus trying to make Stevie's songs fit his vision for what had been "his" project).

I definitely agree with the sentiment of wishing our Macsters would bring fresh material to albums- however, they've never really done that. Everything they've ever released inside or outside of FM has overlapped.

The more time goes on, the more I respect Lindsey for going the less safe route. Say You Will would have been Tusk II had Christine been involved to balance out the sound of the album more. Her pop goodness would have bridged the manic divide between Stevie & Lindsey's songs. And it would have been one hell of an album.