CHURCH OF stevie

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by BigAl84

Did anyone else find it humorous that she used her parents as a benchmark for how long she thinks she'll live.

Clue phone for Stevie - your parents made it to their early 80s and they didn't abuse drugs for 15 years.

Her mom smoked until the day she died.

[BigAl84]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Her mom smoked until the day she died.

Oh crap, I forgot about that!!

[bombaysaffires]

y'all have hit this one out of the park.... This interview is just...

I was traveling when I saw the article and was looking forward to seeing the reactions on this site.. They're all on the mark. Thanks for posting the full text jbrownsjr.

THIS is who she is now. This is NOT who she was back in the good old days, and while we all change and grow and get molded by our experiences in life (good and bad)....she has just...lost.the.plot.

Someone else mentioned Bob Dylan and it's so hilarious because she is in NO position to talk about him or anyone else famous being "nuts" when she is the chief nutjob.

I agree now that her parents are gone Lindsey is one of the few, and yes maybe the only, person who will push back on her nonsense. And yet.....his behavior in the last few years seems to suggest even he is not above capitulating and kowtowing to her.

Chris said in an interview back in the SEVENTIES that Stevie had changed drastically from who she was when she joined FM, and said something like "she now lives in a fantasy world that I'm not part of". Fame messed with Stevie the way it messed with Peter Green (before he took acid) in a curious and opposite sort of way. It messed with his head because he saw the danger of it and it scared him. She, on the other hand, fully embraced it and dove in headfirst.

I shudder to think what her new music will be. After years of nonsense and "albums are done" and "no one buys music" bullsh*t.... she's gonna do an album?? And if she trots out that tired old chestnut "this is the best song I've ever written" one more flipping time.... NO, Stevie, nothing you will write from here on will ever be your best song. That ship sailed a long, long time ago. The thing her solo career revealed is that she doesn't have the trove of "amaaaazing" songs she thinks she does. She has a LOT of songs, and she had a backlog back in the 70s up to Bella Donna because that was her most prolific and frankly the most hungry and creative. Even by WH her trove was thinning out. And then she stopped putting in the same effort.

And her bs regarding Christine's death is just.....the cherry on the top of the nut cake. What forking "right" did she have to be angry about anything?? I'm sooooo glad they c*ckblocked her on that one.

As for John, it's sad to hear how rough going it is for him after losing his wife. I think Stevie and John had a good working relationship. I always did wonder if he was in fact the only one in the band she didn't sleep with at some point... And I always found it interesting how she just clung to his arm throughout that "we didn't fire Lindsey" interview where they debuted the band with Mike and Neil.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

y'all have hit this one out of the park.... This interview is just...

I was traveling when I saw the article and was looking forward to seeing the reactions on this site.. They're all on the mark. Thanks for posting the full text jbrownsjr.

I have a speech about posting this. And when I posted it, it reminded me of Christine McVie. Just like Taylor Swift's music does.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by BigAl84

Did anyone else find it humorous that she used her parents as a benchmark for how long she thinks she'll live.

Clue phone for Stevie - your parents made it to their early 80s and they didn't abuse drugs for 15 years.

Longevity may be linked to genetics, so it may make sense. But you have a point about the drugs issue. All my grandparents died circa 90, or more. And coincidencially they died of cancer. My father did, too. But my mother was the exception, she died at 70, because of diabetes.

So I sometimes I think I'll be 90 someday, I hope not. "Fortunately" though I have not been like Stevie or Elton, I did several mischiefs in my youth, so maybe I won't live that long. And I already got diabetes 2, so who knows.

[sue]

I didn’t read all of the article, so I can’tcomment on specifics..
I couldn’t stand reading anymore ..
One thing I did construe.
She is not a nice person..and lives in a world I cannot understand.
I don’t like her at all these days, haven’t done for a long time..
But I don’t recognise one iota of the woman I used to like, nay love so much

I’m very sad.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by sue

I didn’t read all of the article, so I can’tcomment on specifics..
I couldn’t stand reading anymore ..
One thing I did construe.
She is not a nice person..and lives in a world I cannot understand.
I don’t like her at all these days, haven’t done for a long time..
But I don’t recognise one iota of the woman I used to like, nay love so much

I’m very sad.

You nailed it, Sue! I concur. She used to know who she was. ... and she prays for the world that she comes from...

[BigAl84]

It's truly disheartening that this band's final chapter seems destined to be marked by the same bitterness and infighting that initially brought them notoriety. At this point, much of that negativity appears to be fueled by Stevie. However, lets not forget the time and energy that several members have invested in treating each other as disposable talent over the past decade—well into their late 60s and mid-70s—is genuinely heartbreaking.

- Mick using language like "we got rid of Lindsey, we're a new band"
- The willingness of all 4 of them to lie about what happened for the sake of a dollar
- the "Sorry Lindsey, I just purchased a house"
- the absolute radio silence from John McVie about any of it
- treating people who are just trying to make a living i.e. Brett Tuggle like garbage.
- Jumping on the chance to replace John McVie during a cancer diagnosis
- the exploitation of a band members death for your own benefit

And now the remaining members are largely alone in one form or another. Divorced, widowed, or isolated by choice...with apparently, very little regard for one another.

For those who have been following since 2014, it's clear now more than ever just how sad, disheartening, disingenuous, and dishonest these folks are. Even with the absence of drugs and substance abuse, next to nothing had changed. Somehow that makes it even worse. They did this to one another sober.

[HomerMcvie]

I've been telling you all for over a decade, "Stevie Nicks is the worst thing to ever happen to FM".

And her ending IS actually quite sad. Shows what being surrounded by your paid "yes people" for FOUR(and a half!) DECADES will do to you. She's drank her own Kool-Aid, and here she is, completely delusional, with zero grasp on reality.

I doubt she has any real regrets, though. Because being a STAR was always her #1 goal.

[Storms123]

She's truly a loon. There really is a lot to unpack here.
1. Did she really wrap her leg around her neck? Did I read that correctly and why? Sunrise Yoga with Stevie?
2. She's 76 and travels with a gaggle of Barbie Dolls. My grandmother started playing with my niece's dolls as her dementia started to kick in....just saying
3. I thought it that night and I still think it--why did Harry perform "The Chain" with them? They couldn't handle it on their own. I have to assume Stevie jammed that down everyone's throats. Harry is her and Mick's "surrogate" grandson...keep him to your solo career if he's that important to you
4. Good for Christine's family for keeping her 6 times zones away. I mean she still made Christine's death about her, but please imagine what the stories would be like if she was actually there?
5. Good for John for just going underground. I am sure he doesn't want Stevie to have Karen call him for her when she gets home
6. Stevie, if you hate Lindsey so much, take him out of your stories. She hangs on to the past and their history more than he does.

I really would have loved a farewell tour because I really do believe fans were robbed. But that should have been the 2018-2019 tour.
I don't think there will be a new album. And I am not so sure she will hit the road next summer.
I think she really believes the stuff that comes out of her mouth at this point.

[sue]

One more thing..
I would have liked a farewell concert..just one maybe two last performances.
Well after that article I don’t..
I’m done ..

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by sue

One more thing..
I would have liked a farewell concert..just one maybe two last performances.
Well after that article I don’t..
I’m done ..

Even if Christine hadn't died, ALL their voices are so past their prime, that I'm not sure I'd want to see it now.

Did they not video the tour when she returned??? Release that!

But yeah, if the old goat hadn't fired Lindsey, we'd at least had a great last memory. But no, Old Goatsy had to fukc up the ending.

[Macfan4life]

Pathological people will utter truth in their ramblings of falsehoods or exaggerations. We get some of this here. Stevie states Christine was her best friend yet admits they go 2 years without talking. How many "best friends" go years without talking?

When Chris joined she spoke to everyone and asked if it was ok. On stage Stevie did her phony English accent of Chris calling her for permission. She almost implied that it was her decision and she had the power with her dream catcher to bring her back. Chris went along with this charade on stage with many nights answering back to Stevie in a shrill and fake British accent. It just reveals that she controlled that band. It was Stevie to decide when the band would tour or record any albums. I applaud Lindsey and Chris for doing their own thing even though it most likely cost Lindsey his last tour with the band.
This interviewer was good but could you imagine a follow up "how many best friends don't speak for years?" They were co-workers and bandmates and only spoke when it was work related. We all have people like this at work. They are not your friends. You don't call them on weekends or invite them to your house. But you work with them fine. When you retire you may not even speak to them ever again. Another sign is Chris's family purposely telling her not to come. That says everything. Best friends would never be told that.

[John Run]

"To be fair, you did tour without Christine, from 1998 to 2015.
We did. And it was good, because when you took Chris’ six songs out and replaced them with three of Lindsey’s and three of mine, we became a harder rock & roll band. We were like AC/DC, and it was fun."

What am I reading here? She thinks Fleetwood Mac for 1998-2015 was AC/DC? Maybe, I missed The Back in Black Tour 2013, because those are only colors Stevie and Lindsey wear? Also, she said it was fun. How many interviews in the last 10 years have we read where she stated that era was not fun? "The songs did not speak to me"


"Do you regret not cutting ties even sooner than you did?
No, I think that all just happened the way it should have. It happened one night, not planned, at a MusiCares [benefit concert]. I didn’t even tell anybody it had happened in my head until the whole ceremony was over"

So this altercation happened in her head and not in real time?


"Is there any other development besides Lindsey’s heart attack?
I’m sure that if there was, I would know."

What? You just said there was no contact with Lindsey, yet you would know if anything was wrong with him?

"I wish that it could go into what if … had Billy come back after Billy’s wife died and knocked on her door, and they decided to make that last record that I always hoped that Lindsey and I would make. That would make a fantastic second season."


So you wish you could make one final album with Lindsey? You could have released Buckingham Nicks with 2-4 bonus tracks anytime in the last 40 years. You could have made a Fleetwood Mac Album anytime 2007 - 2017. You could call Lindsey today, and say, let's make a duo album, like you and Christine did. Of course, Lindsey, at this point in time, you would have to write all the music and melodies, but give me the solo the writing credit...

[UnwindedDreams]

Stevie will be on CBS' Sunday morning program. https://www.facebook.com/CBSSundayMo...34552455880444

Any guesses as to what she'll discuss? Christine?