FM's Songbird- Documentary

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Originally Posted by BigAl84

I still can’t wrap my head around how, at their age—and after decades together—they could still find things to fight about. By that point, they had separate dressing rooms, stayed in different hotels, and barely interacted on the plane. And yet, somehow, the drama never let up. To make it more baffling, a lot of the arguments sounded incredibly petty and trivial.

From what I observed, it seemed like by around 2011, it had become increasingly difficult to disagree with Stevie—or even just suggest an alternate idea—without it being taken as a challenge.

long, long, long before that. she was difficult when the fame went to her head in the 70s, and once she had success as a solo performer, forget it. wasn't it the mirage album where she was miffed about the way they were doing something and she threatened them with "how will it look in the press if i come out and say I don't like it" etc etc..... she held them hostage for decades, threatening to bad mouth albums, or threatening to not tour, etc in order to get her way, to get more money, to get the most "star" treatment of them all..... Lindsey more than anyone would tell her off, but even he over time came to have to cater to her whims more and more.

it also got worse once she had her own "team" to back her up-- Irving, Howard Kaufman, Karen, and who knows who all else. She had/has a whole posse on her payroll like courtiers to the queen.