My night with Stevie

[SapphireSister]

Not to ruffle any feathers here but keep in mind people how inconsistent Stevie is in interviews. What she tells a fan shouldn't be looked upon any differently. Basically, don't believe everything Stevie says even if it comes from her own lips. I wouldn't get too heated about the whole 6 Christine songs thing or necessarily believe it for that matter. I mean how many times has Stevie changed her tune and so much could change between now and then. As someone mentioned in an earlier thread, everything she says should be taken with a grain of salt.

[JeannieKartis]

congrats to you, sounds like you had a great time!

[DestinyRules]

Originally Posted by BellaDonna1986

It's possible for Lindsey to release his solo album and do a tour. That is, if a month of Sundays hits the calendar one year. j/k

If FM added solo songs from both Lindsey and Stevie, I wonder which ones they'll do. Fall From Grace!

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by lagringader&r

First off, congrats on your meeting with Stevie! You got fact time which is more than most.

Senility has finally set in with this group! SIX Chris songs? Stevie and Lindsey both have a huge library to pick from and they choose songs Stevie can't pull off on her own. Lindsey could do TAM justice but Stevie on Songbird? Please no. That's why Chris and Stevie's songs were so distinguishable. They were like night and day. My guess? Their tour wasn't as hot as they would have liked and they chalk that up to losing Chris fans. This is their way of reeling them back in, or so they think. Good try guys, but no cigar. They also need a new album. Don't want to be thought of as *tour whores* like some other bands which will remain nameless. Yep, it's all about the money. Confirmed.

I agree with you whole-heartedly, but I think the reason they are allegedly gonna do 6 Christine songs is for the "casual fan". You know, the half-stoned guy behind you that says, "Why don't they do "Say You Love Me"??" Also, I think the thought in doing 6 Christine songs lets them feel more like they've changed the set list enough from the SYW tour.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Not to ruffle any feathers here but keep in mind people how inconsistent Stevie is in interviews. What she tells a fan shouldn't be looked upon any differently. Basically, don't believe everything Stevie says even if it comes from her own lips. I wouldn't get too heated about the whole 6 Christine songs thing or necessarily believe it for that matter. I mean how many times has Stevie changed her tune and so much could change between now and then. As someone mentioned in an earlier thread, everything she says should be taken with a grain of salt.

Yeah, youre right about that.

[amber]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

I agree with you whole-heartedly, but I think the reason they are allegedly gonna do 6 Christine songs is for the "casual fan". You know, the half-stoned guy behind you that says, "Why don't they do "Say You Love Me"??" Also, I think the thought in doing 6 Christine songs lets them feel more like they've changed the set list enough from the SYW tour.

A cautionary tale against being half stoned.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

I agree with you whole-heartedly, but I think the reason they are allegedly gonna do 6 Christine songs is for the "casual fan". You know, the half-stoned guy behind you that says, "Why don't they do "Say You Love Me"??" Also, I think the thought in doing 6 Christine songs lets them feel more like they've changed the set list enough from the SYW tour.

Here's a nugget for you. In Sioux City in '04 there were these farmer's wives whom I describe as "Hayseeds" that when I pointed out the woman on stage they said "I didnt know Christine was still in the band...

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by amber

A cautionary tale against being half stoned.

Right!

[StevieRox2]

Originally Posted by amber

A cautionary tale against being half stoned.

now THAT's funny!

[AliceLover]

As long as Running Through the Garden and Miranda get added to the set list I don't care what they do!

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by THINKABOUTIT

oooooh!! A tour! Excuse me while I kiss the sky!!!
AAAAH...It it'll be here soon...."How much time will I have to spend" until...it's
*Time to decide if I'm going to all the Southern California Shows (which I usually do LOL)
*Time to panic and stress HORRIBLY till get those GOOD seats "in [my] hands each night"!! LOL
*Time to wonder how much I'll spend at the Tour Merchandise Counter
*Time to ponder the set list
*Time for my friends and I to decide who is going to buy all the tix for each show LOL
*Time to decide who's driving to each one
*Time to decide what I'll WEAR to each show!!!!!!
*Time to be curious of the gestures and eh hem...we'll see between Stevie and Lindsay
****WHO'S WITH ME??!! OOOH BABY OOOOH SAID OOOH!!!!
**This could actually be a cool thread LOL.....now that we know The Mac is going to tour...what do you have to start doing or thinking about?

i'll go with u
im planning my O/S visit already
i totally want to go to ALL the CA shows
love me California
they need to play some shows in the snow too WOOT

[Boots]

Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

Reprise Records is owned by Warner Brothers Records.
Warner Brothers Records is owned by Warner Brothers, Incorporated.
Warner Brothers, Incorporated is owned by Time-Warner.
One of the biggest multi-national megacorporations in the world.

The most TISL could have made, on its first release, was about $800,000.
There was no DVD, very little radio play, and there were no singles.
Financially, there was no reason to even bother, from their point of view.
Lindsey's solo sales, in my opinion, would have been worse.

Believe it or not there may be a practical side to the way they view this -
once the record company drops them - and I'm sure it's been discussed -
it will be very hard for them to get another contract.
Things aren't actually sailing all THAT smoothly...

By the way, just for fun I just looked up Warner Brothers Records - not Time Warner who owns them, but WBR itself. Their operating revenues for 2005 were 3.5 billion dollars. They currently have Madonna and James Blunt under contract with them, who of course are selling like wildfire. I'm sure Stevie, Lindsey, Mick and John have been in the *business* long enough to know that they have to be practical in order to survive. But Lindsey, in my opinion, needed a little more persuading, in terms of whether it was really realistic to release a solo album under a major label.

Time Warner itself is at about 42 billion. They don't need the money, and they can take it or leave it. Stevie's aware of that, i.m.o.
She's not being arrogant, she's being aware of reality and that she has to play the game a certain way in order to survive.

I work at Time Warner, Inc. Warners Music Group was sold back in 2002 - right about the time that FM was making "Say You Will". Our departmental colleagues in the music group broke off into the new venture, and we stopped working with them when the sale took hold. We have no stake with the Warners Music anymore...so the budget and monies off album sales have nothing to do with Warner Music - but to the group of investers who purchased the company. (You might remember in Destiny Rules - the Warners Music Exec. telling the group - "Welcome to the new Warners"...it might have something to do with the fact that there was a re-org around that time - either due to the pending sale - or because of it. I don't know what the date was when they met FM in that rented house - but the album was being recorded and the documentary was being filmed in early 2002).

You had some of it right when you researched it, but you go on to say Time Warner doesn't need the money off record sales - from a division it no longer owns? Ummmm...no. Unless... Time Warner's Home Video division still owns right to FM's DVD or Video sales....that is something I have to look into.

I'm sorry I'm coming off snarky in every thread I write. I'm sitting in the corporate office at TW on short breaks from work, just to keep my sanity, cringing at some of the comments above. (Not that I'm always right...I can barely remember the year Warners Music was sold since so much was happening to our dept. at that time).

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Boots

I work at Time Warner, Inc. Warners Music Group was sold back in 2002 - right about the time that FM was making "Say You Will". Our departmental colleagues in the music group broke off into the new venture, and we stopped working with them when the sale took hold. We have no stake with the Warners Music anymore...so the budget and monies off album sales have nothing to do with Warner Music - but to the group of investers who purchased the company. (You might remember in Destiny Rules - the Warners Music Exec. telling the group - "Welcome to the new Warners"...it might have something to do with the fact that there was a re-org around that time - either due to the pending sale - or because of it. I don't know what the date was when they met FM in that rented house - but the album was being recorded and the documentary was being filmed in early 2002).

You had some of it right when you researched it, but you go on to say Time Warner doesn't need the money off record sales - from a division it no longer owns? Ummmm...no. Unless... Time Warner's Home Video division still owns right to FM's DVD or Video sales....that is something I have to look into.

I'm sorry I'm coming off snarky in every thread I write. I'm sitting in the corporate office at TW on short breaks from work, just to keep my sanity, cringing at some of the comments above. (Not that I'm always right...I can barely remember the year Warners Music was sold since so much was happening to our dept. at that time).

Yeah, wasnt that Santa Claus looking guy one of the new people?

[foxyluva]

Thanks guys It was a night to remember. She really is a lovely person, I actually no longer look at her as this divine figure, but now as a human being.

About the dedications...

I can't remember the Auckland concert that well (nerves ) but at Christchurch she dedicated HAOEWAFY to her band and crew, Beautiful Child to Vanessa & Landslide to the audience. Sorry, cant remember the New plymouth dedications either

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by Boots

I'm sorry I'm coming off snarky in every thread I write. I'm sitting in the corporate office at TW on short breaks from work, just to keep my sanity, cringing at some of the comments above.

You're not coming off as snarky to me at all- and you're certainly not the only one who is cringing at the comments being made.

Stevie has the wherewithal to release an album any time she chooses.

Originally Posted by Jyqm

It would just be foolish to do so. Warner never had any reason to expect that Say You Will would move Madonna-level numbers, and they didn't.

Madonna doesn't really move "Madonna-level" numbers anymore, either.