Bad News: No Best-of Cd

[SpyNote]

Originally Posted by chiliD

It is this whole attitude that KEEPS our beloved Mac members from DOING anything new...after all, why should they go through the pain & sweat of coming up with new material if all they have to do is keep changing the mix of songs they recorded decades ago and releasing them on supposed "Best of" & "Greatest Hits" CD and people will go "homicidal" about acquiring them?

If Mac wants to create new music, there's nothing stopping them from recording a new album. They live in their own world. They probably don't have the slightest clue about how obsessively we discuss such things here.

[joe68]

Ok, I dont know how to use the Quote function, very frustrating...but anyway...

Quote:
{True, but I was telling my boyfriend last night that this happens with all artists unfortunately. I follow Tina Turner, and there have been many releases over the years that are scheduled to come out and are then either re-scheduled two and three times or cancelled altogether.
Same happens with Madonna. Same happens with Heart. Same happens with every artist.
It's the nature of the mercurial music business, I'm afraid, and Stevie releases are no exception. }

Yeah, but Stevie has released ONE new album TISL (from 1994 thru 2006) in 12 years and Fleetwood mac ONE album SYW in 15 (from 1991 thru 2006).
I wish I was more of a David Bowie fan. He pushes his crap out every other year or so and he's been doing it for years!!

[BombaySapphire3]

Was going to make a few comments but it appears chiliD has it covered.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

Hmmm...maybe Lindsey's release has lit a fire under her bum and she will issue some new material.

from your mouth to God's ears...

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by SpyNote

If Mac wants to create new music, there's nothing stopping them from recording a new album. They live in their own world. They probably don't have the slightest clue about how obsessively we discuss such things here.

True Danny!

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by chiliD

It is this whole attitude that KEEPS our beloved Mac members from DOING anything new...after all, why should they go through the pain & sweat of coming up with new material if all they have to do is keep changing the mix of songs they recorded decades ago and releasing them on supposed "Best of" & "Greatest Hits" CD and people will go "homicidal" about acquiring them?

Bah. We're always loudly clamoring for new songs and overhauled setlists and new DVDs and whatnot. Our attitude doesn't have anything to do with what the band releases or doesn't release.

"Best of" sets are typically a contractual thing... in fact, if I remember correctly (and maybe Daniel can help me out here), I recall Stevie saying that she really didn't want to do 'Timespace,' because she felt it was too soon to be doing a retrospective. But since it was a contractual thing that she couldn't get out of, she decided she'd better make the best of it, by selecting the songs herself, writing the liner notes herself and by recording some new songs.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Bah. We're always loudly clamoring for new songs and overhauled setlists and new DVDs and whatnot. Our attitude doesn't have anything to do with what the band releases or doesn't release.

"Best of" sets are typically a contractual thing... in fact, if I remember correctly (and maybe Daniel can help me out here), I recall Stevie saying that she really didn't want to do 'Timespace,' because she felt it was too soon to be doing a retrospective. But since it was a contractual thing that she couldn't get out of, she decided she'd better make the best of it, by selecting the songs herself, writing the liner notes herself and by recording some new songs.

Hope you are right!!!

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

"Best of" sets are typically a contractual thing... in fact, if I remember correctly (and maybe Daniel can help me out here), I recall Stevie saying that she really didn't want to do 'Timespace,' because she felt it was too soon to be doing a retrospective. But since it was a contractual thing that she couldn't get out of, she decided she'd better make the best of it, by selecting the songs herself, writing the liner notes herself and by recording some new songs.

and according to her ..in retrospect the '"new songs" were the worst part of the deal .I believe she said something to the effect that the record execs told her that if she didn't record the Poison and Bon Jovi ditties her 'career would be over' and in her Klonopin induced stupor she apparently bought it since there the duds sit.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by joe68

Ok, I dont know how to use the Quote function, very frustrating...but anyway...

In the bottom right-hand corner of someone's post, there's a "Quote" button -- all you have to do is click that button and it'll take you to a screen where you can type your response to their quote. It's easy once you get the hang of it.

Originally Posted by joe68

Yeah, but Stevie has released ONE new album TISL (from 1994 thru 2006) in 12 years and Fleetwood mac ONE album SYW in 15 (from 1991 thru 2006).
I wish I was more of a David Bowie fan. He pushes his crap out every other year or so and he's been doing it for years!!

Trust me, I know where you're coming from. The utter lack of new studio material from Stevie and the band over the past 16 years has been maddening. In Stevie's situation, I blame most of that on her stubborn insistence on touring after every single release (even compilations and boxed-sets!).

I've often wished I was a Jimmy Buffett fan, as it seems he ****s out a new album every single year.

[DavidMn]

I kind of yawned at this one.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

In the bottom right-hand corner of someone's post, there's a "Quote" button -- all you have to do is click that button and it'll take you to a screen where you can type your response to their quote. It's easy once you get the hang of it.

Trust me, I know where you're coming from. The utter lack of new studio material from Stevie and the band over the past 16 years has been maddening. In Stevie's situation, I blame most of that on her stubborn insistence on touring after every single release (even compilations and boxed-sets!).

I've often wished I was a Jimmy Buffett fan, as it seems he ****s out a new album every single year.

Were you aware of my message to you on your Birthday Thread???

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by SpyNote

True. But some Stevie is better than no Stevie at all

I dont see it that way at all. If some Stevie is all songs we already have, then thats pretty much no stevie, with a new album cover, and a chance for the record company to make some money off us. So really, to me this is a good thing. I dont feel like getting a pointless release. If there was even one new song scheduled to be on it, then i'd probably change my mind, but there wasnt.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

Were you aware of my message to you on your Birthday Thread???

No, but I'll check it out now.

In regards to the "Best of"... maybe the fact that it's been pulled is a sign that they're working on something different? I know many of us were hoping for a live CD from the Australian tour.

Quite frankly though... and I see that myself and Daniel are outnumbered on this... but I was looking forward to this release, even if it didn't contain any new songs. There hasn't been a new Stevie Nicks release to purchase in five years, so I definitely would have preferred having this "best of" to the alternative -- which is having diddly-squat.

[joe68]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

In the bottom right-hand corner of someone's post, there's a "Quote" button -- all you have to do is click that button and it'll take you to a screen where you can type your response to their quote. It's easy once you get the hang of it.

Thank you Johnny Stew!!!! You da man!

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by joe68

Thank you Johnny Stew!!!! You da man!

Hes a really good guy.