"We WILL be working together again" - Mick

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

After it was over, he flat out said The Dance was about the money gained then and he was using it as a springboard for his solo record, which eventually became a FM record after, according to him, Warner Bros. were less than excited about his solo record according to him because of a change in management. So, I think it is accurate to say The Dance and SYW were vehicles LB used FM in. He then later bitched about it.

I did not say that Lindsey did not think The Dance and SYW could help his efforts to get a solo album out. I said that he did not complain or, as you say, "bitch" about being involved in those projects.

They put SYW on hold in part, because he was waiting to see whether or not he would do a solo album and he was candid in explaining that he lost the record company's support he had counted on. Stevie even said that they were waiting on Lindsey. My point is that Lindsey never had any resentment about The Dance or SYW. He did not feel about them the way he did about Tango, where he felt the band was pulling him away from what he wanted and stifling his creativity.

While he said he alone understood Christine wanting to end The Dance, because he had similar feelings about wanting to return to his solo work, he never complained about The Dance, much less SYW. He never had the attitude of being a victim or being oppressed that he expressed during the eighties.

In fact, after SYW he would have done another FM album right away. He said that he would be content not to do a solo album again, if he could work within the FM framework.

Lindsey will tell you in a minute that FM made him use a guitar pick 50 years ago, but he hasn't complained or "bitched" about the current FM in about 11 years. He hasn't acted like being with them is a sacrifice to him and he has never said that he doesn't like making money with FM, so it's not as if he has the ulterior motive of using anybody. They all profit when he's there.

Michele