Interview 6/12/08: Hello St. Louis!

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Chris only steals the stuff that hasn't been commercially released. It's her 1000 harcore fans who steal the rest.

Actually, she must have only 333 hard core fans, because most of the hardcore ones that I know buy at least 3 copies of everything. One for the car, one for the house, one for work, one to keep in its original wrapping, one that's shipped with a "personal" greeting from Stevie . . .

Michele

Absolutely. How out of touch is she?

It really pisses me off that essentially she's saying that her career these days is dictated by casual fans. They want to hear the hits when they come to shows so she won't change the set list, they won't buy a new album they'll steal it, so she won't record or release one. I really appreciate that she thinks so little of us.

And the idea that non-hits make people rush to the t-shirt stands is rubbish because last time she tried that was with Beautiful Child, at Lindsey's urging I must add, and it was so successful she carried it over into her solo shows. Plus if it did make people run to buy a t-shirt she should be happy. That's where most artists make their money from these days anyway.

Plus, her choice of cover songs recently would make me rush to the t-shirt stand. Apparently covering Dave Matthews or whoever makes more sense than trying out Nightbird or I Don't Wanna Know or whatever, because when people go to a Stevie show obviously they want to hear her play other people's hits.

Also, it seems to me that many artists who used to sell millions of records still manage to release albums somewhat regularly and manage pretty well without matching their glory days. But Stevie's reason for making music appears to completely based on sales, according to what she's been saying recently. And if Stevie really can't produce an album unless it costs millions of dollars maybe she really is as untalented as some people have accused her of.