Stevie gets fiesty and lets off steam in latest article

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

I adore Stevie, but I have a hard time believing that what she's doing right now isn't an attempt to garner a little more buzz around her own name. She isn't offering these girls real advice, she isn't saying, "I've been there, and I'm here to help now," she's bashing them in a way that seems driven at getting a press response.

Exactamundo. Some of the comments in recent interviews are more out of left field than back in the day when she was high as a kite.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by David

She doesn't appear to have the innate good breeding that Stevie does.

There's a tacky quality in the air, as it were, when she belches.

Yes. I can honestly say I've never heard Stevie belch.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by David

I love her & hate her, which might seem confusingly contradictory.

But think of it as a Stevie Nicks song.

I wish she would channel it into a song.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by NicksMonsoon

Hahahahaha...you're right!! That is kind of confusing...but it really made me laugh. So, I'm just going to come out and say it...I love her. I just mentioned what I did before because when you're new to a forum...especially one as big as this...you try to get a feel for the "mood" of it (if that makes any sense) and, in terms of Stevie, I wasn't quite sure

I look at it this way. Some of us have "known" Stevie so long that it's like being in a relationship. You still love the person flaws included. Sometimes we talk about the great, spellbinding moments when we first fell for her and sometimes we talk about her perceived faults.

[BEmuzed]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I look at it this way. Some of us have "known" Stevie so long that it's like being in a relationship. You still love the person flaws included. Sometimes we talk about the great, spellbinding moments when we first fell for her and sometimes we talk about her perceived faults.

Very True!

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by David

Somebody shut that guy up. Is he too stupid to know that we're reading ALL the newspaper interviews online?! Does he think that the L.A. Macheads are only reading the L.A. Times article? What a maroon.

Hey Dave, maybe he should join Maroon 5.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by Moz

Now that's one telemarketer I'd talk to!

So... Stevie doesn't sweat?

You're thinking to literal. You have to decipher Stevie speak! I think she meant that she doesn't "sweat" i.e get nervous or reactive if something unplanned happens or something goes wrong while she's on stage.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by Cornflake Girl

I don't know what Stevie is trying to achieve by bashing twenty-something stars. As many have said Stevie was pretty 'messy' for a good number of years of her own life (and really everyone has a 'messy' period), she doesn't need to kick these girls while they're down. Lindsay and Britney were both much younger than Stevie when they entered the industry, or rather thrown into it by notoriously pushy mothers, it's no surprise these girls have the problems they do.

The Big difference with Stevie is, despite the many issues she had to overcome, she did it in relative privacy, and she never really stopped working. You never heard or saw constant tabloid new reports and magazine covers of her being out and about and messy in public. No DUIs or overdoses etc... She displayed a lot class-- knowing to retreat and deal with her problems on a personal level. She didn't court the media or let them use her as an over-exposed serial drama. Granted, the media is so much more invasive now.

I do agree Stevie is perhaps taking the mantel of Rock Grandmother too seriously. She speaks extemporaneously on a highly emotional level, but she does convey some credible, insightful points, yet in a somewhat blunted and garbled manner. She means well.

[TheScoop]

Originally Posted by RockALittle250

“That girl is the antithesis of everything that I don’t want for younger girls to be. I don’t want anyone as messy as her messing with my history.”

This coming from the woman who has been reported to have had several abortions in her late 20s/early 30s and accused of having her assistant blow coke up her ass to get high while she was pushing 40 years of age? Oh, the hypocrisy.

What exactly has Lindsey Lohan done or been accused of that is so "messy" to be considered any worse than what Ms. Nicks has done or been accused of herself?

Originally Posted by RockALittle250

When Nicks hears that Spears cursed about wardrobe malfunctions while performing on stage during her recent tour, her voice begins to thunder. “You do not tell the audience about your stupid-ass problems,” she says. “You will never, ever see a sweat drop start to fly off of my face—even if my heel is broken. I’ll do the song heel-less. People paid good money for you to take away their problems and inspire them.”

Frankly Ms. Nicks, your performances are so dull and lifeless these days that you are in no position to judge any other performer and/or how they behave or carry themselves on stage. I would rather see a crazy drugged up Britney Spears perform her ass off and say whatever she wants than to watch some old bitter has-been go through the motions and spit all over her fans who "paid good money" to see her.

Originally Posted by RockALittle250

Besides, I don’t want to be known as a queen of rock. When you start having to tell people that you are the queen, you’re done.”[/I]

That's fine, because you're not the queen of rock anyway. Maybe for about a 3 year time frame in the early 80s, but that's about it. Also, when you start having to bash other performers and their on or off stage behavior to garner some media attention yourself, you're done.

[David]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Hey Dave, maybe he should join Maroon 5.

I don't really want to call Lindsey a numbnuts, but it is numbnuts of him to tell every newspaper in every city the exact same thing -- as if this were 1940! This is 2009, Lindsey! The technology allows all of us to instantaneously read all the statements you give to every paper or magazine. D'uh, dude.

It's one thing to rely on some canned phrases when you're interviewed dozens of times during a tour. But to say NOTHING BUT CANNED PHRASES is downright freakazoid! He strings one canned phrase to another, like Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln! Is everything recorded on a chip, implanted somewhere in his thorax?!

[RockALittle250]

Originally Posted by TheScoop

This coming from the woman who has been reported to have had several abortions in her late 20s/early 30s and accused of having her assistant blow coke up her ass to get high while she was pushing 40 years of age? Oh, the hypocrisy.

What exactly has Lindsey Lohan done or been accused of that is so "messy" to be considered any worse than what Ms. Nicks has done or been accused of herself?



Frankly Ms. Nicks, your performances are so dull and lifeless these days that you are in no position to judge any other performer and/or how they behave or carry themselves on stage. I would rather see a crazy drugged up Britney Spears perform her ass off and say whatever she wants than to watch some old bitter has-been go through the motions and spit all over her fans who "paid good money" to see her.




That's fine, because you're not the queen of rock anyway. Maybe for about a 3 year time frame in the early 80s, but that's about it. Also, when you start having to bash other performers and their on or off stage behavior to garner some media attention yourself, you're done.

Fans are critical of Stevie, especially one's on this forum, but your post appears to be that of someone who has taken many of the exaggerations and distorted stories that have come out over the years about Stevie, and rolled them into one rambling thought...you've just literally ripped her a new one in a few sentences. If Stevie is such a "old bitter has-been going through the motions and spiting all over her fans who "paid good money" to see her", why are you even on here claiming to be someone who is a fan of her's?

[TheScoop]

Originally Posted by RockALittle250

Fans are critical of Stevie, especially one's on this forum, but your post appears to be that of someone who has taken many of the exaggerations and distorted stories that have come out over the years about Stevie, and rolled them into one rambling thought...you've just literally ripped her a new one in a few sentences. If Stevie is such a "old bitter has-been going through the motions and spiting all over her fans who "paid good money" to see her", why are you even on here claiming to be someone who is a fan of her's?

Sorry, maybe it was a bit harsh, but as a former hardcore fan, I really don't like the direction she has taken in her career or the way she has treated her fans within the past few years. Passing judgment on other much younger female celebrities who may be going through rough times right now is classless in my opinion. A decade ago, Stevie handled herself with class and would never stoop to such a level as to call someone like Lindsay Lohan a "mess" or even comment on what Britney Spears said to her fans while performing on stage. She could have answered these questions in a number of ways which could have gotten her point across without seaming nasty and bitter.

Granted, my post may seem exaggerated, but the point is, these things and more have been said about Stevie over the years and some are true and some are not true. Regardless, Stevie is no saint and she should not be passing judgment on girls that could be acting out in ways that are perhaps not the best. Stevie has been there and she should know better. Britney is lost, Lindsey has had her drug problems. But Stevie was a drug addict for the better part of two decades and was a pretty big "mess" herself back in the 80s and early 90s. Apparently she doesn't remember her demeanor in those days, but many of us who were there or who have seen all those boots from back in the day know how "messed" up she really was. It wasn't pretty.

I will say that you're probably right in that I'm not much of a fan anymore (having previously been a huge fan for many years). But I do read these threads from time to time and having spent thousands upon thousands of dollars supporting this woman's career over the years, I feel I'm entitled to at least express my opinion on this board. You don't necessarily have to read or like what I post. Afterall, it's just my opinion.

[Sorceress]

I'm no Britney Spears fan, but wasn't it made pretty clear that she has mental health problems? Bi-PolarDisorder, I think. Of course she was a mess. She was not being treated. She was hospitalized and went on meds and has been apparently trying to keep herself together since then.
I think it's unseemly and just mean of Stevie to criticize her, knowing what we know now about what was at least partly behind the behavior. Maybe next time Stevie feels compelled to talk about her in an interview, she could at least give Britney some credit for being much less a trainwreck than she was before. She's still a ditz and not famous for her class, but she's probably doing the best she can.

[BombaySapphire3]

One critic for Rolling Stone in reviewing the Enchanted box set wrote that the reason that Nicks is still an icon is that she has a fierce compassion for the lost girls in her flock and she has never forgotten how it feels to be teetering on high heels on the edge of seventeen..From these comments it appears she may have finally forgotten ..Let's hope she can remember while she still has some icon status remaining.I for one am not sorry that I am about to sit out my first Fleetwood Mac tour(save for Time) in over 30 years.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Sorceress

I'm no Britney Spears fan, but wasn't it made pretty clear that she has mental health problems? Bi-PolarDisorder, I think. Of course she was a mess. She was not being treated. She was hospitalized and went on meds and has been apparently trying to keep herself together since then.
I think it's unseemly and just mean of Stevie to criticize her, knowing what we know now about what was at least partly behind the behavior. Maybe next time Stevie feels compelled to talk about her in an interview, she could at least give Britney some credit for being much less a trainwreck than she was before. She's still a ditz and not famous for her class, but she's probably doing the best she can.

I was going to make this point also. I'm pretty sure Britney is Bi-Polar. And yes, she does seem to be doing the best she can. Pun intended.