Can Stevie break the trend?

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I think Stevie's main disadvantage is that she is like a rock n roll Garbo; she has no public persona at all. Meanwhile Melissa Etheridge is out there doing Broadway, Alannis is acting in Weeds and Sheryl Crow seems to show up at any and every event that would have her. Meanwhile all we have seen of Stevie are a few unflattering shots of her walking into a restaurant with her hand covering her face. That's it! She doesn't do television or film. She doesn't have a stormy private life. She doesn't do high profile charity events or attend parties. And it doesn't help matters that an entire generation of kids became music-buying adults during her ten-year absence. She could release the best album of the century, but the world at large will not bother to check it out because they've never heard of this "Stevie Nicks" dude. A couple of years ago I was waiting in line outside of a Starbucks for a Carly Simon performance/CD signing. The Starbucks was located on Astor Place, which is NYU ground zero. This girl walked by and asked who Carly Simon was. I named a few songs like "You're so Vain," and she maintained this quizzical, vacant expression. It was only when I mentioned the line "I bet you think this song is about you..." that the glimmer of recognition came on. She remembered that "old" Janet Jackson song.

Well, Alanis, Crow and Ethridge, even with name recognition cannot get a gold album. So, name recognition must not be that important.