Stevie Tweets Now

[mikebise]

Well, I wonder what Annabel Lee would say... Probably:

"And then you can just do without it...
Whoa...
(I can make you crazy!)
Whoa!
(Tell me bout the fire!)
Do without it!
(Well, it's getting old anyway)
Strange, strange, strange
Lady from the mountains...
Strange lady from the mountains..."

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by dreamer78

did stevie really dislike Say You Will ?

Before and just after it was released she was touting it as 'one of the best things they had ever done.Then about a year after the final leg of the tour she had plenty of recriminations over the production and sequencing of the album.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Then about a year after the final leg of the tour she had plenty of recriminations over the production and sequencing of the album.

I don't remember reading any of that. Can somebody point me to some interviews? I'd love to hear what she said about it.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by markolas

I don't remember reading any of that. Can somebody point me to some interviews? I'd love to hear what she said about it.

"Little surprise, then, that she feels no pressure to produce new material. "It's like, does it really matter at this point?" she says when asked if she is working on a follow-up to her last solo album, 2001's Trouble In Shangri-La. "Do people really want to hear a whole other solo record, when you can get one or two songs for I-Tunes? I'm thinking about a way you could just put out a few songs once in a while, maybe four songs that you loved, instead of having to figure out 16 songs, many of which you might not love."

The singer could be making a backhanded reference to Say You Will, the 2003 Fleetwood Mac album that Nicks recorded without long-time ally and confidante Christine McVie, who left the band in 1998 in favor of a quiet life in London. Originally conceived as a Lindsey Buckingham solo project, Say You Will came to resemble two separate albums awkwardly squashed together, with nine songs apiece from Buckingham and Nicks alternating in strict succession.

"I'd be totally lying if I said that record is what I wanted, because it isn't," she says. "I argued with Lindsey all the way through it, and he argued with me. It wasn't very much fun, and I wasn't that pleased with the music. I felt my demos were better, which of course is easy to say, but I did. And what can I say? It wasn't a lot of fun."

It seems that almost 30 years after the end of her romantic relationship with Buckingham there's still tension. But you would never have known it in February 2004, at the Melbourne show of the 135-date Say You Will tour. Buckingham kissed Nicks' hand several times during the show, while she draped her arms tenderly over his shoulders as he played guitar.

According to Nicks, that tenderness, like her witchy lyrics, was just for show. "We are extremely professional, and when we get up there on the stage we get lost on the fun parts of the show," she explains. "So it's never going to show anything bad, because we're always going to rise above and concentrate on the good things."

I'm not sure how to post a link but this is from an interview with an Austrailian paper in 2006 .

[dreamer78]

Originally Posted by markolas

I don't remember reading any of that. Can somebody point me to some interviews? I'd love to hear what she said about it.

they did nothing on Unleashed from SYW- also i thought she looked unhappy on the Live in Boston Dvd - any one know what the deal was ?She seemed happier on th e 2nd leg -and i wonder what inspired Sara to get back in the setlist after so many years ?

[dreamer78]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

"Little surprise, then, that she feels no pressure to produce new material. "It's like, does it really matter at this point?" she says when asked if she is working on a follow-up to her last solo album, 2001's Trouble In Shangri-La. "Do people really want to hear a whole other solo record, when you can get one or two songs for I-Tunes? I'm thinking about a way you could just put out a few songs once in a while, maybe four songs that you loved, instead of having to figure out 16 songs, many of which you might not love."

The singer could be making a backhanded reference to Say You Will, the 2003 Fleetwood Mac album that Nicks recorded without long-time ally and confidante Christine McVie, who left the band in 1998 in favor of a quiet life in London. Originally conceived as a Lindsey Buckingham solo project, Say You Will came to resemble two separate albums awkwardly squashed together, with nine songs apiece from Buckingham and Nicks alternating in strict succession.

"I'd be totally lying if I said that record is what I wanted, because it isn't," she says. "I argued with Lindsey all the way through it, and he argued with me. It wasn't very much fun, and I wasn't that pleased with the music. I felt my demos were better, which of course is easy to say, but I did. And what can I say? It wasn't a lot of fun."

It seems that almost 30 years after the end of her romantic relationship with Buckingham there's still tension. But you would never have known it in February 2004, at the Melbourne show of the 135-date Say You Will tour. Buckingham kissed Nicks' hand several times during the show, while she draped her arms tenderly over his shoulders as he played guitar.

According to Nicks, that tenderness, like her witchy lyrics, was just for show. "We are extremely professional, and when we get up there on the stage we get lost on the fun parts of the show," she explains. "So it's never going to show anything bad, because we're always going to rise above and concentrate on the good things."

I'm not sure how to post a link but this is from an interview with an Austrailian paper in 2006 .

thank you for putting this up

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by dreamer78

thank you for putting this up

You're welcome!

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

"Little surprise, then, that she feels no pressure to produce new material. "It's like, does it really matter at this point?" she says when asked if she is working on a follow-up to her last solo album, 2001's Trouble In Shangri-La. "Do people really want to hear a whole other solo record, when you can get one or two songs for I-Tunes? I'm thinking about a way you could just put out a few songs once in a while, maybe four songs that you loved, instead of having to figure out 16 songs, many of which you might not love."

I wish she would act creatively as she talks here. No other artists have experimented with this--I'm so proud of her for saying it, but now she needs to do it (preferably with the Mac btw). She/they really could/should. I have some ideas actually that I'm thinking of sending to Dave Stewart, actually, along these lines--was thinking about it all day.

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

The singer could be making a backhanded reference to Say You Will, the 2003 Fleetwood Mac album that Nicks recorded without long-time ally and confidante Christine McVie, who left the band in 1998 in favor of a quiet life in London. Originally conceived as a Lindsey Buckingham solo project, Say You Will came to resemble two separate albums awkwardly squashed together, with nine songs apiece from Buckingham and Nicks alternating in strict succession.

This writer is a moron.

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

"I'd be totally lying if I said that record is what I wanted, because it isn't," she says. "I argued with Lindsey all the way through it, and he argued with me. It wasn't very much fun, and I wasn't that pleased with the music. I felt my demos were better, which of course is easy to say, but I did. And what can I say? It wasn't a lot of fun."

It's tough. I think the album works as a whole. I think it's a masterpiece--the best work (as a whole) the duo has done (solo or together) since Tusk. However, I also can see that it didn't reflect her sensibility or the sensibilities that they might share, if any. It really isn't her kinda thing. In other words: I want Lindsey, next time he works with her, to aim for PRETTY. Nobody does pretty like Lindsey Buckingham--surely Stevie knows it.

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

It seems that almost 30 years after the end of her romantic relationship with Buckingham there's still tension. But you would never have known it in February 2004, at the Melbourne show of the 135-date Say You Will tour. Buckingham kissed Nicks' hand several times during the show, while she draped her arms tenderly over his shoulders as he played guitar.

According to Nicks, that tenderness, like her witchy lyrics, was just for show. "We are extremely professional, and when we get up there on the stage we get lost on the fun parts of the show," she explains. "So it's never going to show anything bad, because we're always going to rise above and concentrate on the good things."

Interesting that the "journalist" summarizes the quote following the summary as evidence that it's "just for show." Whereas Stevie suggests that their professionalism allows them ability to concentrate on the good things. That there are "good things," "professionalism" means that it's not just for show--it's who they are.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by kak125

Stevie’s making more iPods today to send to the vets at Walter Read. She’s sent hundreds. She loves those kids.

Is she knitting those Ipods with her own little hands?

I know she's actually loading them up with music, but it just sounded funny to me that she was "making" them.

Michele

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Everybody's going to say yes, but I question if it was the album she disliked so much or just the tour. There was some disagreement towards the end of the recording but it was never really made public knowledge what it was about - and it wasn't the SnL "fight" that was on DR.

Yes, I know they had a fight at the end of the tour and it wasn't about the album. But she wasn't too happy about the album from the beginning and that's when Lindsey said that she never thanked him, because she kept talking about it in less than enthusiastic fashion. Even when she "thanked" him for working so hard on it, I got the impression she felt half-hearted and realized that he put a lot of work into it, though the finished result was not her cup of tea.

I don't think she was miserable the whole tour. There was a stretch there during the tour where they were doing interviews that were quite lovey dovey. Then, the tour ended and they were mad at each other, for reasons that have never been explained.

But I definitely don't think they were fighting the entire tour. Things started a little grumpy. Then they seemed friendly and then it ended badly, for whatever reason and no, I don't think it's because she was still mad about SYW.

Michele

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Before and just after it was released she was touting it as 'one of the best things they had ever done.Then about a year after the final leg of the tour she had plenty of recriminations over the production and sequencing of the album.

I don't remember Stevie necessarily saying it was one of the best things they'd ever done, but I could be wrong on that. She definitely didn't bash the album while they were promoting it though (which would've been counter-productive, to say the least! lol.)
I do remember Lindsey mentioning in one pre-release interview that Stevie had yet to thank him for his work on her 'SYW' songs. He stated that she was "still seeing this album through dark colors." Which I think was our first hint that there was some drama behind the scenes.

[BombaySapphire3]

[QUOTE=Johnny Stew;967051]I don't remember Stevie necessarily saying it was one of the best things they'd ever done, but I could be wrong on that. /QUOTE]

Watch the Destiny Rules doc if you have it..She states in typical Nicksian hyperbole that 'it will be a life changing event for whomever mixes the album.

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by markolas

I don't remember reading any of that. Can somebody point me to some interviews? I'd love to hear what she said about it.

After that you returned to Fleetwood Mac yet again. How do you look back on the making of Say You Will [2003]?
On Feb. 2, 2002, I went straight from the Trouble in Shangri-La tour into recording with them. It was nightmare doing that record. It really was Lindsey’s vision, and it wasn’t very much about the other three of us. And of course it was also the first record we had ever attempted to do without Christine [McVie, who left the band in the late 1990s]. Right there, the whole thing was completely insane. She is the magic mediator in that band and always was. She’s the one who made light of everything and made everybody laugh and told us all that were full of ****. She was the person who made it all work. So when she wasn’t there, that sunk the boat. I don’t think that my friend Chris ever realized how important she was. Without her, it’s a boy’s club. The lack of Christine is a big, hollow hole in my heart.

Would you be willing to attempt another record without her?
Absolutely not. Not in this lifetime. Why? We already tried, and it did not work. My thing is, somebody convince Christine to come back and do this one more time. I don’t think she’s going to change her mind, but stranger things have happened.

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by APerfectLie

After that you returned to Fleetwood Mac yet again. How do you look back on the making of Say You Will [2003]?
On Feb. 2, 2002, I went straight from the Trouble in Shangri-La tour into recording with them. It was nightmare doing that record. It really was Lindsey’s vision, and it wasn’t very much about the other three of us. And of course it was also the first record we had ever attempted to do without Christine [McVie, who left the band in the late 1990s]. Right there, the whole thing was completely insane. She is the magic mediator in that band and always was. She’s the one who made light of everything and made everybody laugh and told us all that were full of ****. She was the person who made it all work. So when she wasn’t there, that sunk the boat. I don’t think that my friend Chris ever realized how important she was. Without her, it’s a boy’s club. The lack of Christine is a big, hollow hole in my heart.

Would you be willing to attempt another record without her?
Absolutely not. Not in this lifetime. Why? We already tried, and it did not work. My thing is, somebody convince Christine to come back and do this one more time. I don’t think she’s going to change her mind, but stranger things have happened.

This makes me so sad. So I guess we'll have Dave Stewart in as the mediator if there ever is another Mac album.

Note to Dave: Hands off. Just make sure Lindsey keeps things pretty.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Yes, I know they had a fight at the end of the tour and it wasn't about the album. But she wasn't too happy about the album from the beginning and that's when Lindsey said that she never thanked him, because she kept talking about it in less than enthusiastic fashion. Even when she "thanked" him for working so hard on it, I got the impression she felt half-hearted and realized that he put a lot of work into it, though the finished result was not her cup of tea.

I don't think she was miserable the whole tour. There was a stretch there during the tour where they were doing interviews that were quite lovey dovey. Then, the tour ended and they were mad at each other, for reasons that have never been explained.

But I definitely don't think they were fighting the entire tour. Things started a little grumpy. Then they seemed friendly and then it ended badly, for whatever reason and no, I don't think it's because she was still mad about SYW.

Michele

Exactly my point. I think there was something else going on.

I did think her bad-mouthing of SYW only started a year or so after the tour was over. In fact, when I asked Matt Baumann about her attitude during the recording and how she said she wasn't happy, he said he only had heard that later and even though there was a lot of negotiating, it seemed like he never got the impression she was that dissatisfied. I find it hard to believe she totally hated the music and yet went ahead with a release.