New Stevie Interview with Herald Sun

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by MrStevie

Did what before?

Stevie said Joe told Lori that their cocaine abuse was becoming so destructive that they were going to die if they didn't stop, so he was leaving Stevie.

[MrStevie]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Stevie said Joe told Lori that their cocaine abuse was becoming so destructive that they were going to die if they didn't stop, so he was leaving Stevie.

How was that for Stevie's benefit rather than his own? to disagree.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by MrStevie

How was that for Stevie's benefit rather than his own? to disagree.

The way Stevie has always told the story, was that he left her for their own good. I was just explaining how the part in New Moon that she related people could make someone think of the Joe Walsh situation. I don't even like Joe Walsh at all, or give to flips about him, I'm just repeating what Stevie has said

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by MrStevie

How was that for Stevie's benefit rather than his own? to disagree.

Exactly.

Why is "Moonlight" speculated to be about Joe anyway? She's always said that song was a parallel between her and Lindsey and the Bella & Edward characters. When the girl is dumped and is shown sitting by the window or whatever she said that something similar happened twice in her life. Everyone is assuming that's about Joe? I took it to mean that happened with her and Lindsey. And, maybe more than once... Of course if you think they totally broke up in 1976 and were never together again that theory wouldn't work. When she said that the guy lied to her it did remind me of the line in Lindsey's song, "Treason" - "closed my eyes, told you lies, out of my hand."

[Regina]

You know, if Stevie says this song was about Lindsey...this song was about Lindsey. I think the woman--if she's gonna reveal what a song is about--is honest about it. If she doesn't want to do so, she doesn't.
So, Joe Walsh...pffftttoooey.
(IMO, YMMV, etc, etc).

And, I have to say, I've heard dozens and dozens of Lindsey interviews (probably hundreds, now that I'm thinking about it). In times of anger, etc, he may not have been glowing about Stevie, may have said they didn't get along, weren't compatible, didn't speak at the moment...and she's said far worse about him, frankly, but he's never been disrespectful of her the way Walsh was. So, whatever layers you want to peel back to find the angelic version of Joe Walsh, feel free. Me? If I know of a woman who has gone on record calling someone one of the loves of her life--and he turns around and calls her nothing but a road fu*k, he's a jerk. No layers to peel. No songs to write.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Exactly.

Why is "Moonlight" speculated to be about Joe anyway? She's always said that song was a parallel between her and Lindsey and the Bella & Edward characters. When the girl is dumped and is shown sitting by the window or whatever she said that something similar happened twice in her life. Everyone is assuming that's about Joe? I took it to mean that happened with her and Lindsey. And, maybe more than once... Of course if you think they totally broke up in 1976 and were never together again that theory wouldn't work. When she said that the guy lied to her it did remind me of the line in Lindsey's song, "Treason" - "closed my eyes, told you lies, out of my hand."

No, no one is saying Moonlight is about Joe. Moonlight is about Lindsey - heck, all but that one verse and the chorus/bridge was written before she even dated Joe. It was just being pointed out that in the article in the OP, Stevie talks mentions that she once had an experience like Bella in New Moon, when someone and she was all depressed for months and stuff, which sounds very similar to the way Stevie described Joe leaving her, but in the article, they attributed it to her relationship with Lindsey. That's all anyone's saying. Stevie never even said a name in the article - it was the interviewer who assumed she was talking about Lindsey.

In true Nicksian fashion, I do believe you are right and that she's changed her story a bit - I now recall another interview where she said it happened two her twice in her life. Perhaps one was Joe, and the other was Lindsey at some point over the past 40 years. There's been plenty of opportunity, for sure.

Guys, I don't like Joe Walsh! I think he's kind of an ass and I don't even know anything about the dude, aside from all the horrible things he said about Stevie. I was just making an observation.

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

No, no one is saying Moonlight is about Joe. Moonlight is about Lindsey - heck, all but that one verse and the chorus/bridge was written before she even dated Joe. It was just being pointed out that in the article in the OP, Stevie talks mentions that she once had an experience like Bella in New Moon, when someone and she was all depressed for months and stuff, which sounds very similar to the way Stevie described the period of time after Joe left her, but in the article, they attributed it to her relationship with Lindsey. That's all anyone's saying. Stevie never even said a name in the article - it was the interviewer who assumed she was talking about Lindsey.

In true Nicksian fashion, I do believe you are right and that she's changed her story a bit - I now recall another interview where she said it happened two her twice in her life. Perhaps one was Joe, and the other was Lindsey at some point over the past 40 years. There's been plenty of opportunity, for sure.

Guys, I don't like Joe Walsh! I think he's kind of an ass and I don't even know anything about the dude, aside from all the horrible things he said about Stevie. I was just making an observation.

I can't say it any better, so I won't even try.

Also, I didn't realize until just now that the author attributed that break-up to Lindsey, without Stevie saying so specifically. I probably created some confusion earlier in the thread with that one

[michelej1]

Just because Lindsey and Edward inspired the song doesn't mean that every single word, in every sentence, in every line is about either of them. I think she can pluck different emotions she felt at different parts in her life and use them to create a lyric. The song may be mostly about the people she has mentioned, but that doesn't mean parts of it don't apply to other areas of her life.

Michele

[bombaysaffires]

Stevie left Lindsey back in the day, not the other way around.