Lindsey versus Stevie (UH-oh!...)

[David]

Originally Posted by Josh2003

I thought for the longest time that Stevie was singing on "The Ledge" until I listened closely and realized that its just Lindsey.

I thought for the longest time that Stevie was singing on "The Ledge" until I heard Lindsey explain that several tracks, including that one, were essentially all him vocally & even instrumentally.

People yammer about how Lindsey tried to make this song or that song sound like Stevie. I think what he was partially trying to do was to make some of these songs -- at least some of the vocal harmonic textures -- sound like Fleetwood Mac (a sound that, by the way, he played a pretty big role in creating).

Also, it was mentioned awhile back that Lindsey was working on arrangements during post-production. I don't think that's possible, by virtue of the definition of both "arrangement" & "post-production." If you're still working on vocal arrangements (or even instrumental arrangements), you're ipso facto not in post-production. You're still in ----- production. Post-production is stuff like mastering, acetates, sleeve/jacket design, marketing ploys, &c., ain't that right? It certainly doesn't include aspects of recording, unless you're talking about a live album, where the recording of the concert itself is the equivalent of the production, & overdubs could be considered post-production. But even with that, I'm dubious. If you're recording tracks, you're in production. Period.

[Sahara]

Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

Okay so here's a question that I've been meaning to ask for awhile -
Does anyone else besides me have trouble telling when it's Lindsey
singing and when it's Stevie singing, on the album "Tusk?"
I know that he spent a lot of time in the studio on it in
post-production - Arranging it and all that - is it possible
that there were places where he took out Stevie's voice
and replaced it with his own? For example at the end of
"Beautiful Child" it's clearly him singing,
"I'M not a child any-more,
I'M not a child, any-more."

There seem to me to be several other places where at first blush it sounds like Stevie, but is really Lindsey, and vice-verse.
Remember, this was "back in the day" when things were - uhm - errr - "bumpy" between them.

Anyone have any insights or opinions?

Woooow, that's deep!

Just listened to it, I think that it is him singing that part mostly, but I guess we'll never know if it was intentional ... Tusk is an odd album

As for the Stevie/Lindsey similarity and the high voice thing, well, I for several months believed that it was Stevie singing the chorus on Come.

[David]

Originally Posted by skcin

I've listened really hard many times & I'm almost sure it's Stevie.

It kinda sounds like Lindsey there, Paula.

didn't Jim Ladd bring that up with Lindsey during the 1979 Innerview? Anyone have that handy?

[jannieC]

I've always had a harder time distinguishing between Lindsey and Christine's voice. Now I need to go listen to Angel again...

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Well...she does have the biggest Adam's Apple out of the bunch.

OMG!!!!

This is why I never venture over the Stevieland!!!!

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

to me, this ending is the absolute best showing of those three voices and the pure perfection they create...

...aside from Honey Hi

I think Never Forget is a good example of this as well.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

OMG!!!!

This is why I never venture over the Stevieland!!!!

Then get your ass out.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by Sahara

Woooow, that's deep!

Just listened to it, I think that it is him singing that part mostly, but I guess we'll never know if it was intentional ... Tusk is an odd album

As for the Stevie/Lindsey similarity and the high voice thing, well, I for several months believed that it was Stevie singing the chorus on Come.

are you talking about the "cuz noooobody else is doin' it...." ???? that IS stevie isnt' it?? I mean, I know Liddy sang that part during concerts, but I thought it was her on the record.

[David]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

are you talking about the "cuz noooobody else is doin' it...." ???? that IS stevie isnt' it?? I mean, I know Liddy sang that part during concerts, but I thought it was her on the record.

Uhh...I don't think so. I think Lindsey or somebody said that Stevie wasn't ... uhh ... keen on that song, & did not put a vocal track on it.

My Say You Will recording lore is practically forgotten already.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by David

Uhh...I don't think so. I think Lindsey or somebody said that Stevie wasn't ... uhh ... keen on that song, & did not put a vocal track on it.

My Say You Will recording lore is practically forgotten already.

OMG...you seriously could have just knocked me over with a feather just then. It's gonna take awhile to get over this one. I would have bet my house on it. "Would have" being the key words. OMG.....

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by David

Uhh...I don't think so. I think Lindsey or somebody said that Stevie wasn't ... uhh ... keen on that song, & did not put a vocal track on it.

My Say You Will recording lore is practically forgotten already.

Interesting how she leaves the stage at that point in "Live in Boston."
Presumably she's Off Pouting Somewhere.
Although these days I bet it's more like she's checking out her stocks on
cnbc and putting her feet up for a few
to take a breather.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

are you talking about the "cuz noooobody else is doin' it...." ???? that IS stevie isnt' it?? I mean, I know Liddy sang that part during concerts, but I thought it was her on the record.

No way. I don't recall the Gift of Screws track being any different from the Say You Will track, at least vocally. When's the last time Stevie sang any notes like that?

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

No way. I don't recall the Gift of Screws track being any different from the Say You Will track, at least vocally. When's the last time Stevie sang any notes like that?

well..I have never heard the Gift of Screws track, so....

and I have never heard ol' Liddy do any notes like that either!!!

[Sahara]

No, it's definitely him on the record ... Incredible, huh?

Story goes that Stevie didn't like the song, she thought it was too sexually explicit [or something] and that she didn't want it on the album, let alone on the set list...

I think it was a costume change for her during that song on the tour, on Live in Boston, Gypsy comes right after it and she's wearing something different.

But the Gift of Screws version is the exact same as the SYW one.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Then get your ass out.

What happened to ignore...hmmmm