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Maybe it took 2 people to replace Lindsey but Christine is irreplacable? Seriously though I don't blame Lindsey for leaving just as I didn't blame Christine. I thought both departures were incredibly sad. Understandable but sad. Gail |
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You got me there excellent! |
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Last edited by CarneVaca; 05-05-2004 at 08:04 AM.. |
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Yes, I suspect the vitriol directed at Lindsey to this day for leaving after the Tango sessions is a manifestation of what the Stevie fans know deep inside: Fleetwood Mac without Lindsey was rather uninteresting. He and Christine did stellar work for Tango, the band's second best-selling non-compilation album. To call Stevie's contributions to Tango mediocre would be too kind.
Be that as it may, I have never held Lindsey's decision to leave the band against him. Keep in mind that in 1997, I still considered myself more of a Stevie fan than Lindsey's. When I saw the press reports on Lindsey's departure, I could tell he was being treated unfairly. Regardless of whether he had agreed to tour, the fact is he worked on Tango more than any other band member, except perhaps for Christine. He busted his rump, with little support from three band members, then when he decided he'd had enough with this dysfunctional bunch, they all jumped on him. Problem is they were in no legitimate position to react the way they did. They were being hypocritical and unfair. Except for Christine of course. Stevie was rather unkind toward her former lover at the time considering she barely bothered to go into the studio. As a matter of fact, this was a turning point for me. After Rock a Little and Stevie's contributions to Tango, I decided that she no longer interested me. Meanwhile, I had become quite enamored of Lindsey's Go Insane album, and Tango became one of my favorite albums ever, Stevie's work notwithstanding. By 1992, having seen what the band was capable of without Lindsey, I had become a full-fledged Lindsey fan, and I had great hopes he would have huge solo career without ever returning to FM. Unfortunately that did not happen, despite the brilliance of OOTC. Just as I didn't hold Lindsey's departure against him, I didn't think Christine made a bad decision for leaving the band. Her studio participation in Time was weird to me because I had already seen the band perform without her. When she decided to leave after the short Dance tour, I suspected she was just sick of these people and simply had no desire to work with them anymore. I still do. And her subsequent decision to stay out of SYW but record her own album confirms my suspicions. Interestingly enough, I didn't even realize for a long time Stevie had left the band after Mask. I had stopped paying attention to Fleetwood Mac for a while. Time piqued my interest for about five minutes, but what I really was hoping for was a Lindsey album. Then came the The Dance and the rest is history. |
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Also, TOSOTM wasn't certified platinum in 1989, it was in '97. At the time, that record was considered a flop; it only went gold and the biggest single was out of the top ten.
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And what is this contract for Christine recording Time that everyone is speaking of? What contract did she have that Stevie didn't?
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But, I suppose I'll hear that Little Lies was only a success because La Nicks' voice was prominent on it.
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Don't get me started...it won't be pretty.
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Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man.---Andres Segovia |
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Are you going to sit there with a straight face and tell me that if La Nicks had bailed from the project altogether that it would have sold as well as it did PPUUUHHHLLLEEEZZZZEEEEE!!!! Here again, I think it should have as LB and CM FAR outshine Stevie on this record. But, Stevie has a star power that neither Lb nor CM have and that is sad because none of the three are any better in my book. Yet, people just want to see Stevie more. I can't explain it. I just know it. I mean she was crowned the Queen of Rock and Roll and has been in the spotlight FAR more than anyone else in the band. This does not take away from the musical genius of LB who was responsible for the majority of the reason behind Stevie's FM hits or from CM's beautiful work. As an aside, LB's production of LL was brilliant int he way he had the "three" seemingly calling to each other in the chorus of LL. Kudos to LB. |
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