Rolling Stone: McVie comments on FM and Songbird

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Lindsey is the best -- demonic person I know.

And yet, there she was hanging on with him for 40 some years. Christine came back to him he was so bad!!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

And yet, there she was hanging on with him for 40 some years. Christine came back to him he was so bad!!

I'm glad she feels far enough removed from Stevie (and Mick) that she doesn't mind saying that.

But she's not alone in knowing substitutes don't work. even though the seventies and eighties were the most volatile years Stevie and Lindsey endured, she was begging him to come back herself in the 1990s (beginning at a BTM show). So, I don't know how bad it could have been.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by michelej1

So, I don't know how bad it could have been.

None of us know.

For all her glowing praise of Lindsey, Christine also said something along the lines that the Stevie-Lindsey dynamic had deteriorated to its worst and had become unworkable.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

None of us know.

For all her glowing praise of Lindsey, Christine also said something along the lines that the Stevie-Lindsey dynamic had deteriorated to its worst and had become unworkable.

So they should have fired STEVIE, since she was the one that no longer wanted to make music. I'm glad you said it.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

So they should have fired STEVIE, since she was the one that no longer wanted to make music. I'm glad you said it.

After 25 albums in 57 years and being the bassist of record for legendary players making their breakthroughs, I think John has earned the right to go out as part of an arena rock band.

They made the right call.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

None of us know.

For all her glowing praise of Lindsey, Christine also said something along the lines that the Stevie-Lindsey dynamic had deteriorated to its worst and had become unworkable.

That was said in 2019. So the glowing praise is 3 years after that.

This interview she gave is very upsetting for the Lindsey haters, especially Irving.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

That was said in 2019. So the glowing praise is 3 years after that.

Except, she was still still singing Lindsey’s praises after he was fired. She made it known when they were doing press with Neil and Mike that she enjoyed working with Lindsey and that she was not involved in the decision.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

None of us know.

For all her glowing praise of Lindsey, Christine also said something along the lines that the Stevie-Lindsey dynamic had deteriorated to its worst and had become unworkable.

So what? You don’t really have to interact with each other much on tour, once the set list is nailed down and rehearsed. All you have to do is go out there for two hours and then retire to your separate corners, separate limos, separate hotels, even separate planes. You are not Siamese twins. You are not riding together in a car with your instruments like you were in 1975.

Who cares if they don’t like each other. They never got along, yet Stevie was begging for Lindsey to return when she thought he could still boost her star.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by michelej1

So what? You don’t really have to interact with each other much on tour, once the set list is nailed down and rehearsed. All you have to do is go out there for two hours and then retire to your separate corners, separate limos, separate hotels, even separate planes. You are not Siamese twins. You are not riding together in a car with your instruments like you were in 1975.

They couldn’t agree even as to what that tour should look like. Again, none of us were there.

And, touring, even at that level, still requires more interaction than just stage time. They might not directly communicate with each other, instead talking through assistants and managers, but there’s always a line of communication.

Who cares if they don’t like each other. They never got along, yet Stevie was begging for Lindsey to return when she thought he could still boost her star.

A comment made in 1990 was hardly relevant in 2018. Feelings and attitudes change in 28 years. Furthermore, she made a cameo for his solo DVD, so whatever debt of gratitude you’re implying she should have had was long paid off.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

A comment made in 1990 was hardly relevant in 2018. Feelings and attitudes change in 28 years. Furthermore, she made a cameo for his solo DVD, so whatever debt of gratitude you’re implying she should have had was long paid off.

It wasn’t just a comment made in 1990. After Christine left Stevie was the one that wanted to accelerate Fleetwood Mac touring. Lindsey was still trying to see if he could get a deal for his solo record. So he was dragging his feet and Stevie was frustrated by that. She wanted to work with him.

And I’m not talking about a debt of gratitude. I’m talking about the common decency of not getting someone fired rather than just walking away yourself, if you find the situation is no longer to your liking. Just leave. I’m talking about not deciding that a situation is intolerable UNTIL you!ve sucked the other person dry. If you’re going to kick them out, why not kick them out when they are still useful to you, if they’re awful. When you wait till you’ve taken all you can get before disposing of them that tells me you kicked them out because the time was finally convenient for you to do it, not because their horrible nature had escalated. ‘Waiter! This soup is bitter. It’s making me sick. it’s entirely inedible, but I drank the last drop of it. Now that there’s no more left, I want my money back. Take this plate away.”


Steve you keep saying we don’t know what happened, but you know good and well that 1977 Lindsey was harder to deal with than 2017 Lindsay. You’re just being coy and contrary, for kicks.