Lindsey to perform on American Idol final

[David]

Originally Posted by bwboy

I don’t think his appearance on AI has anything to do with his legacy- it’s just a way to get his name in the public eye.

Ridiculous. The man is almost 72 years old. His name has been in the public eye since 1975.

Between getting fired from FM and his recovery from a heart attack, Lindsey has been in the news pretty much more than ever, so good for him for taking advantage of the goodwill.

What are you talking about? Those who liked Buckingham before he got fired still like Buckingham. Those who didn’t still don’t, and those who didn’t give a damn one way or the other — the American Idol TV audience — still don’t.

And while I totally agree AI is not the demographic audience for him . . .

Glad to hear you agree, since it’s completely true!

. . . that’s actually another good reason to do the show- exposure to a younger crowd who may have no clue who Lindsey Buckingham is until they hear the opening chords of Go Your Own Way.

That crowd doesn’t care whether they hear the opening chords of “Go Your Own Way” or “Never Going Back Again” or “On the Atcheson, Topeka, and the Santa Fe.” The only reason he is doing this show is to appear on TV. To what end, even I can’t fathom. Probably just some hare-brained publicity thing (as if publicity has ever had any measurable effect on his non-Fleetwood Mac work?).

Then they’ll make the connection.

Nobody watching the show who didn’t already know and like Buckingham will make any “connection.” They’ll sit there and watch an old man sing something and wonder who the hell he is and why he’s on American Idol.

Working with David Byrne wouldn’t get him near the amount of publicity this one night gig will get him.

Working with David Byrne — which I posited as an example — isn’t a publicity stunt. Appearing on American Idol is a publicity stunt. Unfortunately, it will fail to create much of a stir, outside Buckingham’s longtime audience. Nobody else will care at all.

Besides, do you really see LB and DB collaborating equally on a musical project?

No, I don’t, Mr. Literal-minded.

I can’t see why anyone would fault him for doing a show like this, mainstream as it is.

Maybe I’m more rational than you?