Best/worst career moves

[blinker12]

What have been Stevie's best and worst career moves aside from joining Fleetwood Mac (clearly her best move ever)?

Best: Creating that whirling dervish stage image

Worst: Never learning to play an instrument well enough to perform on stage
(I almost put "letting Kenny G piddle all over OSOTM," but I don't think that's big enough to call a career move)

[thepoetinmyhear]

Originally Posted by blinker12

What have been Stevie's best and worst career moves aside from joining Fleetwood Mac (clearly her best move ever)?

Best: Creating that whirling dervish stage image

Worst: Never learning to play an instrument well enough to perform on stage
(I almost put "letting Kenny G piddle all over OSOTM," but I don't think that's big enough to call a career move)

Best: dating lindsey - as far as career moves this directly led to her being in Fleetwood Mac and gaining big exposure.

Worst: KLONOPIN - I know she was thinking that whole "recovering from prescription drugs" would be a good press angle, but geez. Did she have to go so far?

For the record, I am kidding.

[dissention]

Best: Meeting Lindsey.

Worst: Going solo.

For the record, I'm not kidding.

[amber]

Oh, nuh uh!
Best - Meeting Lindsey.
Best - going solo.
Best - Coke!
Worst - not taking care of your voice, girl!
Worst - bad lyrics.
Worst - I have to concur with Blinky12 - should have learned an instrument better! although I understand, about being ok at lots of things, but not good at any one.

[amber]

Originally Posted by dissention

Best: Meeting Lindsey.

Worst: Going solo.

For the record, I'm not kidding.

I shudder at the thought of there never being an EO17, or a SB, or even an I Can't Wait. Stevie without her solo career? = Not Stevie. You go, girl! Man, we would've had so many less kick ass live performances, if it were not for Stevie solo. I can't even believe you said that, especially considering Lindsey's disposition. Gosh! Gold n Braid? Hello? Sesly. I could not live without the BD performances. I sweah.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by dissention

Best: Meeting Lindsey.

Worst: Going solo.

For the record, I'm not kidding.

Yes you are! Mr. Sable on Blonde.

[thepoetinmyhear]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Yes you are! Mr. Sable on Blonde.

yeah, if you think Sable and Blond would have EVER made a solo record, you would be sadly mistaken. Plus, without Stevie's solo career you wouldn't have as much ammunition to hate her. Songs like "When I see you Again (whatsamattahbaby)" would have been replaced by Rooms on Fire and other such goodness.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by thepoetinmyhear

Songs like "When I see you Again (whatsamattahbaby)" would have been replaced by Rooms on Fire and other such goodness.

Diss is going to try to convince you that less Stevie songs would have been a good thing, because if he doesn't like one of them, then it HAS to be worthless.

[thepoetinmyhear]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Diss is going to try to convince you that less Stevie songs would have been a good thing, because if he doesn't like one of them, then it HAS to be worthless.

Oh, I'm sure his argument will be something like less stevie would have meant that she ONLY released her quality songs and the brilliant Mr. Buckingham would have been able to determine which songs these were and force Stevie to forget the others.

My argument doesn't necessarily agree with this (although I imagine plenty of other good songs would have been lost). My argument is that Diss would have nothing to complaing about on these boards if Stevie hadn't gone solo. It's the best thing that ever happened to him .

[amber]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Diss is going to try to convince you that less Stevie songs would have been a good thing, because if he doesn't like one of them, then it HAS to be worthless.

Ah, the lofty position of people who think they are always right. It's admirable, in a way, but not something I could ever achieve.

[SteveMacD]

BEST: Quitting smoking and losing weight for "The Dance." She looked great and sounded the part of the older, wiser rocker who went through hell and back and lived to tell. She was/is at her most credible. I mean, when she sings "Landslide" now, you can tell that the song is even more biographical than when she actually wrote it.

WORST: I'd have to say almost everything she did post-RAL, pre-"Twisted," with rock-bottom being the Clinton inauguration. Of course, we all know why those years were hard for Stevie.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Diss is going to try to convince you that less Stevie songs would have been a good thing, because if he doesn't like one of them, then it HAS to be worthless.

and then, of course, there was Sable on Blonde - which was, EXCUSE ME, SOLO

[LiquidBlue5000]

BEST: Reuniting with FM in 97 for the dance.

Worst: Not committing herself to keeping in shape and losing weight. She has all the money in the world to hire personal trainers, chefs, counselors, whatever she needs, yet she doesn't do it.

[glitter_fades]

Originally Posted by dissention

Best: Meeting Lindsey.

Worst: Going solo.

For the record, I'm not kidding.

You are the poet in my heart.

BTW, ITA.

[catinthedark]

Why do I feel like we did this "best and worst career moves" thing a few months ago? Is it just me? All the threads are combining in a cloud of fog.... or should I say... long nets of white cloud my memory...