Ask a Ledgie a Question

[David]

I think it would be cool for everyone to ask a fellow ledgie a question pertaining to Stevie or Fleetwood Mac--something topical for this forum. Obviously, keep it kind & good-natured. Just have fun with it. If the ledgie you ask a question of doesn't answer, I guess you can ask another ledgie a different question!

I'll start:

Romy, would you say that, living in Italy, your interest in Stevie is increased by a sense of Stevie as "Other"--as a composer who has always been on the fringes of the creative life in Italy (as opposed to a central figure in the late 1970s in the United States, for example)? The reason I ask this is that I have long had a vague sense that my own interest in Stevie has sometimes increased over the years in those periods of her waning popularity. She seems somehow more special at these times.

[BlackWidow]

RICHARD B
Tell us more about you. What do you do? Age? Interests?

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

RICHARD B
Tell us more about you. What do you do? Age? Interests?

"...ask a fellow ledgie a question pertaining to Stevie or Fleetwood Mac--something topical for this forum."


I'd like to ask David a question. Who would you prefer to be stuck in a lift with: Christine, Stevie or Bekka?

[David]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I'd like to ask David a question. Who would you prefer to be stuck in a lift with: Christine, Stevie or Bekka?

Hmm.......Bekka. she's quite a bit younger than the other two & she's prolly friendlier, too. I don't think I could stand listening to stevie in an elevator...plus she'd prolly have that lady with her, that second skin...that personal ass't or whatever the hell she is, always lurking about like hamlet's ghost. And christine is a cold fish & prolly wouldn't say two words to me in an elevator. so yes my answer is bekka, by process of elimination....as long as bekka didn't start singing. Who wants a patty labelle shriekfest in an elevator?

[Sahara]

Originally Posted by David

She'd prolly have that lady with her, that second skin...that personal ass't or whatever the hell she is, always lurking about like hamlet's ghost.

That's just gone and cracked me up ... Hamlet's ghost. You're too much for me, man.

[BlackWidow]

[QUOTE=trackaghost]"...ask a fellow ledgie a question pertaining to Stevie or Fleetwood Mac--something topical for this forum."


"Do not police me, baby!"

[Phoenix]

"Hamlets ghost was hillarious"

Ok, my question, Amber,do you make up your stevie related jokes on the spot, or have you thought them up and then posted? I know that I have cracked up afew times, cant think of any now though.

[skcin]

David:

How many Stevie Nicks solo shows have you been to? How many Fleetwood Mac shows have you been to? Do you still have all your ticket stubs, Tshirts, etc. from all of those shows?

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by David

Hmm.......Bekka. she's quite a bit younger than the other two & she's prolly friendlier, too. I don't think I could stand listening to stevie in an elevator...plus she'd prolly have that lady with her, that second skin...that personal ass't or whatever the hell she is, always lurking about like hamlet's ghost. And christine is a cold fish & prolly wouldn't say two words to me in an elevator. so yes my answer is bekka, by process of elimination....as long as bekka didn't start singing. Who wants a patty labelle shriekfest in an elevator?

I think Bekka is probably more practical too. She might be able to fix the lift and get you both out of there.

I'll ask skcin a question now:

If Stevie was playing a stadium gig and Lindsey was playing a tiny club gig on the same night in your town, which would you decide to go to and why?

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by David

I think it would be cool for everyone to ask a fellow ledgie a question pertaining to Stevie or Fleetwood Mac--something topical for this forum. Obviously, keep it kind & good-natured. Just have fun with it. If the ledgie you ask a question of doesn't answer, I guess you can ask another ledgie a different question!

I'll start:

Romy, would you say that, living in Italy, your interest in Stevie is increased by a sense of Stevie as "Other"--as a composer who has always been on the fringes of the creative life in Italy (as opposed to a central figure in the late 1970s in the United States, for example)? The reason I ask this is that I have long had a vague sense that my own interest in Stevie has sometimes increased over the years in those periods of her waning popularity. She seems somehow more special at these times.

Interesting question. I know what you mean, when I speak of my love for her music she's definitely perceived as "other", but that isn't a relevant element in my interest for her. The artist she was in seventies and eighties, for instance isn't as intriguing for me (with some exceptions like Storms, That's Alright, Gold Dust Woman, Joan Of Arc) as the artist she became from the mid nineties, because now I find in her music as a composer and as a performer a more nuanced, violent and deep way to talk of feelings, life, other human beings, that put in a less reassuring and more complex light also some of her previous work. Hope it makes sense...

Romy

[David]

Originally Posted by skcin

David:

How many Stevie Nicks solo shows have you been to? How many Fleetwood Mac shows have you been to?

Jeez I really don't know. But it isn't some outlandish number. People nowadays like torri & davemn & bill gamelson have essentially camp-followed whole tours, racking up huge numbers of gigs they've been to in only a single year. I do know that within a certain era, I saw essentially all the appearances in my state. My big concert years for fm & sn were 79 to 86, having seen some shows as far back as 76. I saw fleetwood play at pauley at ucla & at ucsb in 77. I would say 87 to the present, not big years for me: although I think I saw every tour except last year's. The photo in my sig is the Cow Palace in 79, & I saw those shows & got a couple of photos.

Do you still have all your ticket stubs, Tshirts, etc. from all of those shows?

I have a good amount of my stuff, but I threw away another good amount back in the 1980s when I moved for school. I had some cool shirts, which I gave to a friend for an art project. She cut them all up into sort of arts & crafts pieces & then gave them back to me. So I still have several of those pieces, like the irvine meadows city of hope benefit & the hollywood bowl with the palm trees & the tough on toxics benefit & the mulholland tomorrow benefit (I had a lot of shirts with the dates of the gig on them) & several of the really nice bootleg t-shirts they used to sell in the parking lot (you'd buy them as you were sitting in your car waiting for the crowd to exit the lot).

[David]

Originally Posted by Serrart

Interesting question. I know what you mean, when I speak of my love for her music she's definitely perceived as "other", but that isn't a relevant element in my interest for her. The artist she was in seventies and eighties, for instance isn't as intriguing for me (with some exceptions like Storms, That's Alright, Gold Dust Woman, Joan Of Arc) as the artist she became from the mid nineties, because now I find in her music as a composer and as a performer a more nuanced, violent and deep way to talk of feelings, life, other human beings, that put in a less reassuring and more complex light also some of her previous work. Hope it makes sense...

Yes it does. There used to be another fan I knew who lived in Italy. His name was paolo & I once asked him a similar question. I'm interested in hearing how fans think about her in countries where she isn't the huge cultural force.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I think Bekka is probably more practical too. She might be able to fix the lift and get you both out of there.

I'll ask skcin a question now:

If Stevie was playing a stadium gig and Lindsey was playing a tiny club gig on the same night in your town, which would you decide to go to and why?

I was about to type in "the Stevie show, duh" and then I stopped myself. I've seen Stevie solo 4 times, but I've never seen Lindsey solo at all, let alone at a small club. So, although my first instinct was to say Stevie (since I am a bigger fan of hers than LB's) I'd have to go with Lindsey.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

"Hamlets ghost was hillarious"

Ok, my question, Amber,do you make up your stevie related jokes on the spot, or have you thought them up and then posted? I know that I have cracked up afew times, cant think of any now though.

Come on, Amber! Enquiring minds want to know!

[Rickypt]

For Jazmen:

When did you first fall in love with Stevie? Was it her music, voice, and/or persona that captured you?