story about Christine leaving FM (told by SN yesterday)

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

you know, i was listening to that and thinking - really? it's ALL about how it looks [on the stage]? not how it sounds?? some strange thinking for a musician.

Well, she's not a musician. Michele

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Well, she's not a musician. Michele

how do you mean?

didn't she give advice to any budding musicians during that q&a yesterday how there's no reason to learn guitar or piano b/c look how good she's doing with just barely knowing several chords.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by elle

how do you mean?

didn't she give advice to any budding musicians during that q&a yesterday how there's no reason to learn guitar or piano b/c look how good she's doing with just barely knowing several chords.

Her advise obviously makes no sense for just regular musicians. However, it has pertinence to songwriters certainly. It's not about how much you know but how you use what you do know.

[elle]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Her advise obviously makes no sense for just regular musicians. However, it has pertinence to songwriters certainly. It's not about how much you know but how you use what you do know.

i think she didn't mean to say what actually came out.

she was probably trying to say something that lindsey always says - how he never learned to play guitar in a proper way or to read music, but that helped him to be more inventive b/c he knew of no rules to follow.

i'm not sure that it helps anybody - musicians or songwriters - if someone says to them something like "no reason to learn anything" - which is what she basically said. what she probably meant to say was something like "just follow your instincts". but who knows, i'm not good at stevie-speak or looking at the world through chiffon . a lot of what she says sounds kinda oblivious and out-of-touch to me.

[elle]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Her advise obviously makes no sense for just regular musicians. However, it has pertinence to songwriters certainly. It's not about how much you know but how you use what you do know.

love it when you talk lindsey-speak to me!

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by elle

love it when you talk lindsey-speak to me!

Tried to translate best I could.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by elle

love it when you talk lindsey-speak to me!

isn't that weird??? lol

[aleuzzi]

Thanks for this. I'm not surprised by any of the information except that both Christine and Lindsey were upset for not winning the grammy. Well, I say, you should've put together a package that wasn't 95% nostalgia--largely for a grammy you won in 1977. As good as it was to see the band do that TV concert and as fine as it was to hear them sing those songs again, the best moments of that recording are when they break new ground: the four new songs intrigued me, as did the re-arrangements of "Big Love" and "Say You Love Me." "Silver Springs" is an outstanding re-interpretation of the original. The rest is pretty much re-treading very old, tired ground.

I was annoyed that James Taylor won the grammy that year. His album was likewise the same old thing. Paula Cole (remember her?) should have won for This Fire.

When the Rumours line-up reconvened in 1997, they could have done it right. Instead, they chose to make big, comparatively easy money. No innovation. I was thrilled to see them again, but I admire SYW and ITM far more than that recording. And kudos for Stevie for the new (ish) album, since it shows her growth as a performer and composer.

[Josh2003]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Thanks for this. I'm not surprised by any of the information except that both Christine and Lindsey were upset for not winning the grammy. Well, I say, you should've put together a package that wasn't 95% nostalgia--largely for a grammy you won in 1977. As good as it was to see the band do that TV concert and as fine as it was to hear them sing those songs again, the best moments of that recording are when they break new ground: the four new songs intrigued me, as did the re-arrangements of "Big Love" and "Say You Love Me." "Silver Springs" is an outstanding re-interpretation of the original. The rest is pretty much re-treading very old, tired ground.

I was annoyed that James Taylor won the grammy that year. His album was likewise the same old thing. Paula Cole (remember her?) should have won for This Fire.

When the Rumours line-up reconvened in 1997, they could have done it right. Instead, they chose to make big, comparatively easy money. No innovation. I was thrilled to see them again, but I admire SYW and ITM far more than that recording. And kudos for Stevie for the new (ish) album, since it shows her growth as a performer and composer.

But when they *did* do something new (Say You Will), they didn't even get a nomination. The Dance was perfect for getting the Grammy, and came as close as anything FM had done since Rumours.