Conversation w/ LB in NYC - on sale now

[AbbiJoy78]

OMG!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe I only decided FRIDAY to go up for this, unknowing of what would happen to me in just a few hours --- that I would meet Lindsey Buckingham and get a hug and kiss from him and get my "Out of The Cradle" poster flat (the close up of his sexy face pic) signed to me personally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am trying to keep up with all the posts, have to go back and read some, but I just wanted to check in after I've come down from my high and say that it was so nice to meet some of you and a very special shout out to ELLE!! We rocked side by side together at his Red Bank show Thurs. night, and then spotted each other the next night at the 92 Y event. She pointed out to me who everyone was and that was very nice. Thanks for making me feel welcome.

What an experience. I am SO glad that I went, because let's face it, this opportunity was so rare and we may never get anything like it again!!!

I'm just floating right now!!!!!!!!!!!!
xxoo

[Nico]

Ok...seething with jealousy over here.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

and he did mention Katy Perry and fast corrected him self that he actually likes her in real life and doesn't have anything against her,

Oh no. Now, the poor guy can no longer diss Katy Perry. What's the world coming to? To have grown up as one of 3 boys, women sure have come in and ruined Lindsey's life from then on out.

Michele

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by AbbiJoy78

OMG!!!!!!!!! I cannot believe I only decided FRIDAY to go up for this, unknowing of what would happen to me in just a few hours --- that I would meet Lindsey Buckingham and get a hug and kiss from him and get my "Out of The Cradle" poster flat (the close up of his sexy face pic) signed to me personally!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am trying to keep up with all the posts, have to go back and read some, but I just wanted to check in after I've come down from my high and say that it was so nice to meet some of you and a very special shout out to ELLE!! We rocked side by side together at his Red Bank show Thurs. night, and then spotted each other the next night at the 92 Y event. She pointed out to me who everyone was and that was very nice. Thanks for making me feel welcome.

What an experience. I am SO glad that I went, because let's face it, this opportunity was so rare and we may never get anything like it again!!!

I'm just floating right now!!!!!!!!!!!!
xxoo

Okay, this is amazing. Congrats!

[bucklind17]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Oh no. Now, the poor guy can no longer diss Katy Perry. What's the world coming to? To have grown up as one of 3 boys, women sure have come in and ruined Lindsey's life from then on out.

Michele

I'd really like him to be able to honestly say what he thinks about the current state of Top 40. Maybe I was reading far too into it, but I got the impression he was saying he liked Katy Perry so as not to say he didn't and then be held to that later.

[elle]

Originally Posted by bucklind17

I'd really like him to be able to honestly say what he thinks about the current state of Top 40. Maybe I was reading far too into it, but I got the impression he was saying he liked Katy Perry so as not to say he didn't and then be held to that later.

i think he was saying that b/c he probably knows her. remember she was at that bag charity thing at his house that his wife organized...

[elle]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

Okay, this is amazing. Congrats!

and we already observed he blew you an unsolicited kiss as he was leaving the place!

[elle]

Originally Posted by AbbiJoy78

it was so nice to meet some of you and a very special shout out to ELLE!! We rocked side by side together at his Red Bank show Thurs. night, and then spotted each other the next night at the 92 Y event. She pointed out to me who everyone was and that was very nice. Thanks for making me feel welcome.

ooooh, that's so nice of you - it was great meeting you too - both days!! always wonderful to welcome another lindsey fan (or as Mimi would say, another buckhead )

[Regina]

Originally Posted by elle

oh and at the end - when the guitar was being re-tuned again for BL, and host was done with all audience questions he selected to ask, it looked like LB felt that it's his turn to make a conversation b/c he was supposed to be playing BL and there was a wait instead so he started talking to the host like he came to have a coffee in his living room:

"so... it was so great to see you again!" then he grabbed host's water bottle, turned it around and commented how he finds it interesting/funny that they had to cover the label on the bottle and host responded trying to make some half joke about being contractually obligated to drink different water...

Ha! I remember that! It was actually pretty funny. Like he was trying to put the host at ease because there was nothing much more to say. I thought...why isn't he just reading another question. He had a stack of about 40 of them there.

And the backpedaling on Katy Perry was cute, too. He was trying to say he liked her but, at the same time, it sounded like very faint praise in comparison to the lofty ideals of music he was trying to get across.

[london]

Originally Posted by elle

i will start describing yesterday in no particular order, and then i will continue with this some time tomorrow... so part 1:

my convo story actually starts the night before. as lindsey was leaving the Count Basie theater in Red Bank, we could see a small rollaway suitcase and a guitar being carried into the minivan as he was being whisked away to NYC with a small entourage of about 3 other people (next day he had the VH1 thing in the morning and Q&A/convo in the evening). we thought it was encouraging to see the guitar being packed in the van b/c that was giving some hope he might play a song or 2 during the convo event (figured it would probably be SWS).

so now to friday: as london and i were calmly sitting in the restaurant truefaith had reserved for dinner, decided to check twitter and the ledge to see whether there are any changes of plans for dinner or any other things we might want to know... so opened the ledge and you all know what was there (thanks again gypsy for letting us all know the event had turned into a GA!!). so we finished our drinks in a hurry and went immediately to the Y. pattie and alex were already there, so they were first in line, and london and i were right behind them...soon enough amlyn, mezzoforte, fumi, and others showed up, all hurrying from various parts of town. truefaith - tried to call you to let you know we will not be going for dinner before the event but you were not answering your phone... so fumi went to get you!

i think we ended up waiting from about 5 or 5:30pm and they let us in ~7:30 maybe? gave us cards for questions and most of our people who made it to the line early took up the first row on the right side (side where lindsey was sitting).

there were two short introductions that everybody was hoping were going to get out of the way fast... when lindsey and interviewer came out it was clear that they knew each other very well, so there was a nice warm interaction and a lot of respect between them.

lindsey was in a good mood, very relaxed. when i listened to first few questions and his responses i was thinking - oh good, he's getting small machine/big machine and all the usual stuff out of the way fast right at the beginning and then we'll see what they'll discuss next. the jest of what he was saying is the same as what he usually says, but he was sooooo relaxed and joking around so much and adding little details and snipes or making light with some gesture or tone of voice of certain statements that it felt so different from his usual remarks and completely natural.

when asked about rumours era recording experience he said how stevie and christine were egging each other on about being unhappy with their respective relationships and leaving him and JMV and that if SN and CM weren't together in the similar situation maybe those relationships could've still been salvaged or at least dragged on for a while longer. he also said that his and stevie's relationship was on the rocks for a while before that, that she was moving away from him and the way it sounded was like he's thinking he was gonna be dumped sooner or later anyway.

he said that of course mick "only wanted me, right?" to the audience - as a joke.

he also said stevie and he are now in a very good place with each other after spending some time together towards the end of her album recording, and that it is unbelievable that they are still working on their sh*t (that's on the recording).

when asked about BN album, he said that it's frankly ridiculous that they still didn't put it out; he said he can't say when they might put it out and have an "event" that their managers think they should have in order to put it out (somebody yelled - 40 years in 2013), and that he really shouldn't be saying anything b/c it will get blown out and stevie will get mad at him.

interviewer noted after lindsey describing his and SN's and MF's "people" all convening and making decisions on FM or BN or whatever that it sounds kinda like a business or a corporate world...

he talked about his family and being a parent, again with just a touch of what he usually says about it, but adding that he didn't realize at first when meeting his now-wife that this is his chance but he finally got smart and has 3 kids now, after he started late, meeting his wife in his mid-40s and having kids later. he said one thing about that is that it makes him think how oooold he's going to be (he emphasized old with a deep voice and a rolleye or something to that effect) when the last one finishes high school.

he said that he was not informed properly about how this event is going to go and that somebody on his team will hear from him later about that - he was making a face / tone of voice like he's scolding a child - same with the guitar not being tuned properly.

watching him tune his guitar was mesmerizing - you can't get any feeling of it from the recording! he was clearly pissed about it and kept tuning it / turning all the various knobs furiously fast - it was just un-be-lie-va-ble to watch right in front of you!! all that while he was trying to make some small talk and look all relaxed about it but once interviewer pointed out how LB is obviously not happy about the tuning situation you could notice that really being the case... then when he started RAB it was clear that alone - hearing RAB live for the 1st time ever after all the requests - would be worth 5X the price of admission!!!!!

oh, gypsy told us before the Q&A started that LB will be signing CDs outside the room afterwards. btw the room where event was moved holds maybe about 200-300 seats, and it was pretty much full - with what looked like a good majority of mostly hardcore lindsey fans (who else would know about it - there was practically NO advertising of this event besides few tweets and my thread about it here), many of whom traveled from at least NJ or CT or Philly for the evening.

(interestingly, abyjoy who's one of the newest ledgies was sitting right next to me in Red Bank, and then we properly met at the Y - that was really cool!! )

Fantastic review, elle! You captured the excitement of the evening perfectly! I had SUCH a good time seeing you and Amy again, good talking with Pattie and Ed again, and meeting Grace and Mimi and the others whose names escape me at the moment -
I'm still riding a HIGH from Lindsey's conversation, his incredible acoustic performances, and the unbelievable good fortune of meeting Lindsey at the signing!!! Wishing for tour dates in 2012. Can't wait to gather again!

[london]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

I recorded audio for about half an hour of this. Sorry, folks--didn't realize it'd stopped recording! Better than nothing.

I had such a great time last night. Lindsey was funny and charming and only mentioned big machine/little machine once! I was very impressed.
I saw Ledgies I knew well, and had the pleasure of meeting a few new ones. Special shout-outs to Elle and Melissa, who Ed and I had dinner with. It's always interesting when Stevie and Lindsey fans collide!

Now, I'm completely computer illiterate and have never uploaded to MediaFire before, so let me know if these don't work.

Part 1
Part 2 (includes "Rock Away Blind")
Part 3
Part 4

Hi! I enjoyed meeting you, as well, and what a nice surprise finding your audio here! THANKS for sharing!
Great conversation over a good meal is always memorable. Thanks for schooling me on Thai.

[london]

Originally Posted by vivfox

With Grace's kind permission I transferred these files to MP3 for those who cannot play MP4 files.

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AA.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?udv73bfv55gwlob

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AB.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?3bdyiftarp3sv55

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AC.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?100pyhwdkjvkvv9

Lindsey-NYC-Nov 4,2011AD.mp3
http://www.mediafire.com/?m4yd2r9bwhvlh2y

Big hug for transferring to MP3!

[london]

Originally Posted by Amlyn

I had just about picked my jaw off the floor, when he came out with the "Stevie moved away from me....I NEVER moved away from her."

And then i reached out to pick up my jaw again.

"Stevie moved away from me....I NEVER moved away from her." All these years later and he still seemed so vulnerable. That was intense!

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by london

Big hug for transferring to MP3!

Right back at cha babe.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by london

"Stevie moved away from me....I NEVER moved away from her." All these years later and he still seemed so vulnerable. That was intense!

Reminds me of Stevie saying on The Chris Isaak Show that the first thing she did when they got money was to move into her own apartment ... and then 6 months later Lindsey moved in.