The doc!!!
 

Your thoughts?!

Loved it......need the other 498.5 hours of footage. Anyone know how to get the film?

I think it was about 10 minutes too short.

I thought it was excellent! It makes me so jealous that I can't start a band and have a blast like they were having. It really looked like a lot of fun. Best FM special I have ever seen!

I thought it was interesting how Everybody Finds Out was being practiced during the tour rehearsals, so maybe, just maybe it will be in the setlist in May! I hope!

It was a little dissapointing that it got you so excited about the tour and then they didn't show you any clips from opening night. Oh well, I guess we will have to wait a few months for the Boston show.

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I really liked the documentary but I do have to admit that I wanted to see a little more drama but Stevie is so darn cute. She just cracks me up and Lindsey is just too much. He is such a hottie though!

I wish they would have had Everybody Finds Out in the set list because that song rocks but maybe they will add it for the tour in May.

I was kinda mad that they didnt show more concert footage. I figured that the documentary would be the full 90 minutes but I think it was only 78 minutes long. I couldnt believe it when the screen went black when they showed them walking up to the stage. They should have showed a couple of songs but it is VH1 so I know I should be glad that I got to see anything.

I think I am going to listen to Say You Will again now. I love that cd.

My favorite part of the whole show was when they worked on "Goodbye Baby," just Stevie and Lindsey. Lindsey was sitting in his chair, playing his guitar, and Stevie was sitting on the couch and singing. All I have to say was, boy, Stevie looked like the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen during that part; she was stunning. I watched it with my mother (I had to go over there because she has a DVD burner) and she turned to me and said "How old is she?!" I told her she'd be 56 in May and she almost **** bricks. :laugh: That was just an awesome part!!!!

AND- they were working on EFO for the stage!!!

The only thing I was disappointed with was that they didn't show any of the viciousness about the album tracks. :(

And Kristen? She came off as a major snob. :nod:

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I know, she is! I loved how she got a talking fish to lighten the mood in the house! And her little talk about how ten year olds don't want to hear 25 songs from a bunch of 50 somethings was really funny and true!

Who's Kristen?

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I felt like screaming at the TV "10 year olds don't want to hear even ONE song from a bunch of fiftysomethings!" :laugh: Where in the hell did she get the idea that 10 year olds would buy their album?!

Liddy's wife.

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I'm only 15 and I stood on line at midnight to buy the album! :laugh: However, that is rare and I was thinking the same thing- no ten year old is going to buy it!

I noticed a couple of times where Kristen was in the documentary but she never really said anything. Of course what would she have to say anyway. I loved the part when they were talking about Thrown Down and Stevie was saying how it was about Lindsey and him saying something to the effect of how he knows the song is about him and that you have to distance yourself from that but you can tell he was flattered by it (as he should be).

Stevie looked really good in this documentary. Her skin looks amazing

I know I'll be in the minority, but I thought it was boring. It's interesting in that we got to see the album being recorded, but it didn't offer what I'd consider new insight into the band. My BIGGEST gripe is that they didn't have enough of John's sarcasm.

She must be friends with Victoria Principal. :laugh:

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seems it should be an interesting show to see from the posts I have read thus far.

Brian j.

I thought it was great....I also thought Stevie looked awesome...very slender and just very happy. Lindsay does seem a bit high maintenance though.

Did you see John's face when Silver Girl was played for the first time? No one liked it, though. I couldn't believe it, there was dead silence when Silver Girl came on and everyone had these blank stares! :laugh:

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It did drag a bit in certain spots and you could tell that they did LOTS of selective editing (they didn't show ANYTHING about the tracklist fights, which they said got very heated), but it was entertaining. All I can say is thank god Chris Lord-Alge didn't mix the album.

Lindsey rolled his eyes very secretly. You're right, they seemed to think it was a real dog.

I thought it was great! Very cool to be a fly on the wall while they argue and sing. And argue. I thought everyone came off fairly well.

My favorite footage was the reheasals for the tour. (Whichever of Stevie's dogs that was there sure did enjoy GYOW!)

I thought the editing was a little choppy. The black fades (which I guess are where commercials will go) were very abrupt. But it was filmed nicely.

My complaint is like everyone elses - more footage! Maybe if there is a DVD we'll get some outtakes. Also, it would have been nice to have seen some full performances (like the Tusk doc) mixed in. And I wish we had seen more songs that didn't make the album. But hey, now I'm nitpicking. :laugh:

Great show! It's a great time to be a Mac fan!

I disagree - I thought they liked it. I liked it, esp. the flute.

I mean LB said - if you keep writing like that we will have a double album.

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What she was saying is that the major record buying demographic is people aged 10-27, not people their age, and that realistically, the band isn't going to be selling albums to the lower half of that age group.

Rewind your tape and watch Lindsey's reaction!!!! ;)

I did. HYe seemed okay.

Also, I loved the recored exec sing along to SYW :laugh:

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Oh well, I will probably just watch it once when I get my copy...I'm not really fond of doctumentaries that show how an album was constructed (Excluding U2's "Unforgettable Fire" which was included on the "go Home..." DVD) because they are usually heavily edited to remove the real interesting/emotional footage.

Oh, I love Silver Girl too, The only reason I mentioned it was because most people hate it. But really, you thought they liked it?

I thought it was interesting but would have like to have seen some more fights too. It must have been really boring for someone who was not a huge fan of the band though.

I'm really hoping that Everybody Finds Out will actually see the light of day on tour. It didn't sound that bad at all and that wasn't even with a full backup band. Also I noticed that they were practicing Illume (it was written on the setlist board).

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Of course not, but 800,000 17-27 year olds didn't buy it, either. I would bet money that thwo-thirds of the people that bought it were middle-aged, classic rock fans. Besides, the whole arguemnt of a double album not being successful is really bull**** these days. It's not the late-seventies where a double album was double the price. It's the new millenium and a double album is the same as a single disc.

Yes, that was a cool moment! Stevie sounded so good. And damn, she looked great throughout the whole thing. Good for her. :laugh:

Yep, the last couple of CDs I bought were 2 discs...not full tracklistings, but bonus discs or DVDs. And they weren't priced any more than a regular CD. So WTF?

Also, what was that Lindsey said about only being paid royalties for 12 songs on an album? Huh? Is that a standard thing or a deal they had worked out or what?

I loved when they were listening to Say You Will on the couch and Stevie said something about it being commerical and then she was like "I am praying to the commercial gods". HA HA, that was too funny!

I was expecting them to cringe or something, but they just sort of sat there. Also, I think that part was havily edited. So, who knows if the parts they showed were the acutal reactions to the songs seen in the previous clips?

Do you think we will ever see the really good footage? I am sure there were some tears shed and some really ugly fights going on. But obviously, they wouldn't want everybody seeing this. Maybe some of this stuff will be leaked some how?

PLEASE DO EVERYBODY FINDS OUT LIVE!:)

We must've watched a different show :laugh: My entire household fell over with laughter when he rolled his eyes. I thought that Mick dug it, but there's no accounting for taste. :laugh:

And I thought that record exec was a hoot :nod:

I was like "light the campfire and we'll roast marshmellows while we sing along! " :laugh:

Of course Mick dug it - he's dig SN reading the phone book if he thought he could sell it :cool:

The Warren Zevon doc was released on DVD with LOTS of extra footage, so cross your fingers.

Please tell me they will completely rework the setlist because I would die if they did Illume! I love that song!

Agreed. Agreed. And Agreed. You? Are currently in my head. That scares me....don't liberal it all up :D <333

This totally exceeded my expectations. It was really amazing to see them in a way in which we never have before. Lindsey set out to humanize them all and I would say that in making this documentary, he's done just that. Not only do I have more of an appreciation for the craft of record making and for the music they have created that become the Say You Will album, but I love them now more than ever. I can't wait to see them again