Favourite Member Of Fleetwood Mac

Shoulda included Harold.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 September 2010 14:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

I voted for Nicks. The others are good, but she's weird.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 September 2010 14:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

i just spent twn minutes searching for a jpeg of harold. let me tell you, if you GIS "fleetwood mac" "dildo" you get some pretty hardcore results.

― the cusses of 2 live crew (stevie), Monday, 20 September 2010 14:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

can't decide which jeremy spencer to vote for

― morbid lolz via suicide (buzza), Monday, 20 September 2010 14:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

Should have included Kirby Gregory.

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 14:36 (2 years ago) Permalink

Seriously, I think I like "Why did you do it" more than any other Fleetwood Mac track, including "Tusk"

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 14:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

Stevie vs. Peter Green

― i wish them hell and happiness (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 20 September 2010 14:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

can't decide which jeremy spencer to vote for

DAMMIT

new thread, or do jeremy's fans agree to vote only the first Jeremy?

― the cusses of 2 live crew (stevie), Monday, 20 September 2010 14:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

He was never the same....

Actually, the second one was the one that did "Somebody's gonna get their head kicked in tonite", how about that?

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 14:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

There are some days I could listen to just Christine McVie songs. What a ho.

― kkvgz, Monday, 20 September 2010 14:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

Lindsey. Any one of The Five would be an acceptable answer though. I'd maybe even narrow that down to one of The Three, but Mick's such a rascal.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 20 September 2010 15:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

One of the three?

"Peter Green's"
"Fleetwood"
"Mac"

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 15:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

Lindsey for his insistence that the band not make 'Rumours vol. 2'.

― Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Monday, 20 September 2010 15:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

Heh. I meant the two Jeremy Spencers and "Rick Vito" obviously.

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 20 September 2010 15:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

Peter Green. Though I really like Buckingham as a guitar player.

― EZ Snappin, Monday, 20 September 2010 15:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

I really liked the Oh Well Part Two.

Not Peter Green, I know, but wiki tells me nothing.

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 15:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

i think oh well pt 2 *is peter green?

― the cusses of 2 live crew (stevie), Monday, 20 September 2010 15:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

Lindsey is a hell of a guitar player. Is it like a "challop" to find him kind of annoyingly insincere and creepy in terms of his personal manner though?

― Rocky's Banter Cruise (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 20 September 2010 15:43 (2 years ago) Permalink

i like his sincerity, i don't find him annoying or creepy, but ymmv and happy trails to you

― the cusses of 2 live crew (stevie), Monday, 20 September 2010 15:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

my brain says lindsey, my heart says stevie, my gut says the two guys who the band is named for. i think the rhythm section elevated this weird collective of smart singer-songwriters into something much more than a weird collective of smart singer-songwriters.

― fact checking cuz, Monday, 20 September 2010 15:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

Peter Green – vocals, guitar, harmonica, violoncello on "Oh Well, Pt. 2"[2]
Danny Kirwan – vocals, guitar
John McVie – bass guitar
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion
Jeremy Spencer – piano on "Oh Well" {Pt 2}
Additional Personnel

Christine Perfect – piano (uncredited)[3]
Big Walter Horton – harmonica (uncredited)
Sandra Elsdon – recorders on "Oh Well (Pt 2)" (uncredited)[4]

This is the closest I have got to 'credits', I'm certain that it's Danny Kirwain who did the majority of OhWellPart2, but remained uncredited.

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 15:48 (2 years ago) Permalink

there's something in mick fleetwood's biog about it, but a) my copy is lent out, b) i can't remember the exact details and c) i got the impression mick's recall was a little sketchy/impressionistic throughout. a great read, though, and it makes you love him just a bit more, even though he's a pretty awful self-obsessed goof at times.

― the cusses of 2 live crew (stevie), Monday, 20 September 2010 15:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

voted christine, the poor thing

― are you interested in getting into a detailed car with me here? (goole), Monday, 20 September 2010 15:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

^^^^^ sorely missed on the otherwise excellent Say You Will.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 September 2010 15:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

Say You Will *is* really good, isn't it? Far too long though - she'd've broken it up nicely (turned it into a triple!)

― Ismael Klata, Monday, 20 September 2010 16:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

Her presence would have forced the excision of several blah Buckingham and Nicks songs.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 September 2010 16:27 (2 years ago) Permalink

Should vote Lindsay, voted Stevie.

― The Rich Man's 8-Track (u s steel), Monday, 20 September 2010 17:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

stevie stevie stevie

― horseshoe, Monday, 20 September 2010 18:24 (2 years ago) Permalink

nix nix nix

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 19:50 (2 years ago) Permalink

^^^^^ sorely missed on the otherwise excellent Say You Will.

Made more cruel by her audible presence in a lot of the Buckingham songs on that record.

― Brad Nelson (BradNelson), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 07:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

I always get confused and think Stevie is the man and Lindsay is the woman.

― Moka, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 07:30 (2 years ago) Permalink

LB

― pig on wheels (electricsound), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 08:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

Lindsey w/o a second thought.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:14 (2 years ago) Permalink

Christine. Her material is always underrated on ILM in all the pre-poll results banter but usually finishes at/near the top.

― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 17:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

if I made a fleetwood mac pox stevie would probably do the best, but voted buck

― iatee, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 17:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

i mean, i just wanna spread it around a little, so i voted for bob welch, because FUTURE GAMES is a really important song to remember here. i could have easily voted for peter green, mick fleetwood, christine mcvie, lindsey buckingham, or stevie nicks, though.

― 69, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

my brain says lindsey, my heart says stevie, my gut says the two guys who the band is named for. i think the rhythm section elevated this weird collective of smart singer-songwriters into something much more than a weird collective of smart singer-songwriters.

― fact checking cuz, Monday, September 20, 2010 3:46 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

^^a really important point

― 69, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

Mick and John really do deserve some credit for keeping the thing going. Seems like there were a few different periods where they could have hung it up, but they didn't.

― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

If this poll had a right answer the band would be way less interesting.

― bike chain dust? (lukas), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

Favourite Member of T-Rex

― Mark G, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

Most hated member of Simply Red

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

Pretty hard to get past the Stevie/Lindsay/Christine triumvirate, and I'm not voting for him, but can I just...

― Overblown 80's Gated Snore (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 18:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 23:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

Lindsey Buckingham for his insane banjo-esque fingerpicking skills and confident tenor (I do not include his weird warbling on the reunion album)

― u r no man, take the balls (San Te), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 23:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

Lindsey

― If you want me to "get there," pay attention to my angina (WmC), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 23:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

mcvie!

― swvl, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 00:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

er christine that is

― swvl, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 00:25 (2 years ago) Permalink

lindsey

― SYNTAX ERROR (remy bean), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

Well, Welch was in charge for my favorite album of theirs (M2M) and Kirwan was in charge for my second favorite (BT). Probably have to go with Kirwan, as he seems kind of crucial in helping them bridge the gap from blues to...other stuff.

― dlp9001, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

And "Dust" is possibly the single best song they ever did...

― dlp9001, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

Peter Green... but only just over Christine

― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

This is the closest I have got to 'credits', I'm certain that it's Danny Kirwain who did the majority of OhWellPart2, but remained uncredited.

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 15:48 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Funnily enough, over the weekend "Oh Well" was on TOTP2, and you can see it's Danny Kirwain taking the majority of the solos on Part1 as well!

― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

Her presence would have forced the excision of several blah Buckingham and Nicks songs.

I bet Say You Will is one of those albums where everyone says "oh there's filler" but everyone means different songs.

― Tim F, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 11:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

lindsey obviously

― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

well I love Stevie's songs in FM, but don't have time for her solo stuff...and Peter Green is a great guitar player, but I never liked Then Play On...fuck it, I'm voting John McVie.

― Dirt to Iron Man: "Suck it" (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 13:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'm expecting John to get short-changed here. There seems to be no particular reason to pick him. You dig the r&b roots rhythm section? Vote for Mick, he's a bit more showy. Enjoy the melodic, driving chug? Vote for Lindsey's rhythm playing. Intrigued by the emotional turmoil? Go for any of the others. Want to pay tribute to the early days? Got to be Peter Green. Etc etc. John seems to be best at hiding baldness and having a red nose.

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 13:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 13:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

on that recent bbc doc on the mac, the one where he's wearing whit UGGs, he comes across a bit tragic

― beef lamp (stevie), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:15 (2 years ago) Permalink

Actually John would be my 2nd choice, his tone is enormous.

― In "Bob" There Is No East or West (WmC), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

christine mcvie! best vocals, best lyrics, best songs

― max, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

Lindsey

― da croupier, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

I mean I still check out his solo stuff, own all the albums he's on

― da croupier, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

all the FM albums I mean

― da croupier, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

christine <3

― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

heard this on the bus this morning:

― raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

bassist solidarity fuck you Ismael!!!! John is very much responsible for making Dreams one of the greatest songs ever!

― drown sandwich (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

Uh? I like John, I play bass myself, I love his work. In 'The Chain' he's got one of the all-time moments. All time! I'm not going down as a hater on a FM thread, no way.

― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

;)

― drown sandwich (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:16 (2 years ago) Permalink

Can't decide, didn't vote.

― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

Actually fuck it McVie (J.)

― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

John is very much responsible for making Dreams one of the greatest songs ever!

not what I meant; I meant second most responsible after Stevie...his basslines play a huge part in that song imo.

also Ismael OTM about The Chain.

― drown sandwich (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:19 (2 years ago) Permalink

I guess I'll go for Christine McVie, because she wrote most of the best songs on "Tango In The Night".

Dave Mason has made the best music, but that was with Traffic in 1967 and I would say that doesn't count.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 19:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 23:01 (2 years ago) Permalink

cripes

― hypnopriapism (electricsound), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 23:03 (2 years ago) Permalink

The purists who prefer their 60s work are not around here, obv...

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 23:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

both jeremy spencers shutout

― -hot-dean ge-fever- (buzza), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 23:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

LB = SN + 33? There's some faulty math for ya...

― drown sandwich (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 23:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

Poor Jeremy Spencer. He didn't get a single vote even tho he appears twice on the poll.

― Moka, Thursday, 30 September 2010 01:37 (2 years ago) Permalink

Oh same thing for Billy Burnette.

― Moka, Thursday, 30 September 2010 01:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

wow LB by a landslide! I voted for him, but am surprised. this poll is good, because FM were definitely a *band* comprised of separate personalities-- emphasizing one over another really does change the equation, and maybe says something about you in the process! like a facebook quiz!

― Dominique, Thursday, 30 September 2010 02:57 (2 years ago) Permalink

Seriously, I think I like "Why did you do it" more than any other Fleetwood Mac track, including "Tusk"

― Mark G, Monday, 20 September 2010 14:37 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Do I take it back and like "Oh Well" more?

I think I do.

― Mark G, Thursday, 30 September 2010 08:11 (2 years ago) Permalink

Awesome showing for Christine McVie. Really glad to see dudes turn out and vote for her.

― haircrüt 100 (kkvgz), Thursday, 30 September 2010 08:42 (2 years ago) Permalink

Think the guy's a talent and all that but the ILM hero worship of Lindsey B. is kind of embarrassing

― Tom A. (Tom B.) (Tom C.) (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 September 2010 10:40 (2 years ago) Permalink

― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 30 September 2010 10:55 (2 years ago) Permalink

Fine long interview with Mick. Sad Mick is sad!

“The news that this tour might never happen was devastating to me,” Fleetwood says. “We have been through so many ups and downs and false starts that, really, it’s almost a part of our process. Nearly every Fleetwood Mac album going back to the mid-1980s began as a Lindsey Buckingham solo project that we’d all end up playing on, until before our eyes it was transformed into a Fleetwood Mac album.”

This time was different, however, even though the motions, at first, seemed to be the same. “We all played on both Lindsey’s and Stevie’s records, so I thought nothing had changed. But as time stretched on, something didn’t feel right. Still, I was not prepared for that blow: essentially the realization that I no longer had a band. I’ve had a band—this band—since 1967. With all else coming apart in my life, it was not something I was prepared to stomach. But like the other guys, I’m getting over it.” He takes another of the long, thoughtful pauses that characterize his speech. Fleetwood is a man who talks easily, but before he says anything of significance, he weighs his words deliberately, his dulcet baritone rolling out in crisp, clipped King’s English. “The act of getting over this shock has proven to be a great catalyst in changing my life for the first time in decades. It inspired me to say, finally, ‘Enough is enough.’ For the first time ever I have refused to do what I’ve done in the past—anything it took to make a Fleetwood Mac album and tour happen. I was always the one to jump through hoops, to get down and beg, to play the fool or be as charming as I could. I literally did whatever was needed to keep the band moving forward. But not anymore.”

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 17 March 2012 20:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

It's starting to seem like we'll soon have to refer to Fleetwood Mac in the past tense.... :-(

― everything else is secondary (Lee626), Sunday, 18 March 2012 13:41 (1 year ago) Permalink

“It is certainly a blow to all of us financially,” Fleetwood says wryly. “I don’t care what you have and what money means to you, we’re talking about a very sizable, profitable tour. We’re talking about being paid well to do something that, unless I’ve misread things in this band for the past 30 years, we all love to do, because we’ve continued to do it even during our most difficult times individually and as a group. As a band we don’t work very often, so we never became some big moneymaking machine like the Eagles. The Eagles are absolutely brilliant—they work relentlessly, they put on a great show and they have all the money in the world to prove it. We just never fucking did that.” He turns to look down the mountain at Maalaea Harbor, resplendent in the afternoon sun. “Fleetwood Mac could have been that and still could be today if we choose to, but we’re not and we won’t. Instead we are the worst-run franchise in the rock-and-roll business.”

"more truffle fries, mick?"

― da croupier, Sunday, 18 March 2012 14:57 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah that was the interview's "'I got that kike by the balls,'" said Lou Reed, who is Jewish himself" moment.

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 March 2012 14:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

mick's gotta be in the top 5 "moneymaking machine" non-singing drummers of rock, right? charlie watts, lars...who else has a lockdown on more green than him?

― da croupier, Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:00 (1 year ago) Permalink

Bill Berry?

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

even if bill has a little more songwriting royalties coming his way, guessing the last few fleetwood reunion tours since bill left REM would put mick over him

― da croupier, Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

farm vs resplendent Hawaiian island

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

Pizza Hut commercials have helped Ringo

― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

he also sings more than he drums at this point (we're also not going to count dave g, don h and phil c)

― da croupier, Sunday, 18 March 2012 15:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

he should reunite the original line-up and do a tour of nursing homes and mental institutions

― buzza, Sunday, 18 March 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink

Hereby bumping this because the FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS POLL will launch in the very near future... This favorite-member poll was so difficult, I can barely fathom how difficult narrowing down my list of favorite songs will be.

― Clarke B., Monday, 11 June 2012 15:21 (11 months ago) Permalink