Favourite Member Of Fleetwood Mac

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.

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

Peter Green... but only just over Christine

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!

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.

lindsey obviously

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.

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.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7813/johnmcvie.jpg

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

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

christine mcvie! best vocals, best lyrics, best songs

Lindsey

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

all the FM albums I mean

christine <3

heard this on the bus this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jwxX4BtRv8

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

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.

;)

Can't decide, didn't vote.

Actually fuck it McVie (J.)

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.

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.

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

cripes

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

both jeremy spencers shutout

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

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

Oh same thing for Billy Burnette.

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!

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.

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

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

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/83/angrymob.jpg

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.”

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

“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?"

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

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?

Bill Berry?

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

farm vs resplendent Hawaiian island

Pizza Hut commercials have helped Ringo

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

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

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.

Los Angeles (CNN) - Fleetwood Mac co-founder John McVie has been diagnosed with cancer, forcing the group to cancel upcoming shows on its world tour.

:(

love the idea that him and Stevie ostensibly hate each other but every once in a while recommend landscapers to each other.