Lindsey Buckingham: C o' D?

love this guy, can't wait to see him

Seeing him tomorrow night!

just out of curiosity - why doesn't pitchfork review Buckingham's records?

when under the skin came out, I actually did write a track review of it, and in fact referenced his weird graduation into indie-godfather-like status...but for the life of me can't seem to find it on the site or google anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlzZlWQKlNY

Ashamed to admit I've never heard one of his solo records. Heard the title track off the new one, though, and it's tres pretty. How likely am I to dig the rest of it?

quite. i think the tunes are as strong as the last two solo ones but i feel this one is his most lyrically weak

After going through all his solo albums, I think Gift of Screws is the strongest. I immediately wanted to listen to it again - i don't think it has a weak song.

And I haven't examined lyrics, but Seeds We Sow is just a gorgeous album to listen to.

All his solo stuff is gorgeous in this manic-Baroque style. A lot of his recent trio but especially the new one, lyrically, veers on new agey/self-helpy territory, but I can set that aside.

I was struck, btw, guitar nerds, how many of the songs he played last night were in open tunings. Like, 90%. Makes his playing that much more mysterious. He brought it, though. Love his totally unassuming trio of anonymous talented guys backing him, who look like he met them in a new dads group or at the local block garage band.

Out of the Cradle is still my favorite.

There are not enough hearts in the world to express my love for Stevie and Christine in that "Second Hand News" vid posted above.

Mmmbop.

Listened to the new album twice through, and its gorgeous. So this is what I've been missing by ignoring solo Buckingham?

yes, and more.

D.W. Suite. Expansive. I like it.

new one is really good, I like out of the cradle a lot as well.

it's good? i buy, then.

that's the way love goes sounds like a rumors era vintage fleetwood track w/ slightly more modern production

Love solo Lindsey a lot, don't misconstrue this. But has anyone else noticed how the tracks with Mick Fleetwood and that guesting are by far the best ones?

Yep.

Also not to be contentious but if any of the tracks from any of LB's solo records were transplanted into Rumours they'd be by far the worst on it. I mean there's good and then there's good, no?

I dunno. All of Lindsey's solo stuff on "Tusk" is awesome.

http://thefalconsnest.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/lindseybuck260811_w.jpg

What's up with the clinically-depressed Metalunan Blue Steel look in every photo for the past decade?

haha

The man is tan and taut.

I am in the throes of Linndrum fun these days in my studio -- and am really enjoying the hell out of Go Insane, which is almost all Lindsey alone, btw.

Further listening to Go Insane reveals that the first side is loaded with tunes that would've made for a damned good Fleetwood Mac record. If you put aside the Fairlight/Linndrum production, "I Must Go" would've fit right in on Tusk. The harmonies on "I Want You" make it sound like a full-on Rumours cut. In fact, given that he did almost this entire record on his own, I think you you can safely say that a bunch of the tunes on Rumours had Lindsey singing harmony with himself.

I downloaded the album during the holiday break and liked it too, especially "I Want You." I'd heard the startling remake of the title track before the original version; it sounds like a 15th century madrigal or something.

after reading ^ I pulled this out of the cassette box and put it on repeat. Play in the Rain is properly spooky, kinda reminds me of Byrne/Eno Qu'ran

I am in the throes of Linndrum fun these days in my studio -- and am really enjoying the hell out of /Go Insane/, which is almost all Lindsey alone, btw.

I stand by my earlier comments -- Go Insane has some of his tastiest solo tunes. For those upthread who lament that Buck's solo career lacks the tunes and gonzo production touches of his Tusk/Mirage FM stuff, this is the one to dig out.

on some other thread i totally stan for go insane and probably mention the audacity of ending your first side with a locked groove

lol it's this very thread

I would recommend newbies start with "Out of the Cradle."

I've been so hung up on the title track of Go Insane that I don't think I've ever really spun the whole album. Will do today.

Jealous of you getting to experience it for the first time! Tell me "Slow Dancing" doesn't make you want to sing "Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band, though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXTr3e0VPNc&feature=player_embedded

I saw him last night! Great seats too: fifth row center. More artists should perform 80-minute sets. The highlights: "Trouble," "Bleed to Love Her," and "Go Your Own Way."

Did he play "Holiday Road?" He did the last couple of times I've seen him with a band.

Nope, alas.

Has anyone listened to this? http://www.lindseybuckingham.com/news/109831

Parts of "Play in the Rain" sound like "Get Ur Freak On".

?!?!?!!?!??!?!?!!!!!!

Okay, so the other day "Trouble" came to mind and I was all "Hmm, I should relisten" just now. So I did a YT search and the official video, which I knew nothing about, came up and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d1guIZZNbM

The opening ten seconds alone. If you had told me this was a modern day parody of the place/time/style, I would have completely believed you. Also as Simon Price said on Facebook, "Everyone in that video is on the most cocaine in history."

According to Wikipedia, Walter Egan, Bob Welch, Dwight Twilley, Jimmy Iovine, and Andy Ward (the drummer from Camel) are in the video. Anybody recognize anybody else?

Ha. Um yes.

Story I've always heard (probably from wikipedia or fleetwoodmacapedia) is that Mick recorded a drum track that LB used only like 2.9 seconds of and looped it for the whole damn song.

Andy Ward plays with the Bevis Frond now.

Lots of good tunes he wrote..

And why on earth does the entire 3-CD version of the new Best Of contain only one song from Law and Order? The other solo albums contribute a minimum of 5 songs each--Out of the Cradle get 10!

STEREOGUM: Why only one song from Law And Order on this compilation?

BUCKINGHAM: There are other songs that I enjoy, but as I was listening to them as I was trying to make them work in the context of a larger body of work, they just didn’t seem to want to go on there. Again, completely subjective and perhaps maybe I have a bad attitude about that album. I mean, I wanted the anthology to have a certain elevated tone that had a level of sincerity to it. I think much of Law And Order doesn’t speak in a sincere way. It speaks more in an ironic way, a tongue in cheek way.

Lord knows Buckingham is never camp.