Fleetwood Mac: Classic or Dud

why do u think we're paying big buxxx 2 c them jeez.

the warning that the top tier of the o2 may not be suitable for those with vertigo made it sound kinda cool actually.

lol at whiney goin in on twitter
"Websites like Pitchfork should be built to destroy Fleetwod Mac, not enforce them."

just done a GIS and it does look p cool. maybe for watching sport rather than fleetwood mac for 85 quid tho?

just watched the VH1 Classic Albums on Rumors...man, felt bad for John McVie, he still seemed haunted by what happened, like some Vietnam vet with PTSD

I would say just catch Lindsey solo

and, um, stevie solo. the dave grohl sound city live shindig was totally worth sitting thru for stevie's headlining set (and a few other wonderful moments).

xp yeah mcvie seems like a dude with regrets on that doc. oh well, he can probably drown his sorrows on his bed made out of diamonds.

he and Mick live on neighbouring Hawaiian islands, he can probably console himself somehow.

Pumped that this rare hard to find record is finally back in print! Can't wait to hear what the hype is about, is it streaming anywhere?

oh i'm sure he's fine, it was just kinda weird in that doc how sad he seemed, but i think that was the first classic albums or close to it, so the stuff was a lot more recent i guess

he was really glum in the rock family trees episode on fleetwood mac, too. still really angry about the guy they had to kick out because he was fucking mick's wife. still really bummed that bob welch left when he did. still really miffed about lindsey leaving after tango.

still destroyed that Christine left him.

I loved Nick's explanation: "Chris and John aren't together because John drinks."

liked jessica hopper's review of this on pitchfork but this was OUT OF LINE:

Two years prior to recording Rumours, though, Fleetwood Mac was approximately nowhere. In order to re-establish the group's flagging stateside reputation, in early 1974 Fleetwood Mac's drummer and band patriarch, Mick Fleetwood, keyboardist/singer Christine McVie, and her husband, bassist John McVie, moved from England to Los Angeles. The quartet was then helmed by their fifth and least-dazzling guitarist, the American Bob Welch.

not cool

give it a couple years, pfork will be giving future games a 10.0 too.

future games is so tight, as is bare trees

"homeward bound" is my fav christine mcvie jam

not to derail but if you guys haven't heard this one, damnnn
http://image.musicimport.biz/sdimages/disk1/464559.jpg

no, but that cover is fucking awesome even if the font reminds me of ten years after for some reason

it's great, super-psyched out hendrix-y/fusion instrumental jams.

If that ever gets a boxset reissue they should use modern photoshop techniques to remove that slice of bright sky above the leopard's neck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDUdM7K9SVk

Future Games is the bomb, as is End of the Game

I have no problems with Future Games, but I'd take Bare Trees over it in a heartbeat.

nah

Dust is a really great song, and there are a couple of others, but there are just some amazing epic melancholia on FG. I need to listen to those records again tho.

The quartet was then helmed by their fifth and least-dazzling guitarist, the American Bob Welch.

God, even when she's writing on a subject I'd normally agree with her on, SHE DOES IT WRONG.

no sentimental lady this jessica hopper

least-dazzling = did not become homeless or was not mentally ill

Um, Welch had his own problems, obviously.

less dazzling than Billy Burnette and Rick Vito?

They wore bolos. How could they not be dazzling?

You know, I love the Bob Welch era, but it's entirely possible that he *was* the least dazzling guitarist. In context, though, I don't know that that's a horrible criticism. My favorite FM album is, for the record, Mystery To Me closely followed by Bare Trees.

he wasn't hired for his guitar heroics tho, he was there for songwriting/front man duties to compliment kirwan

i would certainly rate his contributions way above jeremy spencer's at the very least

complement

I'm thinking Green-->Buckingham-->Kirwan and then I really don't know enough to decide between Welch and Weston and Spencer in terms of guitar playing. But it seems entirely possible that Welch comes in fifth. (My impression is that Weston was pretty hot shit, though I'd have to go back and listen some more...)

Ticket in First 5 Rows
VIP Entry to Venue
VIP Host for the Evening
Meet & Greet with Mick Fleetwood
VIP Q&A with Mick Fleetwood onstage at his Drum Kit
Personal Photo with Mick Fleetwood
Mick Fleetwood VIP Laminate
- $425

Ticket in the First 20 Rows
VIP Entry to Venue
VIP Host for the Evening
Meet & Greet with Mick Fleetwood
VIP Q&A with Mick Fleetwood onstage at his Drum Kit
Personal Photo with Mick Fleetwood
Mick Fleetwood VIP Laminate
- $375

Maybe Lindsay could do one and I could accost him during his guitar Q&A about the domestic violence stuff.

i would certainly rate his contributions way above jeremy spencer's at the very least.

I dunno if I'd agree with this. He's an ok songwriter but guitar-playing-wise Spencer shreds all over his ass.

Spencer's album from last year is pretty great, incidentally.

I'm still p terribly lacking in non Buckingham-Nicks FM knowledge, but listening to Bare Trees for the first time now it's rly good, if not at all vibing with my ideas of it based on the cover. 'Sunny Side of Heaven' is super gorgeous (and most aligned with what I was imagining).

(Also just listened to Peter Green's The End of the Game, amazing Hendrix-beyond-Hendrix jazz-funk-psych blues.)

jamming out to End of the Game right now, and man I am liking it even more than I remembered the last time I gave it a listen. Something about Peter Green's style hits so deep, even in a sort of free form loose jammy context

I'm going to do the meet Mick thing if it becomes available in my town.

It's all about the laminate, baby. But seriously, I will.

mick seems like he would be the most fun

never gotten the sense that i would ever want to be in the same room as lindsay buckingham

Apparently, they're letting fans design the tour poster: http://www.facebook.com/FleetwoodMac/app_288858114510005

Competition seems weak so far. Designy type ilxors should hop on this.

never gotten the sense that i would ever want to be in the same room as lindsay buckingham

yeah dude might be a total musical genius but there is no question in my mind that he is also a humourless psycho

christine mcvie would probably be very polite

Oh man the box set in INCREDIBLE! I don't know much about mastering and all that jazz, but the CD doesn't sound optimal. I got it for the rest of the stuff, and those demos don't disappoint! (Admittedly I've never explored their bootlegs so maybe they are old hat by now). I can't wait to see the DVD, hope it's more of that great behind-the-scenes stuff floating around you tube.

Christine would be polite, offer you a glass of good red wine, listen to you prattle about "Warm Ways," and say, "Alright, love, time for you to get the fuck out."

stevie would offer you a glass of wine, listen to you prattle about the buckingham nicks album, then prattle back to you for two or three hours or until you said, "alright, love, time for me to get the fuck out. and you've got a show to do, don't you?"

Apparently, they're letting fans design the tour poster: Competition seems weak so far

lol go through their fb page's photos for all of the "reimaginings" or w/e of the rumors cover

The band went through so many incarnations they really should be evaluated as three different bands.

I do believe, however, that Peter Green was one of the most expressive blues guitarists and far more emotive than Clapton could ever hope to be.

That's certainly true for the British blues crew. Though Clapton's pre-Cream stuff, what little there is, is worth a listen for sake of comparison.