Fleetwood Mac: Classic or Dud

where? iTunes?

Yep. Two Buckingham, one Nicks.

Buckingham-Nicks musical collab is approx. 45 yrs old now. So is Fleetwood-McVie.

Just thought I'd point that out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzZCoe38_hM

That exchange may be the all-time greatest moment from Mighty Boosh

That and the 'Gary Numan vs. Jazz-Funk' exchange.

aaah i love that Tusk bit

A terrific recent Nicks interview. Has she ever sounded this perceptive and healthy? Note how she and a fan break down thinking of each other's moms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXg2kZV8-6s

Ooh, will watch asap

on record store day a woman picked up tusk and asked the guy she was with if it was good and he said, in an authoritative tone, "it's a late work, but i think some people consider it to be good." some people.

someone introduce lindsey to a graphic designer pls

"it's a late work, but i think some people consider it to be good."

BAAAARFF

as if there are "some people" for whom the song Sara means nothing.

idk, you overhear a lot of weird things on record store day

that's alllllll for everyoooonee

What makes think you're the one who can record store day without cryin?

"it's a late work, but i think some people consider it to be good."

why do people who don't have any opinions still feel the need to have and share an opinion?

yeah OMG i cant believe someone had an opinion on a record and responded to a direct question about said record with the opinion

it's not really an opinion, is it, though? it says nothing.

It's not an opinion -- it's the floundering of a dude who steals his expertise from what he reads who can't remember what he read about the record in question.

Note how she and a fan break down thinking of each other's moms.

OK, haven't watched this yet, but I will when I get a chance. But the situation reminds me of this Nicks radio interview she did in the late 80s. They were taking phone calls from listeners and this young woman calls in like "my best friend is dying in the hospital and she's a huge Stevie Nicks fan, will you come out and visit her." And Nicks respectfully declined, but she was obviously totally shook up by the request. It made me think about all the weighty emotional stuff that people probably share with musicians or other celebrities and entertainers that they feel some sort of deep connection to. I know even smaller indoor artists get more of this kind of contact than they can stand sometimes, but I'd bet that Nicks might attract this line of outreach, even moreso than lots of other mega celebrities.

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/27/christine_mcvie_reunites_with_fleetwood_mac_to_play_dont_stop/

awww, Christine played "Don't Stop" with the Mac last nite

Ah, if it was "You Make Loving Fun" she sang then I would have really kicked myself for not going.

She was on again tonight. Wiped away a tear thinking it might be the last time ever.

how were they overall? two weeks till i see em in paris, just gone with some mac-esque decadence and booked my 36 quid megabus return.

omigod McVie's voice is just about intact, i.e. still able to project the emotions of those songs

I love how Stevie keeps looking at Christine as if to reignite their harmonic chemistry.

I don't think this is fake; they all look genuinely happy to see her.

that was great

They were fantastic. It's rare that I come away from a gig feeling satisfied but they managed it. Was a long gig at more than two-and-a-half hours. There was a five-song Tusk section including a bitchin' title track and Sisters Of The Moon (first time since 1980 says Stevie). Some acoustic numbers - Lindsay doing Big Love was astounding. There was nothing pre-classic-line-up except one pretty lost Buckingham Nicks tune, which felt like a treat. Only regret is they didn't break out Honey Hi or Never Forget, but in the circumstances...

I even got a recognisable snap of them:

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3796/6fcy.jpg

Paris show was superb, even though they're playing massive hit after massive hit they don't feel at all like a nostalgia act, still so dynamic and intense at all times. Sara and Landslide particularly lovely and moving, and that epic Gold Dust Woman jam into I'm So Afraid was so heavy and raw, parts of it could've been Bardo Pond or something.

Also even though I bought the second cheapest tier of ticket my seat was really good, no farther back than I would've been at the back of Brixton Academy or somewhere like that. Though disappointingly my section never got around to standing up. (I'd also been wondering what the demographic of a Paris Mac show would be, and the answer was the most boring one possible - middle-aged English people...)

Here is the one photie I took:

http://oi39.tinypic.com/119vt5i.jpg

lol. But at least they get to go to Paris. And better seats too by the looks. I'd been to the O2 once before for Prince, but was up in the gods and view and sound were a bit terrible. Both were better in the lower tier, but there's no getting around that it's a vast venue and you can still be really far away.

I'm So Afraid is so dark and heavy... The version on the 1980 live album is just insane. Really wish I'd been able to make one of these shows, but I just don't have the cash, or the contacts to blag.

Bummer: http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/10/27/fleetwood-mac-john-mcvie-cancer/

Christine McVie's back: http://pitchfork.com/news/53561-christine-mcvie-rejoining-fleetwood-mac/

not a fan of the pre-buckingham/nicks fleetwood mac's sound, but then i remind myself the old mac recorded this

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

Bare Trees is a wonderful album!

hm! it's kind of a weird mid-period mac album, no? (post-peter green, pre-buckingham/nicks)

if it leans poppier, like sentimental lady, i'm gonna investigate.

Bare Trees is the best!! Bob Welch era is my fav...Future Games rules too

his hair the worst though

His solo album covers are worse than the worst

ummm guys CHRISTINE FUCKING MCVIE IS BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fleetwood Mac between Peter Green and Buckingham/Nicks

yeah that might be the period of mac that i relate to the most. mystery to me, bare trees and future games are all fantastic

kiln house is good too

i need to hear mystery to me

they just did a box set with all this era stuff on vinyl

http://www.amazon.com/Fleetwood-Mac-1969-1972-4xLP-7-22/dp/B00DB624CC

One of the things I love most about Fleetwood Mac is all these previous iterations of the group, each different from the last though many showcasing some of the same qualities that would stick around for decades. And best of all, bar a song or two, at most, pre-Buckingham/Nicks Mac is never in any danger of over-exposure, which leaves it packed with surprises to discover and explore.

i don't have data to back this up, but fleetwood mac must be the second most ubiquitous band next to the beatles these days. i hear them everywhere i go. more ubiquitous than pizza.

don't make me choose between FM and pizza