Fleetwood Mac: Classic or Dud

just a hunch but $$$$

Buckingham hates touring, always has. Remember he left in 1987 over touring?

then why did he agree in the first place?

also, unlike other members, he's more or less been at it all along, and judging by what I've seen hasn't lost a step

anyway, silver lining is that this news saves me like $200

this sounds kinda great imo

He must REALLY hate touring with Stevie

I mean, isn't she the reason the supposed forthcoming FM album became a Lindsay And Christine album?

This is like the last tour they'd ever do, too, surely? Hasn't John only just returned from death's door?

He must REALLY hate touring with Stevie

― Lou Grant, the Iranian cinema of late '70s TV (stevie), Monday, April 9, 2018 5:49 PM (nine minutes ago)

sorry dude

Fleetwood clarifying things here:

We jammed with Mike and Neil and the chemistry really worked and let the band realize that this is the right combination to go forward with in Fleetwood Mac style. We know we have something new, yet it’s got the unmistakable Mac sound."

It confirms what I long suspected: Neil Finn is this quiet legend beloved of American bizzers despite the middling sales at best.

sorry dude

Hey, I know I'm high maintenance.

I personally refuse to blow coke up your ads, sorry

Ass, lol

"I mean, isn't she the reason the supposed forthcoming FM album became a Lindsay And Christine album?" Stevie has sai she doesn't want to record anymore because there is no money in it. So partly yeah.

xxposts to alfred: neil sings a beautiful harmony & plays a pretty nice guitar i mean it’s not like he’s not talented

I adore him. I've written often about him.

sorry, the middling sales tag sounded like a diss

Fleetwood Mac guys clearly know Mike Campbell, but I wonder where the Neil Finn connection came from?

Oh, wait, Mitchell Froom produced the Buckingham/McVie album, there's the one degree.

Froom & Finn haven't worked together since three tracks for a best-of 23 years ago. It's not impossible that a bunch of still-working musicians from the '70s know another still-working musician from the '70s by reputation or in passing.

Also, Mick Fleetwood played with Liam Finn in NZ two years ago yesterday.

i have no idea what the business officially thinks of neil finn, but i've long been under the impression that musicians universally adore him.

It confirms what I long suspected: Neil Finn is this quiet legend beloved of American bizzers despite the middling sales at best.

Hey now! He-y-y now.

It helps that's he's pretty popular and beloved everywhere else. One of those acts (like the PSB) who made it big in America at the start, then got bigger everywhere else even as their fame faded here.

Crowded House frontman Neil Finn's surprise appearance in Fleetwood Mac's touring lineup seemed to come out of left field, but it really didn't. In fact, Finn has been close with Mick Fleetwood, Fleetwood Mac's co-founding drummer, for years.

Fleetwood called Finn a "new music friend" in 2016, and both took part in the recent Concert for Our Lives, which followed the student-organized March for Our Lives, in Maui. Fleetwood sat in with Finn on a cover of Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over," according to Setlist.fm, while Fleetwood also earlier teamed with Neil's son Liam Finn for a rendition of the Little Willie John classic "Need Your Love So Bad," from Fleetwood Mac's early repertoire.

"Two weeks ago, I received a wonderful invitation to be a part of a truly great band," Finn said in a statement. "A few days later, I was standing in a room playing music with Fleetwood Mac. It felt fresh and exciting, so many great songs, a spectacular rhythm section and two of the greatest voices ever. Best of all, we sounded good together. It was a natural fit. I can’t wait to play."

I know this makes no sense

But I’ve been hearing the rest of Fleetwood Mac singing 🎶 I think we’re in troublllllllllle 🎶 followed by an absence of guitar solo

Somebody mentioned Lindsey doesn't love touring. Unless he absolutely has to for money he has been on the road an awful lot in the last decade for a guy who hates touring. Also I love Mike Campbell and I dread him having to play a Heartbreakers tune with Stevie butchering the vocals.

I don't think he dislikes touring. I think he doesn't like touring with Fleetwood Mac. When he does his solo tours, of which I have seen many, he always refers to it as the little machine to Fleetwood Mac's big machine, and I get where he's coming from. Fleetwood Mac, not only does the band have a manager, every member of the band has their own manager as well. Factor in 5 egos and ridiculous amounts of money, and it's probably not the most relaxing experience. Five star hotels and private jets aside.

This is kinda cool imo, I'd love to hear Finn and McVie write together, and Campbell and Nicks... Fleetwood Mac changing lineups is nothing new

Could be interesting, I think it's funny that people are freaking out about this as if a) the Rumours era band was going to do some classic album at this stage and b) as if Buckingham has some ownership over this band, it existed before him and now will exist after

Yep.

Also: Nicks has already co-written material with Campbell:

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

Ah of course law of averages I should have known they'd have worked together before

Like what is being lost here? Another nostalgia tour in baseball arenas with the same lineup?

still lolling at 'the housebreakers' btw

Sorry basketball arenas

lindsay should soooo join little big town.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfCRSGBL7Y

lindsay go on chapo

The freakout (as such) is because Buckingham has more or less held the band together (creatively) since Rumours, and losing his songs/voice/guitar/ego/vision/hair/tan/open-chested shirt has in the past proved an insurmountable challenge. I mean, I'm not freaking out, but if I paid $500 for a ticket I might be a little perturbed. Re: creative potential, the last Fleetwood Mac album (and EP) was good, and the Buckingham/McVie album wasn't bad. And Buckingham's last five (or whatever) solo albums have all been good.

Eh I'd be much more interested in something different with guys that have a lot of talented and seem suited to the band's vibe

Like I guess if I need more I can listen to 5 Lindsay Buckingham albums I've never heard

I think I'm in
chapo

chapo in the night (1987)

I'm cool with Fleetwood Mac doing something different, but the odds of this Fleetwood Mac being significantly different from the big machine Fleetwood Mac of the last 40 years is unlikely. Their idea of shaking things up would probably be limited to playing one song from Bare Trees and Stop Draggin my Heart Around. The rest will be the usual war horses, minus an essential linchpin. You cant fill arenas for top dollar playing Rattlesnake Shake.

I do love the players involved though. It would be awesome if it was some sort of Fleetwood Mac Presents, with the band backing up a host of like-minded singers.

This really no different than The Who, AC/DC or the Eagles...the show must go on as there is just too damn much money to be made.

Its not like this line-up is going to record. They're just a tribute band going out and playing the Lindsey era hits. The Buckingham/McVie album would have been a Fleetwood Mac album is Stevie had any interest in new music.

I'm with Josh. Those are two of my very favorite musicians. I wish them well, but I'm unlikely to buy concert tickets to go see them do "Second Hand News" or whatever.

Yeah and, it's not like I'm eagerly anticipating a new Fleetwood Mac album anyways, so why do I care who's in or out? The records still exist and I can listen to them whenever I want.

It is a historical curiosity that there is still such a thing as a touring Journey or Queen or Who or Stones or whatever. Again, lots of beloved and skilled people are involved, and I generally wish them well. But it's not going to tempt me out to an arena any time soon.

The/a bummer is that Neil Finn rarely tours the US anymore.

Truthbomb. I guess he doesn't need to, as he appears happy and comfortable with dogs and children and whatnot. He appears to be richer than Colin Hay and that is as it should be.

(I am basing these impressions purely on what I see from documentaries and concert films. I watch them ALL.)

Though MacMembership may come with a paycheck that tempts him into the Northern Hemisphere with greater regularity. If so, I would be unquietly thrilled if he snuck away for an acoustic club date here and there. Probably a pure fantasy, but it is a pleasant one.

We need to come up with a plan to rescue Neil from FM

Pay him millions of dollars I guess

Boo hoo ya babies

DANNY KIRWIN FOREVER!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLiQBV6A7c

TIL Lindsey wrote and sang the National Lampoon song so here's the video