50 great things about Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk"

i think ill check out the rest of the "classic period" pop albums, but maybe then ill move back to some of the peter green/blues/etc stuff.

thanks amst! that one looks really good, too. "transitional albums" pwn.

Which is why I defend "Mirage," Peter.

And yeah, I probably will buy it one of these days, since you've all made it sound most intriguing; and I do own & enjoy its two predecessors after all. I honestly don't think I've heard "Tusk" itself since it slipped off the charts 25+ years ago!

68. It made my afternoon.

70. the fact that most of the non-lindsey songs are less good, makes lindsey's songs shine even better,comparing to the others.

is this really true? i'm so excited!

Trojan Marching Band
The history of the "Spirit of Troy," the USC marching band, goes back to the inception of the university in 1880. The contemporary Trojan band began in 1970 with the arrival of Dr. Arthur C. Bartner and his unique "drive-it" style of marching. The band has performed at the Academy Awards, the Hollywood Bowl, the Rose Parade, and in numerous film and television productions. In 1979, the Trojan Marching Band recorded the title track for the album "Tusk" with the rock group Fleetwood Mac, which resulted in a platinum album for that song; no other collegiate marching band has ever been so honored.

http://fleetwoodmac-uk.com/articles/Images/mojo_dec2003/stevie1.jpg

The one dud is "Honey Hi."

its the same one. and you should reaslly check out the live album, it's fantastic, for so many reasons... the coked out portraits on the inner gatefold, the noticeable lack-of-audience-reaction when Christine McVie introduces 'Over And Over' with a sort-of-mumbled "Well, we haven't played anything from Tusk yet... So..."... and the version of 'over and over' slays the album take, and there's a killer 'i'm so afraid' with this absolutely torturous guitar solo (lindsey goes shred!), and 'never going back again' and 'not that funny' and 'landslide' are all sublime in their own, wildly different ways...

And it likely is. But without her delivery...

The place I had lunch at the other day has "Live" on their jukebox. I played this track, and MAN OH MAN was it great. Love the the drawn-out ending.

Children of God=title of Swans album, cult that Jeremy Spencer joined
Beautiful Child=song on both albums
Sha la la la on "Brown Eyes" and on "Like A Drug (Sha La La La)"
Chord progression of Children of God is awfully close to a part of the marching band bit on Tusk, both songs founded on a drum motif.
Palindrome song title = "Sex, God, Sex" and "Over & Over"

...which is starting to stretch, but seriously, there's something about the plodding rhythms of much of Tusk and the ethereal backing vocals and the way tracks build up without much melodic development that makes me wonder if Gira spent some time listening to this when he was trying to figure out how to take Swans pop.

This is my new favorite song for this week. I'm also beginning to think this is one of the greatest albums ever made.

"Over & Over," btw, is a PERFECT way to begin the record. Gorgeous, reflective, amazingly well crafted ... and completely sane. Thereby making it completely misleading, as Lindsay and Stevie proceed to take the album into alien territory. Christine McVie ... sorely underrated. Pop genius to (almost) rival Lindsay's.

And a TS: "What Makes You Think You're the One" as is vs. the Christine-sung ballad arrangement I hear in my head.