Lindsey Buckingham: C o' D?

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.

There are some Holiday Road dog bark samples that might disagree.

Which he and his band totally play live!

One of my favorite things about Bucky is how he simultaneously (and I'll say successfully) fostered a reputation as a cult act even while at the helm of one of the world's biggest rock bands.

Doesn’t feel like a restrospective without more representation of the nervy qualities of Law and Order, exploring those new wave influences after Tusk . “It Was I” and “Mary Lee Jones” come to mind.

One of my favorite things about Bucky is how he simultaneously (and I'll say successfully) fostered a reputation as a cult act even while at the helm of one of the world's biggest rock bands.

https://www.facebook.com/lindseybuckingham/photos/a.350595361675444/1977550365646594/?type=3&theater

My admiration for this guy as musician/producer has grownin the last week. I’ve been listening to and enjoying as much of his solo stuff as I’m able to dig up - recall hearing his stuff here and there in the ‘80s and liking it but never put two and two together (“Go Insane” is brilliant!). Damn, he really did carry the bulk of those ‘80s FM albums on his skinny shoulders, musically, didn’t he? So much of “Mirage” and “Tango In The Night” - wonderfully resembles his solo stuff.

*Sorry for the errors - typing from the phone

After his bypass surgery last year, I caught up with his solo work via that compilation he sequenced for Rhino, and the same thing happened - my admiration for him grew exponentially. It's a shame that compilation kind of tanked - Amazon was clearing out vinyl copies for very cheap - but it does an exceptional job of showcasing his solo work. I have to say it's stunning how his solo albums generally sold in low numbers because at their best, they're every bit as engaging and tuneful as Fleetwood Mac's best-known hits. Out of the Cradle alone is a great pop album, and I don't even think it went gold.

And yes, I think his contributions as a producer can't be overstated. I think you see this in Stevie Nicks's solo career where she's very dependent on her collaborators. A lot of it's execrable, but when she's leaning on Tom Petty's Heartbreakers or when Prince comes in to co-write and perform nearly every instrument or when she's working within Fleetwood Mac, it's an enormous improvement. ("Edge of Seventeen" is probably the one great exception to all this. That's an unqualified triumph.)

Who’s more essential to the late 70s revival, nicks or Lb? I think Lb is more important. Without her the band is still successful, just a lot less so. Without him it’s the Christine and Stevie show. Well maybe

Prince didn't co-write "Stand Back" ftr.

You're right about her struggle with collaborators, though. She's produced pretty solid work the last 20 years.

Yeah, I double checked, and co-write isn't accurate, they didn't collaborate on the writing, but here's the explanation:

Technically, the raspy 1983 Wild Heart dance track "Stand Back," was written by Nicks herself – but Nicks has said it "belongs" to Prince. She likes to tell its origin story: It was the day of her wedding, she and her new husband Kim Anderson were driving North to Santa Barbara for their honeymoon when she heard "Little Red Corvette" for the first time. She wrote "Stand Back" start to finish that day, humming along to the Prince single. When she later went to record the song, she called to tell him the story. Twenty minutes later the Purple One showed up at her studio. He "walked over to the synthesizers that were set up, was absolutely brilliant for about 25 minutes and then left," she later told Timothy White. "He spoiled me for every band I've ever had because nobody can exactly recreate – not even with two piano players – what Prince did all by his little self."

Great points made here. I'm sure once I actually read this entire thread from the top I'll find I just repeated well-worn facts. Still, I'm happy to have some new "old music" to knock me out.

Can we all just agree that “Go Insane” is an absolutely phenomenal song?

Bucky's skills as writer/arranger/performer absolutely were the key to late '70s and beyond FM. For myriad reasons they just couldn't function without him. I never get tired of the "Destiny Rules" scene where, once again, as with "Tusk" (I think) but definitely "Tango," they come to him when he's in the middle of working on a solo album and practically beg him for songs/material/ideas. He says yes, reluctantly, then everyone's agents and managers - they all have their own agents and managers and whatever - try to get him to cut things down to a a "commercial" single album. And he's all, that's fine if that's what you do, I'll just quit and take my songs back to my solo album. And iirc there's a scene with Mick where he more or less panics at the prospect.

Ok, here's the doc:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQOjptfZLJ4

The convo/confrontation happens around the 21 minute mark.

Bucky being fired from the band was as much them calling his bluff as the reported conflict between him and Stevie. He wanted to make new music, and they didn't, possibly/probably because they didn't feel like dong it as always on his exclusive terms. He says, hey, I don't want to be *only* a nostalgia act, and they essentially counter with, well, we're happy being just a nostalgia act, because it is more lucrative and easier than doing things your way at a loss.

Heh, dong. I'm having keyboard problems.

Don't say that you love me
Don't tell me that you
DONG!

Xxp yeah that’s my read of the situation. Kinda sad but don’t think it’s a big deal all in all. Sad never to have seen them live though.

This fly-on-the-wall docu is great. Thanks for the link, JiC!