beautiful record. probably his best solo record.
― Zeno, Sunday, 20 January 2008 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Haven't heard it in years, but I agree it's his best, with consistently beautiful guitar. "Soul Drifter" and "Turn it On" (is that the right title?) are favorites.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 20 January 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I know they're solo discs, but now I'm wishing that Buckingham gave his solo songs more of a full-band feel. Down on Rodeo, for instance, from Under the Skin, has a great SoCal-drenched band feel (obv., the presence of Fleetwood Mac and John McVie helps), and it worked beautifully.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 20 January 2008 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Buckingham is god.
― jim, Sunday, 20 January 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
UH
I guess that's more true than "Clapton is God," but still...
Classic (but not god).
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 20 January 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
He's a brilliant guitarist. I'm pleased at the love he's getting on this thread, instead of just hailing him as a mere singing/songwriting/producing genius. My favourite Lindsey look is the besuited, droopy afro'ed one on the inside sleeve of the 1975 album. Someone post an image, please!
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 20 January 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
he turns 60 this year
― omar little, Sunday, 20 January 2008 22:45 (sixteen years ago) link
60? Wow. He looks younger. See the photo on the cover of Under the Skin.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 20 January 2008 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
He is classic for "Tango In The Night" alone. Although that album is usually underrated when compared to their most popular mid 70s work.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 20 January 2008 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
He's classic for a lot of the Fleetwood Mac stuff, but his solo discs have a very different sound and feel (not worse, by any means, just v. different).
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 21 January 2008 00:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I may be misreading, but it looks like Under The Skin is available from Amazon for 99 cents.
― dlp9001, Monday, 21 January 2008 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
'Under the Skin' was a tremendously strong album. Man, such a shame that it barely received any attention at all.
― Stormy Davis, Monday, 21 January 2008 02:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Sadly, I'm not surprised. It's amazing to me that such a talented -- and successful (with his band) -- artist has had such trouble finding an audience.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 21 January 2008 03:00 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe thats because he became too old for the youngsters and too "arty" and minimalist for the mainstream listeners. or u can blame it on bad marketing.
― Zeno, Monday, 21 January 2008 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I still spin "Go Insane" on Dj nights. Such a great single.
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Under the Skin is very nice, yes. I thought I'd never want to hear another Stones cover until "I Am Waiting" started to play.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 00:27 (sixteen years ago) link
this is pretty much the best clip on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yllqie08a7U
-- Stormy Davis (diamond),
This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.
Damn. What was that clip, Stormy?
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 22 January 2008 06:22 (sixteen years ago) link
new album out in a couple of months!!!
― Marco Damiani, Thursday, 24 July 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
god his last one was amazing
― jamescobo, Thursday, 24 July 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i34.tinypic.com/3450940.jpg My favourite Lindsey look
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 24 July 2008 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
eugh not for me by a longshot
― winston, Friday, 25 July 2008 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
they all look like shit in that photo; i think they got good stylists after the s/t took off
"god his last one was amazing"
yes, it was. vaguely hoping for a full electric/weird pop new album, though.
― Marco Damiani, Friday, 25 July 2008 10:11 (fifteen years ago) link
completely off topic but "fleetwood" hypem radio brought this up "Fleetwood Crack": http://www.zshare.net/audio/134226990668c4aa/
Very nice
― baaderonixx, Friday, 25 July 2008 10:55 (fifteen years ago) link
It is somewhat based on "Tusk"
― baaderonixx, Friday, 25 July 2008 10:56 (fifteen years ago) link
so what do you think of Buckingham's new single "did you miss me"? (Gift Of Screws coming out in Sep.):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJNeTvIjhI
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder what's going to be on it, since a lot of "Gift of Screws" (as originally planned) wound up on Say You Will. I'm really excited to finally get the title track on CD, since it's one of my favorite FM related songs.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 10 August 2008 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't know, but the Track List is totally different from the original GoS.:
"Great Day"
"Time Precious Time"
"Did You Miss Me"
"Wait For You"
"Love Runs Deeper"
"Bel Air Rain"
"The Right Place to Fade"
"Gift of Screws"
"Underground"
"Treason"
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
early reviews says the new GoS is somewhere in between Under the Skin kinda songs and more "rock" songs like "did you miss me"
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
(except for GoS, the song, which is on both, and is an awesome song btw):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXMmvgElVSE
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
wait, which album is "Somebody's gonna change your mind" on? I thought it was the demos for this I had it in. If so, that was the best one, weird to have left it off. This should be good, I think a part of me actually prefers solo Lindsey.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
"Somebody's gonna change your mind" - it's in Under The Skin (awesome song ineed)
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Not really what you expect from the Buck
― I know, right?, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
he probably just named the album GoS (almost) regardless of the previous unreleased recordings. most of the songs from that "album" later appeared/ruined on Fleetwood's albums and/or Under The Skin
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
this song is swell, swell is this song
― remy bean, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
you can see how Animal Collective are influenced by LB by listening to it
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
jesus, that never even occurred to me
― I know, right?, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
but yeah, that actually seems really obvious actually
― I know, right?, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i like Under the Skin's minimalist atmospheric sound- at it's best it as strong and classic as Suicide's debut.
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Best solo album remains Out of the Cradle, but it's not great.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 10 August 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
You used to be cool
― I know, right?, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
loved the version of "Big Love" that he did on the reunion album (the dance or whatever), with the crazy fingerpicking. I was pissed that I couldn't play that super fast banjo-esque sounding part in the middle.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Second Hand News mother fuckers.
― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Never Going BAck AGain
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I never did buy Go Insane. Should I?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
YES
― I know, right?, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
LAW AND ORDER THOUGH IS TOTALLY GREAT BY THE WAY
― I know, right?, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, as good as OOTC and the last disc are, I think Alfred's right. Buckingham's such a great producer, guitarist and songwriter; I wonder why he hasn't been able to release a completely satisfying, great solo disc.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
you mean "he hasn't been able to release a completely satisfying, great..disc" since TUSK
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i look at it from the otehr side: it's great that he still releses some awesome stuff between the mediocre one's, as oppose to lots of aging rockers who are became just plain boring or bad as a whole
― Zeno, Sunday, 10 August 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
OTOH these performances were on SNL in '81, so I wouldn't rule out cocaine being involved in this particular case.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
Actually '82: https://bronwynjoan.com/blog/2010/09/12/classic-snl-review-february-6-1982-james-coburn-lindsey-buckingham-the-cholos-s07e11
Buckingham's backing band is mentioned in the montage as "The Cholos"; this is actually an early version of Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, who would appear without Buckingham in November 1983. Most episode guides list just Fleetwood with Buckingham on this appearance, but they also mention Buckingham in the 1983 show. Perhaps the confusion comes from this appearance....Buckingham seems pretty twitchy and agitated in these performances, almost as if he were on cocaine.
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Buckingham seems pretty twitchy and agitated in these performances, almost as if he were on cocaine.
Apparently "Bwana" was the first song!
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
He also seems kinda ... puffy.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
in the studio without drugs
According to the making-of-Tusk book, no Buckingham-focussed session could begin without a multiple-joint-rolling ceremony.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
I read that too in the memoir by the ex.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
I don't credit coke with Buckingham's creativity, but it's hard NOT to credit it to his physical behavior in those clips. That could've been the template for the coke-up werewolf (sans fur) on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
Anyway, on another topic, I have to say I'm really digging his new album more and more. I'm tempted to say it's his most listenable album, partly because it's so compact and well-crafted - only 36 and a half minutes, but not a moment is wasted IMHO.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
Techie interview in the latest Tape Op magazine is great.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 14:36 (two years ago) link
I was excited for it, and they do their best, but it's quite remarkable how hard it seems to steer Bucky away from the same old stories/drama.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
tape op has the best interviews imo
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
"i don't mind" is nice
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
I dunno. I found that Larry Crane (Tape Op head and interviewer) expertly steered it away from a potential rundown of how dysfunctional things got in FM yadda yadda back to righteous talk of home studios, consoles and production techniques. They seemed to vibe well and I'm glad, for one, that most of the talk stuck to studio stuff.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
Oh, it's definitely a good interview! Crane did the best he could steering the conversation in interesting directions, even when Bucky dangled out the familiar drama as bait. I wish there was time/space for an even deeper dive, because I'd love to know about his work with the Fairlight, with pitch shifting vocals, speeding his guitar up, and so on. Or why he's done so relatively little production for others.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
ilx-adjacent musician brad laner wrote swan song on the new record! https://www.spin.com/2021/11/jordon-zadorozny-brad-laner-lindsey-buckingham-swan-song/?fbclid=IwAR3URcrasLJ7D_1jES0lb-u_x-PU4kVoSDJ71kICDTbrrbOD0q5uXgM8qA8
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
LMAO, a lot of times you'll see a longtime musician like Dylan, McCartney or Prince discuss decades later how they amaze themselves when they look back at their work (i.e. "where did this come from?" or "how did I write this?") It's funny how this plays out with Buckingham stumbling on a demo he recorded 20 years ago and whoops, I guess I DIDN'T write that!
― birdistheword, Thursday, 25 November 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
I have to imagine this sort of thing is a common occurrence amongst songwriters. I recall about 15 years ago I thought up a really nice, pretty arpeggiated melody over an elegant descending chord sequence - I was in the shower at the time but thought it was so good I threw on a towel, jumped out, and wrote down the chords and recorded myself singing the melody so I wouldn't forget it by the time I was dried off. Around the time I was working out the lyrics a few weeks later, I heard "my" song playing on the piped-in music at a McDonalds I occasionally stopped at on the way home, then realized the song I thought I'd written was something i merely heard at a previous fast-food stop when I wasn't paying much attention. To this day I don't know what song I unintentionally almost copped; this was pre-Shazam.
― Lee626, Friday, 26 November 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
Greil Marcus really likes the new album too. He's always been a huge FM fan (of the Peter Green era, of Christine McVie's songs, and of the Buckingham/Nicks-era), but IIRC he's never cared much for their solo work. A search of his complete Real Life Rock Top 10 albums reveals no entries on anything Buckingham's done on his own.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
Top 10 columns, not albums
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
kind of like the episode of the John Laroquette Show where he discovers a manuscript of his from 30 years ago and it's amazing and he's trying to recreate something new in that vein for publishing, but he can't find the inspiration, so he sends the manuscript to the publisher and it's an Ernest Hemingway novel that he had typed up for his Typing final years ago
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 November 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
I recall about 15 years ago I thought up a really nice, pretty arpeggiated melody over an elegant descending chord sequence
I did this once and it turned out to be "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Warrant
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 27 November 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
rocket, rocket, all of my rocket sauce
― Heez, Monday, 29 November 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link