As I discovered when preparing my ballot most of the Welch and Kirwan albums are missing from Spotify.
― Get wolves (DL), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
This was really really great Clarke; thanks so much.
SaraDreamsSilver SpringsHold MeSay You Love MeYou Make Loving FunOh WellLandslideWalk a Thin LineFuture GamesBrown EyesI'm So AfraidWoman of 1000 YearsThat's All for EveryoneNever Make Me CryGold Dust WomanAlbatrossGo Your Own WayThe ChainThe Ledge
― seapluspluspunk (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 27 July 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Clarke, so pro of you to do this revision. It's a blessing in disguise, AFAIC, because it just prolongs the life of this thread. Thanks again for your work.
― collardio gelatinous, Friday, 27 July 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
Sincerely my pleasure, and thank you! If you ever stumble across this record, pick it up--Jeremy Spencer's solo record after he disappeared during the Kiln House tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvVOziAQmgg
― Clarke B., Friday, 27 July 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
> So Kiln House was one of the records I had not heard before this poll and did not have a chance to listen to before voting but man "Jewel Eyed Judy" is really something. Wish I voted for it/surprised pretty much no one else did.
"Jewel Eyed Judy" was the Kiln House track I most strongly considered. I like the verses much better than the chorus which to my ears doesn't fit the song well which is why it didn't make my ballot.
> This poll got me going through a bunch of live shows, and there's this interesting period right after Buckingham/Nicks join where the band is half in the past and half in the future. In particular, this King Biscuit thing where they open with Station Man and close with Hypnotized, but then Rhiannon is in the middle, etc. It's on Wolfgang's Vault. A very odd listen...
Not to mention live shows like this, which combine ppl who were never in the band at the same time, like this show with Welch, Nicks, and Fleetwood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX_N2WxFDC0
Same song a few years later still with Stevie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSlx4CAAMCw
― Lee626, Friday, 27 July 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
I'd never seen those! Good stuff. BTW is that Stevie's shortest skirt ever? (in the second clip)
― collardio gelatinous, Friday, 27 July 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
I'm can't listen to half of the top ten with fresh ears. So much overplay and baggage with some of these songs.
Asking me if "Don't Stop" is a good song is like asking me if I like the taste of water. At this point it's like "I don't know. It just is what it is."
― Cunga, Friday, 27 July 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
I think the lesson of this poll is, if you have a good rhythm section, name your band after it and see what happens.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 28 July 2012 00:54 (eleven years ago) link
The Farndon Chambers might have had a better fate.
― Your sweet bippy is going to hell (WmC), Saturday, 28 July 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
the roland moogs is a p good name
― condorito breath (electricsound), Saturday, 28 July 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
Condorito are you actually Chilean?
My nickname in school growing up in Santiago was Huevoduro (or simply "Huevo", especially when playing futbol).
― collardio gelatinous, Saturday, 28 July 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
ha no, just a connoisseur of comics
― condorito breath (electricsound), Saturday, 28 July 2012 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
PLOP!
― collardio gelatinous, Saturday, 28 July 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
nice recondite reference!
― collardio gelatinous, Saturday, 28 July 2012 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
water kicks ass tho
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Saturday, 28 July 2012 03:50 (eleven years ago) link
The story goes that Green named the band Fleetwood Mac because he always planned to leave the band and pass it on to Mick and John.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 July 2012 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
i think it was a joke: "peter green's fleetwood mac featuring jeremy spencer"--you've got every member of the in the name right there.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 28 July 2012 04:24 (eleven years ago) link
of the band
What a difference some Bucky studio finesse makes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh4CKzmsnVw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxdJLw9C830&feature=related
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 July 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
Another one!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uWar8ggX_Q&feature=related
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 July 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
And here's Bucky, before the focus of the band is brought to bear:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avoOcZZWigo&feature=relmfu
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 July 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
sounds fine to me, though maybe i'm hearing the full arrangement in my head.
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― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 28 July 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Buckingham Nicks first public performance of "Rhiannon"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C4EGaNrAp4
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 28 July 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
Much better lyrics on the released version!
I'd love to find that Feb. '75 newspaper article "Buckingham Nicks reveal future plans"
― Lee626, Saturday, 28 July 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/articles/archive/BNart001.html
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 28 July 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, they totally reversed the picture for that article; his Tele is backwards.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 28 July 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
I am now going to admit that I read through most of this thread wondering who 'Buck' was.
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 28 July 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1162
1977 Nashville show online....
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 28 July 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
shit, i should have dl'd before posting it here....just slowed down ALOT (you're welcome btw!)
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 28 July 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
thx Mr. Snrub
Buckingham Nicks all feel they have been overlooked by their recording label, Polydor. "Hopefully we can get our name known, instead of being buried within the name Fleetwood Mac. People will hear the difference in the music and take notice," hopes Lindsey. "It would take us years to build up the reputation they have. And Warner Brothers is really into Fleetwood Mac. They're not a monster or a giant act, but they consistently sell more albums than they did the last time.
Anyone notice any difference in the music after Buckingham and Nicks joined? :-) Even if they're "not a monster or a giant act" - guess they weren't expecting Rumours alone would sell over 40 million....
― Lee626, Saturday, 28 July 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
In the liner notes to the s/t album, it's mentioned that Warners felt the album would do 300,000 sales, which was 50 thou more than any previous Mac lp.
― Jeremy Spencer Slid in Class Today (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 28 July 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
What other mysterious folky rock should i check if i love "Woman on 1000 Years", "Future Games" and "Sands of Time"?
― Tim F, Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
"Sands of Time" feels very Fairport to me.
― Your sweet bippy is going to hell (WmC), Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
Haha I always knew my consistent failure to properly investigate Fairport Convention ultimately would prove my undoing.
― Tim F, Saturday, 28 July 2012 23:52 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah totes! Sands of Time, Woman, Morning Rain all feel like they have serious debts to Unhalfbricking
― seapluspluspunk (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 29 July 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
ian matthews/plainsong also on a similar vibe
― buzza, Sunday, 29 July 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
I third the Fairport Convention recommendation... Although FC feels more arch and less fluid.
― Clarke B., Sunday, 29 July 2012 01:44 (eleven years ago) link
I fourth it. Particularly the first three albums (s/t, Holidays, and Unhalfbricking) and the Heyday comp collected from that era which IMO may be better than any of their "real" albums. A sample:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzsreQdc2GE
Also, the first two Jefferson Airplane albums (Takes Off and Surealistic Pillow - note: the two Grace Slick-sung hits from the latter are not representative of their early sound). Try "Come Up The Years", "Comin' Back To Me", "Today", "Blues From an Airplane".
― Lee626, Sunday, 29 July 2012 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
For fun, a BREAKDOWN BY SONGWRITER of the Top 60:
Christine McVie: 18 songsLindsey Buckingham: 16 songsStevie Nicks: 13 songsPeter Green: 6 songsBob Welch: 4 songsDanny Kirwan: 3 songs(other): 2 songs
― Clarke B., Sunday, 29 July 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
This was one of my picks that had absolutely no shot, but I love this faithful cover.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJuVPhIj6Wg
http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-1641869-1245575981.jpeg
― queequeg (peter grasswich), Sunday, 29 July 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
Christine was dating Dennis Wilson when that was recorded btw. He often wore Fleetwood Mac t-shirts at concerts around that time.
― Lee626, Sunday, 29 July 2012 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v117/trackaghost/DennisChristineboat.jpg
― buzza, Sunday, 29 July 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
I think Christine was to provide backing vocals on Dennis's unfinished 2nd solo album, not sure if any of them made it on the eventually-released material.
There is at least one tune out there with the songwriting credit Lindsey Buckingham/Brian Wilson
― Lee626, Monday, 30 July 2012 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
she sings background on "Love Surrounds Me"
― buzza, Monday, 30 July 2012 00:43 (eleven years ago) link
“Well we’d split up before all that but yes, obviously, I’ve had to ask myself the same question. Why do people stay with people? ‘Cos they love them, I guess. And I loved him for a while. he was very charismatic, great looking, very charming, very cute -- if you can call a guy with a beard and voice like Satan’cute’. He used to draw people into his life, strangers off planes and off the streets, and they’d become his best friends. I think I mothered him, to be honest. He used to go off and I wouldn’t see him for days, and days, and then he’d come back and I’d mother him and get him all nice and sober and then he’d go off and go crazy again. It’s one of those things. Opposites attract.”
― buzza, Monday, 30 July 2012 00:47 (eleven years ago) link
> He used to draw people into his life, strangers off planes and off the streets, and they’d become his best friends.
i won't name names or anything....
― Lee626, Monday, 30 July 2012 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
heard "Silver Springs" on the radio several times even way back in '77. The first time I heard it the DJ announced it beforehand and I thought Fleetwood Mac couldn't about Silver Spring and assumed it was a coincidence, and the opening lyric convinced me I was right. I only later learned the name did indeed come from Silver Spring, the city.Stevie Nicks usually says in interviews that she saw a road sign for Silver Spring when she was in Virginia. Silver Spring is in Maryland, a state which borders Virginia although Silver Spring itself is a few miles inward and doesn't itself border Virginia. I keep trying to guess where in Virginia she'd come across a sign giving mileage or directions to Silver Spring - probably traveling eastward on the DC Beltway, or perhaps northward on interstate 95 from Richmond or Alexandria.― Lee626, Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:29 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Stevie Nicks usually says in interviews that she saw a road sign for Silver Spring when she was in Virginia. Silver Spring is in Maryland, a state which borders Virginia although Silver Spring itself is a few miles inward and doesn't itself border Virginia. I keep trying to guess where in Virginia she'd come across a sign giving mileage or directions to Silver Spring - probably traveling eastward on the DC Beltway, or perhaps northward on interstate 95 from Richmond or Alexandria.
― Lee626, Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:29 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
We're lucky she was on the DC beltway instead of the Baltimore beltway when inspiration struck or else we might have gotten "Sulphur Springs"
― how's life, Monday, 30 July 2012 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
Stevie's hair on the cover of Little Lies makes me sad.
― Get wolves (DL), Monday, 30 July 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
yet Christine's broach cheers me up.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 July 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
*brooch