Fleetwood Mac – Mirage, C/D?

the only reason I bemoan their not doing another one is because Buckingham and NIcks' latest solo output has been really really good and I wouldn't mind hearing those songs with the Mac backing them.

Finally hearing this. Definitely rocking my world atm - guess tango in the night next then?

Yup

TitN has "Everywhere" which is one of the best songs of all time, but I prefer Mirage, it's more subtle, has kind of a unique sound

I can't stop listening to "Book of Love" -- it sounds like it was cooked up in an EZ bake oven but that chorus! I went to sleep thinking about it, woke up singing it. Have there been any noteworthy covers of this song? I checked and didn't find anything but maybe my googling is weak.

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was it somebody from abooooooooove?
i'd like to hear that guitar part at the end go on a bit longer

i'd love a thread on songs that include backing vocals like the "ha ha ha ha" ones on this (also used in o superman and goldfrapp's "Hunt")

lechera, i woke up singing this too :) i mash the opening doo wop harmony vocal with metal guru in my mind by t-rex as well :-/

I went through a "Book of Love" phase for a long spell and walked away acknowledging that John's contribution is incredible. He really carries the song, it was quite kind of Lindsay to give him so much room.

check out the early version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qsi3WqhQSU

i'd love to play/sing a super loud crazy horse version of this song with a longer more ripping guitar solo/jam/freakout at the end

it's like this song has singlehandedly revived my interest in life

SURELY HE MUST KNOW ALL THE RUUUUULES

ha ha ha ha

I love how often FM demos and early versions sound more polished than most bands' final products.

book of love is definitely a fleetwood mac production i could live inside of

on an album of miraculous backing vocals it manages to hella stand out

it'd be a really fun song to teach a group of beginners
i would love to hear different interpretations of this song tbh
that is why i asked about covers originally

Are there many auto harps used on this record? The guitar sounds are super lush

I gave this album another listen a couple of weeks ago. Still think it's the weakest album they put out from 1975-1987, although there's a couple of songs that would make it onto a personal best of.

('Gypsy' and 'Book of Love', of course.)

"Hold Me" is miraculous.

"Oh Diane," "Wish You Were Here," and "Empire State" I skip.

hold me/gypsy/book of love are def my favorites
can't really remember much about the rest of the songs tbh!
but those three i love A LOT

On the evidence of "That's Allright," Nicks should've sung more country; it's one of the last times her voice was that high too.

I loathe 'Empire State' - for me, it's one of the worst things this incarnation of FM put out. I agree that Mirage gets overlooked a bit, but it's not hard to see why when it followed three incredible albums and was followed by an album that yielded far more memorable hits.

i bought it from the dollar bin

"hold me" and "gypsy" are so good that i was dismayed at how much i do not enjoy the full album

Xp to Ross

I feel like LB found some super close but rounded way to record his guitars with this production. There are all these great little guitar incidents that are tiny yet super present and colorful

Papas Fritas admit their Fleetwood Mac influence with a stripped down "Book of Love" cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KJHNddSzLo

However, if you've heard "People Say," you already know how much they love Mirage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxiOSmAE3rM

She was just a dream maker,
Dreamer of sighs
Shadow on the one who used to cry

Can't believe this revive has not mentioned the incredible "Eyes of the World" yet.

eyes eyes eyes eyes

BACK AND FORTH LIES UNFUUUURRRLLLL

Love "Straight Back". What a production job building up and sustaining a lyric that's about ... who the f___ knows what but it sounds gorgeous in the process. Great headphones albums these (Rumours thru Tango).

mirage remaster is i think the best remaster i've ever heard

Loving it!

mirage remaster is i think the best remaster i've ever heard

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson),

It transformed the album for me.

"Straight Back" is the only new song Nicks contributed; "Gypsy" and the too underrated "That's Alright" are Rumours and Tusk cast-offs.

I know "Tusk" and "Tango" feature tracks that are, for all purposes, entirely Lindsey. Is that true for "Mirage" as well? Like "Can't Go Back" or "Empire State" or "Oh Diane," they sound like they could be Lindsey solo specials.

"Eyes of the World," too. The drums on that one, "Can't Go Back" and "Diane" could even very well be looped or drum machine.

I'd say "Empire State" sounds like a solo performance.

The band's done terrific live performances of "Eyes of the World" in the last thirty years.

oh good a new opportunity to embed this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TV6BEwJEKI

"Straight Back" is the only new song Nicks contributed; "Gypsy" and the too underrated "That's Alright" are Rumours and Tusk cast-offs.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, August 18, 2020 6:16 AM (two hours ago)

nope, "That's Alright" dates back to the Buckingham/Nicks demos:

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

Alfred you esp. should hear those demos if you haven't.

I knew that both Nicks & Buckingham had deep NorCal roots (both attended Menlo-Atherton HS & San Jose State, then Rumours was recorded in Sausalito), but this little gem in the wiki for Buckingham Nicks demo:

In 1972, the two continued to write songs, recording demo tapes at night in Daly City on a half-inch four-track Ampex tape machine Buckingham kept at the coffee roasting plant belonging to his father.

Alfred you esp. should hear those demos if you haven't.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli),

I am! It's frustrating in the best sense to hear McVie's demo for what became "You & I, Part II" and realize what it's missing, hence the Buckingham co-writing credit.

"Book of Love" still my absolute fave!!

^^^

SURELY HE MUST KNOW ALL THE RUUULLLLES

SURELY HE MUST KNOW ALL THE RUUULLLLES

ha ha ha ha

Buckingham’s best work here has this quality of being totally pop and completely unhinged at the same time. I expect him to collapse and start frothing at the mouth during “The Book of Love”.

Well, he started frothing in this 1982 performance of "The Chain."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGykwC0fdJ4