Fleetwood Mac: Classic or Dud

They were amazing last time they came over here …

that makes me feel much better

o so well i guess i'm seeing fleetwood mac in paris. (i bought it RIGHT NOW so perhaps you could too, ismael: http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/fleetwood-mac-tickets?c=micro_site_fleetwood_080213 )

Reissue Mirage and Ta-ahhn-GOOOOOO already!

Thanks for the tip Merdey - it was showing as *one* ticket left, but had gone by the time I got through. Downside - no fm; upside - I may remain married.

ah bad luck. lucky me, having no one to alienate but my bank account.

not quite sure what my logic is whereby £140 + a £2 round trip is less affordable than £64 + whatever a round trip to Paris will cost.

I could've had seats in the 6th row for the Cleveland show but was not willing to drop $149.50 a seat.

ISMAEL. THIRD LONDON DATE ANNOUNCED http://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/fleetwood-mac-tickets?c=twit_ln_fleetwoodmac_080213

Okay wtf is this, dripping out dates over the day of sale? Presumably the gap days are going to get filled now too.

London prices were ridiculous, so have booked for Antwerp- 70 euro. OMG.

seriously not even worth it without christine

Done it. Merdey, I am in your debt.

HOORAY. good luck with yr marriage.

i've heard some rumours that chat with christine is still ongoing.

:O really?? damn. i'll believe it when it happens tho

if not they should at least bring in a ringer. maybe those chumps who replaced lindsey can do a christine impersonation between them.

guessing sitting on the top tier at the o2 would feel nearly as frustrating and out of things as not being there at all?

hey this band just got a 10.0 on pfork

why do u think we're paying big buxxx 2 c them jeez.

the warning that the top tier of the o2 may not be suitable for those with vertigo made it sound kinda cool actually.

lol at whiney goin in on twitter
"Websites like Pitchfork should be built to destroy Fleetwod Mac, not enforce them."

just done a GIS and it does look p cool. maybe for watching sport rather than fleetwood mac for 85 quid tho?

just watched the VH1 Classic Albums on Rumors...man, felt bad for John McVie, he still seemed haunted by what happened, like some Vietnam vet with PTSD

I would say just catch Lindsey solo

and, um, stevie solo. the dave grohl sound city live shindig was totally worth sitting thru for stevie's headlining set (and a few other wonderful moments).

xp yeah mcvie seems like a dude with regrets on that doc. oh well, he can probably drown his sorrows on his bed made out of diamonds.

he and Mick live on neighbouring Hawaiian islands, he can probably console himself somehow.

Pumped that this rare hard to find record is finally back in print! Can't wait to hear what the hype is about, is it streaming anywhere?

oh i'm sure he's fine, it was just kinda weird in that doc how sad he seemed, but i think that was the first classic albums or close to it, so the stuff was a lot more recent i guess

he was really glum in the rock family trees episode on fleetwood mac, too. still really angry about the guy they had to kick out because he was fucking mick's wife. still really bummed that bob welch left when he did. still really miffed about lindsey leaving after tango.

still destroyed that Christine left him.

I loved Nick's explanation: "Chris and John aren't together because John drinks."

liked jessica hopper's review of this on pitchfork but this was OUT OF LINE:

Two years prior to recording Rumours, though, Fleetwood Mac was approximately nowhere. In order to re-establish the group's flagging stateside reputation, in early 1974 Fleetwood Mac's drummer and band patriarch, Mick Fleetwood, keyboardist/singer Christine McVie, and her husband, bassist John McVie, moved from England to Los Angeles. The quartet was then helmed by their fifth and least-dazzling guitarist, the American Bob Welch.

not cool

give it a couple years, pfork will be giving future games a 10.0 too.

future games is so tight, as is bare trees

"homeward bound" is my fav christine mcvie jam

not to derail but if you guys haven't heard this one, damnnn
http://image.musicimport.biz/sdimages/disk1/464559.jpg

no, but that cover is fucking awesome even if the font reminds me of ten years after for some reason

it's great, super-psyched out hendrix-y/fusion instrumental jams.

If that ever gets a boxset reissue they should use modern photoshop techniques to remove that slice of bright sky above the leopard's neck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDUdM7K9SVk

Future Games is the bomb, as is End of the Game

I have no problems with Future Games, but I'd take Bare Trees over it in a heartbeat.

nah

Dust is a really great song, and there are a couple of others, but there are just some amazing epic melancholia on FG. I need to listen to those records again tho.

The quartet was then helmed by their fifth and least-dazzling guitarist, the American Bob Welch.

God, even when she's writing on a subject I'd normally agree with her on, SHE DOES IT WRONG.

no sentimental lady this jessica hopper

least-dazzling = did not become homeless or was not mentally ill

Um, Welch had his own problems, obviously.

less dazzling than Billy Burnette and Rick Vito?

They wore bolos. How could they not be dazzling?

You know, I love the Bob Welch era, but it's entirely possible that he *was* the least dazzling guitarist. In context, though, I don't know that that's a horrible criticism. My favorite FM album is, for the record, Mystery To Me closely followed by Bare Trees.