http://www.salon.com/2013/09/27/christine_mcvie_reunites_with_fleetwood_mac_to_play_dont_stop/
awww, Christine played "Don't Stop" with the Mac last nite
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 27 September 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
Ah, if it was "You Make Loving Fun" she sang then I would have really kicked myself for not going.
― hewing to the status quo with great zealotry (DavidM), Friday, 27 September 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
She was on again tonight. Wiped away a tear thinking it might be the last time ever.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 27 September 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
how were they overall? two weeks till i see em in paris, just gone with some mac-esque decadence and booked my 36 quid megabus return.
― opie dead eyed piece of shit (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:20 (ten years ago) link
omigod McVie's voice is just about intact, i.e. still able to project the emotions of those songs
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
I love how Stevie keeps looking at Christine as if to reignite their harmonic chemistry.
I don't think this is fake; they all look genuinely happy to see her.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:27 (ten years ago) link
that was great
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
They were fantastic. It's rare that I come away from a gig feeling satisfied but they managed it. Was a long gig at more than two-and-a-half hours. There was a five-song Tusk section including a bitchin' title track and Sisters Of The Moon (first time since 1980 says Stevie). Some acoustic numbers - Lindsay doing Big Love was astounding. There was nothing pre-classic-line-up except one pretty lost Buckingham Nicks tune, which felt like a treat. Only regret is they didn't break out Honey Hi or Never Forget, but in the circumstances...
I even got a recognisable snap of them:
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3796/6fcy.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 28 September 2013 07:00 (ten years ago) link
Paris show was superb, even though they're playing massive hit after massive hit they don't feel at all like a nostalgia act, still so dynamic and intense at all times. Sara and Landslide particularly lovely and moving, and that epic Gold Dust Woman jam into I'm So Afraid was so heavy and raw, parts of it could've been Bardo Pond or something.
Also even though I bought the second cheapest tier of ticket my seat was really good, no farther back than I would've been at the back of Brixton Academy or somewhere like that. Though disappointingly my section never got around to standing up. (I'd also been wondering what the demographic of a Paris Mac show would be, and the answer was the most boring one possible - middle-aged English people...)
Here is the one photie I took:
http://oi39.tinypic.com/119vt5i.jpg
― opie dead eyed piece of shit (Merdeyeux), Sunday, 13 October 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
lol. But at least they get to go to Paris. And better seats too by the looks. I'd been to the O2 once before for Prince, but was up in the gods and view and sound were a bit terrible. Both were better in the lower tier, but there's no getting around that it's a vast venue and you can still be really far away.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 13 October 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
I'm So Afraid is so dark and heavy... The version on the 1980 live album is just insane. Really wish I'd been able to make one of these shows, but I just don't have the cash, or the contacts to blag.
― Defund Phil Collins (stevie), Sunday, 13 October 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
Bummer: http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/10/27/fleetwood-mac-john-mcvie-cancer/
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 October 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Christine McVie's back: http://pitchfork.com/news/53561-christine-mcvie-rejoining-fleetwood-mac/
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:33 (ten years ago) link
not a fan of the pre-buckingham/nicks fleetwood mac's sound, but then i remind myself the old mac recorded this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJrLjcRAcho
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 13 January 2014 02:57 (ten years ago) link
Bare Trees is a wonderful album!
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 January 2014 02:57 (ten years ago) link
hm! it's kind of a weird mid-period mac album, no? (post-peter green, pre-buckingham/nicks)
― Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 13 January 2014 03:00 (ten years ago) link
if it leans poppier, like sentimental lady, i'm gonna investigate.
Bare Trees is the best!! Bob Welch era is my fav...Future Games rules too
― ilx snitch (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 January 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
his hair the worst though
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 January 2014 03:12 (ten years ago) link
His solo album covers are worse than the worst
― barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 13 January 2014 03:26 (ten years ago) link
ummm guys CHRISTINE FUCKING MCVIE IS BACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Monday, 13 January 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac between Peter Green and Buckingham/Nicks
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 13 January 2014 17:42 (ten years ago) link
yeah that might be the period of mac that i relate to the most. mystery to me, bare trees and future games are all fantastic
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, 13 January 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
kiln house is good too
i need to hear mystery to me
they just did a box set with all this era stuff on vinyl
― ilx snitch (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 January 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/Fleetwood-Mac-1969-1972-4xLP-7-22/dp/B00DB624CC
One of the things I love most about Fleetwood Mac is all these previous iterations of the group, each different from the last though many showcasing some of the same qualities that would stick around for decades. And best of all, bar a song or two, at most, pre-Buckingham/Nicks Mac is never in any danger of over-exposure, which leaves it packed with surprises to discover and explore.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 January 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
i don't have data to back this up, but fleetwood mac must be the second most ubiquitous band next to the beatles these days. i hear them everywhere i go. more ubiquitous than pizza.
― tylerw, Monday, 13 January 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
don't make me choose between FM and pizza
― the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music (stevie), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 07:33 (ten years ago) link
Rock on Gold Crust Woman...
― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 08:59 (ten years ago) link
sell me pies, sell me sweet little pies...
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 09:48 (ten years ago) link
Save Me A Slice
― ...out of that weakness, out of that envy, out of that fear.. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 09:50 (ten years ago) link
Dough Your Own Way
― he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up (NotEnough), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 11:02 (ten years ago) link
stop this at once.
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 12:51 (ten years ago) link
The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Fork)
― time is a train that make the future flag post (snoball), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 13:18 (ten years ago) link
And it's all from three or four records, right? And even then mostly S/T and "Rumours."
Anyway, depends what station you listen to, I guess. Fleetwood Mac is a deep well from which to draw, but stuff from the first Boston and Cars records, in terms of sheer density, I hear even more than the Mac. I actually don't hear that much Beatles on the radio these days. I hear the Aerosmith cover of "Come Together" as much as the real thing. Hey, look, three bands from Boston, dominating classic rock radio.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 14:18 (ten years ago) link
Formally reunited with Christine. Tour dates announced for this fall 33 cities. They're calling it the "On With The Show" tour. https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/59578_10152304274679138_521480061_n.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 March 2014 13:29 (ten years ago) link
goota say, this is one of the first time LB seems to start showing his age
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 27 March 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link
oh sheeeit
― jamiesummerz, Thursday, 27 March 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
So I guess John McVie came through the cancer okay then?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 27 March 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
omg they're playing in Sac
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:17 (ten years ago) link
psyched! man i might shell out for this
― goole, Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
mick lookin fly as hell
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Friday, 28 March 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
John looks sad. Glad he's well enough to tour though.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Friday, 28 March 2014 10:43 (ten years ago) link
John always looks sad. Ever seen the Fleetwood Mac episode of Rock Family Trees? He's like a glum sealion wearing UGGs.
― ronnie waitrose (stevie), Friday, 28 March 2014 10:45 (ten years ago) link
Working on a new album:
"This has kind of been a project in slow motion, that's the only way I can put it," Buckingham tells Billboard. "We got in the studio not knowing what to expect, and the chemistry was just unbelievable... We got eight tracks very far along, like, 75 percent done. It just played out really organically in a way that seemed appropriate." Buckingham says the new songs came from ideas McVie brought into the band, and coupled with material he worked on previously with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, the group has "about 14 or 15 things, and some other things we want to get to down the line" even before Nicks begins making contributions.
"We're all very excited about it. Knowing me, I'm going to be pushing for a double album," Buckingham says with a laugh.
Describing the new songs -- which include "Carnival Begin," "Red Sun" and "Too Far Gone" -- McVie says, "There's a wide variety, starting from sort of blues-based songs to very commercial songs. It's very, very exciting. We get chills when we hear them. They sound really fresh. There's an element, I guess, that hasn't really existed so much in the past although it has been there in the fact Lindsey and I have been collaborating more. We've been working very closely together, so there is a freshness and obviously there are parts for Stevie to sing on all of these songs, which she will do eventually."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
I do hope someone (Stevie?) steps in and challenges Lindsey's desire for a double lp. Say You Will is too long (and Tusk is too, tbh).
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
SYW felt long because it lacked McVie's connective tissue, but there are few duds; it's got some of Buck and Nicks' very best material.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
i can't think of any songs on tusk i would cut
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
i mean being big and sprawling and overblown is kind of the whole thing of tusk
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link