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
at the risk of losing my FM fan card, I agree Tusk is too long. Fleetwood Mac tend to succumb to the White Album syndrome really hard, with each member just doing their own thing and using the others as a back-up band.
― Dominique, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
I'd cut:
Buckingham: That's Enough For MeMcVie: Honey HiNicks: Angel
But the band itself was at the peak of its powers, so it's hard to fault them as songs. Plus, Haim's "Honey and I" has warmed me to "Honey Hi."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
Wouldn't cut a sneeze from "Tusk." Alfred OTM re: Say You Will, it just feels long - well, I mean, it is long - without McVie, but the material is pretty great.
FM should just release two albums, several months apart.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
McVie: Honey Hi
blasphemy
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
"Honey Hi" is beyond essential.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
i understand the feeling behind "this album is too long" but yeah, damn, i can't think of a single song i'd get rid of.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
"Honey Hi" is beyond essential.― Tim F, Wednesday, May 7, 2014
― Tim F, Wednesday, May 7, 2014
totally.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
i don't think i'd particularly cut anything from say you will either. in fact i'd make it a third longer (mcvie songs natch)
― denial plan (electricsound), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
being big and sprawling and overblown is kind of the whole thing of tusk
otm.
i don't particularly like "that's enough for me" either. and yet i think the album would be worse, not better, without it.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
maybe tusk is like the white album in that lots of people think it could stand to lose a bunch of songs, but no one can agree on what those songs are.
― it definitely wasn't designed to be a pants pocket player (stevie), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
and "Think About Me" is its "Savoy Truffle."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 23:09 (ten years ago) link
― Dominique, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 4:18 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't usually stan for late Beatles, but the White Album is good enough that I don't really think it makes sense to ascribe to it a "syndrome," unless the primary symptom of that syndrome is "makes a pretty damn good double album in which even some of the filler engages"
― espring (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
Being big and sprawling and overblown in kind of the whole thing of double albums in general IMO. The sprawl, the oddball bits and pieces and curios that would never make the cut on a single album. Stuff that would ordinarily be relegated to outtakes that emerge 15 years later on a bootleg.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 23:28 (ten years ago) link
"not that funny" and the title track are the only ones I sometimes skip but they're also both p good and funny and I'm glad they're on there
― original bgm, Thursday, 8 May 2014 00:41 (ten years ago) link
and I've spent afternoons listening to only "honey hi"!
here this willl change your mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbrCeJdyPqE.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 May 2014 00:44 (ten years ago) link
flamingcrystal5 years ago Very sexual song. Gotta love it!
― original bgm, Thursday, 8 May 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link
btw whatever else about Mirage the tour looks amazing: the older material was professionalized enough to be flawless yet allow the flourishes seen in that clip.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 May 2014 01:08 (ten years ago) link
It's...er, amusing how "Not That Funny" became such a jamming vehicle for them live (the '80 live album version is of similar length).
― Damnit Janet Weiss & The Riot Grrriel (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 8 May 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
Haha that is one of the most ridiculous live clips I've seen (meant as a compliment)
Just....everything...the hat/vest combo is nuts
― dollar rave club (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 8 May 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
I don't think of Tusk as big and sprawling at all. I think of it more in the "Exile" loose and shambling mode. As much as LB-era FB can be loose and shambling. Its nervous, anxious lack of focus is it's focus. And frankly, the album runs 74 minutes, which is not long at all. The most recent Beyonce album, for example, is almost 67 minutes, as are, like, tons of albums these days. Tusk is nothing.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 May 2014 03:34 (ten years ago) link