Weird, though, they seem to cut out the guitar solo.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 September 2018 12:10 (six years ago) link
Youtube comments on the ellen performance mostly seem to agree that Neil doesn’t really work in here. I think that the song choice was probably inadequate as well, they should have went for a nicks or mcvie led ballad... they probably chose the chain as it’s the song most young people now identify of them by its appearance in Guardians Of the Galaxy.
Anyways it just doesn’t work and qs exemplified by the 1982 performance it’s a song that demands too much energy and works better when performed somewhat incohesively, close but not together. Not waiting for the other band members to cue you in.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 September 2018 12:11 (six years ago) link
Still clueless vocals mixing on Gypsy (all three voices should go RIGHT UP FRONT, only the hired hand voices should be quieter, dammit), but the rhythm issue is much less of a problem -- but that's because this one has John pushing the tempo, letting Mick try to keep up with him.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 6 September 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
Basically this lineup is totally misbegotten. You can replace Lindsey Buckingham, but it is a mistake to replicate him, especially when you invite a world-class songwriter to join your band.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 September 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link
Two world-class songwriters, if you include Mike Campbell.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 September 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
yeah it would be cool if they did another transformation of the band but kinda feel like no one is invested enough in it at this point to try
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
Au contraire, they are *literally* too invested.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:06 (six years ago) link
or yeah i know what you mean, i guess i mean motivated, like they just probably want to get the dough from the tour and be done
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
If they thought of money in terms of millions rather than tens or hundreds of millions they would tour smaller venues and try something different.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 September 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
not only did Campbell not get the closing solo in "Gypsy," but he barely tried those fills in the middle eight…
― veronica moser, Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:09 (six years ago) link
yeah it would be cool if they did another transformation of the bandbut kinda feel like no one is invested enough in it at this point to try
this is the first performance with the ringer bloke that Mick likes and wanted to bring in, on the least adventurous talk show in America. even if the others were open to changing methods or arrangements or writing new material, it'd be unlikely to happen until they've played full shows in front of audiences and learnt who they are as a band.
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
they should just keep it going like the Harlem Globetrotters, no need for the Mac brand to end anytime soon. There are plenty of musicians out there, there will be plenty still 100 years from now.
― omar little, Thursday, 6 September 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
in vancouver nov 14 - not sure about going yet...how many of you peoples are going to shows
― ritual showdown (Ross), Friday, 28 September 2018 20:21 (six years ago) link
Considered it until I saw the Ellen clip. I guess it depends what the setlists are like (that is, how much Neil Finn and/or Tom Petty, but either of those could be gross, too, in this context). Would definitely have considered it more if it were a smaller theater and not an arena
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 September 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
Noticed Finn & Campbell are getting the Daryl Jones treatment in the promo pics I've been seeing for the tour.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 September 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
seeing Lindsey instead
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 28 September 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
Smart move, he is great live.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 September 2018 21:37 (six years ago) link
3-Disc solo anthology looks good: https://www.rhino.com/product/solo-anthology-the-best-of-lindsey-buckingham#3cd-deluxe
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 September 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
I did the quick math and you can fit almost all of his albums on three discs. But I'm OK with getting some of those odds and sods in one place.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 September 2018 22:09 (six years ago) link
Noticed Finn & Campbell are getting the Daryl Jones treatment in the promo pics I've been seeing for the tour.This is a toss-up - between casual fans who don’t know about the lineup change, and might be put off by confusing photos, vs ppl energised by the lineup change and keen to see it. Plus the likelihood that it’s a one-tour lineup, with no record, there’s no strong impetus to include two of the (four? five?) touring musicians in promo shots.It’s total bullshit that Jones hasn’t been appearing in Stones photos since, say, 1993, though. He’s been in twice as long as Ronnie was before Wood became an actual member, and Wood still got to be in photos the whole time.
― Betting Eighty Hams (sic), Friday, 28 September 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
Huh, every FM picture I saw had Mike and Neil in it.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 September 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
Like this one:
https://www.reviewjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/10712323_web1_web-Fleetwood-Mac-courtesy.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 September 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
idk how you can hire two guys that prominent to replace LB and leave them out of any/all promo photos
― alpine static, Friday, 28 September 2018 23:30 (six years ago) link
Ok, the pics I saw online promoting the Houston show were all 4-shots of the McVie's, Stevie & Mick.
Speaking of pics, I was just reminded of all these vintage Mac tour tees a local record shop got in and were selling awhile back. One of them iirc was from '90 and had a huge band pic w/Burnette & Vito.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 28 September 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link
reporting john mcvie's blue jeans to this thread.
― fact checking cuz, Saturday, 29 September 2018 04:13 (five years ago) link
Well here you go again, you’ve pissed your diaper
― calstars, Saturday, 29 September 2018 04:15 (five years ago) link
Nice of Martha Stewart to join them for the shoot
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 29 September 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
Opening setlist ... predictably weird?
1. "The Chain"2. "Little Lies"3. "Dreams"4. "Second Hand News" (Neil Finn on vocals)5. "Say You Love Me"6. "Black Magic Woman" (1968 single, Stevie Nicks on vocals)7. "Everywhere"8. "I Got You" (Split Enz cover, Finn on vocals)9. "Rhiannon"10. "Tell Me All the Things You Do" (from Kiln House, 1970)11. "Storms"12. "World Turning" (featuring drum / percussion duel)13. "Hypnotized" (from Mystery to Me, 1973, Finn on vocals)14. "Oh Well" (Mike Campbell on vocals)15. "Don't Dream It's Over" (Crowded House cover, Finn and Nicks duet)16. "Landslide"17. "Isn't It Midnight" (from Tango in the Night, 1987)18. "Monday Morning"19. "You Make Loving Fun"20. "Gold Dust Woman"21. "Go Your Own Way"encore22. "Free Fallin'" (Tom Petty cover, Nicks on vocals)23. "Don't Stop"24. "All Over Again" (From Time, 1995 - Nicks and Christine McVie on vocals)
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 4 October 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
WOW @ Closing w/something from Time...
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 October 2018 00:14 (five years ago) link
That is an AMAZING setlist.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 5 October 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
it is p cool yeah, do we have audio?
― niels, Friday, 5 October 2018 06:19 (five years ago) link
TS: Mike Campbell's hair
― Sam Weller, Friday, 5 October 2018 07:41 (five years ago) link
13. "Hypnotized" (from Mystery to Me, 1973, Finn on vocals)
oh good i was actually hoping for something like this to happen
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, 5 October 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link
I hope they mix it up a bit over the tour, that would be interesting. I have a feeling they will not go.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 October 2018 11:58 (five years ago) link
not though
I read in a recent interview w/Campbell that he had to learn 60-something songs for the tour, so I imagine they'll rotate the obscurities and deep cuts some. I mean, that's kind of party for the course w/most legacy acts of their stature.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 October 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
"Par For The Course" obvs.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 5 October 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
Actually, it's not! FM absolutely not famous for shaking things up, afaict.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 October 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Friday, October 5, 2018 6:42 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
bringing back Bob stuff w/Finn on vox would be so crucial
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 5 October 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
Or Kirwan stuff! I can hear a version of "Woman of 1000 Years" in my head with Stevie harmonies, but that's probably way too obscuro.
― Freddy "Boom Boom" QAnon (Dan Peterson), Friday, 5 October 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
AMAZING set by Lindsey today/tonight in SF... "Never Going Back Again" laced with extra venom due to obvious recent events.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 6 October 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
This is the only vid so far, I'll try to post more:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbKts8Zs32w
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 6 October 2018 05:06 (five years ago) link
lmao
https://www.stereogum.com/2018097/did-lindsey-buckingham-take-fleetwood-macs-getty-images-password-with-him/
― alpine static, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
Kinda weird they are doing Bob Welch stuff given the way the band treated him in his later years
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 23:22 (five years ago) link
I seem to recall in a recent-ish Fleetwood interview that he was sorry now for what went down between Welch and the band (but mainly Fleetwood) and it was all due to the litigation going on between the two camps that any of that happened in the first place. Nicks and C. McVie seem to be pretty pro-Welch when the subject arises.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 October 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lindsey-buckingham-fleetwood-mac-firing-733460/amp/
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
pretty sad
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 11 October 2018 08:21 (five years ago) link
I guess this also means a Buckingham/Nicks reissue really isn't happening.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 October 2018 08:49 (five years ago) link
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lindsey-buckingham-sues-fleetwood-mac-over-dismissal-from-band-736063/amp/
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 11 October 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
hey, if bridges are being burned, why not burn all the bridges? sounds like Stevie and Lindsey are having a diva-off.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 October 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link