The freak-out sounds very proto-postpunk to my ears! At least until the more bluesy part toward the end of it. I can imagine JD or The Sound making something similar...
You're right. I'm listening to it for the first time and it sounds a lot like Joy Division, particularly the tone on the bass line. I can see the OK Computer comparison too with this track.
― the fucker that will burn you (sundar), Monday, 11 April 2005 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― PB, Monday, 11 April 2005 23:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Stevie > Christie
???
Don't Stop is amazing duh.
― Atnevon (Atnevon), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 01:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 01:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 01:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― john'n'chicago, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 02:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:04 (nineteen years ago) link
haha "figure it out"...no, really, I was listening to the music you cynical bastards
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:17 (nineteen years ago) link
haha, perfect
― PB, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link
"Stand Back"! "If Anyone Falls"! "Edge of Seventeen"! "Talk to Me"!
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ozbash (stickthrower), Thursday, 3 November 2005 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Thursday, 3 November 2005 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 November 2005 18:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 3 November 2005 19:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Thursday, 3 November 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
but here's what jumps to mind wrt slick 70s production & mysticism: Joni Mitchell (Don Juan's & Hissing of Summer Lawns), Dennis Wilson, early Eagles, any solo Byrds from that period (the first David Crosby, solo McGuinn, Dillard & Clark). maybe even Steely Dan?
― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 3 November 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Thursday, 3 November 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
The male/female dynamic thing sounds like a good lead as well. Thanks for the suggestions so far, keep them rolling in.
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― Ozbash (stickthrower), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:08 (eighteen years ago) link
If you don't have the Buckingham Nicks LP, grab that for sure. And as for remotely similar stuff, I've been really feeling the first America LP, though it actually sounds more like Neil Young or CSN&Y.
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Completely OTM
First heard it en route to Vegas this summer. Have yet to go beyond that and the Dance though.
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 3 November 2005 22:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Thursday, 3 November 2005 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roxymuzak, Mrs. Carbohydrate (roxymuzak), Thursday, 3 November 2005 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― mentalist (mentalist), Thursday, 3 November 2005 23:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Thursday, 3 November 2005 23:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― john p. irrelevant (electricsound), Friday, 4 November 2005 00:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― joe schmoe (joeschmoe), Friday, 4 November 2005 00:49 (eighteen years ago) link
"The Essential Fleetwood Mac" pretends that Buckingham Nicks never happened.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 24 January 2008 17:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's a post from seven years ago that is so bad, misguided and just plain wrong that it's funny.
"They were a bit like Blue Oyster Cult in that the music was so soft and gentle, but there was still a hint of menace about the band."
Maybe FM was soft and gentle, but BOC??
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 24 January 2008 17:25 (sixteen years ago) link
The BOC pop years are pretty gentle. "Burning For You" is what I'm thinking of. But that comparison is still off-base.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 24 January 2008 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
For me the BOC pop years don't count. If "Hot Rails to Hell" doesn't shake your house's foundations, nothing will.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 24 January 2008 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Presumably the OP had only heard Agents of Fortune and Spectres.
Or hey, maybe somebody gave him a BÖC comp consisting of nothing but ballads, like the Sabbath one M@tt did a coupla weeks ago! I wouldn't mind hearing that myself. (For me, pop AND metal years count.)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 24 January 2008 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Agents and Spectres both have some shit that rocks too. After that, it falls off the radar for me, but up through that time (esp. the first three albums) BOC was pretty kick ass.
The best early soft BOC song: Then Came the Last Days of May. The subject matter's pretty heavy though, three kids going out west to make a fortune in drug dealing have their brains splattered all over the desert by the narrator.
― Bill Magill, Thursday, 24 January 2008 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF? CLASSIC
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 24 January 2008 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
(From Wikipedia)
The influence of the Rumours album in popular culture is evident:
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony sample The Chain for their song Wind Blow on the CD, Strength & Loyalty;
- The Chain was used by the BBC for their Grand Prix Programme title sequence since the programme's inception in 1978 until ITV won the F1 rights for 1997;
- The song "Don't Stop" was used as a campaign theme-song by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- The song "Don't Stop" was used in the movie Accepted during the graduation party, playing softly in the background.
- In the pilot of HBO's Flight of the Conchords, while in the electronics shop, they describe a developing love triangle. Murray, the band manager, then states its not good for the band for such a thing to happen, comparing it to the "Fleetwood Mac Situation", though he describes it as a love square. He goes on to say they made some of their best music during this time, Bret simply says "Rumours," referring to the famous album. Murray then responds "No, it's all true," mistaking Bret's remark.
- Kid Rock sampled the chorus to "Second Hand News" for his song "Wasting Time" on his 1998 release Devil Without A Cause.
Looks like they've pretty much sewn that one up!
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
what's the best book out there about fleetwood mac? (preferably written by one of the members)
― NI, Saturday, 8 March 2008 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know, but damn I love Fleetwood Mac full stop. I have "Then Play On," "The Pious Bird of Good Omen," "Kiln House," "Bare Trees," and "Tusk" and the "Greatest Hits" comp on my iPod, which I think covers all of the awesome versions of the band pretty well. I can't stop listening to them! And the Buckingham/Nicks record is awesome for "Long Distance Winner" alone!
― J, Saturday, 8 March 2008 18:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, no, you need one of the Bob Welch albums. Mystery To Me!
There are some interesting concerts from right after Buckingham/Nicks joined where they're still doing older tracks like Station Man. It's kind of weird to hear that right next to Rhiannon.
Also, the BBC Sessions and/or the live at Boston has a track that I don't think appears elsewhere called Sandy Mary which is just amazing. Kind of a cross between T Rex, bluesy Mac, and Cream. I've said this elsewhere, but stand by it, that White Stripes should be forced to cover it for their own good.
Lastly, Say You Will is pretty wonderful as well, though my favorite parts are mostly Buckingham's solo tracks that got absorbed.
― dlp9001, Saturday, 8 March 2008 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i think say you will is one of the great forgotten albums. 'murrow turning over in his grave', 'thrown down', 'peacekeeper', 'silver girl', 'bleed to love her', 'say goodbye', 'goodbye baby' and the rest too. so god.
― or something, Saturday, 8 March 2008 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
xxxp i've heard mick fleetwood's book is really good but i've never seen a copy; pretty sure it's oop
― winston, Saturday, 8 March 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
i got the fleetwood book pretty easily from the 'bay - it's a very entertaining and often very enlightening read. i'd like to see a buckingham bio one day to get a different part of the story..
― electricsound, Saturday, 8 March 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
-- J, Saturday, 8 March 2008 18:25 (Yesterday) Link
Welch was in the band for Bare Trees. It contains his signature tune: "Sentimental Lady."
― QuantumNoise, Sunday, 9 March 2008 00:52 (sixteen years ago) link
True that, but it didn't really turn into "his" band until later. Bare Trees is kind of the Kirwan album.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 9 March 2008 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate to use the word perfect in any context but damn, 'sara'. PERFECT.
That's all, carry on.
― oscar, Monday, 17 March 2008 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link