He's not a coke guy; he's been public for years about his epilepsy. Less so about his anger, especially toward women.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 August 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
I defer to you experts but in the Caillat book he mentions LB snorting up the drugs more than once
― calstars, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 22:45 (three years ago) link
Sure. But Nicks is candid: she has said he did drugs, just fewer and less often than the others
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 August 2020 22:46 (three years ago) link
From what I know of the era it sounds like everyone was doing some coke, but Lindsey said he was more a pot guy.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 22:51 (three years ago) link
sigh, I was only able to appreciate “don’t stop” when some poster (m bison?) pointed out that it works better if you imagine Lindsey *extremely on cocaine*
― brimstead, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link
The Simpsons is how I had that revelation, when Bart sings "Don't Stop" after taking a bunch of Focusyn
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 23:56 (three years ago) link
― brimstead, Tuesday, August 18, 2020 5:53 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
this sounds like some shit i said, m bison otm
― methinks dababy doth bop shit too much (m bison), Thursday, 20 August 2020 02:16 (three years ago) link
terrified that my urge to hear Book Of Love after a dramatic day means I have the emotional maturity of Lindsey Buckingham
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Monday, 22 January 2024 03:35 (three months ago) link
whoa oh oh ohhhhhhohhhhhhh
just center yourself on the rock solid emotional maturity of john mcvie, be the penguin
― Florin Cuchares, Monday, 22 January 2024 05:18 (three months ago) link
interesting "that's alright" goes all the way back to buckingham/nicks
an all time tune for me, enjoy the alternate version too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngO6-a6NAIc
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 22 January 2024 12:25 (three months ago) link
One of the last times Nicks could hit those high notes before her nose surrendered to coke.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 January 2024 12:48 (three months ago) link
Love Mirage! That's Alright is a really strong song, after hearing the coffee plant demo and realizing how old it is I'm surprised they waited until the 80s before using it. Maybe it was too C/W for the prior albums? I dunno. Better song to me than I Don't Want to Know or Blue Letter, both older tunes dusted off and repurposed for FM.
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 02:05 (three months ago) link
"That's Alright" is the only non-single on here that's memorable to me.I was pretty surprised, hearing this record years after their 70s run, how traditional the sound palette was, and especially knowing how completely they'd give in to sampling and programming on the follow-up. I guess 1982 was just on the cusp of these superstar acts still recording with piano, organ, "organic"-sounding harmonies, etc. Also probably the conservatism reflects Lindsey being a good boy after Tusk.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 02:19 (three months ago) link
I don't find this album particularly traditional-sounding, especially given the much-vaunted experimentalism of Tusk is largely confined to a handful of tracks (that's not a criticism: a tune like "Over and Over" is not terribly experimental but is still absolutely gorgeous-sounding).
On Mirage the interplay of competing elements - both between various instruments and then between lead versus backing vocals - is incredibly intense, even as formally there is more of an investment in "classic" pop manoeuvres (e.g. the harmonies having a slight barbershop vibe at times).
This culminates on "Hold Me" which is like an intricately wrought musical box, but also elsewhere and more subtly, like on "Only Over You": the complex but unthreatening interweaving of distant sighing backing vocals, churning bass, whining or droning organ, rat a tat drum rolls and a twinkling King Sunny Ade guitar solo from another room (notice how this song immediately repeats the trick from "Gypsy" of fading out on what might have been a much longer solo).
And of course "Eyes of the World" is just nuts, the intro to the guitar solo where it's like a serrated knife cutting through the rest of the arrangement in order to take over the track feels like peak Buckingham to me.
A close listen reveals the importance of Mirage as a bridge between Tusk and Tango rather than as a retrenchment.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 02:41 (three months ago) link
My ears always fix on the gated/prominent reverb of this album. The eighties!
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 03:53 (three months ago) link
Mirage sounds conservative only next to Tusk.
I've realized that Halfway there but for you just about never agree on music.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 10:33 (three months ago) link
* Halfway there but for you and I
― Reeves Gabrels' Funko Pop (majorairbro),
This album doesn't sound '80s. The ethos is still post-punk.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 January 2024 10:35 (three months ago) link
just about never agree on music.
We like some of the same things, just different parts. That's one of the things I like to learn on this site.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 15:09 (three months ago) link