Fleetwood Mac
One amazing group from the 70s and 80s .
Good hour long TV biog on freesat on 4th of May.
Lindsey and Stevie met up while still at school and had 10 years together before the breakup.
They are still doing concerts together, but there's still a lot of tension between them.
From what I could Gather Christine McVie has left the band , left America and is now back living in UK .
Stevie Nicks is in her 60s, but wow... that voice is still there and as strong as ever.... Lindsey backing her up so brilliantly on the guitar.
After a brilliant career in the 60s Mick and the group were born again in California and with three great songwriters on board... Christine, Stevie and Lindsey.... how could they fail ?
Good hour long TV biog on freesat on 4th of May.
Lindsey and Stevie met up while still at school and had 10 years together before the breakup.
They are still doing concerts together, but there's still a lot of tension between them.
From what I could Gather Christine McVie has left the band , left America and is now back living in UK .
Stevie Nicks is in her 60s, but wow... that voice is still there and as strong as ever.... Lindsey backing her up so brilliantly on the guitar.
After a brilliant career in the 60s Mick and the group were born again in California and with three great songwriters on board... Christine, Stevie and Lindsey.... how could they fail ?
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I know it's cliche but the Rumours album is one of my all time favourite records. I love Christine's work too and Stevie's solo stuff is excellent, her recent album (in your dreams) is fantastic. She's a brilliant song writer.
Christine apparently left the band because touring got too much for her, she got really bad stage fright towards the end (apparently) and had enough.
Seems that he was having a hot affair with Stevie at one point, but then went off with her best friend.
Relationships got a bit complicated in that group to say the least .
The relationship issues are part of the legend and the creative process it would seem.
Me too ,a friend mentioned them and it occurred to me that Id never knowing heard any of there music.I got straight on spotify was quickly hooked! I think 'gypsy' is my favourite at the moment
in the group...
Lindsey one great guitarist and performer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdXbiB354us
On the tv doc it looked like Mick and John are living in Hawaii ( or an island nearby )
"We still love UK.......but its so cold !!!
They re right, 5th of May today and its brass monkeys out there !
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With Roxy Music, everything up to Siren was good, But after that they became a lounge-lizard band in suits and ties and the music became very bland. But the last album Avalon was something of a return to form, even though it was still lounge-lizard music.
well i completely agree.
its the old debate "which fleetwood mac do you like best" , easily the peter green version for me. tracks like 'man of the world' , 'oh well', 'the green manalishi' are imho far superior to the later MOR/AOR material that many liked.
Apparently Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys, who dated Christine in the late 70's/early 80's could easily outdo the members of Fleetwood Mac when it came to drug and alcohol cosumption.
Correct he went off with Sara Recor one of her best friends .....hence the song Sara
Something some Fleetwood Mac fans get a bit sniffy about is liking the Buckingham-Nicks era more than the Peter Green era, but for me, Rumours is the greatest album ever written.
Agree for me never the same when Gabriel left although I prefer Lamb Lies Down.
The split was beneficial to both acts.
But the Genesis ended up being a "housewives favourite" type of band, particularly when Phil Collins started persuing a massively popular solo career whose CDs ended up being in every housewives CD collections!!!:eek::eek:
Give me the Peter Gabriel-era Genesis anyday, plus the fact that Peter was a very charismatic and bizarre band leader with all his costumes and personas!!!:D:D
wow...its not very often you see the animals being given the nod!
Absolutely love them.
They were quite a bit before my time (I wasn't born til 1992!) but their music has always been a big part of my life. I would class their version of Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood as my favourite song of all time!
I've also had the pleasure of seeing Eric Burdon perform live!
I'm with you although I don't think Rumours is THE greatest album ever written, I think it is FM's best. I also think Tango in the Night is underrated.