Madame Nicks Presents: An Evening of Classic Mac
Coming to a town fair near you...
========= STEVIE (lights candles) Gather round, my children. My gypsy urchins. My forgotten chimpanzees. (plays a stunning array of two chords on piano with fervent intensity) Welcome to an Evening of Classic Mac, with me your host--Madame Nicks. Some say this is my band now. But then again... some say illusions are my game. (attempts dramatic David Copperfield flourish but gets tangled in glittery shawl) CHRISTINE (polite cough) Can we play some music now? STEVIE (makes gesture to sound guy to cut Chris' mic) The history of Fleetwood Mac is long and storied. Just like my song introductions. And nobody knows its history quite like me, its foremost storyteller and poet. The writer of its sole US #1 song. A song called Dreams. Which I wrote. And so, let's take a dream together, shall we? Back through the mists of time, to where it all began. Yes, with that cute little blues band in London. That's right--who could forget Rick Mayall & the Studebakers? After all, that was where my darling backing musicians, Mick and John, first met and played together. The rest is history. And I know it all. Because I have listened to all the old albums. At least once. Sometime in the evening of December 31, 1974. Possibly while cleaning the apartment. When people ask me, "Stevie, which member from the band's past has left the most indelible impression on its legacy?" I say to them, "Hah! That's any easy one. Let's see here--Bob... Bob Brunning? No. Wait. It's Bob West... Bob Westeros. Best Western. No, it's Bob.. Ricky Bobby. Bobby Brown... Bob.. You know what? Just all of them. They are all my children. The forgotten Bobs." (band gets restless and starts playing opening strains of Station Man) Another classic from the Mac of yore! You know, Station Master is one of my favorites. Because it was Christine's first song, after she quit Shake Shack and joined us. CHRISTINE (quietly into mic) This song was written by Danny Kirwan, actually. STEVIE (rattles tambourine loudly) Sorry Chris, couldn't hear you there. And so the band's name grew, until the legend became a myth, and the guitarists started going missing. For me, the Bob Welsh years are a blur. I got Lindsey to listen to those ones. I was tired from all the cleaning. But who could forget such classic Welsh hits as... Hypothesize? Or my personal favorite... Emeraldize? CHRIS, MICK, and JOHN Good night, everyone! Thank you! Good night. STEVIE Wha--Wait, I'd only just started my talk... JOHN We're doing them a favour. You don't know what you're talking about. MADAME NICKS (makes spell-casting gesture) May the ghost of Peter Green follow you down and haunt you! MICK Peter is still alive. I had tea with him just the other weekend. MADAME NICKS (hurls a crystal ball onto the stage floor, and disappears in a cloud of smoke) |
That's pretty much how I imagine it playing out. $tevie Nick$ Fajitawood Mac Roundup.
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lol! That "Station Man" mistake was pretty embarrassing.
I speculated in another thread that the reason she seized upon "Station Man" as a great classic Fleetwood Mac song was she that she remembered singing harmony on it back in 1975, and thus felt comfortable talking about it. However, she obviously forgot Lindsey sang lead on it. Oops! |
Brilliant DownOnRodeo, just brilliant.
Looking forward to the closing speech too. |
Some people have way too much time on their hands.
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DownOnRodeo, that was awesome! :lol:
Please write more.....I didn't want it to end! And the ending was hysterical as she disappeared in a puff of smoke......... |
Hahaha.. how did I miss this?? Hilarious! :xoxo:
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Rotflmao!!
I burst out laughing at work when I hit, "The forgotten Bobs" :lol:
This is absolute brilliance. Thanks, Joe. :thumbsup: |
Wondergirl!
Christy! :xoxo:
Lovely to see you. |
Christy + Joe = two of my favorite Ledgies. :)
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:blob1::wavey: Christy! :)
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Everything was alright, and now it's gone!
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Step 1 - Be a deranged fan at the peak of his/her fan-ness Step 2 - Design and print a custom t-shirt featuring the name of an undervalued song Step 3 - Stalk the songwriter at their hotel lobby after a show Step 4 - Point to your shirt expressively, in lieu of being able to hold up your end of a coherent conversation Step 5 - Be pleasantly surprised when song is subsequently added to setlist--but ironically never end up seeing it played live yourself Step 6 - Enjoy basking in undeserved praise from other fans for decades thereafter! |
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