Freedom Japan 1990

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Originally Posted by Gene

I was very disappointed that LB resorted to the tapes. As for the musicians, he CAN afford 'em. (sigh) I mean if you wanna do a SOLO show then do it! SOLO!

Gene, if you watch the Wembley Arena London 2009 version of Go Insane he uses the original recording, with his young voice, as a backing track and sings a very passionate rendition of this song! Back 'in the day' I used to listen to this cd over and over again. I loved all the instrumentation used making it that much more dramatic, to me anyway.
I, for one, am in favour of the original recordings being used only to inhance the music as long as they sing along live as well! After all a lot of people heard these songs on the radio before they knew of the band/singer so they will instantly recognize the songs.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by BrownEyedGirl26

Gene, if you watch the Wembley Arena London 2009 version of Go Insane he uses the original recording, with his young voice, as a backing track and sings a very passionate rendition of this song!

But that's exactly what we're against.

[SteveMacD]

THIS is how you do a stripped down version of an original that had many different layers.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

THIS is how you do a stripped down version of an original that had many different layers.

OKAY, I watched and I know this isn't a competition, but I prefer LB over RT mainly because of his charisma! I respect your choice of a stripped down version of an original though!

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by BrownEyedGirl26

OKAY, I watched and I know this isn't a competition, but I prefer LB over RT mainly because of his charisma! I respect your choice of a stripped down version of an original though!

To be fair, that video was taken from a guitar instruction video, however, I'm not really talking about the whole charisma thing. We all have our preferences in terms of performers. (Although, for me, Lindsey's psychobabble hurts any charisma he might have.) I work for a band that puts on one of the most electrifying shows in rock, so I find myself focusing more on Thompson's art and humor than his stage presence.

I'm just showing how a true artist is able to take the song back to its core and rework an accompaniment so that it can be done solo, without all of the karaoke BS, and still have some semblance of orchestration. Lindsey was able to do this in 1993 with "Big Love" and "Go Insane", but seems to be phoning it in these days, which isn't art, IMO.

[Oooh Missionary]

This line-up never felt like "Fleetwood Mac" to me. This is however the best thing Stevie recorded with this line up and I'm thrilled to see a performance of it, mimed or not.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Oooh Missionary

This line-up never felt like "Fleetwood Mac" to me. This is however the best thing Stevie recorded with this line up and I'm thrilled to see a performance of it, mimed or not.

It didn't feel less like FM to me. It had Mick and the McVies. The current FM feels less like FM to me.