Who doesn't like Fleetwood Mac?

[seeker007nmss]

My mom likes the Mac, then again She bought Pink floyd's "the Wall" when it first came out before we did. Totally blew my friends minds at the time.

[Miss Vicky]

I don't. Well... at least I don't consider myself to be "a fan" anymore.

I used to be a total Fleetwood Mac obsessive, but have over the last eight years grown tired of and lost interest in most of the members - except Lindsey Buckingham and, to a lesser extent, Billy Burnette.

As for my parents... well I don't know what happened there. They used to like FM. They had Bare Trees, Mystery to Me, Future Games, Fleetwood Mac, and Rumours in their LP collection, but now my mom listens to classical and my dad likes country. WTF?

But yes, I have met people who don't like Fleetwood Mac. Two of my closest friends in fact. I took them both to shows on the SYW tour and managed to convert one into a Buckingham admirer but she still hates the Mac. The concert had no affect on the other friend, however.

Whatever, there are plenty of artists out there that other people worship and I either can't stand or are indifferent to... take Pink Floyd and The Who for example.

[Dark Angel]

My husband couldn't stand them for the longest time. After the 2003 concert, he came away with a new respect for Lindsey, who he used to call "a$$hole". Now he'll listen to Lindsey and Chris songs, but he can't stand Stevie.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Dark Angel

Now he'll listen to Lindsey and Chris songs, but he can't stand Stevie.

I'd like to buy him a beer.

[Dark Angel]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I'd like to buy him a beer.

He might take you up on a Bacardi Raz.

[Nico]

Lets see...my dad likes Fleetwood Mac, but mainly for the guitar players like Peter Green, Bob Welch, and Lindsey. In fact, I really got my dad into Lindsey now! He even loves listening to his solo stuff, and that's not too surprising since my dad has always been forever cool.

My mom is pretty indifferent. She dislikes Stevie, though. She hates her image, her voice and doesn't care for her songs (except for some of the ones off of Tusk). She basically finds her quite...vocally and musically limited. To put it nicely. And I can't influence my mother at all. She will stick with her opinion to the end...but she does think Lindsey is hot. So...I guess that is some kind of a plus.

My brother doesn't care. My sister-in-law doesn't care.

My boyfriend only really likes Lindsey (especially any song he did on "the Dance"), lol! He doesn't really know anything about Fleetwood Mac except for the Buckingham-Nicks era... He also doesn't get Stevie and he said Christine's music is either too poppy or just "boring." He's very, very, very picky though. In general. So...liking Lindsey is a good thing.

And that's about it. My friends are evenly divided. I basically just play them stuff without saying who it is, because some of them won't care one way or another and if I say it is Fleetwood Mac or Christine or Lindsey or Stevie they would just roll their eyes at me. lol!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Dark Angel

After the 2003 concert, he came away with a new respect for Lindsey, who he used to call "a$$hole". Now he'll listen to Lindsey and Chris songs, but he can't stand Stevie.

You married a winner, Lisa. Pat him on the back for me.

[dissention]

A lot of my friends hate Fleetwood Mac, but I have a couple that like them and have gone to concerts with me. Good times.

When I was a kid, my mother drove me NUTS with The Eagles, so I took every opportunity to drive her insane with Fleetwood Mac. She's at the point now where if she's in my car and she hears Stevie come on, she'll bitch me out. Doesn't really care for Chris all that much, either, but she does love Lindsey ever since I gave her a copy of Law and Order.

[Johnny Stew]

My friends are all converted Mac/Stevie fans. Most of them didn't care for FM or only slightly liked them, then became huge fans through their friendship with me.
My best friend, Anne, now actually surfs Mac sites and P2P groups for unreleased tracks and demos.

In fact, one of my friends always teases me that I should get a kickback from the band for all the people I've converted.

Within my family, one of my uncles and one of my aunts are both big Mac fans. She's always been more of a Stevie fan, and he started out as much more of a Lindsey fan, but was turned off by 'Go Insane' and most of his stuff since then (my gain though -- because he gave me his vinyl 'Law & Order'). He now prefers Stevie, too.
My cousins in Oklahoma City are Mac fans as well, and are quite fond of Lindsey and Christine, but they also prefer Stevie and have travelled to several of her solo shows.

In my immediate family, my mother prefers Lindsey and then Christine, though there seem to be a growing number of Stevie songs that she tells me are favorites ("Real Tears" and "Illume" chief among them, oddly enough).
Dad pretty much has no use for FM at all, outside of "Tusk" (he's a marching band fanatic), and my brother only likes "Never Going Back Again"... everything else I've played for him, has been deemed "over-produced."

[StevieNicksEO17]

My dad likes the Eagles and isn't really a fan of Fleetwood Mac, but if I put them on in the car, he wont turn it off, he'll just turn it way down.

My mom LOVES them, that's how I got into them. Same for my aunt, those are the two that took me to see my first FM concert.

My friends are pretty sick of them. Sometimes they will listen to a song, and I've known them to get into a few of their songs. But, they're pretty sick of me talking about them nonstop and trying to get them to go to a concert with me. My one friend went with me to see Stevie, while one of the others would never pay money to see Stevie, but she would pay a lot of money to see Fleetwood Mac (but she also never wants to listen to them.) Who knows, my friends are messed up!

[Johnny Stew]

Sheesh... I read only the replies on this third page and then posted my own reply. Not remembering that I had already replied to this thread last year!

Dang senility!

[golddustwoman77]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

Btw, My Mom is a rocker (My late Father was a country/western & surf music freak), brought us 3 boys up on The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Beach Boys, etc...I even saw my Mom one time listening to death metal, When made me look to sky and ask "What the f**k is wrong with THAT picture God?"
Brian "The youngest of 3 music collecting/addicted boys" j.

It sounds like we had a similiar upbringing. Both, my parents were rockers. They love all sorts of music, and they raised my brother and me to love music too. Both my parents, especially my dad, love the Mac. I'm one lucky girl!

Now to answers the real question, I haven't really ever meet a person who didn't like Fleetwood Mac. They don't have the love affair with them they we all do, but they appreciate and like most of their music. I don't know anyone who hates them.

[DavidMn]

I'll tell a little story to you all that may be funny. A few years ago when I was working at this Mobil Gas station they allowed us to have a cd player behind the counter and of course whenever I worked, I played Fleetwood Mac or Stevie for the most part. One day this woman came in, I'd seen ehr before, and she launched into a tirade about why she has to listen to that nasaly voiced B##ch every time she comes in the store. I told her that I liked her, and that since I'm behind the counter, I'm in charge, and if she didnt like Stevie to at least keep her comments to herself. She wouldnt let up, kept saying how she sucked and she didnt want to have to hear her again when he came in, and I told her to get the F**K out of the store and never come back. (She called me a moron before I uttered thids.) Anyhoo, I stood my ground for my girl!!!!

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

One day this woman came in, I'd seen ehr before, and she launched into a tirade about why she has to listen to that nasaly voiced B##ch every time she comes in the store. I told her that I liked her, and that since I'm behind the counter, I'm in charge, and if she didnt like Stevie to at least keep her comments to herself. She wouldnt let up, kept saying how she sucked and she didnt want to have to hear her again when he came in, and I told her to get the F**K out of the store and never come back. (She called me a moron before I uttered thids.) Anyhoo, I stood my ground for my girl!!!!

[Lindsey Jr.]

I have parents of 53 & 54 years old and yeah, they like 'em