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I should also add that Lindsey has said that he wasn't as much into cocaine as others. He just didn't say it in the context of why he left in 1987.
But yeah he's said it. He said he never bought cocaine himself, because it was too expensive. He said that he liked marijuana. Mick and Stevie have also said that Lindsey didn't do cocaine as much as the rest of them. Lindsey certainly admits to doing some drugs, though. In his solo shows he has long joked with Neale and Brett about not remembering much of the past, because they were all hurting themselves back then. Michele |
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The album is pretty good. The song Behind the Mask is VERY good, and could have been on any previous FM album.
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This album proved that Lindsey really was responsible for Fleetwood Macs success.The album was horrible and only managed to go platinum because it came after Tango In The Night.
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In my opinion Behind The Mask could have been much better ( on hearing the demos and outtakes for the period)
But saying that the following songs i think are great "In the Back of My Mind" "Skies the Limit" "Save Me" "Behind the Mask" "Love Is Dangerous" "Do You Know" But the "Behind The Mask" tour was excellent Because of Rick & Billy, FM decided to play some of the early FM music Far Superior to ny tour FM have done since |
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I'm not in love with Behind the Mask, but I like it. It would have been better if Stevie's songs were stronger. Like many of their albums circa 1970-1974, this was a a band in transition.
The cover art was such a miscalculation. It was enough of a disorientation that Lindsey had been replaced with two newcomers. Then they come with a cover that inexplicably features an anonymous group of people that most of us would initially assume to be a picture of the band.
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I've now given BTM a few plays through and really feel its aged quite well- unfortunately its still just too incohesive. I also don't think they made enough of Stevie- on an album missing Lindsey they should have given much more prominence to her backing vocals on the non-Stevie Nicks songs.
Love Is Dangerous seems to be getting quite a bit of love. I don't get it- for me its just poor. However, Do You Know and When It Comes To Love are pretty damned good and could have been singles. Hard Feelings is decent too. Billy and Christine's voices work really well together. I'd take an album from just Christine, Billy, Mick and John. |
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Back to my original point... I would love a candid interview with Lindsey someday There are some great songs on BTM A little known fact that I learned listening to Dick Clark's countdown in 1990 when Skies the Limit was on the Adult contemporary charts was the song was a last minute addition to the album. The album was finished and Christine thought the album sounded too dark. It lacked one of her peppy love songs. So she quickly wrote Skies the Limit and made it a first cut on the album. I would say half the songs on the album are good to very good. Some of the songs like Hard Feelings by Billy is pretty bad IMHO. My favorites are: Skies the Limit Back of my Mind When it comes to Love Behind the Mask Freedom Save Me Love is Dangerous I don't like Hard Feelings or Affairs of the Heart. Affairs of the Heart almost seems like a demo IMHO. Very little on the creative side too. Stand on the Rock and Do you know are ok. The album only hit #18 on the US charts but went to #1 in the UK. That is interesting. Rolling Stone raved about the album giving it 4/5 stars and stating Rick and Billy were the best thing that ever happened to Fleetwood Mac. While other critics did not have good things to say. Last edited by Macfan4life; 04-11-2015 at 07:19 AM.. |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x34B71_sVsM Behind The Mask did make #1 in the UK but that was almost entirely down to the phenomenal success of Tango In The Night. I bet the Rolling Stone journalist would love to take that comment back if given the chance- its been quoted so many times since then. |
04-11-2015, 07:47 AM |
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Back then, I liked BTM alot more than TITN, which I violently hated from day one. Good laid back, down to earth production, the songs are great, good or at least tolerable and even the Stevie songs are decent. Today, I would rather hear BTN for 24 straight hours then to endure hearing "Mystified" again for once.
Compared to other FM albums, BTM is still in the middle field - not an album that would draw me to become a fan, but nothing offputting either. Favorites: "Save me", "Freedom" and "Do you know" and the Title track. |
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Her voice was completely absent from the majority of the songs she didn't write. She can be heard a little bit in the coda of Save Me and she has a small bit in When the Sun Goes Down. She only really has any prominence on Skies the Limit and In the Back of My Mind. |
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Here's how BTM stacks up for me.
Very good tracks: When The Sun Goes Down Love Is Dangerous Behind The Mask Fair-to-decent tracks: Skies The Limit Affairs Of The Heart Poor tracks: Save Me Do You Know Hard Feelings Atrocious tracks: Stand On The Rock When It Comes To Love In The Back Of My Mind Freedom The Second Time Overall, not a great album. I like When The Sun Goes Down so much because, to my ears, it has a rather Lindsey-esque production. |
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It's the English teacher in me, but I cringe every time I see Sky's the Limit written Skies the Limit. I just can't believe that no one involved with that CD ever caught it before I came out.
OK, I'll go back to grading essays Kevin p.s. Oh yeah, I don't think Chris's songs on this CD are as good as other Mac songs of hers, but they are certainly better than anything on In the Meantime, IMO. I think of In the Back of My Mind as their version of The Chain. I kind of like it. And Stevie's stuff is OK. I don't like any of Rick or Billy's songs except for Hard Feelings, which I somehow always pair in my mind with I'm the One from Chris's solo CD. Overall, I'd say it was a good try but also a very good example of just how necessary Lindsey is. |
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