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Mick, John, Christine, and Lindsey for me. Simply because Christine and Lindsey each wrote more songs than Stevie in the Rumours line-up era. That, and you can't replace Lindsey!
Even so, it's like splitting hairs to choose between Stevie and Christine... ahh, the torture!
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I love SYW. Still do. Is it perfect? No. But it still shows them off to be a band that is musically very experimental. That's the thing with Fleetwood Mac. They always get sorta pigeon holed into being a soft rock band. But their music runs the gamut....hell I would even go as far as saying some of the live stuff borders on metal. When you attend a show by them you could have say Over And Over and then you get the truely overpowering The Chain.
Live boots from say Rumours on through now show that this band is very versatile, which is something that I feel gets lost when your hearing their songs on the radio. I do like and love some of the stuff recorded before the addition of Lindsey and Stevie, however it's the 5 fireflies that I love the most. Passion, drama and excellent musicianship and presentation add up to a most wonderful collage of dynamics. Even now that they are in their 60's they still put forth amazing shows. Always perfect? No. The MSG show from June 09 was amazing. The show opener from Pittsburg so so. Nerves? Quite possibly. They are the one band that I always go to for listening pleasure above all others. Been a fan since 1977 and my interest in them has never waned......."we just refuse to go way". |
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Yeah, I couldn't have listened to SYW, without Silver Girl, or Illume. |
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How about Mick, Christine, Lindsey, Stevie? Hire a new bass player. Yeah you'll miss John on his solo on The Chain but other than that anyone can play his parts.
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I think they COULD'VE released a great album without Christine. But damn, there's a lot of throw away crap and stuff better suited to their solo outings. Less is more sometimes.
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To be fair, the same is true with a lot of Lindsey's stuff AND, for that matter, In The Meantime had a few skippers. Bottom line, the whole Fleetwood Mac through Tusk days are long behind them.
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I say all of this because I feel the band still has the potential to release really great material. They just let other crap trip them up. |
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In most cases this is true for most bands. The first 3 albums are usually the best. Record Companies know this too and that's why they own the artists in the beginnings of their careers.
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Filler is a matter of opinion. I am so glad SYW was a double album. I like every song on there except Silver Girl and was thrilled to get all that new music in one sitting.
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