Fleetwood Mac: Free Fallin' Into The Unknown

[On Ice]

Sorry, but Free Falling does not belong in a Fleetwood Mac set especially as an encore. So many great songs to choose from that she could have sent a wave out to Petty- but this, is not working. Pick any song that she really likes and put a Petty spin on it and voila, there you have it. Storms would've fit the bill. There had to have been a song of hers that Petty really liked no? At least they followed it up with a Christine rarity, although that apparently is now gone from the set. Also, with Crowded House reuniting, why keep DDITO in the set, or bringing back I've got You? Not to mention dropping Hypnotized, Tell Me All the Things You Do and Isn't it Midnight while keeping this?

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by On Ice

Sorry, but Free Falling does not belong in a Fleetwood Mac set especially as an encore. With Crowded House reuniting, why keep DDIO in the set?

Before the tour I agreed with this but after having seen the show I hate to admit it, but those 2 songs got the biggest audience response of the evening along with GYOW. The audience sang right along with DDIO and loved the Petty tribute screen shots. I ended up enjoying them also because it was something refreshingly different.

[On Ice]

Good point Vivfox, but still, getting the biggest response from the audience is telling though- how about a killer version of Why, Beautiful Child or even Crystal?

Just too much material in the catalogue and stellar musicians in the band's past to justify that many covers.

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Before the tour I agreed with this but after having seen the show I hate to admit it, but those 2 songs got the biggest audience response of the evening along with GYOW. The audience sang right along with DDIO and loved the Petty tribute screen shots. I ended up enjoying them also because it was something refreshingly different.

That says a lot about the audience and the band. Two cover songs are the highlights of the show of a band of Fleetwood Mac's caliber?

When I see the Stones, Harlem Shuffle or Just My Imagination wouldn't be the best parts of the show - and hey, they actually recorded versions of those tunes!

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by jmn3

That says a lot about the audience and the band. Two cover songs are the highlights of the show of a band of Fleetwood Mac's caliber?

When I see the Stones, Harlem Shuffle or Just My Imagination wouldn't be the best parts of the show - and hey, they actually recorded versions of those tunes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAkMTu6q2pY

[brucewayne]

The current version of Fleetwood Mac is just a cover band. Without Lindsey, I’m not a fan.

[David]

Originally Posted by brucewayne

The current version of Fleetwood Mac is just a cover band. Without Lindsey, I’m not a fan.

I realize that some fans (where did Steve and Mr. Sugar go, by the way?) were initially looking forward to some new magic generated by this configuration. But that hope seems to have fizzled, even in the most quixotic of them. Unless you're perfectly content attending these big stadium and arena thingies for $400 a pop for the rest of your life and not hearing anything new on vinyl or in the print media or even on TV, you've probably moved on.

Mick himself may or may not have had greater expectations for this project - I don't know. It's almost impossible to tell with him. He's the guy who has reached out to grab anyone who happened to be walking down the street for the past fifty years. The recent article (posted in another thread) about a "love story" between Mick, Stevie, and Neil's old hit song is silly. This latching on to Neil's ancient work (ask Stevie to name a Neil Finn song besides the two Fleetwood Mac is playing) is no more a love story than Mick and the Big Town Playboys, Billy Thorpe, Billy Field, Dane Donohue, or other one-ups. This urge to reach out and pull in players who catch your eye can be a good thing, but when it's so incessant - as in Mick's case - it begins to seem like a neurosis.

(Stevie has this urge too. But at least she doesn't form whole new bands with the people she picks up every year. She didn't form a band around, say, the Williams Brothers.)

[secret love]

Originally Posted by David

I realize that some fans (where did Steve and Mr. Sugar go, by the way?) were initially looking forward to some new magic generated by this configuration. But that hope seems to have fizzled, even in the most quixotic of them. Unless you're perfectly content attending these big stadium and arena thingies for $400 a pop for the rest of your life and not hearing anything new on vinyl or in the print media or even on TV, you've probably moved on.

Mick himself may or may not have had greater expectations for this project - I don't know. It's almost impossible to tell with him. He's the guy who has reached out to grab anyone who happened to be walking down the street for the past fifty years. The recent article (posted in another thread) about a "love story" between Mick, Stevie, and Neil's old hit song is silly. This latching on to Neil's ancient work (ask Stevie to name a Neil Finn song besides the two Fleetwood Mac is playing) is no more a love story than Mick and the Big Town Playboys, Billy Thorpe, Billy Field, Dane Donohue, or other one-ups. This urge to reach out and pull in players who catch your eye can be a good thing, but when it's so incessant - as in Mick's case - it begins to seem like a neurosis.

(Stevie has this urge too. But at least she doesn't form whole new bands with the people she picks up every year. She didn't form a band around, say, the Williams Brothers.)

Would certainly not put it past Stevie to have gone ought (okay, who am I kidding... she may have sent Karen to the shops...) and bought a chunk of the Crowded House and Split Enz catalogue to listen to and learn some songs. She did this when she was considering joining Fleetwood Mac and was impressed by what a great band they were. Hell, some of the old songs made it into the set simply because she likes them so much.

Stevie always reveled in being the only honorary girl Heartbreaker. The difference between Stevie and her best friend Mick being that she can write a decent tune and sing it herself. If we had these hangers on Mick latches onto playing songs he wrote, we could only expect These Strange Times and Lizard People all over again.

[HoursAndHours]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAkMTu6q2pY

Well, the last Stones album was all covers, and one of the best things they've done in the last 30 years.

I wish this version of FM should record something. I'll be surprised if they do, but I wish they would.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HoursAndHours

Well, the last Stones album was all covers, and one of the best things they've done in the last 30 years.

I wish this version of FM should record something. I'll be surprised if they do, but I wish they would.

I love Harlem Shuffle. I'm not a HUGE Stones fan like many folks. However, as I've gotten older I have come to appreciate just how many damn songs they have.

[cbBen]

Originally Posted by jmn3

That says a lot about the audience and the band. Two cover songs are the highlights of the show of a band of Fleetwood Mac's caliber?

When I see the Stones, Harlem Shuffle or Just My Imagination wouldn't be the best parts of the show - and hey, they actually recorded versions of those tunes!

Stevie recorded "Free Fallin'" in the 1990's, with Mike Campbell producing.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by On Ice

Sorry, but Free Falling does not belong in a Fleetwood Mac set especially as an encore. So many great songs to choose from that she could have sent a wave out to Petty- but this, is not working. Pick any song that she really likes and put a Petty spin on it and voila, there you have it. Storms would've fit the bill. There had to have been a song of hers that Petty really liked no? At least they followed it up with a Christine rarity, although that apparently is now gone from the set. Also, with Crowded House reuniting, why keep DDITO in the set, or bringing back I've got You? Not to mention dropping Hypnotized, Tell Me All the Things You Do and Isn't it Midnight while keeping this?

I agree with most of what you say but the mostly Nicks inspired audience fell asleep during Hypnotized and Isn't it Midnight so they were removed from the set. Free Fallin as the encore actually fits this bill pretty good. Its the whole purpose this tour is happening that Stevie fired Lindsey and brought a Heartbreaker into the Mac. So with that, it makes perfect sense.

[Storms123]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

I agree with most of what you say but the mostly Nicks inspired audience fell asleep during Hypnotized and Isn't it Midnight so they were removed from the set. Free Fallin as the encore actually fits this bill pretty good. Its the whole purpose this tour is happening that Stevie fired Lindsey and brought a Heartbreaker into the Mac. So with that, it makes perfect sense.

Hey Now Hey Now...It's Not a Dream, this tour is ALMOST OVER!!