The videos we have never seen

[David]

I always just figured that the director of the “Hold Me” vid wanted to pay a little homage to Magritte. All those images of sand dunes and mirrors with illogical reflections and bowler hats are all famous Magritte paintings. Also, I vaguely recall that Lindsey’s Aunt Nancy suggested calling the album Mirage — but I don’t know why the band went with it. It doesn’t make much of an impression, other than a passingly odd one. Maybe a better title could have been lifted from the song “Can’t Go Back.”

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Wasn't Stevie on a horse in LIttle Lies?

An oldie but a goodie from the Ledge, about 15 years ago....

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

An oldie but a goodie from the Ledge, about 15 years ago....

Good lord, I don't remember that.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Good lord, I don't remember that.

I have dozens, no, HUNDREDS of funny FM pics, saved from back in the heyday of the Ledge.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I have dozens, no, HUNDREDS of funny FM pics, saved from back in the heyday of the Ledge.

Do you have pick up the pizzas and go home?

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by David

I always just figured that the director of the “Hold Me” vid wanted to pay a little homage to Magritte. All those images of sand dunes and mirrors with illogical reflections and bowler hats are all famous Magritte paintings.

It is. When you mentioned Magritte I googled and found this.

The video for this song was inspired in large part by the works of the Belgian painter Magritte, whose paintings appear in the clip. It was directed by Steve Barron and shot in the Mojave Desert. The combination of extreme heat and band tension made for a very difficult shoot. Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks had all started solo projects, and getting the band to collaborate was a lesson in futility. The video's producer Simon Fields said in I Want My MTV by Craig Marks, "John McVie was drunk and tried to punch me. Stevie Nicks didn't want to walk on the sand with her platforms. Christine McVie was fed up with all of them They were a fractious bunch."

The video was subpar, but it was a fresh Fleetwood Mac video, which was good enough for MTV, which in 1982 was desperate for new clips by rock artists, especially established ones. Fleetwood Mac's video for "Tusk" was one of the few they had available when they launched on August 1, 1981.

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/fleetwood-mac/hold-me

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Do you have pick up the pizzas and go home?

Madame, your pizza order is ready.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Madame, your pizza order is ready.

Woman of a 1000 pizzas

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Woman of a 1000 pizzas

The leaning tower of pizza

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by vivfox

The leaning tower of pizza

When Mama eats too much pizza...

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by David

I always just figured that the director of the “Hold Me” vid wanted to pay a little homage to Magritte. All those images of sand dunes and mirrors with illogical reflections and bowler hats are all famous Magritte paintings.

As I understand it,* the director was listening to the new album while drinking tea with his wife, wondering what kind of video to make, when it occurred to him that MIRAGE plus two Ts equals MAGRITTE.

(* May be apocryphal.)

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Madame, your pizza order is ready.

That was always my favorite and made me laugh out loud each time. I was a lurker here more than 10 years before joining. I came here mostly at looking at the incredible photos and that signature line is the best IMHO. That poster is no longer around?

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

As I understand it,* the director was listening to the new album while drinking tea with his wife, wondering what kind of video to make, when it occurred to him that MIRAGE plus two Ts equals MAGRITTE.

(* May be apocryphal.)

What was in that tea???

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

That was always my favorite and made me laugh out loud each time. I was a lurker here more than 10 years before joining. I came here mostly at looking at the incredible photos and that signature line is the best IMHO. That poster is no longer around?

I lurked for a couple of years before joining. It seemed so mean here, and I used to have thin skin.

Do you see what 20 years here will do to a fella?

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*this pic from when Old I'm Not The Boss got Lindsey fired*

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I lurked for a couple of years before joining. It seemed so mean here, and I used to have thin skin.

Do you see what 20 years here will do to a fella?

You once yelled at me because I didn't know Christine's cut out was an actual b3 Hammond.

I was afraid to say anything for a while.