Unpopular Fleetwood Mac opinions

[AlexD]

The Say You Will era would've been their best era if Christine had been there. The set lists were great and the concerts were probably more exciting than the ones from 1997.

[Ench]

Say You Will was FM's best album since Rumours.

Think About Me is Christine's best ever FM song.

Lindsey has released the best solo albums by some margin.

Gypsy sounds too much like Sara

None of Stevie's producers can make her songs sound as good as Lyndsey does, though Dave Stewart isn't too far off.

Dan Perfect did really good work on "In the Meantime" and Christine should work with him again. "Friend" is Chris's best solo song, ever.

[WatchChain]

Originally Posted by singertobe

I don't think Carol Ann Harris was a bad person or just a Stevie replacement. I think she and Lindsey definitely shared something together and I do think he loved her and wasn't just trying to get back at Stevie.

I couldn't agree more. I'm quite sure that by 1979/80, Lindsey Buckingham was not only very much "over" Stevie, but considered her antics to be quite ridiculous.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by WatchChain

I couldn't agree more. I'm quite sure that by 1979/80, Lindsey Buckingham was not only very much "over" Stevie, but considered her antics to be quite ridiculous.

Currently, also.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by WatchChain

I couldn't agree more. I'm quite sure that by 1979/80, Lindsey Buckingham was not only very much "over" Stevie, but considered her antics to be quite ridiculous.

That entire group is growing exponentially!

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

That entire group is growing exponentially!

Yeah, when they started in on his wife.. and how he really loved Stevie..
blahhh the whole creepy factor set in..

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by AlexD

The Say You Will era would've been their best era if Christine had been there. The set lists were great and the concerts were probably more exciting than the ones from 1997.

In fairness, the set lists might not have been as adventurous had she been there. I am a HUGE Christine fan, but she has so many hits that every time she steps to the mic it's a run-through of their radio songs. I would have LOVED her on SYW, especially since her ITM album was so intriguing to me. "Friend," "Bad Loser," "Anything is Possible," "Giving it Back" and "Forgiveness" would have sounded dynamite alongside the Buckingham-Nicks material.

At the same time, I was so pleased with ITM that I'm glad I got to hear 12 songs (14 if you count the acoustic Friend and Come Out to Play).

[Peestie]

1 - I've never been a fan of Christine's singing live. She has always sounded pitchy to my ears, even back in the late 70s and early 80s.

1b - The pitch correction used on The Dance for Christine on Everywhere (I think...) ruins it. Why do it when most of the rest of the album sounds like it was rerecorded anyway?

2 - In the studio, I'd rather hear Lindsey and Christine sing harmonies than LB/SN or CM/SN.

3 - Everyone single one of Lindsey solo albums is better than every Fleetwood Mac album except Then Play On, Rumours, Tusk and Say You Will.

4 - Say You Will is Stevie's best collection of songs overall on any Mac album (maybe tied with Tusk).

[jmn3]

1. 1975+>pre-1975
2. Lindsey's solo work stinks with the rare exception here and there
3. There is a fairly good reason that Rumours dominates their setlists, it's, by far, their best collection of work as a band
4. I love Tusk, but some of Tusk stinks
5. The Rick and Billy live years make me cringe "Are we havin' fun yet!?"
6. Yeah, Lindsey probably would have said that to Bob Dylan
7. Stevie, like most old people, has become more and more irritating as the years have gone on
8. Not That Funny is simply not that good...and while at least we were spared the 13 minute spectacle in 2013, he had other "Tusk" options that would have been much, much, better
9. Lindsey's voice is terrible in concert for at least the last 8 years....it is painful hearing him croak out GYOW with the lowered key and plodding tempo
10. Sometimes the fans of this band turn me off more than even the band's ridiculous personalities and drama....how grown adults can carry on about Stevie and Lindsey's ridiculous relationship and "ship" them is beyond me - they dated for what, 5 years, 40+ years ago?

[elle]

Originally Posted by Ench

Say You Will was FM's best album since Rumours.

Think About Me is Christine's best ever FM song.

Lindsey has released the best solo albums by some margin.

Gypsy sounds too much like Sara

Originally Posted by Peestie

2 - In the studio, I'd rather hear Lindsey and Christine sing harmonies than LB/SN or CM/SN.

3 - Everyone single one of Lindsey solo albums is better than every Fleetwood Mac album except Then Play On, Rumours, Tusk and Say You Will.

agree on Say You Will being up there on FM albums - and it's definitely unpopular opinion!

also agree on Lindsey's solo albums being the best of all their solo albums by far, also unpopular. possibly because many FM fans never bothered to listen a lot of his solo stuff. but i would put some of his solo albums above almost any FM album (Cradle and Seeds for example). i think SYW has some of his great solo stuff on it, but solo GOS and UTS have other parts of that whole.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by Peestie

1 - I've never been a fan of Christine's singing live. She has always sounded pitchy to my ears, even back in the late 70s and early 80s....

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I can totally see this. She sounded fantastic live from 1973-76. Rarely is there a live show or soundboard from this era where she doesn't sound terrific. But excessive touring, drugs, and the fact that her lovely soft voice doesn't translate easily to an area setting makes her live performances less, shall I say, perfect?

When she's off pitch, she can sound awful. Her "Songbird" on the Tusk Doc is cringeworthy, as is the live "Over and Over" version used on the 1980 live album. She was similarly in rough shape for the Mirage tour--if the HBO special is anything to go on (though I have heard very good live versions of "Hold Me" and "Brown Eyes" from 1982 shows).

But for the Tango tour she sounds very strong. And she was in pretty good form for her solo tour in 1984. YMLF from The Dance is amazeballs. But overall, even when she is in tune or in pitch, her performances live do not electricfy as the other two's songs sometimes do.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jmn3

6. Yeah, Lindsey probably would have said that to Bob Dylan
7. Stevie, like most old people, has become more and more irritating as the years have gone on
8. Not That Funny is simply not that good...and while at least we were spared the 13 minute spectacle in 2013, he had other "Tusk" options that would have been much, much, better
9. Lindsey's voice is terrible in concert for at least the last 8 years....it is painful hearing him croak out GYOW with the lowered key and plodding tempo
10. Sometimes the fans of this band turn me off more than even the band's ridiculous personalities and drama....how grown adults can carry on about Stevie and Lindsey's ridiculous relationship and "ship" them is beyond me - they dated for what, 5 years, 40+ years ago?

6. Yeah, he probably would have.
7. Agreed. I hope she realizes it. She drones on and on, all about her own world. Complete narcissist.
8. I would show friends in high school the Mirage concert, and they would cringe and make me turn it off, when NTF came on. TRULY an embarrassment, with all that screaming.
9. It is so bad now. I really feel for him, because he's giving it all he has, but it's just not there now. Stevie learned years ago to hide behind the backup singers. Last time I saw them, Lindsey was pretty much singing ONLY the verses, and letting "the girls"(NOT Chris and Stevie) sing the choruses.
I hope they DO pull the plug in the next 3-5 years. Because the time is coming(or already past).
10. People think that I hate Stevie... And while she is my least favorite member, it's really because of the fanbase that she has, and the shipper community. They're (IMO) f*cking ridiculous, and I LOATHE them far far more than my small disdain for Stevie. Unicorn farts and all.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by jmn3

1. 1975+>pre-1975
2. Lindsey's solo work stinks with the rare exception here and there
3. There is a fairly good reason that Rumours dominates their setlists, it's, by far, their best collection of work as a band
4. I love Tusk, but some of Tusk stinks
5. The Rick and Billy live years make me cringe "Are we havin' fun yet!?"
6. Yeah, Lindsey probably would have said that to Bob Dylan
7. Stevie, like most old people, has become more and more irritating as the years have gone on
8. Not That Funny is simply not that good...and while at least we were spared the 13 minute spectacle in 2013, he had other "Tusk" options that would have been much, much, better
9. Lindsey's voice is terrible in concert for at least the last 8 years....it is painful hearing him croak out GYOW with the lowered key and plodding tempo
10. Sometimes the fans of this band turn me off more than even the band's ridiculous personalities and drama....how grown adults can carry on about Stevie and Lindsey's ridiculous relationship and "ship" them is beyond me - they dated for what, 5 years, 40+ years ago?

Unpopular opinions...I can only believe the vast majority would agree with the vast majority of what you write. Either that or we are a meeting of minds!

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Unpopular opinions...I can only believe the vast majority would agree with the vast majority of what you write. Either that or we are a meeting of minds!

Haha...all depends on which segment of the FM fandom you asked I suppose! I'm sure my #10 could get me castrated by some...

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Haha...all depends on which segment of the FM fandom you asked I suppose! I'm sure my #10 could get me castrated by some...

Not by me. It got creepy here for a while. It was like an obsession of an agenda. The castration happened when you disagreed. And when Christine came back, all hell broke loose. lol