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Five Songs Fleetwood Mac Covered
MTV Hive, June 29, 2012
http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/06/29/fi...d-mac-covered/ Hive Five: Our Daily Listicle of Musical Musings Lately, you’ve probably been hearing a lot about Just Tell Me That You Want Me, the Fleetwood Mac tribute album due out on August 14, commemorating the 45th anniversary of the band. An eager parade of artists are apparently indebted to the music of the Mac and will be rolling out their own versions of tunes from all across FM’s long career — acts like MGMT (“Future Games”), Best Coast (“Rhiannon”), and the New Pornographers (“Think About Me”). With all these Fleetwood Mac covers floating around in the air, why not take a look at some of the songs the band covered themselves over the years in their various incarnations? Since the songs an artist covers are usually an excellent way to analyze that band’s own musical makeup, maybe you could call at least a few of these the tracks that helped make the Mac. 1. “Homework” by Otis Rush Long before the luxurious L.A. pop of the Rumours-era lineup, Fleetwood Mac were a bunch of hungry young hairies who emerged from the ‘60s British blues boom that gave us the Yardbirds, John Mayall, et al. Here they are in ’68, barely a year into their career, busting out a burning rendition of an Otis Rush hit as founder Peter Green shows why he’s considered one of the best bluesmen to come out of Britain. 2. “Shake Your Moneymaker” by Elmore James Between Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer, Fleetwood Mac sported some serious six-string firepower. Here’s Spencer showing off his slide skills as the band plows through a classic by another of their blues heroes, the original slide-guitar hero himself, Elmore James. 3. “Farmer’s Daughter” by the Beach Boys By the time a reconstituted, L.A.-based Mac found fame in the ‘70s with frontcouple Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, blues influences had receded into the background. As this clip shows, the world-beating version of the band drew more inspiration from the warm, breezy West coast pop perfection of Beach Boys tunes like this harmony-heavy nugget originally found on Brian Wilson and company’s Surfin’ USA album 4. “I Am Waiting” by the Rolling Stones Lindsey’s love for the folk-rock/baroque-pop side of the Rolling Stones has emerged on his solo albums more than once. Buckingham’s latest, Seeds We Sow, includes his take on the Stones’ “She Smiled Sweetly,” and on Under the Skin he reinvented the chamber-pop charmer “I Am Waiting” as a creepy-cool kind of ghostly folk song. 5. “Free Fallin’” by Tom Petty Stevie and Tom Petty have plenty of history together. He gave Nicks her first solo hit, penning and playing on Bella Donna’s “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” She sang a duet with him on his Hard Promises ballad “Insider.” The two have made guest appearances at each other’s shows. It’s only natural that she’d want to spread some Stevie mojo on Petty’s blockbuster “Free Fallin’.” Hey, who knows – in an alternate universe, maybe Petty played Buckingham’s role in the Mac… |
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They missed the greatest 75+ cover of them ALL. Love Minus Zero!!!
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"They love each other so much, they think they hate each other." Imagine paying $1000 to hear "Don't Dream It's Over" instead of "Go Your Own Way" Fleetwood Mac helped me through a time of heartbreak. 12 years later, they broke my heart. |
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^^^^ This.
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Blue Letter....
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That list sucked. First, "Homework" was in '69, and was on the last full blues record they did, not the beginning.
But really, can we not all agree that Jumpin' At Shadows was THE best cover they ever did. And, if they're adding a (lame) Stevie Nicks solo cover of Tom Petty, what about the magnificent "I'd Rather Go Blind" or "Angel Come Home"??? I just need to quit reading stuff.
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Not to mention: Last Night (Little Walter) Buzz Me, Worried Dream, How Blue Can You Get (BB King) Everyday I Have The Blues (Peter Chatman aka Memphis Slim) Sugar Mama (Howlin' Wolf) Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (Adrian Rollini / Joe Venuti) and so forth |
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And how about the cover of the Yardbirds' "For Your Love" on Mystery To Me?
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Here are my favorite FM or Solo covers:
Shake Your Money Maker Honey Hush/Hi Ho Silver Blue Letter Kiss and Run Farmer's Daughter Stevie: I Need to Know Christine: Calumny, I Want You, And That's Saying a lot, Crazy Bout You Baby (FM live-in-studio version from 1970) |
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^Ok, but with a song like Calumny, even though someone else wrote it, if you're the only one who performed it, I tend not to think of it as a "cover" per se. I wish there was another name for a tune like that, written for you by someone else.
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Yeah..or Seven Wonders would have to qualify.
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Fair enough. But I like it too much not to mention it.
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Using that criteria, if we're doing favorite solo covers, then I would put Northern Star in too.
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another one that i adore - To Try For The Sun |
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Yes, and Love Minus Zero/No Limit
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