Fans from the 70's: Rumours memories?

[EveryHour]

For those of you who were around when Rumours came out.....
What are your memories of the "Rumours mayhem"?

[jbrownsjr]

I remember seeing 10,000 Eight Track tapes of Rumours and the White Album in the store. I was 9. I remember hearing Don't Stop, Dreams and You Make Lovin Fun and Go Your Own Way about 10 million times on the radio.

I remember hearing people say Stevie Nicks was a man. the name Stevie thru them off. I really didn't know who the members were at that time, so I remember wanting to look it up, but our 8 track had very little info. :lol:

I remember being in love with Christine McVie's Songbird and Oh Daddy. I loved the Chain so much more than GYOW, but they didn't play it as often.

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I was playing with my friends in the back yard and I remember it was a sunny day in Cleveland and the DJ came on and said "finally some new Fleetwood Mac! here the new Tusk track." And we all stopped and listened to it. I was shocked that it was FM but I liked it.

[David]

For those of you who were around when Rumours came out.....
What are your memories of the "Rumours mayhem"?
The big stuff came about a half-year to a year after "Rumours" was released. The mayhem seemed to exist in the press & the buzz: a neverending stream of magazine articles, photos, awards, talk shows, all that entertainment industry stuff. My classmates in grade school & junior high were more interested in Cheap Trick, Aerosmith & dance/disco music. A few kids loved "Dreams" & sort of Fleetwood Mac in general, but it wasn't a kid movement -- it was a marketing hype movement. And it was BIG. And like a tsunami inundating a shoreline, it just kept getting bigger.

It lasted almost all the way to "Tusk," & then "Tusk" ignited it all over again, with all the hype & buzz. But with "Tusk," it fizzled out a lot sooner -- while the band was still on tour, actually. You could actually see the periodicity of magazine articles & cover stories throughout that time drop off. A lot of that had to do with punk -- I remember the early punk bands were what my junior high & high school classmates were talking about: the Ramones, the Clash, the Dead Kennedys, etc. They played punk at school dances & functions, & there was a lot of disdain for "old" bands, including Fleetwood (to the extent that kids thought about Fleetwood Mac at all).

I think MTV videos -- & Stevie's first album -- helped revive Fleetwood Mac's status in 1981/82. I don't think otherwise the band would have interested the general public. Kids talked a lot more about the band in 1982 than they did in 1980. These are all my firsthand impressions & memories of the cultural climate (totally radio driven) in Southern CA.

[Regina]

But I do remember them.
How could I not?
AM radio had kind of a top 40 format--with the top ten being in near constant rotation (I don't listen to contemporary radio now so I have no idea if it's changed or not).
Dreams was literally being played on one of the two main AM radio stations every fifteen or twenty minutes. When you went to the beach, you heard it either from your own radio or the radio of someone next to you.
I thought it was a terribly creepy song.
I also remember watching the Midnight Special with my grandmother. I thought they were odd looking folks.
I was an extremely straightlaced teen (as opposed to the wildwoman I am now :shocked: ) who essentially was drawn to the clean cut and well shaved.
Kind of ironic that I now think Lindsey was the hottest thing during his "wolfman" era (although, he's not half bad now, either;-)

[WelshWitchPMD]

Fleetwood Mac were just about everywhere back in 1977. You could not escape. I was in junior high at the time and I was a bit young to be a fan of them at the time.
Most of the kids were into disco or Olivia Newton-John. Not that there is anything wrong with these types of music.
I just wish that the internet existed back then. I could have used it to find out news and tour dates. It seems like I was always the last to know. That will never happen again!
Like I said they were everywhere esp. Stevie. I still have that article in People magazine where she was on of the most 'Intriguing people of 1977".

[ThePenguin]

I just wish that the internet existed back then. I could have used it to find out news and tour dates. It seems like I was always the last to know. That will never happen again!
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How did we function without the internet?!

When I think of the time I spent poring over that damn microfilm machine....wasn't that what they were called?-- trying to locate articles etc....It could take HOURS !!! Also borrowing from the library's stash of old magazines, and you had to fill out a little slip of paper for each one, and then pray that they had the magazine, and that the one article you wanted to read was not torn out, and that the copy machine was working that day as you were not allowed to borrow the older materials!! such stress. ;)

-Lis

[Lala]

Like I said they were everywhere esp. Stevie. I still have that article in People magazine where she was on of the most 'Intriguing people of 1977".

Is there somewhere I could read this? Is it transcribed in the archives?

[Nixxxed]

I wasn't a fan at the time, either, but I knew who they were. I didn't know the music, although I'm sure I heard it inbetween "Grease" songs and disco songs on the radio. When I finally got my copy of Rumours in the '80s, I recognized almost every song on the thing. Mac mentions were everywhere. I distinctly remember 2 from TV sitcoms I watched.

One was on "One Day at a Time". Schneider was hitting on a girl, complimenting her on her hair. The girl said, "Oh, thank you! It's the new Stevie Nicks style..." And Schneider said, (you guessed it) "Who's he???".

The other was, strangely enough, on "Mork & Mindy". Someone was asking which Mac record to buy, and Mindy said something along the lines of, "If you want the full Fleetwood Mac experience, you definitely want to buy 'Rumours'."

(OK, so maybe the memories aren't so distinct nearly 30 years later... :laugh: )

[terrivac]

I was a senior in high school in 1977 and I remember me and both of my good friends had copies of the album. All three of us would just sit there all day and listen to it and talk about LB. We all wore out our albums and had to go to Woolworths in Cleveland to get another copy. I wore that one out too. I am on my 3rd album (which I still have). I even still have the 8 track. We waited for the next album and got it the first day it was out. We didn't play Tusk as much we still enjoyed it. The only thing I regret is not seeing them live in the 70's.

Terri

[BLY]

I remember on the show Eight is Enough ,one of the shows had one of the kids trying to win Fleetwood Mac tickets.This was a fairly large part of the storyline for that eposode.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Is there somewhere I could read this? Is it transcribed in the archives?


I don't know if it's on the web anywhere. There is a copy of the photo of Stevie however.

If I get this stupid printer going today (It's already too long :rolleyes: ) I might be able to transcribe it.

Here is the Stevie photo. Well, half of her anyway.

[Lala]

I don't know if it's on the web anywhere. There is a copy of the photo of Stevie however.

If I get this stupid printer going today (It's already too long :rolleyes: ) I might be able to transcribe it.

Here is the Stevie photo. Well, half of her anyway.

Thanks :wavey: Hopefully you'll have time to transcribe it but don't feel that my life depends on it...I was just curious.

[amber]

One was on "One Day at a Time". Schneider was hitting on a girl, complimenting her on her hair. The girl said, "Oh, thank you! It's the new Stevie Nicks style..." And Schneider said, (you guessed it) "Who's he???".

Wait, was that when VB (that's Valerie Bertinelli, to you!) got her new feathered 'do, when previously it was just long and straight?
I was so envious of her hair, and thought she was super cute all around.
She had perfect hair, those feathers were to die for! :p
Ooops, i just reread that Snyder was hitting on a girl...that was not Valerie, then. But member that? :laugh:
"Just walk on your feet (walk on your feet), you know there's...something, something...One Day at a time, yeah" :lol:

[glitter_fades]

I was a senior in high school in 1977 and I remember me and both of my good friends had copies of the album. All three of us would just sit there all day and listen to it and talk about LB. We all wore out our albums and had to go to Woolworths in Cleveland to get another copy. I wore that one out too. I am on my 3rd album (which I still have). I even still have the 8 track. We waited for the next album and got it the first day it was out. We didn't play Tusk as much we still enjoyed it. The only thing I regret is not seeing them live in the 70's.

Terri
I remember Rumours being huge when I graduated high school. College women loved Lindsey when he was hairy. I don't remember as many people being wowed by Stevie until after she went solo. She was being singled out in the press but a lot of people thought Stevie was Lindsey and vice versa because of the names sounding like they belonged to the opposite sex. FM was still popular with the college crowd when Tusk was released. We all went out and bought the single when it came out way before the album. Our college band did Tusk at football games in 79 and 80. I don't remember punk being as popular in colleges as it was with my younger siblings in high school. Rumours was all over the radio though. It almost was oversaturated except it was better than hearing the Bee Gees or the Village People every other minute. Rumours was in everyone's record collection regardless of age. Everyone over 16 had the album and the 8 track for the car.

:thumbsup:

[rbs3676]

I remember buying the GYOW 45 and just totally being taken in by SILVER SPRINGS...it was the prettiest and most heartbreaking song...and then in February, when Rumours was released, they were huge...they were everywhere...I remember having the LP, the cassette AND the 8-track...the 8-track's GOLD DUST WOMAN went on longer than the LP and cassette and I would crank it up in my bedroom...I remember the Rolling Stone cover and thinking it was "wild"...I remember watching the American Music Awards and the Grammies and I was so excited when they would show Stevie in the audience wearing her glasses and I would scream when they won...

I had incredible teenage years and FM was a major reason for that...they were MY band and I adored them...

rbs

[Nixxxed]

Wait, was that when VB (that's Valerie Bertinelli, to you!) got her new feathered 'do, when previously it was just long and straight?
I was so envious of her hair, and thought she was super cute all around.
She had perfect hair, those feathers were to die for! :p
Ooops, i just reread that Snyder was hitting on a girl...that was not Valerie, then. But member that? :laugh:
"Just walk on your feet (walk on your feet), you know there's...something, something...One Day at a time, yeah" :lol:

HAHAHA - no, Snyder didn't put the moves on Val, at least not on screen. ;) It was a blonde chick who was a friend of one of the three ladies (Val, Julie, or Ann the Mom).

"So up on your feet (up on your feet)
Somewhere there's music playinnnnn
Don't you worry none, we'll just take it like it comes
One day at a tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmeeeee..." :laugh:

[Nixxxed]

How did we function without the internet?!

When I think of the time I spent poring over that damn microfilm machine....wasn't that what they were called?-- trying to locate articles etc....It could take HOURS !!! Also borrowing from the library's stash of old magazines, and you had to fill out a little slip of paper for each one, and then pray that they had the magazine, and that the one article you wanted to read was not torn out, and that the copy machine was working that day as you were not allowed to borrow the older materials!! such stress. ;)

-Lis
I ... did ... the ... same ... thing!

Only our microfilm/fiche machine was OLD, and all the pages came out basically black. The funniest was the Rolling Stone concert review, "Fleetwood Mac Clicks Despite Nicks" that had the picture of her in the macrame/feather headdress (from TWH & RAL promo posters). The page was so dark, I couldn't tell what the f*ck was on her head -- it looked like a bunch of snakes, or like she had been rolling around in a pile of sticks. :laugh:

[joe]

I ... did ... the ... same ... thing!

Only our microfilm/fiche machine was OLD, and all the pages came out basically black. The funniest was the Rolling Stone concert review, "Fleetwood Mac Clicks Despite Nicks" that had the picture of her in the macrame/feather headdress (from TWH & RAL promo posters). The page was so dark, I couldn't tell what the f*ck was on her head -- it looked like a bunch of snakes, or like she had been rolling around in a pile of sticks. :laugh:

count me in too....i used to look everything up in the "reader's guide to periodical literature".....remember that???? and then i'd copy the info out of there onto a slip of paper and hand it to the "periodicals clerk." anyway, i got pretty lucky and found a bunch of articles, including the "fleetwood clicks despite nicks"..i recall the reviewer thought the only song she cared about that night was a new one, "sisters of the moon." believe it or not, i even remember finding a blurb about the "rosebud" film. i don't remember anything about that except the running time was about 45 minutes, which sounds about right. i should have copied this stuff back then.

i also recall an article from 1977 where it reported one of stevie's prized shalls at the time had been stolen. It was one she wore during "landslide."
can't remember whether there was a picture with that article.

yes, some of us were big dork microfilm sluts back then. i did most of my research in the early 80's when i really became a fan.

hey, there was no internet then so you had to do what you had to do!!!

[ThePenguin]

count me in too....i used to look everything up in the "reader's guide to periodical literature".....remember that???? and then i'd copy the info out of there onto a slip of paper and hand it to the "periodicals clerk." anyway, i got pretty lucky and found a bunch of articles,
hey, there was no internet then so you had to do what you had to do!!!

Oh my god you guys are making me laugh so hard. Yes, the guide to periodical literature sounds familiar, and the little slips you'd give to the clerk and then hold your breath as the person disappeared behind all those sliding shelves LOL. The # of magazines they brought back was always less than the # of slips I'd given them!!! I got a few articles that way and they were almost black, as Nixxxed said. Oh boy that was a good chuckle. :nod:

-Lis

[amber]

HAHAHA - no, Snyder didn't put the moves on Val, at least not on screen. ;) It was a blonde chick who was a friend of one of the three ladies (Val, Julie, or Ann the Mom).

"So up on your feet (up on your feet)
Somewhere there's music playinnnnn
Don't you worry none, we'll just take it like it comes
One day at a tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmeeeee..." :laugh:
:xoxo: :xoxo: YES!!!! I love you, right now... :lol: That was a good theme song, too, as theme songs go.
I didn't see it all the time, but i remember not liking Snyder, and loving VB. I was veeery impacted when she got her perfect hair in the feather cut... :laugh: *jealous much?*

[amber]

count me in too....i used to look everything up in the "reader's guide to periodical literature".....remember that???? and then i'd copy the info out of there onto a slip of paper and hand it to the "periodicals clerk." anyway, i got pretty lucky and found a bunch of articles, including the "fleetwood clicks despite nicks"..i recall the reviewer thought the only song she cared about that night was a new one, "sisters of the moon." believe it or not, i even remember finding a blurb about the "rosebud" film. i don't remember anything about that except the running time was about 45 minutes, which sounds about right. i should have copied this stuff back then.

i also recall an article from 1977 where it reported one of stevie's prized shalls at the time had been stolen. It was one she wore during "landslide."
can't remember whether there was a picture with that article.

yes, some of us were big dork microfilm sluts back then. i did most of my research in the early 80's when i really became a fan.

hey, there was no internet then so you had to do what you had to do!!!
Omigosh, you guys should post all the articles/clippings you have! You're sitting on a goldmine! :p :nod:

[MACFAN]

Brooklyn in the late 70's was divided. You had the disco heads and the rock heads. I hung with the rock heads in Cooper Park. Everyone loved Fleetwood Mac. There were some though who could take em or leave em and they were ususually into hard rock of the time such as Led Zeppelin :thumbsup: , Sabbath, Deep Purple etc..etc. All the guys thought Stevie was so hot. I also remember these 2 girls havinng a fist fight because the one girl was bragging about her new Stevie Nicks haircut and the other girl was like 'your hair does not look like Stevie's", it was hilarious.

[cliffdweller]

I think MTV videos -- & Stevie's first album -- helped revive Fleetwood Mac's status in 1981/82. I don't think otherwise the band would have interested the general public.

Hmmm....interesting perspective.

[cliffdweller]

I didn't see it all the time, but i remember not liking Snyder, and loving VB. I was veeery impacted when she got her perfect hair in the feather cut... :laugh: *jealous much?*

Yes!! :thumbsup:

[WelshWitchPMD]

Thanks :wavey: Hopefully you'll have time to transcribe it but don't feel that my life depends on it...I was just curious.

I am going to try and do that this weekend. It is not very long.

[strandinthewind]

I ... did ... the ... same ... thing!

Only our microfilm/fiche machine was OLD, and all the pages came out basically black. The funniest was the Rolling Stone concert review, "Fleetwood Mac Clicks Despite Nicks" that had the picture of her in the macrame/feather headdress (from TWH & RAL promo posters). The page was so dark, I couldn't tell what the f*ck was on her head -- it looked like a bunch of snakes, or like she had been rolling around in a pile of sticks. :laugh:

:laugh: me too :eek: :laugh: