Famous Fleetwood Mac fans

[Bumperke]

I've been asking myself for a long time now.
Middle 40's, it started when i was 14. Are there any famous people who are ledgies like us? A few i know, like Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow and addict Courtney Love. But who else?

I know that Mike Oldfield is very found of Lindsey and his playing. In an 1980 interview Mike was telling all about the creativity and his way to slip his voice 'round Stevie and Chris.And that he made a show, comparing to what the Eagles did. Oldfield quates "what the Eagles do is tóóó perfect. It lookes like a videoshow, no than Fleetwood Mac, you feel the vibes. That is Live and people enjoyed that.

Second example is the singer composer Pacal Jakobsen from the band BLOF. A Dutch quartet who played also with counting crowes. He's impressed the way Lindsey pluckes it's snares.

Who are the other famous fans and what are they telling 'bout the members?

[Jyqm]

I've been asking myself for a long time now.
Middle 40's, it started when i was 14. Are there any famous people who are ledgies like us? A few i know, like Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow and addict Courtney Love. But who else?

Billy Corgan and James Iha both are fans. Elvis Costello is a big fan (of the original group, that is). Obviously the Beatles were fans, at least of "Albatross."

Oldfield quates "what the Eagles do is tóóó perfect. It lookes like a videoshow, no than Fleetwood Mac, you feel the vibes. That is Live and people enjoyed that.

Well, that's certainly depressing to read in hindsight.

[PsychCat]

Don't know for sure but I would guess Waylon Jennings had some appreciation being that he covered "Rhiannon" and "Leather and Lace".

I always thought it was so cool when Sheryl Crow first starting getting popular and her admission of being a big FM fan, especially Christine.

Speaking of the Dixie Chicks, I loved Lindsey's response to their version of "Landslide".... he basically just said, "I'm happy for Stevie". :laugh:

[shackin'up]

Second example is the singer composer Pacal Jakobsen from the band BLOF. A Dutch quartet who played also with counting crowes. He's impressed the way Lindsey pluckes it's snares.


Bumperke, do you have a source where I can prove this with?

[Mageboy25]

From 1st hand sources, Sharon Stone is a huge fan, wanna be Fmac friend......(as of last I heard)

[TheMacAttack]

Two off the top of my head are Bill Clinton and Roseann Barr (she once had Stevie play at a private party). I think Letterman digs them too.

[Bumperke]

Bumperke, do you have a source where I can prove this with?
Pascal did mention that in a BRT TV interview where they comparing guitarstyles. I've seen it 'round 2002!
Recently he did mention that he was very interested in the Mick Fleetwood book. Source was Veronica magazine 1 or 2 weeks ago.

Will:wavey:
Ps, greetings from Echt:thumbsup:

[GypsySorcerer]

Keith Urban is a fan of Lindsey. :thumbsup:

[skcin]

I thought I heard that David Spade has been spotted at a few shows. If you count him as famous. :laugh:

[Bumperke]

I thought I heard that David Spade has been spotted at a few shows. If you count him as famous. :laugh:

Who's he???:confused: :confused:
Will

[vermicious knid]

From Rolling Stone (http://www.nicksfix.com/rs103097.htm):
a zealously beaming Winona Ryder, who rises to depart with a fervent observation: "Weren't they amazing?"

Cindy Crawford was at one of The Dance shows as well.

[chiliD]

Don't know for sure but I would guess Waylon Jennings had some appreciation being that he covered "Rhiannon" and "Leather and Lace".

I don't think Waylon did "Leather & Lace"...but he & Willie Nelson DID do "Gold Dust Woman".

[strandinthewind]

Sheryl Crowe

U2 - she has had parties for them before - like because of Jimmy Iovine

Bette Midler - recently called her the "voice of a generation"

Ann and Nancy Wilson - wrote "These Dreams" for her to sing and often comment on her

Bill Clinton - a little scary there :laugh:

All the famous people she has worked with (Petty, Loggins, Todd Rungren, Bob Welch, etc. )

[JazmenFlowers]

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

I know Faith loves Stevie specifically.

I've got a copy of them singing Go Your Own Way.

[JazmenFlowers]

Ann and Nancy Wilson - wrote "These Dreams" for her to sing and often comment on her
did they actually write These Dreams? for some reason I thought it was offered to Stevie first and then offered to Heart

[strandinthewind]

You're right. These Dreams is credited to B. Taupin and M. Page...


Oops :laugh:

Mea Culpa~

Also-

Until this album, Heart wrote most of their songs. In 1985, they signed with Columbia Records and got help from some experienced songwriters. This was written by Bernie Taupin (Elton John's lyricist) and Martin Page. Around the same time, they also wrote "We Built This City," which was a #1 hit for Starship.

This was offered to Stevie Nicks, but she turned it down.

Nancy Wilson had a nasty cold when she recorded her vocals. The producer liked the raspiness in her voice, so they kept it. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for all above)

In 1985, MTV had been around for 4 years, and it was clear that music videos were very important. Along with "What About Love" and "Never," this got a lot of airplay on MTV and introduced the band to a new audience.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3443

[JazmenFlowers]

that bloke from Sugar Ray.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v117/trackaghost/SpadeNicks.jpg
yum. :thumbsup:

[strandinthewind]

yum. :thumbsup:

Kid Rock or David Spade :wavey:

[JazmenFlowers]

Kid Rock or David Spade :wavey:
lol.

I won't even justify that with a response. :lol:

[Richard B]

Other fans (at least at shows):

Steven Spielberg
Courtney Cox
Jessica Simpson

and of course
Camper Van Beethoven

[JazmenFlowers]

Jessica Simpson
and her sister Ashlee.

Vanessa Carlton...duh!

Anna Sui (designer)

Michelle Visage (former member of Seduction, now a radio dj/pal of RuPaul)

[David]

I doubt that some of these people being listed were or are fans. Their paths just happened to cross -- or something in their professional lives mixed with Stevie Nicks or the band as a whole.

I mean, Jose Eber spent a few months playing around with Stevie's hair. Does that make him a Fleetwood Mac fan? I saw him walk in late & walk out early at one of her shows at the Forum. How do you know he wasn't there just to mix? A lot of stars go out to concerts just to mix. It's hard to say whether a particular star is a fan of the group unless that star has actually said something like "I love them" or "I listen to them all the time" or "I love this or that song."

The Janes Addiction vocalist, Perry Farrell, said a few times to the press that he liked Lindsey or Fleetwood or something, & I think he was in the Dance audience. I still don't know whether he's a fan.

John Stewart is (or was) a (somewhat) famous person who was (is?) a big fan of Fleetwood Mac. He has talked about the band's music (not about their clothes, as Courtney Love did) many many times. It's quite obvious he listened to Mac's albums & knew those albums very well. He was influenced by the band members in numerous ways (playing, songwriting) & even covered some of the band's material in concert. That's a fan. John Stewart is a fan. He's like us ledgies.

[bikerchic]

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

I've got a copy of them singing Go Your Own Way.
I've been dying to hear that. Is it any good?

[bikerchic]

Oh yah, Shania Twain is a huge fan. She plays FM over the PA before her shows and she has the Rumours album hanging on a wall in one of her video's. and she told Ellen that FM is on her ipod!

[David]

I've been dying to hear that. Is it any good?
Well, they get the anthemic part down. And certainly Hill & McGraw are better, more technically powerful singers than the Macsters, so that provides a little energy there. But all in all, you're always aware it's a sort of hamfisted cover with little genuine passion driving it.

Hey...kinda like the way Fleetwood mac plays now!! :laugh: :laugh:

[chiliD]

And certainly Hill & McGraw are better...

Are we discussing publishing companies now? :confused:

[JazmenFlowers]

I've been dying to hear that. Is it any good?
nope. :laugh:

[JazmenFlowers]

Well, they get the anthemic part down. And certainly Hill & McGraw are better, more technically powerful singers than the Macsters, so that provides a little energy there. But all in all, you're always aware it's a sort of hamfisted cover with little genuine passion driving it.

Hey...kinda like the way Fleetwood mac plays now!! :laugh: :laugh:
I couldn't disagree with all of this more. :wavey:

[JazmenFlowers]

Sandra Bernard
Sandra's fandom is also evidenced in her standup routine where she "lovingly" pays homage to Stevie.

[dissention]

Probably not that famous, but certainly a cult musician, Stephen Merritt of the Magnetic Fields is a fan:

"I would say that Stevie Nicks is an important precursor to Björk, perhaps surpassing her in artistry."

Does this man have a history of drug abuse? That would explain such a comment.

[strandinthewind]

Does this man have a history of drug abuse? That would explain such a comment.


I think he referred to La Nicks' stage theatrics were before B's - as opposed to the lyrics and music, by which the two are wildly different.

[amber]

I can't find the article, I had those quotes saved on my computer, but I remember he was talking about the song Dreams and how cleverly phrased it was, and how the use of rhymes reminded him of Bjork, or something like that.
I don't think it's an outrageous comment although it probably makes more sense in context.
It makes sense to me without context. I don't think it's an outrageous statement at all. :)

[JazmenFlowers]

It makes sense to me without context. I don't think it's an outrageous statement at all. :)
I have to agree as well.

[dissention]

I can't find the article, I had those quotes saved on my computer, but I remember he was talking about the song Dreams and how cleverly phrased it was, and how the use of rhymes reminded him of Bjork, or something like that.

I'm curious as to why it does, honestly, but if you can't find the article, no biggie.

I don't think it's an outrageous comment although it probably makes more sense in context.

I think comparing the two borders on insane, except if one was to say they were both female and both in the music business. Bjork has been making music since she was a teenager in the seventies and even then, she was always trying different stuff. I'd have to hear or read why he thinks Stevie surpasses Bjork "in artistry" to really understand what he was trying to get at, because from that one quote, he sounds off his rocker. lol

[golddustwoman77]

I know that famous golfer, Vijay Singh, is a huge Fleetwood Mac Fan. In many of his interviews and in his biography, he mentions this. Here are some site to check out, if you are interested.


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2004-09-09-singh-qanda_x.htm

http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/vijay_un_e4yupckc.html

http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Singh/Singh_numbers.html

[JazmenFlowers]

some other Stevie fans:

Tai Babalonia (I'm sure I've butchered her name) - the figure skater

Sarah McLachlan

Gwyneth Paltrow

Macy Gray (do y'all remember reading about Macy writing a song for Stevie when she was in like a boarding school?)

[Angel69]

Celebrity spottings at various shows:

Madonna And Lourdes
Brooke and Andre
Gene Simmons
Hulk Hogan
Katherine Kelly Lang (Bold And Beautiful) This woman is visually STUNNING!!
Amanda Bearse (Marcy- Married With Children)
Billy Joel
Paula Abdul
Diana Ross (1983 Stevie show Meadowlands Arena)
MTV VJ's Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, JJ Jackson (Well they were celebs in 1983)

[DavidMn]

I thought I heard that David Spade has been spotted at a few shows. If you count him as famous. :laugh:I was sitting 3 seats away from him at the Stevie L.A show last year. That was weird.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Matthew Fox and Claudia Schiffer were at one of The Dance tapings. :shrug:

[Lala]

Art Garfunkel's favorite album is said to be Rumours.

[amber]

I'm just going to conclude that everyone likes Fleetwood Mac.

[DavidMn]

I'm just going to conclude that everyone likes Fleetwood Mac.Certainly not a bad thing!:)

[shackin'up]

Maybe we can put Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli on this list too. At least he is a fan of the "californian cocaine trilogy" FM-Rumours-Tusk, and he covered several macsongs live, and one on record (WMYTYTO), too.

....momentary lapse of reason, Sharon?;) :xoxo:

[David]

Art Garfunkel's favorite album is said to be Rumours.
Aha. You've heard that interview with Stevie & Art back in 1981! Robert whatshisname was the host, the comedian.

[GypsySorcerer]

Matthew Fox and Claudia Schiffer were at one of The Dance tapings. :shrug:

So that blonde woman in the audience who looks like Clauda Schiffer really is Claudia Schiffer? :laugh:

[PsychCat]

I don't think Waylon did "Leather & Lace"...but he & Willie Nelson DID do "Gold Dust Woman".
"Leather and Lace" was actually written FOR Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. I see a listing for it but can't find the exact disc (my bro is the big time Waylon fan), perhaps on Jessi's cd called "Leather and Lace".

I know first-hand that Kirstie Alley is a huge fan and even sat a few rows behind her back on the Mirage tour.

And I LURVE Sandra Bernhardt's story about meeting Stevie! :laugh:

[David]

"Leather and Lace" was actually written FOR Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter.True, but chili was referring to the old story Stevie tells that she wrote it "to order" for Waylon & Jessi, but they broke up & stopped singing together before they recorded the song, & Stevie didn't want Waylon to record it by himself because she wanted it sung as a duet between a man & a woman.

I wasn't aware that Waylon or Jessi ever recorded the song. If you find out anything about that, let us know here. Maybe someone can post it, too.

[ontheEdgeof17]

So that blonde woman in the audience who looks like Clauda Schiffer really is Claudia Schiffer? :laugh:


Is it her? Oh. I dunno. Now you have me perplexed.

[WelshWitchPMD]

I saw Brooke Sheilds at the LA 07/12/2003 show.

[David]

I saw Brooke Sheilds at the LA 07/12/2003 show.And Brad Pitt went to the Shangri-La show at Universal Amphitheatre.

Again, though, I don't want to commit post hoc ergo propter hoc. I mean, I went to a David Lindley & El-Rayo X concert once, & I'm not a FAN. Also, I went to a Heart concert once, back in 1980s in Santa Barbara, & I sure as hell ain't a fan--I hate them, in fact.

Sometimes, you know ... you just go out to a concert.

[JazmenFlowers]

hoc ergo propter hoc
voulez voux couches avec moi se soir

[amber]

You left out moi!!! :wavey:

[JazmenFlowers]

You left out moi!!! :wavey:
lmao. thank you darlin'

I did fairly well doing that from memory! :laugh:

[amber]

lmao. thank you darlin'

I did fairly well doing that from memory! :laugh:

Totally. I remember the first time I read that phrase, I was like WTF is this???
:confused:
Ah, French. So.f*cking.difficult. :laugh:

[WelshWitchPMD]

And Brad Pitt went to the Shangri-La show at Universal Amphitheatre.

Again, though, I don't want to commit post hoc ergo propter hoc. I mean, I went to a David Lindley & El-Rayo X concert once, & I'm not a FAN. Also, I went to a Heart concert once, back in 1980s in Santa Barbara, & I sure as hell ain't a fan--I hate them, in fact.

Sometimes, you know ... you just go out to a concert.

Yeah, I guess just because someone is at a show it does not always make them a fan. I have heard that Brooke was spotted at some other Mac shows and of course she was watching Stevie sing on The Today show last fall.

[HomerMcvie]

I wasn't aware that Waylon or Jessi ever recorded the song. If you find out anything about that, let us know here. Maybe someone can post it, too.
Well, W&J had an ALBUM called Leather and Lace. Perhaps this is where the confusion begins.
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,110047,00.html

[ragandbone]

I can't find the article, I had those quotes saved on my computer,
I don't think it's an outrageous comment although it probably makes more sense in context.
I remembered reading the article, too, in Salon. I have posted the excerpt, but it is an interesting article, read the whole thing here
http://archive.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/05/01/magnetic/index.html
Later we were talking about Björk, and I mentioned how innovative I thought she was. Merritt looked a little incredulous and asked me what I was talking about. This should have been easy for me: first of all, the idea that Björk is an innovative force in popular music is widely accepted; secondly, I'd written about it already. But feeling tongue-tied, I stammered for a moment, and then said something about the way she used non-rhyming lyrics, and strange, twisted phrase structures that were rare in popular music. This unleashed a minor tirade, albeit in the same monotone voice, with just an extra touch of pedantry.
"Non-rhymed lyrics have been around since Milton. Most of the blues, much of folk music, especially outside Britain, half of Madonna. But what makes you think that non-rhyming is interesting or revolutionary? And as for her unusual phrase structures, it's actually just rambling, and because of her rambling, I don't tend to remember her songs. There's a reason for repetition, which is that it's an aid to memory." Then adding what could be the opening of a Stephin Merritt manifesto on music, "I think formlessness is not the way to go in popular music. More form, I think, is the answer."

Suitably chastened, I moved onto the safe and completely non-Björk-related topic of drummers, I received this spectacular run-on: "One of my favorite drummers is Mick Fleetwood, who keeps incredible time, but is always doing interesting variations on the beat, and in the most repetitive songs, he never seems to play exactly the same thing twice, and yet he sounds very simple, so I think he's a genius, which brings me to demolishing your Björk thesis with Stevie Nicks, and the song 'Dreams' off of Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumors,' which rhymes, if at all, only every 30 seconds."

Merritt starts humming to himself to double-check how often it rhymes, then adds, "Maybe when she feels like it, there's a rhyme tossed in. It's a very rambling melody, yet quite beautiful, over a simple two-chord progression." Then, with deep sarcasm and great pleasure, "I would say that Stevie Nicks is an important precursor to Björk, perhaps surpassing her in artistry."
Article by Thomas Bartlett, Salon May 1, 2004

[foxyluva]

Does this man have a history of drug abuse? That would explain such a comment.

Its nice to see you back diss - we have desperatly needed some realistic p.o.v's over here :xoxo:

[David]

Well, W&J had an ALBUM called Leather and Lace. Perhaps this is where the confusion begins.
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,110047,00.html
Ahhh! I forgot about that, homie! Thanks!

I don't like to scout around on Amazon. Did Jessi ever record the song by herself? Probably not, huh? I don't think she gave a **** about Stevie Nicks. It was always Waylon the Outlaw who liked Stevie.

[chiliD]

post hoc ergo propter hoc

Been watching reruns of West Wing there, David?

[David]

Been watching reruns of West Wing there, David?
West Wing? what is that? Sounds like a commercial TV program ...?

Last night, I watched my tape of "Manhattan Melodrama" that I taped from TCM broadcast the night before. This Willy Van Dyke picture is one of the high points of '30s movies, & was the historical introduction of the team of Powell-Loy to American moviegoers (who went on to make "The Thin Man" later that year--1934).

right now, I'm in the middle of my DVDs of the Busby Berkeley Warner's musicals: 42nd Street, etc.

[dissention]

Then, with deep sarcasm and great pleasure

Now that quote makes a much more sense.

[ragandbone]

Now that quote makes a much more sense.
It does, although I think he is really saying he appreciates "Dreams" as a pop song. And of course he enjoyes the discomfort he gives to the interviewer with his comment about Stevie Nicks being a precursor to Bjork. He is a little self-important, but he is able to craft a sweet pop song.

[shackin'up]

voulez voux couches avec moi se soir
sorry. but if Strand is not correcting this, I really have to:

voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?

[David]

sorry. but if Strand is not correcting this, I really have to:

voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?Uh-oh, gerald.

It's the infinitive = coucher.

My French motto for The Ledge is:
Il y a toujours la meme odeur ici!

[danax6]

Second example is the singer composer Pacal Jakobsen from the band BLOF. A Dutch quartet who played also with counting crowes. He's impressed the way Lindsey pluckes it's snares.
That is really, really interesting, I had no idea Pascal was into Lindsey and the Mac like that. I am quite fond of Blof's music, so I will definitely look up some things regarding his Mac appreciation. Thanks for the info. :wavey:

[JazmenFlowers]

sorry. but if Strand is not correcting this, I really have to:

voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir?
well thank you very much. it was all in jest.

plus, I was doing it from memory. :cool:

[danax6]

My French motto for The Ledge is:
Il y a toujours la meme odeur ici!::sniffs the air::

[Livia]

Paul Stanley was at one of Stevie's Vegas shows last summer.

[David]

Paul Stanley was at one of Stevie's Vegas shows last summer.Remember when Paul introduced himself as Stevie Nicks on USA NightFlite on cable TV? And then the KISS fans all verified that paul really was nutso about Stevie.

[MacMan]

Paul Stanley was at one of Stevie's Vegas shows last summer.

I walked by him in the lobby that night. It was very odd to see him just walking through with some chick. Then there was a gathering of, I guess fans, after the show outside talking to him and getting autographs... it was weird. If I had been a Kiss fan I probably would have freaked out!