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vivfox

07-20-2009, 11:47 PM

By Tara Roberts on Mon, Jul 20, 2009

After an awesome weekend at Rendezvous in the Park, I got to thinking about how much I love concerts. I love the noise, the energy, the sudden camaraderie with a bunch of other singing, dancing people.

What I don’t love is the ticket price.

See, the problem is, I’m a classic rock fan, and most of the artists I love had their heyday quite some time ago. Their concerts still sell out stadiums — but since they’re all reunion tours, final tours, oh-my-gosh-he-could-die-anyday-now tours, the ticket prices tend to be a little spendy. Or a lot spendy.

A few months back I considered going to the Fleetwood Mac concert at the Tacoma Dome — until I saw the ticket price.

Pushing $100 for nosebleed seats? And compared to a lot of bands, that’s a good price?

Yeah, right, like I have the kind of money. I’m scared of heights, too.

Is it even possible to go to great concerts on a budget? My best angle so far has been to win tickets on the radio (I snagged two to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on my 21st birthday — woo hoo!) But that isn’t exactly the most effective strategy.
http://www.dnews.com/blogs/2009/07/20/concert-ticket-blues/

vivfox

07-21-2009, 11:09 AM

At times, she came across as a sex kitten on songs like Freakem Dress, but other times, she seemed more innocent such as when she donned a full-length silver-beaded gown for the ballads At Last, the Etta James classic which she sang while portraying the singer in Cadillac Records, and Listen from Dreamgirls.

There was even a moment when she sang and danced opposite vintage footage of her former small self in a split screen during Radio.

Mostly though, it all seemed to be about Beyonce with not a lot of soul behind the music itself.

When she offered up a snippet of Bootylicious from her Destiny's Child days, it was really the sample of Stevie Nicks' Edge of Seventeen guitar hook that everyone was going nuts for.

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/B/Beyonce/ConcertReviews/2009/07/21/10202281-sun.html

vivfox

07-21-2009, 09:33 PM

Lights channels, then improves upon, Fleetwood Mac on second album, ‘Rites’
Who ever thought a band could out-Fleetwood Mac mid-’70s Fleetwood Mac? It scarcely seemed possible, but that’s exactly what Lights does on its second album, “Rites” (Drag City).

It’s a lush, trippy record, and you’d be forgiven for wondering at times if it’s a deadpan send-up of “Rumours” or “Tusk” – they even cover “Save Me a Place,” for crissakes. It’s not ironic, though. Lights just really loves that over-the-top, Our Rock is Art sound. And even though Listen, Dammit, hates Fleetwood Mac and everything it stands for, Lights makes it work.

Surely that’s due to the heavy dose of psychedelia here that goes in directions the Mac was too self-absorbed to consider: “Rites” is full of swirling wah-wah guitars, occasional horns and blissed-out female vocal harmonies. Taken at face value, the songs are ridiculous: there are lots of lyrics about water and mountains and fire, and in the liner notes under “War Theme,” it simply says “(clap your hands).”

All the same, “Rites” is fascinating, both for the rippling soundscapes and for the completely unselfconscious ways in which the musicians create them. It’s like they’re alone in a gauzy world full of music, and maybe kindly dragons, following their creative impulses wherever they lead.

July 21, 2009 at 7:30 am
2 Responses to “Lights channels, then improves upon, Fleetwood Mac on second album, ‘Rites’”
Pat, on July 21st, 2009 at 11:36 am Said:
What’s wrong with Fleetwood Mac?

Listen, Dammit, on July 21st, 2009 at 12:38 pm Said:
Just never dug ‘em. Too much self-absorbed self importance.
http://listendammit.com/2009/07/21/lights-rites-cd-review/

vivfox

07-23-2009, 10:35 PM

From the 60's into the 70s celebrities continued to come to the Villa Capri including such regulars as Lauren Bacall, Dom DeLuise, Debbie Reynolds, Joe Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera), Henry Mancini, Sal Mineo, Stevie Nicks, and Jay Leno, ...
Jazz Profiles - http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/

michelej1

07-24-2009, 02:12 PM

Article on Christopher Owens:

http://www.owlandbear.com/2009/07/22/a-girls-tale/

San Francisco’s Girls craft lo-fi, hazy pop songs that get in your head and leave you with a euphoric Oxycontin buzz. Singer/songwriter Christopher Owens’ life has been a picaresque tale of sex, drugs, and the saving graces of rock and roll. He was born into the Children of God, a cult founded in California in 1968. As a child, he was forced to endure a barrage of psychologically damaging events, such as traveling through Japan with his mother, an unwilling prostitute forced to raise money for the cult.

Despite his troubled upbringing, Owens was able to find solace in music, and began playing guitar at a young age. Interestingly enough, his first guitar was given to him by former Fleetwood Mac’s Jeremy Spencer, also a member of the Children of God cult. To this day, Owens still records with the guitar.
At the age of sixteen, Owens escaped the cult and moved to Amarillo, Texas, where he fell in love with its burgeoning punk scene. Unfortunately, he also fell in love with the town’s drug scene, launching into a downward spiral that would nearly kill him.

Enter interesting plot twist number two: Owens met millionaire philanthropist Stanley Marsh III, who gave him a job, a home, and helped him turn his life around. Owens then moved to San Francisco with a girlfriend, with whom he briefly recorded under the moniker Curls.

Shortly after that band and relationship dissolved, he met Chet “JR” White, a producer/musician who would become the other half of Girls. They quickly became friends and started recording together. The resulting sound was a beautiful marriage of heartache, nostalgia, and triumph that gets better with each listen. Their debut album, aptly entitled Album, will be out in September through Matador Records.

Check out my front runner for song and video of the year, “Hellhole Ratrace”:

vivfox

07-24-2009, 11:22 PM

I dialed the number, casually deflecting the questions about the last time I'd been flossed and fluorided. After writing the appointment in my planner, I bolted to the sink to start doing all the **** I should've done for the past several years. I scrubbed and Scoped, wove a piece of waxed floss between my molars and dusted the back of my tongue, even though I knew it was way too late, like the kid who sits quietly in the back of the car for the ride home in the hopes his parents will forget that he threw a massive tantrum at the restaurant.

The truth is that other than my money situation--which can only be expressed by turning my pockets inside out and making a frowny face--I'm actually kind of terrified of dentists. I've never had a bad experience in any of their identical mint-scented and Highlights-filled offices, and even dated one of 'em for the better part of a baseball season. The reason we split had less to do with his job and more because of his unfortunate Stevie Nicks fixation; as much as I liked him, I'm never gonna pull off that fingerless lace gloves and witchcraft vibe. Also I hate white-winged doves.

http://www.thetypingmakesmesoundbusy.com/2009/07/cavity-search.html

vivfox

07-28-2009, 09:32 PM

July 29, 2009

A few years back, Blender published an article on the 25 greatest songs about Los Angeles, which included short, snarky explanations on what was "the most L.A. thing" about each band. Apparently, any connection to drugs, movies, or hot girls meant a song is about LA. "Welcome to the Jungle" took the number-one spot, and Fleetwood Mac's "Gold Dust Woman" came in at number ten. So what makes Fleetwood Mac songwriter and singer Stevie Nicks "so L.A.?" According to Blender, "inquiring after the most LA thing about Nicks is like asking, 'What's the most Egyptian thing about Cleopatra?'" Since Nicks was born in Phoenix and started her career in the Bay Area, the line was cute but not particularly apt. But it's a perfect way to describe what Miguel Reyes is for Oakland.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/oakland_s_troubadour/Content?oid=1164080

vivfox

07-28-2009, 09:34 PM

I love the bass playing of John McVie from Fleetwood Mac. As his long-time crony Mick Fleetwood said, "John tends to play in front of the beat, I tend to play slightly behind and we meet somewhere in the middle." It's a style you cannot teach - and maybe some would never want to learn it - but it has served the pair well, working with Peter Green to present a direct descendent of the Chicago blues, taking on soft-rock with Bob Welch and supporting the million-selling breakup pop and rock of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

Like McVie, Roger Glover of Deep Purple knows how to drive, playing thick chunks of sound, doubling the guitar when required, offering a standalone bass motif now and then. Neither McVie nor Glover has the harmonic grace of Pastorious but both were just right (and continue to be) for the bands they play in. You would not want Jaco (if he were still alive) working in and around Fleetwood or Iain Paice.

Larry Graham deserves a mention from me - for his work with Sly & The Family Stone and for being one of the pioneers of the slap sound in bass playing. It can be ghastly but Graham, who apparently came up with the idea because he was playing in a band without a drummer and wanted to try to replicate a snare sound, had the Midas touch.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/2684052/Best-bass-players

michelej1

07-28-2009, 11:36 PM

This is from a radio station in Ireland. They profiled the host, Paul Moriarity

http://www.clare.fm/node/104

Introducing the Clare FM completely pointless but obligatory Presenter Profile Questionnaire;

On-air at Clare FM since? technically November 1997 - then a bit of a break - then June 2007!

What is your favourite Feel Good Song/Tune? The Cure - Friday I'm in Love...
What's your most embarrassing moment on-air? so so many - a recent classic was having Keith Barry guessing the colour of a female colleague's underwear live on-air... followed by bra size... He got both right in fairness!

Do you have any hidden talents? The ability to shed more hair than my springer spaniel...

What is your favourite part of County Clare? The road to Killaloe - just as you turn the corner in to Ogonnelloe as Lough Derg spreads out before you!! Amazing...

Who would be your fantasy superstar interview? Fleetwood Mac - if any of them managed to stop arguing long enough to do an interview...

Have you ever told a lie and what was it? To get my first job with Clare FM I may have pretended I was slightly older than i actually was... lies from the very beginning - cheeky 16 year old!

Finish this sentence in no more that 20 words - Listen to my show on Clare FM because..... Music in one hand - Chat in the other hand - put your hands together for the 11 to 3 Show :-) Cheesy!

michelej1

07-29-2009, 01:15 PM

From an article in the Mirror (UK) on the Secret Garden Party Musical Festival, July 29. 2009:

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/festivals/2009/07/secret-garden-party-has-the-he.html

However, I was incredibly sad to have missed original Fleetwood Mac member Peter Green perform Albatross. Who knew?

vivfox

07-30-2009, 08:43 AM

Dale Ann Bradley Won't Back Down « Bluegrass Unlimited

The new CD also dips back to some of her favorite '70s and '80s pop and rock music, with bluegrass arrangements of Christine McVie's Fleetwood Mac hit, “Over My Head,” and, keeping with Bradley's resolute character, Tom Petty's “I Won't ...
Bluegrass Unlimited - http://bluegrassmusic.com/content/

vivfox

07-31-2009, 10:55 PM

For a woman who recently turned 40, Heche has had more than her share of incarnations. She started life as the sexually abused child of an evangelical Christian father, who was also a closeted gay man who died of AIDS in 1983, and his eerily compliant wife, who after his death became a Christian therapist, lecturing on behalf of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family about “overcoming” homosexuality. Fresh out of high school in 1987, Heche had a four-year starter career as a soap star, playing good and evil twins on “Another World,” for which she won a Daytime Emmy in 1991. That led to a period as a budding Hollywood leading lady, co-starring with Johnny Depp in “Donnie Brasco,” Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman in “Wag the Dog” and Harrison Ford in “Six Days, Seven Nights,” while off screen she veered through a string of relationships with a variety of father figures, including Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac and Steve Martin.

Then, at the 1997 Vanity Fair Oscar party, lightning struck and she fell madly in love with Ellen DeGeneres, becoming half of the most famous lesbian couple in America. Because she had never given any indication of being gay, Heche was pilloried as both publicity hound and career opportunist — though in retrospect, given her experience with her duplicitous father and homophobic mother, it could seem that her attraction to DeGeneres had less to do with acting than acting out. The romance actually destroyed her prospects as a leading lady; the deal for “Six Days, Seven Nights” was the last one made as the affair became public, and no more were offered. When the relationship soured after three and a half years and the couple split, Heche experienced what seemed to be a psychotic break, giving in to Celestia, whom she described as an alternate personality she had lived with for years, one who ultimately believed a spaceship was coming to take her to a better place. Her 2001 memoir, “Call Me Crazy,” recounted that episode, along with her sordid childhood, and started her on the road to career recovery.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02heche-t.html?hpw

vivfox

08-04-2009, 05:58 PM

"To Be The Last to Leave" on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
By [email protected] (T isdale)
The old Fleetwood Mac Tune (Stevie Nicks Doing the lead Vocal) came to mind as I waited for the last kid to leave the pool Saturday Night. I took the shot as a lark but I liked the Silhouette and the reflection of one of perimeter ...
Uploads de T isdale - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tisdale53/

vivfox

08-10-2009, 09:07 PM

Even though Marcus Gauntlett has only been producing since 2001, he has had a string of success as 'LMN Project'. He had a monster hit with his version of Fleetwood Mac's 'Everywhere' on Hed Kandi. Marcus has continued to produce and dj all over the glode and he has carved a unique sound of all of his own, mashing up electro with indie dance.
Here he delivers a very cool indie dance/electro monster in the form of 'New York City'.
On the remix and adding a great remix to this package is producer of the moment 'Marc Ustari'. Marc is already a firm favourite with Radio 1 dj's 'Jaymo & George' so much so this remix has already had a few plays on there 'In New Music We Trust' show.
http://www.houseplanet.dj/index.php/August-2009/FREE-MP3-Marcus-Gauntlett-New-York-City-1980-Recordings.html

vivfox

08-13-2009, 11:01 PM

Time Travel “Hot Tub Time Machine.” No, Really. August 13, 2009

Richard Faulk The Time Traveler’s Wife may have sadly just arrived, but that doesn’t mean we have to bid farewell to time travel cinema just yet. Hot Tub Time Machine, a comedy staring John Cusack, is slated to hit the theaters early next year. The premise? Four idiots find a hot tub that, er, travels through time. Of course, they go back to 1986.

I have to say that I love the premise, but the execution strains credulity. After all, who takes a hot-tub-cum-time-machine back to 1986 to listen to Animotion? The rules of time travel strictly dictate that you must go to 1976 and make sure that Fleetwood Mac successfully complete Rumours, thus guaranteeing the continued existence of hot tubs for generations to come.

http://thefastertimes.com/timetravel/2009/08/13/hot-tub-time-machine-no-really/

vivfox

08-13-2009, 11:05 PM

Staying true to her daughter-of-a-preacher roots, Don't Turn Your Back includes three bluegrass gospel numbers: the humorous "Rusty Old Halo", The Carter Family's "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room", and the traditional "Heaven", which features reigning IBMA Entertainers of the Year Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent. Sharing her love of classic rock and its influence on her music and voice, Bradley includes bluegrass versions of Fleetwood Mac's "Over My Head"and Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down", yet stays close to tradition with the Kentucky mountain ballad "Blue Eyed Boy".

http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6641

vivfox

08-13-2009, 11:16 PM

Are there any female musicians that you sort of feel are stepping up and challenging the rock canon, or at the very least making great music today?

I have to be honest — I haven’t seen a lot of the newer artists that have surprised me. I still kind of go with my old standbys. We just went to see Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. I actually interviewed [Stevie] when I was pregnant with my daughter, for MTV, and so last summer we went to see Stevie at Jones Beach, and Cicely, my daughter, drew her this really cool picture. She gave it to her and Stevie said, “I’ve gotten a lot of pictures from people and I can tell you, this one’s actually good.” There’s just certain people that … I don’t know if there’s ever going to be another Stevie Nicks or another Chrissie Hynde or Joni Mitchell or Laura Nyro. I don’t know what this generation is going to produce or if the environment will allow that person to evolve in the way that those artists got to evolve.

http://features.outinamerica.com/2009/08/12/sandra-bernhard-will-do-whatever-it-takes-for-truth/

michelej1

08-22-2009, 02:23 PM

Article from The Australian about the newest promotional gimmick]

August 22, 2009

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25947688-5013575,00.html

FANS of US rockers Pearl Jam who find themselves with nothing better to do tomorrow -- and on every Sunday for the foreseeable future -- may like to log on to www.pearljamtour.tv to catch the latest adventures of Eddie Vedder and his chums.

What they may not have expected on the first one last weekend was to see Australian tour promoter Michael Chugg as their host, introducing film clips and giving the lowdown on the band just before its recent secret performance at London's Shepherds Bush Empire.

The new Pearl Jam TV is a Chugg initiative, designed to promote the band's Australian tour, which gets under way in November. It also gives ample plugging exposure to its new album, Backspacer, released next month.

The first episode, or webisode as Chugg would have it, sees the normally profanity-prone promoter in all-ages mode, spruiking in an unusually mild-mannered tone the exclusive live footage and undisclosed rarities that will follow in the weeks leading up to the tour. One can't help wondering if this latest ploy by one of the country's leading promoters will set off a chain reaction among his competitors. How soon before we see Michael Coppel, Michael Gudinski and Andrew McManus, for example, fronting Fleetwood Mac TV or Marilyn Manson TV?

michelej1

08-25-2009, 06:41 PM

[This says FM is expected to attend event. Maybe by FM they mean Mick. This sounds like it's up his promotional alley]

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=LVRJ.story&STORY=/www/story/08-25-2009/0005082817&EDATE=

From the Las Vegas Review Journal:

Celebrity Studded Red Carpet Event

Crazytown Reunites As a Group for the First Time in Five Years With a Live
Performance

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrity guests come to
celebrate and exclusively listen to brand new music performed by Crazytown
for their upcoming new album.

The hip-hop/rock band formed in Los Angeles by Seth Binzer "Shifty" and
Bret Mazur "Epic" is best known for their Hit single, "Butterfly," which
reached number one on the Billboard charts and their debuted album was
certified Platinum by the RIAA.

The event will take place at Dolce Group's Les Deux, which is located
on 1638 N. Las Palmas Ave. Hollywood, CA. 90028 on Wednesday, August 26th,
2009. The red carpet event is from 9:00-10:30 p.m. and press check in is at
8:30 p.m. Beverly Hills Pimps and Ho's clothing line along with Crazytown
Celebrates THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE LAUNCH OF "ROYALTYFAME.COM "

Expected celebrities to attend include: No Doubt , Limp Bizkit, Cypress
Hill, DJ AM, Buckcherry, Fleetwood Mac, Martin Landau, Michael Madsen, Tara Mannin, Gary Busey, Judd Nelson, Kato Kaelin, Marty Kove, Penny Marshall, Lenna Bauerly, Prince Soloman, Prince Ali, Tila Tequila, Imperial Countess Madeleine Walderdorff, Steven Bauer, Catherine Andres, Celeste Fianna, Kristos Cali, Daisy De La Hoya, Dennis Rodman, Heidi Fleiss, Colleen Shannon.

Chaz Bautzer founded Beverly Hills Pimps and Ho's clothing line in
2003. Bautzer was able to enlist A-list celebrities, and chart-topping rock
and rap stars to co-design his clothing line. These co-designs, created by
Chaz and the celebrities themselves, have turned Beverly Hills Pimps and
Ho's into one of the edgiest and sexiest lines on the market today. Pimps
and Ho's clothing line has been worn by celebrities such as; Gwen Stefani,
Jessica Alba, Carmen Electra, Paris Hilton, Pink, Christina Milian, Lil'
Kim, Nick Cannon, Slash, David Spade, Korn, Tommy Lee, Xzibit, Mike Tyson,
Method Man, Redman, Vanilla Ice, Jeremy Piven, George Clinton, Stevie
Williams, & Val Kilmer.

Other performances throughout the night: DJ Apple of The Black Eyed
Peas and The Broshigeez will be performing as well, the writers behind
various hit songs for the multi-platinum Black Eyed Peas.

vivfox

08-28-2009, 07:51 AM

Clearly written by a complete idiot!!!

Rumours
Fleetwood Mac were so good in the late '60s, why did Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have to ruin it??

Stevie Nicks' vocals are so high, he sounds like a girl.

Lindsay Buckingham should find a way to sing with his mouth tightly shut.

Mick Fleetwod looks like he should be panhandling on a street corner somewhere.

Oh, and another thing wrong with this album is that there is no 'U' in 'Rumors.'

http://dkreport.blogspot.com/2009/08/amazoncom-one-star-reviews-part-2-music.html

vivfox

08-28-2009, 05:18 PM

Colbie Caillat, the bubbly Southern California singer/songwriter who broke on MySpace before taking over iTunes and AC radio with her 2007 debut, is the kind of artist best experienced less than four minutes at a time.
Listening to any track on her second album, "Breakthrough" is a perfectly pleasant experience. Caillat has a lovely honeyed voice, and a lilting acoustic guitar strum accompanies pretty melodies. The recordings sound wonderfully warm, thanks to producers like John Shanks, Rick Nowels and Caillat's father, former Fleetwood Mac engineer, Ken Caillat.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090828/LIFE05/908280354/1042/ENT/Colbie-Caillat-should-think-short-on--Breakthrough-

michelej1

08-28-2009, 06:05 PM

From an interview with Just Jack

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/just-jack-the-lad-1778138.html

"What was getting me emotionally wasn't the rhythm or the drums, but the chord changes and the harmonies." It sounds like he has been raiding his parents' collections. "They would play The White Album and [Fleetwood Mac's] Tusk, so subconsciously they all went in there," he admits, pointing at his head, reckoning the influence took time to percolate down. "You listen to them again with ears that have listened to other stuff and hear how people you like have been influenced by them. It's a big circle."

vivfox

08-30-2009, 09:49 AM

I need to sleep because tomorrow our flight departs at 7am. Christ.

FYI. Fleetwood Mac tickets for their ACER Arena show are over $300 a pop.

http://maashh.blogspot.com/2009/08/depression.html

Erin

08-31-2009, 02:44 PM

http://music.msn.com/comeback-kids/photo-gallery/feature/?photoidx=12

MSN Article

vivfox

09-01-2009, 09:12 AM

The plot, sans Lwaxana, has some promise. The Enterprise is escorting aliens to a peace conference. Someone plans to assassinate the ambassadors, but we have no idea who. Or at least we are not supposed to. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together figures it is the two blowfish aliens hibernating on the journey. One of them is played by Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame.

http://jeffords.blogspot.com/

vivfox

09-02-2009, 07:48 PM

Your father, Ken Caillat, coproduced the seminal Fleetwood Mac albums Rumours and Tusk. Did you grow up hanging out with Stevie Nicks and John McVie?

Yeah, I got to see all of them, but at the time I didn’t know that Fleetwood Mac was such a big deal because I was so young. Now looking back, I think it’s the coolest thing ever, but at the time, they were just my parents’ friends. We would go see their concerts and go out on their boat in Malibu and meet them in Hawaii and it was just a normal thing with family friends.

http://www.elle.com/Entertainment/Movies-TV/Colbie-Caillat/The-Bubbly-singer-records-her-breakthrough-album

vivfox

09-02-2009, 08:07 PM

Did we say we wanted to live in One Rincon Hill? No, no. What we meant was, we wanted to live in Atherton. See, Forbes released its latest list of zip codes where the wealthy hatch and call home. Some silly town in a silly state took top honors -- 07620, Alpine, New Jersey, median home price $4,139,041. But! California's Atherton, 94027, came in at number two, boasting a median home price as of $3,849,133.

Atherton, according to Business Week, is home to Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google; Charles Schwab, founder of the brokerage firm bearing his name; folliclly-challenged Meg Whitman, CEO of eBay; NFL football player Jerry Rice; and the greatest guitarist in the history of music/breaker of Stevie Nicks' magical heart, Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac.

The top ten are:

1. 07620, Alpine, N.J., $4,139,041
2. 94027, Atherton, Calif., $3,849,133
3. 10014, New York, N.Y., $3,521,514
4. 91008, Duarte, Calif., $3,444,773
5. 90210, Beverly Hills, Calif., $3,367,167
6. 92067, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., $3,362,493
7. 93108, Santa Barbara, Calif., $3,284,652
8. 94024, Los Altos Hills, Calif., $3,277,500
9. 10065, New York, N.Y., $3,176,534
10. 07926, Brookside, N.J., $3,121,115

http://sfist.com/2009/09/02/atherton_comes_in_second_on_forbes.php

vivfox

09-04-2009, 03:15 PM

After last night’s game, the Knights Stadium PA system played Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” as exit music. Either by “tomorrow” they meant next year—Charlotte’s been out of contention for a while now—or the sound board op was sending one out to the visiting team, whose tomorrows have now officially been extended at least four more days.

http://www.indyweekblogs.com/sports/2009/09/04/durham-bulls-clobber-charlotte-knights-clinch-playoff-spot-desmond-jennings-goes-7-7/

shackin'up

09-04-2009, 03:28 PM

Two shows in two days!
By kramer(sammy)
"The Cave Singers make beautifully anguished acoustic music that has been compared to Townes Van Zandt and Fleetwood Mac (singer Peter Quirk sure does sound a lot like Stevie Nicks sometimes)." Then on Wednesday, 21 May at 8pm ...
FAMILY - http://www.familylosangeles.com/blog/

The Cave Singers - Welcome Joy
(Matador) UK release date: 17 August 2009
(...)
Equally, it's almost impossible not to hear influences seeping into the band's music. At times Welcome Joy sounds as if it's a long lost Fleetwood Mac album - possibly shelved somewhere between Rumours and Tusk. Quirk's voice recalls Lindsey Buckingham's frequently throughout on Welcome Joy, and second track Leap would fit easily into Rumours' tales of recriminations, and lost love. And hey, there's a neat skiffle beat that echoes that of Second Hand News too. (...)

http://www.musicomh.com/albums/cave-singers_0809.htm

By the way, This album is spectacular.

vivfox

09-05-2009, 09:23 AM

How to know when you are getting old: Your niece transfers to a school called Fleetwood. You ask what the nickname or motto is. You politely suggest (jokingly) that it should be called the Macs. Your niece has no idea what you are talking about.

When your niece does not know this band,
you know you are ancient. Sigh…..

http://www.lvyankeefanclub.com/blogs/?p=1761

vivfox

09-06-2009, 03:05 PM

After plugging them in and letting them warm up for 10 minutes, Grover made several adustments to the bias current using his DMM and a couple of little knobs on the top of each chassis (handy to have those adjustments available). We plugged in the speaker cables to the 4 ohm taps,

Put Fleetwood Mac Rumours on the turntable, and we got down to listening......

At first blush the sound was a bit warmer than my ss amps, but the voices were much more natural sounding, and full of harmonics, in relation the ss amps made the voices more distant and a bit more hollow. The bass was kinda chocolatey and fat (did not really like it).

After listening for a while, Grover asked if there were 4 ohm speakers, I said I think they are 8 ohm, so we switched to the 8 ohm taps. Well that tightened up the bass right there. Much better control and impact. The sound was really good now. One thing these tube amps do very well is the highs. Very natural sounding cymbals, much better than the Odyssey monoblocks. Also there was better imaging and depth, a larger soundstage.

http://www.head-case.org/forums/meet-impressions/7119-grover-digipetes.html

Nico

09-07-2009, 05:16 PM

Here (http://img167.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=57953_4taqko_122_882lo.jpg)
Who are you currently jealous of?

"Fleetwood Mac. I've been listening to Rumours and some of the Eighties stuff. Some people are strictly Seventies Mac fans, but they really kept it going."

I agree with him. And I may add that it makes me feel extra special when artists I adore talk about loving other artists I adore. Right on, Brandon.:xoxo:

vivfox

09-09-2009, 11:46 PM

From Montreal, Quebec, there is something of a "Rumours" era Christine McVie or Stevie Nicks in Veronica Charnley's approach running through "One Hundred Words for Water". Lindsey Buckingham too.

This is no bad thing. I am more comfortable with this gentle undercurrent than the febrile expositions of Kate Bush and Tori Amos the Fleetwoods informed in turn; or the everything-bar-the kitchen sink assault of the once elfin Bjork.

http://siblingshot.blogspot.com/2009/09/northern-exposure.html

michelej1

09-11-2009, 12:38 PM

Article on 3 Holy Grails waiting to be issued.

Grand Junction Free Press 9/11/2009
http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20090911/ENTERTAINMENT/909109974/1061

3. “Buckingham Nicks” by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks

It is one of the abiding mysteries of pop music why this album has remained unreleased since 1976. By that time, of course, guitarist Buckingham and singer Nicks had joined the band with which they would achieve superstardom: Fleetwood Mac. But this, their recording debut as a duo, has remained shelved for a third of a century despite the relentless pleading of Mac fans around the world. For much of the past decade, there have been rumors (and even a sadly premature official announcement in 2003) of a new release, but still “Buckingham Nicks” exists only on vinyl and in black market vinyl rips. Hope springs eternal, however; in recent years, Lindsey Buckingham has suggested the album might finally hit the racks once more, to be supported by a tour by the now 61- and 59-year-old Nicks and Buckingham.

michelej1

09-11-2009, 12:59 PM

From an article by Mick Jacobsen about building an online community. Maybe some people here participated in that discussion group in 1994:

http://tametheweb.com/category/tech-tips-for-every-librarian/?iphone=true

I’ve always been fascinated by social interaction online, all the way back to 1994 when I started a discussion list for Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks fans on my old Mac with a dial-up connection. I didn’t know it then, but I was attempting to bring together a community–to make some connections between various folks who shared an interest and to let them talk to each other.

Now, more than 12 years later, I realize it was one of many early examples of building a virtual community and the beginnings of social networks. Social networking services (SNS) are Web-based sites that “provide a collection of various ways for users to interact, such as chat, messaging, email, video, voice chat, file sharing, blogging, discussion groups,” according to Wikipedia. And these days it’s easier than ever to create a social space for you and your group–staff, users, etc.–with some free and simple Web 2.0 tools. Let’s take a look at what any size library, library organization, or state library agency could do for free!

vivfox

09-11-2009, 07:44 PM

An Open Letter To Australian Idol
By Jess McGuire on September 9, 2009 at 4:21 PM
Dear Australian Idol,

So! I recently had this brilliant idea for your show, and I knew I had to tell you right away via my favourite thing in the whole world – an open letter.

I’m sure you’ve already thought of this, but could you please, please, please consider having Fleetwood Mac week? They’ve had countless hits, so it’s not as though the performers are going to have to search long and hard for a song the audience would be familiar with. I realise the band is coming out to Australia in December after your show wraps which means they’re highly unlikely to make a guest appearance but at least the public would have Fleetwood Mac on the brain?

Anyway. The reason I want this to happen so badly is because the other day, I suddenly thought “My god, wouldn’t it be hilarious AWESOME if Australian Idol contestants performed ‘Tusk’ as their group song?”

You know I’m right, it’d be spectacular.
I would fly to Sydney, get tickets to the show, spend all my money on drugs, and watch the whole thing TOTALLY HIGH*.

Yours,

Jess McGuire

PS: If Fleetwood Mac are anything to go by, it’s probably best to get the Top Twelve completely munted before making them perform this.

*KIDS! Drugs are terrible and you shouldn’t do them, and I am only joking about taking them. These days I am “straight edge” and that’s what makes me really cool. Say nope to dope!

http://www.defamer.com.au/2009/09/an-open-letter-to-australian-idol/

belladonnadream

09-12-2009, 07:47 AM

Huh. Never heard that one before. Maybe they me Jeremy..or Peter:lol:

michelej1

09-12-2009, 01:07 PM

From a comment on metafilter, September 10, 2009:

http://www.metafilter.com/84939/Research-correlates-inequality-with-religiosity

I think we've all had the experience of deciding to like something, some painting or movie or song, especially if we think back to adolescence. We play the song over and over again, watch the movie repeatedly, ponder the painting for hours, reread the book, whatever. Sometimes this works. I decided that I was going to really try to figure out what people liked about ABBA, a band I'd made easy slagging of for years, and got to really enjoy them. Likewise, David Bowie, Pere Ubu, etc. Sometimes, it doesn't. No matter how many times I listen to Fleetwood Mac's Buckingham-Nicks output, it still bores the hell out of me and makes me want to wash my ears out with Napalm Death. And sometimes it takes partway but not completely, like Velvet Underground, where I don't think I'll ever like Nico's voice, even though I can get where they were coming from.

michelej1

09-13-2009, 01:38 PM

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/07/riffs-van-morrison-revisit-astral-weeks-concert//print/

From article on the Noisettes and Shingai Shoniwa says:

"We were listening to a lot of Fleetwood Mac, some Talk Talk and a bunch of really slick, overly produced hip-hop and American R&B records," says the singer, who credits such influences for fueling the Noisettes' genre-bending sound.

michelej1

09-15-2009, 12:50 PM

Here's the violent FM comic from 2007: http://www.comicspace.com/keithpille/comics.php?action=gallery&comic_id=5727

This is from a September 14, 2009 interview.

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/qa/

Where did the idea for creating a webcomic come from?

Keith Pille: I was a writer for a long time... local music writing, human-interest journalism, and some (mostly really bad) fiction. Then, maybe five years ago, comics just sort of took over my brain. I'm the kind of guy who, once I start enjoying something, feels like I have to give it a try myself. So before long I'm trying to learn to draw, and it just kind of moved from there. For a while, I did comic-short-story stuff (one making fun of the world of literary fiction, one adapting a Jim Walsh story about shooting the members of Fleetwood Mac in the head), but after that I thought it'd be fun to switch to something long-form, dealing with the same ongoing cast of characters.

michelej1

09-16-2009, 12:12 PM

St. Louis Radio Station 106.5 The Arch

http://www.1065thearch.com/post/19614_best_album_cover_of_all_time

Best Abum Cover of All Time:

OK, the Buckingham-Nicks album cover IS the best of all time because Stevie Nicks is naked. The record was released in 1973 and reissued in 1976 after the duo joined Fleetwood Mac. Stevie's name is spelled Stevi on the original.

The album has never been officially released on CD.

vivfox

09-16-2009, 05:36 PM

Move over Fleetwood Mac - Miss Saigon is taking the limelight.

Tickets for the New Plymouth Operatic Society production have been selling so fast the 10-day season has been extended by a week to cope with the demand.

The stage show tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving a Vietnamese bar girl abandoned by her American GI lover.

The setting of the plot is 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War.

New Plymouth Operatic Society president Kevin Landrigan said the company has been astonished at how well the show had been selling.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/2868562/Strong-demand-extends-show-season/

vivfox

09-17-2009, 08:02 AM

And I’d be remiss not to mention the song’s striking similarities to Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” particularly the melody and phrasing of the verses. Considering the group has cited Fleetwood Mac as one of its major influences, this isn’t exactly surprising – but it is a little… off-putting.

http://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/09/15/gloriana-how-far-do-you-wanna-go/

vivfox

09-17-2009, 08:04 AM

Today we drove the long and winding road to Hana Bay. On the way back we took a detour to visit Nahiku where George Harrison owned a house and were almost run off the road on a sharp bend by a Dude in a red Mustang who was none other than Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac fame) who also lives in Nahiku. There’s no point in being killed by a rock star just for the infamy you know! The man might be a wizard on the drums but he can't drive to save himself.

http://wetravelworld.com/2009/09/16/aloha-p27796/

vivfox

09-17-2009, 08:16 PM

Can there be such a thing as a Mamma Mia sequel without ABBA music? Maybe. First Meryl Streep teased that she’d welcome a sequel to the smash movie musical, as long as all the film’s male actors returned. Then, ABBA chieftain Benny Andersson seemed to shoot down the possibility by insisting that his band’s music would not be involved in any follow-up. And now, Colin Firth, in Toronto to promote Tom Ford’s A Single Man, shared with Collider.com that “people who do want to make [a sequel] are considering the possibility of using another band’s music.” (Universal had no comment on Firth’s statements.)

Recreating the same Mamma Mia musical magic with an entirely different artist’s catalog might be a pointless task. But not impossible. So let’s help Universal figure this out. The music has to be from the 1970’s. Has to. And obviously, the music has to be infectious. The Bee Gees are ideal. Too ideal, actually, especially since their music is too closely associated with Saturday Night Fever. Elton John might be good. I loved what Baz Luhrmann did with “Your Song” in Moulin Rouge, and his extensive catalog could easily sustain 120 minutes. But my first choice would be Fleetwood Mac. Their songs are sing-out-loud rapturous, but they also tell stories full of sublimated tension that would enhance the narrative.

What do you think, Mamma Mia fans? Could you envision dancing to anyone but ABBA in a sequel? Would you rather they simply quit while they were ahead or are you open to seeing Meryl flapping her arm to “Edge of Seventeen”? If not, is there another band that the filmmakers should pursue?

http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/09/17/mamma-mia-sequel-abba-meryl-streep/

vivfox

09-18-2009, 10:27 AM

U2 must surely find themselves in an odd situation when they tour. On the one hand you have a dedicated core group of fans whose love for the band is based on the fact that U2 refuse to stand still, reinvent themselves, and push their musical boundaries. On the other hand you have a wide-ranging audience, who are simply familiar with U2's enviable catalogue of pop/rock hits and who want nothing less than a greatest hits show.

So, despite being in the game for 30 years it was to U2's great credit last night that their 360 experience opened last night with four songs off their latest album. I am not aware of any of the remaining touring supergroups (Rolling Stones, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, etc.) that would dare attempt to open a 60,000-person show with songs that, quite frankly, only the hardcore fans were familiar with.

It was a gamble and, for the most part, it paid off. I happen to be very fond of the new album and it was a joy to hear the band transmit their sound in the way it was meant to be heard. U2 is the quintessential live band and certainly the kings of the stadium experience.

http://uninhabitedspaces.blogspot.com/2009/09/review-u2-in-toronto.html

vivfox

09-20-2009, 08:10 PM

I went and saw a Fleetwood Mac cover band last nite. . FLEETWOOD NICKS. I was quite dubious so I went online and did some research before I committed. I didn't want to see any hipster irony. NONE. There was none. I need not have worried. They were perfection. Late 40s/early 50s fronted by 'NICKS' as though she were re-writing history(uhh.herstory) cos maybe NICKS should've fronted The Mac for reals. Doesn't matter. She went on to be STEVIE.
There was a single crazy Superfan dancing up a storm. Apparently she arrived wasted/arrived pumped so it kinda went from there.
She had some incredible moves in her polar fleece. Sitting and watching a cover band lets your imagination run wild: "What do these people do all day?", "What are their day jobs?". We suspect NICKS is an aerobics instructor/personal trainer. She has the pipes and is very fit. 'Christine McVie' aka 'Crazy Eyes' was the other focal point in the coverband. The large-ish bass player wearing mirror shades was a bit obscured by 'Mick' and 'Stevie'. "Mick" looked a bit iggy pop/grizzled and was also pulling off a Tom Petty.
In real life, Stevie is an honorary Heartbreaker. If they really knew their material, they would've done a Led Zep cover b/c Stevie Nicks (Welch Witch) loves to do 'rock 'n' roll' live.

FLEETWOOD NICKS is also available for weddings.
Posted by Sonja Ahlers

http://sonjaahlers.blogspot.com/2009/09/fleetwood-nicks.html

vivfox

09-20-2009, 08:12 PM

Pink Floyd had immense pigs that flew (and a pyramid that wasn't supposed to but did anyway, if the wind was strong enough);
The Rolling Stones commissioned gargantuan inflatable lips and a gigantic yellow dog;
Fleetwood Mac built a 70-foot penguin that would never properly inflate.

http://www.atu2.com/news/u2s-massive-intimacy.html

vivfox

09-21-2009, 08:44 PM

22nd September 2009

KATE Cook might have turned the volume down, but she cranked the sincerity factor up to 11 with a stunning rendition of Fleetwood Mac's Landslide on Sunday night's episode of Australian Idol.

Her heartfelt performance earned her much admiration from the judges, who liked seeing a more introspective side of the Lowood local after a string of up-tempo rock tunes.

It earned rave reviews from guest judge Brian McFadden, who said “it was the most believable performance of the night”.

Fellow judges Ian “Dicko” Dickson said the performance was “simply divine” while Jay Dee Springbett said it was captivating.

Ms Cook will find out if she has made it through to the next round of the competition at the start of next Sunday's show at 7.30pm on Channel Ten.

http://www.qt.com.au/story/2009/09/22/landslide-support-kate-idol-lowood/

vivfox

09-21-2009, 08:50 PM

Monday, Sep. 21 2009

Watching a guy with straggly hair hunch over his laptop and press an occasional key or two isn't especially interesting. You can visit any coffee shop in the city for that. But people don't shell out the equivalent of a week's worth of lattes to see Girl Talk perform. They do it because they know he's going to throw one hell of a dance party.

More than 300 artists made their way into Girl Talk's 90-minute set at Showbox SoDo on Friday night. The pop culture junkie is a master at mash-up remixes, as evidenced on his new and fourth album Feed the Animals. Each track contains over a dozen samples in unlikely but seamless sequences that have Trina rapping to Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" and Avril Lavigne backed by the bassline from Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin." And what should come off as excessive instead sounds brilliant and surprisingly new to the ears.

Fans flailed their limbs about wildly on the sweaty dance floor. Dozens more climbed onstage to dance and stayed put until the end of the show. A guy in shiny blue spandex wandered around asking strangers if they had ecstasy. Countless drinks were spilled. (Twice on me, unfortunately.)

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2009/09/girl_talks_illegal_art_thrill.php

vivfox

09-22-2009, 08:38 AM

Fleetwood Mac – “Seven Wonders”
By Jess McGuire on September 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM
So it’s been exactly a month since I last had a cigarette or an alcoholic drink. I’ve done it cold turkey, and I feel great (physically) but the not entirely unexpected side effect has been that I’ve become rather short-tempered. Basically, I’ve gone from being a chilled out entertainer to feeling homicidal whenever I am around total morons. The only thing that is calming me down whenever I encounter idiots is Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits. I am not kidding.

I carry a tiny iPod shuffle (with Seven Wonders cued up) in my jacket pocket, and whenever I feel myself wanting to punch someone in the face, I stick my headphones in and soak up Stevie Nicks’ faintly ridiculous vibrato and I feel instantly better. I hope if you’re having a stressful Tuesday, it’ll have the same effect on you.

http://www.defamer.com.au/2009/09/fleetwood-mac-seven-wonders/

vivfox

09-22-2009, 08:45 AM

Sound:
So you plunk down $249.95 on a pair of ‘In-ear speakers’ was it worth it? You bet! Where the Turbines lacked – the Turbine Pro makes up ten-fold. Where noise isolation was lacking before, its made up with the new and improved advanced Turbine Pro eartips. I have small ear canals and I was able make them fit and snuggle my ear with ease. I wasn’t able to hear a peep around me. The In-ear speakers felt light in my ears now compared to the original Turbines and also I didn’t need to wrap the cord around the top portion of my ear so that they didn’t fall out while walking. They just stayed put without altering the sound of the music that flowed through them.

Flow is what the music did, with the new and improved drivers it only delivered new and improved sound that was rich and clear with a rich deep bass that enhanced the sound delivery of the various different music selections I used to test the earphones with. Be it Yanni ( don’t laugh), Fleetwood Mac, or Black Eyed Peas – each genre exhibited full body, clarity, and detail in each track. You could easily hear the extreme highs with Stevie Nicks’s cymbals as well the low end detail with Mick Fleetwood at the drums.

http://www.chipchick.com/2009/09/monster_turbine_pro_in-ear_speaker_review.html

michelej1

09-22-2009, 12:03 PM

From an article about Chuck Berry at the L. A. Exhibition Center in 1968

http://www.ejazznews.com/print.php?sid=10753

I get the band to commit and show up ready to roar for Chucky. First band up, the original edition of Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, second – the Chambers Brothers. Forty minutes into the Chambers Brothers set I was ready to rip the throbbing cowbell out of the front man’s hand and scream “Time” ….is Up!” It may have been a cool song for a minute or three but a heavy dose of "Time" was more than this vagrant piano man could withstand.

vivfox

09-23-2009, 08:12 AM

Published September 22nd, 2009 | 1 Comments

BLUFF CITY — CBS Records is set to officially release the first singles by J4 — the tween foursome from the Tri-Cities — within the next few weeks, a management spokesperson said Tuesday.

The group shot to stardom when they were selected from hundreds of entries to be part of CBS’ “The Early Show” Singing Family Face Off and won the competition in early April. Their prize included a recording contract with the CBS record label.

J4 management spokesperson Tracy Taylor said the two singles — a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” and what has become their signature song “I Think I Love You” — will be available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.com.

The future of a complete compact disc or download file of work depends on the initial sales of these two singles.

“I think (CBS Records) is going to take a look at how the songs do and then decide if they will go forward with a full project, and that is why we need another grass-roots effort to get these songs off the ground,” Taylor said.

An official release date has not been announced, but Taylor recommends that people visit the group’s Web site, www.j4fans.com, and click on the “Join the Team” icon.

“Once things are set in stone, people who subscribe in that section will get an e-mail letting them know when they can go and purchase the singles,” Taylor said.

The group has also decided to promote education as part of their rise to stardom, thanks in part to a program available to area school teachers and students on the Web site developed by the siblings’ mother, Lori Smith.

Smith, who is home schooling her children, came up with a curriculum based on the year the Fleetwood Mac single the band is covering came out.

“They can learn about who was president, what historic events took place that year, and other fun things that also get everyone involved in the process,” Taylor said. “(Lori) knew that this would be an opportunity to help people, and she chose to develop this program for schools.”

Since their winning performance in the spring, J4 has been at several local events promoting their skills including the Appalachian Fair and Bristol Motor Speedway.

Jessi, 15; Jedidiah, 13; Josiah, 8; and Josephine, 7, are scheduled to perform once again on “The Early Show” on Tuesday, Sept. 29.

The foursome are the children of Lori and Mark Smith of Bluff City. All are active at Bunker Hill Christian Church where Mark is pastor.

http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9017056

michelej1

09-23-2009, 07:27 PM

Article on George Lamb:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/russell-who-george-lamb-is-the-future-of-radio-991792.html

"Because I was on 6Music, people expected me to have an endless knowledge of the history of music," he explains. "But that's not my bag. I've got reasonable ears. I probably like Fleetwood Mac and Peter Gabriel too much, but there's a lot of snobbery around music. Fleetwood Mac is genius, Peter Gabriel is a genius, and some Hall and Oates tunes are unbelievable. And there's about 200 million people out there who'd agree with me."

vivfox

09-23-2009, 09:49 PM

Sarah Palin Is In Over Her Head «
By lynnrockets
(sung to the Fleetwood Mac song “Over My Head”). They say Hong Kong is paradise. Before going there, I should have thought twice. I'm over my head. But I like the rice. Nothing to say when I take that mike ...
Lynnrockets' Blast-Off - http://lynnrockets.wordpress.com/

I’M OVER MY HEAD
(sung to the Fleetwood Mac song “Over My Head”)
They say Hong Kong is paradise
Before going there, I should have thought twice
I’m over my head
But I like the rice

Nothing to say when I take that mike
I’m just a clown and yet they just might, think I’m crazy,
It’s such a plight

My thoughts are like a ferris wheel
They’re spinning all the time
Sometimes I can’t help but feel
That I’m losing all of my mind

Over my head Mmmm …

I hope I don’t just grunt and squeal
Perhaps I better mime
Why did I accept this deal
For a measly couple of dimes

They’ll be staring at my backside
I will be losing all of my pride
I’m over my head
And it don’t feel nice

I’m over my head
And it don’t feel nice

I’m over my head
And it don’t feel nice

http://lynnrockets.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/sarah-palin-is-in-over-her-head/

DoubtfulMiracle

09-24-2009, 03:37 AM

This is completely random, so I reckon this must be the best place for it.

We had a massive dust storm here yesterday, which is naturally getting a lot of media coverage.

The breakfast show on one of the local radio stations was this morning using snippets of Tusk... except with 'Tusk!' replaced with 'Dust!'.

It only earnt a bemused groan from me this morning, but I tell you, it took a surprising amount of self-control for me not to shout 'dust' when it shuffled through on the iPod this afternoon ;)

vivfox

09-24-2009, 07:55 AM

The Bon Bon Club are Reenie (bass, vox), Kim (keyboards, vox) and Claire (drums, vox). Reenie is better known for her previous role as bassist in glitter-rockers The Long Blondes whilst Claire also plays in Slow Down Tallahassee and Angular Recordings post-punkers Navvy.

Their second release is a trio of covers, served on a 3” mini-CD that comes wrapped in a sweetie-bag with a beautiful postcard designed by noted Sheffield comic artist Oliver Allchin.

First the girls cut away the bombast from the Kings of Leon’s “Sex on Fire” and replace the swinging dicks with swinging hips, turning it into a laser guided love missile.
Next up is a versioning of unheralded Dubstar deep-cut “The Day I See You Again” which dons mask and performs lipo on the slightly obese original for full emotional impact.
Finally most of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours classic “Dreams” is wrestled away from the banshees (and Jim) of The Corrs and magically transformed into a grinding, echoing beast that’s finally lulled into sleep by massed endlessly fractal vocal harmonies. It’s disco edit as live band.

The tracks that make up the “Sex on Fire” single were produced by legendary Sheffield producer Alan Smyth (Pulp, The Arctic Monkeys, Reverend and the Makers, The Long Blondes) at his 2Fly studios in Sheffield.

http://vonpipmusicalexpress.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/music-news-we-25092009/

vivfox

09-25-2009, 10:07 PM

Some of my friends were particularly anticipating seeing Miike Snow play (they had a song on Gossip Girl recently). When we caught up with the band's singer/songwriter Andrew Wyatt, he told us that he would be playing a Fleetwood Mac cover though in fact he split early and didn't perform at all.

http://www.wmagazine.com/w/blogs/editorsblog/2009/09/25/photo-fun-with-aaron-stern.htm

vivfox

09-25-2009, 10:10 PM

For their tour to promote the “Rumours” album, Fleetwood Mac spent thousands of dollars on a giant inflatable penguin. They only used it once.

In 1997, Mick Fleetwood estimated that he had spent the staggering total of 8 million dollars on the drug of choice: Cocaine.

http://collectingvinylrecords.blogspot.com/2009/09/rockpop-tidbits_25.html

michelej1

09-28-2009, 12:58 PM

A guy, Maxwell Lamb, writing about times with his father and the musical discussions they've had:

http://www.the-peak.ca/article/20010

While waiting for the opener, we talk music shop. He maintains that Fleetwood Mac, in their prime, were the best live act on the planet. I maintain that Dan Deacon trumps the Mac, and he has no clue what I’m talking about. I tell him I actually had fun at an Air Supply show, and he looks completely confused.

vivfox

09-28-2009, 06:03 PM

The reach of recorded music yields fun juxtapositions. Deep in the ghetto of some American city (Baltimore, perhaps), I saw a resident wearing a Fleetwood Mac shirt. At a recent metal show in Los Angeles, I saw someone wearing a Burzum shirt and flip-flops. That's the logical equivalent of wearing a Jack Johnson (the musician, not the boxer) shirt and combat boots. It does not compute.

http://invisibleoranges.com/

vivfox

09-28-2009, 06:07 PM

Matt: How involved are you in the recording process as far as the technical side of things goes? Do you like to choose your own mics and set them up to your specs, or do you like to sit back and let the engineers do their thing while you focus more on the musical side of the process?

Christian: Yeah I’m involved in pretty much everything. I produced this record so I was right in there working on all levels. We had a great engineer on this record, Jeremy Blair, who worked with Guns n Roses, Zack Wylde and a bunch of other big bands. He worked at a place in L.A., that’s closed now, called Rumble, where he worked with a lot of famous groups, so it was great having him involved in the recording process. He knows all about what mics to use and where to put them for all of our instruments, guitar, bass, drums etc.

I know what works for guitar. I have my Randall signature stacks and my Jackson guitars, which are like the Ferrari’s and Bentley’s of amps and guitars, so we have great equipment, which really helps. My drummer, Raymond, owns Fleetwood Mac’s old studio, where we keep our gear set up and can go in anytime to record or work out tracks, which is a great thing to have when working on a new album.

http://modernguitarist.guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2009/09/28/interview-with-arkaeas-christian-olde-wolbers/

vivfox

09-29-2009, 11:37 PM

September 29, 2009 10:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Maple Jam Music Group Announces Passing of President and Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Greg Ladanyi
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Statement from MAPLE JAM MUSIC GROUP:

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Maple Jam Music Group President, Greg Ladanyi, today, at the age of 57. Ladanyi sustained severe head trauma following an on-stage accident last Friday in the Greek Republic of Cyprus. Ladanyi was immediately rushed to a local hospital where he remained in critical condition over the weekend. He was in Cyprus touring with Maple Jam Music artist, Anna Vissi.

Ladanyi, a Grammy Award-winning producer, has spent his entire professional career engineering, mixing and producing for the greatest artists in the entertainment industry. Ladanyi was widely known for his production and engineering work with musical greats Jackson Browne (six albums, including “Running on Empty”, “Holding Out”, and “Lawyers in Love”), Toto (four albums, including “Toto IV”), Don Henley (three albums, including “Building the Perfect Beast”), Fleetwood Mac (“Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits” and “Behind the Mask”), The Church (“Starfish”), Jeff Healey (“See the Light”), and Jaguares (“Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio”). His most recent work was with Anna Vissi and her Greek album, “Apagorevmeno”.

With 40 years in the entertainment industry, Ladanyi has contributed to various high-end projects, with his work leading to 16 Grammy nominations, being directly nominated three times. He won a Grammy Award in 1982 for Best Engineered Recording – Non-Classical with Toto’s, “Toto IV” and nominated for Producer of The Year for Don Henley’s “The Boys Of Summer” and Jaguares, Best Rock Album, “Bajo el Azul de Tu Misterio” at the 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

As president of Maple Jam Music Group, Ladanyi evolved the company from the original Maple Jam Records label founded in 2004 to a full service entertainment entity that works hand-in-hand with the artist to fully develop their careers. As a home to many established and up-and-coming artists we will continue to move forward, keeping Greg Ladanyi’s legacy alive.

Plans for a private memorial service are pending

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090929005971&newsLang=en

michelej1

09-30-2009, 11:12 AM

This day in history:

http://birminghamseagle.com/news/ech0930.html

1997
Fleetwood Mac's reunion show at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., grosses a house record of $1,094,520.

vivfox

09-30-2009, 07:59 PM

Another band with "wimpish" overtones, their history is a little convoluted but guitarist Brian "Chuck" Botfield appears to be the main constant for a group who have had more than their fair share of personnel changes. Botfield and future Berrie Geoff Turton both attended Turves Green School and upon leaving, Botfield formed a skiffle group called “The Bobcats”, a band that at one point included a young female piano player called Christine Perfect, who for the uninitiated became Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac.

http://toptwentyclub.blogspot.com/2009/09/artists-1964.html

vivfox

10-01-2009, 08:00 AM

Heavy metal masterminds Metallica anchored KFMA Day 2008 in what turned out to be one of Tucson's biggest-ever concerts.

By some reports, 28,000 people showed up for the daylong rock fest at Pima County Fairgrounds, which lists its concert capacity at 24,000. That would make it the second biggest concert event in Tucson history, behind the 1977 Fleetwood Mac show that brought out 67,000 to Arizona Stadium.

http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/contests/index.php?id=337

michelej1

10-01-2009, 11:30 AM

From a UK business article about a taxi firm:

http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2009/10/01/tyneside-firm-on-road-to-success-51140-24820135/

He also tells how Fleetwood Mac would regularly travel Blue Line to a recording studio close to the firm’s home off Wallsend High Street.

cristochango

10-01-2009, 02:21 PM

idk if this counts as one, but in the season one second episode of nip / tuck one of the doctors says "What happened to the girl I knew who would sing Fleetwood Mac at the top of her lungs even though she was tone deaf." and it had another scene which played Over my Head during it.

vivfox

10-02-2009, 04:29 AM

What Laura Says is currently touring and plugging last year's release of a remastered version of their 2007 debut album. The disc showcases their delightfully strange relationship with the song form, as the album-opening "Couldn't Lose Myself If I Tried" loses itself in a most inspired way: careening through five radically different sections in slightly more than three minutes. It also displays the band's knack for baroque-pop harmonies and rustic instrumentation (banjos, ukuleles, coffee cans).

If the band's Brian-Wilson-goes-bluegrass sensibility feels a bit schizophrenic, there's a good reason for that. What Laura Says is really the product of two different bands—an offbeat pop duo called What Laura Says Thinks and Feels, and a dirty blues trio called the Expatriates. Their union is similar to the old Fleetwood Mac tale of Mick Fleetwood visiting Keith Olsen's SoCal recording studio in 1974. While Olsen showed off the studio's excellent sound by playing him a track from a duo called Buckingham Nicks, Fleetwood focused all his attention on how much he liked the guitar player, and it wasn't long before he asked him to join his band.

What Laura Says Thinks and Feels was created by singer-songwriters Danny Godbold and James Mulhern, who both played guitar and piano and shared vocals. The aptly named Expatriates featured three Grand Rapids, Mich., transplants: Freedom, his high-school pal Brad Muller on guitar and vocals, and Muller's brother Greg on drums. When Brad got a job as a regional sales rep for Blue Bell Ice Cream, he no longer had time for music, and the remaining Expatriates realized they'd hit a plateau.

"Blues-rock wasn't really happening in Phoenix," Freedom says. "It was totally awesome for us and our core audience, but as far as getting into the music scene in Phoenix, we weren't a jam band, and we weren't scream, and we weren't underground enough for some of the younger kids to grab onto."

More than three years ago, a mutual friend put the members of Laura Says Thinks and Feels in the same room with the remaining Expatriates.

"She was recording us, and she was also roommates with Danny and James ... ," Freedom recalls. "She saw their need for a rhythm section and saw Greg and I not really getting into what we were doing."

By that point, Godbold and Mulhern had already pieced together most of the tracks for their debut album, but Freedom and Muller encouraged them to supplement that material with some choice unrecorded songs. The resulting album never stops throwing aural surprises at you, and its most consistent delight comes from the intricate, layered harmonies of Godbold, Mulhern and Freedom. You can hear it in the spacy, XTC-ish pop of "July 23," and the spare, near-a cappella "Wish I Could."

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/delightfully-strange/Content?oid=1400033

vivfox

10-02-2009, 04:32 AM

The song ‘At the Cut’ sounds so influenced by Lindsey Buckingham, even the way you project your voice. Who do you hope people will hear in your music?

Pete Quirk: Well, I don’t know. I’ve always listened to Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac and stuff like that. It’s funny because I never thought my voice sounded much like his, but I get that a lot, which is definitely a compliment because he’s got a great voice. But he’s an influence for sure. That’s just what I sound like.

Even the little ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ on that song though…

Pete Quirk: The little yelps and everything—it’s just something to do instead of singing words or sitting through breaks, using your voice more for rhythm than carrying a message. I don’t really try to sound like anybody because I think if you try you just end up sounding bad, you know? I think in other bands it was different because I was trying to sound like someone else, whereas now I’m just trying to sing as honestly as possible.

http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/10/01/the-cave-singers-pete-quirk-interview-half-english-half-gibberish/

vivfox

10-04-2009, 10:50 PM

Phil Everly wants a dance song:

In the early 70s Warren Zevon played with the Everly Brothers and by 1975, he and his wife were living in Phil Everly’s guesthouse. Phil asked Warren and songwriting partner Leroy "Roy" Marinell to write a song for his upcoming solo album. He asked them to write him a dance song.
"Something like ‘Werewolves Of London’" is what Phil said. Later, at Roy’s house as they began writing, guitarist Robert ‘Wadded’ Wachtel joined them to add the "Aah-Ooh Werewolves of London". According to Zevon, the first verse was written spontaneously and entirely by Waddy. The three finished the song in 20 minutes.
The track was recorded with Waddy, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie (of Fleetwood Mac fame) and produced by friend Jackson Browne. Werewolves of London hit Number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Number 15 on the Cashbox charts in April 1978.
The song eventually reached Number 8 and went gold. As a result, his album Excitable Boy became a Top Ten record and remains his best-selling album to date. Thanks to Phil.

http://halloweenradio.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-music-its-not-just-monster.html

vivfox

10-05-2009, 09:14 PM

vivfox

10-05-2009, 09:31 PM

I was at a wedding where the bride had her girlfriend sing Fleetwood Mac's "Songbird" and HOLY TOLEDO SHE WAS SO OFF KEY IT WAS TRAUMATIZING.

http://community.livejournal.com/thequestionclub/69438474.html

Black_Moon

10-06-2009, 01:27 AM

vivfox

10-08-2009, 08:43 AM

'The 11th Hour' (RTE 2, Wednesday) - Dave Fanning is back with a brand new series bringing some of the hottest new music along with interviews from the biggest artists and specially recorded performances from some of the bands of the moment.

This week Fanning talks to Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac, who play a couple of sold-out shows in Dublin's O2 later this month. 'The 11th Hour' will also feature music from Bat For Lashes, Air and Julie Feeney, along with a report on the making of Lady Gaga's album.

http://www.meathchronicle.ie/plus/stayingin/articles/2009/10/07/391749-whats-on-the-box-this-week/

vivfox

10-08-2009, 08:45 AM

Stevie Nicks is a great American composer, whose credibility has been stepped on by over exposure. Perhaps it’s the fact that her songs get played on the radio every 20 minutes, and this somehow minimizes her genius. In 1999 – HappyParts listened to Fleetwood Mac and Rumors albums daily for 6 months. True story. With each listen - I became fascinated by Stevie Nick’s ability to wrap blues into pop melodies. She painted stories in song, deeply personal, spiritual and some might say auto-biographical. Stevie Nicks is a American treasure.

http://blograge.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/gold-dust-woman-stevie-nicks/

holidayroad

10-08-2009, 09:08 AM

Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon
When I was running in a student council election back in my university days, I was out campaigning and I introduced myself to a girl who told me her name was Rhiannon. I responded “have you heard the Fleetwood Mac song “Rhiannon”, to which she replied, tersely, “everyone says that to me”. Suffice to say, I’m pretty sure she didn’t vote for me. True story. If you’re reading this, sorry about that, Rhiannon.

http://alexabboud.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/music-monday-25-songs-about-a-girls-name/

The receptionist at my son's last cardiologist visit was named Rhiannon. I told her I loved her name and that if my son had been a girl, my husband and I would have used the name Rhiannon. The girl went on to tell me that her parents were totally into FMac at some point and that's how she ended up with her name.

vivfox

10-09-2009, 09:06 AM

09 October 2009 02:00:39 PM

SHERYL CROW MYSTIFIED MACFleetwood Mac say Sheryl Crow was not invited to join the band following the departure of Christine McVie, despite the singer's previous claims.

Sheryl Crow stunned Fleetwood Mac when she announced she was joining them - because she had never been asked.

The 'All I Wanna Do' star announced she would replace Christine McVie when the singer-and-keyboardist retired from the band in 1998, but singer-and-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham claims they never wanted a replacement.

He said: "There aren't too many people who would be able to fit the bill. With Sheryl I thought it was pretty funny.

"She announced she was joining Fleetwood Mac but I didn't know any of it."

His bandmate Stevie Nicks added: "We spent seven weeks battering our heads against a wall trying Christine's songs, but we just can't. She can't be replaced."

The group's founder Mick Fleetwood said they didn't want Sheryl to join the band because she had too much going on with her personal life.

He explained: "There was talk of Sheryl Crow taking Chris's place but she'd been through too much.

"She'd had cancer, lost a lover and adopted a child. Being on the road was the last thing for her."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/sheryl-crow-mystified-mac_1118596

vivfox

10-10-2009, 08:16 PM

For all you young ‘uns out there that don’t keep up with classic rock, Fleetwood Mac is a rock band that emerged in the late 60’s and had bigger success in the late 70’s and then much more moderate success in the 1980’s with hits like “Little Lies”, “Gypsy”, and “Go Your Own Way”. As of late, the band still tours with most of its members still intact (minus Christine McVie) and are, in fact, touring in Europe as we speak.

Yesterday, one of the main founders of the band, Mick Fleetwood, was spotted and snapped by the paps as he exited his hotel in Denmark, and was mobbed by a slew of classic rock fans. Not bad for a guy who’s 62-years old, not bad at all.
CLICK ON LINK FOR PHOTO OF MICK

http://www.celebutopia.net/2009/10/fleetwood-mac-wait-who/

vivfox

10-11-2009, 09:36 AM

Christine McVie's style, like Christine herself, is severely underrated. Her outfits actually outshine Stevie's in all of the photos on Fleetwood Mac records; including the one on the Rumours sleeve. A more comprehensive Christine fashion post is coming soon. Also note Mick Fleetwood's crazed expression, that guy has more faces than Cindy Sherman.

http://ilovecatparty.blogspot.com/2009/10/over-my-head.html

Glittermoondust

10-11-2009, 10:45 AM

michelej1

10-11-2009, 12:26 PM

vivfox

10-11-2009, 07:54 PM

I have never been able to get Pandora to work for me. Song after song I like, and I want to find similar music. I try sticking the song into Pandora, and it has never had a clue why I like a song. Today’s selection is no exception.

The only song on Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 album Tusk that I felt was really worth saving was the title track, “Tusk”. When I give it to Pandora I get all sorts of rationales back. Some songs it picks because of “subtle use of vocal harmony”. Some it picks because of “mellow rock instrumentation”. I’ve had songs offered because of “major key tonality”, “minor key tonality”, and “mixed major and minor key tonality”. After hours of listening to song after song and voting them all down, I give up and conclude that Pandora has no idea that “Tusk” is about one thing and one thing only: funky, funky drums.

One thing that might help is if it offered conjunctive rather than disjunctive combinations. As it stands, if I add a new song all Pandora does is dump in a few hundred more songs that I don’t want. It matches seed song ‘A’ or seed song ‘B’. What might be helpful is to be able to ask it to match seed song ‘A’ and seed song ‘B’. If I could not only feed it “Tusk” but also ZZ Top’s “Velcro Fly” and maybe some of Ginger Baker’s better solos, then it might be able to identify what I’m after and offer something worthwhile.

Why don’t you ask him if he’s going to stay?
Why don’t you ask him if he’s going away?

Why don’t you tell me what’s going on?
Why don’t you tell me who’s on the phone?

Why don’t you ask him what’s going on?
Why don’t you ask who’s the latest on his throne?

Don’t say that you love me!
Just tell me that you want me!

Tusk!

Just say that you want me!
Don’t tell me that you

Tusk!

Tusk!

Tusk!

Tusk!

http://unapologetic.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/sunday-samples-142/

vivfox

10-11-2009, 07:57 PM

Sunday, October 11, 2009
Baby Names
Parents put so much thought into baby names. Do we want something unique? Classic? A family name? How do we spell it? It's maddening. For Baby #2, we have a girl name picked out. And a couple variations of the boy name. This time around, we have decided to keep the name a surprise, just as with the sex of the baby. All information will be released when Jelly Bean gets here and hopefully, that's still months away.
This post is more on Rhiannon's name. It's definitely unique. People are constantly pronouncing it incorrectly or asking us how to spell it. Her full name is Rhiannon James Crain. How did we come up with it?
Well, from our first date, I knew Russ was my love. It may have taken us 4+ years to get married, but we both knew we had found The One. We were discussing baby names within the first year. Russ declared one day that he wanted to name is little girl Rhiannon that first year we were together. And I loved it. We even have a "Rhiannon" sign that Russ' parents brought home for us from a trip to England before we were even married.
Rhiannon is song from the band Fleetwood Mac. Stevie Nix, who wrote and performed the song, often says that the song is about a "Welsh Witch". The name comes from Welsh folklore about a Goddess, Rhiannon.
Rhiannon, the Celtic goddess of the moon was a Welch goddess. The goddess Rhiannon's name meant “Divine Queen” of the fairies. In her myths, Rhiannon was promised in marriage to an older man she found repugnant. Defying her family’s wishes that Rhiannon, like other Celtic goddesses, declined to marry one of her "own kind".
The entire story can be found here. http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/Celtic_goddess_Rhiannon.htm
But Rhiannon was strong and loyal and forgiving. She suffered hardships and heartbreak but was respected for her strength and forgave those who wronged her.
The story of the Celtic goddess Rhiannon reminds us of the healing power of humor, tears, and forgiveness. The goddess Rhiannon is a goddess of movement and change who remains steadfast, comforting us in times of crisis and of loss.

So our girl first name was in stone.

We through middle names around for years. It was tough to find a name that sounded right with such a long first name. But the night we found out we were pregnant, the middle name came to us.
James.
James is a family name. It was the name of mother's father. Russ' uncle is named James. And, it's the middle name of my brother, Timothy. I was 7 when Timothy was born. My parents moved me out of my room and created this beautiful pink room with my own bathroom in the basement. However, I refused to sleep there. Partly because I was scared but mostly because I enjoyed sleeping in the little twin bed in Timothy's nursery to hear him breathe at night. My step-father would sing James Taylor's song, "Sweet Baby James" to him as a lullaby. And that is what we wanted to sing to our baby girl. So, James would be her middle name.
And sing to her we did. This song (along with "You are My Sunshine") is a song we have sang to her each night since the day she was born. I printed out the lyrics to make sure I had them all correct to sing to her in the NICU. I still have that printout in my journal from that time. Of course we do change the song a tad. Instead of "Sweet Baby James", we sing "Sweet Rhiannon James".
Now that Rhiannon is older, she asks for the song. She calls it, on the "On the Range". And she sings it. Word for word.

http://babycrain.blogspot.com/2009/10/baby-names.html

vivfox

10-12-2009, 10:05 AM

The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac.

THIS is a totally remastered double CD greatest hits collection with 36 tracks drawn from the later part of the band's career.

Fleetwood Mac's sums are incredible – 100 million albums sold worldwide, including 25 million sales of their landmark album Rumours.

There will be something here for everyone – well those who like the band's brand of commercial mainstream AOR rather than their earlier bluesier output – and personal highlights include Rhiannon, Tusk and The Chain.

This autumn sees the line up of Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Lindsey Buckingham reunited for their first UK stadium tour in six years and no doubt their Yorkshire fans will be clamouring for tickets for the gig at Sheffield Arena in November.

But it would have been nice for the band to release a collection covering their entire career not just the commercially successful part.

http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/music/CD-Reviews.5724142.jp

holidayroad

10-12-2009, 10:24 AM

Well, a more comprehensive Christine fashion post is something to look forward to. That's not something we usually get.

Michele

I like what Chris was wearing for Tango in the Night more than I like what Stevie was wearing. I'll have to go through all my albums/pictures to decide anything else on clothes:)

michelej1

10-12-2009, 01:17 PM

I like what Chris was wearing for Tango in the Night more than I like what Stevie was wearing. I'll have to go through all my albums/pictures to decide anything else on clothes:)

I like what Christine was wearing for the Dance better than I like what Stevie was wearing. But as for that kerchief thing on her head that this article showcases -- eck, I do not like that.

Michele

vivfox

10-12-2009, 10:17 PM

You crank up the new KISS album and just one chorus and one guitar solo later, it’s 1976 all over again. And sure, the lyrics are sophomoric and dumb but this is KISS after all. Truthfully, this is a much better album than anything the group has produced in nearly 20 years and it’s probably going to be the one that’s left ringing in our ears when the band finally hangs it up. Journey and Foreigner also recently put out efforts worthy of their respective catalogs as Wal-Mart exclusives, and I’m sure the Eagles did too. Surely these won’t be the last – earlier this year mega-manager Irving Azoff was angling to get a Fleetwood Mac reunion album (with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks but without Christine McVie) on the shelves at Wal-Mart. This may be the way these artists can continue riding the limos and promoting tickets to their concerts – until the next big marketing brainstorm blows in.

http://30daysout.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/marketing-101-kiss-and-wal-mart/

michelej1

10-13-2009, 01:54 PM

From an interview with Nick Garrison in the November issue of The stranger:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=5528

What are your rock star fantasies?

Being Morrissey. Being David Bowie. And when I was really little, I loved Fleetwood Mac.

Did you want to be Stevie Nicks or Christine McVie?

I've always liked Christine more. But Stevie's the dynamic one, so that's who I wanted to be.

vivfox

10-14-2009, 08:34 AM

Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday Tunes: Rhiannon

Tuesday Tunes this week is a Fleetwood Mac song that I love. I don't know if I could say that it's my absolute favorite, because really, how can you have a favorite Fleetwood Mac song. There are so many great ones to choose from.

Rhiannon was released on their 1975 self titled album. Stevie Nicks sings it on the album, and there has been many, many different versions made throughout the years. My current favorite is Brooke White singing a piano version on her Live Sessions iTunes Exclusive LP.

http://hisgirlspacey.blogspot.com/2009/10/tuesday-tunes-rhiannon.html

vivfox

10-14-2009, 08:44 AM

Kelly hit the stage (in a beaded blazer that screamed JC Penny, sigh) with a massive band backing her up. I lost count of how many people there were, but at a minimum she had: a three-person horn section, DJ, drummer, three guitar players, two back up singers, and a keyboard player. Luckily she ditched the JC Penny blazer after a few songs and revealed a much more tasteful black dress. Kelly busted through most of her new album, all of her hits (including a stripped down version of "Behind These Hazel Eyes"), as well as covers of Kings of Leon, Alanis Morrisette, and Patsy Cline before ending her set with "Since You've Been Gone." Her in-between song banter was also thoroughly endearing. She seems genuinely nice and that's not something I can say about most pop stars nowadays. Also, it's hard to relay how awesome her voice is. There is no studio trickery going on here. Just raw talent.

Now for the encore. Kelly busted out a great cover of The White Stripes "Seven Nation Army." I haven't seen people look so confused since Vampire Weekend covered Fleetwood Mac at the 9:30 Club last year and a high school kid asked me how I knew the song. People disappoint me. But Kelly gets bonus points for doing a cool cover.

The people sitting in my section didn't seem as excited about the show. They only stood for the hit singles. If I could manage to dance in my ten inches of personal space without spilling my drink on anyone, these people have no excuse. Who pays to sit that close to the stage and doesn't stand up for the main act? I find it very disrespectful to the artist. Every time you sit it's like "Sorry Kelly, I don't like this song as much." And it wasn't just the slow songs. The whole section probably only stood for four songs the whole night.

http://www.yeahrightblog.com/yeah_right/2009/10/dont-judge-me.html

vivfox

10-15-2009, 07:48 PM

Let me see now, the Rolling Bones with much less artistic talent sell out everytime they play, with little or no new material. All of the little rockers who grew up with the Stones, Fleetwood Mac,The Eagles, Elton John and yes,”Little Michael Jackson” are all abbout 50 – 60, they run companies, have companies, investments and most importantly plenty of cash to spend on entertainment. Who in there right mind cannot see Michael’s estate earning much more over the next 25 years than Michael earned during his life. You think Elvis has made money in death, you ain’t seen nothin yet. I’m talkin billions with an “S”. Just think about advertising dollars. “This is IT!” and I will be one of the ones spending. He was truely a musical and performing genious, The best Jerry the best,and the money is going to flow, flow and flow as it will for Elton John’s estate and Madonna’s when they both leave us. $$$$$$$$$$$$$

http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/how-big-is-big-aeg-privately-predicting-michael-jackson-pic-will-make-250m-in-first-5-days/

vivfox

10-16-2009, 11:38 AM

Tim Walker
Published: 11:04AM GMT 11 Nov 2008

Fleetwood Mac wants to perform for Obama

Showing some foresight, Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac backed Barack Obama against Hillary Clinton even though the group performed at her husband's inauguration ball in 1993. Now he is hopeful the group will be asked back to play for Obama when he celebrates his arrival at the White House in January.

The band wants to perform for Obama Photo: Live "I would be delighted if we could do that again," Buckingham tells me. He concedes, however, that Bruce Springsteen is in pole position. "Especially as I see Bruce has already got himself the Superbowl slot next year," he adds, glumly.

He adds that he would be willing to play an outgoing song for President Bush and has already got one written. "It's called Treason and it's all about selfishness and greed," he says.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/3438929/Fleetwood-Mac-wants-to-perform-for-Obama.html

vivfox

10-16-2009, 11:41 AM

By Urmee Khan
Published: 11:35PM GMT 10 Nov 2008

The Democrat supporter has already played for one President, when the group performed at Bill Clinton's inauguration ball in January 1993.

Their song, "Don't Stop", had been used as a campaign theme by President Clinton.

But he was pithy about performing for the current Republican incumbent of the White House.

He said he would be willing to play a song for President George W Bush and has already got one written: "It's called Treason and it's all about selfishness and greed."

However, he said he is hopeful the group will be asked back to play for Barack Obama when he celebrates his arrival at the White House in January.

"I would be delighted if we could do that again," Buckingham told the Daily Telegraph's Mandrake. He concedes, however, that Bruce Springsteen is in a better position "especially as I see Bruce has already got himself the Superbowl slot".

Treason is on his solo album "Gift of Screws," which was released in October.

Fleetwood Mac formed in 1967. Buckingham was a 25-year-old Californian singer-songwriter in 1974 when English drummer Mick Fleetwood recruited him and Buckingham's then-girlfriend Stevie Nicks to what would become the definitive line-up of Fleetwood Mac.

The group is now talking about a tour next year: "We're talking about having rehearsals in January for a tour, which should start in March.

"But we're going to be sensible about it. There's going to be time off for family and for Stevie Nicks' voice.
"Hopefully the tour will spark us to make a record," Buckingham added.

"I love being in that band. We have such great chemistry. It's nice that I can go back with them after I have the opportunity to make my solo albums. I'm in a great position. I have my solo career, Fleetwood Mac and most of all, my family."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3432347/Fleetwood-Macs-Lindsey-Buckingham-wants-to-play-a-song-for-President-George-W-Bush-called-Treason.html

vivfox

10-16-2009, 07:16 PM

Stevie Nicks wrote the song "Sara" after her affair with Don Henley. Henley says that Nicks had become pregnant with their child and named the baby Sara. She later had an abortion and Henley claims the song was dedicated to the spirit of the unborn child.

http://www.popeater.com/2009/10/16/top-10-music-oversharers/

vivfox

10-17-2009, 07:10 PM

Please tell me your cry songs. Here are mine, that I can recall anyway…

Landslide - originally by Fleetwood Mac, but I don’t actually listen to this version. However, I’m sure that version would have the same effect, just like the Smashing Pumpkins and Dixie Chicks versions do. I couldn’t even tell you what about this song gets to me necessarily, but the part where it says “I’ve been afraid of changing cuz I built my life around you”…if I’m not crying by then, that line gets me anytime. I think I like the theme of the song, the struggle to expand and grow, yet knowing you’ll be leaving people behind. And if I am already feeling miserable, I will often just turn this song on in the hopes that it will make me feel better.

http://www.dorolerium.com/?p=802

vivfox

10-19-2009, 07:35 PM

Dollar Bin Jams: Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (DJ Apt One Edit)
By Gentlewhoadie Apt One
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (DJ Apt One Edit). I made this on a whim in the airport a few weeks back. I played it at Philadelphyinz a few weeks back and it was the highlight of my night. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (DJ Apt One Edit) ...

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vivfox

10-20-2009, 09:21 AM

TrueFaith77

10-20-2009, 09:42 AM

Cheryl Cole - Boy Like You (with Wil.i.am) (190 kbps)

I really wonder if Wil.i.am wakes up in the morning going “today I am gonna put a Miami bass beat over a Fleetwood Mac tune…just cuz. It’s so weird, it just might work.” And, on this second Cheryl Cole track, Boy Like You, it actually kinda does, in a sleazy way. I never thought Little Lies would be refracted and utilized as a backing track for a hip-pop duet, but yet, here it is, and I like it, alot. It’s jerky, and rough, and like Wil.i.am’s previous solo work and tracks for Fergie, the vocals are simply another instrument to tweak and finesse into laser precise fragments that act as ornamentation to his futuristic compositions.

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http://creamteam.tv/?p=1529

Thank you for the update on this!

Actually, given how many 80s songs of the ilk of Little Lies HAVE been used as backing tracks for hiphop tracks, I'm actually surprised that Little Lies hasn't been used yet. It seems to really lend itself to such use. That said: I can't stand Will.i.am, so I have not yet checked this out. He's clearly a skilled producer though.

ETA: Cole is a member of Girls Aloud!? Interesting... yet I wish Xenomania were producing. Sheesh they should work with the Mac...

TrueFaith77

10-20-2009, 08:41 PM

An actual cover of "Little Lies" was released this year. Girl has a pretty voice.

"Little Lies" (track), Stupid Love by Mindy Smith (iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=324065588&s=143441))

vivfox

10-21-2009, 12:22 AM

AVC: Where do you think indie-rock in general is going right now?

JC: In terms of sonic changes, it's not an original idea, but the best analysis—I wish I could remember where I read it—is that there are only two records. There's [The Beach Boys'] Pet Sounds, and there's [Fleetwood Mac's] Tusk. I think that's true right now. Right now, we're probably at a Tusk moment. But honestly, I basically say that because I don't listen to much music. One of the things that shocked me doing this is how much ****ing time these people spend listening to music. I literally don't understand how they find the actual time to spend with these records. Especially because I've got a backlog of 750 records that I have never listened to. Right now, I'm listening to All Things Must Pass [by George Harrison], because I never really spent much time with that record. I don't have time to go listen to Grizzly Bear or LCD Soundsystem. There are Elvis Presley records I've never listened to. I've lost that acquisitive impulse to find a new band. I think it's an age thing, where I've found enough music I like. I'm trying to think of the last band I'd never listened to before that I became a huge fan of. [Long pause.] Rilo Kiley, in 2003 or whatever. The other thing is, my acquisition of bands was always about going to a show, and I don't go to shows anymore for the same reason: I'm getting old, I don't have time anymore, I have a kid and all that stuff.

http://www.avclub.com/newyork/articles/author-of-our-noise-the-story-of-merge-records-on,33545/

vivfox

10-21-2009, 09:30 AM

Talk about bringing out the big guns right away, the second speech of the entire event was sociologist and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell, best know for his books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers (Umm, did I mention everyone in attendance was given an autographed, hard-bound copy of Outliers in their swag bag? Slightly cooler than a t-shirt.).

Gladwell spoke about his findings in his latest book, Outliers, which studied the backgrounds of successful individuals, looking for patterns that determine success. He used the band Fleetwood Mac as his example for this presentation. Most people (myself included) think of Fleetwood Mac as a band that emerged out of nowhere in the 70's with their eponymous "debut" album, which they soon followed with Rumors, one of the most influential and best-selling albums of all time (OF ALL TIME!). Well, turns out we're all wrong. Fleetwood Mac started in 1967 and released 15 largely ignored albums under a kaleidoscope of various lineups before finding success in 1975 with Fleetwood Mac.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/conference-recap-exacttarget-connections-09

vivfox

10-21-2009, 09:19 PM

The chairs were filled and as we sat down, a man who appeared to be a pastor in the front of the theater started blasting “You Can Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac. Turns out this sermon was part of a series of sermons using famous rock songs as the centerpiece around a message of the Bible. I could get in depth with the sermon, but I won’t, it wasn’t the most memorable part of the experience (Though hearing Fleetwood Mac blasted through a churches PA is probably something I’ll never hear again).

http://contagiousloveexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/days-137-138-double-feature/

vivfox

10-21-2009, 09:28 PM

In 2008, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson burst onto the scene as one of music’s most promising young songwriters. His eponymous debut was a gritty, heartfelt work of storytelling that highlighted—among other things—his time spent living as a homeless adolescent. Luckily for Robinson, he found friends on the streets that cared enough to help him get back on his feet. Certainly somewhat of a star-studded group of peers (Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, Chris Bear, and TV on the Radio’s Kyp Malone) contributed to his brilliant introduction.

Malone lent a hand again on Summer of Fear, MBAR’s second full-length and first release on Omaha, Nebraska’s Saddle Creek. The followup album finds Robinson incorporating some outside influences into his music. Apparently, Tusk is a favorite of his, which makes sense; “The Sound” and “Hard Row” both float in Fleetwood Mac’s legacy of smooth, classic rock. Even “Trap Door” might have found its way onto a Mac album, though Robinson’s coarse vocals take it more into the realm of, say, Tom Petty. MBAR does have a way with words. The two-part “Summer of Fear” is a soaring example of this proficiency. However, the soapbox pulpit nature of “More than a Mess” seems a stroke heavy-handed. In the end, Summer of Fear finds a talented Robinson still looking for his true voice.

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/10/miles-benjamin-anthony-robinson-summer-of-fear/

vivfox

10-21-2009, 09:31 PM

CFCF's debut album Continent glides along as if soundtracking its own slick future noir film. There's the umbrella-less, lonely walk scene ("Raining Patterns"), the nightclub scene (the cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love"), the hacking-the-mainframe scene ("Break-In"), the slow, ambiguous fade-out ("You Hear Colours"). It's no wonder the 21-year-old behind CFCF, Michael Silver, loves the Knife and Hollywood auteur Michael Mann (Heat, Miami Vice).

Based in Montreal, Silver's origin story mirrors that of many current producers: he started making music in his room, put it on MySpace, came up with a hit remix (Crystal Castles' "Air War"), and started collecting fans as far as the web can stretch. After two EPs, Panesian Nights and The Explorers, Continent is due out October 27 via Paper Bag.

http://pitchfork.com/news/36876-epitaph-reissues-blood-brothers-albums/

vivfox

10-23-2009, 10:47 PM

vivfox

10-24-2009, 11:36 AM

Wow. Fleetwood Mac missed its calling as the most popular baby band of all time. This tot cries every time Stevie Nicks stops singing!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/babies-love-fleetwood-mac_n_332253.html

Click on link to see video of a baby that stops crying when Gypsy is played.

Here we have yet another example of how rock music is of the devil. An innocent baby is crying to perhaps let his mother know that it’s time to be fed from her milksacks or have the diaper changed.

This is scientifically natural as babies were intelligently designed to communicate by crying whenever they need their mothers to tend to them. The mother should instantly drop whatever she’s doing, whether it be taking a nap, cooking or watching on tv, and see to her child. Simple.

Well now it seems we have a problem. Someone did a scientific experiment where they showed playing some Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks somehow uses devilpowers in such a way that, forces babies to stop crying.

Abuse! Atheist mothers worldwide are no doubt stocking up on this dangerous Fleetwood Mac music and I spit upon all of this in disgust! Raise your children and stop trying to subvert nature you womans!

http://christwire.org/2009/10/fleetwood-macs-steve-nicks-uses-devilpowers-to-lure-baby-to-silence/

vivfox

10-24-2009, 09:11 PM

Here we have yet another example of how rock music is of the devil. An innocent baby is crying to perhaps let his mother know that it’s time to be fed from her milksacks or have the diaper changed.

This is scientifically natural as babies were intelligently designed to communicate by crying whenever they need their mothers to tend to them. The mother should instantly drop whatever she’s doing, whether it be taking a nap, cooking or watching on tv, and see to her child. Simple.

Well now it seems we have a problem. Someone did a scientific experiment where they showed playing some Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks somehow uses devilpowers in such a way that, forces babies to stop crying.

Abuse! Atheist mothers worldwide are no doubt stocking up on this dangerous Fleetwood Mac music and I spit upon all of this in disgust! Raise your children and stop trying to subvert nature you womans!

http://christwire.org/2009/10/fleetwood-macs-steve-nicks-uses-devilpowers-to-lure-baby-to-silence/

7 Responses to “Fleetwood Mac’s Steve Nicks Uses Devilpowers to Lure Baby to Silence”
Stephenson Billings says:
October 24, 2009 at 6:16 am
Steve Nicks sounds a little effeminate to me. Like a rusty drag queen.

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Abe says:
October 24, 2009 at 10:00 am
My word. That baby has been put into a trance! Look at how the Satanic music causes this child’s eyes to gloss over. Take the child away! What’s their address I will send the authoritaries?

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Pat Heinkel says:
October 24, 2009 at 10:04 am
The music machine thing also strikes the child’s head several times and if you look closely, you can see the mother has some sort of demonic tattoo symbol on the palm of her left hand.

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Stephenson Billings says:
October 24, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Don’t those things cause cancer and dropsy? It’s sad how reckless some parents can be.

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Edge says:
October 24, 2009 at 3:49 pm
The “demonic symbol” you’re talking about is a cherry.

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Stephenson Billings says:
October 24, 2009 at 4:07 pm
We all know what THAT means! Disgusting!

http://christwire.org/2009/10/fleetwood-macs-steve-nicks-uses-devilpowers-to-lure-baby-to-silence/

vivfox

10-27-2009, 08:51 AM

holidayroad

10-27-2009, 11:53 AM

daniellaaarisen

10-27-2009, 06:06 PM

People are SO RIDICULOUS.

Zombie

10-28-2009, 12:45 AM

Someone did a scientific experiment where they showed playing some Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks somehow uses devilpowers in such a way that, forces babies to stop crying.

Abuse! Atheist mothers worldwide are no doubt stocking up on this dangerous Fleetwood Mac music and I spit upon all of this in disgust! Raise your children and stop trying to subvert nature you womans!

http://christwire.org/2009/10/fleetwood-macs-steve-nicks-uses-devilpowers-to-lure-baby-to-silence/

****! As an atheist mom, it never occurred to me to try to use Stevie's devilpowers to get my short people to calm down when they were wee babies.

Y'know, on account of how us atheist moms don't pay attention to devil stuff.

Because that's...y'know...a religious construct.

But hey! Whatever floats this guy's boat. (Hint: I think it's Ripple.)

I have a magazine clipping where some school admin prevented a girl from singing "Landslide" at a school concert, cos it's a witch song.

The world makes me giggle sometimes.

vivfox

10-28-2009, 09:25 AM

Rumours, Fleetwood Mac's legendary 1977 album, is a thrilling 39 minute and 12 second adventure-ride into a world seething with sexual jealousy, cocaine-addled paranoia and bad hair, which details how relationships within the band were ripped apart like foxes on a Boxing Day hunt. Like it or loathe it, the tunes are catchier than swine flu down Ewood Park way.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oct/28/rumour-mill-david-villa-manchester-united

vivfox

10-28-2009, 09:48 AM

Chicago music fans have no excuse to stay at home this Halloween. Not only does the holiday fall on a weekend this year, but the Windy City is once again offering up plenty of excellent shows to check out. Below is a roundup of promising selections for both Friday and Saturday night to help make sure your Halloween rocks. If you're heading to a show not listed, be sure to leave a comment with the details.

Abbey Pub (3420 W. Grace)
The second night of the Abbey's Halloween bash will feature the Shaking Hand as AC/DC, Tomorrow the Moon as Psychedelic Furs, Androgynous Mustache as the J. Geils Band, the Delafields as the B-52s, the Webstirs as Fleetwood Mac and Tiny Speakers as the Everly Brothers.
Doors 8 p.m., show 8:45 p.m., $10 advance, $12 at door, 21 and over. More info and tickets.

http://www.windycityrock.net/2009/10/halloween-weekend-show-roundup.html

vivfox

10-28-2009, 09:50 AM

Gig-fx SubWah pedal

Gig-fx inc. has presented the SubWah – a bass version of the popular MegaWah.

The new SubWah captures the signature wide-sweep range and funky low end of the Megawah, but has tailored the frequency ranges for bass guitar. The SubWah was developed with cooperation from top professional bass players in Boston, Nashville and LA, including Bootsy Collins.

The all-analog pedal features four settings: a classic wah sound, a very deep bass “Sub” wah, a funky envelope wah with adjustable trigger sensitivity, and an auto-wah with adjustable rate. Special care was taken to ensure preservation of bass frequencies, including five/six string low B response and at the same time to maximize ‘quack’ and ‘ping’. Many months were spent with professional players perfecting the sweep to optimize the effect and still retain bass response.

The SubWah uses optical switching and is noiselessly by-passed when the pedal is all the way back and switches on noiselessly when the pedal is pressed forward. The SubWah features a user-adjustable off-delay so that the effect turns off exactly when the musician wants it to.

The pedal features the new ‘better than true by-pass’™ circuitry proven to be superior to a true by-pass in terms of preserving the instrument’s tone and harmonics through instrument cables.

The SubWah follows the popular Megawah legend, which is currently being used by an impressive list of creative guitarists such as Peter Frampton, Nick McCabe (The Verve), Brett Tuggle (Fleetwood Mac), Robin Finck (NIN), Johnny Hiland, and more.

http://www.musicgadgets.net/2009/10/28/gig-fx-subwah-pedal/

TrueFaith77

10-28-2009, 10:27 AM

vivfox

10-28-2009, 11:53 PM

Ask Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham whether history has forgotten about the backstory behind Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” to take only one example.

But although classic-rock radio DJs delight in retelling the story of rock’s most famous intra-band romantic breakup, plenty of people don’t know or care what “Go Your Own Way” is really about.

http://www.eyeweekly.com/music/music/article/75750

vivfox

10-30-2009, 08:39 AM

Now, the logical musical reference might be Sara Smile by Hall & Oates, but since those guys suck harder than Jefferson Starship on crack, I won't bother.

Likewise Stevie Nicks' Sara, but she lost all relevance the minute Lindsey Buckingham embarked on a solo career.

Sarah McLachlan? Over-exposed. Sarah Brightman? Kinda hot, but not really.

http://steveaudio.blogspot.com/2009/10/youd-love-her-too.html

vivfox

10-30-2009, 08:42 AM

I had no idea I was singing along with Christine McVee SO LOUDLY along to Fleetwood Mac's (Do you believe?) in the internet cafe. Damn headphones. I hope it didn't sound too bad. I'm red like a beet right now.

The gal across the way from me was looking my way and giggling...then I noticed that several people were doing the same...

http://badgerpdx.livejournal.com/285077.html

holidayroad

10-30-2009, 11:44 AM

michelej1

10-30-2009, 11:48 AM

This guy is cutting down everyone I like! FMac,Hall&Oates, and Jefferson Starship............I think I'll go cry now:(

In the book Time Traveler's Wife -- which is a literary achievement, utterly separate from the book -- the lead character hates Fleetwood Mac. His wife can only listen to them when he's out of the house.

This hurt me, but I could not love Henry any the less for it.

Michele

holidayroad

10-30-2009, 12:06 PM

In the book Time Traveler's Wife -- which is a literary achievement, utterly separate from the book -- the lead character hates Fleetwood Mac. His wife can only listen to them when he's out of the house.

This hurt me, but I could not love Henry any the less for it.

Michele

I'll have to check out that book. Good thing my husband doesn't hate Fleetwood Mac!

vivfox

10-30-2009, 12:16 PM

By the way, went to see Fleetwood Mac this week - AMAZING!!

Stevie Nicks is incredible, although sometimes overpowered by Lyndsey - but it was sooooo good!

Never Coming Back Again was sensational and Go Your Own Way blew the place apart - everyone went crazy!!

http://www.minimins.com/lipotrim-forum/123138-weel-24-weigh.html

hippilil86

10-30-2009, 12:18 PM

TrueFaith77

10-30-2009, 02:32 PM

A friend of mine just sent me this:

Legendary Recording Engineer BRUCE SWEDIEN on mixing/making THRILLER

When I finished mixing ‘The Girl Is Mine’ – we were at Westlake Audio in Studio D – it was about 8:00 in the evening. I was busy making safety copies of the ½ inch mix master in the control room of Studio ‘D’ at Westlake. I turned around and there was the entire group FLEETWOOD MAC: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham. Christine smiled and said to me, “We hear that you’re making a hit record over here. May we hear it?” At that very moment I noticed that the studio and the control room were almost entirely full of people. It looked like about 100 people had quietly come in while I was busy making safety copies of the master tapes. AND they were all the most famous people in music people that you could imagine, beginning with Michael and Paul, Ringo Starr, and so on.

All the heavy-duty music recording artists that were in Hollywood at that moment were there in our studio! I played the master mix for them for the next three hours. They were having a great time dancing, acting ignorant and all. Michael hid with me in the control room, but he had a huge smile on his face, because everyone was having a great time!

From the book, “In The Studio With Michael Jackson” by Bruce Swedien pg 25-26

ISBN# 978-1-4234-6495-2

Hal Leonard Books

michelej1

10-30-2009, 06:26 PM

A friend of mine just sent me this:

Great story. Anecdotes like this are nice. Lindsey recently mentioned running into Michael Jackson in a restroom during We Are the World and not wanting to intrude on his sense of reserve.

I'd love to hear the FM members talk about other celebrities. We've heard Stevie discuss a friend like Tom. And Lindsey has talked about Brian, but I'd like more extensive observations -- discussions of moments like this.

I was always sorry that I didn't hear Lindsey's thoughts about Zevon at the time of his death. They were on tour at the time and Stevie participated in the documentary on Zevon, while Lindsey didn't. It'd be nice to have a whole interview where Lindsey went down the line and talked about encounters with the Beatles, Rolling Stones and, of course, those who have been friends to him like Zevon and Stewart.

And Christine too, you know, starting with Steve Winwood and going forward.

Michele

vivfox

10-31-2009, 06:24 PM

I guess you want to keep your dealings to benefit your buddies as much out of the public eye as possible.

There’s one other thing that is odd in this story. The Herald story is claiming that the losses from concerts was $499,000. That’s strange because when the financial reports were released last February the Herald reported that number to be $719,000. The Alerus Commission ran a full page ad in the Herald where they claimed that the concert losses were $631,000.

At the time they claimed that they lost that money on the Neil Diamond Concert and two other concerts. Now they did say that they lost $250,000 on the Diamond concert but never accounted for the rest.

So where did the rest of the money go? Was it $249,000 or was it $470,000 or something in between? Did the money to support the Obama/Clinton campaign event? Did it go to payoff a disputed matter concerning the Fleetwood Mac concert? In either case it was inappropriate to sneak that through the event fund.

It’s our money. We have every right to get an exact accounting of that.

I expect that the North Dakota Attorney General will be asked to look into the matter of the secret illegal meetings next week.

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/laws_were_broken_to_benefit_the_aleruss_managment_company/

michelej1

10-31-2009, 07:37 PM

I loved Time Traveler's Wife! What a great book.

I know. I cannot tell you when I've felt that way before. I mean, I cried over David Copperfield. I cried over Heathcliff and Catherine. I've been crying since I read Little Women as a little girl. But I felt like Audrey Niffenegger had physically attacked me. I still feel that way. It was an incredible marriage and time travel was a great metaphor for showing the evolution, the see-saw balance, in relationships and in life, in general.

I keep wanting to ask Henry if he ever listened to any solo Fleetwood Mac, before he decided he hated them:lol:.

Michele

vivfox

10-31-2009, 08:47 PM

If she didn't mean it, it wouldn't work. Stephanie Lynn Nicks may have been working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when Fleetwood Mac found her, and cleaning the producer's toilets to pay for her first record, but the buck-toothed blonde from Phoenix never stopped imagining herself as a Welsh witch goddess.

Thirty-five years on, she hasn't ceased: swishing about in a bat-winged cape and a diamante half-moon pendant, and bleating about a "woman taken by the sky". Mystery-and-magic isn't merely an act for Stevie. She believes it, and bless her to bits for that.

If Stevie on a British stage is what really sends the hackles tingling for the faithful, then it's only in the context of a truly stunning Fleetwood Mac concert. Her foil and sometime lover Lindsey Buckingham, spindly-legged and still offensively handsome, is a fast-fingertipped phenomenon on guitar. His solo spots for "Big Love" and "Oh Well" are breathtaking; the title track of his 1979 folly Tusk is so berserk you can almost taste the Hollywood A-grade in your septum.

Together, they conjure such an electricity that the rhythm section John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, whose British blues band was transformed by the Buckingham-Nicks takeover in 1974, can only stand and watch. "I think I had met my match," she sings in the sublime "Sara", and she looks at him with lazy eyes. He catches the glance, and bites his lip. As the song ends, they waltz and he kisses her hair. It must drive their current partners insane. Because it sure as hell sends a shiver through everyone else.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/michael-jackson-this-is-it-kenny-ortega-112-mins-pgbrfleetwood-mac-men-arena-manchester-1812613.html

vivfox

10-31-2009, 08:50 PM

By John Meagher
Friday October 30 2009

They may have been on the road to make yet more millions off their old songs, but Fleetwood Mac put in a performance at The O2 last weekend that took cynics such as me by surprise.

For two-and-a-half hours Stevie Nicks, a remarkably youthful looking Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie played with an enthusiasm and verve to appease anyone grumbling over the high price of tickets.

Hearing Nicks sing their finest song, Sara, was especially lovely as was the obvious joy Buckingham derived from the middle aged folk in the front rows.

What wasn't nearly so pleasant was having two loudmouth gentlemen in the row behind, both of whom were incapable of keeping their mouths shut during the performance and utterly oblivious to the furious glances of those around them. The situation was made all the worse by their cretinous friend from Cork who came over to them several times to crack schoolyard, homophobic jokes about his county's hurling goalkeeper Dónal Óg Cusack.

If any of you three laminate-wearing buffoons are reading this, stay away the next time someone offers you a freebie -- and give the tickets to someone who would really appreciate them.

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/columnists/loaded-30102009-1929139.html

michelej1

11-01-2009, 05:16 PM

This is from an article about Chris Cornell. I wonder why they mention that the guy Jordan is a friend of Lindsey's.
http://kissrocks.com/blogs/rock_report/2009/10/monday-november-2-2009.html

"I heard some 'Black Hole Sun' greatness deep within some of the songs," he told me, "I also got to know Chris as a friend. I ended up calling Jordan Zadorozny [of the Canadian indie band Blinker the Star and co-writer of song with Courtney Love and friend of Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham]." I flew him down to LA and had him listen to some of the tracks in hopes that he could remix them somehow."

vivfox

11-02-2009, 02:44 AM

Circles of Concrete: Colton Ford loses his religion
By Concrete Circles
Quite the career change. His newest album, Under the Covers, is a collection of song made famous by others remized and performed in Colton's style. Tracks include Alicia Keys' "No One," Nirvana's "Lithium," and Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams." ...
Circles of Concrete - http://concretecircles.blogspot.com/

vivfox

11-02-2009, 08:18 PM

Posted by: Stephen Foster | November 2, 2009 Experimental muso blogging:

Now here you go again you say……you want your freedom, well who am I to keep you down? It’s only right that you should play the way you feel it, but listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness, like a heartbeat, drives you mad, in the stillness of remembering what you had, and what you lost, and what you had, and what you lost…

Fleetwood Mac are on back on the road. So there’s a sudden rash of television specials about the band, a couple of which I’ve seen over the past few days. The lines above are from Dreams, the second track on the first side of Rumours, the album that transformed Fleetwood Mac from a reasonably successful blues/rock outfit into a global phenomenon. The tenth bestselling album of all time, at it’s peak, Rumours was shifting 200,000 units a day. It’s sales top 40 million to date. Stevie Nicks, lead singer, wrote Dreams in a corner of the studio while they were putting the album together. The song is about her disintegrating relationship with fellow band member Lindsey Buckingham. Californian hippy-type college sweethearts, Nicks and Buckingham were recent recruits to the line-up, indeed, it was these two who were responsible for the newly emerging identity of the group as ‘relationship crisis specialists’ (though, in fact, and in the spirit of the times, all the band members were making and breaking up – sometimes with each other, sometimes with each other’s best friend’s wives, and so on – both during the course of the recording of Rumours and for most of the years afterwards). That’s the material, that’s the album. (Picture of my replacement copy below, bought second-hand in Notting Hill; my first girlfriend took my original when we split up.)

Rumours came out in 1977, when I was fifteen. I first became aware of it when I saw a girl carrying the sleeve with its rresting balletic cover along the corridor at school. As she passed by a boy in the group I was with commented that he’d ‘like to **** that Stevie Nicks.’ The boy was the best fighter in the place, which was saying something; I thought it was especially tough of him to come out as gay while he was about things. It wasn’t until later, when I had bought the album myself, that I learned there was such a thing as a girl called Stevie. Rumours arrived just before punk had really penetrated into the provinces (at the time I mainly listened to Genesis, Yes, Led Zep and, I’m sorry to say, the double album, Kiss Alive! by Kiss). Later that day I asked the girl with the Rumours album what it was like. She couldn’t really define the sound. ‘Groovy,’ was her answer.
‘Groovy?’ I said, ‘What the hell does that mean?’
‘Just Groovy,’ she replied.
When I asked if I could borrow her copy she said, No, because she wouldn’t get it back and that if I wanted to ‘be hip’ I’d have to buy it myself.

And so I did. I must have worn two styluses out on that disc. I listened to Dreams thousands of times over the next few months – it was my favourite track, the one I pulled the arm back to over and over again, for Mick Fleetwood’s extraordinary delicate yet at the same time emphatic backbeat (I wanted to be a drummer), and much more so for Stevie Nicks’ plaintive, damaged vocal. I was a more sensitive soul than the (as it turned out) non-gay tough: though I too wanted to sleep with Nicks, first things first I wanted to ride in on a white horse and rescue her. Rumours is, of course, the classic divorce album. I guess the reason it resonated so powerfully with a fifteen year-old boy was that all around everybody’s parents were splitting up. At ground level, divorce is just a messy, sometimes violent, and always chaotic business. Rumours made disintegrating relationships appear to be inevitable, elemental and poetic activities that were at the same time pregnant with the possibility of renewal and redemption. If we only knew it, the album also stood as an advertisement and prophecy of what our own futures would be like. We didn’t believe that then, of course, as we stood under street lamps necking with our first loves. Then we believed it would always be Songbird, the Christine McVie-penned closer on side one: …the songbirds keep singing like they know the score-or-or, and I love I love I love you like never before. For one part of my final piece of O level art I produced several pencil studies of the photograph of the band from the back cover.

Rumours was that rarity, an album without a filler, without a duff track. Post-Rumours the band set about re-writing the rules of rock star excess. Their cocaine (ab)use is well-documented; stemming from there were episodes (as seen in footage on last night’s BBC 2 documentary) that I was particularly taken by. At one point it was costing $25,000 a day to keep Fleetwood Mac on the road. This was because they flew everywhere in a private jet and when they landed they stepped into individual limos (to keep the paranoia intact) so that they travelled alone, with nothing to say, separate from colleagues whom by now they couldn’t, like, deal with. Bottled water – Perrier – was just arriving onto the supermarket shelves of the USA; in a cosmic gesture of oneupmanship the band eclipsed the novelty of paying for water – their dressing-room rider included personal oxygen tanks and masks. That’s doing it in style. These lame-ass vegetarian eco-decaff bands you get these days could learn a thing or two from the Mac.

http://walkingollie.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/now-here-you-go-again-you-say-you-want-your-freedom%E2%80%A6/

vivfox

11-04-2009, 07:28 PM

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)

This album, the much anticipated follow-up to the multi-platinum Rumors, sounds like Lindsey Buckingham completely turning his back on commerciality. His sense of abandon can be heard all over. The only things reminding you this is a Fleetwood Mac album are the vocal appearances of McVie and Nicks. I can't stand the title track, and can't stop listening to the rest.

http://healthryder.blogspot.com/2009/11/guestlist-w-taylor-young.html

vivfox

11-04-2009, 07:51 PM

Fleetwood Mac have re-united for a new British tour, revealing some secrets behind their troubled past.

Fleetwood Mac have one of the lengthiest and most complicated back stories in rock music. Beginning as a British all star blues combo, they were led by mercurial guitar virtuoso Peter Green.

However the guitarist dropped out after over indulging in hallucinogenic drugs, with drummer Mick Fleetwood helping to steady the ship. Gaining the the acquaintance of a few American singers, Fleetwood Mac enjoyed a stunning resurgence.

Hit albums such as 'Rumours' belied the personal pain the band were going through. Divorce, drug abuse and much more followed, often influencing the way Fleetwood Mac wrote.

Re-uniting for a recent British tour it seems that Fleetwood Mac have managed to put their troubles behind them. However according to vocalist Stevie Nicks the new found calm is a long way from their past.

Somebody’s playing a song, and everybody in the room is going, that’s about me right?" she revealed. "And of course it’s about you, but what you have to do is let that go, ‘cos if you don’t let that go, you can never play these songs for anybody.”

Speaking to BBC 6Music, the band's songwriter Lindsey Buckingham revealed that reforming wasn't as easy as it may appear. “It was kind of an exercise in denial that really was the only way to get through it, you really had to put your feelings over here and get on with what needed to be done in the rest of the room.”

Fleetwood Mac's new 'Best Of' entered the British charts at number six on its release last month. The band are due to finish their ongoing tour with a show at London's Wembley Arena on Friday (November 6th).

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/fleetwood-mac-on-rocky-past

vivfox

11-08-2009, 09:34 PM

In a half-awake daze, I glanced at the listings in Time Out. Sure enough: Whitney Houston's in the Top 10, Michael Jackson is the nation's top box-office drawer, and Fleetwood Mac are touring. I think I know what's happening here. As a new Conservative regime hurtles towards us, in an act of collective self-hating fatalism, we've looped back to 1983. In the most dismal way imaginable, history is repeating itself. We're stuck in a moment we can't get out of.

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=sunday_bloody_sunday_strikes_the_bnp_the&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

vivfox

11-10-2009, 12:53 AM

from Hanna in Filipstad, Sweden

Hi Jana! First of all, thanks for having such a beautiful voice!!! And now, Can you ask Stevie if she and the mac wil come to sweden again??? I really need an answer! And thank Stevie sooo much for holding my hand after GYOW at the Sweden concert! I have been touched by an angel and will never, ever forget it!
Love,
Hanna, 16 years old, in Sweden. A huge Stevie fan! When you see Stevie, tell her that she got a huge fan in the Swedish forrest wanting to see her soon again!

Jana's answer:

Hi Hanna. Thank you for saying I have a beautiful voice. Well, having 3 grandparents originally from Sweden, I sure hope we go back. I loved it so much, Stockholm is now one of my favorite cities. I had heard it was special, but to experience it was dreamy. I can tell you that I don't get my schedule until only a couple months before we actually leave much of the time. I would be the last person to know where we travel. I really need an answer too. hahaha!! I'm so glad you felt Stevie's magic. I get to do that before many of the shows with all the stars. It's a great feeling so I understand. I will tell her you love her.

vivfox

11-10-2009, 12:56 AM

On this day in 1979 I saw Fleetwood Mac in concert for my very first time. Yup, 30 years ago today. This photo was taken that night. November 10,1979

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=newhaven-.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/newhaven-.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

vivfox

11-10-2009, 03:34 PM

Youtube copyright issues/ I made a video that had a Fleetwood Mac song playing in the background. When I uploaded it to youtube it blocked the sound and I received an email saying it was an unauthorized use of the song. I thought to myself, for crying out loud, half of youtube is an unauthorized copyright violation. That's how the site became what it is and still is.

It was one of those moments where a person thinks, am I the only one they have rules for?
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Google has been sued previously by various RIAA members, end result being that google compared uploads to "fingerprints" from various recording artists. If it matches one of the fingerprints, it's denied and taken down. The DMCA (digital millennium copyright act) is can be blamed for this sort of behaviour.

http://forums.canadiancontent.net/computers-internet/87879-youtube-copyright-issues.html

vivfox

11-12-2009, 08:09 PM

In Which the State Department Press Team Starts Drinking Before ...
By Katie Paul
The State Department just sent out three highly unusual e-mails to its press mailing list: one (aptly) calling itself boring, one quoting Fleetwood Mac, and one calling out the nonsense "virtual student" program for its complete and ...
Newsweek Blogs - http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/default.aspx

vivfox

11-15-2009, 09:12 PM

Metro catches up with artist Alicia Keys in New York’s East Village to discuss her latest album, freedom and Madonna…

Q. There is a lot more ’80s-inspired sounds reminiscent of Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson … on this album, The Element of Freedom.

A. It’s really funny; some people say, “It sounds like Michael Jackson! It sounds like Fleetwood Mac! It sounds like Madonna!” I’m like, Madonna?! Really? That’s cool! I never sit down and contemplate what it’s going to sound like. I went into this album knowing I wanted to try new styles.

http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/entertainment/article/370040--keys-talks-music-feelings-influences-and-life-balance

vivfox

11-17-2009, 05:56 PM

But what sucks is that the economic realities of the record business (rampant greed, resistance to internet distribution) have really funneled down the choices for retail sales. I like KISS. I like the Eagles. I also like Fleetwood Mac, who are also hammering out a deal to release their upcoming album exclusively at Wal-Mart. So if I want to own these CD’s, I’ll have to patronize the evil 800-lb. gorilla with the smiley face.

http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/buying_music_i_love_at_the_store_i_hate/C564/L564/

Erin

11-17-2009, 06:01 PM

vivfox

11-17-2009, 06:05 PM

While we're sure there will plenty of eyes directed at another female singer's long-delayed album dropping today, we feel that it'd be a pity if that caused Annie's excellent sophomore effort to get overlooked. Anne Strand, better known as simply Annie, was all set to release Don't Stop a year ago before abruptly cutting ties from her record label and pulling the album from the release schedule. Word filtered through that she was reworking tracks and recording new material. We'd heard the unreleased version of Don't Stop and while it wasn't perfect we weren't sure if this album revamp was really necessary.

It turns out it was, and the version of Don't Stop hitting wide release today is a punchier collection of songs that replaces a few of the lighter a fluffier of Annie's inclinations with songs that are both catchier and slightly weirder and more catchy.

The martial sing-song of "Hey Annie" serves as an excellent intro, kind of an electronic answer to the sound of Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk"that perfectly tees up what's to follow.

http://chicagoist.com/2009/11/17/rockin_oour_turntable_annie.php

vivfox

11-21-2009, 01:27 AM

So can you describe your actual position with ILAA? Like is what you’re doing unique for this tour or do they have other people doing similar things for other tours?

Yeah there are other tour reps that do what I do for other artists. Every tour is different and it’s geared towards what the artist wants to do. For David he does two songs for the group and the meet and greet and the pictures. There was one tour rep that got to work with Fleetwood Mac and they did pictures on stage with Mick Fleetwood and a backstage tour for those that didn’t do the meet and greet. Every tour has something unique and special and each artist gets to collaborate with ILAA and their management and decide what they want to do and we bring that to the fans-which is really fun. So, there are no two ILAA tours that are exactly alike, everything is really geared towards the audience as well as what the artist wants.

http://fansofdavid.com/?p=32156

michelej1

11-28-2009, 01:36 AM

This is from an article about Geoffrey Edelsten's and Brynne Gordon's wedding:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/you-cant-put-a-price-on-love-says-geoffrey-edelstens-bride-brynne-gordon-ahead-of-melbournes-biggest-wedding/story-e6frf96x-1225804738828

She confirms that Robbie Williams and Fleetwood Mac were contenders as weddings singers, but "the fit wasn't right".

vivfox

12-02-2009, 12:40 AM

Another constant in our house at this time was Fleetwood Mac – Rumours:
For whatever reason, it seemed to be mandatory that if you were white and living in the suburbs, you HAD to own this record.

This was the first record where I actually memorized EVERY song. I even did little “air guitar” concerts with a broom handle.

Funny thought, for some reason when I was young, say under 10, I thought that ALL older bands no longer existed because they were dead or something. So imagine my surprise when Fleetwood Mac made a mini-resurgence in the 80’s.

http://www.wunderkraut.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/01/a-musical-journey-the-beginning/

vivfox

12-02-2009, 12:41 AM

Man I have a story about you and Fleetwood Mac, and the Rumours album.
It was during one of our annual Boy Scout camping trips to Providence Canyon (Little Grand Canyon). You were on the younger side, so when you entered a heavily debated topic of best Rock Album of all time, you got slammed when you brought up Rumours to the other Rock charged debaters who were supporting Van Halen, Def Leopard or whoever was the flavor of the year. Luckily for you, me and Tommy Cole, the other “older” kid agreed to let you have your say. But man you took a beating. And you would not let it go! You brought up Rumours any and every time you had an opportunity for the entire weekend. Even though, I liked Fleetwood Mac and we agreed, I was starting to lose my mind. Come to think of it, why were you defending the Album to the only two guys that had heard the album, and liked it, and not the guys kicking the turd out of it.
Anyway from that day on, I never heard a Fleetwood Mac song without being reminded of your persistence. In fact many years later, I think during a Lindsey Buckingham guitar solo, sitting in the grass at an outdoor amphitheater in Columbus, Ohio; with a half-naked Mick Fleetwood letting it rip on the drums, I could be heard having a Turrets fit for a split second…”Talley you #*&%@*%…get out of my head.”
I thought you would like that nugget.

http://www.wunderkraut.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/01/a-musical-journey-the-beginning/

michelej1

12-03-2009, 01:06 PM

[If they mention you're a fan in your obit, then you know you must be a diehard like those of us here. Wonder if she was ever on The Ledge]

Zanesville Times Recorder (Ohio)
http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/article/20091203/OBITUARIES/912030348/1023

ROSEVILLE: Kimberly Ruth Elliott, 46, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Genesis Good Samaritan Hospital.

Kim was born in Zanesville on February 24, 1963 to Eugene Ally and Thelma Starcher Moore. Kim was a huge Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks fan.

Kim is survived by her mother, Thelma Moore; special friend, Kenny Dodson; daughters, Amanda Elliott of Warsaw, Brittany Elliott of Newark, and Miranda Elliott of Zanesville; sisters, Lucy (Jeff) McLean of Roseville and Terina Moore of Crooksville; brother, Robert Moore of Noble County; four grandchildren, Rayn, Stacey, Olivia, and Braxton.

She was preceded in death by her father; maternal grandparents, Demy (Ruth) Starcher; aunt, Evelyn Ferral; and mother-in-law, Mary Lou Elliott.

Calling hours will be held on Friday, December 4, 2009 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at THE SNOUFFER FUNERAL HOME, ROSEVILLE CHAPEL, 33 North Main Street, Roseville. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. at the funeral home on Friday, December 4, 2009 with Pastor Mark Mealick officiating. A cremation will take place.

To send a note of condolence to the family, please visit our website at www.snoufferfuneralhome.com or call our compassionate staff at 740.697.7777

vivfox

12-04-2009, 04:53 AM

"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live” DVD collection is the "event of the season,” in the words of an old Neil Young tune.
This nine-disc boxed set of 125 rock royalty jam sessions is the must-have or must-give package of the year for the rock ’n’ roll fan of any age. The young can learn from it, and the baby boomers can revel in the music they grew up to, played by the original players who’ve survived in the business of be-bop-a-lu-la for 25 years and longer — the required length of time you have to have been a pro player to be eligible for immortalization in Cleveland’s monument to rock and its attendant attitude and spirit.

Some of the performances are a little rough, particularly the uneasy reunion of the five original Byrds in 1991 for a mangling of "Turn, Turn, Turn,” and the reunited Cream’s sluggish run at "Sunshine of Your Love.” But the sweet moment when Stevie Nicks lovingly caresses Lindsey Buckingham’s shoulders during a moving acoustic solo break in "Landslide,” and Ann and Nancy Wilson’s majestic interpretation of Led Zeppelin’s "Battle of Evermore,” with Ann on acoustic guitar, harmonizing with Nancy on mandolin, are unforgettable, historic, once-in-a-lifetime performances. Prince’s jaw-dropping solo at the end of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps” during the posthumous induction of George Harrison is almost worth the $120 price tag all by itself.

http://www.newsok.com/box-sets-wrap-up-nicely-under-tree/article/3422287?custom_click=lead_story_title

vivfox

12-05-2009, 01:25 PM

I'm going to see the legendary Fleetwood Mac in concert this Tuesday!
Even though all the band members will probably be using walking frames and taking nap breaks every 10 minutes, I am very excited. It should be a good show.

I am actually quite disappointed that Christine McVie will not be touring with the band as she left sometime during 2008. She was a pretty good vocalist. I like her. All other original band members (Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie) will be there thankfully.

http://stockingsneededmending.blogspot.com/2009/12/rock-on-gold-dust-woman.html

vivfox

12-13-2009, 09:37 PM

Sunday, December 13, 2009
October 1, 1972 Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA Roberta Flack

It may be unexpected to see a Roberta Flack concert listed in "Lost Live Dead," but you have to bear with me on this one.

Stuart "Dinky" Dawson, born in Worksop, Nottanghamshire in 1947, was an English dj who almost accidentally became Fleetwood Mac's road manager and soundman in 1968. Although the Mac had made their first American tour without him in 1968, Dinky returned with them at the end of the year as they tried to conquer America. Alone among English bands in 1968, Fleetwood Mac toured with their own PA system, as Dawson felt with some justification he knew more about live sound than any local, and in any case he had a vested interest in his band's success, and knew proper sound would be an essential part of it.

It can hardly be a surprise that when Fleetwood Mac returned to San Francisco in early 1969 to play the Fillmore West (January 16-19, between Creedence Clearwater and Albert Collins), both Dawson and Fleetwood Mac got on famously with the Dead. From 1968 to 1970, protocol required that visiting bands jam with the Grateful Dead or the Jefferson Airplane (and later Santana) on their first time through town. This was the social equivalent of jazz musicians playing with Charlie Parker or (later) John Coltrane at Birdland or the Village Vanguard when they came through New York. Real players would show up and jam, and failure to show the flag often had peculiar ramifications. Fleetwood Mac and the Dead hit it off big time, however, and Dinky Dawson found a kindred spirit in Owsley Stanley.

The Grateful Dead were one of (if not the) first American rock bands to tour with their own sound system, provided to them with the technical and financial participation of Owsley. Naturally, the group would gravitate to a band who carried their own system, particularly one with no less than three lead guitarists and a smoking rhythm section. Fleetwood Mac toured America heavily throughout 1969 and 1970, and they had many adventures with the Dead, including the New Orleans bust and the famous jam at Fillmore East with the Allman Brothers (on February 11, 1970).

Dawson left Fleetwood Mac and became road manager and soundman for The Byrds, and after extensive touring with them, he set up a sound company (Dawson Sound) in Massachusetts in 1972. While Dawson periodically went on tour with such groups as The Kinks, Steely Dan and Mahavishnu Orchestra, his company also provided house sound systems for venues in the region throughout the early 1970s.

http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2009/12/october-1-1972-springfield-civic-center.html

vivfox

12-14-2009, 11:39 PM

By Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY
About two months before recording The Element of Freedom, Alicia Keys witnessed an event that would have a profound influence on her creative process: a Fleetwood Mac concert.
"It was my sister's birthday, and she wanted to see them," says Keys, 29, referring to longtime best friend Erika Rose. The R&B singer/songwriter knew of the veteran band but wasn't entirely familiar with its catalog. "So everyone was like, 'What? You don't know these songs?' "

REVIEW: Keys evolves on * * * 'Element of Freedom'

Other vintage pop acts also informed Freedom, her fourth studio album, which arrives today. Keys started "to experiment with keyboards from the late '70s and '80s. ... I listened to a lot of Genesis, The Police, Tears for Fears— people who hadn't been staples for me."

Her education influenced the album "in a very positive way. In the past, I wasn't as conscious of melody. This time, I wanted melodies that really soared, like the ones I heard at that (Mac) show."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-12-15-aliciakeys15_ST_N.htm

vivfox

12-15-2009, 11:16 PM

Well actually it better not be - seeing the Lady Gaga concert will be the weekend of our next Wedding anniversary!

I have dumped one concert, only to replace with another… Although, to be fair – there will be differences.

I had to make the decision recently to cancel going to the Fleetwood Mac concert this weekend at the Bowl of Brooklands, due to the difficulties of the out-door venue; standing-sitting issues; and distance from car to concert in regard to my health.

I am quite bummed that I’ll miss Fleetwood Mac and will miss time with various friends. But I can at least relax now and not be too worried about all of the issues I might end up facing. I’ll jusst have to blast the Fleetwood Mac CD at home that night (probably much to Sweeties disgust…) He was only ever going to accompany me under duress to be my caregiver and ‘cripple aid’. He is very relieved that he doesn’t now have to go! I believe his exact words at the time I asked originally, were “I’d rather stick pins in my eyes than have to listen to them… “ Ok – each to their own then!

http://devoted2distraction.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/bad-romance/

vivfox

12-19-2009, 12:44 AM

open your eyes, look at the day
Dec. 19th, 2009 at 11:58 AM

And then FLEETWOOD MAC, MOFOS, TWO NIGHTS AGO.

IT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE GREATEST THING EVERexceptforWicked.

My friend and I left the show gushing about how much we both adore and want to be Stevie Nicks. This continued until our roommate said 'The white lines are ready for you on the kitchen bench' so we said, maybe we'd like to be Stevie Nicks WITHOUT the horrific cocaine addiction. And he said 'Maybe she wouldn't be so awesome if she had never been a coke whore' and we both vociferously defended Stevie's honour and then my friend shot him with a cap gun for insubordination.

I don't know how familiar everyone is with the Mac, but basically they have a forty year history of personal ****storms, passion and love, drugs and incredible excess, and a back catalogue of extraordinary music. Not gonna lie; I only became a fan of their stuff this year after playing 'Go Your Own Way' about a million times on Guitar Hero World Tour (for which my highest score is 99% on expert, yeaaaaahh). Here are two of my favourites. There's a great difference in the band's dynamic between these two videos, one from 1982, in the midst of terrible drug and personal strife, and one from 1997, the band's first reunion tour. The way Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham look at each other while they sing, especially in the earlier video, is kind of heartbreaking.

'The Chain', Mirage tour, 1982. This song is full of anger and angst and has a killer bass riff.

'Don't Stop', The Dance tour, 1997. This song is upbeat, hopeful and inspirational, and has been stuck in my head for days on end.

http://manderinne.livejournal.com/15075.html

vivfox

12-24-2009, 06:52 AM

“We never got into the whole ripping hotels apart thing. Our illicit deeds were tiptoeing down hotel corridors and visiting each other when we shouldn’t have. We were more under the covers.”

— Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood acknowledges that monogamy wasn’t his band’s strong point back in the day
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On a side note: Karen!!!!:laugh:

“My assistant does all of that.”

— Folk music queen Joan Baez admits she doesn’t do her own tweeting on Twitter.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/24/there-they-said-it-in-2009-and-they-stand-by-it/

michelej1

12-24-2009, 02:47 PM

“We never got into the whole ripping hotels apart thing. Our illicit deeds were tiptoeing down hotel corridors and visiting each other when we shouldn’t have.

So, does he mean that people other than he and Stevie visited each other?

Michele

vivfox

12-25-2009, 09:56 PM

Fleetwood Mac Mirage Rock Music CD Review
I can describe the latest release from Rock super group Fleetwood Mac for you with just one word… Outstanding!

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

Mirage has a nicely varied, mix of 12 tracks that are very well written and brilliantly performed songs by these clearly talented musicians. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are their own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, and the pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard.

I’m of the opinion that Mirage is certainly some of this groups best work in a few years. A totally enjoyable CD and an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up because it’s a collection that even the casual Rock fan can appreciate and enjoy.

While the entire CD is really very good some of my favorites are track 3 - That’s Alright, track 11 - Eyes Of The World, and track 12 - Wish You Were Here

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [. . . as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Love In Store. Good stuff!

Mirage Release Notes:

Fleetwood Mac originally released Mirage on October 25, 1990 on the Warner Bros. Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Love In Store 2. Can’t Go Back 3. That’s Alright 4. Book Of Love 5. Gypsy 6. Only Over You 7. Empire State 8. Straight Back 9. Hold Me 10. Oh Diane 11. Eyes Of The World 12. Wish You Were Here

Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards); Stevie Nicks (vocals); John McVie (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Ray Lindsey (guitar). Producers: Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat. Recorded at Le Chateau, Herouville, France; Larrabee Sound & The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California.

http://legitstorereview.com/archives/1512

vivfox

12-26-2009, 02:16 PM

Lily Allen

Q: My favorite headline last week was: "Lily Allen vomits in Glasgow."

A: That's so not true. I don't vomit. I can drink.

Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac

Q: How much do you think your robust chest hair had to do with Fleetwood Mac selling those 100 million albums?

A: Wow. I would say none. ... I would hope very little. That's the first time I was asked that. It could have been something I missed.

Christian Mazzalai of Phoenix

Q: Did you spend a long time working on this CD?

A: We saw two winters. Two summers. Two falls.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/25/PK311B4D9J.DTL&type=music

vivfox

12-26-2009, 05:48 PM

Saturday, December 26, 2009 Fleetwood Mac, Tusk Tour 1979 “Angel”

Much of what makes bands so fascinating is that they are traveling families, and no matter what dysfunction stems from weeks, months and years on the road, their love of making music together is often the only stabilizing force that keeps the unit from imploding. Further, the chaos and tension among members can often breed fantastic, creative honesty. Fleetwood Mac is my favorite example, and probably the most documented in rock music, of the unifying power of music among a group of people who can no longer stand the sight of one another.

During the time Fleetwood Mac was making the Tusk album, the band was past the initial pain of dissolved relationships, and had moved right on to fury, spite, and jealousy. Tusk is my favorite Fleetwood Mac album because it is so raw; in it, you feel Lindsey’s bitter resentment, Stevie’s misplaced martyrdom, and Christine’s optimistic will to push through to a better place and time. Although I think Tusk has some of the career-best songs by all three songwriters, I always felt Tusk, as a complete album, was disjointed and did not flow well – like each song was constructed in total isolation. To Lindsey’s credit, despite his longstanding anger toward Stevie, he has always been the best producer for her songs – taking the skeletal poems and melodies she crafted and adding rich, layered complexity. As a musical team, they are magic.

Angel is the greatest live clip I have ever found of Stevie and Lindsey. It is from a documentary of recording and touring for Tusk. The Tusk tour produced one of the most dysfunctional moments in Fleetwood Mac history (that is publicly known) when, during a show in New Zealand, Lindsey began mocking Stevie on stage as she sang; the incident ended in an all-out physical backstage brawl. But sorry - this is not that clip; this clip is from the same tour, filmed in 1979, but shows a lighter side of the band. This is a live performance of “Angel,” and demonstrates palpable joy in making music even through the darkest hours of a band in complete turmoil. Whatever wars were fought once Stevie and Lindsey stepped offstage, the latter half of this clip has them smiling, sharing the microphone, and dancing. It’s truly a classic!

http://audiozealot.blogspot.com/2009/12/classic-clips-fleetwood-mac-tusk-tour.html

jannieC

12-26-2009, 08:18 PM

^^^I never tire of watching that clip. You can almost see Stevie gaining confidence as the performance goes on- I LOVE this.

MichaelE

12-26-2009, 08:29 PM

I agree. She takes on a whole new aura after the interludes with Lindsey on that 441.

I think it makes her and Lindsey both feel good.

goldustsongbird

12-26-2009, 08:31 PM

One of Stevie's best. End of story.

vivfox

12-28-2009, 09:11 AM

Fleetwood Mac - "Rumors"

Obviously a lot has been written about this album. Admittedly, I have been a late arrival to its praise. This year I did give myself the chance to listen to it, not out of any sort of heartbreak, but merely because the time had come. The familiarity of the songs can be jarring at first, however, as you follow the course of the entire album, each song feels right at home and you suddenly lose your identification of songs like "Go Your Own Way" as songs that were overplayed by your classic rock radio station and remember them as "yeah I love that song that comes after 'Don't Stop'. Oh yeah, I love 'Don't Stop'" The album never lets up from the first song "Secondhand News" (my favorite) on. And there aren't many songs that are more fun than "I Don't Want to Know."

http://puddlesofmyself.blogspot.com/2009/12/too-bad-i-like-it.html

vivfox

12-28-2009, 09:13 AM

Kaki King's childhood passions were the drums and Brit-pop, and she figured if she ever made it big it would be because of her skills behind the kit. However, her musical talents didn't stop there: she also played the guitar, and though she learned Beatles and Fleetwood Mac songbooks, she found herself drawn to the styles of Preston Reed and Michael Hedges. Moving from Atlanta to New York to attend college, King got her first taste of solo guitar performance thanks to campus open-mike nights, and upon graduation in 2001 she decided to pursue the instrument more seriously. She started playing in subways, a venue that helped her develop her percussive technique, and when passengers would ask her if she had CDs, she realized that she could possibly make a living as a musician.

http://baistophe.blogspot.com/2009/12/kaki-king-abo321.html

vivfox

12-29-2009, 12:26 AM

Fleetwood Mac did a ton of great songs that over the yrs have Bcome Classic Rock Radio faves, even if they were never hits 2 Bgin w/ -- "The Chain," "Landslide," "Songbird," etc. But where's the airplay & recognition 4 greats like "I Know I'm Not Wrong," "The Farmer's Daughter," "Wish You Were Here," "World Turning," "Silver Springs," "Isn't it Midnight?," "Tango in the Night," etc....

http://tadsbackupplan.blogspot.com/2009/12/shoulda-been-hits.html

vivfox

12-29-2009, 10:08 PM

Colbie Caillat
By ladybugg
He co- produced two of the biggest albums in history, Fleetwood Mac's Rumors and Tusks. Ken Caillat now runs his own record label. She learned a lot about music from Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. When Colbie was 11 she wanted to pursue ...
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vivfox

12-29-2009, 10:10 PM

Colbie Caillat
By ladybugg
He co- produced two of the biggest albums in history, Fleetwood Mac's Rumors and Tusks. Ken Caillat.

That probably should have been the name of the album considering it was a two record set.

michelej1

12-29-2009, 10:55 PM

That probably should have been the name of the album considering it was a two record set.

And that there were 3 men in the band.

Michele

michelej1

12-30-2009, 08:41 PM

From an article about a remodeled bungalow:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/fdshops/stories/DN-fdluxe_hometour_0604fas.ART1.State.Edition1.e43811.html

Specifically, leopard-print-upholstered walls, a garden trellis-clad foyer, even an eye-popping tangerine dining room with green brocade drapes bedazzled in hand-sewn felt flowers.

Put another way, McKinley and Nussbaumer are Buckingham-Nicks in this home-decorator version of Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy."

vivfox

12-30-2009, 11:15 PM

Monday evening, an 80-year-old Staten Island man, apparently jaywalking, stepped in front of a jitney on Pacific Avenue and was killed.

So why am I telling you this? Well, something struck me about the quote we had from Joseph Taranto’s daughter. “My dad loved Atlantic City,” she said. “He came down at least four times a week.”

No complaining, no demands for restitution, justice or some kind of explanation for the unexplainable. Just this: “My dad loved Atlantic City.”

Thank God for 80-year-old guys from Staten Island who love Atlantic City. They might not be the most exciting demographic in casino marketers’ eyes — but to borrow a line from an old Fleetwood Mac song, they built this city.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/blogs/jim_perskie/article_bbe4142a-f55f-11de-88ef-001cc4c002e0.html

vivfox

12-30-2009, 11:16 PM

but to borrow a line from an old Fleetwood Mac song, they built this city.

Sara, Sara, storms are brewing in your eyes...

vivfox

12-30-2009, 11:29 PM

This is the old Neve mixing board( at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA) that’s been installed since 1972. I had a heady moment on our first day in the studio, looking down on the board and seeing all the numbers rubbed off these faders with age, and thinking about all the famous hands and records that contributed to that. Then I started thinking about how much of Stevie Nicks’s stash probably fell into the fader pots. Then I went to find a straw.

http://www.jroddy.net/2009/12/30/steve-on-the-phone-van-nuys-91405-edition/

vivfox

01-01-2010, 01:05 AM

'World Turning' - Fleetwood Mac
Posted by The Archivist on December 31, 2009

As the world prepares to finish one more revolution around the sun, here is World Turning by Fleetwood Mac, which comes in at spot #481 on the 1991 Firecracker 500 ...

World Turning appeared on the band's self-titled album of 1975 which, unlike many albums bearing a band's name was hardly their first. In fact, it wasn't even their first eponymous album. That had been released in 1968.

It says a lot for the album's staying power that World Turning made the Firecracker 500 even though it wasn't one of the three Top 20 singles launched by the LP (those would be Rhiannon, Say You Love Me, and Over My Head). Of course, it says even more about the album's staying power that it managed to hang around on the charts for nearly a year before finally making it to the #1 spot, a record that would stand for 14 years until broken by Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl.

It was also the album that catapulted Fleetwood Mac from music stardom to true music super-stardom, with more than a little of that fact attributable to the appearance of Lindey Buckingham as the group's guitarist, and Stevie Nicks as its new vocalist.

http://www.wnew.com/2009/12/video-classics-world-turning-fleetwood-mac.html

vivfox

01-01-2010, 01:06 AM

Thursday, December 31, 2009
35 years ago today over Mexican food, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie and John McVie invite Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to join Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham and Nicks accept the offer, which turns out to be a good move for all five of them.

http://dreamsong14.blogspot.com/2009/12/35-years-ago-today.html

vivfox

01-05-2010, 12:10 AM

so much to tell you: just relax
By zoe
Mine were glorious: I turned 25, received amazing gifts, saw Fleetwood Mac, drank champagne, lazed at the beach in the sunshine, rode bikes, read Kafka on the Shore and didn't write a thing for two weeks. I hope your holiday break was ...
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michelej1

01-05-2010, 01:20 PM

From an American Songwriter Interview with Rickie Lee Jones [well, I think Stevie believes you can be like both Fleetwood Mac and Bob Dylan]:

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/01/legends-rickie-lee-jones/
When you start a song, do you start with an intention of what the song is about?

I don’t think I ever do that. I think it’s always just coming out of me. I never know where it’s gonna go or what it’s gonna be. I don’t watch my process, but I probably write a line or two and then know where I’m gonna go right away. Do I want to do a rhyme scheme or a rhythm thing, or do I want to write free verse? It will usually tell you a direction to go. And what the subject is will be revealed. But it doesn’t have the conscious in it. I just get out of my way—following, not leading it, not thinking about it at all. I can take the pen and write you eight lines right now. When it’s done, it’ll probably make sense, rhyme, because the part just behind my consciousness knows just what it is doing. If my consciousness gets in the way, then that unconscious part goes, “OK, you take care of it.” [Laughs] And then my ego enters, and the flow stops. So I have to not guide it, but just trust that I know what I’m doing. And again, not bothering with it.

Like “Bonfires” was about 12 verses. There were a lot of beautiful verses, but I felt that I was going to lose the impact. What I was thinking about when I wrote that was Bob Dylan’s first record. I was thinking of how he played his guitar. This is where I am right now; it’s simple. And that’s how I wanted to deliver it. I didn’t want it to be like Fleetwood Mac; I wanted to be like Dylan. Knowing there’s no other way to survive heartbreak than to give love.

vivfox

01-07-2010, 06:20 PM

On Maui for the holidays, Alice just rang in the New Year at Mala Wailea at a benefit show which also featured an incendiary performance by the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, joined by British blues legend John Mayall, and members of Nickelback.

"It's become a tradition to do that show, and it's always great to turn something like that into a charity event," he notes. "These people are here already, so why not put them to work."

Backed by Mick Fleetwood on drums, Rick Vito on guitar and vocals, bassist Lenny Castellanos, keyboardist Mark Johnstone, and Eric Gilliom and Gretchen Rhodes of Island Rumours on vocals, Alice belted out his classic hits "Schools Out" and "No More Mr. Nice Guy."

"Mick Fleetwood is such a great drummer," he continues. "You forget Fleetwood Mac was a real rock band and he was one of the best drummers out there, and Rick's a great blues guitar player. And then you have John Mayall come up, how great is that?"

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/527436.html

vivfox

01-08-2010, 11:50 AM

More Fleetwood Mac

Although the band covers rock music from the 1960s through today, the Mood Swings now performs five songs from the Fleetwood Mac repertoire.

“While we are not a Fleetwood Mac cover band,” Sweeney observed, “we do have somewhat of a Fleetwood Mac ‘cult’ following, and we have many fans that come from far away to sing and dance along with these songs.”

Two of the Fleetwood Mac songs the band has performed in its earliest sets are “Rhiannon” and “Gold Dust Woman.” Now the band has added “Dreams,” “Second Hand News” and “Gypsy” to its set list.

“I feel that lead singer Beth Turkel’s rendition of ‘Gypsy’ is fabulous and betters the Stevie Nicks version,” Sweeney remarked.

“Several songs that Beth sings are show stoppers,” Sweeney enthused, “such as the Beatles’ ‘Ticket to Ride,’ Creedence Clearwater’s ‘Proud Mary’ and Todd Rundgren’s ‘I Saw The Light (In Your Eyes)’.”

http://www.recordernewspapers.com/articles/2010/01/08/madison_eagle/news/doc4b45f93de5aaa748445915.txt

vivfox

01-08-2010, 09:20 PM

For those interested, this book (written by Cath Carroll) has a nicely detailed account of the (tumultuous?) making of the Rumours album, including some good descriptions of the sessions and studios at the Record Plant in Sausalito:

Sample passage (writer John Grissim describing the attempts of a female agent vying for management of the band):

After a few minutes of conversation, John McVie shows up, and I introduce them, explained who she was. And she said to John, "Would you like a line?" And she brings out this Tiffany silver- it was like a bolt- and she unscrewed the top and produced a small mirror and lays out this really good quality line. And she produces a four-inch long, top of the line Tiffany silver straw, and she hands it to John, who says "Thank you very much" and he snorts the line. He's holding his nostril and she looks at him and says, "Now that I've turned you on, I'd like to hit you up for mangement." He laughed so hard he snorted the coke out of his nose.

ah, the 70's.

http://www.electrical.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&p=1051309

vivfox

01-11-2010, 10:24 AM

Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
January 11, 2010 by Andrew Watt
Filed under Song Of The Day

This is probably the song that best defines the phenomenon that Fleetwood Mac became in 1977 with the release of Rumours. Written by Lindsay Buckingham, it wasn’t their biggest hit although it probably wasn’t far away from it.

It opens apologetically with the line “Loving you isn’t the right thing to do” and in so doing encapsulates the sexual and emotional politics that had entwined the band. You can almost visualise the members casting knowing looks at each other as they perform the song.

Musically it’s an absolute tour de force with each member contributing essential ingredients. It’s a Buckingham lead vocal but the harmonies of Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie are what provides the song with its angst. It’s a great Mick Fleetwood drum track – his incessant and tribal beat serves as the driver for the song. But more importantly it sends the message that this machine has a momentum now that cant be stopped – no matter how many hearts are being left broken in its wake.

Buckingham’s lead guitar is also perfect for the song. He teases the lead break and when he does almost reluctantly takes centre stage he provides a few bars of almost pained playing that underlines the tension in the song.

In 1977 when adults were openly questioning the relevance of concepts like fidelity this song became more than a chart topping hit – it became the catalyst for an examination of relationships – its little wonder Fleetwood Mac was so right for that time.

http://www.heyheymymy.com.au/2010/01/11/go-your-own-way-fleetwood-mac/

vivfox

01-11-2010, 10:25 AM

Finally got the Christmas tree down today. As much fun as it is to anticipate putting the tree up and delighting in its warm holiday glow, it’s always feels good to take it down and reclaim that part of the house for regular activity.

Last night we put a slew of Fleetwood Mac on the CD turntable: “Fleetwood Mac”, “Rumours”, “Tusk”, “Mirage”, and “Tango In The Night”. We were all bopping around to those classic sounds. The Buckingham/Nicks incarnation of the Mac was a damned fine band for a lot of years.

Found out today that April 26th is the date I’ll be received into the Roman Catholic Church. Now there’s something to look forward to!

Boy, the New England Patriots looked like crap against the Baltimore Ravens today. And that Green Bay-Arizona game was wild. No one seemed to be able to play defense throughout that one.

I’m picking an Indianapolis / Dallas Super

http://goodboysnation.com/2010/01/11/a-thing-or-two-or-three/

vivfox

01-11-2010, 10:28 AM

Now I wanna talk about Tusk.

Fleetwood Mac bared all their neuroses on Rumours, an album that was a mix of California pop and Buckingham's guitar rave ups. It sold, at last count, 5 copies for each person who has ever lived in the history of this planet.

How did they follow that up? Tusk.

Tusk is one of the most uncompromising (and expensive) double albums of all time, with little of the pop that made Rumours ubiquitous. Lindsey Buckingham described the process of recording it as finding out what sounded good, taking a note of where all the dials were and then tuning them 180 degrees. The resulting album was called everything under the sun and lost a lot of the fans they won with their previous outing. It's also a remarkably under-rated album that still sounds ahead of its time today.

What came next: Mirage and Tango in the Night, albums that took the sound experiments of Tusk and married to them Rumours. People called it a "return" when both were still miles ahead of what Fleetwood Mac had been doing before, but because of Tusk they sounded safer.

http://www.gvalentinoisrandom.com/2010/01/tusk-tusking-kings-of-leon.html

vivfox

01-11-2010, 07:42 PM

Monday, January 11, 2010
In Juxtaposition

Okay, thank you those of you that agree that Landslide is really a beautiful and poignant song and that it is ok to reveal oneself. However, in juxtaposition to the previous heartfelt post, I am going to add one about those musicians that have signature songs like Landslide. I watched an interview with Stevie Nicks and she was so filled with poise and graciousness for her fans and said she absolutely did not mind singing Landslide and Songbird and all the old favorites. She just appreciated the love and how great it was to travel to new cities and play for people.

On the other hand, I recently read a quote form Robert Plant, speaking to the same subject of signature songs, the imfamous Stairway to Heaven.

(Led Zepplin) "...would possibly be back together if it weren't for 'that bloody wedding song,' as Robert Plant refers to 'Stairway.' He told the Los Angeles Times in 1988, 'I'd break out in hives if I had to sing that song in every show. I wrote those lyrics and found that song to be of some importance and consequence in 1971, but 17 years later, I don't know. It's just not for me.'

I love that. I love that sometimes we look back on the things that meant so much to us and think For God's Sake, how? And other times, like Landslide, they still take us to those feelings so real.

PS - I happen to still love Stairway to Heaven if randomly heard.

http://tocarefororphans.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-juxtaposition.html

silvasprings

01-12-2010, 09:55 PM

she absolutely did not mind singing Landslide and Songbird and all the old favorites.

'Cause you know, Stevie just breaks out into SONGBIRD whenever she gets a chance! i think its hilarious that your average un-obsessed FM fan can't distinguish between christine's songs and Stevie's:laugh: :distress:

vivfox

01-12-2010, 10:51 PM

Jan 12, 2010

Britain's Prince William and Harry played tracks by Duffy, Fleetwood Mac and Bryan Ferry to stop them getting bored while having their picture painted.

Artist Nicky Philipps - who recently created the first double portrait of the princes - has revealed how she made the pair listen to a selection of her favourite records when they posed for her in military uniform.

She told Hello! magazine: "I didn't know what sort of music they liked. So I played some Duffy and music from my own era, like Fleetwood Mac and Bryan Ferry. I don't know if they enjoyed it but they didn't look bored. Some people's eyes glaze over when they sit for long period but they were very polite. Doing the portrait was great fun."

Nicky spent more than six months painting the princes during five sittings, which started in August 2008.

During this time, she admits the royal pair were desperate to sneak a peek at her progress.

She said: "They often wanted to peek at the progress of the painting and it was difficult, because I was doing it in different stages.

"When I gave them a private view of the painting just before Christmas they said they liked it very much."

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/royalwatch/news/article_1524742.php/Prince-William-and-Harry-s-portrait-boredom

vivfox

01-13-2010, 05:52 AM

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/749915--saoirse-ronan-imagines-there-s-a-heaven

"I feel like a '70s chick now," quipped 15-year-old Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, adding she loves the era's music, a typical teen's enthusiasm for the newly discovered in her voice.

The young Irish actress (her name is pronounced "Sur-shah," but friends call her "Sursh") with the arresting ice-blue eyes, immersed herself in the sounds of the mid-'70s for her role as 14-year-old murder victim Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones.

The movie opens Friday.

The film, directed by The Lord of the Rings franchise helmer Peter Jackson, is set in 1973 Pennsylvania. It's based on Alice Sebold's 2002 bestseller about a girl who watches her family, and the neighbour who killed her, from the afterlife.

"Fleetwood Mac is one of my favourite bands," Ronan said passionately as she curled up on a Yorkville hotel room couch with her co-star Rose McIver to talk about The Lovely Bones.

jaycee

01-13-2010, 06:19 AM

'Cause you know, Stevie just breaks out into SONGBIRD whenever she gets a chance! i think its hilarious that your average un-obsessed FM fan can't distinguish between christine's songs and Stevie's:laugh: :distress:

It's only marginally more embarrassing than my old (and still occasional) inability to distinguish between Christine and Lindsey. :lol:

holidayroad

01-14-2010, 09:40 AM

http://www.grabow.biz/HighBudgetSpecialEvents/FleetwoodMac.html

I would hate to imagine what kind of money this would cost! All of us Ledgies should hire them!:laugh:

vivfox

01-20-2010, 11:11 AM

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
5 Female Voices from the 1970's-'80's to Love

2. Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac.

I'll bet more people identify Stevie Nicks with the band than they do Christine McVie. And that's fine -- it was Nicks and then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham who made Fleetwood Mac the commercial success they became in the 1970's and on into the next decade. But McVie was there first, and continued to produce hits. Her voice was quite different from Nicks, and really fit the personality of the songs on which she sang lead vocals. Don't Stop, Little Lies, Everywhere, Hold Me, Over My Head, and You Make Loving Fun are all standards for the band, and for those who listened to Top 40 radio during the Bronze Age of Comics.

http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/2010/01/5-female-voices-from-1970s-80s-to-love.html

vivfox

01-20-2010, 11:16 AM

Blues Missionary
Stuff about music I like and do not like -- highly individual and often iconoclastic opinions. All of it razor sharp, with prejudice and without bull****. I call 'em as I see 'em -- or hear 'em.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
In 1997 Fleetwood Mac reformed as the late '70s version of the band, the most commercially successful incarnation of an organisation that'd started out as a purist blues band and, after some lost years in MOR limbo, ended up as one of the biggest era defining groups of the '70s and early '80s.

By the late Nineties Fleetwood Mac was pretty well dormant and the various members kept themselves busy with solo careers or simply relaxing by the pool, enjoying their money, or at least one hopes they did. The band did not truly manage to retain its strength and creativity after the departure of Lindsay Buckingham and it limped on for a while before the remaining individuals realised it would be better to have a long hiatus than to try to regain past glories. It is interesting to note that Fleetwood Mac could survive the departure of all its previous guitarists but could not manage the same trick when Buckingham went off to do his own thing. This would possibly mean that he was the creative heart and soul of the band. On the other hand, the band was no longer as hungry and struggling as it had been during the tenure of most of the previous guitarists and this probably meant that it was not too difficult simply to lie back for a while and not flog the deaf horse of a moribund creative unit.

Anyhow, in 1997 the band got back together for a series of gigs. No doubt money played a role, and the rekindling of a monster success story, even if everybody concerned was considerably older than in the heyday of the Rumours juggernaut.

On stage the band dress quite conservatively in good, only slightly Bohemian taste, much like the somewhat older audience it drew to its concert. The 3 frontpersons wear black, which is of course highly chic and fashionable and not an intimation that they are really up there for the eulogy of a once great band whose nostalgic memories they will be attempting to revive. The audience is profusely thanked for listening while the band members do their patented Fleetwood Mac thing with the assurance and authority that come from long years of experience. This is the kind of show that once again redefines adult oriented rock, this time for an audience who may have been kids back in the day.

There is a powerful sound system and the visuals are great because the camera coverage is so extensive, and it seems that a good time was had by all, the musicians on stage and the paying audience. Of course there is no wild dancing in the aisles, everybody is super cheerful and happy and well behaved. You cannot imagine this slightly wonky group of middle aged people, wearing lots of makeup to hide the years of hard living going backstage between numbers to do a line or two just to keep the energy levels up. The look like the spring water and macrobiotic food types, though John McVie was always a bit of a lush, and Stevie Nicks probably had regular whole body blood transfusions to maintain her youthful appearance. Even her profile shows signs of a certain blowsiness and Christine McVie looks exactly like every other well preserved Englishwoman of a certain age and class, perfectly made up and every bottle blonde hair in place. She should be the chairwoman of the parish library and not some kind of rock star. In fact, on reflection, she makes me think of the female sidekick to Donald Trump in his Apprentice reality TV series.

Lindsay Buckingham is a little gray around the temples but otherwise looks quite young and fresh though in close ups his eyes seem rather sad. Maybe he is not really comfortable revisiting the old hits. Buckingham still sings as good as ever and plays great virtuoso guitar, even doing some solo numbers from solo albums just to drive home the point that he had, and has, a life outside of the monolith.

Overall the music is mixture of the old hits and some new numbers and the USC marching band is trotted out yet again for Tusk – obviously the kids of the band that played on the original version – and great fun is had by all. I would imagine, other than the styles of dress, this concert would have been pretty much similar to any performance the band gave at the height of their success and as such it is a good souvenir of one of the giants of pop rock.

http://bluesmissionary.blogspot.com/2010/01/fleetwood-mac-dance.html

vivfox

01-20-2010, 08:42 PM

thequestionclub: What do you think of the name Rheanna Ca
By Dusty
bluehairedchild 2010-01-20 04:57 pm UTC (link). actually it's from the Fleetwood Mac song. She's sixteen and was definitely not named after Rihanna. It's prounced Reeanna not Reeahna like Rihanna is. (Reply to this) (Parent) ...
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vivfox

01-21-2010, 09:31 AM

Thursday, January 21, 2010
From a Budgie to a Vulture, and some things in between

Welcome,

One of my big loves other than photography is music. Always have, always will love it.

Whether it is belting out in the car or going around in my head, I always seem to have it going on somewhere.

Lately it seems a lot of 'older' acts have decided the time is ripe to tour and let a new generation of fans see them in concert. Naturally if it is someone I have always liked I will grab a ticket and see the show. This is usually done in company of my daughter Cat.

In 2009 we saw Leonard Cohen, Simon and Garfunkle, Budgie and Fleetwood Mac. I have enjoyed their music since my youth and have waited many years to see them in concert.

I guess the only downside to seeing these concerts is that unless you are an accredited photographer, you have a heck of a time trying to get decent shots. Security are all over anyone with what they perceive to be a 'pro' outfit.

At the Fleetwood Mac concert they were even going into the crowd to hassle people with point and shoot cameras. Security claimed that it was at the band's request, but the band didn't seem to mind when those at front of stage were shooting.

Budgie didn't care - you could go for it as long as you respected the request not to use flash. A great attitude.

Still, the feeble minded folk who run the venues have to do something to make themselves feel superior I guess. Give us all a break folks. It does no-one any harm. No one is going to make a killing selling any shots of a group from the back of an auditorium! For what it is worth, many P&S cameras have longer effective lenses than the ones serious photographers have to sneak in to the venue.

Anyway - enough of that gripe.

http://williefagan.blogspot.com/2010/01/from-budgie-to-vulture-and-some-things.html

vivfox

01-21-2010, 09:38 AM

Blog of Flame Blog: The Ballad of Mick Fleetwood
By Chill Like Tight Elephants
I just discovered that I like Fleetwood Mac, something I once vowed never to say. But a caveat to would-be Mac converts: you can't like it all. Roadblocks will arise; I'm here to warn you against them. ...
Blog of Flame Blog - http://ballofflameblog.blogspot.com/

vivfox

01-21-2010, 09:40 AM

Busy with the Cricky: As Promised - The First Peek at my Weekend ...
By Susan
The next two photos are from the Fleetwood Mac concert layout that I did for my older son. Aaron, his girlfriend and his roommate saw Fleetwood Mac in Charlotte sometime last summer. They came home with lots of photos of the band and no ...
Busy with the Cricky - http://spartansusscraper.blogspot.com/

michelej1

01-23-2010, 01:00 AM

Excerpt from an interview with the Brewis brothers in Field Music:

http://www.musicomh.com/music/features/field-music_0110.htm

Fiercely independent, the brothers run their own studio, produce, engineer and master their own albums, design their artwork and direct their own promo videos, which may explain the rambling nature of their 20-track offering. "We wrote this album in bursts, I suppose. We were writing all the time we were recording. I like the fact that a lot of really long records have their own micro-narratives you can discover over a long period of time. I Like Tusk, by Fleetwood Mac. We love that, but then again I probably miss out all of Stevie Nicks' songs. And The Wall; that has some amazing songs on it, but some really boring guitar solos. I suppose we wanted to redefine the double album, make it interesting again, do all these things we want to do."

vivfox

01-25-2010, 12:17 PM

GF Herald Reporter Gets Delusional Regarding Alerus Events Fund
By [email protected]
We've also lost big money on other concerts such as Fleetwood Mac. But Tran in an attempt to make the Alerus look less bad, uses the Britney numbers. (I wonder how long until those numbers magically change because it's convenient?) ...
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michelej1

01-27-2010, 01:20 PM

From a radio station's blog article on Veelee

http://wknc.org/blog/post/8357/double-barrel-benefit-7-presents-veelee/

When you listen to Carrboro duo Veelee, you hear music inspired by a wide range of sources. For band mates Matt Park and Ginger Wagg, elements of music from bands such as Young People, Low, Lungfish, Stereolab and Pram went into creating Veelee’s unique sound. Also, according to Matt, Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 hit “Dream” has also served as a major influence on the way he and Ginger create music — everything happening in the song goes hand in hand its unchanging baseline.

michelej1

01-28-2010, 11:11 PM

From an article about The Chain Gang of 1974

http://www.avclub.com/denver/articles/style-wars-with-the-rouge-and-the-chain-gang-of-19,37131/

Kamtin Mohager: MGMT is a band whose style I love—just T-shirts, jeans, and boots. You can tell when a band is being authentic or when there’s someone in an office telling them to dress a certain way. I’m obsessed with looking at photos of Fleetwood Mac. There is just something about them—we’re doing what we want to do, this is it, take it for what it is. I also love the way Tears For Fears dressed in cardigans. It was natural. If it wasn’t for a band like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, I may not have wanted to wear all black with a leather jacket. But at the same time, that style is just a T-shirt, jeans, a jacket, and shoes. It speaks for itself and represents the music.

vivfox

01-30-2010, 12:53 AM

As if this song isn’t amazing enough, Fleetwood Mac had to go ahead and put themselves in a situation that we just assumed they were experiencing on a day-to-day basis: excavating ruined instruments and
painting Magritte replicas that come to life in a desert mirage. Alto temptress Christine McVie is prominently featured as the “woman looking through a telescope and sometimes through a mirror” and Stevie is just lounging off in the distance, probably pissed because Christine is getting all the attention for once. And to hammer in all of those allusions, this is from the album Mirage.

http://www.thetripwire.com/blog/2010/01/29/tripwire-video-premiere-fleetwood-macs-hold-me/

vivfox

01-30-2010, 01:01 AM

You do a really good remake of Fleetwood Mac’s classic “The Chain” what made you guys decide to do this song?

We originally; which is funny since we go “not glam not glam not glam.” We originally were going to do a W.A.S.P. cover cause they not glam but they dress like jerk offs, which is great. F*** like a Beast is what we were going to do but it was only going to be allowed to be released in Japan and all this s***. It’s the best song on their first record and nobody has got to hear it. We were like “s*** we are going to do this we do a righteous cover it.” But our produce, who is Mr. 80’s he loves all of that awesome guitar rock from the 80’s big arena rock, wasn’t digging it. We were like “really?” he’s all about scorpions all about the Ozzy area. He was just not digging on this one so we were just going through the iTunes. I didn’t want to use one of the other songs that we had that we were saving for the second record … that’s very presumptuous. Mike was like right away how about “The Chain.” Everybody loves all kinds of music cannibal corpse fans get down to Fleetwood Mac every bit as much as Fleetwood Mac fans get down to DIO. Everybody’s all over the place we rock Eminem and Lady Gaga all day long. Good music is good music. S*** music can sometimes be great music too.

http://www.examiner.com/x-5302-Minneapolis-Entertainment-Examiner~y2010m1d29-Taking-Dawn-rocks-Minneapolis-First-Avenue-Artist-Interview

michelej1

01-30-2010, 02:31 PM

San Diego Reader article on FM tribute band.
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/fleetwood-max/

Fleetwood Max was formed in 2006 by Todd Hidden (as Lindsay Buckingham) and Annie Heller (ersatz Christine McVie). “Everyone seems to love Fleetwood Mac,” says Heller. “Visually, we try to emulate the look of The Dance years, which is mostly black and white. Our Stevie, Kim Enering, buys special clothing custom-made to look like Stevie Nicks’ best-known outfits, and she does a great job with the Stevie-isms.”

As for musicality, “We try to get close to note-for-note recreations of the studio or the live versions of the songs. We only have five members playing four instruments, however, and we don’t use any sequencers or karaoke tracks.” Who knew tribute bands were using karaoke tracks?

Heller isn’t married, but the 50-year-old grade-school teacher is dating the band’s other McVie impersonator (John McVie), bassist Doug Walker (47), a remodeling contractor by day. “My two daughters think it’s cool that their mom is in a band,” says Heller. “When my youngest came to see us at the San Diego Fair this year, she was very impressed…she wondered how I was able to get up in front of people and sing and play without being nervous.”

Drummer Hector Toro (50) works as an appraiser in coastal North County and is married with two children. “My kids have grown up with me in bands,” he says. “They like our shows when they end up on YouTube. What they can see on the computer, that’s what impresses them.”

Guitarist Todd Hidden (54) is a full-time musician who also plays with Dave Humphries, StreetHeart, and the Cool Rays. The group’s youngest member, singer and shawl-bearer Kim Enering (mid-’30s), is unmarried, with two young children; by day, she works as an inland North County real-estate agent.

Nobody in Max has met their Mac, though Heller says, “We hear they show up once in a while to catch a tribute band. If I ever met Christie McVie, I would tell her how much I admire her songwriting and what a beautiful voice she has.”

Says Todd Hidden, “I’d ask Lindsey Buckingham if he needs a guitar tech. And could I take a few lessons?”

vivfox

01-30-2010, 07:02 PM

More than files than ever
Internet, Technology January 30th, 2010

Ever since my mother heard the band Fleetwood mac sing at one of their concerts on TV, she fell in love with the band. Their songs had great lyrics and sounds, that trigger emotions and feelings, and even reminisce the past. She had all their albums, and still she downloads music videos and music files in the internet.

Since my mom was really into downloading songs of Fleetwood mac, I decided to show her the site where I get all the cool downloads from. I logged her into TorrentReactor.net, and after searching for mac, we provided with the list of torrents containing the word mac, and after finding what she was looking for, we Download mac with best – TorrrentReactor engine, and in a few minutes, my mom has downloaded more files than she ever had. And since we still had time to spare, I told her to “ Check it! last torrent of the month are the most popular and in demand torrents, she might find something to download there.

http://www.hellsingitalia.net/more-than-files-than-ever/

vivfox

01-30-2010, 07:05 PM

Look I don’t have a problem if a band continues with their core playing their music for what seems like forever (IE: The Rolling Stones) or if a band reinvents themselves with a new singer or a new sound. Take for example (for us older folks) Fleetwood Mac. In the late 60’s and early 70’s Fleetwood Mac was a ballsy blues rock band with Peter Green leading the way but members left over time and Mick Fleetwood and John McVie took another direction with the band and added Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham creating a totally different band with a totally different sound and created a more successful band.

http://clevelandrockandroll.blogspot.com/2010/01/say-it-aint-so-joe.html

vivfox

02-04-2010, 11:28 AM

Fleetwood Mac: 1975

TRIPLE BEARDY THREAT! Who is the coolest? John McVie, obviously. I just like that they all have beards. Bands do that! And I ponder... Is it a mutual decision? "Yeah dude, let's all grow beards!" Or is it a gradual process? "Well so and so looks pretty cool... I think I'll grow myself a beard." And then one day, the beard leader just finds that all his bandmates have copied his look? If the latter is the case, then who started the beard trend in Fleetwood Mac? Again, I'm voting John McVie, but that's only because he seems cooler than Lindsey "I strangle Stevie Nicks" Buckingham and Mick "I always have a crazy look in my eye" Fleetwood.

http://straycat-blues.blogspot.com/2010/02/beards-part-two.html

vivfox

02-05-2010, 05:04 PM

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vivfox

02-07-2010, 01:31 AM

vivfox

02-11-2010, 11:50 AM

PAUL RODGERS Says He Recently Jammed With A Couple Of His 'Heroes' - Feb. 11, 2010

Paul Rodgers is gearing up for BAD COMPANY's tour of the U.K. in April, but that's not the only thing Paul's been working on. The singer got to have a jam session with some big names in Hawaii.

"I recently jammed with a couple of heroes of mine — Mick Fleetwood and John McVie — when we were down in Maui, and that's not to say, 'Hey, let's get a band together,' or anything like that, but it's just fun to do these things and see where they take you, you know," he told VH1 Radio Networks' Dave Basner.

So if that music sounds really good, would Paul and the FLEETWOOD MAC guys form a supergroup and release an album? "Um…I don't know," he said. "The thing… what we did was just play a lot of blues, a lot of… I'm a big fan of Peter Green's FLEETWOOD MAC. I used to stand there in awe at places like The Marquee and blues clubs around England and listen to them singing so they're kind of my heroes and… who knows. We'll see."

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134922

vivfox

02-11-2010, 11:55 AM

vivfox

02-11-2010, 11:59 AM

Based out of Los Angeles, Best Coast is Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno. Blending vintage sounds of the 50's & 60's and girl group tones, creating the setting for a sunny, lazy day at the beach type vibe, Best Coast's music is highly mellow and laid back. Here, Bethany describes some of the things that make up Best Coast.

7. Who would be your dream tour and/or collaborator?

Best coast on tour with Fleetwood mac and Stevie nicks would sing all of the backup vocals and play tambourine.

http://underthestarrynitez.blogspot.com/2010/02/best-coast.html

vivfox

02-11-2010, 12:00 PM

Sis and her music: Billy Squire, Boston, Blondie, Led Zeppelin, Dire Straights, Moody Blues, none of these artists, NONE, held a candle to her true love, Fleetwood Mac AND especially, STEVIE NICKS!!! MY SISTER LOVED STEVIE NICKS, LOVE LOVE LOVE! I am guessing she probably loved Lindsay Buckingham, too...hell, he was hot in his day, right? So, Sis has an idol, Stevie Nicks, but I don't have one??? What's a little sister to do? I couldn't possibly choose the same idol that she had, I mean, that would have made me a copy-cat. I might want all things BIG SIS, but I am no carbon copy to anyone!

http://dontevercallmeasoccermom.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-am-running-right-toward-runaways.html

michelej1

02-11-2010, 01:08 PM

"I recently jammed with a couple of heroes of mine — Mick Fleetwood and John McVie — when we were down in Maui, and that's not to say, 'Hey, let's get a band together,' or anything like that, but it's just fun to do these things and see where they take you, you know," he told VH1 Radio Networks' Dave Basner.

Mick AND John, eh? That's interesting.

Michele

vivfox

02-12-2010, 10:55 AM

Series: New band of the day
Lissie: A guitar-toting Americana lovechild who belongs to the 1970s, and whose new single is more freeway rock than floaty folk

Paul Lester guardian.co.uk, Friday 12 February 2010

Driving down the highway spotting Stevie Nicks in a limo... Lissie

Hometown: Ojai, California.

The lineup: Lissie Maurus (vocals, guitar).

The background: It's a whole week on and we're still only just getting over the gig, one of the greatest we've ever seen – an hour-plus of beautiful, baffling, brilliant sonics and visuals that ran the gamut of emotions from laughter to tears, shock to awe. So much for Todd Rundgren's inspirational recreation of his comic/cosmic stream-of-consciousness 1973 masterwork A Wizard, A True Star last Saturday night at the Hammersmith Apollo.

The Lissie show that we caught at the Jazz Cafe in Camden the night before didn't quite reach those dizzy heights, but it was enjoyable enough. Rock Island, Illinois girl Lissie – not to be confused with that other new, highly touted American singer-songwriter Lissy Trullie – has the freckly face, flaxen hair and goofy-yet-wan demeanour of one of those acoustic guitar-toting Laurel Canyon lovechildren of the late 60s and early 70s. You won't be surprised to learn that Lissie – whose dad delivered her at birth and who got kicked out of high school, although these two facts aren't necessarily connected – currently lives by herself, with her dog, in a farmhouse in Ojai, California, where her neighbours are Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Peppered with celebs but also prime troubadour real estate. Actually, Johnny Cash (RIP) used to live there.

The latter's ghostly presence seems to have rubbed off on her, if indeed ectoplasm is tactile: there's a twang in her voice, an occasional croak, that suggests she may be more than a little familiar with the folk, blues and country oeuvres. Little Lovin', from last year's Why You Runnin' EP, produced by Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses, is sufficiently yee-haw, boot-tappy and hand-clappy that you could imagine Lissie playing Annie Oakley if her music career goes south. Oh Mississippi is so steeped in trad US folk you can smell the wild mountain thyme (she even references Appalachian farmers and Georgia pine in Little Lovin'). Wedding Bells – not the similarly-titled Laura Nyro song – is a darker and more haunting example of soulful Americana, her voice echoing as though in a desolate church after the groom and party have bolted. Everywhere I Go is a showcase for her really quite powerful, crystal-clear voice while Here Before is her most complex and affecting melody.

In Sleep, her forthcoming major-label debut single, is something completely different. Her most commercial venture to date and the first taste of her summer 2010 album (recorded in Nashville late last year with Jacquire King, who did Kings of Leon), it's a superbly smooth addition to the LA freeway rock canon, so much so that, were you to hear it blast out of the radio, you'd swear it was 1977 and you were hitching down the Ventura highway and, oh look! There's Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham gliding past in their limo! And they're splashing us with mud, even though, as we know from that song written by the bloke from the Strokes' dad, it never rains in southern California! Thanks, Stevie. Cheers, Lindsey. Nice one, Lissie. At least now she won't have to suffer the ignominy of touring with Lenny Kravitz, as she did in 2008, and we can look forward to a whole album of sun-baked, coked-out MOR. Not that she takes drugs or even condones the reference to same in daily new-artist online music columns.

The buzz: "She has the voice, the songs and the image – barefoot prairie girl transported to an LA canyon in 1972 – to be huge in 2010."

The truth: Fancy a more ragged Rumours? Join the queue.

Most likely to: Do a Tusk for the follow-up.

Least likely to: Be plagued by rumours about white powders being ingested through unexpected orifices.

What to buy: The single In Sleep is released by Columbia on 5 April.

File next to: Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Neko Case, Lissy Truille.

Links: www.myspace.com/lissiemusic.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/12/new-band-lissie

vivfox

02-12-2010, 01:45 PM

The Running Man
By Neil Pedley
Other frankly bizarre casting choices include Mick Fleetwood, drummer of seventies blues rockers Fleetwood Mac, as leader of a ragtag revolutionary band, aided by poodled haired teen Dweezil Zappa, who help Arnie to smash the state long ...
All - http://www.justpressplay.net/

vivfox

02-12-2010, 01:46 PM

so much to tell you: we love cat party and cat party loves...
By zoe
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac Tusk is one of those records that grows on you, especially if you've listened to it ten thousand times like we have. And the outfit that Christine McVie is wearing in the weird neo-surrealist photo on the interior ...
so much to tell you - http://www.somuchtotellyou.co.nz/

vivfox

02-14-2010, 01:07 PM

'A SHRINE TO THE WASTED HOURS'
Music, Memorabilia, Myth and Ticket Stubs

Saturday, February 13, 2010
FANFARLO @ THE BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB, LEEDS 11 February 2010

If Fanfarlo never stop touring, it doesn’t appear to be wearing them down. They may not be the smiliest of bands when performing but their live versions of songs old and new is passionate, precise and a joy to behold. The constant touring does however show in their well-drilled performance: singer/guitarist Simon reaches his hand out during ‘Luna’ and violinist/mandolin-player Cathy is already putting the clarinet in his grasp. It was like watching Olympic relay runners passing the baton perfectly.

For a five-piece they recreate the different rhythms, the subtle orchestrations and passion of “Resevoir” beautifully. Three-fifths of the band may quite slight in build but there isn’t anything diminutive about their presence or their performance. As much as I enjoyed the supports, I could have watched them all night. My only disappointment was when final song - I was expecting 'Drowning Men' - was announced as a Fleetwood Mac cover. As well as several older songs (not sure 'Tuesday (You Come When We Call)' was actually played although on the set list below) the two new ones 'Atlas' and 'Waiting in the Wings' sounded very promising.

The Set List:

The Walls Are Coming Down
Fire Escape
Atlas
Waiting in the Wings
We Live By The Lake
I‘m A Pilot
Tuesday (You Come When We Call) [on set list but not sure if played?]
Finishing Line
Luna
Comets
Harold T Wilkins
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You Are One Of The Few Outsiders Who Really Understands Us
What Makes You Think You’re The One? (Fleetwood Mac cover)

http://follyfollyfolly.blogspot.com/2010/02/fanfarlo-brudenell-social-club-leeds-11.html

vivfox

02-14-2010, 03:55 PM

michelej1

02-15-2010, 02:22 PM

http://www.ferret.com.au/c/Jands/VARI-LITE-lighting-from-Jands-used-at-Fleetwood-Mac-concert-n880628

VARI-LITE lighting from Jands used at Fleetwood Mac concert

Jands ' Vari-Lites have been chosen to be used at recent Fleetwood Mac concerts. Lighting designer Paul ‘Arlo’ Guthrie chose to use:

Arig of 6 VL3500 Spotlights

6 VL3000 Spots

2 VL3000 Truss Spotlights

8 VL1000 TS

14 VL3500 Washes and

7 VL500 80V
Guthrie prefers VARI-LITEs because he likes their colours, the beam quality, their accuracy and the dimming. He finds it smooth which he feels lends an organic feel to a show. Because of the trim heights and throw distances Guthrie needed a super bright beam like the VL3500 Wash. All of the VL1000 tungsten units are at the side on ladders to try and replicate an old school kind of feel with a tungsten colour temperature. The band really wanted something that was very simple yet classic and without any haze or atmosphere there was more focus on the quality of the light.

vivfox

02-15-2010, 04:08 PM

I hate Valentine’s Day as much as the next feminist – actually, as much as the next media-savvy human being – and for all your usual reasons: corporate scam, greeting card holiday etc. blah blah. But this V-Day I had a special reason.

In the last few weeks in the UK there have been adverts on the TV trying to sell me Fleetwood Mac’s The Very Best Of as “the perfect Valentine’s Day gift”. This comes equipped with an irony so intense that it’s almost the greatest advertising joke ever. Anyone with Wikipedia (which is anyone with the internet, which is everyone) can find out that Fleetwood Mac have had more relationship break-ups, make-ups, divorces, tantrums, bitterness and resentment towards each other than probably any other group of people IN THE WORLD. (How romantic.) They’ve also written some of the bestest songs and most famous riffs in the world, which is why the connotation seems to have been rendered irrelevant by the bigwigs.

The worst part about it is that I have this CD, it is a very good CD, and the sum of their efforts – their greatest body of work – has been promoted and shopped as nothing more than a Valentine’s present. It irks me to think that clueless and unimaginative men have bought this CD for no other reason than that the advertisers assured them it would be a well received gift. Well not in my book. I’m a Mac fan and any other day of the year I’d love someone to give this to me but like I said, there is zero romance in being given this on Valentine’s Day. In terms of love songs there are maybe… 3? (I’d like to point out to any shallow and idealistic sensitive types that what sound like love songs aren’t. They are actually laments of lost love.)

This seems to sum up the lack of respect for music in general. CD’s are flogged rather than advertised: “This will make your mum happy. This is perfect for Christmas. Can’t think of what to buy your son? He’ll love this! Dad’s favourite CD…” Sigh. I could be taking all this too seriously but then again, I could be on to something. Music is for life, not just for Valentine’s Day.

Vicky

http://vickyanddre.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/valentines-day-bullsht/

vivfox

02-15-2010, 04:11 PM

Sunday, February 14, 2010
Honey Hi

Magic seems to come up frequently on this blog of feminist goings on. I think I’ll have to add a new tag. And this inevitably leads to (slightly embarrassing) thoughts of Stevie Nicks.

I love Fleetwood Mac. Who doesn't? Some of their albums, like Tusk are generally accepted as unparalleled, brilliant pop songwriting. But I realize that I what I hear in albums by Mariah Carey (decidedly less generally accepted) and other R&B pop divas is very similar to what I appreciate about Fleetwood Mac at their best.

Before Aaliyah and Timbaland, before Mariah Carey and all her brilliant producers on The Emancipation of Mimi, before Beyonce and her shrewd genius to hire whomever she needs to get the sounds she wants, there was the amazing combination of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It takes some complex structure building to harness all that wild vocal energy well. [Which may or may not relate to the Dargis quote in the previous post about certain dazzling actresses overpowering, or sharing authorship of, some male-made movies that they're in.]

Buckingham’s solo albums are unbeatable; they’re unbelievably good productions. But, like Timbaland’s solo stuff, not quite as listenable as you'd like them to be be. And Stevie Nicks on her own is hard to take. But combine the two, especially with a little time and upheaval and some Marin County views, and you have the best kind of album magic. As Nicks wails so hazily, “Thunder only happens when it’s raining.” Totally, whatever that means. Then add Christine McVie and it gets unreal. (Sorry, music's not my usual beat.)

Also on this same list?
Ronnie Ronette and Phil Spector.
Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux.

But it’s Fleetwood Mac especially—with shimmering, deep, complex, insane, sometimes tense layers of pop—that remind me most of what, I think, is the best music being made in the last ten or fifteen years: r&b pop.

http://thenibbler.blogspot.com/2010/02/honey-hi.html

vivfox

02-16-2010, 09:52 AM

Brit Pope: Oasis named in Vatican's top ten albums
By Nick Pisa
Last updated at 4:56 PM on 14th February 2010

It's the ultimate accolade for the bad boys of Brit pop - Oasis album 'What's The Story Morning Glory ?' has been named in a Vatican Top Ten of essential listening.
The Ten Commandments of Music were listed in the Vatican's official newspaper L'0sservatore Romano and also included Pink Floyd, the Beatles Fleetwood Mac.

Fellow Brit band Pink Floyd with their album 'Dark Side of the Moon' was also listed and described as 'extraordinarily enjoyable' where the 'ability of the musicians combined with the mastery of production.'

The other albums were Micheal Jackson's 'Thriller,'' the Beatles ''Revolver, Paul Simon 'Graceland', 'Supernatural' by Carlos Santana, David Crosby's 'If I Could Only Remember My Name', 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac, Donald Fagen's 'Nightfly' and U2's ''Achtung Baby.''

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1250950/Brit-Pope-Vatican-puts-Oasis-albums-time.html

tokyo Nambu
15 February 2010, 8:07 pm

I have a secret guilty pleasure Fleetwood Mac thing going. But, making it rather cooler, mostly centring around a thirty year obsession with the album Tusk, which was always way cool and now is being seen for the masterpiece it is. It came out at about the same time as London Calling: together they make for the perfect album, and have a lot more in common than you might think (Jimmy Jazz and Hateful and Not That Funny and That’s All For Everyone would make quite an EP).

I’m not sure what to make of the Pope’s enthusiasm, though. A bunch of people who may possibly not have stuck to their marriage vows and might on the odd occasion have taken some cocaine, singing songs mostly about not sticking to their marriage vows and taking cocaine. Very Catholic.

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/02/15/vox-pope-uli/

michelej1

02-17-2010, 12:59 AM

A little additional talk re: the Paul Rogers piece, B 102.7
http://www.b1027.com/music/rock-report/8074-paul-rogers-jams-with-fleetwood-mac-members.html

Paul Rodgers shed some light on his run-in last year with Joe Perry in which Perry threw out an offer for Rodgers to replace Steven Tyler in Aerosmith. Rodgers, who politely refused the offer, does have plans to do some studio work with Perry later this year.

We asked Rodgers if under any circumstances he would ever reconsider the offer to front Aerosmith: "I think not, y'know, really. I've never really joined a band other than joining forces with Queen during which we were playing my songs and their songs. And I did speak to Joe at the awards ceremony in London. Y'know, he discussed some of the problems and we talked about music. I mean, the upshot is that he's gonna be bringing his solo band in support of the Bad Company tour in the UK. I have enormous respect for all those guys and I really hope that they iron out their problems and Aerosmith sticks together because they're such a great band."

Although a team-up with Aerosmith is off the table -- Rodgers recently connected musically with some old friends from London's legendary late-'60s blues scene: "I was just down in Maui and I had a jam session with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. We just did whatever came to mind -- a lot of blues, actually. I remember watching Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac at the Marquee and clubs all over London way back in the old days when I was very much fledgling and was really absorbed (in) what they were doing. And we did exactly that thing. We just played and jammed. So, y'know, maybe it is on the cards to do something very stripped down and basic."

JUST OUR OPINION

Paul Rodgers teaming up with Fleetwood and McVie is a great idea. Joining the trio was guitarist Rick Vito who played lead guitar for Fleetwood Mac after Lindsey Buckingham left in 1988.

Vito -- a blues virtuoso -- and Fleetwood currently perform in the Mick Fleetwood Band, which heavily dips into the early blues-based Peter Green material. Adding Rodgers to the mix can only lead to good things.

vivfox

02-17-2010, 09:30 PM

This song was written by one member of a broken relationship (Lindsey Buckingham) and co-sung by the other (Stevie Nicks), which makes this easily one of the most surreal songs ever. That Lindsey is the dude and Stevie is the girl makes it more surreal.

http://www.inkkc.com/node/18014

vivfox

02-18-2010, 07:32 AM

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123805954&ps=cprs

Unification Church Woos A Second Generation
NPR
They leap to their feet and wave their arms as a rock band plays a mix of Fleetwood Mac and worship music with a thumping beat. ...

vivfox

02-19-2010, 08:59 AM

Dancefloor Mayhem: Big Love - DeLooze covers Fleetwood Mac
By Dancefloor Mayhem
DeLooze is a two person group from the UK that makes brilliant Electro-Pop. They have recently been signed to Gash Digital who gave us this song to share with you - DeLooze remaking "Big Love" by Fleetwood Mac. ...
Dancefloor Mayhem - http://www.dancefloormayhem.com/

vivfox

02-19-2010, 09:05 AM

Over the course of his four-decade career, Ralph Lauren has made many looks his own—equestrian, country club, ski-lodge chic. Bohemian gypsy is a little more unexpected, but there were definite strains of that in today’s show, and not only because Stevie Nicks was singing Fleetwood Mac’s “Sisters of the Moon” on the soundtrack.

http://www.askjoeygarr.com/?p=20461

vivfox

02-19-2010, 09:07 AM

vivfox

02-19-2010, 04:43 PM

10) Warren Zevon: 'Werewolves of London'

Co-written by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel (who has worked with Keith Richards, James Taylor and Stevie Nicks) and Warren Zevon, the 1978 single features Fleetwood Mac's bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood. The notable playful piano melody fits well with chorus refrain ("Ah-ooo!") and the bizarre lyrics: "I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's / His hair was perfect." Grateful Dead, Jimmy Buffett and even Adam Sandler have all covered the tune, which was Warren Zevon's only successful single.

http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/02/19/best-piano-songs/

vivfox

02-19-2010, 04:45 PM

Over at Ralph Lauren, there were floating gypsy skirts and tea dresses in muted floral prints, high-necked cashmere knits and cropped velvet jackets in rich jewel tones. With those wardrobe hallmarks of singer Stevie Nicks, it was no surprise the soundtrack featured Fleetwood Mac.

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2010/02/19/2010-02-19_fashion_week_2010_final_day_stars_isaac_mizrahi_calvin_klein_and_ralph_lauren.html

RALPH LAUREN

You know the look: It's pretty, it's elegant, it's all-American. The label has got to be Ralph Lauren.

The fall collection captured in 50 outfits a hit parade of Lauren's signature styles. The fashion A-listers who make their way to a remote downtown studio every season saw menswear-inspired suit pieces; delicate, simple gowns; beautiful knits; and nods to the country-club life so familiar to wearers of Lauren's collections.

Like many other designers this season Lauren stayed close to the core message of the brand instead of experimenting with something that may or may not resonate with customers as the economy shows signs of shaky recovery.

But while the feel of this runway was familiar, there was nothing boring about an olive-colored Chesterfield coat over an ultra-feminine, floral-print georgette gown, or the chic black turtleneck worn under a delicate flutter-sleeve dress – also in a floral. A black, beaded crochet-style capelet paired with a blousoned brown velvet blouse had a vintage feel.

A handful of looks, though, took the whole Fleetwood Mac theme – and all those handkerchief hems – just a little too far, especially with a Nicks soundtrack in the background.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/19/end-of-an-era-fashion-wee_n_468662.html

tilthefirefades

02-21-2010, 01:30 PM

Shwayze(an amazing hip hop duo) tweeted several hours ago:

"Just met Mick Fleetwood w @iamjasonsmith in the Melbourne airport! So sick legendary drummer of Fleetwood mac."

Why is Mick in Melbourne?

michelej1

02-21-2010, 03:07 PM

Shwayze(an amazing hip hop duo) tweeted several hours ago:

"Just met Mick Fleetwood w @iamjasonsmith in the Melbourne airport! So sick legendary drummer of Fleetwood mac."

Why is Mick in Melbourne?

Probably for his Blues Band performances. Michele

vivfox

02-22-2010, 07:53 PM

Soundtrack to my Day: Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac
By Howard
Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac. From the 1975 self-titled album, which was actually the bands tenth studio effort, Monday Morning is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham about the tumultuous relationship between Stevie Nicks and himself ...
Soundtrack to my Day - http://soundtracktomyday.blogspot.com/

vivfox

02-22-2010, 07:55 PM

Pitchfork: Best Coast Talks Debut Album
We chatted with Cosentino recently about what we can expect from her full-length, the difference between Fleetwood Mac and the Ramones, and why the ocean is pretty ****ed up if you think about it: Pitchfork: Did you re-record any of ...
Pitchfork: Latest News - http://www.pitchfork.com/news/

Pitchfork: I think it's cool when bands do songs that switch things up, like when the Yeah Yeah Yeahs did "Maps" on Fever to Tell. That came out of nowhere.
BC: People love that **** [laughs]. My favorite record of all time is Fleetwood Mac's Tusk. It's made up of a bunch of songs that don't really sound the same, but they all go really well together. Then again, when you listen to a Ramones record, you're like, "They knew what they were doing and they wrote a bunch of songs that were basically the same."

vivfox

02-23-2010, 10:26 PM

The Tangled Relationships Of Fleetwood Mac
The Truth 6:08 pm on February 23, 2010 | 0 Permalink | Reply
Tags: Fleetwood (3), Relationships (3), Tangled

Mixing relationships and business together can either be a disaster or lead to success. With Fleetwood Mac, although the breakups of band members John and Christine McVie as well as Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks created chaos, it lead to the creation of the hit album Rumours with hit singles “Go Your Own Way”, “Dreams”, “Don’t’ Stop” and “You Make Loving Fun.” Rumours sold over 19 million copies in the U.S. alone and 40 million copies worldwide.

Fleetwood Mac saw many changes before this success. The band was formed in 1967 in London by Peter Green. He was joined by Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. At the time the band was called Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, which played blues rock. In the 1970s the band topped charts with Green’s “Black Magic Woman”, which Santana later picked up and made popular. But the band, with Green, never realized worldwide notoriety. Green then began struggling with his abuse of LSD and suffered from schizophrenia and later he quit the band in 1970.

Just after Green left, Christine Perfect McVie joined the group, not long after marrying Fleetwood Mac band member John McVie. Christine was perfect for the band as she had been a long time fan of Fleetwood Mac and knew all of Green’s lyrics, allowing her to pick up where he left off. With a music background, once performing with the group Chicken Shack, fitting in with the group was an easy fit.

With the group’s reformation, they decided to move to the United States and try their hand with American audiences. In 1972 they released the album Bare Trees. Meanwhile the band struggled with band members coming and going, it wasn’t until a scouting tour in Van Nuys, California that Mic Fleetwood discovered the band Buckingham Nicks, made up of Lindsey Buckingham and Stephanie “Stevie” Nicks.” Fleetwood asked Buckingham to join, Buckingham agreed if his musical partner and girlfriend could also be a part of the band. And the rest is history.

In 1975 the new mix of band members released the album “Fleetwood Mac”. Hit songs included “Over My Head”, “Say You Love Me”, “Rhiannon” and “Landslide.” The album sold over 5 million copies.

The following year, relationships began to crumble. Fleetwood was in the middle of a divorce from his wife Jenny, John and Christine’s marriage came to an end and Buckingham and Nick’s romance fell apart. Other songs that came from the Rumours album that achieved great success was “Second Hand News”, “Gold Dust Woman” and “The Chain.”

After the group’s success, the band went back to the drawing board searching for a new sound. The result was the 20 track double album Tusk released in 1979. The song “Tusk” reached #8 on U.S. charts and featured the USC Trojan Marching Band. “Think About Me”, and “Sara” were also successful.

In 1982 the band released the album Mirage. It included hits “Gypsy” and “Oh Diane.” Mirage received a double platinum status in the United States. Touring the United States, Stevie Nicks’ popularity grew and grew. With her popularity came pressure and it wasn’t long before she was admitted to the Betty Ford Clinic for addiction problems. John McView was also suffering from addiction-related problems. While there were rumors the band was breaking up, the later released Tango In The Night along with their Greatest Hits album in 1988. Tango in the Night included hits “Big Love”, “Little Lies”, and “Everywhere”.

The band came back to the forefront of the music scene when asked by U.S. President Bill Clinton to perform at his first Inaugural Ball in 1993 performing his campaign theme song “Don’t Stop.”

The band, minus Christine McVie toured in 1984, opening for Crosby, Stills and Nash. In 1998, Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performed at the Grammy Awards program that year. They were also the recipients of the “Outstanding Contribution to Music” award at the BRIT Awards (British Phonographic Industry Awards) the same year.

Despite the tangled relationships the group had throughout the years, success continued to follow them and the band is still highly recognized.

http://whatiswrongwiththeworldtoday.com/the-tangled-relationships-of-fleetwood-mac

vivfox

02-24-2010, 10:06 AM

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: FANFARLO ~ the WILD honey pie
By Drone
We do have a 7" record being released in April which will feature a reworked older song on the a-side and a cover of a song by our current obsession, Fleetwood Mac, on the b-side. the WILD honey pie: Thanks so much for answering my ...
the WILD honey pie - http://thewildhoneypie.blogspot.com/

holidayroad

02-24-2010, 12:09 PM

In 1982 the band released the album Mirage. It included hits “Gypsy” and “Oh Diane.” Mirage received a double platinum status in the United States. Touring the United States, Stevie Nicks’ popularity grew and grew. With her popularity came pressure and it wasn’t long before she was admitted to the Betty Ford Clinic for addiction problems. John McView was also suffering from addiction-related problems. While there were rumors the band was breaking up, the later released Tango In The Night along with their Greatest Hits album in 1988. Tango in the Night included hits “Big Love”, “Little Lies”, and “Everywhere”.

The band came back to the forefront of the music scene when asked by U.S. President Bill Clinton to perform at his first Inaugural Ball in 1993 performing his campaign theme song “Don’t Stop.”

The band, minus Christine McVie toured in 1984, opening for Crosby, Stills and Nash. In 1998, Fleetwood Mac (Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performed at the Grammy Awards program that year. They were also the recipients of the “Outstanding Contribution to Music” award at the BRIT Awards (British Phonographic Industry Awards) the same year.

Despite the tangled relationships the group had throughout the years, success continued to follow them and the band is still highly recognized.

http://whatiswrongwiththeworldtoday.com/the-tangled-relationships-of-fleetwood-mac

I assume they meant they toured with CSN in 1994. I also love how in the paragraph about Mirage they call John 'John McView' :laugh:

michelej1

02-26-2010, 10:07 PM

This Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist was responding to reader comments about Eric Clapton.

http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/popnoise/archive/2010/02/26/greg-and-i-talk-about-the-clapton-show.aspx

To: Greg

My take on Clapton is that he was hugely awesome and influential with Cream and Derek & the Dominos. After that, not so much. And as a live concert soloist, not really that exciting. (see my list of Top 10 Rock Guitarists.)

As for a so-called "classic rock" show, this was far below average.

Pay to see Fleetwood Mac (Buckingham is a more thrilling live player) or the Eagles (Walsh is a blast to watch) or CSNY (Neil!) and they give you 2.5 to 3 solid hours. They play everything you want to hear. They give a show with full production (backdrops, films, etc). They talk and have a warm rapport with the crowd. They make YOU feel good for coming there.

vivfox

02-27-2010, 03:23 AM

A few funny moments from the last week:

Two kids were on the bus behind me, discussing their favorite hard rock music (Metallica, Pantera, etc.) I asked them if they had heard of the hard rock band Fleetwood Mac. They both looked at each other and said no. I told them it was the most thrash, hardcore band I had ever heard, so much so they make me ears bleed. They bought it, hook, line, and sinker. They asked for some of their best songs. I told them "Landslide. Think about it. What happens in a landslide? Destruction." They both wrote the song and band down. Nice.

http://ryanbarton.blogspot.com/

vivfox

03-01-2010, 12:12 AM

Derulo and Gaga kill the favourites | The Daily Dust | UK News ...
By Ewan
Lady Gaga's The Fame returning to the top spot and extending the run of Top 40 occupation to 59 weeks – although with Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits making an interesting re-appearance Mick Fleetwood and co can now count 198 weeks in the ...
The Daily Dust | UK News | Good News - http://www.thedailydust.co.uk/

vivfox

03-03-2010, 12:56 AM

Chris Babbitt of Taking Dawn
March 2, 2010 by TWRY Staff

Drawing influences from the Rock Gods of the 80s and early 90s ,Taking Dawn has created their own collection of infectious, in your face, rebellious rockers with their debut album “Time To Burn” on Roadrunner Records. From the fist-pumping title track to their assaulting cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” Taking Dawn mixes shredding guitars (played by frontman Chris Babbitt and childhood compadre Mikey Cross) with heavy melodic choruses beckoning back to the days of old. Rounding out the band is Andrew Cushing on bass and Alan Doucette on drums.

There’s an interesting cover on the album, not one people might expect that edged out a possible cover of W.A.S.P.’s **** Like a Beast…what lead you down the path of Fleetwood Mac?

We’re still going to do **** Like a Beast, it just wasn’t the right timing. We wanted to do the W.A.S.P song because it had to be shelved in the 80s and I think it’s the best song on that album which I think is W.A.S.P’s best album. I think that W.A.S.P stands for a lot of in the 80s what music was misconstrued to be because it’s such a hard awesome catchy record that someone might disregard as glam because they don’t know any better but it’s nothing like that. At the same time it had balls that was enough to scare people of power so to speak so I thought it would be cool for our first release to feature that. We brought it up to our producer and he wasn’t too big on it which was weird because he loves all that kind of music. I wanted him to be into it and so we looked for different options and we considered Mirror, Mirror by Def Leppard (back when they were more Maiden sounding) which is kind of our sound – early Def leppard/ Skid Row/Motley Crue meets Guns n Roses/Metallica/Megadeth so it felt like that was the common ground. The record itself had so many elements of the big harmonies and the catchy, succinct songs that were still edgy and kind of metal but rock so we thought it would fit and complement the record but we thought, what’s the point of covering something that you sound like, unless you’re going to own it. So Mike suggested The Chain by Fleetwood Mac and we thought it would be fun because it was different and brought new elements to the table while still bringing the balls to it. We get to do to that song what Metallica did for Seger which was really cool. There’s no point covering a song unless you make it your own or make it better than the original.

http://theywillrockyou.com/2010/03/chris-babbitt-dawn/

vivfox

03-03-2010, 12:59 AM

No One Will Ever Love You
The Magnetic Fields

Label: Merge
Released: 1999

Far from being a concept album full of love songs, Stephin Merritt’s 3rd album 69 Love Songs is a collection of songs written about love songs themselves, and has very little to do with love. The multi-instrumentalist song writer pays homage to his influences throughout the collection, perhaps most clearly when he condenses all seventy four minutes and thirty five seconds of Fleetwood Mac’s album Tusk into three minutes and fourteen seconds on “No One Will Ever Love You”. Vocalist Shirley Simms is a fill-in Stevie Nicks on the track, conjuring the essence of Merritt’s muse so strongly that he often introduced her on stage as Shirley Nicks. The lyrics express frustration at a relationship that has grown too mundane for the narrator, asking “Where is the madness that you promised me?”. The sum of the song is bleak, moving, and beautiful in a way that is sincere without being slight.

http://www.damnfineday.com/?p=9481

vivfox

03-03-2010, 01:00 AM

Rock Band 2
By admin
And the set list has too much oldies crap like Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Steve Miller Band, etc… However, it does have some awesome bands like Disturbed, System Of A Down, Linkin Park and Paramore. I can't believe they have some old ...
E-BuyAll.US - http://www.e-buyall.us/

vivfox

03-03-2010, 01:01 AM

Listen: Chaperone « Consequence of Sound
By Joe Stahl
With inspirations that come from Fleetwood Mac to Broken Social Scene, how can you not be intrigued? They may not be polished enough for radio play, but there is something to admire here. The one self-released EP that Chaperone has ...
Consequence of Sound - http://consequenceofsound.net/

vivfox

03-03-2010, 12:03 PM