Why Midnight Special 1976

[GoldDustWoman22]

Ok so I just saw this performance today and I have to say I was completely blown away!!! I had never heard this song before and Christine just sounded incredible on the entire thing:nod:! Her emotion and the way she hit every note spot on was just amazing! Of course when Lindsey then segued into his guitar solo it was incredible...he needs to do an acoustic guitar album:nod:. And then when the Lindsey and Stevie came in to sing harmony at the end...wow!! The three of their voices stood out more on that performance than any other live one I've ever seen!! Just the way they blended together was phenomenal:angel:. Their vocal was just the main focus at the end and it was about as perfect as three part harmonies can sound. Also not to bring up the (sometimes too) much talked about "soap opera" of the band ;) but this song must have been somewhat emotional for all of them to sing/play considering this was performed in 1976 when all the drama was basically hitting the fan...I can only imagine the sentiment going on during the performance...very moving. If you haven't seen it yet here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4oec-I2Vl0

[desertangel]

Yeppers, dats the chit! On the launch pad ...destination-strasosphere. The very precipice of super stardom. It's so intoxicating. Thank you for sharing - I LUV it! :D

[jcalzaretta]

My two favorite Christine songs together. Brilliant.

[Morgana]

I absolutely LOVED Midnight Special back in the day! Thanks for sharing that link, it is very moving! My absolute favorite FM Midnight Special performance is Rhiannon!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3w5fttedA&feature=feedf

Whenever I need a, "Rhiannon' fix this is the one I go to! I love that youtube has so many of the old vids from back in the day! It's like history is preserved! This performance was, "Outta sight....outta mind!"

[MacShadowsBall]

"Why" is one of my favorite Christine-Mac songs. I especially love this performance with the triple-split screen.

And of course, Stevie's shaggy hairstyle.

[vivfox]

Whenever I need a, "Rhiannon' fix this is the one I go to! It's like history is preserved! This performance was, "Outta sight....outta mind!"

Outta sight....outta mind!" The true meaning of this phrase means to be "forgotten."
I know what you really were trying to say was just "outta sight, man!"

[Morgana]

Outta sight....outta mind!" The true meaning of this phrase means to be "forgotten."
I know what you really were trying to say was just "outta sight, man!"

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!! :o Viv....thanks for catching that! What was I thinking? :shrug:*shakes head* I was trying to put 2 sayings together from that time and had a, "brain burp!" Not just a little one, but a big one! :eek:

[PenguinHead]

I absolutely LOVED Midnight Special back in the day! Thanks for sharing that link, it is very moving! My absolute favorite FM Midnight Special performance is Rhiannon!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3w5fttedA&feature=feedf

Whenever I need a, "Rhiannon' fix this is the one I go to! I love that youtube has so many of the old vids from back in the day! It's like history is preserved! This performance was, "Outta sight....outta mind!"

The Midnight Special was really the only show that featured really cool bands and artists. Back then there was no internet (to state the obvious), no cable, and the limited amount of talk shows and other shows that would otherwise feature music acts -- and those stayed in the mainstream, and stayed away from aby act that couldn't be deemed as squeeky clean for the masses.

I remember early in my Fleetwood Mac fandom, while I was still discovering the eras of the band before Stevie and Lindsey, I saw the in-studio live sessions with the 1974 with Heroes Are Hard to Find band, with Bob Welch, as well as a couple of support players, which included another keyboard player. I was sort of confused but fascinated!

[mylittledemon]

I have always loved that version of WHY... Lindsey's guitar is great... the harmonies at the end. Beautimus!

[GoldDustWoman22]

I absolutely LOVED Midnight Special back in the day! Thanks for sharing that link, it is very moving! My absolute favorite FM Midnight Special performance is Rhiannon!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3w5fttedA&feature=feedf

Whenever I need a, "Rhiannon' fix this is the one I go to! I love that youtube has so many of the old vids from back in the day! It's like history is preserved! This performance was, "Outta sight....outta mind!"

I totally agree that "Rhiannon" is amazing. She becomes Rhiannon for the song and just completely kills it!! Stevie totally looks like she is completely possessed by the end of the song! I'm also totally in love with Christine's little piano riff that she does in the instrumental part...it just suits the mood so well! Seeing them all together "just jamming" just makes it seem so organic (Lindsey would be proud of me for that one :rolleyes:) and totally rock n' roll. Not that they ever weren't but in the early years they just looked like they were SO happy to be doing what they were doing.

[LilyRose]

Ok so I just saw this performance today and I have to say I was completely blown away!!! I had never heard this song before and Christine just sounded incredible on the entire thing:nod:! Her emotion and the way she hit every note spot on was just amazing! Of course when Lindsey then segued into his guitar solo it was incredible...he needs to do an acoustic guitar album:nod:. And then when the Lindsey and Stevie came in to sing harmony at the end...wow!! The three of their voices stood out more on that performance than any other live one I've ever seen!! Just the way they blended together was phenomenal:angel:. Their vocal was just the main focus at the end and it was about as perfect as three part harmonies can sound. Also not to bring up the (sometimes too) much talked about "soap opera" of the band ;) but this song must have been somewhat emotional for all of them to sing/play considering this was performed in 1976 when all the drama was basically hitting the fan...I can only imagine the sentiment going on during the performance...very moving. If you haven't seen it yet here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4oec-I2Vl0

OMG thank you so much for posting. I don't know that I've ever seen this particular performance, if so I'd long forgotten about it. Perfection!

[chiliD]

I remember early in my Fleetwood Mac fandom, while I was still discovering the eras of the band before Stevie and Lindsey, I saw the in-studio live sessions with the 1974 with Heroes Are Hard to Find band, with Bob Welch, as well as a couple of support players, which included another keyboard player. I was sort of confused but fascinated!


If you're referring to the Don Kirshner's Rock Concert TV show appearance, that wasn't "in-studio" that was live in a theatre (granted, a small capacity theatre, probably 2,000 or less capacity), not a studio soundstage as was MIdnight Special. I know, I was in the audience. Plus, the only "support player" during that performance was Doug Graves, who played organ & synthesiser, while Christine focused on acoustic & electric pianos only.

[MacShadowsBall]

If you're referring to the Don Kirshner's Rock Concert TV show appearance, that wasn't "in-studio" that was live in a theatre (granted, a small capacity theatre, probably 2,000 or less capacity), not a studio soundstage as was MIdnight Special. I know, I was in the audience. Plus, the only "support player" during that performance was Doug Graves, who played organ & synthesiser, while Christine focused on acoustic & electric pianos only.

This was after Walker/Weston had left, when it was just the four of them? So I guess a "support player" was needed to help fill in the sound. :shrug:

[PenguinHead]

If you're referring to the Don Kirshner's Rock Concert TV show appearance, that wasn't "in-studio" that was live in a theatre (granted, a small capacity theatre, probably 2,000 or less capacity), not a studio soundstage as was MIdnight Special. I know, I was in the audience. Plus, the only "support player" during that performance was Doug Graves, who played organ & synthesiser, while Christine focused on acoustic & electric pianos only.

Thanks for clarifying that for me (long nets of white cloud my memory, to quote Stevie). Do you remember the date?

Perhaps you have written about this in another thread...but what was the circumstance in which you were in attendance (are you spotted in the film!)?

What was the atmosphere/mood like, regarding the band and response of the audience? Did they do retakes? Was the entire show included in the film?

Wish it would get a DVD release!

[GoldDustWoman22]

OMG thank you so much for posting. I don't know that I've ever seen this particular performance, if so I'd long forgotten about it. Perfection!

I totally agree! I'm pretty sure I've watched this performance over 100 times and I still can't find anything wrong with it...so amazing!!

[David]

Bands seemed cooler in those days. I'm not sure what it was, but they all seemed cooler -- even if you didn't like their music.

[chiliD]

Thanks for clarifying that for me (long nets of white cloud my memory, to quote Stevie). Do you remember the date?

Perhaps you have written about this in another thread...but what was the circumstance in which you were in attendance (are you spotted in the film!)?

What was the atmosphere/mood like, regarding the band and response of the audience? Did they do retakes? Was the entire show included in the film?



I worked in a record store (a local chain called "The Wherehouse" that no longer exists)...during July & August, each store got a certain number of tickets per day for the taping of the show. KLOS-FM (95.5) would announce at 3:30pm who the artists that would be performing that evening. The show would start at 5pm, no one was allowed in or out once the artist was on stage. At 3:25, while at work, we switched to the station (from the in-store turntable) to hear who would be playing. As soon as I heard "Fleetwood Mac", I grabbed a couple of passes off the counter, which was a good thing, since everybody who came into the store after that was asking for tickets and we "sold out" within a few minutes. My shift that night was over at 4pm as was my co-worker's (who I'd just started dating a few weeks earlier; was a coincidence that we just happened to be scheduled the same shift that day), we FLEW from the store to the Long Beach Auditorium (going about 70 -80 the whole way), she had a Triumph Spitfire convertible that put out some serious G-forces when accelerating! :) We'd have never made it had we taken my VW bus! :D Got there, got in line...just as we were the next people to go in, Security was ordered to close the doors. We asked who was going on, when they said "Fleetwood Mac", we begged & pleaded...they relented pretty quickly (Thanks, guys!) & let us in. We found seats in the very last row just as they walked out on stage. They played a full concert set (about 75-90 minutes), but only 4 or 5 songs actually made it to the broadcast. After their set, they did a couple of songs a 2nd time. When watching the broadcast (it was shown about a week or so later) there were crowd shots, but there was no way I could see myself, we were so far back. And, with editing, who even knew if those were even of the same audience at that particular show? Other acts that played were Blue Swede and comedian Gary Muledeer, but we were glad that Fleetwood Mac was first, we left when they finished.

The mood was that of a regular concert...energized!

That was the first time I saw Fleetwood Mac live...I'd see them a few months later at one of the final shows (if not THE final show) of the '74 tour (which, of course, was Bob Welch's last as a member of Fleetwood Mac)

I also attended a couple of other Don Kirshner tapings from that season...
Dr John/Ohio Players/Stylistics/New York Dolls
and
Linda Ronstadt/Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/John Hartford/Steve Martin (JUST before his fame skyrocketed) If there's a video of this show circulating, I might be seen, since we were in the 3rd or 4th row right in the center.

[GoldDustWoman22]

Bands seemed cooler in those days. I'm not sure what it was, but they all seemed cooler -- even if you didn't like their music.

I totally agree! I feel like it's because they didn't try to be cool...they just went out and did their thing which automatically makes them cool. I feel like today's bands try too hard to be something their not. While the bands of the 60s and 70s were just going out there and playing their music and being really "organic";)