Without You - A Collection (that's love, baby)

[nicole21290]

I have a feeling there might be a few less BN related contributions here for yet another few days and, in light of that, decided now would be a good time to start collecting together all the Without You introductions (and performances) from this tour. I'll try and post one city's worth every day. I think I've found most of them but we'll see how we go. Feel free to add more videos or chime in and comment on anything as I go.

I'll embed all the YouTube clips, unless I couldn't find them again (I re-name when I download so relocating clips can be difficult). However, I'll also include a mediafire download for all the introductions just in case you can't be bothered or don't know how to download straight from YouTube and want a permanent copy...

Oh, and I'm also not using the American dating method because it messes with my head. So, dates for gigs will be set out as Day/Month instead of Month/Day. Onwards and upwards!

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04/04/2013 - Columbus

Songs

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Downloads

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/1p4mwb8wbyt6d5z/Without_You_-_Columbus_(6.05).mp4 [06.05 minutes, 13 MB]
2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/figigd6h1fpc7oy/Without_You_-_Columbus_(6.02).mp4 [06.02 minutes, 23 MB]

What Was Said

S: ...on YouTube, because that’s where we found it in 2010

S: In my show I get to talk a lot; in this show, not so much!

S: ...which was really why he asked Lindsey first, and me, because we were a package deal, secondly, to join Fleetwood Mac

S: This is also, probably, the nicest words that I ever wrote about the two of us and I’m very proud of it because it really does tell you what an amazing time we had during that time and what a blast Lindsey and I had growing up together in San Francisco and Los Angeles and it was a beautiful thing

[elle]

S: This is also, probably, the nicest words that I ever wrote about the two of us and I’m very proud of it because it really does tell you what an amazing time we had during that time and what a blast Lindsey and I had growing up together in San Francisco and Los Angeles and it was a beautiful thing

at the end of the show, when Lindsey was introducing Say Goodbye, he quoted this and joked how telling it is that she says the nicest words she ever wrote about him were in early 1970s... or something like that. i'm sure yo can find it on youtube.

[nicole21290]

at the end of the show, when Lindsey was introducing Say Goodbye, he quoted this and joked how telling it is that she says the nicest words she ever wrote about him were in early 1970s... or something like that. i'm sure yo can find it on youtube.

Yep, tres amusing. There, there, Lindsey. :D I liked how he later in the tour began talking about these two songs as 'mates' of one another

http://youtu.be/-FhNiLKX970

[missundercover]

Those two. <3

Lindsey can sing this song as often as he pleases.
In the end... he'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves him.
Ha. :o

[michelej1]

This is lovely Nicole. I wanted to do something similar, but I was lazy. I wish I had done it all along, because going backwards to do it is a daunting task.

Michele

[nicole21290]

06/04/2013 - Philadelphia

Intros/Songs

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Downloads

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/pzn8id78prjr38e/Without_You_-_Philadelphia_(5.21).mp4 [05.21 minutes, 19MB]
2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/tgragdadvkytude/Without_You_-_Philadelphia_(5.29).mp4 [05.29 minutes, 25MB]

What Was Said

S: And then, in 2010, we found it on, yes! YouTube!

S: And of course we know this song like we’ve been singing it for 100 years because I think we probably did sing it for a solid year

S: It’s the nicest thing that I ever wrote about he and I and our relationship. And because everything is really, we’re really good friends now and things are going really beautifully for us, it’s a chance for us to show you something that came from when we were very young and very close and very in love and our relationship was fantastic

[michelej1]

Oh, I never heard her say that part about how they sang Without You for a year. Nice.

I just laugh because Stevie didn't want this song on an FM album anymore than she wanted IDWTK (which they also sang) or Crystal on it. Well, maybe by the time Mirage rolled around she might have considered it. But mostly, she probably was hoping Lindsey wouldn't bring it up.

Michele

[sodascouts]

Great idea for a thread!

[nicole21290]

08/04/2013 - New York

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Downloads

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/8jftwqjvoxsiti4/Without_You_-_New_York_(6.19).mp4 [06.19 minutes, 25 MB]
2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/1191w75dmjksu6s/Without_You_-_New_York_(6.12).mp4 [06.12 minutes, 30 MB]

What Was Said
S: ...was a poem that I must have written when Lindsey and I were first going together and, because it is such a beautiful poem and it’s the most beautiful thing that I have ever written about he and I. He thinks that I wrote it in 1974 [...]. I however, disagree.

S: ...was lost until the summer of 2010 when I was in Hawaii and we, my friends who are on the computer, found it on, you guessed it, YouTube. There was this song. Somebody had put a bunch of pictures to it and it was really pretty and it was our demo that we’d made god knows when, maybe 1973, who knows.

S: We know it so well and we haven’t practiced it that much. We just know it. It’s ingrained upon our, ingrained across our soul. Like it says in the song. Anyway, it was a beautiful time; it was when we were really young and beautiful and in love and it says it all. So we are proud to share it with you tonight.

[nicole21290]

09/04/2013 - Washington DC

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/qf5ak0tjdp9ouos/Without_You_-_Washington_(2.01).mp4 [02.01 minutes, 5MB]

What Was Said

S: So, anyway, this song represents to me, um, who we were when we started out. Because we were young, beautiful and totally crazy and we knew something was coming. We felt it, we knew it was coming and it was big. We didn’t know what it was but you know what it is now. So it represented all our determination and our love for what we did.

[CADreaming]

Nicole,

A big, huge thanks and all that for picking up the slack. Thanks for starting the thread I intended to start a week ago. Buckingham Nicks lives. That's a good thing.

:xoxo::angel:

Dee

[nicole21290]

Nicole,

A big, huge thanks and all that for picking up the slack. Thanks for starting the thread I intended to start a week ago. Buckingham Nicks lives. That's a good thing.

:xoxo::angel:

Dee

You know it was a pleasure and lovely to see you here again. And yes of course it does. As long as they do. They know what's what. :)

xoxo

[nicole21290]

11/04/2013 - Louisville

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[nicole21290]

13/04/2013 - Chicago

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16/04/2013 - Toronto

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[nicole21290]

18/04/2013 - Boston

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20/04/2013 - Uncasville

Intro / Song

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/xumdv1v8l187mc3/Without_You_-_Uncasville_(5.44).mp4 [05.44 minutes, 14 MB]

What Was Said

S: Even though I hate computers, in this one case I am so happy that somebody put it down because otherwise it would've been lost forever. And it really is the story of Lindsey and I in the very beginning when everything was great and we were crazy and in love and nuts and beautiful. It was all, y'know.

S: This song really kind of tells it all, why Mick Fleetwood asked us to join Fleetwood Mac so. It was a very, very, very big deal. So it's called - *looks to Lindsey* I know, I'm rambling - it's called Without You.

[CADreaming]

I love this thread. Just appreciating the hard work you've put into documenting this part of the tour, Nicole. It's really special to have it all archived.

[nicole21290]

23/04/2013 - Ottawa

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24/04/2013 - Newark

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1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/4flrhbhxoaaepes/Without_You_-_Newark_(7.00).mp4 [07.00 minutes, 33 MB]

What Was Said

S: So anyway, this is the nicest – Are you there, Lindsey? I don’t see you. Aha, there you are, you devil! You’re hiding from me – Anyway, so Lindsey and I both agree that this is the nicest, most beautiful song ever written and I have to give you some credit because you did put it together and produce it and make it into a song. All I did was write the little poem and play the little Landslide thing that I do on every single song I write. He is the one who takes it and makes it into something really beautiful. So the song itself was a really pretty poem about how amazing our relationship was and how much fun we were having, how crazy, you know, we were in love, we were young, it was fantastic.

S: So we found it, I brought it to Lindsey and said ‘Listen to this’. And he listens to it and we’re both ‘we know this song’ and we know it so well we don’t even have to practice it.

S: These were the voices and the phrasings that attracted him to us – besides Lindsey’s fantastic guitar playing; they needed that – but on the other side of that, the voices and the phrasing was what he really loved when he heard us. So, um, thank you Mick, so much, for pulling me away from being a waitress. *to Lindsey* He did.

[vivfox]

I love this thread. I know how much work goes into this so I wanted to thank you. Have we figured out yet in which city Lindsey says, "no wait! What FM was looking for was a great guitar player. Not another girl singer?"

[CADreaming]

I love this thread. I know how much work goes into this so I wanted to thank you. Have we figured out yet in which city Lindsey says, "no wait! What FM was looking for was a great guitar player. Not another girl singer?"

Great question! I've wondered that too.

[michelej1]

I love this thread. I know how much work goes into this so I wanted to thank you. Have we figured out yet in which city Lindsey says, "no wait! What FM was looking for was a great guitar player. Not another girl singer?"

I doubt that he said that. Maybe he said that to her off stage. I know she said he said it in front of thousands of people, but if we didn't have the video, we'd have had the contemporaneous review from someone in attendance.

When I say contemporaneous, I am sure there are people who will remember it was said after the fact, but I don't really trust those belated recollections, coming after Stevie has talked about it. We would have read about it at the time.

Michele

[elle]

I love this thread. I know how much work goes into this so I wanted to thank you. Have we figured out yet in which city Lindsey says, "no wait! What FM was looking for was a great guitar player. Not another girl singer?"

he never said it on stage, at least not on this tour. Mick said something like that in New Orleans, i believe.

SN tried to make LB say it in Glasgow but he wouldn't bite.

[vivfox]

he never said it on stage, at least not on this tour. Mick said something like that in New Orleans, i believe.

SN tried to make LB say it in Glasgow but he wouldn't bite.


Well we don't really know because we don't have full videos of every WY introduction.I can't imagine why Stevie would include that in her speech if she was making it up?

[elle]

Well we don't really know because we don't have full videos of every WY introduction.I can't imagine why Stevie would include that in her speech if she was making it up?

hm, i seem to recall NOLA was identified as the place where he supposedly said it, and we do have WY intro from there, with Mick saying something like it.

but may have been just a speculation on these boards, because of the audience size that would fit (which was by far the largest compared to all other venues on this tour). although guess we should know better considering how accurate with numbers members of the mac usually are. :lol:

[michelej1]

Well we don't really know because we don't have full videos of every WY introduction.I can't imagine why Stevie would include that in her speech if she was making it up?

We have people who were there though. They are our Youtube. Maybe her recollection was skewed. I can't imagine that he did say it on this tour without someone who was in the audience mentioning it, video or not.

Now, someone will come shuffling along and claim that they were there the night he said it, six months after the fact, but I won't believe them. I think it would have been noted when he said it. I can see him saying that to her and he obviously doesn't mind being attributed with having said it on stage because he bows and preens and makes his funny faces when she says he did, so he's having a good time and probably would have said it on stage if he'd thought of it, but I think he must have said it to her off stage or when they were walking to the mics or somehow said it when the audience could not and did not hear.

Michele

[vivfox]

Now, someone will come shuffling along and claim that they were there the night he said it, six months after the fact, but I won't believe them. I think it would have been noted when he said it. I can see him saying that to her and he obviously doesn't mind being attributed with having said it on stage because he bows and preens and makes his funny faces when she says he did, so he's having a good time and probably would have said it on stage if he'd thought of it, but I think he must have said it to her off stage or when they were walking to the mics or somehow said it when the audience could not and did not hear.

All of this I would accept as fact and the part I highlighted really made me laugh because it is soooo true that such a thing will probably happen.

[nicole21290]

hm, i seem to recall NOLA was identified as the place where he supposedly said it, and we do have WY intro from there, with Mick saying something like it.

but may have been just a speculation on these boards, because of the audience size that would fit (which was by far the largest compared to all other venues on this tour). although guess we should know better considering how accurate with numbers members of the mac usually are. :lol:

Definitely NOLA, to my mind. *We* don't actually hear Lindsey OR Mick say it, however. I'll post it when it comes up in the chronology but we have the usual intro, Mick pointing at Lindsey, Lindsey pointing at himself and STEVIE saying that actually, her&Lindsey's voices etc were completely secondary because it was LINDSEY they wanted. And we get our first ever Lindsey!exclamation of saying Mick had to take his girlfriend too.

And thanks for the thanks - glad you're enjoying the thread, folks.

[elle]

Definitely NOLA, to my mind. *We* don't actually hear Lindsey OR Mick say it, however. I'll post it when it comes up in the chronology but we have the usual intro, Mick pointing at Lindsey, Lindsey pointing at himself and STEVIE saying that actually, her&Lindsey's voices etc were completely secondary because it was LINDSEY they wanted.

just rewatched the NOLA intro (can't believe it was only about 2 mins at the time :lol:!)... you are right.

i don't feel like listening again to catch the exact wording but i think it may have been the first time that anybody did anything on stage to point out it was not exactly Without You and blend of voices that Mick wanted at the time - with Mick pointing out to Lindsey like "didn't i want you?" and Lindsey going "me?" - and then Stevie reacting to it and saying "right, Mick only wanted guitarist" (or whatever the exact words were). so i guess Stevie said it in the mic in front of however many thousands of people, not Lindsey and not Mick:lol:. and Mick started the whole commotion with pointing to Lindsey.

or something like it... lolol.

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remember at the beginning of the tour there were threads on this board where people were confused, trying to figure out how come all of the sudden WY was the song Mick first heard when for decades the story was that it was Frozen Love? :D

[vivfox]

just rewatched the NOLA intro (can't believe it was only about 2 mins at the time :lol:!)... you are right.

i don't feel like listening again to catch the exact wording but i think it may have been the first time that anybody did anything on stage to point out it was not exactly Without You and blend of voices that Mick wanted at the time - with Mick pointing out to Lindsey like "didn't i want you?" and Lindsey going "me?" - and then Stevie reacting to it and saying "right, Mick only wanted guitarist" (or whatever the exact words were). so i guess Stevie said it in the mic in front of however many thousands of people, not Lindsey and not Mick:lol:. and Mick started the whole commotion with pointing to Lindsey.

or something like it... lolol.

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remember at the beginning of the tour there were threads on this board where people were confused, trying to figure out how come all of the sudden WY was the song Mick first heard when for decades the story was that it was Frozen Love? :D

Well, based on this video that you posted, Stevie was right all along. I'm guessing Mick first said it to Lindsey and then Lindsey corrected her (not through the microphone) and then she says in the microphone that Lindsey was right. What they needed blah blah blah. So he did remind her of that in front of thousands of people.

[elle]

I'm guessing Mick first said it to Lindsey and then Lindsey corrected her (not through the microphone) and then she says in the microphone that Lindsey was right. What they needed blah blah blah. So he did remind her of that in front of thousands of people.

i'm not seeing Lindsey correcting her or reminding her but you might have much better eyes than me if you are able to catch that.

would Stevie hear through her ear thingy what the others are saying onstage if it's not said in the mic?

[vivfox]

i'm not seeing Lindsey correcting her or reminding her but you might have much better eyes than me if you are able to catch that.

would Stevie hear through her ear thingy what the others are saying onstage if it's not said in the mic?

C'mon, you can't see that??
Stevie can hear Mick and Lindsey and what they are saying to her.

[michelej1]

Thanks for the NOLA video.

I see Lindsey pointing to himself and Stevie can see him do it too, but he's not really saying anything to her. I mean maybe he was mouthing something like, "me? me, me" as he gestured at himself, but he certainly didn't seem to be indicating "You're wrong. That's not what happened. What they REALLY wanted was a guitar player" not even enough time passed for him to be saying all of that to her before she corrected herself and said, "let's face it, they just wanted you."

Michele

[nicole21290]

26/04/2013 - Pittsburgh

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28/04/2013 - St Paul

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[nicole21290]

30/04/2013 - Kansas City

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01/05/2013 - Tulsa

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03/05/2013 - Little Rock

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04/05/2013 - New Orleans

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/e3h2ow56w5bpwf4/Without_You_-_New_Orleans_(6.10).mp4 [06.10 minutes, 33 MB]

What Was Said

S: And it was probably recorded in 1974 when we were making our second Buckingham Nicks album that you don’t know about because we never finished it. Anyway, we found it on YouTube – can you believe it? – but we did. In 2010. And I brought it to Lindsey and said ‘do you remember this song?’ And he’s like ‘well, yeah, I’m playing on it, I do’.

S: So, anyway, without going into the five hour story that it really is, we wrote it, we recorded it, we loved it, we lost it, we found it and then... Mick wants me to remind you that this is what he heard when he first heard us. He heard these voices and these phrasings and that was kind of what he was attracted to. Or so he tells me. So that’s the story.*Mick points to Lindsey* *Lindsey points to himself* *Mick nods* He was actually really attracted to Lindsey’s guitar playing. This, the voices, all that *L and S gesture between themselves* stuff was completely secondary. *Lindsey clears his throat* Well, it was, really. They just wanted you. Let’s face it, they wanted you
L: That’s right. I told them they had to take my girlfriend too.
S: Thank you, Lindsey.
L: Well, it worked out, didn’t it?!
S: Thank you for bringing me on this ride.
L: I think it worked out okay.

[vivfox]

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Thank you for finding and posting this video. It really gives me a feel for the place and makes me feel like I was in that audience on that special day.

[nicole21290]

12/05/2013 - Winnipeg
14/05/2013 - Saskatoon
15/05/2013 - Edmondson
17/05/2013 - Calgary
19/05/2013 - Vancouver

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20/05/2013 - Tacoma

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1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/5y2ifrch9ykn6fm/Without_You_-_Tacoma_(6.31).mp4 [06.31 minutes, 24MB]

What Was Said
*** = my hearing is obviously shot because I couldn't work these parts out and so I left them blank instead of guessing...

S: So this song really tells about the beginning of our relationship and how cool it was and how much fun we had. It was, you know, in those days it was everything that you would hope that it was; it was that fantastic and that experience of a lifetime that only a few get to have and we got to have it.

S: Because Fleetwood Mac needed a guitar player and that was certainly not me... So, they needed Lindsey and fortunately Lindsey had this girlfriend that, lucky for me, the girlfriend and the waitress, he and Mick decided to take with them. So I want to thank them both. Well, *looks at Lindsey* I know you decided, however...
L: I told Mick he had to take my girlfriend
S: Okay, but Mick could’ve said ‘I don’t want your girlfriend’
L: Well, that’s what **********
S: That’s true, you’re right! That’s true! We love having these discussions up here on stage in front of all these people
L: But, did it work out or what?
S: It so worked out and that’s why I really do want to thank both of you boys for taking me along on this ride with you
S: ***********

[nicole21290]

22/05/2013 - San Jose

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/s2bzhf8uz5h22ya/Without_You_-_San_Jose_(2.25).mp4 [02.25 minutes, 6MB]

What Was Said

S: They were actually looking for a guitar player. Not a duo. So what happened was that, because he was such a loyal boyfriend, he said he was not going to join the band if he couldn’t take his girlfriend. Who was a waitress at the time. And a cleaning lady. So I just want to really thank you, Lindsey, and thank you Mick Fleetwood, for taking me out of the horrible rut I was in and taking me with you! Thank you so much!
L: I think it worked out okaaay!

[michelej1]

So, soon they'll get to the point in the tour where they will say "don't forget John McVie" and Stevie will then include John too.

Michele

[nicole21290]

Apologies for the break. Have been preoccupied with some other research and compilation and forgot about this... :D xoxo

25/05/2013 - Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl)

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1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/lrcxvo5rtz5mpfm/Without_You_-_LA_25.05.13_(5.12).mp4 [05.12 minutes, 15 MB]

What Was Said

S: I’d like to thank Lindsey Buckingham for taking me with him. And I’d like to thank Mick Fleetwood and also John McVie for saying ‘Okay, you can bring the girl’.

26/05/2013 - Las Vegas

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28/05/2013 - Anaheim

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/fjcn224ly08i8oa/Without_You_-_Anaheim_(1.30).mp4 [01.30 minutes, 4 MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/t1jb87la7y4swc2/Without_You_-_Anaheim_(4.22).mp4 [04.22 minutes, 14 MB]

What Was Said

S: And four years later – almost four years later? I have to check my facts with Lindsey now – in 1974 after...

S: The song was completely lost and in 2010 some of my friends found the demo that we don’t have because I think somebody stole it out of the house and then crept back into the house and put it back, y’know. Probably Mick. And then we lost it ourselves.

S: And here’s where the story falls apart
L: *clears throat*
S: *to Lindsey* I know. I know you’re bored but just hang in there.
L: I’m not! I love this story.
S: I know, just hang with me here.

S:... remember to tell the audience that this song is really, the way Lindsey plays, the way you guys sing together, your phrasing, the whole thing that you guys do, your Everly Brother thing...

S: Now, nowhere in the words ‘lead guitarist’ is there ‘and his girlfriend’. So -
L: *starts to talk*
S: Okay, take it, Lindsey!
L: No, I’m just going to say, what they didn’t know was that they needed a brilliant lead singer
S: Thank you so much for saying that but the end –
L: *starts to walk towards Stevie*
S: You can come over here. *beckons*
L: *walks to Stevie and they put arms around each other side by side*
S: But the end of this crazy story is that they did ask us to join the band – Mick and John and Christine – and we did. And I like to thank Lindsey and... What’s his name?
L: *quietly says Mick**says Mick into mic*
S: Mick. And John. And Chris is only here in spirit but here. For asking us to join their band. Because, you know, we were starving. Anyway, so here it is –
L: Mick and I would like to thank you, too.
S: Well, thank you. We’re just the thank you twins, I think.
L: Let’s not forget John.
S: And let’s not forget John McVie! *facing John* Because truly, when I first heard you guys were thinking about asking us, I went and bought all your records and I thought to myself, swear to god, what a GREAT bass player John McVie is. I mean it, really. You can pay me on the plane. *laughs*

S: And it is on our little EP thing, our epp. And it’s called Without You.

[michelej1]

This is where I came in and got to see more shows for the first time since April. I loved how the intro had revolved in those few weeks.

Michele

[nicole21290]

30/05/2013 - Phoenix

Intro

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Intro/Song

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Song

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4crn6Lqw28I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/watch/gb2pochra5cpko2/Without%20You%20-%20Phoenix%20(8.58).mp4 [08.58 minutes, 34 MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/watch/ygjy20jxus27buw/Without%20You%20-%20Phoenix%20(8.07).mp4 [08.07 minutes, 30 MB]

3. http://www.mediafire.com/watch/y99vmqxrami4oh4/Without%20You%20-%20Phoenix%20(6.13).mp4 [06.13 minutes, 18 MB]

4. http://www.mediafire.com/watch/0cos1zdrq84rlr7/Without%20You%20-%20Phoenix%20(4.42).mp4 [04.42 minutes, 20 MB]

What Was Said

S: Once upon a time in probably 1970 in San Francisco, a girl wrote a poem, probably put it in her dresser drawer and then, not that long after, she and her gorgeous boyfriend moved to Los Angeles.

S: And then, there was a year before Fleetwood Mac so we had a year to like hang out because we were starting over from scratch

S: So then, in 2010, some friends of mine were on YouTube and found it – the whole thing, the whole video that some girl had made, you know, with pictures of me and Lindsey, and the whole song. So there it is. So I got it off of YouTube and I take it and I show it to Lindsey and I go “Do you remember this?” And he’s like “Well, yeah, kinda. I mean, it’s me playing.” And I’m like “Well, this is, how could we have lost this song?” And we figured that probably, you know, we made cassettes like donuts and we think someone got into our house, stole the cassette...

S: Soooo... I’m speechless now. Do you want to take the story? Go ahead.
L: I was going to interrupt and say that what Mick didn’t realise was that they also needed a wonderful, brilliant lead singer *fistbumps with Mick*
S: Mick will pay you later on the plane. Alright, that was very sweet of him to say but in actuality they were looking for a guitar player and Lindsey, because he was my guy, he said “I’m not, I won’t join your band unless you take my girlfriend.” So, even though they already had another girl. So then, now the story has come around to this: I would like to thank my boys here – Mr Buckingham, Mr Fleetwood, Mr McVie and the then Mrs McVie – for taking me with them. Because they didn’t have to. And I could still be a waitress in Los Angeles. And Lindsey could have gone off to Fleetwood Mac and they would have, you know, and there I’d be still delivering eggs.

[CADreaming]

^ I had forgotten this one. One of my favs because of the donuts and the eggs. She must have been hungry that night. Lol.

[nicole21290]

01/06/2013 - Denver

Intro

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Song

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/s95nid1mtbed6rq/Without%20You%20-%20Denver%20(3.43).mp4 [3.43 minutes, 9 MB]

What Was Said

S: As old stories always do, it gathers moss like a rolling stone

S: It ended up being, when it was written, before we ever moved to LA, the nicest thing, the nicest piece of poetry that I ever wrote about Lindsey and I. Cos it’s about both of us. And it’s really a lovely poem and it’s a lovely sentiment and, you know, as poems go, it’s one of my nicest poems because my poems aren’t all that nice usually. This one is.

S: Until somebody, some of our friends, were on – yes, you guessed it – YouTube and they found this little song that had been simmering in the cosmos for a hundred years. And they showed it me and I’m like ‘oh my god!’ So I showed it to Lindsey and I said “do you remember this song?” and he’s like “well, yes, of course I remember it.” And I’m thinking, well, how could we have lost this?

[nicole21290]

Have a few to make up for the days I forget... ;)

04/06/2013 - Dallas

Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/8and2my4ab9ili6/Without%20You%20-%20Dallas%20(5.20).mp4 [05.20 minutes, 15MB]

What Was Said

S: And Lindsey and I, who had been in a band for three years working together and by then were boyfriend and girlfriend, then we packed up and moved to Los Angeles. When we got to Los Angeles we spent two years, about, maybe – I know I never get this right – we spent some time and we made the Buckingham Nicks album.

S: Okay, now I’ve lost my complete train of thought because I’m so nervous. Okay, so, I think what happened then was that then there was a year that followed that before [???] about Fleetwood Mac and, um, *turns to Lindsey* is this right? I’ve completely, where are we?
L [???]
S: See, every time we try and change something it messes me. Never change anything.
L: That’s what you get for trying to shorten the story
S: I know, I screwed it up now. Okay. Well...
L: Just continue. Continue. It’s good. It’s all good.
S: I try to continue and I’m messed up now. Well, okay, so anyway, the song was lost. And we think somebody stole it out of our house because we made so many hundreds of cassettes and you could just tiptoe in, steal a cassette, copy it at your house, take it back, and we would never even know. That’s what we think happened. And then, of course, we lost it. So the song disappeared into the ethos [sic] until 2010 when some of our friends who ARE on the internet – not me – but some of our friends, found the song. They showed it to me and I’m like ‘Oh my god! How did this song – which I loved so much – get lost?!’ So I took it to Lindsey and said like ‘Look at this song!’ and he’s like ‘Wow, how did that song get lost?’ And I’m thinking ‘are we just stupid? What in the world happened?’ Anyway, so...

S: And Mick always wants to remind me - or at least he did until we had the big talk about this story being too long – that this is one of the...

S: I would first of all like to say thank you to Lindsey for bringing me with him on this ride. And then I would like to say thank you to Mr Mick Fleetwood and Mr John McVie *pause for cheers* and Christine who wishes she was here but is not but she was part of it too. Thank you to all of these boys and that lady for taking me on this amazing, crazy and wild ride that is Fleetwood Mac.

05/06/2013 - Houston

Intro/Song

???

07/06/2013 - Tampa

Intro/Song

???

10/06/2013 - Atlanta

Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/a7vjc72wxb99h47/Without%20You%20-%20Atlanta%20(4.39).mp4 [04.39 minutes, 17 MB]

What Was Said

S: This song, we laugh about it every night on the plane [???] the city we’ve just played at.

S: In 1970, probably, I wrote a poem and it was a really beautiful poem about Lindsey and I, who had been in a band for three years and had also been going together for quite a while even by then.

S: And then, in 2010, some friends of ours who were on, you know my favorite thing, ‘YouTube’, found it. Floating around.

S: And we recorded the song and it’s recorded almost exactly the way it was in 1974. Which is great because it’s nice to bring back [???] who we were before this whole thing happened. *to Lindsey* Right? Right. If you wanna jump in here, ‘right’. Just say it: ‘right’.
L: Right. 1974.
S: 1974. So, anyway...

S: Nothing in the words ‘lead guitarist’ says ‘lead guitarist and hippie girlfriend’.

12/06/2013 - Detroit

Intro/Song

???

14/06/2013 - Chicago

Intro/Song

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Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/0993ojcjc3l8znj/Without%20You%20-%20Chicago%20(5.15).mp4 [05.15 minutes, 17 MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/ins13iprp2va9lx/Without%20You%20-%20Chicago%20(5.48).mp4 [05.48 minutes, 16 MB]

3. http://www.mediafire.com/download/wd512beirc141um/Without%20You%20-%20Chicago%20(9.59).mp4 [09.59 minutes, 28 MB]

What Was Said

S: And it was probably the most beautiful poem I wrote about the two of us and obviously, as he will talk to you about later about how difficult it became later, it was not difficult when this poem was written. Everything was just easy and beautiful and we were young and crazy and nuts and everything was difficult and hard to do but we were having a great time trying to figure it out together. And that’s what this poem was about.

S: And then this is where I forget where I am in the story... It’s true. Happens every night. So, and then, um, and then... *turns to* Lindsey. Then what happened?
L: *laughs* Um...
S: Can you hear me?
L: Yes, yes. Um, yes, we started the second album. And we were in the early stages of that when we ran into this *SnL point to Mick* guy.
S: Right, well, we didn’t exactly run into him. We were at Sound City doing our record and Mick came out there and heard some songs off the Buckingham Nicks record. He was actually looking for a place to do a record but he was also looking for... *looks at Lindsey* Okay, this is where my story really gets messed up. Really, seriously, I’m just completely screwed now. So, um, okay. Really, I am! I’ve completely *fans self* I’m starting to sweat!!! Alright, okay. Well, anyway, so we recorded a few demos of which this was one. And then Mick Fleetwood heard some of our music and he wants to remind me – THIS is where [???] – to always remind you that one of the things that attracted him to us was the way we sang together as a – I just thought of this the last show – we were kind of like a triangle.

S: Nowhere in the words ‘lead guitarist’ does it say ‘lead guitarist AND hippie girlfriend’. Take it, Lindsey!
L: Wha? Oh. Well, I was very complimented by Mick’s offer but being in love with Stevie and loyal to her I said “Mick, if you take me, you gotta take my girlfriend too.” And I think it worked out okay!
S: So, to wipe the slate clean here and to end the story, I would like to thank my boys up here. First of all, Lindsey Buckingham, thank you for taking me with you into Fleetwood Mac on this wild ride, I would like to thank you, Mr Mick Fleetwood, oh caterpillar of Alice in Wonderland, for asking Lindsey and me – y’know, by proxy – to join your *Lindsey kisses Mick’s upper arm* magnificent band. And I would also like to thank Mr John McVie because I can just hear him in the background saying “Just bring the girl!!!” See, it was really, really long, the story.

[michelej1]

She says later that Lindsey will talk about their difficulties, but he doesn't do that really with the Say Goodbye intro.

I love how she says that Mick always liked to remind her -- at least he did before they had the talk about the story being too long. She's very funny.

Thanks for the video and write ups.

Michele

[nicole21290]

15/06/2013 - Cleveland

Intro

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Intro/Song

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/ll0agwwpn9tx75m/Without%20You%20-%20Cleveland%20(3.25).mp4 [03.25 minutes, 10 MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/w80ialwa8qwxug4/Without%20You%20-%20Cleveland%20(4.00).mp4 [04.00 minutes, 10 MB]

3. http://www.mediafire.com/download/mlpqti1tbjurg77/Without%20You%20-%20Cleveland%20(6.00).mp4 [06.00 minutes, 14 MB]

4. http://www.mediafire.com/download/n43lberfgvid44h/Without%20You%20-%20Cleveland%20(5.44).mp4 [05.44 minutes, 20 MB]

5. http://www.mediafire.com/download/7twip7ns6c0ic38/Without%20You%20-%20Cleveland%20(10.24).mp4 [10.24 minutes, 27 MB]

What Was Said

S: This is a story that started out at the beginning of the tour at, oh, maybe a minute, and worked itself to be about five minutes and forty seconds. And so I’ve being trying, ever since we realized how long it was, to shorten it and of course when you try to shorten a story you totally screw up because you get lost in your story. So every night now I’m trying to shorten it but it just gets longer. So, somewhere in 1970 in San Francisco was a girl – me – who wrote a poem about her boyfriend – Lindsey – and it was this beautiful, beautiful poem because we had been in a band for three years and we were going out and we had already come through like amazing things and we opened for Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin and we were struggling and we were winning. We thought we were winning.

S: And so then... I’m getting lost again, Lindsey. So then, what I think happened was that Mick Fleetwood was looking for some people and he came out to Sound City where we were working on our second Buckingham Nicks album and, um, he heard some of our music and so *turns to Lindsey* am I on the right track here?
L: I think you are.
S: Okay, so Mick was really looking for a place to make a record but most importantly he was looking for a lead guitarist. Now, in the middle of this I have to tell you that...

S: Nowhere in the words ‘lead guitarist’ did it say ‘lead guitarist and hippie *shakes hips* girlfriend’. *laughs*
L: That’s right.
S: It’s true. So... Go ahead
L: Well, no, I was just going to say, y’know, I said to Mick “I’m, I’m pleased that you offered this and I feel complimented but I love my girlfriend and she’s very talented and you’ve gotta take her too!” It’s called loyalty!
S: So... See, I’m losing my train of thought. This is what happens when you’ve been in a band for this long. So, anyway, he joined Fleetwood Mac and I got to go too.

[michelej1]

Didn't realize before that she said Christine wishes she were here, but she's not, in one of the intros.

Lindsey cracks me up saying he told Mick he was very complimented, but he loved his girlfriend and she's talented too.

A little paraphrasing never hurt a story.

Michele

[nicole21290]

19/06/2013 - Albany

Intro

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pwxEkQgWcII" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Intro/Song

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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eFrCN3dTru0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/8j1hrj5vd7d5xhj/Without%20You%20-%20Albany%20(6.55).mp4 [06.55 minutes, 18 MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/2nfcnyptfq67kny/Without%20You%20-%20Albany%20(7.19).mp4 [07.19 minutes, 19 MB]

3. http://www.mediafire.com/download/2nfcnyptfq67kny/Without%20You%20-%20Albany%20(7.19).mp4 [07.39 minutes, 35 MB]

4. http://www.mediafire.com/download/7fatp9265rp943e/Without%20You%20-%20Albany%20(11.16).mp4 [11.16 minutes, 36 MB]

What Was Said

S: So, I’ll start at the beginning and try and make it a little shorter than it’s supposed to be. So, in 1973 – no, wrong. Wrong. In 1970 I wrote a poem in San Francisco about Lindsey and I. It was a very beautiful poem. It was written about us when everything was just fantastic because, of course, we hadn’t made it in the music business yet and we were struggling and we were poor. We weren’t even that poor, actually, because we lived at our parents’ house so... Everything was actually pretty damn good. They supported us, we were having a lot of fun. So I wrote this poem, probably put it in the desk next to my bed and then we decided we were going to move to Los Angeles and get a record deal. And so we did. We hopped in Lindsey’s Skylark or Buick, Skylark, and zoomed down to Los Angeles and made the Buckingham Nicks album.

S: So I get it and take it to Lindsey and I go ‘do you remember this song?’ And he’s like ‘well, yeah, I do; I’m playing on it’. And it was wild because both of us remember it so well. It’s probably like the only song we do up here that I, I just know it. I know it. I don’t even have to think about it I know it so well. Of course, now I’m going to make lots of mistakes. Anyway, so, I’m getting lost... This happens every night. Cos my story got a little screwed up. Okay, I know what it is. I think.

S: Thank you, Lindsey, for taking me with you on this wild ride of yours into Fleetwood Mac. He’s speechless. You’re completely speechless. Alright, moving on... So you want to say anything at all? *shakes head and laughs* You don’t! Not even the girlfriend thing?
L: Oh. Oh, sure. Well, two things. Mick called and said ‘would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?’ and I said ‘you’ll have to take my girlfriend too’. That’s what I call loyalty. But, you know, no one can say it didn’t work out for the best.
S: Drumroll! Alright, now we get to Mick. I also now would like to thank Mick Fleetwood for finding either of us or both of us, whatever. And asking us to join this marvellous band and taking us on this wild Alice in Wonderland ride. Yayyyyyy! Thank you, Mick. And last but not least, I would like to thank the best and the most handsomest bass player in the whole world, Mr John McVie, for just saying – This is what I think he said: ‘Just take the girl!!!’

[michelej1]

Lindsey is hysterical just shaking his head and being "speechless."

Michele

[nicole21290]

21/06/2013 - Boston

Song

???

Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/h48y2x0ckn71171/Without%20You%20-%20Boston%20(7.33).mp4 [07.33 minutes, 35MB]

What Was Said

S: This is what we talk about every night on the plane because it started out as about a two minute introduction and has ended up being longer than the actual song itself.

S: In 1970 there was a poem written by a girl who lived in San Francisco who was going out with a guy called Lindsey Buckingham. And she wrote a very, very – if she does say so herself – beautiful poem about their relationship. Possibly the nicest thing she wrote about either of them ever. *does peace signs* 1970. San Francisco. So then, her and her boyfriend Lindsey decided ‘we’re not going to get a record deal here in San Francisco’ so we, I quit college, we said our goodbyes, we hopped in his car and we drove to Los Angeles. We got a record deal. We made the Buckingham Nicks album. It went out to, you know, big – I always want to say clinical but that’s not it – critical, clinical, applause. Critical acclaim. And then was dropped by Polydor Records much to our complete and utter horror. So we were deva, deva, urgh, I can’t talk ??? tonight. Devastated. We didn’t know what to do. So we did what all starving musicians do; we just started making another record. We talked a studio into giving us free time, charming as we were, so they did. So we started making another record and we think that’s when the poem that the girl had written about *points to Lindsey* him got put to music.

S: And then, of course we lived in a house with about half a million cassettes and they were everywhere and, uh, they were easily copied so-
L: What’s a cassette?
S: Don’t ev – That is not even, that is not even... Cassettes were our LIFE. We would’ve stuffed pillows with cassettes. We would’ve sat on cassettes. So anyway, the cassette was our friend.

S: So then... This is always where I get so lost. I can never understand why this is exactly where I completely lose my train of thought. Okay, so... Where am I, Lindsey? *turns away from mic and puts head in hands*
L: Hmm.
S: *back to mic* Please tell me.
L: Somebody... One of our sleazy friends stole the cassette and put it back.
S: Right. But we didn’t, we didn’t know that. We didn’t know they brought it back. Cos we didn’t even know they took it in the first place! Alright, so we skip forward to, to... Fleetwood Mac, right? Right?! John McVie has left the stage! I don’t know where we are in the story now. ??? * talks to Mick* When we’re too old to sing anymore, we’re just going to be a comedy act.

S: At some point Mick Fleetwood reminded me that, when he heard this song, we, well, no, Stevie. Wrong. We went, Lindsey and I went in and recorded it at his house last year. I showed him the song. Because – forgot it! – it was, we found it on YouTube. Which I hate but I’m not hating it so much now that we found our song floating on YouTube. So I showed it to Lindsey and he saw ‘ohhh’ and I said ‘we should record it’ so we did. We went to his house, we recorded it in his studio exactly the way we had done it in 1974. So when Mick heard it, he said – okay, I’m back on track.

S: Nowhere in the words ‘lead guitarist’ did it say ‘and hippie girlfriend’. So, *to Lindsey* Do you have anything to say?
L: Who, me?
S: *laughs* You used to say something! ??? He’s befuddled.
L: The whole, it’s gotten a little more involved but sure ??? we’re going to jump in. I’ll tell you what, I’ll jump in.
S: Okay. Jump in. Please.
L: Let’s see. What will I say? Oh, um, well, Mick Fleetwood called me up after hearing some stuff from Buckingham Nicks and he said to me ‘Would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?’ And I said ‘You gotta take my girlfriend too.’ THAT is loyalty, baby.
S: Yes, it is.
L: But it worked out okay.
S: It did. So to end our little story, I would like to thank my boys up here. First of all, Lindsey, thank you for taking me with you into Fleetwood Mac *Lindsey blows her kisses* on this wild journey (?). And I’d like to thank Mick Fleetwood for taking both us on his wild Alice in Wonderland ride in Fleetwood Mac. And I would like to thank the most handsome and best bass player in the world for saying – this is what I think he said – ‘just take the girlllll!’

[CADreaming]

21/06/2013 - Boston

"So then, her and her boyfriend Lindsey decided ‘we’re not going to get a record deal here in San Francisco’ so we, I quit college, we said our goodbyes, we hopped in his car and we drove to Los Angeles. We got a record deal. We made the Buckingham Nicks album.


That's "we", as in the "royal we", right? :lol:

[sue]

thanks Nicole...that made me smile so much.....
Sue

[nicole21290]

That's "we", as in the "royal we", right? :lol:

Would the Queen use anything but the 'royal we'?! :D

[michelej1]

S: *laughs* You used to say something! ??? He’s befuddled.

This is the funniest part. You used to say something.

Michele

[nicole21290]

22/06/2013 - Wantagh

Intro

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/QSu8NnPpHXs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Song

???

Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/5jkcyry8nmcuki3/Without%20You%20-%20Wantagh%20(7.15).mp4 [07.15 minutes, 29MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/uz160dm889m3bn7/Without%20You%20-%20Wantagh%20(7.09).mp4 [07.09 minutes, 34MB]

And because the audio on both videos is sometimes difficult to hear, I worked out the transcript from another audio source:

3. http://www.mediafire.com/download/n9ue7mlqo3e9qw6/Without%20You%20-%20Wantagh%20(audio).mp3 [audio, 7MB]

What Was Said

S: Well, now to the fun part. So, this song gets an introduction because it’s so crazy. And since this tour started - it seems like two years ago, it’s probably only been like two months maybe or a little less than that – I’ve been telling this story and about half way through I just start to, my brain just left my head and I just get completely like and my mind and I don’t know where I am. So Lindsey has to fill me in on where I am. So let’s see if we can makes Jones Beach the first where I don’t like ‘hnnnrrrrnnn’ go away somewhere.

S: So in 1970 I wrote a poem, a very beautiful poem – if I do say so myself. And I wrote it about myself and my super gorgeous boyfriend Lindsey. And it was probably the nicest thing I ever wrote about the two of us. Now 1970 was when it was all starting and it was fantastic and we were struggling and we were in love and we knew we were going to somehow, y’know, make it... So, anyway, the poem was written and put in a drawer and next thing we know Lindsey and I hop in his Buick Skylark and drive to Los Angeles with 12 songs *Lindsey makes driving motion* to get a record deal.

S: We put it probably on the couch and I think one of our sleazy friends – we didn’t have many friends but one of them – stole the cassette. Cos we lived in a world of cassettes.

S: What happened was is that when Mick heard this song – see, Lindsey, I’m getting on track here. He’s totally ignoring me because he knows this is going to go on forever. Um, so *pauses* are you just totally ignoring me? Do you even care what I’m saying over here?
L: I do, I do!
S: No, you’re having a conversation with the –
L: No, I’m not. Somebody just held up...
S: *squeaks* Alright
L: ...a pick right in the...
S: *squeaks* Alright.
L: ...middle. Somebody said ‘do you want a...
S: Okay, so I think I was at the part where we...
L: We want your pick...
S: ...played it for Mick.
L: ...we want your pick. That’s what they said.
S: Okay, okay. I’m on track now.
L: Okay, good.
S: We played it for Mick. He liked it. He loved it. And so we decided to record it. So we went to Lindsey’s house...

S: And then one night in front of 15,000 people, Lindsey says “Well, actually, that’s not the reason that Mick was attracted to us.” And I’m like “WHAT!?” and he said “Well, it really isn’t. If you remember, Stevie, they had just lost their guitar player and they were looking for a lead guitarist.” So nowhere in the two words ‘lead guitarist’ does it say ‘lead guitarist and hippie girlfriend’. So he was right. So anyway. Okay, now I’m lost. So, take it Lindsey. You can end this story.
L: Who, me?
S: Yes. Yes.
L: Oh.
S: Jump in.
L: Let’s see. Ooh. Alright. Welllll, *clears throat* Mick called me up. He said “Lindsey!” I said, “Yes, Mick.” He said “Would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” I said “Well, Mick, you’ll have to take my girlfriend too! Now, that is loyalty!
S: Yes, it is. So.
L: Yessss.
S: Do you have something you want to, do you have more? *laughs*
L: Um, well...
S: He’s going to talk.
L: No, I...
S: No, he...
L: No, I was just going to say that, y’know, it worked out okay.
S: Alright, so then it did work okay and I would like to say - to end this little conversation with you that, you know, we pretend like we’re in our living room here - um, I would like to thank my boys up here for, first of all, to Lindsey for taking me with him into Fleetwood Mac. I thank you. I would also like to thank His Highness, Mr Mick Fleetwood, for taking both Lindsey and I into his wild ride into Alice in Wonderland’s Worllllllld! For his good ear. Yes. No, I... John! Stand up. And I would like to thank the handsomest and best bass player ever because I think what John McVie probably said was ‘JUST TAKE THE GIRL!’.

[michelej1]

Funny Lindsey trying to explain that he was distracted because someone said to him, "we want your pick." If his hearing was off (and it's very keen, actually) he could have thought they said they wanted something else!

Michele

[elle]

S: What happened was is that when Mick heard this song – see, Lindsey, I’m getting on track here. He’s totally ignoring me because he knows this is going to go on forever. Um, so *pauses* are you just totally ignoring me? Do you even care what I’m saying over here?
L: I do, I do!
S: No, you’re having a conversation with the –
L: No, I’m not. Somebody just held up...
S: *squeaks* Alright
L: ...a pick right in the...
S: *squeaks* Alright.
L: ...middle. Somebody said ‘do you want a...
S: Okay, so I think I was at the part where we...
L: We want your pick...
S: ...played it for Mick.
L: ...we want your pick. That’s what they said.
S: Okay, okay. I’m on track now.
L: Okay, good.


Funny Lindsey trying to explain that he was distracted because someone said to him, "we want your pick." If his hearing was off (and it's very keen, actually) he could have thought they said they wanted something else!

Michele

yup. after i posted that video, people who were around / behind me helped pieced the whole story together (well maccafan did, really :xoxo: ) - a woman asked Lindsey for his pick, and you can see him telling her to wait a bit, that he'll give one to her later. then a bit later, "we are legal" girls held their picks up to show him they already got some (from an earlier NYC area show). he asks them where they got those picks, and they say from him, he asks again "from me?" "i gave you those picks?" and that's about the time when Stevie asks him to interject and notices he's been carrying on a conversation with the audience... "we are legal" girls yell "sorry Stevie!" and he tries several times to explain what the conversation is about but Stevie is not really listening. :lol:

[nicole21290]

24.06.2013 - Charlotte

Song/Intro

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Song

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Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/w56x76coquq4ly8/Without%20You%20-%20Charlotte%20(6.14).mp4 [06.14 minutes, 17MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/16b2a0cr8f6d68l/Without%20You%20-%20Charlotte%20(10.49).mp4 [10.49 minutes, 31MB]

What Was Said

S: In our house was about a million cassettes, in our little house. So I think that I probably threw the cassette on the couch and somebody – one of our sleazy friends – stole it. Copied it and then brought it back so we never even knew it was stolen. And then we lost it cos, I mean, I was a cleaning lady so I probably brushed it under the couch or something and it was gone. So the song is gone, we can’t, we don’t remember it, it is gone. And in 2010 some friends of ours were on, oh yes, YouTube and there it was, the whole song. And, you know, I don’t know how to feel. Do I feel good about this? Well, yes, cos I got my song back. Do I feel good it was stolen? No. But. So, I take it to Lindsey and I go “Look, the song.” And he’s like “Yeah.” And I go “Don’t you think this is a really wonderful song? We should show it to Mick and John; we should record it.” And he said “Yes, we should.” So we did. We went to his house at the very end of last year and we recorded it and, um, and, and, when we recorded it Mick Fleetwood said to me...

S: So then, on this tour, I’ve decided to make amends and to, uh, to say thank you to some people, some different people, for things that happened to me in those years. So, first of all I’d like to thank Lindsey for taking me with him when Mick asked him to join the band and he probably said something to the effect of ‘well, I have a girlfriend.’ Lindsey, would you like to jump in here?
L: Would you like me to?
S: I would.
L: Well, yes, funny you should mention that. Gracie.
S: Thank you, George. *laughs*
L: Um, yeah, no, I did. I got a call from Mick, out of the blue. We had met Mick a few weeks before and he had heard some stuff from Buckingham Nicks. And he called up and he said, “Lindsey, would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” And I said “well, Mick, if I do that, you’re going to have to take my girlfriend too!” That was love, that was loyalty.
S: It was. So I would now like to thank you personally in front of all these people in Charlotte for taking me on the wild ride that you decided to go on in 1975 and I thank you Lindsey for that.
L: I think it worked out okay.
S: Alright but no, the story’s not over. And now I would actually like to throw out a little thank you and kudos to Mr Mick Fleetwood for asking Lindsey and, insomuch, me, for taking us on his Alice in Wonderland ride through the world over the last 35 years. Thank you, Mick! And happy birthday. And I would also like to thank the handsomest and the best bass player ever because I think that when this conversation came up between him and Mick, that John McVie probably just said “Just take the girl!”

[nicole21290]

26.06.2013 - Des Moines

Song

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Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/02f41w5doyzaezl/Without%20You%20-%20Des%20Moines%20(6.32).mp4 [06.32 minutes, 21MB]

What Was Said

S: When we made this, we put it on cassette and our house at those, in those days our house was full of cassettes. Cassettes ruled. So I probably threw the cassette on the couch and the cassette fell behind the couch and the cassette stayed behind the couch and then somebody else found the cassette and stole the cassette and copied the cassette and brought the cassette back and threw it back on the couch and then Lindsey and I lost it again. So the song was lost. In 2010 some friends of ours who were on, yes, my favourite thing, YouTube, they found the song floating around on YouTube. So I got it and I played it for Lindsey and I said ‘Do you remember this song?’ And he’s like ‘Well, yeah, it’s me playing and you singing and of course I remember it.’ Then I’m thinking to him ‘Why didn’t we record this song?’ or ‘Why did we never show this to Fleetwood Mac?’ in all these forty years. And it’s because it was just lost. So I said ‘let’s show it to the band and see if they want to record it’. So we did and we went to Lindsey’s house last year, the end of the year, and we recorded this song.

S: Lindsey and I sing and play in counterpoint which means we’re like this *off camera* and, like tapdancers. Kind of.

S: Yes! He was looking for a lead guitarist. I know. So, and... *laughs* They know the story already! So I said, what did I, okay now I’m lost. They’re throwing me off. Throwing me, yes, I know. But you’re throwing me off. Let me think here. Okay. *Lindsey laughs* So I said to him “Yes, you’re right, that’s true.” And they weren’t looking for a lead guitarist and his hippie girlfriend. Right, so. Lindsey? Jump in.
L: Oh. Well, yes, Mick called us, called me, and said “Lindsey?” And I said “Yes, Mick?” And he said “Would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” And I, you know, you have to understand Stevie and I had been down a long road together, we had a lot invested in what we had together as a couple and as a musical entity, and I said “Mick, if you take me, you’re gonna have to take my girlfriend too!” And they did and it worked out okaaay.
S: So I like to take this moment in the show to thank my boys. First of all I’d like to thank Mr Lindsey Buckingham for taking me *Lindsey blows her three kisses* with him into Fleetwood Mac when he could’ve not. Thank you, Lindsey. I would also like to thank Mr Mick Fleetwood for asking Lindsey and me, accepting me, and taking us on this wild Alice in Wonderland ride into Fleetwood Mac for all these many, many years. He has an eye. And an ear, Mr Fleetwood. And I would also like to thank the handsomest, the cutest and the best bass player in the world for probably just saying, when it all became problematic, ‘just take the girl!’Thank you, John.

[CADreaming]

L: Well, yes, funny you should mention that. Gracie.
S: Thank you, George. *laughs*


Yay! First mention of George & Gracie. :thumbsup:

[michelej1]

So, it seems like after this, Stevie was regular saying that they sang in counterpoint to the music, which is an interesting way to describe it.

You definitely hear that. When I listed to Johnnie Walker's show, he played IDWTK (but he back-announced it as Oh Daddy) and I was thinking that Stevie's description of their sound was on the nose.

Michele

[nicole21290]

29.06.2013 - Spokane

Song

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1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/r5fbe02bdll3fad/Without%20You%20-%20Spokane%20(10.53).mp4 [10.53 minutes, 27MB]

What Was Said

S: And they found the song floating around on YouTube. So I’m really giving YouTube one thumbs up on that. There’s the song. I show it to Lindsey and I go ‘Can you believe we never showed it to Fleetwood Mac? Or recorded it? Anything, nothing?’ And he said ‘Well, I had forgotten the song ever existed also.’ And I said ‘Well, do you remember it now?’ And he says ‘Well, yeah, I’m playing on it so I guess that must be me.’ So we decided to record it.

S: So the end of this whole story is – and any time you wanna jump in, Lindsey, just jump in –
L: *gestures*
S: I know. I lose like my whole train of thought. So anyway, Mick Fleetwood, when HE heard the song...

S: So. Okay, now, you can take it from here.
L: Who, me?
S: Yeah, you.
L: Oh. Well, let’s see. Oh, Mick actually, he did call me and he said “Lindsey?” And I said “Yes, Mick?” Really I didn’t. I’d only met this guy once so... He said “Would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” And I said “Well, Mick, if you take me, you’re going to have to take my girlfriend too!” *Lindsey walks over to Stevie at her mic and they lean in close for a brief embrace/conversation* *Lindsey walks back to his mic*
S: Fact checking.
L: What checking?
S: Fact.
L: Fact?
S: Fact.
L: *mock incredulous* As if there was any doubt?
S: ??? *laughs*
L: Sheesh. No. I said that because I loved you so much [???] And I think it worked out okay!
S: So, the end of the story is that I would like to thank my boys up here for different, for things. I’d like to take Lindsey for taking me with him into Fleetwood Mac. Thank you. *Stevie bows to him* I’m forever grateful. Being a waitress was getting old, old, old. I’d like to thank Mr Mick Fleetwood for taking both Lindsey and I on his Alice in Wonderland wild ride through the centuries. And I’d also like to thank Mr John McVie because I know that even though he doesn’t say much, back there in the distance John probably said to Mick ‘Just take the girl!’ Thank you, John.

30.06.2013 - Portland

Song

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Intro

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1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/t96t0g3544hc006/Without%20You%20-%20Portland%20(8.33).mp4 [08.33 minutes, 26MB]

What Was Said

S: ...we were opening for all these great bands. And we were [???] the life [???] struggling musicians. And all money from my parents had been withdrawn when I stopped going to college so we were starting to be poor. But I wrote this poem and it was about Lindsey and I. It was probably the nicest, most beautiful thing I ever wrote about the two of us and he almost gets a little angry with me, I think, when he says ‘Well, it was just because it was the very beginning’ and that’s not true. It was because it was this beautiful romantic time and you can’t get around the fact that the world was romantic that we lived in; it was a beautiful , musical, romantic world. And we were part of it.

S: So we lived in a house full of cassettes. The house of cassettes. Everything we did was put on cassette. The cassette of the song was thrown somewhere and got lost.

S: 2010. Some of my friends are on my least favourite thing in the world – YouTube – and they find my song, Lindsey’s and my song, floating around and they bring it in and go ‘look, there’s this great song’ and I’m like *hands on hips* ‘Hmm. That’s the song that we, three times it’s been lost.’ And now it’s found. Who took it? We’ll never know. But I took it to Lindsey and said ‘So, what do you think?’ and he goes ‘well, I remember this song and I’m playing on it and it’s a well done, beautifully made demo if I do say so myself’ and, um, I said ‘well, I think we should record it’ and he said ‘Okay’. So we were getting ready to do some recording anyway so we went to his house, this is at the end of last year, and we recorded the song.

S: So, I’m going to let Lindsey, who is starting to look really bored over there, take the story from there. Take it, Lindsey!
L: Who, me? Um, let’s see.
S: Attracted to...
L: Attracted to...
S: The lead guitarist...
L: The lead guitarist. Hmm. Oh! Okay. Um, yes.
S: *away from mic, watching, a hand on hip and tapping fingers on stomach waiting*
L: Mick *Stevie points to Mick* in fact, who I’d only met once *Stevie shrugs*, did call me and he said ‘Ah, Lindsey?’ I said ‘Yes, Mick’ *Stevie mimes talking on telephone* He said ‘Would you like to join *Stevie mimes playing guitar* Fleetwood Mac?’ And of course, being the extremely *Stevie shakes head mock wearily at audience* loyal person that I am *Stevie holds hands up, rolls eyes and buries lowered head in hands* I said, ‘Well, Mick, yes but you’re going to have to take my girlfriend too!’ *Stevie bows* Is that what I was supposed to say?
S: It’s all good. The story goes back to me. So... This is why you don’t really want to know me. So. Uh uh. Okay. I’m having a senior moment. Okay. Alright. So I want to thank all the three men up here [???] for changing my life. In so many, many ways. First of all I would like to thank Lindsey Buckingham for taking me with him into Fleetwood Mac. Thank you [???]. Second of all, I would like to thank Mr Mick Fleetwood for taking both of us on his magical Alice in Wonderland trip through Never Never Land. And letting me give notice at my waitress job. Thank you, Mick. I will never, ever forget [???]. Third of all, thirdly, I would like to thank Mr John McVie, the most handsomest bass player ever. Because I think he was probably standing in the background somewhere and he just said to Mick ‘Just take the girl!’ I know he said. You did say that, didn’t you? *John shakes his head* You didn’t say that? *tries to mimic John* ‘Yes, of course I did!’ So, anyway – you know what, these people are not [???] – so the end of the story is we’re going to play the song for you.

[michelej1]

The "fact checking" part was one of the funniest bits of the whole tour.

As far as Stevie saying Lindsey said he'd forgotten it ever existed, Lindsey said, "and I remembered it perfectly" when he was talking about the song in another interview.

But the way she tells it, if he actually said "that's me playing" that sounds like an evasive way of saying, "I don't really remember it."

Michele

[nicole21290]

03.07.2013 - Los Angeles

Song

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Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/p0fg52flcwebqxi/Without%20You%20-%20LA%2003.07.13%20(6.01).mp4 [06.01 minutes, 17MB]

What Was Said

S: So it’s twice as long as the song that we’re going to play that’s getting this introduction so I’m going to try and be like a teacher – I did go to school for five years to be a teacher. So I’m going to try and focus. In 1970 there was a girl – me – who wrote a poem, a beautiful poem about Lindsey and me.

S: ...at the end of last year. And when we recorded it – he looks bored but he’s not. he’s enjoying this; he told me so – so Mick said...

S: So. This is always where I throw it over to Lindsey even though he doesn’t really want it. The end? [???]
L: Are you throwing it over to me?
S: I’m throwing it over to you now. *mimes throwing*
L: And, uh, let’s see. Well, you don’t always throw it over to me [???].
S: Well, I *gives up and turns away from mic*
L: Okay. Let’s see. Oh, yes, so, yes, she is right. Mick, we had met Mick only once and he had heard one or two of our songs. And about two weeks later I get a call from Mick saying ‘Lindsey’ and I say ‘Yes, Mick’. ‘Would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?’ he says. And I say ‘Well, Mick *laughs* if you take me *Lindsey points to himself*, you gotta take my girlfriend *Lindsey points to Stevie* too!’ *Stevie points to self*That’s what I call loyalty, baby [???].
S: He’s throwing it back to me now. Okay.
L: But, but, but -
S: But -
L: No, no, no, I mean, clearly it worked out.
S: So then I would like to take this moment to thank the boys. To thank Lindsey for saying to Mick ‘I can’t join your band and be lead guitarist if you don’t take my girlfriend.’ Thank you, Lindsey. *Lindsey blows her a kiss as she bows to him* I’d like to thank Mick Fleetwood for asking him and then me, both of us, to join this crazy band of crazy mad dogs [???] and Englishmen that went on a 37 year trip and ride. Thank you so much, Mick, for that. And then I’d like to thank John McVie, my favourite bass player in the world, for just going along with the whole thing and said ‘just bring the girl’.

[michelej1]

Went to school for five years to be a teacher.

This "throwing it over" bit was pretty funny.

Michele

[nicole21290]

05.07.2013 - San Diego

Song

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Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/r1ypk53v77bmjxy/Without%20You%20-%20San%20Diego%20(7.22).mp4 [07.22 minutes, 23MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/687n5o4dok7w2b3/Without%20You%20-%20San%20Diego%20(7.21).mp4 [07.21 minutes, 33MB]

What Was Said

S: 2010 comes rolling along, 100 hundred years later, and some friends of mine come to me and say, well, there’s this great song and it’s on, oh yes you guessed it, YouTube. My song. Gone from the world, on YouTube. So whoever stole it and copied it, somehow through the waves of time, there it was. So I took the song to Lindsey and said “Listen to this!” And he’s like “Wow, that’s Without You” and I’m like “Yes, it is and we should record it.” And so we did.

S: Nowhere in the words ‘lead guitarist’ does it say ‘lead guitarist and his hippie girlfriend’. Not to mention that they already had a girl in the band. So strikes were not good. I mean, it was not in my favour. So, anyway, at this point I’d like to throw it over to *laughs* George Burns. *Stevie does throwing motion* *Lindsey points to self and then between them* Let’s do that again.
L: Are we going to do George and Gracie again?
S: We are going to do George and Graci-
L: Can’t we be somebody a little younger?
S: ??? pretty funny.
L: Yeah, we’re closing in on them
S: We’re closing in
L: Yeah, we are
S: When the music is gone...
L: We can do comedy
S: Do comedy
L: Yeah
S: Okay, so take it, Lindsey!
L: Me? Oh. Well, yes, yes. As you say, it didn’t look good for you, did it? *laughs**Stevie doing cleaning motions – sweeping etc* But... A couple of weeks later – And we’d only met Mick once; he’d heard one of our songs, really, in the studio. And a couple of weeks later we got this call, or I got this call. He says “Lindsey?” “Yes, Mick.” “Lindsey, would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” I said “Well, uh, Mick.” “Yes, Lindsey?” “If you take me, you gotta take my girlfriend too.” *Stevie does prayerful bowing motion* *Stevie bows to Lindsey* *Lindsey lowers his voice, almost whispering* That, that’s looove. *Lindsey touches his chest*
S: Alright, it’s probably nine minutes already. So, to end our story *Lindsey checks watch* our beautiful story, uh, I would like to thank these men for, each one of them for a special thank you. Lindsey, thank you for telling Mick that you would not join Fleetwood Mac without me. Mick Fleetwood – for asking Lindsey and I join your wild Alice in Wonderland ride through the ???. And Mr, Mr John McVie for ??? the girl in the band, his wife. So he was, had to stand back and say “Okay, well I guess you can just bring the girl”. Thank you, John. *John tips hat*

[michelej1]

I really laughed when he said, "it didn't look good for you did it."

Once again, I want to wage an objection on behalf of George and Gracie. They were YOUNGER than Lindsey and Stevie when they were a comedy duo.

Stevie and Lindsey aren't closing in, they are already over the hill.

Michele

[CADreaming]

I really laughed when he said, "it didn't look good for you did it."

Once again, I want to wage an objection on behalf of George and Gracie. They were YOUNGER than Lindsey and Stevie when they were a comedy duo.

Stevie and Lindsey aren't closing in, they are already over the hill.

Michele

SnL look younger than Burns & Allen...

I think the closing in refers to their routine, not their age. Still funny stuff. :p

[michelej1]

SnL look younger than Burns & Allen...




They're definitely taller. Michele

[CADreaming]

They're definitely taller. Michele

That's something you don't hear often.

Short people. Yet another ironic similarity.

[nicole21290]

Just sayin'... http://buckinghamnicks-ff.tumblr.com/post/70976922625/the-beginning-of-our-relationship-was-the-best

Anyway, I probably won't get a chance to post in here tomorrow so have a very, very merry christmas, all you folks who creep (or write) on the thread and celebrate that particular holiday. I've transcribed the entirety of today's Without You speech - the last of the US leg of the tour - as a little gift. Yes, I am just THAT generous. ;)

xoxo

06.07.2013 - Sacramento

Song

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Intro

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Download

1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/ee0jkt9eq2tqrqa/Without%20You%20-%20Sacramento%20(8.28).mp4 [08.28 minutes, 23MB]

2. http://www.mediafire.com/download/l17j3n5om1oqxtd/Without%20You%20-%20Sacramento%20(2.05).mp4 [02.05 minutes, 11MB]

What Was Said

S: It’s been the thing we’ve laughed about this entire tour because it started out as a little tiny introduction that was like 30 seconds and ended up, I think the longest time we did it was nine minutes. So it’s not going to be nine minutes tonight. Well, maybe. Um, anyway, this is the story. So in 1970 I was living in San Francisco, me and Lindsey were living in San Francisco and, um, I wrote a poem. He and I were going out and we were involved in a huge musical love affair. We were in the middle of the greatest San Francisco musical thing you could imagine and it was totally fantastic and we were writing like crazy and so I wrote this poem, this very beautiful poem about Lindsey and I. And, um, it was probably the nicest thing I ever wrote about the two of us. And I’m not just saying about him but about the two of us together. And so then, y’know, I don’t always put my poems to music right away so the poem went in a drawer and sometime in the next two years or year – I don’t even know – we hopped in Lindsey’s Buick Skylark and drove to Los Angeles with 12 songs and got a record deal. That was our mission. So we got a record deal, we made a record, it was the Buckingham Nicks record. It came out in 1973 and it came out to high critical, critical, high critical acclaim. And then Polydor records just dropped it three months later. So that was not high, that was low. And Lindsey and I were freaked out, completely, and we really didn’t know what to do so we did what all struggling musicians do – we decided we would start another Buckingham Nicks record.

So we conned a very great, old music studio out in the valley of Los Angeles into giving us free time and we went in there and started making another record. So that’s when we think that this song, Without You, uh, that’s when we think we put it to music. Not sure but that’s what we think. So, anyway, we made a really good demo and then, as many demos did in those days – Our house was full of cassettes, thousands of ‘em, and someone stole our cassette of Without You. Because it disappeared. For quite a while. And then whoever stole it, whether it was one of our sleazy friends or one of our good friends who thought ‘I’ll keep it because they’re gonna lose it’, they brought it back so we never knew it got stolen. And then we lost it. So that was the second time it was lost. So, um, then the song was gone. So down the road we, uh – this is where I get off track – this is where Lindsey walks away from the microphone, ‘what is she talking about?’ So, um, this is our last night and I am so tired and that’s why I’m completely crazy. So, anyway, bear with me. So the song then re-appeared on my least favourite thing in the world, YouTube. And some my friends of got it off, I said ‘well get it off and put it on a CD so I can play it for Lindsey’. So we did and I played it for Lindsey and I said ‘The song, it’s back’. And I said ‘Do you remember this song?’ and he’s like ‘Well, yeah, it’s us’ and I’m like ‘It is, huh, and it’s really good so we should record it.’ So we did.

We went to Lindsey’s house at the end of last year and we recorded it and we recorded it, we were very loyal to the original demo and, um, and Mick said – this is where the story gets complicated – So Mick says to me, ‘When we go out on the road – *to Mick* don’t hide, don’t hide’. Mick says, ‘Don’t forget to remind the audience that this is one the things, on this song, that really attracted me to you guys, the way that Lindsey plays and the way the two of you sing to the way that he plays’. Because Lindsey and I sing and play in a very counterpoint way. And I think that that is really what makes what he and I do very special. So he said ‘Remind the audience of that’. So I went ‘Okay’ and so for the first three weeks we’re out there, my story is right to here and I’m reminding the audience. And one night Lindsey says, in front of 15 or 16 thousand people, ‘Hang on! That is NOT what happened. What happened is Fleetwood Mac’s guitar player had quit and they were looking for a lead guitarist.’ I said, ‘Yes, they were.’ And he said, he didn’t say this, I said this – Nowhere in the words ‘lead guitarist’ did it say ‘lead guitarist and hippie girlfriend’. *says thank you twice in reply to laughs and a wolf whistle* But, so I wasn’t really asked [???]to join the band. So anyway, but Lindsey was so, at this point I throw the entire story over to Lindsey *does throwing motion*. Take it, Lindsey!

L: Me? [???] Okay. Well, let’s see. What happened then? Oh, I know. Well, yes, it’s true. We had run into Mick at the studio and he had heard one of our songs only, I believe. And we’d only met Mick once. A couple of weeks later he, uh, he called me back. He said ‘Lindsey?’*mimes phone call* I said ‘Yes, Mick?’ He said ‘Would you consider joining Fleetwood Mac?’ And I said ‘Well, Mick, Mick, if, uh...‘ *repeats what an audience member says* Yeah, way to go, Mick. *thumbs up* Always the eye for talent. *laughs* But, you know, he said ‘Would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?’ and I said ‘Well, Mick, if you take me, you got to take my girlfriend too!’ Yeeah. And that, that is*in lower voice* love, baby.

S: So that beautiful sentiment being stated by Mr Buckingham, this is what I then do in the story. I want to thank all three of the boys up here. First of all, I would like to thank Lindsey for telling Mick that he wouldn’t join Fleetwood Mac unless they took me too. Thank you, Lindsey. Because I was really tired of being a waitress and a cleaning lady. Still. I could go back to it in a minute. And I’d like to tell Mick Fleetwood, Mick, thank you for taking Lindsey and I through your mad Alice in Wonderland journey down through the century of life. We thank you, both of us, so much.

And last but certainly not least I would like to thank the best bass player in the whole world because he ??? was married to the other woman in the band and he never said, you know, ‘I don’t think this is really a good idea’. So you went along with it cos John really could have switched [?] the whole thing, I think, actually. Well, you know what, on the next tour when we go to Australia, we’ll discuss that part of the story. Oh, he can’t wait. *laughs* So, thank you Johnny Mac. Appreciate it. ??? So this is it, this is the little song. It’s called Without You.

[michelej1]

Yes, I am just THAT generous. ;)



Tis true. Thank you! Michele

[nicole21290]

Um, sorry? :D

I've decided to transcribe the entire speeches from this point on so hope that works for you. Also, apologies again for all the times my hearing screwed up and I made errors in transcribing. And let's continue...

20.09.2013 - Dublin

Intro / Song

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1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/w469sv3hm3q3wzw/Without_You_-_Dublin_20.09.13_(11.45).mp4 [11.45 minutes, 41MB]

What Was Said

S: And over the 47 times we did it in the United States, it seemed to get longer every single night. In fact, it was so long, it was like three times longer than the actual song it was introducing. So, of course I tried to shorten the story; it just never worked. The story just got longer and longer. So now since I haven’t told the story in two months, maybe it’ll be shorter. The problem is, I’m not sure I’ll remember the story at all! So I’m going to try and start with the beginning of the story. This song is, uh, on our EP and it was a song that was a poem in probably 1972 – I’m totally guessing – before Lindsey and I moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco. And I, you know, probably stuck it in a jewellery box or something and off we went, with everything that we had. And my poem. And, uh, we got there in 1972 and then we started working on the Buckingham Nicks record. And the song never got put to music but the poem hung around. So, anyway, we did the Buckingham Nicks album. I mean, yeah, we did. Then we found the poem. Again. Somewhere. And we put it to music. I put it to music. And then we made a demo of it and it got lost, the cassette, lost, gone. So, you know, we were writing so much stuff that we forgot, we just forgot we even had written it.

So it was gone and then, after all those years – I’m trying, I’m struggling here – and then after like a hundred years, in 2010, we were in Hawaii and some of my friends who are on, you guessed it, YouTube, said to me “Well, listen to this song!” and I’m like “Okay” and here’s this song that was lost in probably 1974. And, and I’m like “I love this song”. I can’t remember, I can’t believe we didn’t a) didn’t put it on the Buckingham Nicks record and b) never even played it for Fleetwood Mac because it should’ve been recorded years ago. So I brought it to Lindsey and said “Well, listen to this” and he’s like “Yeah, I remember this; I think the song got lost.” So, to make a long story short... It’s not working, is it? Um, he does remember it and we made such a good demo of it that whoever stole our song – which was probably one of our sleazy friends – um, when it went on the YouTube, they like put pictures to it and everything so it’s all like this little video, right? So I said to Lindsey “Lindsey, we should record this. Again. Because our demo is great but it’s on YouTube, you don’t have the real thing so we have to re-do it.” And he agreed. *to Lindsey* Right?

L: I always agree with you.

S: *laughs*(???) That is the worst thing (???) He loved the song. He did love the song. Because it’s the nicest – this is the part that I forgot to tell you – it’s the nicest song, it’s the nicest poem that I ever wrote about the two of us. About our relationship in the beginning. I know. And so it’s really, you know, before fame and all the creepiness creeped in, there was a really sweet girl and a really sweet boy that sang together and made beautiful music and wrote a song like this.

L: *points*

S: Oh, right. One more thing. So, Mick said to me – I forgot all about (???) sitting there! There ya are (???) Marching to the beat of your own drum – So, Mick said to me, after we recorded this at Lindsey’s house at the very end of last year, he said, “Well, don’t forget to remind the audience that this is one of the things that I heard that I loved about you guys. Because when you play, Lindsey – Lindsey kind of plays in a counterpoint way to the way you both sing and it’s a kind of a this thing and it’s great.” And so I said “Okay. So that’s what I’ll do. I’ll tell them the story and I’ll tell them about the counterpoint thing and the thing that happened in 1972.” So one night I’m saying “So, anyway, this song was, you know, was-” Okay, I’m lost. It came down to I was telling a story that wasn’t exactly true. I was saying that Fleetwood Mac. See, I’m completely lost. That Fleetwood Mac would, needed. I am so lost.

L: It’s okay.

S: I, we have not, I mean, really, we’ve not played in two months.

L: It’s good, it’s good.

S: Okay, well, I’m trying to get to the key of this which is –

L: Take your time. Take your time.

S: I, but, I’m taking my time but, I, I – Okay, alright. Let me think. Let me just think for a minute. So one night I was saying that what attracted Mick – I’m getting, it’s coming back – to us was the way that we sang and to the way that Lindsey played. And Lindsey goes “Ah, but no! What attracted Mick to us was me.” Him. *points to Lindsey* Because what Fleetwood Mac needed was a fantastic, smokin’ hot guitarist, lead guitar player. And nowhere in ‘smokin’ hot lead guitar player’ does it say ‘and his hippie girlfriend’. So... I would like to take a moment more to thank Lindsey for bringing me into Fleetwood Mac when he joined Fleetwood Mac. *bows down to Lindsey*

L: You see, you remember what I said, right? No?

S: *shakes head*

L: Well, Mick, you know, we met Mick and he heard something playing and then about two weeks later he calls us up and says “Lindsey, would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” And I said “Well, Mick, you’ll have to take my girlfriend too.” But I think it worked out okay.

S: So, after all that, we are going to sing the song which is only one third as long as that little story.

[michelej1]

Um, sorry? :D

I've decided to transcribe the entire speeches from this point on so hope that works for you.

Great news for us, if your fingers can survive it.

"I always agree with you." Hilarious. Thank you. Michele

[nicole21290]

Great news for us, if your fingers can survive it.

"I always agree with you." Hilarious. Thank you. Michele

I should be able to manage without keeling over and dying. *crosses fingers* I've stockpiled a little and, as of today, have transcribed up to and including Glasgow.

Indeedy! And he couldn't be more accurate of course, as we see from Stevie's lack of reaction to the truth. I mean, Lindsey is all things amenable, non-argumentative and non-confrontational, bless him... ;) <3

[nicole21290]

21.09.2013 - Dublin

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1. http://www.mediafire.com/download/faarwefn8r28cux/Without_You_-_Dublin_21.09.13_(8.53).mp4 [08.53 minutes, 35MB]

What Was Said

S: I had enough trouble introducing it for 47 dates in the United States and now that we haven’t played in two months I’m ??? real problem. So it started out to be like four minutes long and by the end, when we got to the end of the United States, it was like ten minutes long, three times longer than the actual song. So every night when I would come offstage people would go like *looks to where a watch would be* ‘Okay, really. You could add another three songs for the introduction to this song’. So I tried to shorten it but now, not only is it not able to be shortened, but now I can’t hardly remember the story because it’s been two months. So, you have to bear with me. Um, I was walking around with an earphone in half an hour before trying to remember the story by listening to it from the United States but that didn’t help me at all. So, in the beginning... *laughs* Before God. I’m kidding.

In the beginning, in 1971, um, Lindsey and Stevie were going together in Los, in San Francisco, and I wrote a poem about he and I. And it was probably the nicest thing I ever wrote about the two of us because it was before creepy old fame and all the crap that comes along with getting famous and all that comes along and messes everything up. And so this particular poem was one of those, like, amazing grace poems that really told a story of who he and I were in the beginning. So, I didn’t put it to music; sometimes I don’t put my poems to music until way after. So Lindsey and I hopped in the car with all our stuff in, I think, 1971, 1972 – he tells me – I don’t really remember the year. It was the beginning of the seventies at some point. We drove down to Los Angeles and moved in with our producer and then we go ready to do the Buckingham Nicks album which we had our twelve songs done because we had worked all those up before we left San Francisco. So we’re working on the Buckingham Nicks album and somehow this poem never got put to music before Buckingham Nicks. So after Buckingham Nicks was put out and dropped – bummer, I know, such a bummer, you have nooo idea – so back to scratch. We were back to the beginning. In the beginning, second time. Um, so here’s the poem and we put the poem to music. I mean, I think I put the poem to music but I don’t really play that well so I have a feeling that Lindsey probably had something to do with it. But I’ve never said that before so, knowing that, he’s probably going to take 50% of my royalties on the song! The things that flow out of your mouth when you’re not thinking. So, anyway, we put this song to music and it came out great and we made a great demo and the demo got lost. Well, it didn’t really get lost, somebody stole the demo. We’re not sure who. Could’ve been a good friend who thought they’d put it in whatever so it would last forever, and then it could’ve been a sleazy friend who thought ‘I’ll copy it and then take it back right where I found it and they’ll never know and then, in years to come, I’ll have the original demo’. So that’s what happened, we think. But what happened to us was that we then found it and then lost it again. Gone. So when we actually got to Fleetwood Mac, instead of having this great song that we should’ve already recorded to play for Fleetwood Mac, we had lost it and forgotten about it. So –

Audience member: Aww.

S: I know! So, years go by, hundreds and hundreds of years, because of course we’re vampires. We’re really Edward and Bella. So hundreds of years later in 2010. 2010 I was in Hawaii on a little teeny vacation and some of my friends who are on the computers said “Well, gosh, we found this great song and it’s on YouTube and it’s got little pictures of you and Lindsey and it’s really sweet” and I’m like “Okay” and they play it for me and I’m like “It’s the song! It’s the lost song!” So I come back and I play it for Lindsey and I go “Do you remember this song?” and he’s like “Well, duh, yeah, I’m playing on it, and I think it was about me so, yes, I do.” So I said “Don’t you like think it’s amazing?” and he said “Yes, I do” so I said “Why don’t we record it for this EP we’re making for this tour?” So he said “Okay, we’ll do that.” So we went up to his house for four days at the end of, at the very end of last year, and we recorded four songs of which this was one. And when we got done with the song my friend Mick Fleetwood said to me “Don’t forget to remind the audience that one of things that really attracted me to you and Lindsey was the way that you guys sing in juxtaposition to the way that Lindsey plays the guitar.” Counterpoint. And I always thought that too and I didn’t know if anybody ever noticed that but that’s one of the things that I think’s most special about the way we sing and he plays.

So, I, we went on the road in the United States and for about three weeks I’m telling this whole story and I’m going “So don’t forget that that’s what attracted Mick Fleetwood to us.” And one night Lindsey goes “But, no! That’s not what attracted Mick Fleetwood to you and I.” What attracted him was the fact that they needed a smokin’ hot lead guitarist! And nowhere in that description does it say ‘and his hippie girlfriend’. So we wanted to clear that up for ya and, at the same time, I wanted to say thank you, Lindsey, for taking me with you into Fleetwood Mac. And I know there’s a little part of the story I’ve missed here but whatever. Um, *to Lindsey* would you like to say anything? *laughs* Not really. Nothing at all?

L: Do you want me to say something?

S: Yes! Please. Jump in!

L: Say something. Let’s see. Sure was hot today. I took a walk; I had to put a T-shirt on.

S: And that is outrageous! Okay -
*talking over each other*
L: Yeah, okay, I’ll say something else. Well, I think I know what you were thinking of.

S: Well.

L: It was the fact that Mick did actually hear my playing and a couple of weeks later their guitarist decided to leave and, of course, out of the blue we get this call, ah, or I get a call from Mick Fleetwood saying “Hey, Lindsey, would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” And of course, being the *emphasises* LOYAL boyfriend that I was *Mick and Stevie mime playing little violins* *Lindsey also mimes playing violin, complete with sound effect* I said “Mick, if you take me, you gotta take my girlfriend too.”

S: And Mick said *pause* *laughs* And John said *pause* John is sitting on the ground (?) thinking ‘I could’ve gone to the bar and had a drink!’ Anyway, long story short or short story long – I just made that up; it’s a good one, huh? That could be a song right there – um, this little song, this little poem that travelled through the centuries right here to this stage tonight is, we do it almost exactly like the demo that we made in probably 1974. And we would like to do it for you. It’s called Without You.

[michelej1]

So, he thinks Without Love is about him and, I guess, he remembers all songs that are about him.

Her short story long is great.

Thanks for putting it up.

Michele

[nicole21290]

24.09.2013 - London

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What Was Said

S: Okay, so in the beginning Lindsey and I lived in San Francisco. In 1971 or 2 – somewhere around there – we decided to go to Los Angeles. But before that, I wrote a poem. And it was probably – We’d been going out for awhile and, not for very long, I think, a small amount of time, and I wrote a very beautiful poem – if I do say so myself – about Lindsey and I. Mostly about him. And it was probably and is and remains to this day the nicest thing that I ever wrote about him or the two of us or our relationship. So this is a very critical poem. The poem went in the pocket and in the drawer next to the bed or somewhere. And then Lindsey and I hopped in our car, his car – I think it was your car. I had a car too but...

L: ???

S: Did we drive separately? *laughs*

L: ??? Toyota (?)

S: I had a Toyota. Looked like a Rolls Royce. Not really but I thought it did. Okay, so we drive down to Los Angeles and move in with our producer Keith and, cos obviously we had no money. So poem in hand – I never put the poem to music. So we record the Buckingham Nicks album and it’s great. I know. And then they drop the Buckingham Nicks album, Polydor Records. *sarcastically* Thank you so much, Polydor. And the poem somehow, after the Buckingham Nicks album got dropped, was put to music and became this really beautiful song. And then it was put on cassette and then I think was kinda lost in the couch and somebody – One of our sleazy friends, probably - we didn’t have that many friends so we could probably trace them down – either took it or borrowed it and probably re-recorded it from cassette to cassette and then brought it back and put it back in the couch. And then Lindsey and I found it and then we lost it again. So the song was, for a long time, gone. Years and years later, a hundred years later, in 2010, some friends of mine came up to me and said “We’ve found this great song.” On guess what? YouTube. I don’t have a computer and I don’t YouTube. I’m like “Are you kidding?!” ??? So they play it for me and I’m like “the song that was lost twice”. So I play it for Lindsey and I go “Do you remember this song?” and he’s like “Yeah. Yeah, I do. I mean, I’m playing the fantastic guitar part.” And I said “Okay, so what do you think? We should record this for Fleetwood Mac, we should record it.” This was like last year. And so we did. We went to his house and we recorded this song. Okay, here’s where I usually get lost but not tonight! *makes almost screechy noises* So Mick Fleetwood told me “Don’t forget to remind the audience-” Am I on track? I think I’m on track.

L: I think you are.

S: He says “Don’t forget to tell the audiences that this song, the way you sing, the way Lindsey sings, the way he plays guitar, you guys are in counterpoint and that’s what makes you really special.” And I agree. That is what makes us really special. And he said “Don’t forget to tell the audience that this is what attracted me to you guys when I first met you and heard your music.” So I said “Okay, thank you. Thank you, Mick.” Then we go on the road and I tell this story pretty much how I’m doing it now except it’s a little longer. And I said, I was telling this every night and one night Lindsey said “But no! That was not what Mick Fleetwood was attracted to.” And I’m like *pauses* “Oh, well, then what was he attracted to?” And he goes “They needed, if you remember, they were looking for a smokin’ hot lead guitar player!” And I’m like “Oh! That’s right!” It’s all his fault, your fault. So I realised of course that he was totally right and in my little girl’s head (?) I go back and that’s what they were looking for. And nowhere in the words of ‘guitar player’ does it say ‘and his hippie girlfriend’.

L: Did I say that? (???)

S: Exactly. I think you did. You said ‘they don’t want you’.

L: I didn’t say that!

S: I know! (???) What did you say? Jump in.

L: No, no, I just said, uh, well I mean, Mick heard my guitar playing and a couple of weeks later called me up and said “Lindsey, would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” Right? And I said “Well, Mick, if you take me, you gotta take my girlfriend too!” But it worked out.

S: It did work out. And out of that whole really long story that you’ll probably never forget til the day you die but I hope the day you die, you do think of this story because [video ends]

[nicole21290]

25.09.2013 - London

Song

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What Was Said

S: ...song got lost and found again and it started out in the States to be like a three minute story and then over 47 different nights it turned into a like 10 minute story. So I tried to shorten it but every time I try and shorten the story – it’s like a snake, it gets longer. So I’m going to try again

M: No. (???)

S: *looks over at Mick* Thank you, Mick. Thank you, Mick. He doesn’t mean it. I’m going to try to not shorten it, Mick, but, y’know, put it in the confines of we could do three more songs. Um, anyway, so at the beginning of Lindsey’s and my’s relationship, we had already been working together for a couple of years but this was 1971, 1972 and we lived in San Francisco. I was already writing songs for a long time so I wrote a poem and, um, it was probably the nicest, the most loving, the most absolutely non ego-ed out poem I have ever written about anyone and it was written about Lindsey and therefore somewhat about me. So this poem didn’t get put to music right away; it got either put in, it got put in my jeans or it got put, y’know, under the – I don’t know, it got dropped somewhere. Anyway, I found it again right before we moved to Los Angeles. So we hopped in the car and drove down to LA, poem in hand, and somehow it didn’t really get put to music when we got to LA either. So, but it was always kind of in my head. So we practiced, we do the Buckingham Nicks album. Buckingham Nicks album gets dropped. Horrible experience. Um, so we were back to scratch. We were back to the very beginning.

So I pull out the poem that’s been just laying around for three years and I, uh, put it to music. And I’m laughing because only one other time I actually said to Lindsey “I don’t think I can play this good so you must’ve helped me put it to music because I’m not that good on guitar.” Anywayyy, the song ended up to be this amazing song and it was really about the very beginning of where he and I came from. And so I said “Well, guess what? Some friends of mine just came to me and said that they found our missing song on –oh, yes, you guessed it – YouTube.” Duh. I’m not on, I don’t have a computer or Facebook or Spaceface or anything so ??? like that. So they’re like “Look at this!” and I’m like *puts hands up* “Shhh-!” I’m not swearing, I’m going “Oh my god, my missing song is found.” So I show Lindsey and I go “Can you believe it? It’s back.” And he says “Well, yeah, okay, where’s it been?” And “I don’t know, I thought it got lost.” It got lost once. We think a friend of ours - *sarcastically* a friend – stole it and then copied it and then put it back and then he and I lost it. So it was lost twice. So when it was found I said “Let’s record it!” So at the end of last year we went to Lindsey’s house and we recorded it. And it came out great. We recorded it exactly as we had recorded it when it was written in probably 1974. And so Mick said to me – this is where the whole story came from – he said “Don’t forget to tell the audience that this is one of the things that attracted me to you and Lindsey was the way you guys sing to the way that Lindsey plays.” Cos we sing almost in counterpoint to the way he plays. I think that’s what makes us special and Mick agrees. So Mick said to remind the audience of that and I said – *laughs* Lindsey, are you sweating? *laughs*

L: Yeah, I’m getting nervous up here.

S: I know you are! Okay, so, back to the story. So, anyway, *Lindsey mops brow with sweat towel* um, I said “Okay”. So we go on the road and we have our little EP in hand and it’s very similar to what we did in 1974. And so I’m telling the story and I’m going “...that was what attracted Mick Fleetwood to Lindsey and Stevie.” And Lindsey let me tell this story for probably, oh, a week, maybe ten days and all of a sudden, one night I’m going “...and that was what attracted Mick” and Lindsey goes “But no!” You think I should have done Shakespearean actress, don’t you? I’m in the right place. I said “What do you mean ‘but no!’?” And he says “because that’s not true. What attracted Mick Fleetwood to you and me was not *laughs* basically was not you. It was me.” Him. And he said “They needed a guitar player. Their guitar player had just quit and they needed a guitar player.” And I’m thinking ‘he’s totally right.’ They needed a smokin’ hot, fantastic lead guitarist. Nowhere in those words did it mention ‘and his hippie girlfriend’. Okay, Lindsey, take it!

L: What do you want me to say?

S: Jump in.

L: Jump in?

S: Jump in.

L: Uhhhhhhh –

S: *prompting* So...

L: So. Sure. Uh, well, yeah, I can say what I remember about how that went down. Which was just very simply that Mick did hear my guitar playing in the studio one day and then a couple of weeks later called me up and he said “Lindsey, would you like to join Fleetwood Mac?” And I said – because I loved you so much *gives thumbs up* - I said “Well, Mick, if you take me, you gotta take my girlfriend too!”

S: We’re having a moment. (???)

L: And where did that get me?

S: No! You did not just say thaaaat!!! *Lindsey hides behind Mick* Alright, what happened was – you hide behind Mick! Mick, just hit him with the stick. So, now you know the story. And what happened was, was this wonderful song , as most wonderful songs that get lost, it did resurface and we are going to play it for you and it is just as it was in 1974. And I, I want to thank Lindsey Buckingham for actually taking me with him into Fleetwood Mac because he didn’t have to. And Lindsey, I appreciate that. I will always appreciate it. *Lindsey blows Stevie multiple kisses*

L: Well I, I think it was our destiny.

S: It was our destiny. *Lindsey nods* Our destiny took a, like a right turn. And he knew I didn’t want to be a waitress anymore and he went with that too. And Mick, thank you for inviting us to be in Fleetwood Mac. And John McVie, thank you for inviting us to be in Fleetwood Mac. Johnny Mac! So with all that long story being said, this is it. It’s called Without You. Just as it was in 1974.