LB playing live for first time since split

[ryan4136]

LB is playing at a fundraiser tonight. Interesting to see what he goes with.

[elle]

LB is playing at a fundraiser tonight. Interesting to see what he goes with.

agree! i suspect just a few of his acoustic classics, considering it's not his show.

[elle]

sold out. LB should be on at 8pm, apparently.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LB live acoustic tonight at this sold out fundraiser - can't wait to hear from people who went! <a href="https://t.co/gkl26gaqyS">pic.twitter.com/gkl26gaqyS</a></p>&mdash; elle (@ellellew) <a href="https://twitter.com/ellellew/status/995116437466427392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[elle]

SUD

<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BiqU0pGnq3K/" data-instgrm-version="8" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GP T6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAA AElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BiqU0pGnq3K/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">The one and only #lindseybuckingham</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brianlarsenmusic/" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Brian Larsen</a> (@brianlarsenmusic) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2018-05-12T02:54:40+00:00">May 11, 2018 at 7:54pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async defer src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>

[bombaysaffires]

it looks like he's wearing much the same outfit in both the birthday pic and here--- black shirt (and not a V-neck or tee shirt, either!) and black jacket..... symbolic??

[elle]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lindsey Buckingham publicly addresses why he left Fleetwood Mac for the first time: <a href="https://t.co/fnl3K2wo62">https://t.co/fnl3K2wo62</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YouTube</a></p>&mdash; Brian Larsen (@brian_larsen) <a href="https://twitter.com/brian_larsen/status/995140448988479488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[iamnotafraid]

I thought he was answering with such class.
But then he lost me when he went political.

I know it was a political event. And I expected
him to be liberal like the majority of celebrities
are. Even so, I am disappointed.

I wish I hadn't even watched the video.

[wondergirl9847]

Love hearing from him finally and he did a nice little acoustic set. :thumbsup:

Thank you for posting these! :blob2:

[dreamsunwind]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lindsey Buckingham publicly addresses why he left Fleetwood Mac for the first time: <a href="https://t.co/fnl3K2wo62">https://t.co/fnl3K2wo62</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YouTube</a></p>&mdash; Brian Larsen (@brian_larsen) <a href="https://twitter.com/brian_larsen/status/995140448988479488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Such a classy statement. SOME band members could take a lesson or two.
And Lindsey's been a democrat forever, his political statements shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone especially considering the nature of this event to begin with.

[secondhandchain]

I thought he was answering with such class.
But then he lost me when he went political.

I know it was a political event. And I expected
him to be liberal like the majority of celebrities
are. Even so, I am disappointed.

I wish I hadn't even watched the video.

He's ALOUD TO HAVE A FREAKING OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry he offended you for that. Jesus H Christ!!!! Your statement makes me raging angry! This is a mostly two party system in this country chances are he's going to be one or the other, who gives a CRAP! He didn't even say anything that outrageous. Why don't you stop listening to him now? Stop going to football, stop watching movies, stop listening to liberal guitar players. UGH A certain person lost me when he made fun of the handicapped but I have to see him everyday. And when you makes statements like your post you are BEGGING to piss off half the posters here when you make it seem like being liberal which is HALF THE COUNTRY is a huge disgusting sin, It's not.

[elle]

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="et" dir="ltr">Lindsey speaks ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/Y2B3zoq0EA">pic.twitter.com/Y2B3zoq0EA</a></p>&mdash; Lindsey Buckingham's Army (@lindseybs_army) <a href="https://twitter.com/lindseybs_army/status/995144381765009409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[bombaysaffires]

I thought he was answering with such class.
But then he lost me when he went political.

I know it was a political event. And I expected
him to be liberal like the majority of celebrities
are. Even so, I am disappointed.

I wish I hadn't even watched the video.

Really?? John has made political references in the past, like "Oh no, DEFINITELY not Labour" with a face like he just ate a lemon. And he wasn't even at a political event. It sorta surprised me but, you know, it's a free country. I still think he's the greatest bass player ever.

Lindsey was playing at a fundraiser for a democratic candidate. He would need to say SOMETHING to the crowd, and he was on-message for the event. He also made it clear that a big reason he was there was that he was asked by Cameron Crowe, the director, with whom he is good friends and he says "I would do anything for Cameron". You know, loyalty.

[dreamsunwind]

Really?? John has made political references in the past, like "Oh no, DEFINITELY not Labour" with a face like he just ate a lemon. And he wasn't even at a political event. It sorta surprised me but, you know, it's a free country. I still think he's the greatest bass player ever.

Lindsey was playing at a fundraiser for a democratic candidate. He would need to say SOMETHING to the crowd, and he was on-message for the event. He also made it clear that a big reason he was there was that he was asked by Cameron Crow, the director, with whom he is good friends and he says "I would do anything for Cameron". You know, loyalty.

Not to mention that Lindsey's made his political views loud and clear before (dedicating Treason to George Bush for example) so really it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that at this political event, he made political statements that revealed his political leanings.

[Dr.Brown]

I'll preface by saying that I'm sure I largely disagree with his politics but Lindsey was speaking at political fundraiser and sharing his views - I respect that. I think he addressed what happened with incredible class, given that he was basically stabbed in the back by a "faction" within the band. I agree that this move has indeed damaged the band's legacy.
.

[bombaysaffires]

I'll preface by saying that I'm sure I largely disagree with his politics but Lindsey was speaking at political fundraiser and sharing his views - I respect that. I think he addressed what happened with incredible class, given that he was basically stabbed in the back by a "faction" within the band. I agree that this move has indeed damaged the band's legacy.
.

:nod: :(

[lilyfee]

Am I being too hopeful or did he seem like he’d be forgiving if reconciliation was on the table?

The part that interested me most was how he talked about the “factions” losing their perspective and not rising above to fulfill their destiny... what does he mean by that? I take it to mean that Stevie would rather tour/get money over pursuing creative fulfillment through an album... but that doesn’t really seem to fit with the established narrative given that no Fleetwood Mac album was on the table. Unless he is saying that they tried to suppress his artistic truth because he wanted to use this time for another album, as was reported in the press. This whole thing is so sad.

[secret love]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lindsey Buckingham publicly addresses why he left Fleetwood Mac for the first time: <a href="https://t.co/fnl3K2wo62">https://t.co/fnl3K2wo62</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YouTube</a></p>&mdash; Brian Larsen (@brian_larsen) <a href="https://twitter.com/brian_larsen/status/995140448988479488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Not surprised Linds is a Democrat! I am too (well, I'm in the Australian Labor Party).

[elle]

Am I being too hopeful or did he seem like he’d be forgiving if reconciliation was on the table?

The part that interested me most was how he talked about the “factions” losing their perspective and not rising above to fulfill their destiny... what does he mean by that? I take it to mean that Stevie would rather tour/get money over pursuing creative fulfillment through an album... but that doesn’t really seem to fit with the established narrative given that no Fleetwood Mac album was on the table. Unless he is saying that they tried to suppress his artistic truth because he wanted to use this time for another album, as was reported in the press. This whole thing is so sad.

i think you are probably overthinking it. i think factions is just saying it was not the whole band but just some people who ousted him. he always talks about them staying together as a band to fulfill their destiny, raising above themselves to be better people, that kind of stuff.


this evening was so cathartic - i never in a million years thought he was gonna address FM issues tonight at that event. i'm so glad he did, and in such an amazing, eloquent, classy way.

#wearenotworthy


and he told several fans who were there that he will be releasing Best Of album and is planning the fall tour, possibly to start in August (or maybe September?). this evening was like a dream come true and clouds finally lifting!

i loved that he also talked about new opportunities.

[secret love]

i think you are probably overthinking it. i think factions is just saying it was not the whole band but just some people who ousted him. he always talks about them staying together as a band to fulfill their destiny, raising above themselves to be better people, that kind of stuff.


this evening was so cathartic - i never in a million years thought he was gonna address FM issues tonight at that event. i'm so glad he did, and in such an amazing, eloquent, classy way.

#wearenotworthy


and he told several fans who were there that he will be releasing Best Of album and is planning the fall tour, possibly to start in August (or maybe September?). this evening was like a dream come true and clouds finally lifting!

i loved that he also talked about new opportunities.
I feel like such a sucker for buying a Fleetwood Mac ticket. How are they able to go on with people who themselves are ex members of established bands? It tarnishes the legacy of Crowded House and of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, not just Fleetwood Mac.
This man is so articulate, sensitive and intelligent.
Shame on Fleetwood Mac.

[dreamsunwind]

Not surprised Linds is a Democrat! I am too (well, I'm in the Australian Labor Party).

Lol right???
Everything about him screams Democrat. I can't believe some people were mad about it :laugh:

[SteveMacD]

“Some factions” tells me that he doesn’t blame everyone in the band.

“Losing perspective” is completely open to interpretation. Maybe at this stage, his perspective and theirs were just too far removed. It happens, and it sucks.

Either way, I am sad that it was Lindsey who got booted.

[dreamsunwind]

Am I being too hopeful or did he seem like he’d be forgiving if reconciliation was on the table?

The part that interested me most was how he talked about the “factions” losing their perspective and not rising above to fulfill their destiny... what does he mean by that? I take it to mean that Stevie would rather tour/get money over pursuing creative fulfillment through an album... but that doesn’t really seem to fit with the established narrative given that no Fleetwood Mac album was on the table. Unless he is saying that they tried to suppress his artistic truth because he wanted to use this time for another album, as was reported in the press. This whole thing is so sad.

Maybe down the line when enough time has passed and wounds have healed...but they might be too old for that sadly.
And I think he meant it to be a general statement that they got caught up in the conflict/desire for money/easy way out and lost sight of the most important thing-- preserving the legacy of that beautiful band. And he's 150% right that that is the saddest thing about it all. I don't think he's as upset about them screwing him over as he is about the legacy being ruined. It might have been part of his psychoanalysis therapist babble, but I always fully believed that what he said about cycles was true, and that it really meant a lot for him to 'finish' the journey.

[SteveMacD]

Hell, I disagreed with most of one lineup of Guided by Voices politically and agreed completely with another. I rode in vans for weeks at a time with these people, and gladly would again, either way. Politics is only one part of life. People have different outlooks. Doesn’t mean people have to live exclusively through that lense.

[dontlookdown]

I thought he was answering with such class.
But then he lost me when he went political.

I know it was a political event. And I expected
him to be liberal like the majority of celebrities
are. Even so, I am disappointed.

I wish I hadn't even watched the video.

The majority of educated Americans who live in big cities tend to be engaged in their communities and politically active. Why is that disappointing?
This is a democracy and thank god there are still people who have a point of view with critical thinking skills intact. There’s a big world out there when you turn off Fox News. Wake the **** up.

[FuzzyPlum]

I thought he was answering with such class.
But then he lost me when he went political.

I know it was a political event. And I expected
him to be liberal like the majority of celebrities
are. Even so, I am disappointed.

I wish I hadn't even watched the video.


????? Bit of a strange one.

I can't seem to find it now but I'm sure there was footage of Lindsey a couple of years ago playing guitar (with another musician- cant remember who) at another political fundraiser. Was it for Tim Kaine????

[Storms123]

????? Bit of a strange one.

I can't seem to find it now but I'm sure there was footage of Lindsey a couple of years ago playing guitar (with another musician- cant remember who) at another political fundraiser. Was it for Tim Kaine????

Yes, Tim Kaine.

[elle]

LB is a democrat and fans know it, on both sides of the aisle as far as politics goes - and that doesn't defer them from being fans. :nod:

we can stop discussing that particular kind of politics here.

[bombaysaffires]

LB is a democrat and fans know it, on both sides of the aisle as far as politics goes - and that doesn't defer them from being fans. :nod:

we can stop discussing that particular kind of politics here.

Right. And John is a conservative, whichever political party in the UK he chooses to align with. He's never said but he's been clear he's strongly not Labour.

And he's in a band with at least one avowed Democrat.

And yet I like them both. Go figure.

[bombaysaffires]

Maybe down the line when enough time has passed and wounds have healed...but they might be too old for that sadly.
And I think he meant it to be a general statement that they got caught up in the conflict/desire for money/easy way out and lost sight of the most important thing-- preserving the legacy of that beautiful band. And he's 150% right that that is the saddest thing about it all. I don't think he's as upset about them screwing him over as he is about the legacy being ruined. It might have been part of his psychoanalysis therapist babble, but I always fully believed that what he said about cycles was true, and that it really meant a lot for him to 'finish' the journey.

Exactly!

He even stated what that was-- that their legacy, their "higher calling" whatever... was to rise above the daily grind of the egos and everything else involved in being in a band (broken hearts, anyone?) and soldier on to make good music. He *said* this in his comments.

And now they are *not* rising above the difficulties and disagreements and challenges to find a way forward, and he's saying it's sad that given how often they HAVE managed to do this in the past (breakups, people leaving, etc) they can't pull it out just one last time so they can end on a note of surviving all the vicissitudes of rock success. In the end, in the final hour, they managed to not live up to their own track record and legacy of patching it up and soldiering on for one last tour. Now they'll be remembered for holding it together long enough to fall apart at the very end.

I think the "factions" bit, like people have said, means he recognizes certain people were the instigators and certain other people got swept along in the momentum (e.g., John possibly, and Chris).

[elle]

y'all know that it pains me to have to post Trouble video, but here it is anway, from last night

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[elle]

Shut Us Down with intro -

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[elle]

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[elle]

<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bir8xvLBKNt/" data-instgrm-version="8" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GP T6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAA AElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bir8xvLBKNt/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">#lindseybuckingham I stopped filming because Moby was standing next to me and I thought, "Moby probably thinks it's stupid to film at shows." Haha. @moby</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thelegionofdecency/" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> The Legion of Decency</a> (@thelegionofdecency) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2018-05-12T18:03:51+00:00">May 12, 2018 at 11:03am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async defer src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>

[elle]

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[elle]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm still pinching myself standing this close to Lindsey Buckingham. An incredible evening for <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeLevinCA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MikeLevinCA</a> for Congress, with <a href="https://twitter.com/BillyRay5229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillyRay5229</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Alyssa_Milano</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/karenrayphoto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@karenrayphoto</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CameronCrowe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CameronCrowe</a>. After we flip the House, we're Never Going Back Again! <a href="https://t.co/HqE4qUgkSi">pic.twitter.com/HqE4qUgkSi</a></p>&mdash; Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/rmayemsinger/status/995182814940217344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[elle]

Cameron Crowe introducing LB yesterday - very very nice!

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[elle]

vintage Linds

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">not to be dramatic but he’s the most adorable person I’ve ever seen <a href="https://t.co/2vCj4XGqF5">pic.twitter.com/2vCj4XGqF5</a></p>&mdash; miranda (@rockawayblind) <a href="https://twitter.com/rockawayblind/status/995406699807825920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Murrow]

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This seems the most poignant of his songs at the moment. He sounded a bit choked on the line "I'm never going back again".

[bombaysaffires]

Do we see a message in his choice of songs? Wasn't it Shut Us Down, Trouble, and Never Going Back Again?

just the titles alone send a sort of message.....

[elle]

Do we see a message in his choice of songs? Wasn't it Shut Us Down, Trouble, and Never Going Back Again?

just the titles alone send a sort of message.....

and Big Love.

if you wanna see a message you can, but judging by the short acoustic sets he did at other events that's usually his choice of songs. he did songs that people either know or show off his prowess (SUD). plus other than Big Love, the other 3 songs were opening of BuckVie tour set.

[bombaysaffires]

and Big Love.

if you wanna see a message you can, but judging by the short acoustic sets he did at other events that's usually his choice of songs. he did songs that people either know or show off his prowess (SUD). plus other than Big Love, the other 3 songs were opening of BuckVie tour set.

do we know about how many people were at the event? :shrug:

[dreamsunwind]

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For the love of God WHEN will he go back to playing the song at a normal speed???? This is one of my favorite songs EVER and he keeps butchering it with this ridiculously slow version :distress:

[dreamsunwind]

do we know about how many people were at the event? :shrug:

I know the tickets were sold out. The exact amount I do not know. It was at a house though (albeit probably a big, nice house), so I assume it probably couldn't fit THAT many people.

[DownOnRodeo]

Elle: his evening was so cathartic - i never in a million years thought he was gonna address FM issues tonight at that event. i'm so glad he did, and in such an amazing, eloquent, classy way.

Yes indeed.
He didn't give a play by play rundown of what went down over 'the past three months,' but watching this video where he tells his spin on it in his own words and in his cogent and poised way was very cathartic for me.

Thank you for posting these.

[krrrby]

I love Lindsey and I say this statement with love...

...he really doesn't have room to talk about raising above anything when he ditched his band in 1987 and left the rest of the members to try and carry on without him before a big tour after a successful album. It's sad that this situation has come about, but we still don't really know what happened other than what has been said by the actual people who are living through it...and we don't really know how honest they are being about their statements either. Everyone else just makes gossip and assumptions around what is being said, and I think it's childish. Everybody is busy dogging on the rest of the band, but it's not to say that he doesn't have a fault in here somehow for it to be such a huge fallout.

Anything that is being said should be taken with a grain of salt.

Beyond that, I think he sounded great and I would even be willing to see a solo show of his if he comes to my area.

Just my 2 cents and that's what it is.

[DownOnRodeo]

it's not to say that he doesn't have a fault in here somehow for it to be such a huge fallout.

Absolutely (IMO).
It was just frustrating and worrying to only be hearing one side of the story, and it was a relief to hear something from his side (and to see that he seems to be "business as usual"), regardless of the rights and wrongs of whatever did actually go down.

His public persona is eloquent and diplomatic, and he seems sincere, but for example I can fully sympathize with Stevie perhaps not wanting to be under his thumb in the studio (which is his domain/territory, after all), especially when there's a rocky history going all the way back to your teens.

[iamnotafraid]

He's ALOUD TO HAVE A FREAKING OPINION!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry he offended you for that. Your statement makes me raging angry!...

Raging angry because I was disappointed?
I didn't realize my words carry so much weight
with you.

I'm not a doctor but I'm pretty sure they make
medicine for your type of problem. Good luck.

[iamnotafraid]

...it's a free country...

It sure is. And I was expressing how I felt.
While understanding it was a political event.

[iamnotafraid]

Lol right???
Everything about him screams Democrat. I can't believe some people were mad about it :laugh:

If that's directed towards me, who's mad about it?

Everything about him screams Democrat. That
only describes about 80+ percent of all artists.

[iamnotafraid]

The majority of educated Americans who live in big cities tend to be engaged in their communities and politically active. Why is that disappointing?

There’s a big world out there when you turn off Fox News. Wake the **** up.

Sorry I don't have cable or satellite TV. So no
Fox News for me. But there's a plus side to that,
no MSNBC either.

I'm just a poor uneducated Southerner who's having
difficulty understanding your post. But I thought we
weren't suppose to post personal attacks on The Ledge.

Then again, you've outsmarted me again. You painted
with such a broad brush that the moderators couldn't
possibly know that you were trying to cut me down.

You are clever, no doubt about it.

[elle]

I love Lindsey and I say this statement with love...

...he really doesn't have room to talk about raising above anything when he ditched his band in 1987 and left the rest of the members to try and carry on without him before a big tour after a successful album. It's sad that this situation has come about, but we still don't really know what happened other than what has been said by the actual people who are living through it...and we don't really know how honest they are being about their statements either. Everyone else just makes gossip and assumptions around what is being said, and I think it's childish. Everybody is busy dogging on the rest of the band, but it's not to say that he doesn't have a fault in here somehow for it to be such a huge fallout.

Anything that is being said should be taken with a grain of salt.

Beyond that, I think he sounded great and I would even be willing to see a solo show of his if he comes to my area.

Just my 2 cents and that's what it is.

pretending that we don't know what happened and that bands' blathering ridiculous beating around the bush in CBS and RS/SXM interviews is equal to LB's poised and dignified statement is childish. same as bringing up 1987 in 2018.

you have a weird definition of love.

[michelej1]

The fact that he left the band only after producing a successful album for them, under trying circumstances, in 1987 says to me that he did rise above then.

[elle]

Big Love and ending
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NGBA
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Trouble
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[krrrby]

pretending that we don't know what happened and that bands' blathering ridiculous beating around the bush in CBS and RS/SXM interviews is equal to LB's poised and dignified statement is childish. same as bringing up 1987 in 2018.

you have a weird definition of love.

On either side of the argument, everyone loses. I personally doubt that we will see them all together again. But who knows....the saga continues.

[Storms123]

The fact that he left the band only after producing a successful album for them, under trying circumstances, in 1987 says to me that he did rise above then.

Very well said. And I think all of their "personal" demons...to borrow Lindsey phrase were at an exacerbated state then.

[elle]

from https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2-congressional-races-hollywood-cares-ca-primaries-1115468

Mike Levin, campaigning to fill the seat vacated by Republican Darrell Issa of California Congressional District 49 in San Diego County, counts as supporters Cameron Crowe, George Takei and producer Talia Osteen, who raised $30,000 at a single event that featured Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham.

[David]

Fleetwood Mac did some political concerts in the past. They were never Jackson Browne or Joan Baez, of course, but they did some fundraisers for candidates, and some environmental stuff. Individual members played some environmental fundraisers that were tied to specific initiatives on the ballot, like Get Tough on Toxics and Mulholland Tomorrow and Sanctuary Arizona.

Oh, and then there was that president who got them to play at his inaugural ball and again at the White House.

[SteveMacD]

Fleetwood Mac did some political concerts in the past. They were never Jackson Browne or Joan Baez, of course, but they did some fundraisers for candidates, and some environmental stuff. Individual members played some environmental fundraisers that were tied to specific initiatives on the ballot, like Get Tough on Toxics and Mulholland Tomorrow and Sanctuary Arizona.

Oh, and then there was that president who got them to play at his inaugural ball and again at the White House.

And that whole Greenpeace speech at the end of the BTM shows.

[TrueFaith77]

Fleetwood Mac did some political concerts in the past. They were never Jackson Browne or Joan Baez, of course, but they did some fundraisers for candidates, and some environmental stuff. Individual members played some environmental fundraisers that were tied to specific initiatives on the ballot, like Get Tough on Toxics and Mulholland Tomorrow and Sanctuary Arizona.

Oh, and then there was that president who got them to play at his inaugural ball and again at the White House.

But “not Labour!” :laugh: