Rock Legends You Should Catch On Tour This Year

[elle]

relevant excerpt:

https://uproxx.com/music/rock-tours-neil-young-paul-simon-phil-collins/2/

All The Rock Legends You Should Catch On Tour This Year


Fleetwood Mac

This is probably going to be the most divisive entry on this list, and your inclination to attend probably boils down to how much you value singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s impact on the sound and aesthetic of Fleetwood Mac. The group, who have changed lineups multiple times over years, are banking on the idea that their decision to fire Buckingham won’t impact fans desire to hear Stevie Nicks belt out “Landslide” on a nightly basis. Maybe that’s true, but a lot of the magic of the band is the theater of tension/affection onstage exhibited onstage between Nicks and her former paramour. We’ll see how Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and singer Neil Finn can fill the roles.

[jbrownsjr]

If they have any decency, they will drop her bellowing Landslide...

:shocked: I can't take another listen to her butcher that song.

[Hawkeye]

If they have any decency, they will drop her bellowing Landslide...

:shocked: I can't take another listen to her butcher that song.

landslide butchered? I agree, I’d be beyond ecstatic if it were dropped but it’s one of those songs that in the moment live I always enjoy because she sings it so well (at least in my opinion) it’s not both tired and done terribly like Gypsy Dreams and Rhiannon (but again I have high hopes for a Rhiannon Revival with Mike Campbell! )

[sodascouts]

Landslide is still beautiful but Rhiannon has been dreary for a long time, sadly. I guess they feel obligated to do it anyway. Campbell cannot save it because Stevie cannot sing it anymore. She has flattened it out.

[Macfan4life]

If the band had any sense they would drop Landslide and let Stevie perform Man of the world instead. If one of the new guys sing it, half the arena will walk out. But Stevie keeps the casual fan's asses in the seats. That could be their slow acoustic song instead of Landslide.

[sodascouts]

So Mick is saying that Stevie wants to sing "Black Magic Woman." Is that a joke? She obviously thinks it applies to herself, so is she going to change the lyrics? That's a really bad idea, I think... parts of the song would become really awkward.

[David]

So Mick is saying that Stevie wants to sing "Black Magic Woman." Is that a joke? She obviously thinks it applies to herself, so is she going to change the lyrics? That's a really bad idea, I think... parts of the song would become really awkward.
It would be very awkward. The idea of a 70-year-old woman doing a song written from the p.o.v. of a young, pessimistic working-class bloke enamored of the blues and sex with a hot babe . . . . I guess all that gets lost when the song is fifty years old or whatever it is.

The idea of Nicks trying Man of the World is even more ludicrous because the vocal requires a soaring howl of pain and a throw-it-all-away recklessness that Nicks hasn't touched since her Fritz days.

No, if she wants to switch out her old stinkers for some new ones, I think she's better off doing some of the Holly and Ronstadt songs she's tried successfully in recent years: Poor Poor Pitiful Me, It's So Easy, Not Fade Away, etc.

[WatchChain]

So Mick is saying that Stevie wants to sing "Black Magic Woman." Is that a joke? She obviously thinks it applies to herself, so is she going to change the lyrics? That's a really bad idea, I think... parts of the song would become really awkward.

I could easily see the band working a "Black Magic Woman" interlude into the 9 minute version of "Gold Dust Woman"--with Stevie on vocals. It's quite comical that the High Priestess wants to take a stab at "Black Magic Woman". Sit back, relax, and pop a bowl of popcorn. This should be good.

[BlanketMan]

Kinda off-topic, but... I'm seeing Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz in PA this Thursday - they belong on this list! :nod:

[JohnL]

relevant excerpt:

https://uproxx.com/music/rock-tours-neil-young-paul-simon-phil-collins/2/

All The Rock Legends You Should Catch On Tour This Year


Fleetwood Mac

This is probably going to be the most divisive entry on this list, and your inclination to attend probably boils down to how much you value singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s impact on the sound and aesthetic of Fleetwood Mac. The group, who have changed lineups multiple times over years, are banking on the idea that their decision to fire Buckingham won’t impact fans desire to hear Stevie Nicks belt out “Landslide” on a nightly basis. Maybe that’s true, but a lot of the magic of the band is the theater of tension/affection onstage exhibited onstage between Nicks and her former paramour. We’ll see how Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and singer Neil Finn can fill the roles.

I have a feeling that we are going to be well into 2020 and you are still going to be belly aching about this.

[sasja]

Not me, myself, if we have some new Lindsey music in the mean I'll be pleased as punch. But I do admit to the guilty pleasure of wondering how that tour will go. :nod:

[elle]

Not me, myself, if we have some new Lindsey music in the mean I'll be pleased as punch. But I do admit to the guilty pleasure of wondering how that tour will go. :nod:

same!

also, although i'm blocking out bunch of people since i have no time for their negativity and hate directed at me, it's so good to check back in here after several days away and see in whichever thread i open bunch of juvenile personal insults being thrown specifically at me by various SN worshippers that apparently have no coherent responses on topics at hand. i guess they miss me! :rolleyes: :shocked:

[mitzo]

same!

also, although i'm blocking out bunch of people since i have no time for their negativity and hate directed at me, it's so good to check back in here after several days away and see in whichever thread i open bunch of juvenile personal insults being thrown specifically at me by various SN worshippers that apparently have no coherent responses on topics at hand. i guess they miss me! :rolleyes: :shocked:

Get professional help. You cannot go on like this, Elle.

[elle]

some here think mental health issues are a joking matter. this is not ok, guys. :distress:

mods should really step up a bit. way too many personal attacks on posters here (and i haven't even had time to check much lately so there's probably much much more i haven't seen), apparently just because someone's favorite singer turned out not to be a saint.

[SteveMacD]

some here think mental health issues are a joking matter. this is not ok, guys. :distress:

mods should really step up a bit. way too many personal attacks on posters here (and i haven't even had time to check much lately so there's probably much much more i haven't seen), apparently just because someone's favorite singer turned out not to be a saint.

If they were saints, they wouldn’t be rock stars.

[BombaySapphire3]

If they were saints, they wouldn’t be rock stars.

Yeah Stevie was as promiscuous as any number of male rock stars in her time and probably guzzled as much booze as well..and as for snorting coke she'd rank near the top so I don't think she was on anyone's list for canonization.

[mitzo]

some here think mental health issues are a joking matter. this is not ok, guys. :distress:

mods should really step up a bit. way too many personal attacks on posters here (and i haven't even had time to check much lately so there's probably much much more i haven't seen), apparently just because someone's favorite singer turned out not to be a saint.

If the ousting of one member of a dinosaur pop band turns one into a borderline personality and a online troll, frankly I do think you need help.

[SteveMacD]

Yeah Stevie was as promiscuous as any number of male rock stars in her time and probably guzzled as much booze as well..and as for snorting coke she'd rank near the top so I don't think she was on anyone's list for canonization.

Certainly not on mine. But then, I’m not on mine, but either way, I don’t give a crap.

[HomerMcvie]

some here think mental health issues are a joking matter. this is not ok, guys. :distress:

mods should really step up a bit. way too many personal attacks on posters here (and i haven't even had time to check much lately so there's probably much much more i haven't seen), apparently just because someone's favorite singer turned out not to be a saint.

While I do agree, I was subjected to two very personal attacks, a couple months ago, and nothing was done about it. And even after pointing it out here, didn't receive much support or acknowledgement(on the ledge, anyway). So I wouldn't expect too much...

All that said, I DO think I'd prefer "nothing" over the molly coddling of the "Ethan Ledge" days.

BUT, if all is fair in love and war, it should be stated as such, so that there is no selective enforcement.

Just my 2 cents.

[dreamsunwind]

Yeah Stevie was as promiscuous as any number of male rock stars in her time and probably guzzled as much booze as well..and as for snorting coke she'd rank near the top so I don't think she was on anyone's list for canonization.

I mean she had a very severe drug addiction which likely impacted lots of aspects of her behavior and personality. Maybe she wouldn't have done a lot of the somewhat morally questionable things she did had it not been for that addiction.

[HomerMcvie]

I mean she had a very severe drug addiction which likely impacted lots of aspects of her behavior and personality. Maybe she wouldn't have done a lot of the somewhat morally questionable things she did had it not been for that addiction.
Everyone needs an excuse...

It helps, anyway! :p

[HomerMcvie]

I mean she had a very severe drug addiction which likely impacted lots of aspects of her behavior and personality. Maybe she wouldn't have done a lot of the somewhat morally questionable things she did had it not been for that addiction.
Everyone needs an excuse...

It helps, anyway! :p

[sodascouts]

If the ousting of one member of a dinosaur pop band turns one into a borderline personality and a online troll, frankly I do think you need help.

Ugh, I loathe it when people take the insult and turn it into the "I'm totally serious" version. The insult, while I can see how some could be offended... well, I usually don't make a federal case of it. It's just a variation of "You're crazy."

However, when it escalates to "I'm serious".... if someone really can sit there and act like they are 100% confident that they can accurately diagnose a complete stranger of a serious mental illness based on their internet posts....

Well, then they really have no clue about what goes into that kind of diagnosis, and no clue about what it really means to have a mental illness.

And that IS offensive.

Sorry.

(Mitzo, this isn't just directed at you. It's a VERY common thing to post and it just frustrates me how so many people are so very quick to say, in all seriousness, that they spot mental illness in their opponents and others.)

[aleuzzi]

Not me, myself, if we have some new Lindsey music in the mean I'll be pleased as punch. But I do admit to the guilty pleasure of wondering how that tour will go. :nod:

Agreed.

I have a morbid fascination with what a **** show this tour has the potential to be. Anyone thinking they won't do Landslide, Dreams, Rhiannon, and Silver Springs is fooling him/herself.

They will very likely do: Little Lies, Say You Love Me, Don't Stop, World Turning, and Everywhere.

The question is what change-ups will be included? Will they do Black Magic Woman (doubt it), Oh Well (likely), Hypnotized (doubt it), Station Man (possibly), Tell Me All the Things You Do (an intriguing possibility), or go even deeper with jewels like Child of Mine, Jumping at Shadows, Future Games, or Dust?

They will likely do a Tom Petty tune, a few solo Stevie numbers. But will they try Christine's "One in a Million"? They will also probably play a Crowded House tune--much to the embarrassment of all.

The more chances they take, the more potentially interesting the shows will be. I doubt, however, they will stray much from their existing, already-tired and tiresome setlist.

If they do GYOW I'll laugh and laugh and laugh.

[sodascouts]

I seriously doubt they will do any of those mega-obscure numbers. I think they'll only do two older numbers besides Oh Well maximum, despite all the talk of history, and why not Black Magic Woman? At least people would know that one.

I also seriously doubt they will do Silver Springs. They must realize it will make everyone feel Lindsey's loss on stage, and miss that interplay. Stevie has tied Lindsey to it in performance as well as in theme. No amount of mic stand ribbon-swishing will distract from that.

You can bet they will do GYOW. It was a big hit.

[FuzzyPlum]

In the recent Variety interview Neil admitted its unlikely they'll play much of the older stuff. It sounds like Man of the World is likely and I'd guess at Oh Well too. Danny's passing makes Station Man even more likely. I think that'll probably be it. He suggested they'll probably play one or two Neil Finn songs.
Basically it'll be all the big hits from Chris and Stevie + The Chain + Go Your Own Way + 3 old FM songs + 2 Neil Finn songs + Stop Draggin My Heart Around. The only other maybe might be Tusk.

[dreamsunwind]

Agreed.

I have a morbid fascination with what a **** show this tour has the potential to be. Anyone thinking they won't do Landslide, Dreams, Rhiannon, and Silver Springs is fooling him/herself.

They will very likely do: Little Lies, Say You Love Me, Don't Stop, World Turning, and Everywhere.

The question is what change-ups will be included? Will they do Black Magic Woman (doubt it), Oh Well (likely), Hypnotized (doubt it), Station Man (possibly), Tell Me All the Things You Do (an intriguing possibility), or go even deeper with jewels like Child of Mine, Jumping at Shadows, Future Games, or Dust?

They will likely do a Tom Petty tune, a few solo Stevie numbers. But will they try Christine's "One in a Million"? They will also probably play a Crowded House tune--much to the embarrassment of all.

The more chances they take, the more potentially interesting the shows will be. I doubt, however, they will stray much from their existing, already-tired and tiresome setlist.

If they do GYOW I'll laugh and laugh and laugh.

I read that Neil Finn interview and he outright said that there's probably not gonna be much pre-BN songs on the set list at the end, which is what I've been saying forever lol.
I'm absolutely positive that the tour is going to be mostly the same songs were all used to. But no way they'll do Silver Springs. Stevie doesn't even perform it on her solo tours. There's no point to do the song anymore. If they did I would truly be shocked.

[mitzo]

Ugh, I loathe it when people take the insult and turn it into the "I'm totally serious" version. The insult, while I can see how some could be offended... well, I usually don't make a federal case of it. It's just a variation of "You're crazy."

However, when it escalates to "I'm serious".... if someone really can sit there and act like they are 100% confident that they can accurately diagnose a complete stranger of a serious mental illness based on their internet posts....

Well, then they really have no clue about what goes into that kind of diagnosis, and no clue about what it really means to have a mental illness.

And that IS offensive.

Sorry.



(Mitzo, this isn't just directed at you. It's a VERY common thing to post and it just frustrates me how so many people are so very quick to say, in all seriousness, that they spot mental illness in their opponents and others.)

I was simply driving the point home. I do not know Elle and others here as people, just as posters. And they seem pretty unhinged since Linds got sacked.


You do not know what I know or do not know about mental illness. and this is an FM forum not the APA.

[gldstwmn]

If they were saints, they wouldn’t be rock stars.

Well, except for Bono. :lol:

[gldstwmn]

If the ousting of one member of a dinosaur pop band turns one into a borderline personality and a online troll, frankly I do think you need help.
I picture you saying this with the look on Lindsey's face in your avatar. It's funny. :laugh:

[gldstwmn]

Everyone needs an excuse...

It helps, anyway! :p

What's yours?

[mitzo]

I picture you saying this with the look on Lindsey's face in your avatar. It's funny. :laugh:

It is meant to be. I took inspiration from Homer McVie's avatar of Stevie.

[sodascouts]

In the recent Variety interview Neil admitted its unlikely they'll play much of the older stuff. It sounds like Man of the World is likely and I'd guess at Oh Well too. Danny's passing makes Station Man even more likely. I think that'll probably be it. He suggested they'll probably play one or two Neil Finn songs.
Basically it'll be all the big hits from Chris and Stevie + The Chain + Go Your Own Way + 3 old FM songs + 2 Neil Finn songs + Stop Draggin My Heart Around. The only other maybe might be Tusk.

I know Neil and Mike played "Man of the World" recently, but I think that would be a real dud in an arena.

Two Neil songs? Ugh! It is a Mac show! But I guess that could happen. Of course one is mandatory. I think there will be at least two Stevie solo, though. Stand Back, perhaps, in addition to Stop Draggin'.

[SteveMacD]

I know Neil and Mike played "Man of the World" recently, but I think that would be a real dud in an arena.

No more than “Say Goodbye.”

Two Neil songs? Ugh! It is a Mac show!

They did Chicken Shack and Christine Perfect songs when Christine joined the band. They initially did two Buckingham Nicks songs when they joined. They did two Dave Mason songs a show, and sometimes two Billy Burnette non-Fleetwood Mac songs 94-95. Why change the rules now?

[aleuzzi]

No more than “Say Goodbye.”



They did Chicken Shack and Christine Perfect songs when Christine joined the band. They initially did two Buckingham Nicks songs when they joined. They did two Dave Mason songs a show, and sometimes two Billy Burnette non-Fleetwood Mac songs 94-95. Why change the rules now?

Technically, you have a point, but it’s not really the same thing now. When Christine joined in 1970, the band was making serious bread and butter on the US touring circuit where most concert goers knew of the band generally—“British Blues Band.” They could have played John Mayall songs and most people wouldn’t have noticed. By 1975, the band had built up a respectable following but, mostly, the band’s identity as a “British Blues Band” hadn’t changed. They did a lot of old songs and some new ones, some Mac tunes, a couple BN tunes—but very quickly that combination of five people made some real headway. By 1979, the only oldie in the band’s set was “Oh Well.” When LB left in 87, his replacements reintroduced some Green material but it was mostly tolerated by fans who went to the shows to hear Rumours-lineup hits. In 1995, FM was pretty much a joke to the mass public, a dated dinosaur minus all of its famous front line. They could play anything they wanted because the stakes were so low.

Now, in 2018, the band is known to its gazillion fans primarily as a legacy act, one that features SN and LB in particular. Throughout the 2000s, there were some “deep cuts” and a BN song here or there, but it was all original material. Christine’s return meant the full and complete return to the greatest hits rundown. THIS is the band people expect to see. Now, ironically, the diehard fans have been wanting a change in setlist for years and years. The “new” FM is going to give us some of that—but at what cost? Who, after the heights of commercial success, wants to hear Crowded House or Tom Petty songs in an FM setlist NOW?

What we die-hardship wanted (and what Lindsey wanted) was a creative and fresh approach from the Rumours five. Unusual inclusions of old material mixed with the band touring and supporting NEW music. I doubt we’ll really get a fresh approach with the “new” band since its surprises won’t really be surprising. All of the twists will likely be all-too predictable and easy.

[aleuzzi]

But no way they'll do Silver Springs. Stevie doesn't even perform it on her solo tours. There's no point to do the song anymore. If they did I would truly be shocked.

I did not know this. Thanks for the info. I saw the band do it on the 2015 tour and just figured it was still in. I did not follow Stevie’s recent solo tour.

[David]

Nicks and Mike Campbell have written fewer songs together than I thought, but I looked it up: I Don't Care, Imperial Hotel, For What It's Worth. Any of them would be great inclusions.

[HomerMcvie]

What's yours?

Just watching some bitter old troll, who has to comment on everything I say.

But I don't mean you. Some OTHER bitter, old troll.:woohoo:

[sodascouts]

Nicks and Mike Campbell have written fewer songs together than I thought, but I looked it up: I Don't Care, Imperial Hotel, For What It's Worth. Any of them would be great inclusions.

This list is incomplete. Songs you forgot:

Desert Angel

Blue Denim

Whole Lotta Trouble

My Heart

Ghosts

You Like Me (this song was released by the Williams Brothers)

[SteveMacD]

This list is incomplete. Songs you forgot:

Desert Angel

Blue Denim

Whole Lotta Trouble

My Heart

Ghosts

You Like Me (this song was released by the Williams Brothers)

There was also Freedom

[sodascouts]

There was also Freedom

That would be the song I forgot! And I was so proud of my list!

[jwd]

Nicks and Mike Campbell have written fewer songs together than I thought, but I looked it up: I Don't Care, Imperial Hotel, For What It's Worth. Any of them would be great inclusions.

I vote for "I Don't Care". She could substitute that one for "Gold Dust Woman" and the crackhead dance.

Is crackhead one word or two words? crack head? :confused:


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I can see her going a little nuts on this song live.

[AncientQueen]

Desert Angel? Well, they shouldn't be too proud of that.

[sasja]

Just watching some bitter old troll, who has to comment on everything I say.

But I don't mean you. Some OTHER bitter, old troll.:woohoo:

~*~ hands The Crown back with deep and utter reverence! ~*~

[sodascouts]

I vote for "I Don't Care". She could substitute that one for "Gold Dust Woman" and the crackhead dance.

Is crackhead one word or two words? crack head? :confused:


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I can see her going a little nuts on this song live.

You'd substitute "I Don't Care" for "Gold Dust Woman"? I think there might be crack already going around! ;)

(Sorry, I hate that song, lol.)

I Don't Care, Imperial Hotel, For What It's Worth. Any of them would be great inclusions.

Imperial Hotel? OK, now I'm beginning to think folks are just teasing.

[dreamsunwind]

I vote for "I Don't Care". She could substitute that one for "Gold Dust Woman" and the crackhead dance.

Is crackhead one word or two words? crack head? :confused:


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I can see her going a little nuts on this song live.

Oh my god these lyrics what on earth was she thinking :eek:

[sodascouts]

Oh my god these lyrics what on earth was she thinking :eek:

I know... it's so awful! The suckage is strong with this one!

[jwd]

You'd substitute "I Don't Care" for "Gold Dust Woman"? I think there might be crack already going around! ;)

(Sorry, I hate that song, lol.)


.

:laugh:

Ok, fair enough, but I'm really tired of the gold doily draped Stevie droning on about gold dust and acting like she needs a chiropractic adjustment. Give me something new, really anything.

[Aussie W/Heart]

Out of all the songs from The Vault, I'd love to hear FM play 24 Karat Gold or Mable Normand.. As much i love GDW, Id be happy to see it replaced with either two i mentioned but not I Don't Care, have always skipped that one :sorry:..

[jwd]

I know... it's so awful! The suckage is strong with this one!


Suckage is a great word! Would it be acceptable to apply it to Mick? Or would that be equivalent to calling him a whore?! :laugh:

[mitzo]

Out of all the songs from The Vault, I'd love to hear FM play 24 Karat Gold or Mable Normand.. As much i love GDW, Id be happy to see it replaced with either two i mentioned but not I Don't Care, have always skipped that one :sorry:..
Ghosts are Gone from IYD would be much better rocker than the miserable I Don't Care. For which I care not a whit.

[sodascouts]

Suckage is a great word! Would it be acceptable to apply it to Mick? Or would that be equivalent to calling him a whore?! :laugh:

I've never heard any person called a "suckage" so I think you may be out of luck there! It's more of an object noun, completely divorced from any lascivious origins. This usage might be more appropriate:

"Can you believe what happened to Lindsey? That was some major suckage."

or, more creatively:

"Mick and Stevie have reduced Fleetwood Mac to a pile of suckage."

[sodascouts]

Out of all the songs from The Vault, I'd love to hear FM play 24 Karat Gold or Mable Normand.. As much i love GDW, Id be happy to see it replaced with either two i mentioned but not I Don't Care, have always skipped that one :sorry:..

Ghosts are Gone from IYD would be much better rocker than the miserable I Don't Care. For which I care not a whit.

Yes, but to be fair, I believe the only reason "I Don't Care" was suggested rather than a superior song from her catalog was because it was a co-write with Campbell.

I would rather GDW be shortened than replaced. I think she believes everybody likes the lengthy "crackhead dance" and posturing but... not so much. A little goes a long way....

[David]

Imperial Hotel? OK, now I'm beginning to think folks are just teasing.No, I've always loved that song (about an assignation at the Sunset Marquis). But I suppose it's an artifact of its time. It has nothing more to do with today's Stevie than something-or-other.

How about Fall From Grace for an up-tempo blazing rock and roller? She did that a few years ago on an awards show, and she laid it down like a queen. Maybe Mike Campbell had something to do with that track?

[HomerMcvie]

~*~ hands The Crown back with deep and utter reverence! ~*~

I was told a couple days ago that my King of Snark title was in danger...:wavey:

[Aussie W/Heart]

Yes, but to be fair, I believe the only reason "I Don't Care" was suggested rather than a superior song from her catalog was because it was a co-write with Campbell.

I would rather GDW be shortened than replaced. I think she believes everybody likes the lengthy "crackhead dance" and posturing but... not so much. A little goes a long way....

Yes sorry i forgot to mention that i realized I Don't Care was co written with MC, hence reason why this song was mentioned in the first place.. Still i would love to hear 24 Karat live tho :thumbsup: solo or with FM

Yeah I agree GDW shortened by cutting out the crackhead dance :eek:

[AncientQueen]

I just listen to "I don't care" and honestly, that one is just so ridiculously bad, I can't even say that I don't care. What was everyone thinking during production? I would have laughed my ass off in the studio.
:laugh:

[sasja]

I was told a couple days ago that my King of Snark title was in danger...:wavey:

Superb stepping up your game!!! :blob2:

[SteveMacD]

I just listen to "I don't care" and honestly, that one is just so ridiculously bad, I can't even say that I don't care. What was everyone thinking during production? I would have laughed my ass off in the studio.
:laugh:

The music isn’t bad, so maybe they recorded without the vocals.

[jmn3]

Yes, but to be fair, I believe the only reason "I Don't Care" was suggested rather than a superior song from her catalog was because it was a co-write with Campbell.

I would rather GDW be shortened than replaced. I think she believes everybody likes the lengthy "crackhead dance" and posturing but... not so much. A little goes a long way....

That whole dance is painful to watch. GDW has become beyond bloated and overdone. I don't mind the jam aspect of it but it's pretty much exactly the same every single night so calling it a jam is a bit of a stretch. I preferred the Dance era versions of that tune and I would say that The Dance DVD and Sheryl Crow in Central Park versions are my two favorite performances of GDW ever.

[secondhandchain]

I also took inspiration from Homer And uploaded the most unflattering picture of Stevie I could find ias my avatar. I encourage everyone to do the same.

[sodascouts]

How about Fall From Grace for an up-tempo blazing rock and roller? She did that a few years ago on an awards show, and she laid it down like a queen. Maybe Mike Campbell had something to do with that track?

I love that version as well! She was on fire.

The only connection between that song and Mike Campbell is a thematic tie between his current actions and the title.

[sodascouts]

I also took inspiration from Homer And uploaded the most unflattering picture of Stevie I could find ias my avatar. I encourage everyone to do the same.

Well... actually... your avatar is not that noticeably unflattering, at least not at that tiny size. Not sure that particular method of protest is going to be too effective. JMHO.

[gldstwmn]

I also took inspiration from Homer And uploaded the most unflattering picture of Stevie I could find ias my avatar. I encourage everyone to do the same.

I hate to break, it to you but there's nothing bad about that photo. Her skin looks flawless, hair beautiful and she looks young.

[secondhandchain]

I hate to break, it to you but there's nothing bad about that photo. Her skin looks flawless, hair beautiful and she looks young.

Must not transfer well because she looks awful full size. I'll look for another!:nod:

[gldstwmn]

Must not transfer well because she looks awful full size. I'll look for another!:nod:

:shrug: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[mitzo]

:shrug: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Clearly. A lot of people here think Lindsey is hot.

[mitzo]

I also took inspiration from Homer And uploaded the most unflattering picture of Stevie I could find ias my avatar. I encourage everyone to do the same.

Check out my sig line, from a beloved Lindsey composition.

[sodascouts]

Clearly. A lot of people here think Lindsey is hot.

Well, guys, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, but I think back in the day at least, the consensus is that this was one good lookin' couple.

http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/bn/images/SnLRTB01.JPG

[dreamsunwind]

Well, guys, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, but I think back in the day at least, the consensus is that this was one good lookin' couple.

http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/bn/images/SnLRTB01.JPG

He's 70 now but overall he looks fine. But from like 1973-2008, hellooooooooo.

[Feather Blade]

Well, guys, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, but I think back in the day at least, the consensus is that this was one good lookin' couple.

http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/bn/images/SnLRTB01.JPG

Obviously my opinion only and as it was stated, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder; but I've always thought that hippie Lindsey looked like he needed a bath. :sorry:

[sodascouts]

He's 70 now but overall he looks fine. But from like 1973-2008, hellooooooooo.

I know - people can hate all they want but in 2009 they looked like this:

http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/bn/images/SnLonET.jpg

That is freaking good for 60!

[jwd]

I've never heard any person called a "suckage" so I think you may be out of luck there! It's more of an object noun, completely divorced from any lascivious origins. This usage might be more appropriate:

"Can you believe what happened to Lindsey? That was some major suckage."

or, more creatively:

"Mick and Stevie have reduced Fleetwood Mac to a pile of suckage."


I guess the bottom line is that a lot of people feel Mick SUCKS! :laugh: Now that would be appropriate, right?

[jwd]

Oh my god these lyrics what on earth was she thinking :eek:

Story I've heard is that the studio musicians kept playing and she was ad-libbing a lot of her words as she went. But it's definitely a song she could do some crackhead/headbanging moves to. I guess that's why I made a connection to GDW.

[jwd]

Well, guys, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, but I think back in the day at least, the consensus is that this was one good lookin' couple.

http://www.buckinghamnicks.net/bn/images/SnLRTB01.JPG


I'd agree with that, and I'd say most people would. Yep, they were both good looking, to say the least.

[gldstwmn]

I guess the bottom line is that a lot of people feel Mick SUCKS! :laugh: Now that would be appropriate, right?

Are we going to start posting "bad" photos of him now? :laugh:

[gldstwmn]

Obviously my opinion only and as it was stated, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder; but I've always thought that hippie Lindsey looked like he needed a bath. :sorry:

He is wearing sandals with socks! :laugh:

[jwd]

Are we going to start posting "bad" photos of him now? :laugh:


Well, that's not my style. I prefer to hit 'em in the pocketbook. :nod:

[gldstwmn]

Well, that's not my style. I prefer to hit 'em in the pocketbook. :nod:

That's usually were they really feel it. :nod:

[mitzo]

He is wearing sandals with socks! :laugh:

High heel clogs in that pic!! Why does he always wear such tight pants, they just show off... little.

[mitzo]

High heel clogs in that pic!! Why does he always wear such tight pants, they just show off... little.

Which may explain the lyrics in my sig line...

[sodascouts]

Which may explain the lyrics in my sig line...

Here I was thinking you must fancy him because of your avatar and sig line. This thread is a revelation.

[jwd]

High heel clogs in that pic!! Why does he always wear such tight pants, they just show off... little.

You need glasses! :laugh: The man's fathered three children! It works! That's the BIG DEAL!!!!

[dreamsunwind]

He is wearing sandals with socks! :laugh:

Maybe he was following Stevie's advice.

[dreamsunwind]

High heel clogs in that pic!! Why does he always wear such tight pants, they just show off... little.

If you think that's little I wanna see what you consider big LOL.

[sodascouts]

If you think that's little I wanna see what you consider big LOL.

It's like when the mean girls call the girl they don't like "fat" even if she's a size 2.

[mitzo]

Please. On the cover of Buckingham McVie he seems to have a vagina.

[SteveMacD]

Please. On the cover of Buckingham McVie he seems to have a vagina.

Yeah, and Christine looks like she’s in her early ‘60s at most.

[dreamsunwind]

It's like when the mean girls call the girl they don't like "fat" even if she's a size 2.

LOL. Very accurate description tbh.

[Angel75]

He's 70 now but overall he looks fine. But from like 1973-2008, hellooooooooo.

Totally agree, except for just before the Dance, he has always been exceptionally easy on the eye

[Angel75]

Obviously my opinion only and as it was stated, beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder; but I've always thought that hippie Lindsey looked like he needed a bath. :sorry:

I always thought that despite the hair he always looked clean and well groomed......Mick in this period however was the one that was in certain need of a bath

[Angel75]

Please. On the cover of Buckingham McVie he seems to have a vagina.

That's actually pretty funny

[dreamsunwind]

I always thought that despite the hair he always looked clean and well groomed......Mick in this period however was the one that was in certain need of a bath

IA I thought he looked clean. But I know a lot of people just aren't into that super hairy look. Lindsey's always been super well groomed tbh save for the early 80s, where he kinda looked like a mess. He still looked good but just kinda messy.

Mick always looked like he was in need of a shower. And after hearing some of the stories about him, it's probably because he actually was.

[gldstwmn]

You need glasses! :laugh: The man's fathered three children! It works! That's the BIG DEAL!!!!

Wow this thread really is a revelation! :lol:

[gldstwmn]

Maybe he was following Stevie's advice.

I love those Bonnie Doon tights.

[jbrownsjr]

Just watching some bitter old troll, who has to comment on everything I say.

But I don't mean you. Some OTHER bitter, old troll.:woohoo:

Hey!!! that's not very nice!!! ;). I'm old and a troll.. just not bitter..

[HomerMcvie]

Hey!!! that's not very nice!!! ;). I'm old and a troll.. just not bitter..

You're my favorite troll, John Boy.:lol:

[jbrownsjr]

Please. On the cover of Buckingham McVie he seems to have a vagina.

Hahaha!! Mitzo... we agree again!!

Like a grapefruit vagina!!

[HomerMcvie]

Hahaha!! Mitzo... we agree again!!

Like a grapefruit vagina!!

Well holy schnieckies, color me vulva!:p

[jwd]

Wow this thread really is a revelation! :lol:

And I thought I was stating the obvious.....:]

[jwd]

I know... it's so awful! The suckage is strong with this one!

The story behind "I Don't Care", if you care. And Robert, Jimmy, and John Paul, if you're watching, please give Stevie a shout out!!!!

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L-WFCb1uS7U" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[mitzo]

Hahaha!! Mitzo... we agree again!!

Like a grapefruit vagina!!

See a grapefruit here? 13107

[SisterNightroad]

Whitney: All hail nostalgia rock, the source of middle-aged mayhem

If you’re easily startled or around small children, be careful with what I’m about to tell you. My plan is to just put it all out there and deal with the consequences later.

So here goes: I’m buying tickets to see Fleetwood Mac at the Premier Center.

Hello? Are you still there?

I know what you’re thinking. This is a band that hasn’t put out a relevant album in 30 years and embarked on this tour without artistic leader Lindsey Buckingham. Tickets cost more than the asking price for Badlands Pawn and the main attraction is 70-year-old Stevie Nicks, who is a long way from the edge of seventeen.

But I’ll be there through the encores, just like I’ve dutifully attended concerts by Paul McCartney, Elton John, Paul Simon, the Eagles and Bob Seger since the Denny opened in 2014. I’ve traveled to other venues to see the Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, to name a few.

This “nostalgia rock” genre is derided by self-appointed arbiters of musical purity, many of whom are friends or colleagues. They sneer at the cash grab from fading artists and the craven consumerism of middle-age attendees, who gleefully flood Facebook with stage-lit selfies.

(Full disclosure: Premier Center general manager Terry Torkildson scolded me on Twitter during the Eagles show for taking too many pictures.)

The purists absorb live music in darkened clubs with artisanal beer and a cover charge, watching emerging artists perform while nodding sagely at between-songs banter. To be quite honest, that was me once and it’s one of the coolest things in the world.

But life moves on. My children, willing to tolerate "Dad's music" in their youth, morphed into pop music maestros, sending my car’s soundtrack careening from “Won’t Get Fooled Again” to the Hits 1 rotation on Sirius XM.

“Doesn’t anyone play instruments anymore?” I’d ask rhetorically, in between the Weeknd singing something about the weekend. When my son wondered one day if Elvis Presley was a member of the Beatles, I started pondering all the wrong turns my life had taken.

Then I reached an epiphany: We should approach musical preferences the same as religion. If it makes you feel good and you’re not trying to force it on other people, rock on. It’s the overbearing spreading of one's gospel that makes things messy.

Music can’t unlock heaven, but it offers a stairway. It reawakens our youth, sparking flashes of recognition. As a Detroit native, the guitar intro to Seger’s “Night Moves” summons memories for me of high school mischief, a connection that might seem silly to those from a different sphere.

My wife and I chose the Beatles song “In My Life” as the first dance at our wedding reception. We wanted it for our church ceremony, but it was rejected because John Lennon refers to “all these friends and lovers” in a passage someone found immoral.

Every time we hear it, our eyes meet and we’re back in a Holiday Inn City Centre ballroom, encircled by well-wishers as we go for a twirl.

Sometimes the most enduring memories come from concerts themselves:

-- Standing 10 feet away from Mick Jagger as he shakes his hips on an auxiliary stage as the Stones slay Winnipeg’s Blue Bomber Stadium.

-- Seeing Jackson Browne grab his guitar to perform “Jamaica Say You Will” after I called out the request at the Washington Pavilion.

-- Walking among the human sprawl at Canterbury Park near Minneapolis for a double bill of Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, with a slightly confused Dylan botching the shared encore.

-- Soaking in the vibe at Soldier Field as the Grateful Dead take the stage at sunset, keeping everyone in their thrall until Chicago police in riot gear clear out the parking lot at midnight.

If these nods to nostalgia make me more dinosaur than Dinosaur Jr., I can live with that. Watching Elton John belt out “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” in Sioux Falls was like a night at CBGB for me.

Besides, knowing and appreciating the history of rock music is part of the appeal.

Classic Rock 101 tells us how Yoko Ono’s presence fractured the Beatles’ “Let It Be” sessions; how the Stones infamously hired Hells Angels as security at Altamont and paid them in beer; how Dylan went electric at the Newport Jazz Festival; and how hard-drinking Who drummer Keith Moon drove his Lincoln Continental into a hotel swimming pool.

I’ll approach Fleetwood Mac with the same fascination (Mick Fleetwood hates Lindsey Buckingham! The song ‘Landslide’ is about drugs! Christine McVie has daddy issues!) as we await the band’s Oct. 24 appearance.

I’ll apologize to friends such as Jeff Zueger, who runs the White Wall Sessions, and Bob Keyes, former Argus Leader music critic, for my shameless adherence to the past.

But there’s only so much you can do, right? Time makes you bolder, even children get older, and I’m getting older too.

https://eu.argusleader.com/story/news/columnists/stu-whitney/2018/07/27/stu-whitney-sioux-falls-fleetwood-mac-stevie-nicks-classic-rock-bob-seger/844828002/

[lovethemac1]

Whitney: All hail nostalgia rock, the source of middle-aged mayhem

If you’re easily startled or around small children, be careful with what I’m about to tell you. My plan is to just put it all out there and deal with the consequences later.

So here goes: I’m buying tickets to see Fleetwood Mac at the Premier Center.

Hello? Are you still there?

I know what you’re thinking. This is a band that hasn’t put out a relevant album in 30 years and embarked on this tour without artistic leader Lindsey Buckingham. Tickets cost more than the asking price for Badlands Pawn and the main attraction is 70-year-old Stevie Nicks, who is a long way from the edge of seventeen.

But I’ll be there through the encores, just like I’ve dutifully attended concerts by Paul McCartney, Elton John, Paul Simon, the Eagles and Bob Seger since the Denny opened in 2014. I’ve traveled to other venues to see the Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, to name a few.

This “nostalgia rock” genre is derided by self-appointed arbiters of musical purity, many of whom are friends or colleagues. They sneer at the cash grab from fading artists and the craven consumerism of middle-age attendees, who gleefully flood Facebook with stage-lit selfies.

(Full disclosure: Premier Center general manager Terry Torkildson scolded me on Twitter during the Eagles show for taking too many pictures.)

The purists absorb live music in darkened clubs with artisanal beer and a cover charge, watching emerging artists perform while nodding sagely at between-songs banter. To be quite honest, that was me once and it’s one of the coolest things in the world.

But life moves on. My children, willing to tolerate "Dad's music" in their youth, morphed into pop music maestros, sending my car’s soundtrack careening from “Won’t Get Fooled Again” to the Hits 1 rotation on Sirius XM.

“Doesn’t anyone play instruments anymore?” I’d ask rhetorically, in between the Weeknd singing something about the weekend. When my son wondered one day if Elvis Presley was a member of the Beatles, I started pondering all the wrong turns my life had taken.

Then I reached an epiphany: We should approach musical preferences the same as religion. If it makes you feel good and you’re not trying to force it on other people, rock on. It’s the overbearing spreading of one's gospel that makes things messy.

Music can’t unlock heaven, but it offers a stairway. It reawakens our youth, sparking flashes of recognition. As a Detroit native, the guitar intro to Seger’s “Night Moves” summons memories for me of high school mischief, a connection that might seem silly to those from a different sphere.

My wife and I chose the Beatles song “In My Life” as the first dance at our wedding reception. We wanted it for our church ceremony, but it was rejected because John Lennon refers to “all these friends and lovers” in a passage someone found immoral.

Every time we hear it, our eyes meet and we’re back in a Holiday Inn City Centre ballroom, encircled by well-wishers as we go for a twirl.

Sometimes the most enduring memories come from concerts themselves:

-- Standing 10 feet away from Mick Jagger as he shakes his hips on an auxiliary stage as the Stones slay Winnipeg’s Blue Bomber Stadium.

-- Seeing Jackson Browne grab his guitar to perform “Jamaica Say You Will” after I called out the request at the Washington Pavilion.

-- Walking among the human sprawl at Canterbury Park near Minneapolis for a double bill of Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, with a slightly confused Dylan botching the shared encore.

-- Soaking in the vibe at Soldier Field as the Grateful Dead take the stage at sunset, keeping everyone in their thrall until Chicago police in riot gear clear out the parking lot at midnight.

If these nods to nostalgia make me more dinosaur than Dinosaur Jr., I can live with that. Watching Elton John belt out “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” in Sioux Falls was like a night at CBGB for me.

Besides, knowing and appreciating the history of rock music is part of the appeal.

Classic Rock 101 tells us how Yoko Ono’s presence fractured the Beatles’ “Let It Be” sessions; how the Stones infamously hired Hells Angels as security at Altamont and paid them in beer; how Dylan went electric at the Newport Jazz Festival; and how hard-drinking Who drummer Keith Moon drove his Lincoln Continental into a hotel swimming pool.

I’ll approach Fleetwood Mac with the same fascination (Mick Fleetwood hates Lindsey Buckingham! The song ‘Landslide’ is about drugs! Christine McVie has daddy issues!) as we await the band’s Oct. 24 appearance.

I’ll apologize to friends such as Jeff Zueger, who runs the White Wall Sessions, and Bob Keyes, former Argus Leader music critic, for my shameless adherence to the past.

But there’s only so much you can do, right? Time makes you bolder, even children get older, and I’m getting older too.

https://eu.argusleader.com/story/news/columnists/stu-whitney/2018/07/27/stu-whitney-sioux-falls-fleetwood-mac-stevie-nicks-classic-rock-bob-seger/844828002/

Awesome location, the old stadium. My grandfather was president of the Bombers when it was built. So much character.