LOL!! That's what I had to do to my brother.... only I sat on him to make him sit still. :laugh:

I'd also try to go by the type of music your friend already listens to. And also, if you can, try to see of you can find some of the older stuff and the other members (besides Stevie) solo work. For instance, my one friend likes blues and r&b, so I played her alot of the early stuff, like some Chicken Shack, my Legendary Christine Perfect album bootlegs, and stuff like Hypnotized. My one friend likes metal, and all the screamo stuff, so I've been thinking of playing Come and Murrow for her, 'cuz that's sort of around the metal genre. None are converts yet, but I'm trying. If you want, I can send you some of those boots I was talking about, PM me and I'll send them!

I was hooked on Fleetwood Mac LONG before Stevie & Lindsey joined.

The song that "hooked" me..."OH WELL"

Hearing "Rhiannon" live hooked me on the then "new" lineup.

Hi Chris,

It's nice to hear that your friend has an open mind about listening to your favorite group. I understand what it's like to be a fan of music which is not so popular amung your age group. I think we're both 15 right?

Anyways...my four favorite bands are ABBA, Supertramp, Fleetwood Mac, and Our Lady Peace. At least OLP is somewhat respected if not loved by most of my friends.

I've learned that if they're not into your music, you're probably not going to convince them.

I think you should sit them down, make them listen to Rumours strait through, then listen to Silver Springs(see if they don't cry...I almost did the first time I heard it) and Sara. If they don't like it by then, they're nuts! LOL!

If they're at that point a little interested, explain a bit of the FM history. Maybe show them the lyric interpretations page. Understanding what some of the songs were about really made me like them more (especially Gold Dust Woman...TOTALLY didn't get it or like it till I read the interpretation) http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/...ons/index.html

Good luck! :D

Fleetwood Mac is legendary. Trying to convert someone can be tricky. However I converted a co worker whoe became my girlfriend into a full fledged fan of the mac and their solo efforts. She initally took to Free Fallin , Touced By An Angel and Everyday. I then got her The Dance on vhs to experience Stevie with FM . She cried during Silver Springs (who Hasn't) and is always asking me stuff about the albums. She has stared to get into the older stuff with PG and compnay. Loves OH Well (who doesn't)

Matt :)

Thanks for all the ideas! I'm thinking the Dance is a good choice, but not the cd, the tape! That is what I first watched and got really in to them....

It sounds strange, but the song that hooked me was "Never Going Back Again." Just that guitar...that melody. Who are these guys??...I want more! Then, the song that got me "further" hooked was "You Make Loving Fun." (I loved and still love Christine and her music to death.) It was later that I found out that was the band on the radio constantly with Landslide and Silver Springs. When I found out they did Rhiannon too I knew this was the band for me, and they're getting even better as I get into the pre-BN stuff.

(Luckily, I do have one very good Fleetwood Mac friend at school. We had never even talked until I heard her singing Gypsy. We've been friends ever since, and I'll never forget those English classes singing like Stevie and drawing comics of the band-members' back stage antics. Oh...those were the days.) :laugh:

Shamus:)

(PS-The Dance, great choice...It's what my friend and I listened to quite a bit last year.)

The Dance would be my pick for your friend to listen to. It hooked a lot of new fans back in '97 and re-hooked quite a few old ones too.

Hearing "Over My Head" on the radio introduced me to Fleetwood Mac, but it was "Rhiannon" that hooked me.

Good luck with your conversion.


Joe

"Silver Springs" from The Dance. Sent shivers up my spine then and still does to this day. After witnessing that performance I was hooked and spent many an hour afterwards surfing the net for as much information on Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks as I could find~!

it was a combination
 

I got hooked on stevie, and then FM very quickly...within a week!

It was a combination of a few things....i liked the mysticism, the unknown about stevie..her uniqueness...THAT VOICE FOR ONE!!!!!

Then i bought TiSl...and i heard the title track and i got a rush of shivers all over me..i had to sit down and just listen..

Then the rest is well, history for me! lol I love her fun Stand back and "The Nightmare" - especially that first high vocal line "with the "I-IVORY MORNIN"

I love everything she does now! Even " I can't wait", which i think isnt taccy at all, yes she did use alot of synths on the RAL album, but hey it was the 80s!!!!!

Russ

Hearing Gold Dust Woman and The Chain back to back on the radio when I was 11 hooked me... and I've been obsessed ever since that day... :laugh: .

The Chain from The Dance was the song that hooked me. That and Tusk. I was actually suprised how much I liked the original versions of the songs even more than on The Dance, once I heard them!