Fleetwood Mac Should Have . . .
 

. . . used the marching band on "Sisters of the Moon" in concert.

. . . broken up after the Mirage Tour & then started making experimental snuff films for the international festival circuit.

. . . written social problem plays with Peter Green in the manner of Sean O'Casey.

. . . turned away from the mass/mob audience & done a club tour with Peter, Paul & Mary -- only acoustic guitars, acoustic basses & brushes.

. . . Been called "Mac Fleetwood" because bass players never get enough attention and also they could have opened a rival burger chain to boost profits.... :laugh:

. . . Toured England more f**kin' often...

. . . Let Stevie show the birds of Rhiannon more on stage... :thumbsup:

. . . Made sure Bob Welch was inducted into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame with them... :mad:

...never reunited after Stevie and Chris left (I speak of the "Time" era :eek: ).

...used Go Your Own Way as the last song of the night.

...listened to Lindsey and become more avant-garde after Tusk.

...let Stevie speak a little more often early on (even though she didn't have much of interest to say. :laugh: )

I disagree with all of those. :p

....rethought releasing Mirage as it was.

....pushed Lindsey to release Gift of Screws after the Reunion

....wrote more songs as a group

I agree with all of these. :nod:


...included Joan of Arc on TITN

...never let Mick do his "drum solo" again. NEVAH!

...never tour again.

...stop promoting Rumours as their only damn album

...do away with Mick's drum vest.

...bring Christine back

...make John sing, and not just vocalizing the bass for SYLM.

I'll never forgive Mick for this!!!! Unless he makes it right. Are any of Mick's cronie's reading this?
Bob SAVED the band. Do him justice.

......Had Chris and Stevie harmonize together more

......Nixed Mick's drum solo

......included more Tusk songs on SYW tour

So, it's all Mick's fault? Did no one else have a say?

I personally don't care whose fault it was it is an injustice, and really from what I know Mick has the most say in these kind of matters for some reason :shrug:

...told Stevie to get lost because she was not welcome on Tango In the Night.

...86'ed Empire State.

...listened to Lindsey and become more avant-garde after Tusk. ;)

...ended the SYW tour after they went overseas.

...put more thought and effort into Say You Will.

... Have Mick play Tati's role in a remake of Jour de fête, with the
bandmates of all Mac eras in multiple supporting roles

... kicked Don Henley out of the dressing rooms at his first visit

... recorded Joan of Arc instead of Welcome to the Room... Sara

... believed that music videos aren't the enemy

... included I Am Waiting cover on Say You Will and performed it live :thumbsup:

... followed Stevie on the Chris Lord Alge way

... provided to Ray Lindsey a yoga trainer

... promoted In The Meantime too during Say You Will Tour

.... convinced Lindsey to finally release the solo album and let PBS air his soudstage before his die hard fans would start to have visions from abstinence syndrome. :nod:

Romy

No Mick drum solos, ever.

Tango In The Night should have just been Buckingham/McVie, no Stevie.

Some of those terrific Rick Vito outtakes should have been on Behind The Mask.

Bob Welch should have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. If Jeremy & Danny deserved to be inducted(and they did), then Bob should have been inducted too.

Fleetwood Mac should have ended once and for all at the conclusion of the Dance tour.

Fleetwood Mac should have....

- no regrets. They are among the last of a dying breed - that is, a successful band that originated as a group of artists - musicians and songwriters - who were doing what they loved, and not because record industry types were telling them to

- great pride when they look back over the past 30+ years

- appreciation for their fans who have stayed with them through the ups and downs

What the f*** is wrong with Mick's solos? :shrug: I love 'em! (not picking on you personally macfan57, just seems like a common theme posted in this thread)


Oh, I COULDN'T agree more. :thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

Actually, I think Lindsey & Stevie should've just outright quit after the Tusk tour, let Fleetwood Mac carry on with new people at that point.

...made two barebone-raw heavy rockin' albums from start to finish. One at the end of the Green-era (then play on came close) and one NOW.

Always a voice of reason....I, too, love the Mick solos...

so my contribution...


....more Mick solos :laugh:

....give Stevie a Tambourine solo :]....kidding on that one

...how so?

Free booze.









;)

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Fleetwood Mac should have...
 

These are some of the few suggestions put forth so far that I can agree with... other than, of course, the no more Mick solos that many have suggested. Ugh. I can't stand him and that f*cking vest. And another thing... I was right in front of the stage and I still couldn't understand a damn thing the man was saying during that whole thing. It's annoying. It needs to stop.

Everybody seems to be talking about two different things: either the vesturbation stuff or the drum solos from the old day (like on Not That Funny).

I'm all for the former disappearing (or never having happened in the 1st place) but I always used to love the latter -- hearing Mick actually drum on his drums for a band jam.

True True.....I want a full-on DRUM solo...not a drum vest solo.

Though -the drum vest was cool and fun and novel the first time I saw it....it does get old however - mostly because there doesn't seem to be a whole lot involved.

Anyway more Mick DRUM solos....that would be great :nod:

Hmmm, a drummer drumming on his drums. Hmmm....... :rolleyes:
INFINITELY more interesting than watching an old man grab his crotch!!!! :nod: :nod: :nod:
Ewwwwww.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: agreed.

Fleetwood Mac should consider recording an album in England, so Christine would join them.

Fleetwood Mac should release a Greatest Videos DVD.

I guess I didn't have anything specific in mind. But come to think of it... lowering concert ticket prices, making good seats more readily available to fans as opposed to execs, and holding more meet and greets would be nice. :nod:

Oh. And the free booze.

Those are the two BEST ideas I've heard in quite a while!
I doubt if Lindsey would do the England thing because of his family though. :(

YAY to the drum solo....BOO to the vest solo. LOL
 

......wear different or slightly different outfits on each night of the tour. A few different accessories or something would make it interesting! (What will be different tonight? What will they have on?) If you see them in the exact same thing everytime they're on TV or on stage, etc., it is really boring.

......Lindsey speak "Off the Cuff" on stage instead of repeating the same exact things at every stop on the tour. A little less philosophy, and a little more about what the song is about or how he came to write it.

......let other members of the band speak to the audience. Mix it up with each member saying something, especially John.

......release all of their previously released videos on DVD and put out some other material on DVD (interviews, live shows, outtakes, backstage/behind the scenes, rehearsals, etc. from years before the Say You Will era).
.......put together and release remastered bootlegs/outtakes from all eras besides the stuff we got with the remastered Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, and Tusk CD sets.

.......put out a d@mn, wall calendar EVERY YEAR, not just one year!

.......(as several people have said before me) inducted Bob Welch into the Roll 'N Roll Hall of Fame with them as a member of Fleetwood Mac. He was definitely a big part of the band for several years.

redo: Mirage and Tango soon PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

stop acting like the band is better now than ever (it's not)
stop adding back up musicians for 3 part chord music
stop playing stand back and play some other solo stuff
stop playing the same songs over and over again
stop playing Don't Stop
release Buckingham Nicks
remaster Behind the Mask with outakes (this is a great album)
Play a song from Time (haha that will never happen)

as often as repeated here, i'm ashamed they did not include Bob Welch into the Hall of fame, that is seriously wrong and I hope they had a hard time looking in the mirror after that decision was made, no matter whose decision it was

Lol!!
 

yes it does! lol :woohoo:

Yeah, because Stevie's presence robbed us of having "Special Kind Of Love" on the album!!! :distress: :laugh:

My own "Fleetwood Mac Should Have...."
-- Toured less, Recorded more.

I'll take that over her Tango tracks, dear. I can only imagine if What Has Rock & Roll Ever Done For You was on it. *shudder*

The only "problem" I have with "Welcome To The Room... Sara," is that, thematically, it doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the album. I quite like the song itself, but it would have been much better suited to one of Stevie's solo albums, IMO.

I love "Seven Wonders" and, of course, my love for "When I See You Again" knows no bounds... I think they fit the album perfectly, and I tend to feel that 12 songs of strictly Chris and Lindsey in that "glossy pop" style would've been a bit too much. Especially if "Ricky" (which I do love -- but I can see why it didn't make the cut) and "Special Kind Of Love" were included.

But, yes, I do see why many other fans hate Stevie's 'Tango' contributions. I also see why many people hate Lindsey's 'Tusk' contributions. Those particular songs can definitely be "jagged little pills," so to speak... especially in the context of a Fleetwood Mac album.

...played a different setlist each gig, a la Bob Dylan.

Would you say THAT to Bob Dylan? :lol: