Green Manalishi with CM, SN & LB
 

I just heard the live '75 takes on The Green Manalishi at
www.throwndown.net ( Thanks! ) and I'm blown away by their take on the song. It's a pity that they didn't do that song more often. Lindsey is VERY impressive on it given the fact that it's a one guitar-take, and his interaction with Christine's organ is fabulous. (of course her interaction with his guitar is equally fabulous).

I never even KNEW they did this song live!

how do you guys think?

gerald

Always loved Stevie's wails on this one as well, although that's no unique opinion. ;)

I will never understand why this, "Station Man" and "Oh Well" were ever dropped from the set.

That whole concert kicks ass, doesn't it? I love it ~ it's my favourite of Fleetwood Mac's live shows. Every song they did sounded awesome. It would be so wonderful to hear these songs again. Hearing that concert really makes me miss Christine, though...she was great. I love, *love* 'Get Like You Used To Be,' 'Spare Me A Little' ~ what I would give to go back to '75 and be in the audience for one of these shows... :nod:

Stevie's wailing rocks! :p

I agree with all of you! I love the 1975 tour set. Their energy was just so obvious. I love GM, Station Man, Why and Dont Let Me Down Again. It's too bad they dropped those songs by early 77.

Joseph

Why is greatness! One of my favorites!!

Can you guys be a little more specific as to which recording you're referring to? Or is it pretty much any of the bootlegs from 75? Thanks.

Live In South Orange, NJ (10/13/75)
Live In Largo, MD (10/05/75)
Live In Wallingford, CT (09/03/75)=> (Note: Track listed as 1.09 Green Manalishi = Oh Well
Track listed as 1.10 World Turning = Green Manalishi )
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

And Live in Winston-Salem, NC 1975


I love these shows too. :angel:

Thanks guys, I'll go have a listen!

Same here, since we were 4! Thanks for sharing those songs. I LOVE Stevie's crazy wailing on Green Manalishi. Love their whole rendition.

I agree about "Oh Well" and "Green Manalishi" but I understand why "Station Man" was dropped. It is so repetitive both lyrically and musically that it gets old fast.

Actually, "Green Manalishi", "Why" & "Station Man" lasted until about mid-1977.

Basically the songs that replaced them were:

Green Manalishi >> Gold Dust Woman
Why >> Oh Daddy (although early in the Rumours tour, they played both songs)
Station Man >> Monday Morning

"Don't Let Me Down Again" was dropped at the end of 1975 ...not to appear in the set again until 1987 when Billy Burnette handled the lead vocals.


Maybe for you. :shrug:

Those 1975 shows had the best set lists of any Fleetwood Mac shows. There were Peter Green & Bob Welch era songs plus the new songs from the White Album. I also liked the dynamic of the band with Christine sort of out front a bit. "Spare Me A Little", "Why" & "Hypnotized" were terrific, although the 1974 Bob Welch Heroes line-up did those songs even better, in my opinion.

The 75/76 shows are my favorite. LOVE Station Man and Green Manalishi with S&L doing them. That Largo video is one of my favorites!

Wow Christine and LB jam on Get Like You Used to BE :blob1:

THE best "Manalishi" IMO was Bob Welch's version. His guitar solos on that song were abslolutely killer. Dare I say even better than the original?!? My big problem with the 75-76 versions of "Manalishi" is that Lindsey sang lead. I think that song would have made much more sense with Stevie on lead vocal. It would have been a better fit with her stage persona. Still, Christine did have a great organ solo on the 75-76 version, which keeps it interesting.

In terms of the other songs, I think that the best version that I've heard of "Spare Me A Little" and "Get Like You Used To Be" were from the Seattle '72 show. They were on fire. I will say that I like the '75-'76 version of "Spare Me A Little" better than the '74 version, but neither beats the '72 version. The best version of "Why" for me is with Stevie and Lindsey. Bob really didn't pull off the ending as well as Lindsey, IMO. That being said, Bob was SUPERIOR to Lindsey on "Believe Me." The '77 version of "Believe Me" that I've heard was mind-numbingly dull. With "Hypnotized," I think Bob rightfully owned it. I thought the '75-'76 versions were great, but, like "Manalishi," I think the song was better suited for Stevie's stage persona than Lindsey's. Finally, I agree that "Station Man" should have been kept. The '75 version was better than the original, thanks to John punching up the bass line.

And "Oh Well" was great no matter who did the song!

Hallelujah!! AMEN, Brother!
Preach it to the choir, Steve-o!!!
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She did?
Actually the '84 solo tour version was super-duper, possibly the best of all the touring years. I don't think I've heard the '72 performances.

The 75-77 GM's are quite possibly the best live performances of any song ever. Of course Bob Welch's GM were amazing too but the Stevie wailing along the guitar solo just put them on top.

Umm...David...you sent ME the mp3s of the two 1972 shows. You mean you never had listened to them? :shrug:

Perfect world:

Peter Green & Bob Welch trading verses & guitar solos, Stevie wailing in tongues over the end part.

You sent me a copy of said '72 performance. I'd love to hear live shows from the '84 tour. All I have is the VHS from the tour, which is good, but I'd love to hear the pre-'75 stuff.

Yeah, David sent me the 1972 Sindelfingen & Seattle shows too. :laugh: I have some Christine live shows from her 1984 tour. She did "Spare Me A Little Of Your Love" & "Just Crazy Love" from the pre-1975 years. They sound great to me, although when I orginally heard them live back in 1984 I'd never heard of the songs.