Famous Fleetwood Mac fans
 

I've been asking myself for a long time now.
Middle 40's, it started when i was 14. Are there any famous people who are ledgies like us? A few i know, like Dixie Chicks, Sheryl Crow and addict Courtney Love. But who else?

I know that Mike Oldfield is very found of Lindsey and his playing. In an 1980 interview Mike was telling all about the creativity and his way to slip his voice 'round Stevie and Chris.And that he made a show, comparing to what the Eagles did. Oldfield quates "what the Eagles do is tóóó perfect. It lookes like a videoshow, no than Fleetwood Mac, you feel the vibes. That is Live and people enjoyed that.

Second example is the singer composer Pacal Jakobsen from the band BLOF. A Dutch quartet who played also with counting crowes. He's impressed the way Lindsey pluckes it's snares.

Who are the other famous fans and what are they telling 'bout the members?

Billy Corgan and James Iha both are fans. Elvis Costello is a big fan (of the original group, that is). Obviously the Beatles were fans, at least of "Albatross."

Well, that's certainly depressing to read in hindsight.

Don't know for sure but I would guess Waylon Jennings had some appreciation being that he covered "Rhiannon" and "Leather and Lace".

I always thought it was so cool when Sheryl Crow first starting getting popular and her admission of being a big FM fan, especially Christine.

Speaking of the Dixie Chicks, I loved Lindsey's response to their version of "Landslide".... he basically just said, "I'm happy for Stevie". :laugh:

Bumperke, do you have a source where I can prove this with?

From 1st hand sources, Sharon Stone is a huge fan, wanna be Fmac friend......(as of last I heard)

Two off the top of my head are Bill Clinton and Roseann Barr (she once had Stevie play at a private party). I think Letterman digs them too.

Pascal did mention that in a BRT TV interview where they comparing guitarstyles. I've seen it 'round 2002!
Recently he did mention that he was very interested in the Mick Fleetwood book. Source was Veronica magazine 1 or 2 weeks ago.

Will:wavey:
Ps, greetings from Echt:thumbsup:

Keith Urban is a fan of Lindsey. :thumbsup:

I thought I heard that David Spade has been spotted at a few shows. If you count him as famous. :laugh:

Who's he???:confused: :confused:
Will

From Rolling Stone:
Cindy Crawford was at one of The Dance shows as well.

I don't think Waylon did "Leather & Lace"...but he & Willie Nelson DID do "Gold Dust Woman".

Sheryl Crowe

U2 - she has had parties for them before - like because of Jimmy Iovine

Bette Midler - recently called her the "voice of a generation"

Ann and Nancy Wilson - wrote "These Dreams" for her to sing and often comment on her

Bill Clinton - a little scary there :laugh:

All the famous people she has worked with (Petty, Loggins, Todd Rungren, Bob Welch, etc. )

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw

I know Faith loves Stevie specifically.

I've got a copy of them singing Go Your Own Way.

did they actually write These Dreams? for some reason I thought it was offered to Stevie first and then offered to Heart

Oops :laugh:

Mea Culpa~

Also-

Until this album, Heart wrote most of their songs. In 1985, they signed with Columbia Records and got help from some experienced songwriters. This was written by Bernie Taupin (Elton John's lyricist) and Martin Page. Around the same time, they also wrote "We Built This City," which was a #1 hit for Starship.

This was offered to Stevie Nicks, but she turned it down.

Nancy Wilson had a nasty cold when she recorded her vocals. The producer liked the raspiness in her voice, so they kept it. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for all above)

In 1985, MTV had been around for 4 years, and it was clear that music videos were very important. Along with "What About Love" and "Never," this got a lot of airplay on MTV and introduced the band to a new audience.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3443

yum. :thumbsup:

Kid Rock or David Spade :wavey:

lol.

I won't even justify that with a response. :lol:

Other fans (at least at shows):

Steven Spielberg
Courtney Cox
Jessica Simpson

and of course
Camper Van Beethoven

and her sister Ashlee.

Vanessa Carlton...duh!

Anna Sui (designer)

Michelle Visage (former member of Seduction, now a radio dj/pal of RuPaul)

I doubt that some of these people being listed were or are fans. Their paths just happened to cross -- or something in their professional lives mixed with Stevie Nicks or the band as a whole.

I mean, Jose Eber spent a few months playing around with Stevie's hair. Does that make him a Fleetwood Mac fan? I saw him walk in late & walk out early at one of her shows at the Forum. How do you know he wasn't there just to mix? A lot of stars go out to concerts just to mix. It's hard to say whether a particular star is a fan of the group unless that star has actually said something like "I love them" or "I listen to them all the time" or "I love this or that song."

The Janes Addiction vocalist, Perry Farrell, said a few times to the press that he liked Lindsey or Fleetwood or something, & I think he was in the Dance audience. I still don't know whether he's a fan.

John Stewart is (or was) a (somewhat) famous person who was (is?) a big fan of Fleetwood Mac. He has talked about the band's music (not about their clothes, as Courtney Love did) many many times. It's quite obvious he listened to Mac's albums & knew those albums very well. He was influenced by the band members in numerous ways (playing, songwriting) & even covered some of the band's material in concert. That's a fan. John Stewart is a fan. He's like us ledgies.

I've been dying to hear that. Is it any good?

Oh yah, Shania Twain is a huge fan. She plays FM over the PA before her shows and she has the Rumours album hanging on a wall in one of her video's. and she told Ellen that FM is on her ipod!

Well, they get the anthemic part down. And certainly Hill & McGraw are better, more technically powerful singers than the Macsters, so that provides a little energy there. But all in all, you're always aware it's a sort of hamfisted cover with little genuine passion driving it.

Hey...kinda like the way Fleetwood mac plays now!! :laugh: :laugh:

Are we discussing publishing companies now? :confused:

nope. :laugh:

I couldn't disagree with all of this more. :wavey:

Sandra's fandom is also evidenced in her standup routine where she "lovingly" pays homage to Stevie.

Does this man have a history of drug abuse? That would explain such a comment.

I think he referred to La Nicks' stage theatrics were before B's - as opposed to the lyrics and music, by which the two are wildly different.

It makes sense to me without context. I don't think it's an outrageous statement at all. :)

I have to agree as well.

I'm curious as to why it does, honestly, but if you can't find the article, no biggie.

I think comparing the two borders on insane, except if one was to say they were both female and both in the music business. Bjork has been making music since she was a teenager in the seventies and even then, she was always trying different stuff. I'd have to hear or read why he thinks Stevie surpasses Bjork "in artistry" to really understand what he was trying to get at, because from that one quote, he sounds off his rocker. lol

I know that famous golfer, Vijay Singh, is a huge Fleetwood Mac Fan. In many of his interviews and in his biography, he mentions this. Here are some site to check out, if you are interested.


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/...gh-qanda_x.htm

http://www.golfdigest.com/features/i..._e4yupckc.html

http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Singh/Singh_numbers.html

some other Stevie fans:

Tai Babalonia (I'm sure I've butchered her name) - the figure skater

Sarah McLachlan

Gwyneth Paltrow

Macy Gray (do y'all remember reading about Macy writing a song for Stevie when she was in like a boarding school?)

Celebrity spottings at various shows:

Madonna And Lourdes
Brooke and Andre
Gene Simmons
Hulk Hogan
Katherine Kelly Lang (Bold And Beautiful) This woman is visually STUNNING!!
Amanda Bearse (Marcy- Married With Children)
Billy Joel
Paula Abdul
Diana Ross (1983 Stevie show Meadowlands Arena)
MTV VJ's Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, JJ Jackson (Well they were celebs in 1983)

I was sitting 3 seats away from him at the Stevie L.A show last year. That was weird.

Matthew Fox and Claudia Schiffer were at one of The Dance tapings. :shrug:

Art Garfunkel's favorite album is said to be Rumours.