What is the "Fleetwood Mac sound" anyway?
 

I'm referring to the Bob Welch and Rumours eras specifically. I've heard the term "Fleetwood Mac sound" bandied about a bit. Someone might be talking about one of Lindsey's Tusk songs, or For Your Love, and say that the song doesn't have that "Fleetwood Mac sound."

However, I've never been able to figure just what that "sound" is. If I were to play someone who'd never heard a Fleetwood Mac song instrumental versions of Tusk, Landslide, and Oh Daddy, would they recognize them as being from the same band? Oddly enough the closest I've come to identifying the Fleetwood Mac sound was Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London, but even then it was just because Mick and John played on it. :shrug:

I've always assocated the mid-tempo numbers with Fleetwood Mac. Songs like Gypsy, Dreams, Thrown Down, You Make Loving Fun, practically any Christine song! I think it's mostly about the rhytm section when people talk about "that sound".

Yeah, Its probably the rhythm section. On songs like "Sable on Blonde" you can really hear a typical Mick Fleetwood style of drumming, even though that is not a Mac song, you could still pick out that that is Mick on drums.

John's bass is pretty distinctive too....

I think it includes that approach of microarrangement that the producers gave the band (or wrenched out of it), plus the very distinct sound of each of the instrumentalists, who are all slightly weird, musically speaking.

And "Werewolves Of London" certainly qualifies as classic mid-tempo Fleetwood-McVie. I've often wondered this one isn't part of their regular set. Zevon covers are certainly acceptable, and really, it would be as much of a "cover" in a modern Fleetwood Mac show as "Oh Well."

FM is the Buckingham/Nicks sound!

you're not a Fleetwood Mac fan.

period.

Don't waste your time.

Buckingham/Nicks are FM....:thumbsup:

Don't feed the troll. Just makes it worse.

Actually Buckingham/Nicks are Buckingham Nicks. They had a self title solo album. Have you heard it? Fleetwood Mac consists of several other people INCLUDING Buckingham Nicks.


Just thought I'd clear that up.

Very true. Maybe we should ALL use the ignore feature!:thumbsup:

Like Steve, I've never been so tempted. But I don't play that way. I feel I must pay attention to all members' posts, if only to point out inaccuracies, confront lies & fight for the northern star. :laugh:

be careful darling..glass houses...

No speed limit baby.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Maybe you can start cleaning your own house first Paula.

I do love the fast lane. :xoxo:

I don't know about a "Fleetwood Mac sound." I think there's a Zep sound, a Who sound, an Eagles sound. But Mac is so eclectic, I don't know how I would describe it. :shrug:

I would like to take a moment out from our regularly scheduled programming to remind folks that personal feuds will not be tolerated on this board, which is what this is starting to look like (In combination with what's going on in the 2007 set list thread as well).

To me the "FM sound" is somewhere in the combination of the distinctive and often dominant rhythm section and the vocal blends.

I think is mostly a matter of marketing. When OOTC was released, I remember the package had a sticker that said "The new solo album from the architect of the Fleetwood Mac sound".. or something like that.. I guess the "FM sound" concept started there, or so it was spreaded

IMHO it's the style Lindsey and Dashut (and Ken C.) gave to the productions they made together. For example BTMask is clearly different from how Tango or Mirage sounded.

But all of this is relative, anyway, for example Rumours had the same producers but since it was made 10 years before Tango, obviously it sounded DIFFERENT.

Oddly enough, it would seem that all of the "personal feuds" seem to involve the same person/troll.

OK. :sorry:

Nice to see you again, btw, didn't know if you were still around.

Oh, yeah...I'm around. I've never been a real big poster, but I'm forever lurking...lurking...lurking...;)

And I thought it was Ledge policy, that if someone was determined to be a troll, that the strike system isn't even necessary for removal.
This person IS trolling, IMO.

exactly. burn the witch.

From Monty Python & The Holy Grail:

CROWD: Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!
BEDEVERE: How do you know she is a witch?
VILLAGER #2: She looks like one.
CROWD: Right! Yeah! Yeah!
BEDEVERE: Bring her forward.
WITCH: I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
BEDEVERE: Uh, but you are dressed as one.
WITCH: They dressed me up like this.
CROWD: Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
WITCH: And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
BEDEVERE: Well?
VILLAGER #1: Well, we did do the nose.
BEDEVERE: The nose?
VILLAGER #1: And the hat, but she is a witch!
VILLAGER #2: Yeah!
CROWD: We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!
BEDEVERE: Did you dress her up like this?
VILLAGER #1: No!
VILLAGER #2 and 3: No. No.
VILLAGER #2: No.
VILLAGER #1: No.
VILLAGERS #2 and #3: No.
VILLAGER #1: Yes.
VILLAGER #2: Yes.
VILLAGER #1: Yes. Yeah, a bit.
VILLAGER #3: A bit.
VILLAGERS #1 and #2: A bit.
VILLAGER #3: A bit.
VILLAGER #1: She has got a wart.
RANDOM: [cough]
BEDEVERE: What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3: Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEVERE: A newt?
VILLAGER #3: I got better.
VILLAGER #2: Burn her anyway!
VILLAGER #1: Burn!
CROWD: Burn her! Burn! Burn her!...
BEDEVERE: Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
VILLAGER #1: Are there?
VILLAGER #2: Ah?
VILLAGER #1: What are they?
CROWD: Tell us! Tell us!...
BEDEVERE: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
VILLAGER #2: Burn!
VILLAGER #1: Burn!
CROWD: Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...
BEDEVERE: And what do you burn apart from witches?
VILLAGER #1: More witches!
VILLAGER #3: Shh!
VILLAGER #2: Wood!
BEDEVERE: So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
VILLAGER #3: B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?
BEDEVERE: Good! Heh heh.
CROWD: Oh, yeah. Oh.
BEDEVERE: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
VILLAGER #1: Build a bridge out of her.
BEDEVERE: Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
VILLAGER #1: Oh, yeah.
RANDOM: Oh, yeah. True. Uhh...
BEDEVERE: Does wood sink in water?
VILLAGER #1: No. No.
VILLAGER #2: No, it floats! It floats!
VILLAGER #1: Throw her into the pond!
CROWD: The pond! Throw her into the pond!
BEDEVERE: What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1: Bread!
VILLAGER #2: Apples!
VILLAGER #3: Uh, very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1: Cider!
VILLAGER #2: Uh, gra-- gravy!
VILLAGER #1: Cherries!
VILLAGER #2: Mud!
VILLAGER #3: Uh, churches! Churches!
VILLAGER #2: Lead! Lead!
ARTHUR: A duck!
CROWD: Oooh.
BEDEVERE: Exactly. So, logically...
VILLAGER #1: If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood.
BEDEVERE: And therefore?
VILLAGER #2: A witch!
VILLAGER #1: A witch!
CROWD: A witch! A witch!...
VILLAGER #4: Here is a duck. Use this duck.
[quack quack quack]
BEDEVERE: Very good. We shall use my largest scales.
CROWD: Ohh! Ohh! Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Ahh! Ahh...
BEDEVERE: Right. Remove the supports!
[whop]
[clunk]
CROWD: A witch! A witch! A witch!
WITCH: It's a fair cop.
VILLAGER #3: Burn her!
CROWD: Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn! Burn!...
BEDEVERE: Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?
ARTHUR: I am Arthur, King of the Britons.
BEDEVERE: My liege!
ARTHUR: Good Sir Knight, will you come with me to Camelot and join us at the Round Table?
BEDEVERE: My liege! I would be honored.
ARTHUR: What is your name?
BEDEVERE: 'Bedevere', my liege.
ARTHUR: Then I dub you 'Sir Bedevere, Knight of the Round Table'.

^^^ :lol: Well done...one of my favorites...:lol:

I was referring to that one, chili. I saw that movie 19 times. The 19th time i pissed my pants......... again.

It is...
 

the sound of coin hitting Mick Moneybag's bank account about twice a decade...

**Ca-ching**

eh...or could be just a REALLY energetic person who doesn't know any better. :shocked:

ha ha...I'll second that!! :thumbsup:

yeah with a brick wall on her forehead.

:lol: :lol: :lol:



his though ;)

I think I'm on about #50 and I still get sideaches from laughing so hard during the opening credits...I'm almost too sore to laugh once the movie even begins!! It's definitely a painful movie to watch! :laugh:

I'm an audiovisual communication teacher. Everytime someone asks me what is the best movie ever they expect some classic title, and then I say:

You have to cut the biggest tree in the forest with.....a haring!!!!

Serious. It's the best movie ever.

And bring me a....SHRUBBERY!!!

I warned you, but did you listen to me? Oh, NO, you "KNEW," didn't you?! Oh, it's just a "harmless little BUNNY," isn't it?!

:thumbsup:

I'm sitting here giggling just typing it...

Oh, come on. Have you read his posts? He's no innocent newbie.

Whatever. I'm done with it. I'm not about to let his ignorance & baiting bother me.

Hi Sue,
Thanks for the intervention..it is appreciated.
I guess sometimes we get a little too passionate regarding our personal
opinions. It is hard especially when someone is "baiting" you.

..As Paula continues to bait & stir the pot..so much for ":sorry: "

It is hard, isn't it? I, for one, have decided to ignore your baiting from now on. Hopefully others can do the same.



I'm not the one people are talking about ignoring. :shrug: But OK, I'll leave you alone & we'll see if you start posting nicer, well thought out, intelligent posts.