Fleetwood Mac Tribute Album?
 

Michelle Branch just posted this on her Twitter:

No pressure, just singing Say You Love Me in front of Stevie Nicks for the Fleetwood Mac tribute record. She's producing this track 4 me!

Oh, hell-to-the-NO!!

another FM tribute cd? hmmm. and why is Stevie producing SYLM?

Why do I get a sad, sinking feeling that she might be referring to Lindsey as "Stevie"? :laugh: And why would stevie produce a song she didn't even write anyway? :distress:

I think the little wannabes are coming back out of the woodwork now that Mama has the stink of T. Swift about her...

hahaha maybe Stevie is working on her producing skills and she is going to pull a lindsey and produce the entire next Fleetwood Mac album!

Why on earth is there going to be another tribute album? Didn't Stevie herself say she hates them because tributes are for people who are
dead?
Is Fleetwood Mac officially dead? Why is she wasting her time with this when the actual Fleetwood Mac could be doing new music for a new album?

That would be quite the remarkable feat. Could actually be interesting as heck!! :nod:

I'm curious to know what kind of role Stevie plays when she produces. How many times has she produced her own work, let alone anybody elses? Does she handle it on her own or does she require assistance?:shrug:

I wonder who will cover Rhiannon for this album? Taylor Swift you think?

MY 14 yr old mind keeps thinking, "this is it. Theres gonna be another tour. New album. Itll be the comeback of the century and i'll be able to shove it into my friends' faces the crap they listen to and what REAL MUSIC IS!

But sadly, i'm afraid theyre gonna overdue All this covering and tribute stuff.....hopefully this isn't the end of FM:distress:

Stevie Nicks - Songs in the Key of F!:lol:

The only thing I can see Stevie doin is figuring out harmonies...

Aaaand... Michelle Branch on SYLM is kinda weird.. Love the Wreckers album though.

I'm always hoping for a huge fleetwood mac comeback! But I always wonder if it will ever happen.

Obviously, we know she produced Bombay Sapphires on Trouble In Shangri La. I, too have wondered exactly what the extent of her producing entailed. But honestly, she's been Lindsey Buckingham's musical partner for what, over 40 years now? She's recorded 7 Fleetwood Mac studio albums, 6 solo studio albums, and has recorded countless songs for various other projects... I'd have to think after all this time, after all her experiences, she'd have to of picked up some production knowledge :).

Regarding the never ending whining about Stevie "posers" and "wannabees"... seriously guys, get a grip. Stevie's in show business. That involves working with other people who are in show business. I'd be willing to bet that much of the time, these little pairings we've seen with Stevie this past decade have been management orchestrations to begin with. And even if that's not the case, why the hell would anyone care? In the end, these little girls who are hanging out with Stevie always get her some form of press... even if it is minute. And that's never a bad thing for any celeb. Even after Taylor Swift's less than swift performance at the Grammys, I can assure you both Taylor AND Stevie's album sales saw a small bump. Even amidst the cries for Taylor to throw in the towel.

Regarding why Stevie would be producing a Christine song, it probably has to do with the fact Michelle Branch is recording it. They're clearly friends... friends help friends. Friends like to do stuff together. Has anyone stopped to think that Stevie might have her fingers in the production of this whole album? Probably not since everybody is too busy bitching and nailing themselves (or Stevie) to the cross. :rolleyes:

Honestly guys, I'm getting very, very sick of the "nobody is good enough to work with/be friends with Stevie" schtick. Stevie's just a human being. She eats, sleeps, breathes, and takes a crap like the rest of us. She just happens to be in the music business. So does Michelle Branch. It's just another day at the office for them, folks!

HAHA, tru dat!!! I did sound for The Wreckers, and during soundcheck, Michelle kept telling the band, "hey guys, I had mexican for lunch, and I'm farting up a storm, so stay at least a few feet away from me".

Seriously!:laugh:

I might be in the minority on this but Stevie working with Michelle and Vanessa has never bothered me. They do seem to have more substance than a lot of people out there these days and, of course, those are the kinds of people I would want Stevie to collaborate with...people who are really talented as opposed to being successful because they can be marketed to the public.

I wonder how long this has been planned and why she decided to get involved. If she's doing it as a favor to Michelle, I think its really sweet of her. If she actually has more involvement in it that we just don't know about yet, isn't that kind of weird for a tribute album?? I mean, if other people do it, then its a tribute...but if you work on it too, even behind the scenes, then you're really just paying tribute to yourself :p

I also think its a good thing that she's in the studio, even if its to help someone else out atm. Hopefully, being in that environment will inspire her to get in there herself or to get the rest of FM together. At this point, I don't care if its solo or FM, I just want to know that something great is on its way :thumbsup:

I don't think that anyone is taking Stevie to task just for the sake of being a mean ol' bully. Yes, she is in the business and does collaborations. But what about them halcyon days when she worked with collaborators who were actually worth two ****s- Tom Petty, Don Henley, Warren Zevon... and I'd even begrudgingly give the thumbs up to Kenny Loggins and Sheryl Crow. But for crikeys sake... Jesse Camp? Michelle Branch? Taylor Swift? Vanessa Carlton? W. T. F. I can understand her maternal instinct would compel her to mentor younger musicians... but there are so, so many young, truly talented, truly wonderful talents out there... It really does make one wonder whether all those kilos of cocaine have finally incurred some permanent damage to her brain.

I don't know why, but it makes me wonder if there is some sort of Fleetwood Mac package coming out like Stevie's Crystal Visions? I know Warner Brothers was going to release that 4 disc thing of Rumours last year, but it never happened... maybe they decided to instead make a Fleetwood mac greatest hits album with possibly some DVD behind the scenes footage and music videos with commentary, and then including a CD of covers. I could just see it being a 3 or 4 disc thing. One disc of greatest hits, one or two discs with music videos and "The making of Rumours" or other footage, and then one disc of covers. Maybe it is just a long shot, but I think maybe WB didn't want to scrap the whole thing but realized it probably wouldn't sell well to do ANOTHER thing of Rumours, so they've redesigned the packed and instead of focusing on Rumours, have broadened its range to encompass the past 35 years. What do yall think??

To make sure Michelle screws up the words properly.:laugh:

Stevie is a great Producer, when she wants to be. She Produced The Nightmare Remix and Desert Angel.

Very, very well said! :nod: :thumbsup:

A little birdie told me, that Gaga is covering GDW... :lol:
Jokes.

Lady Gaga covering any FM song would probably generate lots of interest in Fleetwood Mac. This would be a great move for Fleetwood Mac right now.
Can you imagine if she ever covered Tusk? Oh my.

Well, then that's it then... I have to kill myself.

I just can't live in a world like that!

I definitely see where you're coming from, and understand and respect your qualms. To me, I think it's a very calculated thing the people Stevie has chosen to collaborate with this past decade. I for one am glad she's not only working with other geezer rockers... that's not forward motion. She worked with people like Tom Petty and Don Henley back in the day because 1) She was probably banging them 2) Because they were her peers 3) Because it was her first album without her band... they probably figured she could use the support and help. And that needed support and help is exactly why Stevie has been holding court with such people as Taylor Swift, Vanessa Carlton, et al. Stevie is working with people who have some inherent talent, but it's still a bit raw and underutilized. I'd love to see Stevie working with higher quality new generation folks too (I have a not so short list :lol:), but the likes of Imogen Heap, Feist, and other such young female artists really don't need Stevie. They've already found themselves musically, and are probably even more developed in their craft than even Stevie herself.

Regarding others who feel another tribute album isn't needed, or they don't like hearing others cover FM songs... again, I'm inclined to disagree. Any form of homage paid to FM is a good thing for the band's future plans, and especially, for their legacy. Again, any press is good press. And I know I'm in the minority here regarding Mac covers... but I really enjoy them. I love seeing how other artists can reinterpret a very old song that I've heard a million billion times, and breathe new life into it. Of course the original will always be the most dear to me, but honestly, hearing a GOOD cover helps me remember why I fell in love with the song, and this band in the first place. :nod:

Stevie was listed as co-producer on Egan's album too, even though we don't know what her producing duties were. Since Walter wrote that she and Lindsey often didn't work with him together, I think Stevie must have been doing some (albeit minor) production type work indepedent of Lindsey.

Michele

Louie - I couldn't have said it better myself! If she is working on the whole record, the remember that Mick Fleetwood was heavily involved in the Legacy album and there was plenty life left in the Mac after that. Also, if she is only producing one track then it hardly takes away from her writing and working on a Mac album - I would think it would be a couple of weeks worth at most.

I don;t get why people are so against a tribute album. It's not like there have been loads before. To my knowledge, and please correct me if I'm mistaken, but there's only been the tribute to Rumours itself, not the band and their other material.

I think Michelle doing Say You Love Me is the obvious choice. I would much prefer her to do That's Alright because of her more recent musical work (country-ish) but that's far too obscure a song to put on a tribute record. Bear in mind the way that the song has been performed on the Unleashed tour and even as far back as The Dance and I think that the prominence of guitars, banjo even if they go down that road, could work really well with this song.

Here's what I posted earlier in the Stevie forum:

This makes no sense to me-I know they've worked together in the past (?) But has Stevie ever produced? And a Chris Song? Really? And ANOTHER mac tribute album?REALLY?

I see now that Stevie has (technically) been a producer in the past. But I stand by the rest of my above statement.

update on michelle branch's twitter.

Just got home from an amazing day in the studio with Miss Stevie Nicks. I can't wait for you to hear what we came up with. xo

she even has a pic of waddy and some other guy in the studio

I'm really curious to hear this!! Hopefully it won't take forever to come out!!

"Production," in pop music, covers so many different activities. Remember, this is a woman who said she is unable to operate a VCR machine. The mental image of Stevie at a soundboard, operating levers & knobs, doesn't feel real to me. A producer can also stand in a control booth, listening to playback, & telling the engineers & artist(s) what she thinks of the overall vibe. I bet that more accurately describes Stevie's past & present production work.

Jimmy Iovine, in a long-ago OFF THE RECORD radio interview with Mary Turner, said much the same thing about Stevie's production contribution to the vinyl release of the live "Edge of Seventeen." Anyone have that handy?

And particularly not when Lindsey is on the same project. It's not like he'd be suffering fools gladly, or otherwise, back in those days. Michele

:laugh: No, it really doesn't

There was an audio interview from years ago where Stevie said that she was good at vocal production. Maybe that is what she is doing for this project. I am sorry that I don't remember the name of the interview.

i was just on twitter and saw this michelle branch update

Cleaning. Waiting for the cable guy to leave so I can go grab some lunch. Back in the studio tonight with Miss Nicks :)

Oh, it's really charming that she cleans and waits for the cable guy like a regular person That's just like me, except I don't really get much cleaning done:laugh:.

Sometimes I hear them say they wrap up a song in one night, but it sounds like her work with Stevie is actually taking a bit of time. I'm very anxious to hear the finished product.

Michele

Wow. She's been around the scene for about 10 years now.