Rock Away Blind - Appreciation Thread
 

Holy Smokes that is on another level.

Love it right to the very end.
End Solo is amazing and in the solo it has the same bass line as bleed to love her , if anyone hadnt noticed already.

andthat crazy little solo at 3.26 to finish just knocked me down. Whaer did he pull that one from.

it is at least 93 times better than what I thought it would be

10/10 I listened to it ALL DAY !!!!!

Keep em comming Lindsey, Can wait to see my postman on Tuesday.

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The little solo at the end kind of has the feel of Don't Look Down too.

Sounds amazing! I need a lyrics sheet though - he swallows a couple of words and I want to know all of them! :lol:

This reminds me in ways of Bel Air Rain. (Hey... Bel Air Rain vs. Rock Away Blind! Yes, I'm going... :D)

where are you guys hearing these tracks?

http://vh1classicrocknights.com/audio-video/

The end of this video has it.

It's a great song. It just blows me away. I can't wait for the whole album!

Nah nah nah, i see why you might compare the two but this is much better and ends so much better for average joe who is listening.

Incredible, classic Lindsey sound. Love it.

Brandon go and listen to his interview. Rock Away Blind is in there. Don't be a slacker.:laugh:

Michele

It will be all right with me, but I will feel very disappointed for you guitarists if Lindsey doesn't play this one live.

Michele

"It's beautiful, but it seems to be missing something. Like he purposely leaves a void. That void is Stevie and Christine. It's like every song is a guilt trip." -- my bff on "Rock Away Blind" :lol:

whats with the first line of the song... "Are you ready to go can you just leave him right here?" What is that...? LOL

Gorgeous... probably my favorite Lindsey acoustic song of all time (I think Bel Air Rain has been knocked off it's throne! :D). I'm kinda starting to see what Stevie has said about Lindsey taking some "serious chill pills for this album." :laugh: Everything I've heard from it thus far has just been deeply beautiful. :nod:

It also sounds like a sequel to Great Day. Wonder what distinguishes "great day" from "good day"...

ETA: I can't really compare it to Bel Air Rain, even though I understand the comparison. Bel Air Rain gives me such a different emotion. Currently, Rock Away Blind has me on the edge of tears. Plus I need to hear it directly (without radio buffer), because Bel Air Rain is astonishingly well-produced (best produced track on GOS--along with MAYBE Underground).

Oh, same here. I was laying on the couch just now blasting the song through my earbuds with my eyes closed, and I was grinning from ear to ear. Then when that gorgeous, intricate solo starts heating up at the end, it was definitely making me a bit misty too. Just hearing this song makes me so proud to be a Mac fan. Listening to Lindsey's solo work makes me feel more in tune as a human being- it's intelligent, thought provoking, and substantive. This song is everything that is great about Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac. :nod:

Thankfully that won't be on the album version! It's my only problem with the track (bar some editing faux pas by Lindsey) and it's not anything to do with him.

From the Ego Traipsing Blog posted by "G" on March 11, 2014

http://egotraipsing.blogspot.com/201...y-lindsey.html

I heard this for the first time a few minutes ago; woke up from a dream and needed to expel some energy. I kept expecting a heavy drum beat to kick in, but I think the genius of this song is that it allows you to imagine the backing instruments yourself.

Does anyone have a link to that video/audio that came out before the album was released of Lindsey playing a bit of the outro to RAB? It was like in his studio at home.

Yes, please. I'd love to hear it as well.

it's on lindseybuckingham.com - one of the SWS preview or track by track videos.

If it's part of the Track by Track video, I managed to capture and upload it here so people can have a permanent copy: http://buckinghamnicksff.blogspot.co...-by-track.html

Thank you!

it's here - on SWS "album trailer" http://lindseybuckingham.com/media/videos/12501/16501

i think it was originally mislabeled track-by-track on his website, but that's a different video now, talking about each song on the album.

this one (album trailer) was on his website before the album came out and just has TTWLG, One take, and RAB outro.

I absoluuuuutely love this song.....
I've always wondered if that it got under LB's skin - no pun intended - that this song was written by someone else --- and it's the song that has gotten most of the praise on this album.....

Do y'all think it would bother him? .... Or, is he just happy it has received so much praise?

I realize that he changed enough to get songwriting credit.... However, we've all seen how much songs have morphed from a SN demo to a record - and then he has no credit. Do y'all think that was part of terms with the original songwriter for LB getting song credit or he wouldn't use the song?

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are you talking about Rock Away Blind or Stars Are Crazy?

Yep! SAC .... Been in several time zones lately... And those two songs are my favs... And somehow, I interchange them.... However, yes, you're right... I was thinking of SAC, my bad.... Never sit on a veranda in St. Thomas looking at the stars listening to RAB..... Hahaha
However, my questions for SAC are still the same... Guess that's another tread....

Love RAB. I wish he'd played it live more often. It rocked and was received very well.