November/December - what should LB do?
 

1. nothing, just sit at home, relax and enjoy the time with his family
2. get Christine to the studio to add some songs to those eight that he, John, and Mick recorded (and add her vocals to some of those 8)
3. get Stevie in the studio to add some songs to the 8 he, John, and Mick recorded (and add her vocals to some of those 8, other than 2 she already did)
4. both 2 and 3
5. work on some new solo material
6. put together a few solo / OMS tour dates and go out on the road (Stan is obviously available, and if LB's sound man is too, they don't need anybody else; plus Brett and Neale are obviously available too, for non-OMS option).

dependent on John's health, it seems to me that the rest of the macsters should really pull it together and finish that album that Lindsey, Mick and John started.

I also would wager that Christine will come to the states soon.

I say he cajoles her into the studio. If she records, Stevie automatically will too and if Stevie doesn't, that's fine too. We already have Stevie on another song that hasn't been released yet, I think.

Michele

that's what i'm thinking too - that Christine in his LA studio seems to be the most viable option, considering she's already working on new songs, and if we assume John's treatment will be taking place in LA.

2 & 3 if possible.

He'll do any recording at his home most likely, so he will have some family time. Lindsey isn't one to not be working in some form. I'd prefer to have some new F Mac material over just solo stuff. If Stevie nor Christine want to do it, then maybe Lindsey, Mick, and John could release those already recorded songs as a 3 piece. They could call it "Boys club....finally" :lol:

:laugh: i like that!

i'm kinda convinced Christine is in with her new songs... she seemed surprised when asked whether her new songs were for solo album and said very noncommittally "maybe".

Haha, thanks!

My fingers are crossed then. :)

I read that the exact same way you did... It was almost telling....

Elle,

So sorry to do this but I think you just *might* have forgotten an option again, however unlikely you think it is. Is this becoming a bad habit with these polls?!

Ahem.

7. Buckingham Nicks, whatever form that would take gig or studio-wise...

Carry on. ;)

:lol:

tbh, never even occurred to me when i was putting this poll together.

also now when you got me thinking, the tour i really don't see them pulling together that fast (lindsey solo much easier plus he travels much cheaper / more flexible, most of OMS it was just him and 2 more guys). and LB and SN working on new BN songs together when SN was the main obstacle for the half-finished Mac album just doesn't seem feasible or right.

I'm SHOCKED it didn't occur to you, Elle, you champion of BN and all that entails! ;)

No, I certainly don't think at this point touring is anything close to likely. When it comes to songs, apparently they have been working on something together for American Horror Story: Coven anyway so I don't that 'feasible' or 'right' are quite the correct words there. But anyway, you just wanted to know what I think he *should* do, not what's likely.

And he SHOULD do some more work with Stevie, imo... Of course, if he just wants to work on his own, I have no objection to more solo songs or whatever. Certainly, when Stevie is so obviously being the person addressed, it lends a certain something to the whole process for me... ;)

Baby, I've just been holding out too long
Maybe I couldn't admit I was wrong
And maybe I've just been lying to myself
And no one else

Slow down, baby
Cross that line
If you want to save me
It takes time
It takes time

Maybe I've wasted all this precious time
I'm trying to prove what is and isn't mine
Wondering to myself if you knew
It was all for you

Slow down, baby
Cross that line
If you want to save me
It takes time

I picked work on new solo material. I'd love more OMS but realistically, he probably would stick more to the west coast and since I am not near there I picked new solo music. I'm selfish that way.

I'd go with solo material too, except I'm dying to hear the songs he and the guys already recorded. So finishing up that album with Chris and Stevie joining in would be best. Otherwise the half finished project will always be there, threatening to take time away from future solo tours/recording. And I really would like to have one last album from the five of them, so long as it doesn't take up the better part of 2014. Just get it done, already! But, if the ladies won't contribute, then by all means, yes, release it just the three guys :nod:

I want a solo album more than anything, and a tour to go with it. But a solo tour for a month or two to fill time before 2014? Naaa. I'd rather they just get the FM album completed.

I want him to show Christine his bunker.

Michele

If it's a last project, I would like for them to contribute songs that stand out on their own, but yet are cohesive like White, Rumours, Mirage, or Tango..

I felt that Time and SYW were a collection of songs thrown together. BTM was a miss even tho they tried to make it an album.

The magic happens with the harmonies, or things that Stevie does on Christine's tunes.. etc...

Even writing some new tunes would be awesome together. Will it happen? Probably not. But that's what I would push them to do.

I think it would be a good idea to take the month's of November and December off from work and hang around the house with his wife and kids. It's Holiday time and having your whole family around you is nice.

:lol: same way here - i come first! ;)

so many good points in this post! agree with every single one of them! :cool:

me too! :thumbsup:

agree, they need to work together. willingly. and indications are at least some of them are at the point where they are ready for that so they should do it! :angel:


personally, i'm actually not sure... what i want and what i think he should do may be actually 2 different things at this point... like many primarily solo lindsey fans i would primarily, for many different selfish reasons, want the solo stuff. i'd like the request OMS tour primarily, and new solo material in parallel with it (considering he kept putting out new material as he was touring in 2012, we know he can do it :D ). so my choice if i just look at what *i* want would be #6 closely followed by #5. :cool:

i prefer stuff he's been putting out solo to the mostly highly poppy (as he calls it fleetwood mac-y) stuff on the EP.

but as many of you have pointed out, this may well be the last FM album they ever put out, for many different reasons, and it seems these 2 months that unfortunately opened up should be spent on getting that album finished and therefore working on Christine's new songs in Lindsey's home studio (that way he gets family time too!) to add them to that half-finished Mac album. i guess SN might go to AUS for that screening she's supposed to have in Brisbane (although i don't see her doing that now when Mac is not financing her trip), but if she doesn't and she changes her mind about contributing her material to FM album, i guess she can join them from time to time too. but i primarily want to see what Lindsey and Christine can do together, so my choice of what Lindsey *should* do is #2 - work with Christine on new Mac material. :thumbsup:

my order of choices would probably be:
6. put together a few solo / OMS tour dates and go out on the road and do those requests!!
5. work on some new solo material
2. get Christine to the studio to add some songs to those eight that he, John, and Mick recorded

and then far behind these 3 choices that i would love to see happen and by far prefer would be:
4. both 2 and 3
1. nothing, just sit at home, relax and enjoy the time with his family
3. get Stevie in the studio to add some songs to the 8 he, John, and Mick recorded ) - if you read his newly published interview he clearly says that he realized SN doesn't want to be pushed so pushing her i see as his last option as neither one of them seem to want it or thinks it's effective.

so i'm still not sure whether i'll put in my vote for #2 or #5... if there were no votes yet i'd probably go for #2, but since #5 has no votes so far and i really really want that maybe i should drop my vote there...

I picked the "both 2 and 3" option, though I lean towards getting Christine involved more (perhaps they can do more songs apart from those meant for a FM album and get Buckingham Perfect going? :lol: please please please). Especially since it's very possible that's she's gonna take a transatlantic flight at one point soon.

these kinds of questions really start me off...

Wouldn't be Buckingham Mcvie since she still uses John's last name? :lol:

Well yeah, but Buckingham Perfect has a nicer ring to it. :p

Haha, true. Maybe they could use their middle names: Anne Adams. :p :lol:

Christine Adams, you mean? Christine is her middle name. She's actually Anne Christine.

Oops. :sorry: Well, Christine Adams isn't too bad.

Though they can also write together under Anne Adams. Not too shabby, if you ask me.

nah sounds like a pseudonym of some romance novels writer :lol:. Buckingham Perfect is still the best. because Perfect is... well, perfect!

But their lives and songs could be a romance novel. :p

If the boys want to do it:

John John Buckingham

John's first name, one of Mick's middle, and Lindsey's last.

John once said that he was Lindsey Buckingham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c92H...e_gdata_player :lol::lol::lol:

How about they release an album as Buckingham Perfect, then a romance novel that may or may not be based on real people as Anne Adams. :lol:

Where do I place my pre-order for that book? :D

Lindsey looks like the midnight stalker. The funny thing is, you think he is dressed like that because he doesn't want to show his face, but the minute they ask him to take off the hood and glasses he is really eager to oblige.

Michele

Haha, I never thought of it like that.

#6 ASAP and I'll even volunteer to route the tour. No thanks needed Lindsey.

Buckingham Perfect is a perfekt name!!!

:lol: :lol:

5 and 6. Do not care about the mac anymore. They're a touring jukebox anyway. I would love More solo stuff.

Mick

Interesting results so far:

• Christine collaboration / FM album in a convincing lead with 15 votes
• solo work second with 7 votes
• relaxing with family third with 6 votes (so many fans want LB to do nothing :confused:)
• collaborating with Stevie without Christine in the mix convincingly last with 0 votes.

Lindsey wouldn't be able to do nothing. If he did, probably for only a couple of weeks, at most. :lol: The compulsion to work will never go away.