Fifty years ago tonight...
 

For anyone still counting, it's now half a century since Stevie and Lindsey joined Fleetwood Mac.

A historic milestone in the history of a couple of people we know and love!

Dear Lindsey, aren't you sorry you insisted on a package deal?

...and out of those fifty years, we got less than seven years of intense activity from that line-up, a little bit of recording for Tango and a couple of reunion tours. Such a shame.

More than a couple of people, I think.

I think she meant Old Goatsy and Lindsey???

Christine's original suspicions were correct. Another woman wont work in the band.

S&L joining Fleetwood Mac changed their lives. But actually it changed the lives of the rest of the band, too. And many people related to them, like Ken, Richard, John Courage, etc.

A shame to me that the last Fleetwood Mac release of new music was 11 years ago. I guess it's a miracle Extended Play was even released because Stevie refused to make a Fleetwood Mac album in 2008-2009.

But I guess 50 years ago, Stevie wanted to be where she is now at age 76, playing in front of 60,000 people...in the daylight opening for Billy Joel.

She most certainly didn't want to be a cleaning lady.

She wanted to be famous, whatever it took.... whoever's a$$ she had to kiss, whoever she had to sleep with, whoever she had to screw over, whatever loss of artistic integrity to chase trying to have a hit song...FAME. That was all she has ever wanted.

ah, misogyny.

Coz Lindsey was SUCH a peach to work with......:laugh:

Sure, he helped make hits....but his ego also took over and not always to the band's artistic benefit and certainly contributed to serious tensions in the band...

Recall facts-- the tension in the band right from the get-go was NOT between Stevie and Christine, but rather between Lindsey and John, and Lindsey bossing people around and not respecting them as the talents they are.

But sure, it was the women.:shocked:

Don't blame me for truth telling. It would only be natural the only woman in a band would be concerned about another woman joining that plays no instrument. Fleetwood Mac never had someone like that before. Chris was the one Stevie had to win over. Once the tequila kicked in everyone was friends.
Even Stevie called herself a house cat and she was only taken because they needed a guitarist that bad. These are Stevie's words, not mine.

Fantastic merging of two entities that had exactly what the other needed.

that's not what you said. you said chris was right that another woman in the band wouldn't work. Facts show otherwise.....the band became super successful with another woman in the band.

So whatever you said, it's not what you think you said. You said two women didn't work. It actually did.

The fiftieth anniversary of the White album will be July 1975, so I'm curious if another deluxe edition is planned to commemorate the event.

well put. that's how i see it also.

--Lis

I agree and think Christine felt that way too at the time. Always the wise one.

I doubt it…I don’t think there is anything else to release except for maybe a live show from 1975.

I was 13 at the time Lindsey and Stevie joined the group. They certainly had an impact on my cultural life:laugh:

Truest words ever written. Fame was her only goal.

You know, what did John McVie once say.. something along the lines of "we all have egos" so it's just as well to remember that. Maybe Stevie wasn't the only one who couldn't control hers on her occasion, but it's the sour aftertaste of the denial of a perfect sunset for the band that irks a lot of us here, me included.

Steven Hopkins' comment re the merging of the two entities that had exactly what the other needed hits it on the nail for me. Oh, for a time machine to see and hear those early days of 1975 or their imperial pomp of the next few years. We got what we got. I'm grateful for that.

And that would be welcome on my part, as long as it is completely unreleased material.

Exactly my thoughts about this incarnation.

I believe Christine could see having both B/N in the band. She was open to it, and then when they started performing together, they all knew.

I’m all for some more 1975–76 live audio. The Trod Nossel Studios radio concert would be ideal. Yes, we’ve heard the bootleg, but it’s a lengthy, complete, and clear audio that would benefit from some remastering, and it showcases the band that first year sounding absolutely gorgeous. Instruments are on point, vocals are classic harmonizing, tempos are perfect, audience applause is miniscule. The small studio makes for a great sound field, and I still consider the “World Turning” the best from the early years.

I think the date of the in-studio show was Oct. 23, 1975.

The only thing better would be a show with some of the oddball inclusions, like “Frozen Love” or “Sunny Side of Heaven.”

And “Crystal”

I think there's a Warm Ways out there, too. Or is that during Rumours?

Absolutely to you and SteveMacD. Whatever they are now hardly matters. Fact is, if that milestone never occurred, most of us wouldn’t even think about FM. This website certainly wouldn’t exist. All five were necessary for the chemistry to be as potent as it was—and still is when we listen to the songs.

That said, my third favorite FM record is Kiln House. Good night.

Agree 1,000 %

Fweetwood Mac. As the brits call themselves.

^^^
"I'll have what he's having".

Everyone wants what I'm having. :D

I found that you can buy that book lube by the gallon. :p

Was it something from above? AH HA HA HA

Tell me who wrote the Book Lube of Love...

I was thinking Book of Lube. But, then I'm better at this than you. (sicker in the head)

Oh, I doubt that.

I fired up an old computer last night, and discovered TONS of........videos, that I'd forgotten about. Put them all on a thumb drive, and have them on the newer machine now!:wavey:

That reminds me I had several MiniDV cassettes from early 2000s, that never transfered to digital files. I lost many home videos from parties and trips.

These aren't homemade videos. Those are on VHS.:cool::lol:

These are from the golden age of file sharing sites. You could find almost ANYTHING on there. I kept getting viruses from the downloads, so I eventually stopped. But man, there was some good stuff!!!;):cool::angel: