3rd Watch (finally!)
 

just a heads up for those who wanna watch/ listen for "Peacekeeper".....
3rd Watch is on in about an hour (EST)~
should be towards the end

Well Stevie's on there. Is it just me or has the main melody been changed from an acoustic to an electric? Cause I haven't heard the org. vesion in a while.

LOVE THIS SONG.

WHOOOOO-HOOO!!! you can HEAR Stevie!! it's awesome....I have chills!!!

Sweet...I liked it before..but it sounds great with Stevie too :) Ugh..April 15th get here dammit....

Hmm....
 

I've listened to it twice now...and um...I don't like Stevie on it. *ducking* I can't hear Lindsey and it's HIS song! LOL I like his solo version that we got from sararhiannon.com. BUT, hearing it on TV and hearing it on CD are two different things...we'll see when this album comes out...soon!!!!!!!!!

Loved it....totally Fleetwood Mac and Lindsey ALWAYS gets the best vocal out of Stevie....those high background vocals haven't been done in YEARS!

BGV's...
 

Are there other outside voices on the song? Did ya'll hear them? Is it Lindsey and Stevie ONLY? Sounds like other voices to me and I swear to ALL that is HOLY, if it's friggin Sheryl Crowe, I'll poke my eye out with a spoon!! :rolleyes::mad:

Re: Hmm....
 

But it seems as if it's being given a duet treatment. Stevie's singing harmony on both verses and chorus. Unless she's not on the bridge, it could be like "I Don't Want to Know" - written by one, sung together by both.

Oh, no, wait. I just went back and listened to it - on the first verse, Lindsey does sing two lines alone. So I guess it's not a duet, then. :)

I loved it! I love Stevie's vocals on the song. While the version we all know and love currently is amazingly good I really must say that I find the newer version even better. The song just sounds so...complete.

I really can't wait for the new album now! :D

Well, I liked "Peacekeeper" from the very first time I heard it, but wow... the addition of Stevie's harmony vocals have totally knocked this one out of the ballpark!
Total home-run here! :D

I don't think her presence on the verses and chorus detracts from Lindsey at all. Her vocals, although they're clearly noticeable, remain subtle... and they're just the right thing to give an already incredible song, that much more "oompf."

I was totally hoping that we'd clearly hear Stevie on a lot of Lindsey's tunes, just as I was hoping that we'd clearly hear Lindsey on a lot of Stevie's tunes.
The fact is, they sound great together... and to me, it seemed like it would be a total waste if they didn't use that to their best advantage on this album... no matter who wrote what.

With each new snippet of music that we get to hear, I get more and more excited about this album. :D



Johnny Stew

I....
 

missed it...Oh well, I'll catch it later since it's not the end of the world...Brian J.

Very well said. I'm in total agreement.

I was very pleased to hear Lindsey singing on Thrown Down and now I'm so happy to hear Stevie's excellent vocals on Peacekeeper.

Lindsey and Stevie's vocals are like a perfect circle: one begins where the other ends. They compliment each other so very well.

Hearing little bits here and there is really helping keep my enthusiasm high for the new album. I can't wait for April 15th!

Jennifer

:blob2: Argggh I have to wait for someone wonderful like Sara to put it up on thier site :blob1: Come along now! lol :]

Sounds like it sounds good. :thumbsup:

This is going to be such a top class album!!:] :woohoo:

somebody posed the mp3 on Micks website....go get it and listen!!!

LOL you and me both....

I heard the MP3 from Mick's chat. It is good. I do like the change however, I thought Lindsey's version was unbelievable. I am thrilled that "my girl" is basically dueting with him. YAY!!!

Well...
 

i've heard it now...Not bad at all, I'm just used to the Lindsey "only" version...But not bad, Not bad at all...Brian J.

Why the guitar mute?!?!
 

Well, the guitar part at 1:07 is like, muted!!!! I don't like that!! It's like, the song has been popped up...as opposed to more rockin. I hope we get some kind of ROCKING, BLOW MY MIND guitar solos on this album!!! Murrow and Come for sure...but what others? I DO like the guitar towards the end of the clip tho...before the knock. LOL

You know what? I'm DYING INSIDE for a LB solo album, that's what it is. :nod: I PRAY TO GOD he releases GOS in the next few years!!!!!!!!

I still think SN drowns him out during the chorus. :rolleyes:

I keep listening to the clip tho...trying to be positive. :laugh:

I LOVED it!!!! I love the classic, timeless harmony of Lindsey and Stevie that attracted me to Fleetwood Mac in the first place. I've always been big into harmony~~no matter what the song or who the musician~~if it has a good harmony part, I usually love the song. They once again proved to me that they are my favorite harmony singers out there with this new song. OK, so now I've heard two song clips and loved them both--it is definitely time for April to get here!!!!

I'm not too sure I liked what I heard. They seem to be sticking to two-part harmony in Thrown Down and now Peacekeeper. I hope this will not be the norm for the album because I love the multi-layered harmonies we've heard from FM in the past.

John

The Lindsey solo version was a REALLY tough act to follow
 

I agree with Christy on these two statements...and the one about poking my eye out with a spoon if Sheryl is on this track...I'm annoyed that she's even on the album (I liked her contributions to TISL but she should not mix with the Mac)...but if she's on Lindsey's songs or heaven forbid the tour...Pass the spoon.

You know I just loved Lindsey's version so much and thought it was so perfect the way it was... I expected it to just be sprinkled with a little Stevie vocal for SYW...not doused in it:lol:

No matter. I love the way her voice sounds in it and that absolutely gorgeous tune of the harmony...WOW! A very exciting harmony, that ventures beyond the traditional thirds, etc....very Buckingham Nicks. These two really have a knack for that. The "peacekeeper don't tell why" harmony reminds me of one of my favorites...and that's the "tossed around enough" line in Second Hand News;) Do ya hear it?

I think I will love this version as much as Lindseys...and I hope the final mix on the album doesn't sound like Stevie's drowning him out. I don't trust the quality of this audio clip. It's obviously TV audio that is quite possibly "unbalanced" and we may not be getting the full effect.

-Sonia

Could someone please post a link for "Peacekeeper"? I can't seem to locate it on Mick's site.

Here ya go Phil. Props to Sara.:wavey:

I love how this song sounds....I liked the Lindsey only version but there is something about Stevie and Lindsey's voices together...

Pip

Re: Why the guitar mute?!?!
 

I totally agree, Christy. I must admit I was a bit disappointed - this version sounds a bit tame. Where have all the guitars gone? They gave the song more energy.

I liked the idea of adding Stevie's vocals to the song, but indeed she's drowning him out a bit (then again, it could be the mp3's recording itself). When I heard the solo version, I was quite confident that this song would be played often on German radio and might even become a hit (if it is released as a single). As much as I don't like to admit it, but with this tame version I'm not so sure anymore. To me, it now somehow lacks this "Oh great, who's this?" factor. I think it would have been nicer to have Stevie's voice on the "original" backing track. Less (re-working etc.) is sometimes more.

However, like Christy said, I'll keep listening to the clip as well. Maybe I'll like it more after a few more listens.

Hi DOR, thanks ever so much for the link!
I really dug Lindsey's solo original of "Peacekeeper" but Stevie's harmonies on the FM version give the song a new depth. I am completely overjoyed to be hearing these two in such fine form again after all these years. I think we're in for a treat once the album arrives.

Have to admit that I'm sort of wishy-washy about the new version. I think that Lindsey and Stevie do sound great together on this track as always, but it seems like it really lost a lot of the 'edge' that was there on the original version that we all heard. It drags a bit now. Plus I think Stevie's vocal is a little loud on the chorus, and I agree with wondergirl9847, at times it IS very tough to hear Lindsey singing, and I don't think I like that. Then again it may sound different on the actual album than it did on television.

I wouldn`t like that either. But could it be the reason that is tends to be like that, that it was taped from TV? Hard to believe that this would make such a difference...?
On the other hand- don`t forget it`s always hard to hear something new, when you got used to a different version.
The thing I am worrying about is, that probably the attitude of the album might be a duet approach...? No clear defined songs from one or the other but all mixing up. But let`s wait and see.

They took out that weird computerized "ah-uh-uh-ah-ah-ah" that comes after "soon all the suns will rise" and "love is the sweet surprise" in the chorus on Lindsey's version. I liked that!
Also, I have to admit that *on first listen*, I don't like Stevie's back-up vocals much. She sounds strangely flat _ almost off-key (although I'm sure technically she's not).
Still really like the song, though!

i agree....
 

i agree...we are getting more of a B/N thing here with the album...they told us that in the beginning so i don't know why everyone is acting surprised. i think it's nice. i like the two of them together. i respect everyone's opinions though. yes, this version may not be as agressive as Lindsey's but it still sounds like FM to me and there were a lot of elements left in that were cool like the high pitched voice thing and also the little guitar parts that come in and out. it's got a very mysterious and ethereal feel to me which i like. i think it's a perfect FM song. Love it!!! Can't wait for the album!!!

PS....Lindsey really does bring out the best in Stevie....i especially like her shift to a higher key on "don't tell why".

:thumbsup:

I don't like this version at all. I've listened to it many times now and my opinion isn't changing in the least. The song has totally lost its energy, the adrenaline-factor, it's "edge"...whatever you wanna call it....it's not there anymore.

Why has the guitar work been cut down so much? And the parts that have been left in have been edited themselves into parts "that could have been great", and which would seem unnecessary to someone who hasn't heard the original version.
I can't believe that "insane laughter" connecting the parts of the chorus has been removed. It's things like that which always made a song "signature Lindsey Buckingham/LB with FM".
Couple the "normalisation" of the song with the fact that it is distinctively slower than the original, and it sounds simply boring. All the energy of the original is missing. I know this song was used for "3rd watch", but it now sounds like it was specifically made as the soundtrack to a TV show. The instrumentation verges on elevator music.

Stevie's vocals: The vocals themselves are good, and I was very happily surprised that she managed (as someone mentioned before) to go that high during the chorus, and I am really looking forward to hearing her new songs. However, I cannot stand the way they've been mixed into the song: they are far too forward in the mix, and totally not balanced with Lindsey's. It sounds more like a Stevie song with Lindsey singing backing, rather than a harmony between the two. It's so uneven that it sounds almost like the song was produced by an amateur on a home mini-studio. Perhaps the mix will sound differently on the actual CD, but I doubt it.

The only good thing left about this song is its amazingly catchy melody, which will go round and round in your head all day even if they remove all vocals, replace the guitar with a trumpet and use elephant sounds as the lead.

I hope, HOPE, that Red Rover, Come and Murrow have not received the same treatment. I am almost certain that the latter two have been dramatically changed, but I pray that Red Rover has been left exactly how it was, and will be a Lindsey solo song, like NGBA on Rumours. Its track-time for the album seems to be practically the same as the GOS version, so here's hoping...

"Pushing envelopes"...eh?:rolleyes::confused:

All JMVHO.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:

I absolutely LOVE this song......this is what Fleetwood Mac is suppsed to sound like....to me, this is what was missing from the other tracks we have heard.....those multiple, tightly layered vocal harmonies.....I was so glad to hear this song!!

Kristin

I haven't heard it yet, but it occurs to me that it's possible that the guitar work hasn't really been cut out of the song, but largely trimmed or muted out of the clip(s) that the show chose to use for the song. That's been done before for clips used on t.v. Just a thought.

NOOOOOOO!!!!!
 

AAAUUUGGGGHHHH!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO THIS SONG? THEY KILLED EVERY BIT OF ENERGY IT HAD. IT'S CRAP!!!

&%$#

Now it's just a bland little pop tune, and not very pop at that.

Oh, please let this not be the album version. PUHLEEEEEZE!

haha.....I think it is SOOOOOOO funny how we have such a MIXED bunch of reactions here to this song.....total love to total hate......oh, and those background vocals are probably sharon and whoever else is going to be backing them on tour, like on the dance tour.....

Kristin

You can find Peacekeeper here:
http://thetonerstore.net/bbs/peacekeeper.mp3

If you listen to the snippet of peacekeeper at burnish.net you'll find that in fact the "ah-uh-uh-ah-ah-ah" is still in there. :nod: It's just not audible in the other version posted at sararhiannon.com. Actually I prefer the burnish.net version, Stevie doesn't seem to drown Lindsey out so much in that one.

While I LOVE Stevie's high and soaring harmony on the chorus (a la David Letterman Big Love), I have to say, her signing loudly in the main part of the song somewhat detracts from the energy of what we assume was the original posted on the web. But, even with that, its still a great song!!!!!!

posted on a Third Watch board:

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I heard a song in tonight's episode, not sure if it's the Fleetwood Mac song... some of the lyrics were "wait for the darkness of the night" and "love is the sweetest.." and I'm not 100% sure if those were the exact words. I tried to get "Peacekeepers" on WinMx, no luck. Is that the song I heard and if not, do you know what the title of that song is?

Thanks>>>>

so....at least it got some notice from other than us "hard core" Macsters!;)

Thanks...
 

...for the link Trin, That's the one I used last nite from Mick's website...And welcome to the Ledge....Brian J.