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Originally Posted by michelej1
“Once Stevie and Lindsey figured the song out, we had some tempo and groove problems. Things felt fine, but they had to be perfect - the rhythm had to be rock solid. Mick Fleetwood is a great drummer, one of the best, but he’d shift his parts and dynamics around - every drummer does.
“We made an eight-bar loop of Mick's playing, which created this fantastic, deep hypnotic effect. It’s funny, but when people talk about the classic rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie and they point to this one song, I’m always amused that they’re talking about a drum loop.”
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Originally Posted by CADreaming
Excellent read!
Love the part about Mick's looped drum track getting the credit for the renowned rhythm section.  |
Ugh...I'm probably the only one that thinks this way but i actually cringed when i read that and almost stopped reading the rest. When i used to listen to Dreams, for example, i could picture mick playing throughout the song if i wanted to. Now, this knowledge kinda kills that mental image/fantasy thing.
I've had this thing lately where the curiousity is definately there but i find that when i learn all the behind-the-scenes stories it takes something away. The mystery is gone. Don't get me wrong, there's so much that i've discovered over the past 30 years of following this band and what else is there about Rumours that I need to know - but, apparently there's still stuff I don't know and not sure if i want to know any more.
i don't know, maybe someone can enlighten me...
and, not knocking Ken at all for writing the book...