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Originally posted by chiliD
Gee, why didn't they just play the whole friggin' album? {he said, sarcastically as possible} Don't they hammer that overrated album ENOUGH? All the hype about this being a "new era of Fleetwood Mac" and they STILL play 3/4 of the album in concert...it would be nice if they played 3/4 of their NEW material in concert, maybe the concert-goers will be so impressed that the NEW album would sell a bit better...but, no, they cop-out and virtually are promoting "Rumours" for the 25th year in a row. Heard it, heard it again, and again, and again...gimme new material.
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chiliD, I completely agree. They are coming back to the East Coast in September and i actually don't think i'm going to go...I never thought i'd opt to NOT go to a FM concert....As it is, i saw them 3 times in May so i don't think i want to spend the money....Plus, as you just said, they do 3/4 (or close to it) of the Rumours album in concert and after 15 years of seeing them in concert i'm a little tired of it. I don't think some of the songs are holding up anymore especially vocally. I think they feel compelled to continue doing the phenomenon of Rumours in concert cause they want to hold a substantial audience. But that just proves to me that they don't have as much confidence in their other work as they claim.
I know i'll get blasted for my opinion so i'll cover myself here....yeah yeah yeah i know there are new fans that will want and expect to hear those Rumours songs as well as older fans but lets be realistic here people...they can't change the setlist a bit from show to show?
When i heard that they were rehearsing Monday Morning and (i think) Storms i was blown away. I was really excited about the upcoming concerts. Then, when i heard that they performed RTTG and Destiny Rules i was impressed. However, when the 2 aforementioned songs never cemented in the final setlist and then the other 2 songs were dropped and replaced with yet another Rumours song i was flabbergasted! My excitement level went down a few notches and i never really regained it.
I guess maybe complaining about it is stupid because obviously they're selling tickets to the shows and are doing well. so, what do i know?!
I think one of the reasons that Stevie seems lackluster (to me-opinion people!) on these shows is because of the fact that she's most likely on autopilot cause she's drained those same songs out by doing them live over and over and over again. If some newer or different older songs were performed i think it might initiate some enthusiasm.