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Originally Posted by CADreaming
If they are the same now when were they ever Fleetwood Mac??
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Buckingham Nicks only had two singers: Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Fleetwood Mac only has two singers now: Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
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Are you saying that Christine McVie defined Fleetwood Mac?
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YES!!! She's been on all but two Fleetwood Mac albums (the very first album and the Chicago blues jam album that was never intended for release). Her keyboard playing was a HUGE part of the Fleetwood Mac sound. She wasn't the single defining member of the band. There isn't one, by Peter Green's original design. But, she most definitely helped define the Fleetwood Mac sound. With her gone, there's no obligation to have keyboards in the music anymore. That means they can take a much lighter approach to the music. They could actually do stuff as a quartet. Remember NGBA from the SYW tour? I do, and I don't think that's too far from the Buckingham Nicks sound.
Where do I sign up to have "Frozen Love" played instead of "Don't Stop" because I'm kind of sick of the latter. I think the thing MOST people on here have complained about is the utter lack of creativity in the set-list.
I think they could do the whole BN album, with SA and whatever thrown in at this point. Not only would I love for them to do the entire BN album, but also add some of the old folky Danny Kirwan songs (Station Man, Sometimes, etc, Dust.) to the mix. The ***ONLY*** thing hold them back from doing that now is themselves.
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I am saying Buckingham Nicks songs define Buckingham Nicks. With the exception of Crystal and Don't Let Me Down Again - Buckingham Nicks songs have not been released in Fleetwood Mac. Crystal has never been performed live and the last time they did DLMDA was 8 years ago for two shows (maybe).
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Again, I don't think that Mick and John had anything to do with that. I mean, I think they've always played the Buckingham Nicks stuff with the utmost respect.
Fleetwood Mac said "screw your expectations" in 1979 and survived. Actually, they're held in much higher regard today because of it today. But, trying to live up to the "Rumours" expectation has really killed the band for the past 30 years (especially during the BTM and "Time" eras, where they held people back). I say go back to the 1979 philosophy all the way around.
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Sounds about the same here. Okay, Christine's keyboard parts do fill it out, but not offensively.