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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
So, they were dead when Peter Green was in the band? They were dead when Bob Welch was in the band? Sorry, my Fleetwood Mac collection starts with the 1968 album (actually, it starts with "A Hard Road", which was the first pseudo-Fleetwood Mac album). There were a lot of records without Stevie and Lindsey, so I don't hold that against "Time", which seems to be the main reason people ultimately don't like it.
In fact, I'd MUCH rather have an album with Bekka Bramlett on lead vocals than Stevie Nicks when the latter is half a**ing it, like she did on "Tango In The Night" and "Behind The Mask".
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Of course I know about Peter Green and Bob Welch; I'm not one of those gushy teenagers who can't name any songs outside of
Rumours and can't name one band member apart from Stevie! I haven't listened to those eras in depth yet, I've heard "Oh Well", "Black Magic Woman" and "Sentimental Lady" and really like them. I just haven't got around to trying the albums yet (I'm trying to get hold of a copy of
Say You Will, as I'm trying to get up to date before I see them in September). I'm not going to form an opinion on that era until I've properly listened to everything.
And I didn't mean by saying that the band is dead without Stevie or Lindsey, that Fleetwood Mac is no good without them and they are only good when they are leading the band. The original incarnation of FM and the revamped incarnation with Buckingham Nicks are two entirely different genres of music. I was referring to the pop era that BN brought in. My mistake, I didn't clarify, sorry.
And I have actually listened to
Time, and I felt that the entire creative energy and passion that I'd heard in the previous albums (regardless of Stevie half a**ing it or not) was gone or significantly diminished. The only songs I found halfway decent were "Hollywood" and "Winds of Change". Apart from that, I felt that something was missing. Hence, I prefer the Buckingham Nicks era more because that 's the one I connect with more and I prefer their work. That's my opinion.