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Originally Posted by Nicks Fan
I agree with allot of what you are saying.
For that matter you could also ask why on earth for nearly 40 years they have ignored Bob Welch's material from 71-74? I really think Hypnotized would go over well as it is a Classic Rock staple.
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I agree with and love everything you expressed in you said in your post. All the salient points you made are exactly how I feel.
The redundancy of their set lists is so baffling and frustrating, since they have such a rich, large body of work that goes ignored. They all seem to lack the bravery to stray outside the confines of certain songs; their reasoning that they have to placate the mass public. Each time they tour, you'd think they would want to change up the format and song sequences to distinguish it from previous tours, and take more stock in never/rarely played album tracks. or give a nod or two the band's history -- songs from Peter Green era and the rich middle period albums song, a Buckingham Nicks song, or a song from each of their solo works (not Stand Back or Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You), but something that similar to their style, such as Trouble, and pretty much anything from Christine McVie. Even some inspired, well-chosen cover songs!
I was so envious when Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers released their 5 disc Live Anthology with 62 live performances, consisting of hits, deep album tracks, rare tracks, solos and covers. It reveals how, over the course of their career they have performed a vast variety of songs. I wondered if Fleetwood Mac could pull off something similar to this. Would it ever cross their minds?
I love their early shows in 1975/76, when they had to fill in their sets with Fleetwood Mac's older songs prior to the Buckingham Nicks era. For a little while they even closed their shows with a long version of Hypnotized. Once Rumours was released most of those songs disappeared.