June of 1992, when I saw the video for "Countdown" while sitting at home with nothing to do (I was 14, so no wheels). I thought it was an awesome song and Mr. Buckingham seemed like a pretty cool dude. I had a vague recollection that he was in FM, but I always thought his name was Mick Fleetwood (my thinking was, "Why would the band be named after the DRUMMER?"
). Anyway, after a few days of seeing the video some more and having the song stuck in my head, I went to check out my parents' old LPs, because I knew they were FM fans. They had Greatest Hits on CD, but I was into the purity of vinyl (I had been listening to Zeppelin and The Doors nonstop for most of the previous year) and I wanted to see what these guys looked like. I found Rumours in their box of LPs in the basement, and pulled out the sleeve. I saw the picture of Lindsey standing on stage with his hand his hip and I thought, "That guy looks really cool." Then I saw the close-up of Stevie where she has a big smile and I thought, "That's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen!" So I put the album on and I listened to it over and over for a good 4 hours. My mom was probably wondering what the hell I was doing
. Then I had some dinner, and went back to it again for another 2 hours. And I haven't been the same since.
