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Originally Posted by The Chain
Right, but are you seriously going to defend the live arrangements from the last time this shakeup happened, to anything Lindsey has been behind?
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They’re going to be playing some songs I’ve been wanting to hear for decades, thus giving me something I’ve been asking for as a fan. That it’s with two highly credible artists makes it intriguing.
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Lets use Christine hits as an example. Everywhere on the Shake The Cage Tour vs The Dance, 2014, 2017.. Same for Little Lies. You can defend their right to continue on, and you're absolutely correct, it is still Fleetwood Mac. Chris, Mick, John. But it won't be the same, and it won't be as interesting.
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I didn’t have an issue with Billy or Rick as players. They weren’t the types who added much personality to the music, I agree, but it didn’t sound bad. As for “Everywhere,” my only issue with the Cage/Mask tours was Stevie’s “I wannabe with you” add on. Lindsey’s new guitar part was a nice addition, but not something that affected my enjoyment of the song. “Little Lies” was almost indistinguishable, to the point where I thought Lindsey sounded like Billy. I liked Billy and Rick and though they kind of got raw deal, too.
Finn and Campbell are in a completely different league than Billy and Rick, though. Campbell is a Hall of Fame legend in his own right and is in a place where he can’t but help play some of his most inspired guitar playing and Finn is an OBE.
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Perhaps the Green era stuff will work, I thought it did w Vito & Burnette. But anything Lindsey had a hand in producing/arranging will likely be watered down, and w/out his youthful energy and manic quirkiness, I really think they are going to look and sound like cheesy, adult contemporary garbage. Just like they did from 88-90.
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Maybe. We’ll see. However, it could also take on a life of its own in a way that it could never with Billy and Rick. I mean, they initially had Billy Burnette wearing a similar shirt and jacket to what Lindsey Buckingham wore and had him play a white Les Paul Custom. Neil and Mike have their own public image and are especially not going to hide who they are.
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And I love Mike Campbell, neutral about Finn, but this is just so stupid, and quite the step backward, artistically speaking.
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Artistically speaking? In an era where they’ve been reduced to just being an oldies act putting on a scripted show, and where Stevie won’t make a record with Lindsey, what artistic statement do you expect from them at this point? Playing the old stuff and a few from the new guys, sadly, IS the artistic statement. In some ways, that alone solves some of the staleness many around here, myself included, have complained about for decades, really.
Again, not my first choice of how to freshen up the setlist, but I knew that was off the table last year.