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Originally Posted by aleuzzi
You could play the entire set of songs just isolating the drums-bass-keyboards and hear a distinctive SOUND.
FM knew what they were and what they wanted. They just needed a bit more market appeal, of which BN, once they settled into the band, could easily provide.
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You can even kind of hear it as early as Mr. Wonderful (especially “Rollin’ Man”).
Bob Welch’s strength was also his weakness. He was a weird looking, not mainstream musician. Even his poppy love songs had intellectual lyrics. But, it was his Carlos Castaneda-inspired jazz-soul-funk that stood out. It made for compelling music that holds up, but it had a ceiling as far as commercial potential went.
Christine was Christine. Stevie and Lindsey completed a mainstream pop package. They had the look, the sound, and the pop songs that complimented what Christine had already been doing. Furthermore, they believed they’d be rock songs, which Bob really didn’t. That gave Fleetwood Mac five people who thought it was possible and believed they were going to do it.