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Originally Posted by chiliD
That's the biggest load of horsecrap I've EVER read. If there's no Fleetwood Mac without the "spoiled Californians", the who the Fk are Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Christine McVie, Bekka Bramlett, Rick Vito, Billy Burnette, Jeremy Spencer, Dave Walker, Dave Mason, Bob Weston & Bob Welch...oh yeah, members of Fleetwood Mac.
Goddamn it, Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham are NOT and never have been the "be all & end all" of Fleetwood Mac. Case closed.
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I waiting behind the couch with Le Stew for that response
I cannot say I agree with ya 100% but I do agree that FM existed prior to BN and IMO it was in many ways better, though I LOVE the Rumors lineup. I also think the Time record was amongst CM's finer moments and Billy and Dave were and are fab. guitarists and Bekka has an GREAT voice. Sadly, due to many reasons, that Time line up, even with the limited presence of CM, lacked the panache of La Nicks and the Lindsey and the combination of those five people, which was more than the individuals on their own.
In the end, I have always said Peter Green was and is to this day the best guitarist FM ever had. His style was sublime. He could also write a cool song.
On edit - I think there is no huge mega star FM without "the five" and IMO without La Nicks moreso. But, that does not mean that FM cannot make good music with them. It did so before and after them and mega sales are not everything
In fact, the SYW lineup did not have stellar CD sales but they did manage to fill up some large arenas around the world. mostly on their laurels though because, again, SYW was mostly unknown to the mass public.
Anyway - my $0.02
