Any thread with numerous Carnevaca appearances is always good fun!
OK,
music is such a broad term... and everything's relative anyway. So this is how I break down the talent of FM for myself.
MUSIC (strict sense)
Dr Christine McVie (
heh heh I love writing that DMus!)
MUSICIANSHIP Peter Green
ARRANGER/PRODUCER Lindsey Buckingham
ENTERTAINER Stevie Nicks
(sorry for all the neglected Mac members - well this is the Rumours forum)
Beyond that it'sa question of what ifs.
WHAT IF word hadn't got around about Stevie's powerful/posessed Rhiannon performances?
WHAT IF Chris McVie hadn't been there to supply a steady stream of pop pap that's so fine tuned she no doubt earnt the band the brand Patron Saints of Pop
WHAT IF Lindsey Buckingham hadn't leant his hand in the production process, of course eventually effecting even greater control (and now TOTAL control! Oh man I can't wait!!)
WHAT IF Mick Fleetwood hadn't persisted on the maintaining the band, against hopeless odds, with such a singularly demonic bent, which is not so much about the music or the money as it is the validation of his very livelihood.
WHAT IF John McVie did not exercise the license Lindsey 'suffered' him to play such 'mobile' bass? If you ask me a distinguishing feature between the manufactured sheen of Behind the Mask v Lindsey albums is that Lindsey almost nurtures John's inspired bass lines. This covert musical element defines that bulk of work by counterpoint; like our own subconscious defines us, but we focus and get carried away on the melodies of our conscious.
WHAT IF Greeny hadn't taken up Mayall's suggestion to go his own way?
