I remember something J. K. Rowling said about the stories of how she was a single mother on welfare, living in an unheated closet of an apartment, etc. She said that the truth of the years she spent struggling was bad enough and she didn't know why people felt the need to exaggerate it.
That's how I feel about Fleetwood Mac sleeping together. The stories have been retold for 30 years and they are so exaggerated now. Casual fans tend to think the 5 of them were in one big orgy and no story can be written about them without that all coming up again. I get tired of hearing about it. It's not that I don't think the real tangled romantic stories are intriguing. I do. It's just that they've been exaggerated to mythic proportions and that gets to be a drag.
As for the drug use, to me, I just can't believe they did massive drugs compared to hard rockers. As far as rock bands in general go, I think their drug intake must have been on the lower end of the scale. So, I don't know why that always makes the news either. But I think the Rumours romances are the most overblown.
Michele
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