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Originally Posted by Villavic
Hard to find one song that "represents Fleetwood Mac", since we have 3 songwriters and singers (just to mention the Rumours lineup). And that's why Fleetwood Mac is my favorite band. Their complexity and variety.
So If I look for a song where the 3 of them are "equally" involved, it would be The Chain. Cause thinking in Rhiannon or GYOW doesn't show Christine at her "zenith". So The Chain is the most "band" song..
now the "zenith concert performance" in terms of a whole show could be any from the Rumours-Tusk era, in my opinion, followed by the Reunion Tour
btw, remember the tour was not called The Dance tour, but the Reunion tour, though everybody recall it as The Dance tour).
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I disagree with the way you're looking at it. It doesn't have to be a song where everyone is equally involved, because the reality of the band is each member doesn't get equal spotlight time, even while playing their own songs. Each of the 3 songwriters played their own totally different role within the band. Even when they were performing Christine's songs, she was hidden behind her keyboards, and wasn't a stand out showman... that was just her style and stage presence. You would think Lindsey would trump Stevie in the showman category because he not only runs around and sings, but he also plays hard driving guitar. At the same time, he and Stevie's showmanship is pretty equal because of Stevie's crazy outfits and dancing around.
I feel that the Sisters Of The Moon from the Mirage concert captures each member doing what they do the best. Lindsey's hard driving guitar riffs battle it out with Stevie's take no prisoner vocals. Lindsey shares vocals by singing a verse too. Mick certainly plays up his role by having beer dumped down his throat and looking crazed in general. Christine looks sexy, drunk, and jolly as ever... all while backing the band up with her flawless keyboards. John stays in the shadows as always, but really brings the house down with his bass riffs. I feel personally that this one song performance totally captures every single person doing what they do the best. If you could tie up everything that the Rumours era Mac was in a neat little package, this performance is it (for ME at least!
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