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Originally Posted by PenguinHead
Interesting how that song fell into obscurity, at least in comparison the other singles. It wasn't even included on The Chain box set, and never performed live after the Mirage tour.
I remember being interested how they would pull off that song live --when I was going to my first Fleetwood Mac concert in 1982. Of course they modified the song for live performance. Instead of "Hold Meeeeee" we got "Hold me yeah!" Either or, I love the harmonies.
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It's always bothered me how "Hold Me" did just that - dropped into obscurity. It was a big hit for the band and after the Mirage Tour they just sort of forgot about it. I tend to think that the shortness of the 1982 tour had a lot to do with it. It just didn't get a lot of exposure. When the band went back out in 1987, they had a hit new album on their hands and seemed willing to ignore their lesser successes and just focus on Tango, Rumours, and the White Album. From that point on, with very few exceptions, the entire Mirage album has been looked at unfavorably by the band. Gypsy quickly was nixed in 1987 and wasn't brought back into the Mac's set until The Dance. Eyes of the World made a fleeting appearance in '97 and then didn't show up again until 2003. I don't get it. The album has it's down points but there are moments of excellence on it in my opinion: Hold Me, Gypsy, Straight Back, Eyes of the World, Love in Store, Book of Love.
I would love to see Lindsey pull Hold Me off on the new tour. As he often pointed on during the Mirage Tour, it's a "hell of a song."