I'm 23 and I pretty much grew up with Fleetwood Mac (oh, how I wish it was literally). My mum had Tango In The Night and Other Side Of The Mirror on CD and Rumours and Tusk on LP so I constantly heard then. I remember hearing Rumours all the time in the car on some homemade tape - I must've been about 4/5. I went to France when I was about 6 and all mum played was OSOTM and Timespace.
I sort of drifted away from them and then in my early teens, when I was about 15, I remember seeing GYOW from Rosebud on VH1 Classic and just thinking how cool Stevie looked and that was it. It was like I'd seen them for the first time. I've been obsessed ever since. That version of GYOW has always been my favourite.
When they came to England during the SYW tour there was no question that the only people I'd go with would be my parents. It just seemed so right. I remember my dad being completely gobsmacked at how good Lindsey was during the Come solo. And they were amazing. I saw the Rolling Stones a few months earlier and FM were the better band.
I've slowly converted my boyfriend too. He's not so much into the Stevie side, but enjoys listening to the Lindsey stuff. He's likes Christine's songs as well. And if they come back to England we both want to see them this time.
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