"Talkin' bout Diane..."
I like "Oh Diane."
Though Mirage would not be my choice for worst post-75 Mac album, I think it marked the end of the Mac as a unified force in their albums. Each individual song on Mirage is actually quite lovely (by all three artists), but I don't hear them communicating to each other or even really complimenting each other the way they do on Rumours -- which has a narrative -- and Tusk -- in which the intertwined/alternating voices are united by a shared artistic impulse, amounting to a social vision. The songs on Mirage seem connected only if you follow the abstract theme suggested by the album's title. Still, Lindsey's attempts to understand both his desires and his musical heritage (the language that allows him to articulate his desires) on tracks like "Oh Diane" and "Can't Go Back" are interesting, pretty, touching, and... catchy. His voice sounds great too.
("Talkin' bout Diane...")
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"They love each other so much, they think they hate each other."
Imagine paying $1000 to hear "Don't Dream It's Over" instead of "Go Your Own Way"
Fleetwood Mac helped me through a time of heartbreak. 12 years later, they broke my heart.
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