[StreetAngel95]

Originally Posted by roomsonfire21

To me, the driving force behind Fleetwood Mac has been the emotional intensity behind the songs. Take the chain for instance, you can't get more intense than the second half of that song. Which is why I feel like kicking a shetland pony when people refer to FM as "soft rock"(kicks pony).

Anyway, the reason that the encore/showcase section is so intense, is because IF(a very big if) this was the final shows of FM, it would be Stevie, Lindsay, and Christine's last chance to express their emotions toward each other on stage. Their FINAL chance to have a "silver springs" moment.

The theme of the setlist is uncovering this "emotion" as the band plays songs from various periods of their career. By the time they reach the encores, this emotion has been fully revealed, and the audience is face to face with the raw, unleashed fleetwood mac. This pain reaches apex with the "coming-of-age" of Edge of Seventeen. Like the songs protagonist, FM must leave behind the past, and enter a new, uncertain future. When the song ends, we are hit with the full impact of all of the pain the band has been through over the years.
However, the band comes to terms with the pain, and finds calm solace in the future during the acapella songbird. No matter what happens in the future, they will always have the memories of the best times of FM, and their bonds of friendship, to help them overcome any obstacle the future presents.

'That is how Fm should end. NOt with nostalgia, or spectacle, but with comforting closure.

i love the way you think! but i hate to be a nag......but.....LindsEy.....not LindsAy.......