[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Au contraire. That '87 tour version with just "the girls" on stage was f***ing AMAZING!! That stretch of the set where they go from that, into "I Loved Another Woman" into "Brown Eyes" into "Don't Let Me Down Again" was the best four song stretch of the 60+ Fleetwood Mac shows I've seen starting in 1974. (and upon further review, the songs on either side of those were "Gold Dust Woman" & "World Turning"...making it a phenomenal SIX PACK)

Ok, so tell me what Stevie Nicks penned Fleetwood Mac song has the same rockin' power as "Stand Back" to get the audience on their feet and dancing 4 songs from the end of the set? Right...ZERO, NONE, NADA, ZILCH, ZIPPO, as in "There ain't one". It's a keeper. (although in '87, I shared your opinion, but soon did a 180).

We just have opposing tastes ALL AROUND, don't we. That was the best effing opening I've seen Fleetwood Mac do. I was a little pissed off that they didn't do the WHOLE song and cheezed out into medley-ing it with "The Chain" (although it DID work from a lyrical standpoint, but I was looking forward to Rick's killer solo at the end of ITBOMM). I thought they should've opened the BTM ALBUM with the song as well. That intro of the song just screams, "opener". And, talk about buzzkills, their opening with "The Chain" during The Dance tour was the real snoozer...crowd goes crazy, and we get Mick pounding quarter notes on his bass drum for 5 minutes....at least the "In The Back Of My Mind" intro was INTERESTING with the voices & ****. "Monday Morning" wore out its welcome as an opening song on the Tusk tour (I have a BIG prob with that song anyway, since it bounced "Station Man" permanently out of the set back in '77)

Oh...and "Love Is Dangerous" was IN the set more than it was out.

I agree - In the Back of My Mind should have been performed fully, instead of the truncated version we got. I also think The Chain would be more effective as an encoure, like it was when it was first performed on the Rumours tour.