Show openers

PenguinHead · #1 08-23-2007, 10:03 AM

If Fleetwood Mac were to tour again, what would be a good show opener? IMO The Chain is getting a little too tired...too expected after two big tours. Here are some (all?) of their openers starting from 1975 onward:

Get Like You Used To Be
Station Man
Say You Love Me
Monday Morning
Don't Stop (one time)
Second Hand News
The Chain
In The Back Of My Mind

I always thought Blue Letter (Mirage era) would have made a great opener. Perhaps even Gold Dust Woman (a solo concert opener for many years).

buckymcnix · #2 08-23-2007, 10:23 AM

I always loved Say you Love me . . . but without chris. . . no.

The Chain is a pretty kick-ass opener. It wasn't a hit, yet EVERYONE knows the song.

but just for the sake of changing it up?

From the songs they already play . . . Go Your own way (but that would leave a HUGE hole at the end of the show to fill) or Say you Will.

From the songs they should play . . . Angel or Big Love (the old way for a change{ducking})

And just in case Chris comes around Sugar Daddy or Think About Me.

JazmenFlowers · #3 08-23-2007, 10:55 AM

I'm with Buckster...I like The Chain, but for the sake of the game:

without Chris - What's the World Coming To

with Chris - Save Me FTW!!!

David · #4 08-23-2007, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by PenguinHead

If Fleetwood Mac were to tour again, what would be a good show opener? IMO The Chain is getting a little too tired...too expected after two big tours.

Isn't it weird that the band started opening with "The Chain" on the '94 tour (preceding "Time"), a tour with only the rhythm section from the configuration that recorded the song? I always thought that was kind of bizarre.

I don't know what would make a good new opener. Maybe "Tusk" or "Crying In The Night" (since my view FM & Buckingham Nicks are now one & the same). Probably "Tusk" could be an opener. We just have to get used to thinking of it differently. Or maybe something from the last album -- "Come" with Lindsey wailing away & Stevie doing interpretive dance moves.

chiliD · #5 08-23-2007, 11:16 AM

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. "Station Man" was never a set opener!!

Yes, it is the first song on some recordings right after an introduction (because of fancy editing), but it never opened a show.

skcin · #6 08-23-2007, 12:19 PM

^ Careful, Chili, your blood pressure's rising.

chiliD · #7 08-23-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

^ Careful, Chili, your blood pressure's rising.

Not really...its 116/67 as of 2 hrs ago.

skcin · #8 08-23-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

Not really...its 116/67 as of 2 hrs ago.

Aw, good for you. Could have fooled me, though.

**mylittledemon** · #9 08-23-2007, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. "Station Man" was never a set opener!!

Yes, it is the first song on some recordings right after an introduction (because of fancy editing), but it never opened a show.

Indeed.

I dont think they would ever open without anything but "The Chain"...its the band song...and i think everyone generally loves it. I wish they would change it up a bit. Maybe play it in a different key or just do something different with it. I dunno. 2nd Hand News is a good opener. World Turning is great too, but just cut out the stupid Mick-Vest-solo.

**jbrownsjr** · #10 08-23-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. "Station Man" was never a set opener!!

Yes, it is the first song on some recordings right after an introduction (because of fancy editing), but it never opened a show.

chili... what was the opener on those recordings?

michelle2677 · #11 08-23-2007, 09:23 PM

i like the chain as an opener, but I hated the earlier "slow" versions. I'm glad they mixed it up a bit, but I much prefer the version they do now. when you hear that thumping in the beginning, you know the mac has arrived

Livia · #12 08-24-2007, 11:25 AM

My favorite opening was the Behind the Mask tour - In the Back of My Mind that morphed into The Chain.

chiliD · #13 08-24-2007, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

chili... what was the opener on those recordings?

"Get Like You Used To Be"

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My favorite opening was the Behind the Mask tour - In the Back of My Mind that morphed into The Chain.

Ditto! As much as I liked that medley (for lack of a better term), I would've liked to have heard Rick play that end solo on "In The Back Of My Mind" live. The studio version's solo was much more adventurous than the Neil Young-esque single note monotony of "The Chain"'s end solo.

JohnL · #14 08-24-2007, 12:23 PM

Seven Wonders would be a great opener. The beginning chords could get the crowd going and could be repeated a bit while the band took the stage...then Stevie could kick it in and get the show started.

chiliD · #15 08-24-2007, 12:37 PM

Actually, I think a GREAT opening number for them to do would be:

"OH WELL"

Then, like they did with "In The Back Of My Mind" in 1990, just segue directly into "The Chain".

It would start the set with an atomic burst of energy

; and, simultaneously, get us old-timers (pre-'75ers) off their back right away about playing "the old stuff".