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!!!

aleuzzi · #4 08-24-2007, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by buckymcnix

And just in case Chris comes around Sugar Daddy...

I'd love it if they played this song AT ALL! I was hoping they might use it on the Dance, since Christine's voice was in fine form. It is in my top two or three all-time Mac songs from any incarnation of the band.

Question: I remember the Fleetwood Mac "One Night Stand" HBO special being advertised back in 1982. It was a concert where The Heroes lineup opened the show and the Rumors lineup followed. I remember snatches of it, but it's been 25 years. Didn''t "Love in Store" open that show?

chiliD · #5 08-24-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Question: I remember the Fleetwood Mac "One Night Stand" HBO special being advertised back in 1982. It was a concert where The Heroes lineup opened the show and the Rumors lineup followed. I remember snatches of it, but it's been 25 years. Didn''t "Love in Store" open that show?

At one point, HBO did show a truncated version of the Mirage concert video that had "Love In Store" as the first song...but it wasn't the opening song of the concert itself.

aleuzzi · #6 08-24-2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

At one point, HBO did show a truncated version of the Mirage concert video that had "Love In Store" as the first song...but it wasn't the opening song of the concert itself.

Thanks, ChiliD.

PenguinHead · #7 08-25-2007, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I'd love it if they played this song AT ALL! I was hoping they might use it on the Dance, since Christine's voice was in fine form. It is in my top two or three all-time Mac songs from any incarnation of the band.

Question: I remember the Fleetwood Mac "One Night Stand" HBO special being advertised back in 1982. It was a concert where The Heroes lineup opened the show and the Rumors lineup followed. I remember snatches of it, but it's been 25 years. Didn''t "Love in Store" open that show?

The way it's worded, you make it sound like an actual concert event -- where the Heroes era band opened for a Mirage tour! It's my understanding that media companies often "package" shows -- assemble material from different concerts -- that have no bearing on an actual set list (that's why Love In Store opened the show you speak of). I have a radio show where the first half was from a Mirage show, the second half was from a Tango era show (with Billy and Rick).

I also thought, like some others posted-- that Tusk would make a great show opener. And Seven Wonders too! Great suggestions!

aleuzzi · #8 08-25-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PenguinHead

The way it's worded, you make it sound like an actual concert event -- where the Heroes era band opened for a Mirage tour! It's my understanding that media companies often "package" shows -- assemble material from different concerts -- that have no bearing on an actual set list (that's why Love In Store opened the show you speak of). I have a radio show where the first half was from a Mirage show, the second half was from a Tango era show (with Billy and Rick).

I also thought, like some others posted-- that Tusk would make a great show opener. And Seven Wonders too! Great suggestions!

Actually, you read my wording right. It was called "Fleetwood Mac: One Night Stand." And in the commercial for it, the Rumors lineup were huddled together on a cpuc, Christine looked at the camera and said "It's one night stand you'll never forget."

It was 25 years ago, but I think I remember it being one date...wasn't it? Or am I losing my marbles?

David · #9 08-25-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Actually, you read my wording right. It was called "Fleetwood Mac: One Night Stand." And in the commercial for it, the Rumors lineup were huddled together on a cpuc, Christine looked at the camera and said "It's one night stand you'll never forget."

It was 25 years ago, but I think I remember it being one date...wasn't it? Or am I losing my marbles?

It was an MTV contest. A couple from the Midwest or back East or something won it. He was a trucker or something. They were both limousine'd out to dinner with the band, & then afterward were "guests" of the band at its Detroit show at Joe Louis -- or maybe Minneapolis, I can't remember. I never saw anything on MTV after that with footage of the dinner or the winning pair, so I wonder how it all went.

PenguinHead · #10 08-25-2007, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Actually, you read my wording right. It was called "Fleetwood Mac: One Night Stand." And in the commercial for it, the Rumors lineup were huddled together on a cpuc, Christine looked at the camera and said "It's one night stand you'll never forget."

It was 25 years ago, but I think I remember it being one date...wasn't it? Or am I losing my marbles?

I'm still a little confused! It's quite believable that there was a broadcast that coupled footage from a Heroes show and a rumours-era show. It's quite unbelievable that there was an actual concert where the Heroes era band opened up for the Rumours band. It makes no sense in time/space. But even more perplexing....what is a cpuc? lol

David · #11 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.