What lineup made you a Fleetwood Mac fan?

[Villavic]

What Fleetwood Mac lineup was the reason of becoming a fan?A specific lineup or the sum of all?

[MacShadowsBall]

Don't Stop, Dreams, and Gypsy were my first three FM songs I heard. So yeah Rumours line up for me was first.

After that, I have to go with Post-Rumours. The first album I got was the '88 GH. I really liked No Questions Asked and As Long As You Follow, so I branched out into the Post-Rumours lineup based on my liking those two songs.

Several months later I got the '92 box set and discovered the 4th disc with Peter, Jeremy, Danny, Bob Welch, and Christine's songs. The fact that Christine was present for all eras helps feed my love of Fleetwood Mac.

[mottabam]

It was the Rumours line-up for me, although I do enjoy the Welch period as well. I was playing with my parents 8 track player at the time and put in Fleetwood Mac followed by Rumours and simply fell in love. By the time Stevie started the solo career I was obsessed with her. I bought Mirage on Vinyl when it came out and later had to beg my Uncle to take me to the concert. Still can't believe my childhood favorites are still touring...LOVE IT.

[HomerMcvie]

I can't imagine this NOT being a 90+% Rumours win. Although many of us discovered the other versions of the band, after falling for the mega selling version....

[Conga]

It's tough to say for sure, my parents played The Dance a lot when I was a kid and when I was getting into music I definitely thought of those recordings as great but didn't own anything by the band but then I heard some cuts from Bare Trees and Future Games and was absolutely amazed by this other phase of the band. So I went out to buy their records but the store didn't have those aforementioned two at the time, so I bought Tusk and Rumours. I gotta say I was blown away by Tusk. Still am to this day. But I had no trouble buying half a dozen more FM albums in about a month and was definitely a hardcore fan of Welch's contributions in particular on some of those "transition period" records.

[bluefox4000]

Rumours. Although they're number two now. Simply because they were/are freakin' EVERYWHERE.

Mick

[holidayroad]

It was Rumours era for me. I became a fan with Tango. I was already a fan of Lindsey (since 1984) and Stevie (since 1985), but I had no idea at the time that they had ever been in a band together.

[rhiannondontgo]

It was Stevie solo first for me. My mom's been obsessed with her since she was 16 years old and filled my mind with what a goddess she is since I was born. I was like 3 years old and Stevie Nicks was like a tooth fairy/easter bunny character to me. lol. I only got really into the rest of FM stuff when I was around 8 or 9. But it'd be Rumours after that.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by rhiannondontgo

It was Stevie solo first for me. My mom's been obsessed with her since she was 16 years old

How old is your mom now?

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by holidayroad

I was already a fan of Lindsey (since 1984) and Stevie (since 1985), but I had no idea at the time that they had ever been in a band together.

Now, that's very interesting.

Michele

[holidayroad]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Now, that's very interesting.

Michele

I had first heard of Lindsey in the summer of 1984. I was 9 years old (would be 10 in Sept.) My parents were hoping to relocate, so we were living with my uncle in South Carolina.

We didn't have cable at home. My uncle had MTV. When I saw the video for 'Go Insane', it really made a major impression on me. I could tell right away that this was someone I'd be a fan of for a long time.

Then in late 1985/early 1986, when I started hearing 'Talk To Me' and 'I Can't Wait' on the radio, I became a fan of Stevie. I loved these two songs!

I was 12 when I first saw the video for 'Big Love' and realized that Lindsey Buckingham was part of a group called Fleetwood Mac and that one of the other members of the band was Stevie Nicks.

After I bought more FM albums/solo albums, I realized that I'd heard plenty of these songs over the years and liked them. Being reasonably young, I just didn't realize who had sung them.

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by holidayroad

I had first heard of Lindsey in the summer of 1984. I was 9 years old (would be 10 in Sept.) My parents were hoping to relocate, so we were living with my uncle in South Carolina.

We didn't have cable at home. My uncle had MTV. When I saw the video for 'Go Insane', it really made a major impression on me. I could tell right away that this was someone I'd be a fan of for a long time.

Then in late 1985/early 1986, when I started hearing 'Talk To Me' and 'I Can't Wait' on the radio, I became a fan of Stevie. I loved these two songs!

I was 12 when I first saw the video for 'Big Love' and realized that Lindsey Buckingham was part of a group called Fleetwood Mac and that one of the other members of the band was Stevie Nicks.

After I bought more FM albums/solo albums, I realized that I'd heard plenty of these songs over the years and liked them. Being reasonably young, I just didn't realize who had sung them.

This actually makes sense as you were growing up in the mid-80's. We gotta remember that FM didn't do anything from 1982-1987, yet all three vocalists were putting out albums and touring.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by holidayroad

After I bought more FM albums/solo albums, I realized that I'd heard plenty of these songs over the years and liked them. Being reasonably young, I just didn't realize who had sung them.

Yes, I had heard plenty of FM songs before I bought an album and I didn't connect the songs with a band, much less with the same band. But I became a fan before they had solo albums, so I was not introduced to them individually.

I believe that I was interested enough in Leather and Lace, EO17 and SDMHA to have bought Bella Donna if I did not know who FM was. But I don't know if Trouble would have made me like buy Law & Order. Of course, I love Trouble, but that's because I already knew who LB was.

But I distinctly remember listening to Casey Kasem when he spoke of both Stevie and Lindsey being in the same band when they were on the charts and maybe if I'd heard Bella Donna and then heard Casey's broadcast I might have said, "Now, who is that fellow who is in a band with her?" Maybe I should check him out to see if they have similar solo brands. Or maybe I would never have found Mr. B at all. As my beloved Scully said: "What I would have missed."

Michele

[Dreamz19]

The Rumours lineup. I was 10 or 11 when The Dance premiered and I remember seeing Stevie sing Silver Springs. I was mesmerized, but for some reason I wasn't able to get the name of the song or the singer. I didn't learn the name of the song until I was 13 and flipping through the radio. After that I became a huge fan of the band and started to love the earlier FM lineups just as much. I wouldn't say that I love the BTM and Time lineups, but I do like those lineups.

[Dreamz19]

Originally Posted by holidayroad

After I bought more FM albums/solo albums, I realized that I'd heard plenty of these songs over the years and liked them. Being reasonably young, I just didn't realize who had sung them.

Same here! I remember hearing Don't Stop performed by the Chuck E Cheese's band every weekend lol. I also heard Gypsy, Go Your Own Way, Little Lies and Everywhere. I liked those songs, but I didn't know who performed them.