Put yourself in Lindsey Buckingham's shoes and write a setlist.

[secret love]

Hi Ledgies!
Before anyone asks no I am not in anyway connected to the band. Just a disclaimer there: I am a simple person and music fan like HelloMonster and don't want my comments being splashed across http://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com
without my permission.


Rather than get angry at Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, I thought what I would do is...do something a little more constructive. It's not as constructive as working on my university Italian and Law assignments. Still, it's a step up the procrastination ladder from "complaining".

I'm aiming to make my thread unique to the other setlist threads on this premise: put yourself in Lindsey Buckingham's shoes. Show some empathy! You are the amazing, talented, maybe even handsome...Mr Buckingham. You can play The Ledge on guitar without using a plectrum or getting confused because it doesn't match the rules you learnt in high school. You are currently somewhere in Los Angeles CA working in a recording studio, or maybe you're just at home with the family. I don't know.

Christine McVie has written some very cool songs lately - Too Far Gone is your favourite. It's "danceable"...reminds you of that time when you and Stevie were still together in the seventies. Good times.

Everyone wants a piece of you...and you're old. None of these people seem to remember how old you are: you're 64, 65 soon. Stevie Nicks is somewhere in Nashville with this odd unshaven character whose music you never really liked very much. Hmmm what's Annie Lennox doing these days?

John McVie and Mick Fleetwood have been playing there arses off, apparently, you think that's what you said last year...or the year before. You're a little forgetful at 64. Just a little. Not so bad yet that you put toasts in the DVD player!

The brief: write the Fleetwood Mac Live 2014 Tour setlist, taking into account the above points whilst still satisfying the majority of your fan base. Feel free to put a few surprises in around the edges but be sure to remember what an "unhappy tour" Say You Will was in 2003-2004. That can't happen again because someone's in your ear saying make sure we don't stuff it up! Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie have left the job of writing the setlist to you but you know there are some songs that they would absolutely love to sing on stage. These must be included as well as the ines that pander to the fans. Now - go!

I think it would work better if I post what I came up with after someone else starts.

Ta, hope you guys have some strong opinions!

secret love.

[elle]

Originally Posted by secret love

Hi Ledgies!
Before anyone asks no I am not in anyway connected to the band. Just a disclaimer there: I am a simple person and music fan like HelloMonster and don't want my comments being splashed across http://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com
without my permission.


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Everyone wants a piece of you...and you're old. None of these people seem to remember how old you are: you're 64

Lindsey Buckingham, 2013: "I'm someone who doesn't practice age" (http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/...d-mac-20130320)

i'm confused about your comment about www.fleetwoodmacnews.com ? that site seems to be very much on the up-and-up in what they do, in my experience.

[WayOfTheDragon]

"On With The Show" Tour 2014

1. Second Hand News
2. The Chain
3. Dreams
4. Hold Me
5. Oh Well
6. Too Far Gone (the "danceable" new Christine song)
7. Rhiannon
8. Tusk
9. Angel
10. You Make Loving Fun
11. Big Love
12. Landslide
13. Never Going Back Again
14. Over My Head
15. Gypsy
16. Say You Love Me
17. On With The Show (or other new Lindsey song)
18. Gold Dust Woman
19. I'm So Afraid
20. Little Lies or Everywhere
21. Stand Back
22. Go Your Own Way
Encore 1:
23. World Turning + Mick drum solo
24. Don't Stop
Encore 2:
25. Silver Springs
26. Songbird

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by WayOfTheDragon

"On With The Show" Tour 2014

1. Second Hand News
2. The Chain
3. Dreams
4. Hold Me
5. Oh Well
6. Too Far Gone (the "danceable" new Christine song)
7. Rhiannon
8. Tusk
9. Angel
10. You Make Loving Fun
11. Big Love
12. Landslide
13. Never Going Back Again
14. Over My Head
15. Gypsy
16. Say You Love Me
17. On With The Show (or other new Lindsey song)
18. Gold Dust Woman
19. I'm So Afraid
20. Little Lies or Everywhere
21. Stand Back
22. Go Your Own Way
Encore 1:
23. World Turning + Mick drum solo
24. Don't Stop
Encore 2:
25. Silver Springs
26. Songbird

These seems like a very possible set list. It's mostly hits, a couple lesser played tunes and a couple new ones. I think that's a reasonable expectation.

[WayOfTheDragon]

Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

These seems like a very possible set list. It's mostly hits, a couple lesser played tunes and a couple new ones. I think that's a reasonable expectation.

The Dance tour had 26 songs, so I assume this tour will, too. When I counted up their "must do" songs, I came up with 21. Which leaves room for 5 surprise songs. So I put in 2 new songs and 3 lesser-performed ones. I think it's pretty close to what they'll actually do, give or take a song.

[secret love]

Originally Posted by WayOfTheDragon

The Dance tour had 26 songs, so I assume this tour will, too. When I counted up their "must do" songs, I came up with 21. Which leaves room for 5 surprise songs. So I put in 2 new songs and 3 lesser-performed ones. I think it's pretty close to what they'll actually do, give or take a song.

Disclaimer to Elle: contains irony and sarcasm in large doses. If you're American try not to think too hard about taking them.

To the person I quoted. You're probably right. I'm hoping this tour that there might be a few more surprises than the usual 5-7
Surprises could include things like mini-sets, acoustic sets, banjos etc. I reckon Maybe a vibraphone for Christine (or Stevie to play + sing Secret Love on )

Silly jokes aside this is what I came up with trying hard to put aside my biases but maybe not hard enough. Honest. Fingers crossed

Fleetwood Mac: On with the Show 2014 Tour
1. The Chain
2. You Make Loving Fun
3. Dreams
4. Too Far Gone
5. I Don't Want to Know
6. How I Feel
7. Little Lies
8. Seven Wonders
9. Big Love band version
10. You and I, part
11. You and I, part II
12. Juliet/Book of Miracles
13. Landslide
14. Steal Your Heart Away (My personal bias: Wanted to put Behind the Mask here but come on pigs don't fly)
15. Bleed to Love Her
16. Destiny Rules
17. Rhiannon (Now that Christine has had her break singing lead...)
18. Don't Stop
19. Tusk (Lindsey's bias: Let's subvert fans' expectations and put the encore maybe after song 25. That reinforces my faith in cycles.)
20. The Ledge
21. Think About Me
22. Sara
23. Beautiful Child
[Lindsey: ****! What's the name of that record where Mick's posing with Stevie? I forgot all about it ...oh no...for Americans playing at home - this is my attempt at some ironic humour It's okay we will have some Rumours songs as encores. Oh that song...that one where The Woman sings "you could be my silver springs". It's worth having in the set just to get her to look at me with love...and lovely anger.]
24. Honey Hi
25. Silver Springs
Encore 1:
26. Miss Fantasy (hey may as well chuck in my favourite song ever from 2013 - no one will notice because they're already in the parking lot driving the cars away or they've stopped reading by now. That's
27. It Takes Time
or was it called Songbird? I'm a legend pianist in my own mind. Better make it Songbird.
28. On With the Show.

Thanks for reading

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by secret love

I'm aiming to make my thread unique to the other setlist threads on this premise:

secret love.

Not trying to be a douche at all, but can you explain how this set list thread is at all unique.

[UnwindedDreams]

1 Second
2 Chain
3 Dreams
4 Everywhere
5 Rhiannon
6 Over my Head
7 Never Goin Back
8 Landslide
9 Gypsy
10 Big Love
11 Tusk
12 What Makes You Think You're the One
13 Sara
14 new song (Stevie or FM)
15 Say You Love Me
16 Hold Me
17 Seven Wonders
18 Little Lies
19 Gold Dust
20 You Make Lovin Fun
21 So Afraid
22 GYOW
23 Don't Stop
24 Songbird

[secret love]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Not trying to be a douche at all, but can you explain how this set list thread is at all unique.

If you read the opening post by me, I offered how the thread is unique. Make the setlist from Lindsey Buckingham's perspective. You have to pretend you are Lindsey in this thread (if you play the game by the rules I set out lol!)

Thought it was quite self-explanatory. Yes, we know that Lindsey works out most of the setlists in real life. So the whole idea of this thread is? Be realistic, take your biases out of it and try to show some empathy as to what it would be like to be Lindsey Buckingham.

Have a bit of fun with it for goodness' sake!