Dave Stewart Producing Fleetwood Mac EP...

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

It's a wonderful CD!

The absence of Chris didn't bother me much - it think it works well with the 4 of them.

If one member of the five had to be lost, Chris was the right one to go (IMHO) - I couldn't bear a Fleetwood Mac without LB/SN/MF/JMcV!

Eh, I'll have to disagree on that. I would've been happy if Chris stayed and Stevie left. Actually, I'd love to have a Christine-Lindsey fronted version of Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac just isn't the same without her. It doesn't feel like a real band anymore.

Originally Posted by michelej1

Well, I don't want to lose anyone, but if forced first I could bear for John to go, then the Fleetwood guy, then . . .

Then it wouldn't be Fleetwood Mac. Period. They're treading on thin water as it is without Christine, but at least she wasn't an original member (although, she's been associated with them since the beginning).

[holidayroad]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Eh, I'll have to disagree on that. I would've been happy if Chris stayed and Stevie left. Actually, I'd love to have a Christine-Lindsey fronted version of Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac just isn't the same without her. It doesn't feel like a real band anymore.

I'll go for this! It's not that I don't like Stevie. I do! Still, if someone had to leave, I would have preferred that Stevie did.

[Lindsey Jr.]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Eh, I'll have to disagree on that. I would've been happy if Chris stayed and Stevie left. Actually, I'd love to have a Christine-Lindsey fronted version of Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac just isn't the same without her. It doesn't feel like a real band anymore.


Then it wouldn't be Fleetwood Mac. Period. They're treading on thin water as it is without Christine, but at least she wasn't an original member (although, she's been associated with them since the beginning).

To me, Fleetwood Mac can't exist without John & Mick.

Christine wrote some very good songs, but she's out of the band for 13 years now, because SHE wanted to. Time to move on.

And I happen to like SYW quite a bit, I listen to it more than Tusk or Tango.

[mezzoforte]

Man, I don't even like to think about any of them leaving. I will be inconsolable if we lose any of the remaining four.
I miss Christine like I would miss an arm, but if nothing else, I'm happy she's happy. Listening to Homeward Bound, it's hard not to think about how much of her life she gave to touring, perhaps without enjoying it.

That said, if we remove the emotional component, I do think she's more key to the sound than Mick or John. If we're basing it on the music alone, I could whittle it down to the three writers.

[Lindsey Jr.]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

Man, I don't even like to think about any of them leaving. I will be inconsolable if we lose any of the remaining four.
I miss Christine like I would miss an arm, but if nothing else, I'm happy she's happy. Listening to Homeward Bound, it's hard not to think about how much of her life she gave to touring, perhaps without enjoying it.

That said, if we remove the emotional component, I do think she's more key to the sound than Mick or John. If we're basing it on the music alone, I could whittle it down to the three writers.

Mick has an instantly recognisable drumsound
John has an instantly recognisable bass sound

They gave the band it's name!!!


But, if this EP will come out I hope it's going to be a "warm up" to a full album.

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by Lindsey Jr.

But, if this EP will come out I hope it's going to be a "warm up" to a full album.

That's the only reason I can think for them to do an EP. They keep saying they need to do this or that to "reacquaint" one another to make another studio album (that was the reason they gave for the Unleashed tour too). They have all known each other for several decades... just stop making excuses and getting in the *&%#ing studio already!!

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

They have all known each other for several decades... just stop making excuses and getting in the *&%#ing studio already!!

Hell YES!!

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

Hell YES!!

Echoed!

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

That's the only reason I can think for them to do an EP. They keep saying they need to do this or that to "reacquaint" one another to make another studio album (that was the reason they gave for the Unleashed tour too). They have all known each other for several decades... just stop making excuses and getting in the *&%#ing studio already!!

It needs to be a re-convening of an organic process per se before they can do it...

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

It needs to be a re-convening of an organic process per se before they can do it...

Oh how we mock the various utterances of the great visionary!

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

That said, if we remove the emotional component, I do think she's more key to the sound than Mick or John. If we're basing it on the music alone, I could whittle it down to the three writers.

I don't know about that. There's a feel to the songs that Mick and John bring, and it really doesn't matter who's fronting the band, that is the stamp of the band. I mean, the song "Talkin' To My Heart" from "Time" has a feel to it that is unmistakably Fleetwood Mac.

It also works in reverse. Compare "Crystal" or "Don't Let Me Down Again" from Buckingham Nicks to the Fleetwood Mac versions of those songs. While there's similarity, one is clearly NOT Fleetwood Mac.

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by Lindsey Jr.

Mick has an instantly recognisable drumsound
John has an instantly recognisable bass sound

They gave the band it's name!!!


But, if this EP will come out I hope it's going to be a "warm up" to a full album.

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I don't know about that. There's a feel to the songs that Mick and John bring, and it really doesn't matter who's fronting the band, that is the stamp of the band. I mean, the song "Talkin' To My Heart" from "Time" has a feel to it that is unmistakably Fleetwood Mac.

It also works in reverse. Compare "Crystal" or "Don't Let Me Down Again" from Buckingham Nicks to the Fleetwood Mac versions of those songs. While there's similarity, one is clearly NOT Fleetwood Mac.

No doubt. As Michele said, John and Mick are far from expendable. They're an extraordinary rhythm section, and leave their impressive stamp on every record.
When it comes down to it, though, I would take Christine if I could. Mick and John's absence would leave a massive, gaping hole, but perhaps not the crater Christine's absence created in SYW. Mileage will vary.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

Man, I don't even like to think about any of them leaving. I will be inconsolable if we lose any of the remaining four.
I miss Christine like I would miss an arm, but if nothing else, I'm happy she's happy. Listening to Homeward Bound, it's hard not to think about how much of her life she gave to touring, perhaps without enjoying it.

That said, if we remove the emotional component, I do think she's more key to the sound than Mick or John. If we're basing it on the music alone, I could whittle it down to the three writers.

Yes, I don't think any of them are expendable. And Mick's drum is just part of what he brings to the band. His personality is also a great binding, cohesive influence, impacting all of the others. So, I do not want to lose anyone and the others would suffer if anyone goes. But, if push comes to shove, I'd take the 3 writers and get studio players to play bass and drum.

It wouldn't sound like the FM we know, but it would be a band I'd be most happy to listen to, if I had to cut 2.

I'd listen to what Chris, Lindsey and Stevie could cobble together alone, before I'd listen to Time. And I'm not being facetious. I enjoyed some cuts on Time, especially Christine's. But if I have to prioritize . . .

Michele

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I'd listen to what Chris, Lindsey and Stevie could cobble together alone, before I'd listen to Time. And I'm not being facetious. I enjoyed some cuts on Time, especially Christine's. But if I have to prioritize . . .

What about "Bare Trees"?

[Lindsey Jr.]

Bare trees is a nice album.