How Tango was born

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by moon

Hi! I don't know if someone asked for it before, but...why the name "Tango"?
I'm from Argentina, and as you know, the Tango here is just the "national music". I supposed Lindsey chose the name, but obviously I'm not sure.
Anyone know something about that?
Thank you!

I think it's a rather brilliant title for the album. For one thing, the song "Tango in the Night" goes into a slow waltz time during the chorus. But more significantly, it seems that the band dynamic in general is a bit of a tango, which, in my opinion, is a dance that seems to tread the fine line between love and hate. In one instant you're touchy-feely... then in the next, you're throwing your partner halfway across the floor. You're staring intently into each others eyes one moment, and the next moment you're throwing your partner back until her head almost touches the floor. I love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you... in essence, the story of Fleetwood Mac.

[ryan4136]

NYC I for one always love the poetry of a decision like that. I'm not sure it was that deep.

LB was deep into a new album, to get him to give up many of those songs for a MAC album....it kinda was unavoidable to name the album after one of LB's songs wasn't it?

Of his offerings Tango just sounds way cooler than the other options....can you imagine if they called it Family Man?


Although.....Isn't it Midnight would've been a good choice...but thats a co-written song.


An offbeat question, was Tango possibly the working title for LB's next album?

[turquoise5]

Interesting that Mick says Stevie felt she was coerced into going to Betty Ford, and she fired Frontline Management because she was mad at them about that.

But these many years later, in recent interviews Stevie says (I'm paraphrasing here) "I decided to go to rehab....no one pushed me..I decided I had to quit drugs, not anyone else."

I wonder which is correct?!

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by turquoise5

Interesting that Mick says Stevie felt she was coerced into going to Betty Ford, and she fired Frontline Management because she was mad at them about that.

But these many years later, in recent interviews Stevie says (I'm paraphrasing here) "I decided to go to rehab....no one pushed me..I decided I had to quit drugs, not anyone else."

I wonder which is correct?!

Both: the first rehab was involuntary, the second rehab was voluntary.

[SortaSavageLike]

You see, when a record producer loves his mixing station very much...

[britt0308]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Both: the first rehab was involuntary, the second rehab was voluntary.

Are you saying the first in '86 for alcohol and cocaine, and the second for klonopin in '94ish? Just trying to get my facts straight!

[Travisevian]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Both: the first rehab was involuntary, the second rehab was voluntary.

As far as I know, Stevie has never implied that her first time to rehab was involuntary. I don't believe rehabilitation works that way. I've read that there was some kind of an intervention but Stevie made the choice and paid the bill.

There appears to be some confusion about the actual time she went to Betty Ford. Stevie repeatedly states it was 1985, whereas, others say it was November of 1986 and it was mentioned on Behind The Music(and also in Mick's book) that she received treatment in spring of 1987. For some reason, it has also been said that she was treated for alcohol-related problems, which she has denied. There is also speculation that she went to a rehabilitation facility in the 1980's more than once.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Travisevian

There appears to be some confusion about the actual time she went to Betty Ford. Stevie repeatedly states it was 1985, whereas, others say it was November of 1986 and it was mentioned on Behind The Music(and also in Mick's book) that she received treatment in spring of 1987. .

What I do remember is the VH1 "Making of Rumours" video, she says (in the Gold Dust Woman chapter) "after all these years since I haven't done cocaine since 1986 I can talk about it now..."

So definitely the cocaine rehab must be in 1986, but Mick talks about alcohol rehab in 1987:

Complicating matters slightly in the spring of 1987 was Stevie's admission to the Betty Ford Center in Palm Springs to get her life under control. This was done through an "intervention" by friends, members of her family, and the management company. Stevie spent twenty-eight days in a successful treatment for alcohol problems, but she didn't like being coerced into entering this facility, and Frontline was fired shortly thereafter. (Later she told me that the treatment made her change her way of thinking, and was worth it.)

Anyway what we are now sure is that she is clean and sober now.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Both: the first rehab was involuntary, the second rehab was voluntary.

"Frontline baby, well you held her prisoner..."

[PenguinHead]

I haven't revisted Mick's book for long while. Recalling that they chose 'When I See You Again' over 'What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You,' --- does that mean there is fully recorded Fleetwood Mac version of the song sitting in a can somehere? If so, it's too bad it wasn't released as a b-side/bonus track. Same goes for 'Joan of Arc.'

The version of the song that is circulation seems to be like a demo Stevie made with her own "people."

I wish 'When I See You Again' was better song than it turned out to be, baby! It's in the same catagory as 'The Second Time.'

[moon]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

... more significantly, it seems that the band dynamic in general is a bit of a tango, which, in my opinion, is a dance that seems to tread the fine line between love and hate. In one instant you're touchy-feely... then in the next, you're throwing your partner halfway across the floor. You're staring intently into each others eyes one moment, and the next moment you're throwing your partner back until her head almost touches the floor. I love you, I hate you, I love you, I hate you... in essence, the story of Fleetwood Mac.

Hey, you know the tango very well!!! Love, hate, and love again...one or two sights are enough to feel them. Is just like the FM story...

And I agree with what ryan said, I couldn't imagine an album called "Family Man" but I think "Isnt' it midnight", "Big Love" or "Little Lies" could be good options. All of them, but not some name of a Stevie's song...
Regards!