Five Tips For Saving FM (Chicago Sun Times)

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

All those well-worn, over-familiar songs were, at one time, new and unfamiliar songs, so why are Fleetwood Mac, at this late stage in their lauded career, so sheepish about introducing new material? They need grow a big pair of balls, listen to their fans (who are more in touch with their catalog of work than they are), and give us new recorded music and perform it. It's not about aiming for chart-topping success (it's unreasonable as they are beyond that phase), but artistic growth and creative progression. Lindsey talks a lot about that, and it has shown in his recent solo work, but the "Big Machine" mentality seeps in when he's the the Fleetwood Mac fold.

On the other hand, Lindsey, Mick and John did record nearly an album's worth of songs for a FM album and want to release them. It's Stevie that's holding them back. Last time they released an album they played plenty of new music.