PORTLAND - Sun. 6/30 - Meet?

[nicole21290]

Originally Posted by elle

or may spur her competitive nature - she's been showing more and more cleavage as the tour has been progressing, for some odd reason.

it's been coming in bigger and bigger waves at him lately - first the guitar thief who was clear she was actually after Lindsey, then "we are legal" girls propositioning, now apparently numerous boob flashers!!

although rumors flew around that there was someone who flashed Lindsey in Columbus already... it all may have started at the first show!

So, options. This is serious business.

1) MANY random females are suddenly VERY keen on attempting to gain Lindsey's attention (and more, if you know what I mean) in very bold, brazen ways. Very possible and understandable, to my mind...

2) Lindsey's been masterminding these displays from behind the scenes in order to spur on Stevie's competitive side and get her to show her wares more for his benefit. And also because it doesn't hurt having audience members doing the same...

3) Stevie's been masterminding these displays from behind the scenes in order to make Lindsey think of such things but have no where to turn but her afterwards. See also: she thinks she compares favourably and wants him to admit the same...

Um, yeah, I may have overthought this. In conclusion, YAY FOR BARING THE BOSOM!!! Does that sum it up?

[elle]

Originally Posted by nicole21290

So, options. This is serious business.

lol. yeah, i'd say you are seriously overthinking this... if it helps to simplify your thought process, there have been tweets like this one (well, many much more explicit, but we'll keep it pg ) all over the place since the tour started:

@megsnotplural
After seeing Fleetwood Mac tonight, I can confidently say I am very sexually attracted to 63 year old men. #LindseyBuckingham #damnboy

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by elle

lol. yeah, i'd say you are seriously overthinking this... if it helps to simplify your thought process, there have been tweets like this one (well, many much more explicit, but we'll keep it pg ) all over the place since the tour started:

@megsnotplural
After seeing Fleetwood Mac tonight, I can confidently say I am very sexually attracted to 63 year old men. #LindseyBuckingham #damnboy

Stevie has probably generated the same type of tweets.

[TimeCastASpell]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Stevie has probably generated the same type of tweets.

See my above post. But I have a history of going for older women. Though Stevie broke a new record. Should I go tweet that? Lol.

I must be too well behaved. At the show I was at when Stevie walked over to our side of the stage and waved I was jumping up and down (keep in mind I was in the handicap seating for legit purposes but Stevie makes ME feel "young again" lol) and I waved backed and screamed and screamed but I REALLY REALKY wanted to scream "I LOVE YOU STEVIE!" But lost the guts. And didn't hear anyone else do similar. If I'd have known then that people were flashing Lindsey well darn it, I'd have screamed my love for Stevie! But then we can toss out bad jokes about how if you want to appeal to a man you flash him but to a woman you tell her you love her. Lol.

[Nathan]

I didn't hear one 'I love you, Stevie' last night.

I got one good shout-out to John McVie though - looked like he was going to take the mic for a second...

Might be standard op though - I don't know, I haven't watched any videos from this tour yet, although I'm going to be gorging later.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Nathan

I didn't hear one 'I love you, Stevie' last night.

Well, good to know that they weren't interrupting Say Goodbye with comments like that, then. Michele

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Well, good to know that they weren't interrupting Say Goodbye with comments like that, then. Michele

Good call, Michelle - we actually left right as Say Goodbye was starting. It almost definitely happened.

Still in awe! Still on a high. What a damn SHOW! God, I'd love to see the final night of it.

[michelej1]

Portland Mercury, July 1, 2013
http://endhits.portlandmercury.com/e...en-sun-june-30

Fleetwood Mac at the Rose Garden, Sun June 30

Posted by Ned Lannamann on Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:31 PM

Last night, four members of the Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac played the Rose Garden, offering their biggest hits and some (relative) obscurities as well. It was a great show that didn't ever feel like a routine retread through past glories—the band was fired up and totally engaged for over two and a half hours. They opened with perhaps the greatest one-two-three punch a band could ever pull off: "Second Hand News," "The Chain," and "Dreams," wasting no time whatsoever in getting to the hits.

Lindsey Buckingham held down stage left, almost overly eager to prove his guitar ability. He shredded all night long, with highlights in his now-mandatory solo rendition of "Big Love," and the lengthy face-melting solo during "I'm So Afraid." He whooped and barked at the crowd, as animated as a man without have an eightball shoved up his nose could possibly be. (Oh, wait...) He played to the back row, as if he still had something to prove—when Buckingham's magnum opus Tusk met with some resistance in 1979, it must have put a little bit of a chip on his shoulder, which he still seems to be working out.

Stevie Nicks, meanwhile, was the soul of the show, departing the stage for the numbers that weren't hers but providing a great visual focal point while she was onstage. Dressed in her trademark black chiffon skirt and an array of shawls, she looked amazing and sounded excellent, even as she elected not to reach the high notes in "Dreams" or "Rhiannon."

Mick Fleetwood, meanwhile, was the madman behind the skins. His drumming style is unmistakable on record, but it's even more so with the added visual counterpoint. He performed a lengthy drum solo during "World Turning" with a headset mic on, yelling gibberish at the crowd as his four limbs went collectively nuts. I'd always thought that Animal from the Muppets was based on Keith Moon, but now I see that Jim Henson probably had Mick Fleetwood in mind. His counterpart and longtime partner-in-crime, John McVie, calmly held down the bass notes without flash or pizzazz—the eye of the hurricane, as they say. I've heard some people talk down Fleetwood and McVie's role in the band, saying that they're ultimately inessential, or that Fleetwood Mac is actually a series of bands without a common thread. This is flat-out wrong: Fleetwood and McVie are the absolute cornerstones of the band, from whatever era. There would not be a single iteration of Fleetwood Mac without these two, and to overlook their contributions in any serious discussion about the band's music is pretty inexcusable.

But enough about who's responsible for what: The four present and accounted-for members of Fleetwood Mac performed as an entirely united band, and one with a remarkable stylistic range at that. There were two new songs—"Sad Angel" and "Without You," both from their recent Extended Play EP—that fit in perfectly well with the older songs. "Without You" was preceded by a very lengthy preamble from Nicks, who told the story of how the song was recorded in the early '70s when she and Buckingham were still performing as Buckingham Nicks, and later was recovered from a stolen cassette and posted on YouTube. The way she told it, it became a very long story, but Nicks was pretty charming about the whole thing: "See, this is why you don't really want to know me," she joked mid-ramble, as 15,000 people ached to really know her.

It actually was a pretty chatty show, all in all. McVie didn't say a word, but the other three members all took their turns orating at length into the mic. Buckingham's first extended monologue came before a mini-set of Tusk songs early in the show (which included "Not That Funny," a bonkers "Tusk" with the USC Marching Band projected on the screen, "Sara," and "Sisters of the Moon"). It seems he still feels the sting that the record received upon its original release, and is gratified by its critical rehabilitation in recent years. He also talked about the way "Big Love" has shifted in meaning for him since he wrote it. Nicks, in addition to her long "Without You" story, also spoke to the crowd for a few minutes after the band had already finished its last song and left the stage. She called everyone in the audience the "dreamcatchers" for the band's dreams—ie, their songs. It was pretty charming and very Stevie. Fleetwood, not to be outdone, ran out when she was through and similarly spoke to the audience for a few minutes at the very end of the show. He said some incomprehensible stuff in a British accent, played with a red top hat, and also expressed genuine gratitude.

Indeed, the band, with the possible exception of poker-faced McVie (who was the coolest guy in the room last night), seemed altogether amazed and pleased to still be around. Whatever issues between the individual members are so deeply ingrained and sanded over that they now work as part of the permanent chemistry. Nicks and Buckingham made a point of holding hands during each one of their entries and exits—I think that is something they do at every show, but it's totally effective from a dramatic standpoint. "Landslide" seemed to be the crowd favorite, but I also thought "Eyes of the World" and a very long, jammy "Gold Dust Woman" were notable highlights as well.

Minus Christine McVie, which had its upsides and downsides—no "You Make Loving Fun," thank god, but also no "Hold Me"; we still got an encore rendition of "Don't Stop"—it was pretty much everything you'd want from a Fleetwood Mac show in 2013. I don't think anyone in the surprisingly mixed crowd (lots of young fans came out, too, some of whom were no doubt born after Tango in the Night came out) left the Rose Garden wanting. If it at times felt workmanlike, it also felt 100 percent sincere.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Portland Mercury, July 1, 2013
I've heard some people talk down Fleetwood and McVie's role in the band, saying that they're ultimately inessential, or that Fleetwood Mac is actually a series of bands without a common thread. This is flat-out wrong:

Come on. I think that first part is just a lie. WHERE has he heard people say that McVie and Fleetwood's role in the band is inessential?? I don't think people say this.

Michele

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Stevie has probably generated the same type of tweets.

she is