Discoveries, October 2004

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Originally Posted by SpyNote

Fleetwood Mac Opens Up About Reissues and the Old Days
Discoveries
October 2004

ohhh, thank you! I've gotten about half way through, and I love it!
I like this part...

"...because everyone was really committed. I know Lindsey at one point pulled me aside and said, 'I don't know if I can do this,' because he was going through a lot of emotional pain, and it was hard to just be there for Stevie as a musical companion. ... Everyone was very focused. Lindsey's love for the musical process, from my observation, and the window of opportunity -- which was considerable -- that he knew was there, helped him hang in there and do what he felt he'd been sent to do. And that's probably why the band didn't break up. It was in many ways contingent on Lindsey, because he was the one who was suffering. I think Stevie was suffering, but she'd made her decision, and that was to have a disconnect with Lindsey. And he handled it really well, considering the pain he was in.

This part brought a teah to my eye...

"They'd begun playing new material, and the song which won the greatest response from the crowds was one written by Nicks. "Rhiannon," introduced simply as "This is a song about a Welsh witch" seemed to capture the imagination of audiences around the country. It helped define Nicks, but also came close to ruining her voice."

'k, i'm gonna go read the rest..

ok, this is good
"If you listen to the 5.1 things that were mixed out of that album, there's some pretty cool **** going on.""I look at is as, if we hadn't made that album we wouldn't have had a band anyhow." (about Tusk, yeah, i'd love to hear that)

ok, studio head moron-ness at it best (worst)

"That was ridiculous, and that was Warner Brothers' fault. I said, 'I don't think you should be doing this,' and they said, 'Oh no, it's all part of a new thing, friendly to radio.' But there are people with tape machines out there. And they played the whole album!"

"To me it was like a milestone of stupidity, and rolling the dice unnecessarily. But the album survives, and it's getting more of a classical thing to it, the way people relate to that album. I would have loved to have the Best of Tusk [TOUR!! ] our choice songs on a single album, and maybe one day we will."

Omigod, omigod!!yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

I think there were several months in Lindsey's mind as to when he was going to bail, which turned out to be after we made Tango in the Night. He wanted out before it sucked him in, into a world he has no real respect for. We all had a nice life, including him. But he's happy if he has a pair of jeans, a pair of sneakers, as long as his car works. Therefore he didn't have the distractions. I enjoyed the life, Stevie enjoyed the life, Christine enjoyed the life. John was a bit more like Lindsey, not quite so lunatic
Thus explaining Lindsey's Stepford T-shirt