Let's be thankful

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

I was reading the Dance appreciation thread, and a thought occured to me. I can understand people's reasons for wanting more variety sometimes, but here's how I see it. I waited for 20 years to see Fleetwood Mac live, and the Dance represented my first opportunity to do that. How would I have felt if I was a fan of let's say the Beatles or Led Zeppelin, bands where there's no chance that there will ever be a reunion. Let's all be grateful we had that opportunity.

Ok, then, that just proves my point of Fleetwood Mac being a nostalgia act. Sure, you saw Mick, John, Lindsey, Stevie & Christine together, but, you didn't see them in "their prime"...the five of them were not really reuniting to do something new, they were trying to RECREATE something that couldn't be recreated. (Point #1 to why the Beatles never reunited when they could have...you can't repeat something that is a one-time phenomenon).

It is the same thing with me & Cream. I didn't see them the first time around back in the '60's. Was I dying that they reunited? Yes. Did I want to see them? Yes. Were they doing anything beyond being a nostalgia act? No. But, I knew that going in. I wasn't led on with any allusions that they just might be doing something new. (as I was with The Dance) Did they present their songs in new & different ways? A couple of songs, yes; mostly, no (other than they were considerably shorter and played at a significantly lower volume). Did they rake in cash? Yep...and for good causes, too. Jack Bruce was hurting for cash due to his illness and Eric still has to fund his Crossroads drug rehab center. Didn't hear of Fleetwood Mac funnelling a portion of their profits into charitable causes other than "family income".