How has your fandom changed over the years

[TheWILDheart]

Actually, I was really looking forward to hearing Time. I couldn't wait to get it home and play it all the way through but when I did, I just didn't like it AT ALL!! Anyway, here's my Fleetwood Mac story in depth:

My Dad had Rumours and Mirage when I was growing up so I knew who they were and a little bit about them. I remember when I was young I found it hillarious that this band with a strange name had a man called Lindsey and a girl called Stevie. Anyway, around 1998 ish my Dad bought The Dance. That's when I REALLY got into them. My Mum bought me Rumours and Mirage on tape so I could listen to them in my room (I never had a CD player until about 2000). I was about 8 or 9 ish. Then I picked up Tango in a charity shop and my aunt and uncle bought me Behind the Mask one xmas on CD. My first Stevie solo purchase followed. I got Other Side of the Mirror, again from a charity shop and then Rock a Little both on tape. That was it until about 2000-2001 or whenever I got my first CD player with some birthday money. I picked up Bella Donna to play on my new CD player and Dad got me The Wild Heart of xmas that year. I got Trouble in Shangri-La for the xmas after it was released. I didn't buy anything of Mac or Stevie for a while then until the double disc remastered editions came out. I got White album, Rumours and Tusk all on CD and Dad gave me his copy or Mirage in exchange for my cassette so he could play it in the car. I was slowley replacing all of the old cassettes with CD's. Around late 2004 ish I got Street Angel and Tango in a clearance at Music Zone and Say You Will in one of those 2 for £10 (or as priced) thingy's at Woolworths. Somebody bought me the early Greatest Hits from the blues years around the same time but I wasn't really interested. I got "Time" fairly recently but it bores me so much, I've never really payed much attention to it.

[PsychCat]

Originally Posted by TheWILDheart

By this time the band was in ruins. I like to believe that between '92 and '97 Fleetwood Mac did not exist. Christine stayed with the new lineup that Mick got together I believe to do "Time" but that was such a disaster I do not acknowlege it as a Fleetwood Mac album (even though I own it). Infact, I don't acknowlege it as an album. I just don't acknowlege it. It should be locked away in a cellar under a pool of sick and should NEVER be brought out.

Actually, I was really looking forward to hearing Time. I couldn't wait to get it home and play it all the way through but when I did, I just didn't like it AT ALL!!

I got "Time" fairly recently but it bores me so much, I've never really payed much attention to it.

Okay... I think you made your point. ...or better yet, what IS your point?
Needless to say, I TOTALLY DISAGREE with your thoughts.... but that IS the beauty of these boards, isn't it?
Personally, "TIME" is one of my very faves. I had written off the Dave Mason songs at first but have really come to like them, if not for Bekka's input on them.
Billy's contributions are way too few and far between! I love his work on Time and BTM and found him to be a great fit in the band.

Suffice it to say, I love me some Bekka!
I understand where people are coming from but (personal grudge here) I hate when she is referred to as "Stevie's replacement". I know... I know... but still.
Bekka is an amazing talent on her own and if for no other reason I'm glad Time didn't get further than it did is because I would hate for her to be destined to a life of singing "Gold Dust Woman" and "Dreams"!

Just the same.... I know the Time-love is rare but I give credit to those on the boards that at least give it a listen and recognize it for what it is.
Face it, Bekka and Billy KNEW they would be forever seen as "replacements" for Buckingham and Nicks. But they brought their own unique gifts to the band and to Rumours-line-up-fans, they were pretty much in a no-win situation.
I can't imagine ANY other Mac album or line-up catches as much grief as the Time line-up.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by PsychCat

I can't imagine ANY other Mac album or line-up catches as much grief as the Time line-up.

Prior to that, it was, ironically, the "Penguin" line-up.

[GypsySorcerer]

My mom introduced me to FM. I can still remember her playing the green greatest hits album in the car over and over. As much as I didn't want to like "mom's music," I was hooked. Christine was initially my favorite, I think, because her songs are so catchy.

I liked FM throughout middle and high school, but I never expected to hear anything new from them and I didn't have any of their albums except mom's greatest hits and her vinyls. I do remember being stoked watching them at Clinton's inauguration. Then, the Dance happened, and thus my interest in FM was reborn. I bought The Dance, and then their other studio albums, and then a bit later, Stevie's solo stuff. Eventually I picked up Lindsey and Christine's solo material and some pre-BN stuff.

As of now, Lindsey is the most interesting member to me, though it was Stevie for many years. Lyrically, he's at (or near) his zenith, IMO. Stevie's recent songwriting output is very hit and miss with me. Of course, I still love her. Stevie circa the 70s and early 80s will never cease to amaze me.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Prior to that, it was, ironically, the "Penguin" line-up.

Eh, the Penguin line-up needs grief!
With the exception of Dave, I really like the Time line-up.