Your Fleetwood Mac "Profile"

[David]

Age
46

Gender
Male

When you became a fan
1977

How you became a fan
Listening to Rumours

First 3 FM songs
Rhiannon, Go Your Own Way, Hypnotized

First FM vocalist
Christine McVie (I don't understand this question)

Favorite FM Time Period
1974 to 1979

Vocalist breakdown by percentage
25% Peter, 25% Stevie, 40% Christine, 10% Lindsey

Concerts you've attended
Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Tucson

FM stuff you own
Just albums--sold everything else

Favorite things about FM
Tasty pop licks, Englishness, orchestration

Least favorite thing about FM
The frequent descents into obloquy owing to the band's unwillingness to go away.

Are you the same fan your where when you started
No

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen
A 1968 Peter with a 1970 Danny with a 1974 Bob Welch with a 1979 Christine with a 1978 Stevie with a 1980 Lindsey with a 1979 John with a 1980 Mick.

You wish for the future of the Mac
Some sort of career-ending catastrophe that generates all sorts of archival film & tape releases from the 1970s.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by David

You wish for the future of the Mac
Some sort of career-ending catastrophe that generates all sorts of archival film & tape releases from the 1970s.

Like a plane crash?

[jellyman10]

Age: 46

Gender: I'm a woman.

When you became a fan: 1978-1988, reborn 20010

How you became a fan: I sent my sister into town to buy me Plastic Letters by Blondie, but she couldn't remember what I'd asked her to get and bought Rumours instead

First 3 FM songs: Must've been SHN, Dreams and NGBA?

First FM vocalist: Must've been LB?

Favorite FM Time Period: Visually, I think they looked amazing between '75 and '79. Musically, I like some things from all lineups from '67 to present.

Vocalist breakdown by percentage: Well, cards on the table: I've never enjoyed Christine as a vocalist. Bland. The idea of her winning an award for blues vocals is, to me, comical. LB has pretty much lost it, and seems to actively want to sound terrible at times. SN's voice has changed a lot over the years, and I hate the really nasal stuff, but I find her voice the most interesting.

Concerts you've attended: Saw them in London in 1988, right at the point where I'd kind of stopped being a fan but I'd had the tickets for ages so I went. It was ok.

FM stuff you own: Just music -- oh, and a little enamelled lapel pin and a Tusk tour programme that I bought when I first became a fan.

Favorite thing about FM: That thing about how, on paper, those five people shouldn't have been able to accomplish anything, and yet they did.

Least favorite thing about FM: I could say "Christine McVie fans who have a problem with my own completely legitimate preference for someone else", but that's not really my "Least favourite thing about FM", is it? No. That's lumping people together under a label and having a go. Every chance you get.

Are you the same fan you where when you started: Pretty much. What's great is that, having not been keeping up with them for 20+ years, and my first fan spell being pre-internet, I'm still finding so many new things.

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen: Despite what I said about liking Chris's voice the least, I do most enjoy the three voices together, so it would be great to have the 'Rumours' lineup back.

You wish for the future of the Mac: Another studio album without LB producing, and a tour that comes to the UK!

[Lindsfan]

Originally Posted by David;931954 [B

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen[/B]
A 1968 Peter with a 1970 Danny with a 1974 Bob Welch with a 1979 Christine with a 1978 Stevie with a 1980 Lindsey with a 1979 John with a 1980 Mick.

It sounds like you're describing classic cars but, actually you're probably the first to answer the question the way it was intended...and it would be cool

[ButterCookie]

Age: 17

Gender: Female

When you became a fan: FM have been there all the way through my life because my Momma is a huge fan. She gave me her Tango CD early last year and it snowballed from there.

How you became a fan: Listening to said Tango CD and it was Caroline and TITN that really grabbed my attention before I realised that I new so many of the songs already.

First 3 FM songs: TITN, Everywhere, Mystified

First FM vocalist: Christine McVie

Favorite FM Time Period: '69 through '74 but my favourite years are definitely '72, '73 & '74.

Concerts you've attended: None, and I don't intend to, unless it's Men Of The Mac

FM stuff you own: Oh god. Tons of Records (I think I've nearly got the lot) CD's, posters, shirts etc.

Favorite thing about FM: Christine

Least favorite thing about FM: The effect certain members have on certain fans (myself included)

Are you the same fan your where when you started: Kinda. I went through about 3 months of mildly-hardcore Stevie fandom, got bored and went straight back to where I started with Christine.

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen: John, Mick, Peter, Bob Welch, Jeremy, Christine and Danny.

You wish for the future of the Mac: I don't really have one, considering I know and appreciate that Christine is well and truly out of the picture. I'd love for Mick & John to make another Blues album, though. And of course for them all to live well and comfortably.

[MacShadowsBall]

I just thought I would bump this thread in case anybody missed it last month and for some of the newer Ledgies.

[CADreaming]

Age Range: 40

Gender: Female

When you became a fan: Technically in 1997 after seeing The Dance, but officially in 2007 when I discovered BuckinghamNicks.net.

How you became a fan: I fell in love with the song "Silver Springs" on the radio in '97. In 2007, I saw Lindsey's Soundstage and looked up Lindsey and Stevie on web.

First 3 FM songs: "Silver Springs", "Gypsy", "The Chain"

First FM vocalist: Toss up between Stevie & Lindsey

Favorite FM Time Period: 1975-1979, 1982, 1997.

Vocalist breakdown by percentage: Stevie - 35% Lindsey - 35%, Chris - 30%

Concerts you've attended: Stevie - Atlanta GA 2008, Lindsey - Atlantic City 2008, FM - Atlanta 2009 & Nashville 2009.

FM stuff you own: All the BN lineup cd's.

Favorite thing about FM: The marriage of the music, lyrics and production, the chemistry in the band.

Least favorite thing about FM: How it's used as a vehicle of sorts and maybe abused a bit by that.

Are you the same fan your where when you started: No, but it's still sort of fresh in some ways and especially when they are all actively working on projects we know about.

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen: I guess Christine returning, but I love 'em as they are too.

You wish for the future of the Mac: A final new album and respectful farewell tour with at least one Christine performance. Then, the release of Buckingham Nicks and a tour. And whatever projects they do after that.

[The Catdancer]

Age Range: almost 48

Gender: female

When you became a fan: beginning of 1977

How you became a fan: saw GYOW on TV

First 3 FM songs: GYOW, Rhiannon and GDW

First FM vocalist: Stevie (of course)

Favorite FM Time Period: '75 -'87/'97 through present

Vocalist breakdown by percentage: 60% Stevie, 30% Lindsey, 10% Christine

Concerts you've attended: Too many to mention here

FM stuff you own: Too much to list

Favorite thing about FM: that they keep on rocking

Least favorite thing about FM: they take looooooooong breaks as a band

Are you the same fan your where when you started: No, I was a teenager when it started now I'm almost 50....

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen: Stevie, Lindsey, Chris, John & Mick without all the back up singers/musicians

You wish for the future of the Mac: To play without all the back up singers/players