Your Fleetwood Mac "Profile"

[Lindsfan]

Age: 46

Gender: female

When you became a fan: Fall 2008

How you became a fan: Upgraded to HDTV and saw Soundstage / Live in Boston on Palladia Channel. Lindsey simply blew me away, and the contrast between Lindsey and Stevie was fascinating as well.

First 3 FM songs: GYOW and The Chain. After that it changes constantly...Gypsy, Fireflies, WMYTYTO, Sarah, The Ledge...

First FM vocalist: Lindsey

Favorite FM Time Period: The Dance/2011

Vocalist breakdown by percentage: Lindsey/60, Stevie and Christine/ 20 each...love all three!

Concerts you've attended: Unleashed

FM stuff you own: Vinyl: Rumours and Tusk. CDs and DVDs: Rumours, Tusk, TITN, Live ( 1980 ), The Very Best of, Say You Will, Live in Boston ( 2004 ), The Dance, Making of Rumours, Destiny Rules. Unleashed Tour T-shirt. All of Lindsey's CDs except L&O, all his DVDs . Lots of boot vids and music from Throwndown. Books: CAH's and Mick's. Rolling Stone magazine. Several guitar mags featuring Lindsey.

Favorite thing about FM: Their harmonies ( with Chris still in the band ), their musicianship, their timeless music, that they truly love and care about one another and are still ( mostly ) together.

Least favorite thing about FM: nothing

Are you the same fan your where when you started: I liked them as a kid but I wasn't a “fan”. After I re-discovered them in 2008 I think I'm relatively hardcore

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen: Men of the Mac – Linds, John and Mick. Would love to see Chris back with the Rumours lineup too.

You wish for the future of the Mac: That their upcoming album has a huge hit single, and gets lots of good reviews, and more people re-discover them.

[BaronVonBielski]

Originally Posted by Lindsfan

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen: Men of the Mac – Linds, John and Mick. Would love to see Chris back with the Rumours lineup too.

Funny that you say that. I have often wondered if they'd tour without Stevie if she decided she didn't wanna do it. They seem to love playing together. Obviously I know that they wouldn't... attendance would be dismal. All the sheep come to see Stevie twirl around and bang a tambourine. I realize that comment was a bit overboard, but you get my point. The band is more than just her. The 3 men of the Mac are a tight unit. Top notch musically.

[Fiver]

Neat idea!

Age Range: 23

Gender: female

When you became a fan: late 2009

How you became a fan: Bought Rumours on a whim

First 3 FM songs: First three faves? Songbird, The Chain, and Gold Dust Woman.

First FM vocalist: I guess Stevie. Very unique voice, I remember thinking that when I first heard Dreams.

Favorite FM Time Period: Oh man, this is tough. I'll just list my favorite three albums representing different eras; Tusk, Then Play On & Bare Trees

Vocalist breakdown by percentage: 20% Peter, 20% Danny, 20% Stevie, 20% Christine, & 20% Lindsey . The others I appreciate to a degree, just don't really strike a chord with me like those five. For solo stuff, I guess I do like Lindsey's most overall, but Bella Donna is my favorite solo album of any Mac member. Love Danny Kirwan's first two albums, and love the Christine Perfect album, but not so much her last two. Haven't gotten my hands on Peter's yet. Glad you didn't ask for breakdown of musicians or song-writers, that'd be even harder to answer.

Concerts you've attended: 0 ;__;

FM stuff you own: All the albums from Dog & Dustbin to SYW, and some Dvds (bootleg Tusk Doc & Mirage concert, The Dance, Live in Boston)

Favorite thing about FM: All the different eras and the amazing music along the way. Hard to get tired of FM when you can hop around their discography and be blown away all over again.

Least favorite thing about FM: The current line-up's lack of direction and output.

Are you the same fan you were when you started: No, I know way more than I used to (or need to ) about the band. When I first heard Rumours I assumed Silver Springs was always on the record. Then I bought the vinyl and was very confused, so I started researching the band and that led me to this board.. and this board led me to everything else FM-related, honestly. Don't contribute much, but I appreciate all the discussion. Kudos and keep it up!

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen: Peter, Danny, Lindsey, Christine, Stevie, Mick, & good ol' John. It would be insane.

Your wish for the future of the Mac: New music.

[elle]

Originally Posted by BaronVonBielski

Funny that you say that. I have often wondered if they'd tour without Stevie if she decided she didn't wanna do it. They seem to love playing together. Obviously I know that they wouldn't... attendance would be dismal. All the sheep come to see Stevie twirl around and bang a tambourine. I realize that comment was a bit overboard, but you get my point. The band is more than just her. The 3 men of the Mac are a tight unit. Top notch musically.

yeah, i was happy to see at least 4 people in this thread proposing the men of mac lineup as a core dream team (EDIT: possibily 6 people actually, plus optionally adding some different members here and there). i also liked somebody's listing of members from their favorite era as a dream lineup - i didn't think of that! but would def be interesting to imagine how adding peter green from late 60s to certain eras of the current men of mac lineup would pan out.

[Gypsycat999]

Another lurker shows up


Age Range: 16

Gender: female

When you became a fan: Spring 2008

How you became a fan: Coincidentally listened to Daddy's copy of Rumours

First 3 FM songs: Well, the first 3 I was aware of were Second Hand News, Dreams and Never Going Back Again but I remember having heard songs like Little Lies, Go Your Own Way and Gypsy before and even liking them without checking out the band

First FM vocalist: Stevie. She enchanted me.

Favorite FM Time Period: At the moment 70-75 but I love all other eras as well

Vocalist breakdown by percentage: Christine 40%, Lindsey 20%, Stevie 20%, Bob Welch 10%, Peter/Danny 10%

Concerts you've attended: 1 Unleashed Show

FM stuff you own: CDs released between 70 & 89, Rumours on vinyl, Unleashed Tour poster & Tshirt, Micks book

Favorite thing about FM: Hard to explain, they have something very unique about them that still gets me hooked. Something that I haven't found in any other band/artist.

Least favorite thing about FM: Current situation...

Are you the same fan you were when you started: No, the first 12+ months of me being a fan my life consisted of Fleetwood Mac. That's changed and also I'm not so Stevie focused anymore. However, they're still a huge part of my life and of who I am (even if it sounds stupid) and I wouldn't want to live without them.

Your all time "dream" lineup that won't ever happen: Mick, John, Christine, Peter

Your wish for the future of the Mac: That there will be a future...

[Lindsfan]

Originally Posted by BaronVonBielski

Funny that you say that. I have often wondered if they'd tour without Stevie if she decided she didn't wanna do it. They seem to love playing together. Obviously I know that they wouldn't... attendance would be dismal. All the sheep come to see Stevie twirl around and bang a tambourine. I realize that comment was a bit overboard, but you get my point. The band is more than just her. The 3 men of the Mac are a tight unit. Top notch musically.

They really do, and I have no doubt that Mick, especially, would go for it! I totally agree with you on that last part (LOL) but there's no denyin' Stevie's the big draw at arena shows. Still, the guys could do really well in smaller clubs, and I'd rather see them in that type of setting anyways

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by Lindsfan

They really do, and I have no doubt that Mick, especially, would go for it! I totally agree with you on that last part (LOL) but there's no denyin' Stevie's the big draw at arena shows. Still, the guys could do really well in smaller clubs, and I'd rather see them in that type of setting anyways

I would love to see Men of Mac - I think they would have an absolute ball on stage, just the three of them.

And Mick and John might be able to persuade Lindsey (ie. arm twisted up his back) to come and do some gigs in England