What's new? -----------> Me!!

[coldplay]

I've been buzzing around here and there so thought it was time to introduce myself.

I'm from Australia and have been a been a Mac fan for years. I've been sourcing Penguin since 1997 and as I recall the forums were inactive back then for some reason.

I fell in love with the song 'Sara' which to this day is my fave song. 'Tusk' is my fave album. I love 'Rumours' but 'Tusk' speaks to me on a more personal and deeper level.

While I tend to focus on the Rumours line-up, I listen to some music from the Peter Green years as well. I've listened to some Welch line-up music but not for a long time now. I don't like 'Time' and not very keen on the male input on 'Behind the Mask'.

My first concert was in Sydney - which I had to travel to this country for and I attended the concert by myself. I've made some wonderful Stevie/Mac fans in Australia so its weird to know that while I was at the concert by myself....I was sitting close to people that would become my friends in the future. When Fleetwood Mac arrive next month - I'll be attending the concerts with these friends

I'm not that keen on 'Say You Will' as an overall album. Clearly, there are some standout songs (Miranda, Goodbye Baby, Say You Will etc) but there's a bit too much solo Buckingham acoustics overlapping from one song to another for my liking.

With reference to the individual members of the band - I think they're all really important. I love Christine and Lindsey music but mostly as part of a band rather than their solo efforts.

Stevie's solo and soundtrack work is a constant pleasure for me but the Klonopin years are hard to digest. The day 'The Dance' was broadcast on TV...I cried because she looked and sounded great again

As a fan, I'm able to be critically objective and perhaps I'm a little too tough on Mac since I know what their capabilities are.

I admit that I'm opionated and sometimes go on a political tangent so bear that in mind when I'm incoherently blabbing on. Just tell me to shut up

Here's a short random list of things I like:

Stevie
Sara
Storms
Beautiful Child
Silver Springs
Straight Back

Christine
Honey Hi
Everywhere
Brown Eyes
Love in Store
Never Forget

Lindsey
Save Me A Place
Tusk
Go Your Own Way
Miranda
Monday Morning

Other music
Coldplay
Travis
Norah Jones
TATU
Film scores
80s British post punk/new wave/new romantics
Joy Division
New Order
Associates
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Echo and the Bunnymen
Simple Minds

Films
The Thin Red Line
Tokyo Story
L'Atalante
The Hours
Raise the Red Lantern
The Conformist
Late Spring
Ugetsu
Bicycle Thieves


General
Seinfeld
X-Files
Documentaries
Visual arts
Film
Books
Knowledge
Anything water related - oceans, lakes, streams, etc
Snorkelling
Horseriding
Tennis
Wine
Dining and cooking
Meeting people

See you around the forum
CP