Another Fleetwood Mac tour...Are we happy or not?? - Page 6

johnnystorms · #76 06-17-2012, 11:42 PM

when did they sing Kokomo? that came out in 88 and Linds was gone. was it during the Dance era?

michelej1 · #77 06-18-2012, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnystorms

when did they sing Kokomo? that came out in 88 and Linds was gone. was it during the Dance era?

They did not. It's just a joke that's going on a bit long.

Michele

sushud82 · #78 06-18-2012, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by On Ice

Happy or Not? Me, not so much. To me, the nostalgia trip ended with the Dance. They toured behind Say You Will as a new album, Unleashed was an obvious cash raising trek. I would be interested if they were playing some brilliant, edgy new music in the vein of Seeds and In Your Dreams, but to hear the same Rumours selections again and again, I'll bow out. At this point in their career I would say the set list should contain no more than 3 or 4 selections from White and Rumours.

THIS.

I agree The Dance should have been the last of the nostalgia. I LOVED the Say You Will tour. And seeing Lindsey touring with his last three albums has been such a wonderful experience. Seeing Stevie tour with IYD was fabulous; she was so energized. They are both at such good places creatively it would be a huge bummer to see them going through the motions as they did with Unleashed.

I will go because I love Fleetwood Mac dearly and cannot imagine NOT seeing them. I will be excited to see them even though I found the Unleashed Tour to be a bit boring and I basically felt like a junkie getting a very expensive fix. I am just disappointed that there will be no new album if and when this tour happens.

It's hard being a "hardcore" fan and being at these massive and expensive shows with people who just want to hear the hits and get drunk.

But I know when all is said and done and I hear the crickets, I'll forget about my kvetching and just have some fun.

Susan

HejiraNYC · #79 06-18-2012, 11:14 AM

I think there is an inherent dissonance when it comes to trying to intellectualize a Fleetwood Mac greatest hits tour. On the one hand, woo hoo, I get to see my favorite band again. On the other hand, why are they wasting precious time not doing something creative? I also think there is a difference between seeing it on paper and experiencing the reality of it all. Yes, it sucks majorly on paper. But say what you will about a bunch of old fogeys in their 60s croaking out their greatest hits... it's still a fantastic experience. And on some nights it's downright transcendent. For myself personally, I enjoy the payoff of investing myself emotionally with a band that keeps on plugging away at it. I never imagined at 12 years old, wearing out the grooves to my Mirage LP, that I would be able to see Fleetwood Mac (albeit a redacted iteration of Fleetwood Mac) in my middle age. I had always assumed that they would break up or be long retired by now. It is gratifying to see them today... not unlike observing distant relatives. It's enough for me to know that they are okay and that they are still the same artists that I grew to love back in the day. Yes, a new FM album would be wonderful, but if the fates decide it's not in the cards next year, it will happen some other time. I am fairly confident of that.

michelej1 · #80 06-18-2012, 01:07 PM

Yes, to be in the room with all of that energy. To turn around and see a sea of people singing along with them, it's amazing. They may do the same show every night, but when you're seeing multiple shows you can get a thrill out of the slightest variation and there's a sense that you're participating in the parts that don't change. It's not something that even the greatest Youtube video/audio can capture.

Michele

CADreaming · #81 06-18-2012, 01:25 PM

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It's not like she wouldn't have toured with FM eventually anyway. She said as much. Mick's divorce and whining probably just escalated things by a few months, got things back on track faster after the wee derailment.

Michele

Mick had nothing to do with it. Those plans were already made. Originally, they were going to go out in 2012, but it was delayed for business reasons that has more to do with industry stuff & the promotional/marketing they will be able to capitalize on in 2013, rather than any sensationalized personal in-band drama one interview generated.

tabruns · #82 06-18-2012, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Prolific my a$$! The guy I work for releases 5 albums a year, and most are at least as good as if not way better than what we wait years for from Stevie and Lindsey a few times a decade if we're lucky.

That's prolific *writer*, not prolific album recorder.

louielouie2000 · #83 06-18-2012, 02:13 PM

I'm sure everyone here knows my feelings on this- yet another Mac hits tour is pretty much my worst fear. To me, it seems like the Mac is simply setting themselves up to be an oldies touring act. I was able to stomach the notion of the Unleashed tour because it was promised that the tour was simply to warm up the band for a new studio album. Obviously that never happened. And since there have been zero comments since about another studio album, I think the writing is on the wall at this point. Who knows, maybe the Mac is secretly in the studio right now, or will go into the studio next year following the tour. But it's beginning to look like odds are greatly stacked against that. And to me, that's really unfortunate. Lindsey and Stevie are making the best solo albums of their careers right now. They still have the potential to make really fantastic music together.

Macfanforever · #84 06-18-2012, 02:38 PM

As I alway say."If you don't like the setlist" "Don't go".Easy as that.Save money too.

HejiraNYC · #85 06-18-2012, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
Prolific my a$$! The guy I work for releases 5 albums a year, and most are at least as good as if not way better than what we wait years for from Stevie and Lindsey a few times a decade if we're lucky.

Jondalar · #86 06-18-2012, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Macfanforever

As I alway say."If you don't like the setlist" "Don't go".Easy as that.Save money too.

I'm not going and its a big waste of time. If the tour fails, which it just might, Stevie will wish she didn't listen to that money-grubbing whore Mick. THEY ARE OUT OF TIME. This is a money grab and then a couple of heart of attacks and no more music.

vivfox · #87 06-18-2012, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Who knows, maybe the Mac is secretly in the studio right now

They have a cardboard cutout of Lindsey at the control panel while the real one tours. The real one has left his songs with Stevie and the guys in the studio to produce his stuff till he comes off the road. Stevie purposely destroy's his best demo

(a la Smile At You) and whatever she produces is what will be released on record.

Macfanforever · #88 06-18-2012, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

I'm not going and its a big waste of time. If the tour fails, which it just might, Stevie will wish she didn't listen to that money-grubbing whore Mick. THEY ARE OUT OF TIME. This is a money grab and then a couple of heart of attacks and no more music.

Ouch. Can Mick collect SS checks.He's 64 now.His Bday is next week .What kills me .Why does the entertainment people get in a marriage .Most of them turn sour in a couple years and get dirty at the end.Ok I rather see Stevie with FM then this Rod combo again .If this Stevie up coming tour was planned with Rod at all shows.I probably stay local and hell with Boston,AC,NYC and Holmdel.I would of just go to Mohegan Sun and that will be it.I won't be in the mood to sit through 2 hours of Rod and worrying about getting slammed in the head with a soccer ball .Again I do like Rod.But my focus is on Stevie performing only.

SteveMacD · #89 06-18-2012, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

If the tour fails, which it just might

It won't. Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham will be a success.

CADreaming · #90 06-18-2012, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by vivfox

They have a cardboard cutout of Lindsey at the control panel while the real one tours. The real one has left his songs with Stevie and the guys in the studio to produce his stuff till he comes off the road. Stevie purposely destroy's his best demo

(a la Smile At You) and whatever she produces is what will be released on record.

Ha. Exactly. And, Dave Stewart will film the documentary. Instead of a spirit catcher, Lindsey will join the sessions by amiably presenting Stevie with a peace pipe...