Fleetwood Mac Music Videos

bluecalmsea · #1 02-23-2013, 05:50 PM

What is good/bad about these?
Specific favorite scenes?
Any common themes throughout?
Which is your favorite?
Which is your least favorite?
Anyone know anything interesting about the videos- the concepts, locations, etc.?

Gypsy:

Hold Me:

Everywhere:

Seven Wonders:

Big Love:

Little Lies:

*Bonus "Hold Me"

Did I forget any?

WildHearted · #2 02-23-2013, 05:59 PM

I like Little Lies because everyone looks attractive and the setting/clothing is so amusing.

But overall, I think the Gypsy video is better - those sets are incredible.

Erin · #3 02-23-2013, 06:28 PM

Somehow in all these years of my fandom, I've never seen the Everywhere video. WTH? Doesn't fit the song at all, in fact it would have been perfect for Stevie's the Highwayman, since that's the poem they're referencing in this video. Plus, no one from the band is even in it. So yeah...Gypsy is still my favorite, followed by Hold Me and Seven Wonders.

shackin'up · #4 02-23-2013, 06:38 PM

Hold me. And gypsy. The best songs of all of these, and the best vids.

bluecalmsea · #5 02-23-2013, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Erin

Somehow in all these years of my fandom, I've never seen the Everywhere video. WTH? Doesn't fit the song at all, in fact it would have been perfect for Stevie's the Highwayman, since that's the poem they're referencing in this video. Plus, no one from the band is even in it. So yeah...Gypsy is still my favorite, followed by Hold Me and Seven Wonders.

Interesting-- from Wikipedia:

The video of the song is a visual depiction of the poem, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. There are two versions of the video; one features the story with members of the band appearing throughout, while the other doesn't feature the band at all.

I have never seen the one with the band members! I wonder if it's on youtube too.

Sanne2 · #6 02-23-2013, 06:53 PM

The Gypsy video is fab, but the cut off trees are weird and Lindsey's hairdo is even weirder.
The Hold Me video is nice, not fantastic, just nice.
Holland (maybe the rest of Europe too?) had a slightly different version of the Everywhere video, with the sillouettes of Christine, Mick and John, that made a bit more sense tho I have no idea why no Stevie.
I love the Seven Wonders video, so simple but so beautiful, everybody looked really good and I love the "rainbow" parts.
The Big Love video is good, very 80s, "Sledgehammer"-esque, but I don't think it's as dated now as some of the other videos from that year. I like the rewind part.
The Little Lies video is nice but kinda dumb, why a farm? Why in a barn?

What about the Behind The Mask videos?

GoldDustBoy · #7 02-23-2013, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bluecalmsea

Interesting-- from Wikipedia:

The video of the song is a visual depiction of the poem, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. There are two versions of the video; one features the story with members of the band appearing throughout, while the other doesn't feature the band at all.

I have never seen the one with the band members! I wonder if it's on youtube too.

It's basically the same video with a few shots of Mick, John, and Christine singing inserted.

jcalzaretta · #8 02-23-2013, 07:24 PM

Gypsy then Hold Me. Loved both videos and both songs.

poetinmyheart · #9 02-24-2013, 07:07 AM

Gypsy - forever and always. Mainly because it captivated me as a child and I've never forgotten it.

cantgoback · #10 02-24-2013, 09:45 AM

Gypsy: Just an overall amazing video and song
Hold Me: I like the video, love the song, I don't feel like Stevie enjoyed the set though.

Everywhere: i don't know... kinda cheesy
Seven Wonders: My favorite after Gypsy, they all look so happy

Big Love: It's a cool video, not my favorite song though
Little Lies: I like it, i like when Chris and Stevie are walking next to each other, idk it's kinda cool i guess.

seanthompson · #11 02-24-2013, 05:46 PM

How about 'As Long As You Follow', 'Paper Doll', and 'Love Shines'.

Whatever happened to 'Save Me' and 'Skies the Limit'?

I can't find the latter on Youtube...

Sanne2 · #12 02-25-2013, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by seanthompson

How about 'As Long As You Follow', 'Paper Doll', and 'Love Shines'.

Whatever happened to 'Save Me' and 'Skies the Limit'?

I can't find the latter on Youtube...

Does anyone remember the video for "In The Back Of My Mind"? I can't find it anywhere, probably because it's HORRIBLE, it should be discussed for that reason alone. It features Mick's unfortunate looking daughter, flying guitars and footage from the TITN video. I do like Save Me and Skies The Limit.

UndoingTheLaces · #13 02-25-2013, 02:22 PM

I think Gypsy will always be my favorite FM video. It's just so majestic and beautiful. And the ending reminds me of those wonderful MGM musicals back in the day. And I love that the guys dancing in the rain kept to a very classic style of dancing rather than looking like the dancers in Stand Back but in suits. It's sort of timeless, in that it doesn't look like an 80's video at all. Even in the "modern" setting of the fantasy forest the band is wearing these folky outfits so that the appear to be in their own dimension rather than being in the 80's. And even the imperfections, like Stevie nearly being taken out by the big glop of glitter dropped on her head, is endearing. I love everything about it.

Hold Me, by contrast, is a great bit of 80's nostalgia with the breaking mirror in the desert and the artsy imagery.

I also really love Seven Wonders but that's probably just because I love the song so much. I'm not a fan of plain old performance clips but I do love how they tied the Seven Wonders theme into the song with the backdrop. And I have to agree with cantgoback, they all look so happy. Especially the way Stevie smiles at Lindsey's goofing around. One would never know that they were only a short period away from his smacking her around and leaving the band.

Big Love is cold and impersonal to me, but stunning nonetheless. I like it a lot.

As Long As You Follow is a song that always reminds me of Christmas because the Greatest Hits CD came out just before I left college for Holiday Vacation from college and I played that and No Questions Asked constantly. And I guess the snow falling outside the windows in the video ties that association together more. I don't remember, are there holiday decorations in the video at all? Or am I just mixing the images on the screen with the memores of being in my parents' house that Christmas. I'll have to pull up the video when I have a moment.

I so wish there had been an actual video for Sara. The full album version. Seeing how beautiful Gypsy was could you imagine what a good director could have done with Sara? I wish there was a trend for independent filmmakers to do new videos for older songs. I can just see a modern adaptation of visuals for it.

redbird · #14 02-25-2013, 06:41 PM

Obviously a certain fantasy (epic travel, adventure, whimsy, imagination, period romance) to a lot of the concepts, and a sense of theater. Except perhaps "Little Lies" which I always thought was an incredibly random video.

My favorite's "Gypsy" too. I don't know about least favorite, it might be "Everywhere" because I never saw it until just right now so I don't have a sentimental attachment to it.

Villavic · #15 02-25-2013, 08:44 PM

Which is your favorite? GYPSY!!!!

What is good/bad about these? Gypsy could have been better resolution. It is always a bit fuzzy.

Specific favorite scenes? Most of Gypsy scenes. You asked if some video is forgotten. Well, though it's post-Rumours lineup, I do like very much As long as you follow video.

Which is your least favorite? Everywhere, cause I don't see the band members. So I can put any video with Everywhere sound and that's it??