Unpopular FM Opinions - Page 7

FuzzyPlum · #91 05-12-2016, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Fleetwood Mac would have been better off with Dave Mason joining in 1987 as the lone guitarist/male singer/songwriter. Billy and Rick were great (and probably better than Dave, all things being equal), but Dave had the name and could've handled being the lone guitarist/male singer/songwriter.

Sorry, in advance- no offence intended...
...but that's a sh!t idea.

**jbrownsjr** · #92 05-12-2016, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*BellaDonna*~

Gold Dust Woman is a tired song, performed live too many times over the years..........

Her range has suffered so much. This is the one song she can do.

GypsySorcerer · #93 05-13-2016, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*BellaDonna*~

Gold Dust Woman is a tired song, performed live too many times over the years..........

I'd have to disagree. The performance with Dave Grohl for the Sound City concert was perhaps her best live performance in recent years. "Dreams" and "Rhiannon" are tired, IMO.

**jbrownsjr** · #94 05-13-2016, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I'd have to disagree. The performance with Dave Grohl for the Sound City concert was perhaps her best live performance in recent years. "Dreams" and "Rhiannon" are tired, IMO.

Agree 100%. Her LA Forum performance was amazing. Dreams and Rhiannon... meh...

~*BellaDonna*~ · #95 05-13-2016, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I'd have to disagree. The performance with Dave Grohl for the Sound City concert was perhaps her best live performance in recent years. "Dreams" and "Rhiannon" are tired, IMO.

I dunno, GDW just doesn't do it for me anymore. I can only take Dreams in small amounts now. Whenever I give Rumours a spin I always skip it.

On Ice · #96 05-14-2016, 08:06 AM

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I dunno, GDW just doesn't do it for me anymore. I can only take Dreams in small amounts now. Whenever I give Rumours a spin I always skip it.

For me, Gold Dust Woman, Silver Springs and I Don't Want to Know have stood up the best of the songs from this era. Honestly though, I think the reason they sound so stale is that there really hasn't been much in the way of new material since SYW to take its place, and for some odd/strange reason they avoid that record like the plague which I think is a shame. If there had been new, really good songs after the classic years, these would potentially bump the tired Dreams and Rhiannon, both of which she seems so bored and going through the motions.

As for unpopular opinions, I think Danny Kirwan (short tenure aside) is by far the most important figure in Mac history and single-handedly established the band's core sound that stayed true with Lindsey and Stevie's arrival. He is so tragically overlooked and forgotten by the band and fans alike, but there's nobody before or since, even Green, can match this man's talent. A musical great whose candle burned out far too soon. I hope he's found peace.

wondergirl9847 · #97 05-14-2016, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by On Ice

As for unpopular opinions, I think Danny Kirwan (short tenure aside) is by far the most important figure in Mac history and single-handedly established the band's core sound that stayed true with Lindsey and Stevie's arrival. He is so tragically overlooked and forgotten by the band and fans alike, but there's nobody before or since, even Green, can match this man's talent. A musical great whose candle burned out far too soon. I hope he's found peace.

I agree. Danny is severely overlooked and that's unfortunate, because not only are his FM songs awesome, his solo stuff is wonderful as well. I adore his work. This band has had such a mystical root that has stuck around thanks to Peter, Danny, Bob Welch and Stevie.

I mean, Peter Green is the Godfather of the band, but for me....Danny was the heart and soul during that era.

redbird · #98 05-15-2016, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

I agree. Danny is severely overlooked and that's unfortunate, because not only are his FM songs awesome, his solo stuff is wonderful as well. I adore his work. This band has had such a mystical root that has stuck around thanks to Peter, Danny, Bob Welch and Stevie.

I mean, Peter Green is the Godfather of the band, but for me....Danny was the heart and soul during that era.

I very much agree and the bolded part in particular makes me happy to read because I've thought the same thing.

SteveMacD · #99 05-20-2016, 01:40 AM

Stevie's tambourines were taped shut after Bob Welch's Cal Jams '78 set.

SteveMacD · #**100** 05-20-2016, 01:43 AM

Billy and Rick (or Bekka for that matter) weren't necessarily the problem after 1987.

SteveMacD · #**101** 05-20-2016, 01:47 AM

If Stevie really left Fleetwood Mac in 1991 because Mick wouldn't let her have "Silver Springs" for her comp, she got terrible counsel and should be suing the **** out of somebody.