CHRISTINE MCVIE Legacy Celebrated ... FLEETWOOD MAC PAYS TRIBUTE

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

“Blue Letter” was another band’s song.

What year was Blue Letter released by another band?

[WalkAThinLine.]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

What year was Blue Letter released by another band?

It was written by Richard and Michael Curtis, who happened to be recording in the same studio as Fleetwood Mac. The band heard the song and decided to include on the White Album.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

The same reason they played “I’d Rather Go Blind,” “Get Like You Used To Be,” “Don’t Let Me Down Again,” and (briefly) “Frozen Love.”

Also, “Tear It Up,” “The Bigger the Love,” “We Just Disagree,” “Only You Know & I Know,” “Feelin’ Alright,” and “Dear Mr. Fantasy.”

ETA: And “Stand Back,” “Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You,” “Go Insane” (OOTC tour acoustic version), and “Go Insane” (full band version).

Not to mention they rerecorded a Buckingham Nicks song on a studio album.

One difference is that the previous lineups that played solo or other band songs in a FM set before 2018 had actually made music with Fleetwood Mac.

I wouldn't have wanted to hear these songs but those three covers could've been Lay It All Down, The Green Manalishi, and Jewel-Eyed Judy. I would've wanted Crystal, Angel (Stevie), and Straight Back, but that wouldn't have been fair.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

It was written by Richard and Michael Curtis, who happened to be recording in the same studio as Fleetwood Mac. The band heard the song and decided to include on the White Album.

When did Curtis release its recording?

[WalkAThinLine.]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

When did Curtis release its recording?

They apparently released it in 1976. Here's a link to the audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVI4ReZMIeo

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

One difference is that the previous lineups that played solo or other band songs in a FM set before 2018 had actually made music with Fleetwood Mac.

That’s pretzel logic spin. Those songs were from works that were initially recorded external from Fleetwood Mac. There is no differentiation.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

They apparently released it in 1976. Here's a link to the audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVI4ReZMIeo

Thank you. Fleetwood Mac released it in 1975.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

What year was Blue Letter released by another band?

Doesn’t matter. They were recording their album at Sound City. Lindsey and Stevie heard it and Lindsey reworked it for Buckingham Nicks/Fleetwood Mac. It wasn’t being shopped around.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

That’s pretzel logic spin. Those songs were from works that were initially recorded external from Fleetwood Mac. There is no differentiation.

It's not spin. It's an opinion. Please be respectful and not combative.

Also, as you've said, the 2018 Tour was a 50th Anniversary Tour. Crowded House, Split Enz, and Tom Petty songs had no relevance in a setlist presenting the 50 Years of Fleetwood Mac's recordings.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Doesn’t matter. They were recording their album at Sound City. Lindsey and Stevie heard it and Lindsey reworked it for Buckingham Nicks/Fleetwood Mac. It wasn’t being shopped around.

Blue Letter is not a Fleetwood Mac song?

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

It's not spin. It's an opinion. Please be respectful and not combative.

Also, as you've said, the 2018 Tour was a 50th Anniversary Tour. Crowded House, Split Enz, and Tom Petty songs had no relevance in a setlist presenting the 50 Years of Fleetwood Mac's recordings.

It’s absolutely spin. You’re trying to differentiate Fleetwood Mac playing works that a member recorded outside of Fleetwood Mac when it’s the exact same thing.

Fleetwood Mac has been doing that since Christine joined the band.

When Mick did that interview in 2017, he said he’s always felt Lindsey and Stevie should be doing a Buckingham Nicks som and Christine a blues song, so even with it being Fleetwood Mac’s 50th Anniversary, it was never etched in stone that that’s all they were going to be playing. Fleetwood Mac has never been that rigid.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

Blue Letter is not a Fleetwood Mac song?

It’s a song in their body of work, but it’s a Curtis Bros. song.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

It’s a song in their body of work, but it’s a Curtis Bros. song.

Is Stop Draggin' My Heart Around a song in Stevie's body of work, but it's a Tom Petty song?

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Anything that would’ve given us another album of Mick, John, and Christine together would’ve been fine with me.

It’s just humorous to me that fans of the TENTH incarnation of Fleetwood Mac are calling the 18-19 band Fakewood Mac. At least the Peter Green fans had a credible reason for saying that anything that came after Peter quit wasn’t really Fleetwood Mac.

They were pissed when Albatross charted!

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

The same reason they played “I’d Rather Go Blind,” “Get Like You Used To Be,” “Don’t Let Me Down Again,” and (briefly) “Frozen Love.”

Also, “Tear It Up,” “The Bigger the Love,” “We Just Disagree,” “Only You Know & I Know,” “Feelin’ Alright,” and “Dear Mr. Fantasy.”

ETA: And “Stand Back,” “Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You,” “Go Insane” (OOTC tour acoustic version), and “Go Insane” (full band version).

Not to mention they rerecorded a Buckingham Nicks song on a studio album.

The idea that you keep doing this, comparing crap from 1970, 1975, or 1990 to anything in 2018 is ridiculous. It was completely different. These were active bands! This wasn’t a new band. This band did nothing but play live shows. Nobody will ever remember the 2018-19 iteration of this band as nothing but a complete footnote on the Fleetwood Mac story. There was no reason for this abrupt change other than placating ONE PERSON and their ego.

And at the end of the day, Christine is friggin dead and the band is done! That is how it ended. With a cobbled together set of players who have no connection to the band’s DNA doing covers of a guy who was in the band EARLIER THAT YEAR and bringing in their own songs to fill out a set. And for many, me included, this is why I hated this from day 1. I had a bad feeling, at their ages, that something would happen that would ever prevent that true final reconvening. Admittedly my money was on the other McVie initially. And then Lindsey. I didn’t think it would be Chris but here we are.

So I’m glad people enjoyed hearing Stevie sing BMW, I Got You, Neil Finn singing GYOW, and of course, the two poignant moments of the show - Don’t Dream It’s Over and Free Fallin’. For me, it forever tarnished the band and their legacy and prevented any sort of proper ending. This band and the music is the soundtrack to so many of our lives. This isn’t about Lindsey either - I’m a FM fan first and foremost and long have said that the five of them needed each other and have always been 10x better together than their best solo work.