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Mystery to Me 50th Anniversary
If the release date on Wikipedia is correct, today is the 50th anniversary of Mystery to Me. Both fans and band members generally regard this as one of the best pre-Buckingham/Nicks albums, and I certainly agree with that sentiment.
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This is what Mick told about MTM in his first book:
Mystery to Me was probably the best Fleetwood Mac album since Peter Green had left the band three years earlier, and was also the biggest hit we had in the early 1970s. Bob Welch wrote most of the record, including the album's best-known song. " 'Hypnotized' was originally written for Dave Walker as a 6/8 blues screamer," Bob says. "After Walker was fired I rewrote the piece in Christine's kitchen so I could sing it instead. At the time I was very influenced by the books I was reading, like Carlos Castaneda and material on the Bermuda Triangle that whole area where the paranormal intrudes upon reality. The other influence on that song was the general atmosphere at Benifold, which was rather spooky and strange, even in the summertime. There was an odd, ethereal mood around those grounds all the time, and a feeling that anything could happen. I was reading about, as the Iyric says, 'a place down in Mexico where man can fly over mountains and hills,' and one night I had a vivid dream that a UFO piloted by a Navajo shaman landed on our overgrown grass tennis court one moonlit night. That was the feeling that went into 'Hypnotized.' Chris helped a lot with the new tempo and the mood. I remember listening to the playback with her. She looked at me and said, 'It gives me the willies, Bob.' I felt the same way, even after a hundred playbacks." Bob wrote most of the album, whose title comes from a phrase in his song "Emerald Eyes." He also authored "In the City," "Somebody," a great tune called "Miles Away," and "Keep On Going," which Chris sang. We had another track as well, "Good Things," but it was dropped for a version of the Yardbirds' "For Your Love" at Bob Weston's suggestion. We were very laissezfaire in those days, and said what the hell.
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I wonder if “Just Crazy Love” was about her fling with Martin Birch?
You've got a sweet, sweet way You know you'll always be the only one It’s very similar to the sentiment on “You Make Loving Fun” about her fling with Curry Grant. You, you make loving fun And I don't have to tell you but you're the only one
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On and on it will always be, the rhythm, rhyme, and harmony. THE Stephen Hopkins Last edited by SteveMacD; 10-16-2023 at 12:16 PM.. |
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i do think her affairs helped give her a sunnier outlook after a particularly bad run w john. but she always went back to him... in some way, at some point. damn alcohol really did a number on them. -Lis |
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as in... 1..2. then 4/4 at the start of the lyric, "Emerald Eyes...." 6/4 INTRO OF COURSE
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I would tell Christine Perfect, "You're Christine f***ing McVie, and don't you forget it!" Last edited by jbrownsjr; 10-16-2023 at 04:17 PM.. |
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To my understanding, the intro and verses alternate between a bar of 6/4 and a bar of 4/4 (so you could alternatively classify it as 10/4 time). The chorus is entirely in 4/4.
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Ok!! 10/4 did make sense to me. Now, you're gonna make me go and count it.
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Brilliant album
Thanks for remembering Thanks for posting Its the 50th anniversary of the Excorcist release too
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My heart will rise up with the morning sun and the hurt I feel will simply melt away |
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Mystery to Me is still one of my all time favorite Fleetwood Mac albums.I always preferred the Bob Welsh years with and without Danny Kirwan over the Peter Green/Jeremy Spencer years.
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I too always preferred the WelCh years over the Green years. It's just more my type of music.
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Christine McVie- she radiated both purity and sass in equal measure, bringing light to the music of the 70s. RIP. - John Taylor(Duran Duran) |
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LOL! Like Mick understands time signatures.
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I Sing for the Flings
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Oh no you didn't!
John probably had troubles performing, other than on bass. Is "whiskey bass" a thing?
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Christine McVie- she radiated both purity and sass in equal measure, bringing light to the music of the 70s. RIP. - John Taylor(Duran Duran) |
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Flingwood Mac???
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I'm sure John appreciated her sharing that bit of info...! But she obviously remembered... -Lis |
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