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[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Dark is a good definition. But I’m not sure why I don’t like the SYW album enough. My first thought was that it’s because it doesn't sound enough like Fleetwood Mac, and that’s why I usually don’t listen Murrow Turning over in His Grave, Illume, Miranda, and Come. I skip those songs. But in fact I do enjoy the others songs, though none is within my top list. I feel those songs I like aren’t Fleetwood Mac enough. It’s more like listening solo songs.

Of course Christine absence is one reason. But I fell something else is missing. Probably Richard Dashut’s touch, or Dashut+Caillat. Or because their voices, especially Lindsey's, are not the same as on previous studio albums. I like BuckVie more than SYW, so it would seem the main reason is obvious. But I think it’s the sum of everything I have mentioned.

Its a catch 22. Without Chris they dont sound like Fleetwood Mac. If they tried to duplicate that sound people would have missed Chris even more. People said the same thing about Tusk including the band members. Most of Tusk did not sound like Fleetwood Mac and many times Lindsey is playing most of the instruments and even Chris disappears for 7 songs in a row or something.
There will was never going to be a Rumours 2 especially without Chris. I am thankful they did not go the adult contemporary and super pop just to sell albums and please people.
We all like different kinds of music. Thats wonderful. This board would be so boring if we all liked the same stuff. What makes me mental when discussing this album on this board over the years. I remember someone posted that they hated Illume because you cant sing along to it. Its a very solemn poem that Lindsey decided not to go the solemn route and did it very angry. Its not supposed to be a sing along song like Seven Wonders. Its like when some look at paintings of The Scream or Mona Lisa and say "I don't get it." Music is like painting as Lindsey often says. It can be art. Then people say the songs sound nothing like Fleetwood Mac while one of their favorite songs is Caroline which pretty much was lifted directly from a Lindsey solo album and sounds nothing like Fleetwood Mac. In fact very little of Tango sounds like Fleetwood Mac but that criticism is only given to SYW. Dear Lord, Come has too much guitar in it. But what about all the fake programmed stuff on Tango that had almost zero guitar.