Lifelines of Fleetwood Mac (NME Jan 18, 1969)

WalkAThinLine. · #1 10-25-2025, 09:56 PM

I'm sure that the biggest Fleetwood Mac fans are familiar with this, but Peter, Danny, John, Mick, and Jeremy completed a survey where they all answered various questions about their preferences, biggest breaks in their careers, personal ambitions, etc. The article can be found on page 11 of this New Musical Express article.

Here are some of the highlights
Biggest Disappointment
Peter: "Need Your Love So Bad" not making it in England"
Mick: Being sacked from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Jeremy: That "I Believe My Time Ain't Long" was not a hit

Favorite composers
Peter: Beatles, B.B. King, Duster Bennett, Danny Kirwan
Danny: Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Burt Bachach, Hal David
John: B.B. King, Ed Sanders, Howlin' Wolf, Peter Green
Mick: Reg Presley, Jagger/Richard, Peter Green
Jeremy: Elmore James, Beatles, Peter Green

Miscellaneous Dislikes
John: Noise, loss of temper, drunks
Mick: Pomposity, conceit
Jeremy: Shaving, violence

Personal ambition
Peter: To live in the country with lots of animals and to be able to fish and write music
Danny: For Peter Green to stop calling me "Young Eyes"
John: To play progressive music
Mick: To be successful and to buy a country mansion with loads of women to pamper me.

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK...-01-18-OCR.pdf

Villavic · #2 10-26-2025, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

Personal ambition
Peter: To live in the country with lots of animals and to be able to fish and write music
Danny: For Peter Green to stop calling me "Young Eyes"
John: To play progressive music
Mick: To be successful and to buy a country mansion with loads of women to pamper me.

So interesting to know that about John. I wonder what it would have been like if he had played as a guest with Genesis, Pink Floyd, E L & P, Supertramp or Rick Wakeman.

And Mick... well, comparing his ambition with his fellows', what can I say. Ok he was just 22 in 1969 so let's take it in a funny way. However it seems it was still his ambition when he was 37 and was forced to file for bankruptcy after loosing 8 million dollars.

, and probably still was for several years after.

lazy poker · #3 10-26-2025, 10:24 AM

Those "Life-lines" had also been pictured in the 1978 "Fleetwood Mac - Rumours n' Fax" book by Roy Carr and Steve Clarke . . . just btw.

FuzzyPlum · #4 10-26-2025, 11:24 AM

Johns dislike….drunks? Well? I’m guessing he already liked the booze quite a lot by that time.

Villavic · #5 10-26-2025, 11:45 AM

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Johns dislike….drunks? Well? I’m guessing he already liked the booze quite a lot by that time.

Well there are several kind of drunks, I'd like to ask him which ones he dislike. There are the argumentative ones, the violent ones, the affectionate ones, those who turn into Speed Racers, those who never stop talking, those who fall asleep...

Penguin Emeritus · #6 10-26-2025, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Villavic

Well there are several kind of drunks, I'd like to ask him which ones he dislike. There are the argumentative ones, the violent ones, the affectionate ones, those who turn into Speed Racers, those who never stop talking, those who fall asleep...

unfortunately he probably became (or was already) the type he disliked...although chris was more the type that never stopped talking lol.

i love how he mentioned chris in so many categories.

(although the 'none yet' answer is a little heartbreaking...)

--Lis