What genres did Fleetwood Mac cover? - Page 2

chriskisn · #16 05-01-2026, 08:51 AM

I'm sure if we added in the Jeremy Spencer original solo album which was pretty much a Fleetwood Mac album minus Peter (mostly) or the Vaudeville Years album we could find a few more genres somewhere

FuzzyPlum · #17 05-01-2026, 11:43 AM

I have never understood the difference between Blues and Rhythm and Blues.
At what point did Fleetwood Mac- type Rhythm and Blues morph into modern R&B?
They are worlds apart.
I don’t get it.

David · #18 05-01-2026, 11:58 AM

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I think some of them do. I wonder who was behind those versions.

Jellybean Benitez.

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Was it a Lindsey idea? Mick's?

Good heavens, no.

And they belonged nowhere near the Rhino deluxe. The fact that they take up an entire CD should lead to an indictment under the Fleetwood Mac Patriot Act.

Macfan4life · #19 05-02-2026, 04:57 AM

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I think some of them do. I wonder who was behind those versions. Was it a Lindsey idea? Mick's? Did the record label impulse to do it? Cause it was the 80s and I remember lot of 12", dance mixes of Culture Club, New Order, DeBarge, Soft Cell, etc. Many of them were very cool. So maybe somebody thought it would be a good idea to record those versions. But that doesn't fit the Mac sound, even though Tango was an 80s album. Big mistake.

But I never heard any of those Tango remixes on the radio. Actually it was a surprise when they included in the Tango Deluxe. I didn't even know they existed. I guess local DJs here were enough wise. Yes horrible is the right word.

I did hear the Little Lies and Big Love remixes on the radio a few times. I posted a few months ago but the famous remixer worked with Lindsey on the Big Love one at his studio at his house. He was the guest DJ on Studio 54 on Sirius and I was flicking by and heard his story meeting Lindsey at his house. He actually did 2 remixes but they only released one. I cannot recall all of my comments that day but they are in the Unexepected Fleetwood Mac section. Never thought I would hear FM on Studio 54 but he played the alternate dance version of Big Love.