The blues band that helped shape heavy metal

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

it's cool how some metalheads regard Green Manalishi as an early heavy metal song. maybe because Judas Priest did a good cover..?

--Lis

Judas Priest killed with the cover. They could see the darkness of the song and the riffs they could reproduce their way. I remember teen kids of the 80s in shock it was a Fleetwood Mac song. All of these covers from Black Magic Woman, Oh Well, and The Green Manalishi show the brilliance of Peter Green. Bob Welch did really good on vocals in the Welch era of the band. Chris's organ on the song is the freaking hottest organ she has ever played. Such bad ass!
In my 20s (mid 1990s) there was a hard rock station in West Palm Beach that only played hard rock from Metallica, AC DC, etc. The lightest group they played was Van Halen. They had Lindsey's Oh Well in their playlist from the 1980 live album. Lindsey killed playing that song. But its another song where I can see metal heads discovering the brilliance of Peter Green.

Edit: Bob Welch's psychedelic guitar intro to Green Manalishi on the 1974 radio concert is so freaking good. If you check the threads and my posts from 2018 when Lindsey was replaced, I suggested they should open with Green Manalishi and blow everyone out of the arena. I can see Mike Campbell really getting into it like his Oh Well. Of course they could never be that daring and played for the casual fans.
I think Lindsey hated playing these vintage Mac songs. Didn't he say he felt like he was in a cover band? His guitar is fine but his singing does not fit the mood of the song. But incredible guitarwork at the end. Stevie screaming constantly at the end actually sounds really good and bat **** crazy which is so freaking cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VaVBu2uzjE