What If They REMADE The Buckingham Nicks Album?

[LongBlackScarf]

What if there were an announcement ~today~ that Stevie and Lindsey were remaking "Buckingham Nicks". The album, perfect in its entirety from the original, will be due out in a couple weeks. You, as a fan, can give some imput for this new album! Talk about FANTASY!!

How would this fly with you? Would you welcome "BN" in a modern world, or would you rather continue listening to it that way you know it? Would this album be MORE passionate between them...or less. Would the vocals be better for you?

I would like to hear Stevie's more "mature" voice on "Frozen Love."

[amber]

WHAT IF PIGS FLEW OUT OF MY ASS AND I WON THE LOTTERY?!


anyways - no, I would not welcome it, and also, we have a modern BN, it's called Say You Will.

The problem, of course, would be the voices. Especially Stevie's. I suppose I wouldn't die if they did it, and maybe they (Lindsey) could arrange it so that it still sounds good (thank you stevie harmonies, however low the voice is) but...I think there would only be a few bright spots, and for the most part it would pale in comparison.
They obviously couldn't exactly, or even approximately, recreate it. Okay, maybe approximately. ie, about an octive lower.
But if they nailed it, even an octive lower, and did super harmonies, you know I'd love it!
I'd need very similar bandwork, though. No extra Lindsey overproduction and layering, no Stevie backup singers (she can keep her echo mic, though), no fifty musicians.

[LongBlackScarf]

Originally Posted by amber

WHAT IF PIGS FLEW OUT OF MY ASS AND I WON THE LOTTERY?!.

I dunno? If it's a hot day, free bacon for everyone in the world... or.... something??

we have a modern BN, it's called Say You Will.

But.....but....that's not what I am after! *cries hysterically into her lace hanky and flops on her bed in anguish*

The problem, of course, would be the voices. Especially Stevie's.

::::In best Henny Youngman accent::::: "So what else is new?"

They obviously couldn't exactly, or even approximately, recreate it. Okay, maybe approximately. ie, about an octive lower.

Yeah!! See!! I knew you'd like the idea!! An octave lower!! POYFECT!!!WOOOO!!

[amber]

Originally Posted by LongBlackScarf

I dunno? If it's a hot day, free bacon for everyone in the world... or.... something??

Mwah! hilarious. perfect answer.

Originally Posted by LongBlackScarf

But.....but....that's not what I am after! *cries hysterically into her lace hanky and flops on her bed in anguish*

Okay, when people cry about weird things, it makes me uncomfortable. Also, the fact that someone has a lace hanky makes me uncomfortable, too. Both of these things are best kept as private as possible.
JK - I cried during a double shot of Just Like a Woman/Kick It this morning. But still, what I just said usually applies.

Originally Posted by LongBlackScarf

::::In best Henny Youngman accent::::: "So what else is new?"

Indeed, but also, No.

Originally Posted by LongBlackScarf

Yeah!! See!! I knew you'd like the idea!! An octave lower!! POYFECT!!!WOOOO!!

You had me at "Poyfect". *gushes as I think of Buggs Bunny*

[David]

Originally Posted by LongBlackScarf

What if there were an announcement ~today~ that Stevie and Lindsey were remaking "Buckingham Nicks". The album, perfect in its entirety from the original, will be due out in a couple weeks. You, as a fan, can give some imput for this new album! Talk about FANTASY!!

How would this fly with you?

It would fly beautifully!

Would you welcome "BN" in a modern world, or would you rather continue listening to it that way you know it?

I don't listen to the old one any more & I don't think I'd listen to the new one. But I would really LOVE a new Buckingham Nicks album because it might come packaged with some great new insights & historical perspective on the Buckingham Nicks partnership & the album.

For me, it's all about the liner notes these days (even if they're facile & last-minute like on the reissues).

[amber]

Originally Posted by David

But I would really LOVE a new Buckingham Nicks album because it might come packaged with some great new insights & historical perspective on the Buckingham Nicks partnership & the album.

You're kidding, right?
"everything goes in cycles. Not everyone falls into a simple set of labels" plus...
"I recorded it in Sausalito, at sly stones studio in the record factory. It had this fabulous staircase leading down to a basement room. They were busy recording, and didn't need me, so I went down, and I wrote Dreams! and I'm usually shy about sharing my songs ( plz, btch!) but I wasn't shy about this one at all! (Insert something about a few chords that she knows on a piano) So I played Dreams for them, and blah etc!"

oops...uh...okay, I'm sure the insights would be different and special and better for BN - but...
"I was cleaning Keith Olsen's studio when we recorded this, and working as a waitress. Lindsey would stay home and practice his guitar all day.
And...we were very proud of our record....and it just got dropped, and we were back to square one".

That's my little reenactment of what will be said.

[sparky]

I think it would be tragic and VSO'd and overdubbed within an inch of it's life. But I would probably buy it anyway.

[GODDESS6]

meh, no way, i LUV BN the way it is~ i wouldn't mind hearing them do songs from it from time to time, but why mess w/ fineness?~

[strandinthewind]

"There will be pork in the treetops come morning . . . ."

[MacMan]

If these two seriously got together and did something outside Fleetwood Mac as Buckingham Nicks... I think they should release a double cd... One would be the reissue of Buckingham Nicks... The other would be a cd of new material.

[WildInTheWind]

I wouldn't like it. I'd buy it, of course, but it wouldn't be the same. I love BN the way it is. It probably gets more play from me than any other CD. I'd rather them release BN with outtakes, live tracks, demos....that would be cool. I'd love to hear demo versions of some of those songs! And I'd really like to hear a soundboard recording of Frozen Love live.

[Raeven Skye]

Originally Posted by MacMan

If these two seriously got together and did something outside Fleetwood Mac as Buckingham Nicks... I think they should release a double cd... One would be the reissue of Buckingham Nicks... The other would be a cd of new material.

That would be awesome! I'd probably like it either way: I love the old BN with young voices, and a dated sound, but it would be cool to hear an updated version with "mature" voices, and a tinge of jadedness in the lyrics...ok...A LOT of jadedness in the lyrics...

[tynan88]

Stevie and Lindsey are yet to dissapoint me. A remade Buckingham Nicks would be different, how ever it would be awesome in it's own new way, it's the same with some of Stevie's demos, they are great but they are almost like different songs to the finished product so I think it would be great.

[catinthedark]

No, no, noooooooo! I would be really disappointed if they ever decided to remake BN. I think that album is absolutely perfect. I would hate to hear it remixed and overdubbed. I'd hate to hear it sung today in different keys. No. It stands as a moment in time. It should never be redone.

Now, Buckingham Nicks II? Absolutely!! Get the two of them together - write new songs together and record a new album together. No, I don't consider SYW to be this. Lindsey's sings were already done; Stevie just added her vocals. And she brought her songs in. Plus, John and Mick are on it. I'd like to see a project done entirely by Stevie and Lindsey only. Well, one can dream.

[WildInTheWind]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

No, no, noooooooo! I would be really disappointed if they ever decided to remake BN. I think that album is absolutely perfect. I would hate to hear it remixed and overdubbed. I'd hate to hear it sung today in different keys. No. It stands as a moment in time. It should never be redone.

Now, Buckingham Nicks II? Absolutely!! Get the two of them together - write new songs together and record a new album together. No, I don't consider SYW to be this. Lindsey's sings were already done; Stevie just added her vocals. And she brought her songs in. Plus, John and Mick are on it. I'd like to see a project done entirely by Stevie and Lindsey only. Well, one can dream.

Exactly. I think if they re-did BN it would be completely butchered. The album is perfection the way it is. A double album (that would make Lindsey happy ) with the original, and a totally new BN would be fabulous. They needn't touch the original though.