What If They REMADE The Buckingham Nicks Album? - Page 3

UndoingTheLaces · #31 09-15-2005, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

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.

What would the point be in trying to recreate a work that has already been done? If they were to remake the album today it should be all new interpretaitons of the songs. Look at the beauty of pairing off the new Nomad with the original. A sweet little guitar piece with a young Stevie crooning mournfully later becomes a lush, bittersweet song with a woman looking back on her life. And No Light was a great song with a young girl singing a fairytale but when the mature woman sings "I was wrong to live for a dream, if I had my life to live over I would never dream" in Planets of the Universe, it sends chills down one's spine.

Could you imagine what kind of huge rock song Crying in the Night would be with Lindsay's lifetime of guitar experience and Stevie's time strengthened vocals? I think it would be pretty cool. A waste of time, maybe, but fun nonetheless.

UndoingTheLaces · #32 09-15-2005, 04:44 PM

I just remembered something. I saw the Rolling Stones in 99 in Orange County and right in the middle of their set, they walked off stage, down a runway into a smaller stage in the middle of the arena. This little stage was set up like a stage in a pub, with old sytle mics and small amps piped into the main sound system. The effect was like going back in time to when the band was just starting out and doing drunken bar shows. It was amazing. So rather than remaking an existing album (which, as I said, would pretty much be a waste of time), a more realitic fantasy would be to do a small setlist from Buckingham Nicks during a Fleetwood Mac show.

xxxmx · #33 09-16-2005, 08:22 AM

in my most desperate fantasies, BNII is released. i see it this way:

double album

1) original, untouched BN on one side with original cover

2) newly re-recorded version of the same perfect album on the other side, with a modern day recreation of the cover. maybe it's a little shipper, but whatever. she could wear pasties?

i think it would be fabulous. i'd love to hear these songs today. it could never trump the original, but it could be great nonetheless. if for nothing other than nostalgic value.

also, in my dream setlist, during the acoustic interlude they play gypsy a la AHI and crystal. the two of them, singing that song
as a duet - how fabulous!

so to answer the original question, it would fly.

Miss Vicky · #34 09-16-2005, 09:03 AM

I? Would be pissed off (but would buy it anyway).

A) It is a rare occasion indeed when an artist rerecords an old song and actually improves it (or even manages not to ruin it completely).

B) I wouldn't want another damn project getting in the way of a new LB solo album!

SandyMac · #35 09-16-2005, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Serrart

I would warmly welcome it. Obviously it would be totally different from the first, and I wouldn't expect anythig similar. They're different artists now, with different voices, much more experience and the dynamic between them looks fairly different to me. It would be very interesting to listen new music from them sans FM. My only doubt would be: are they capable at this point of their life to work on a record from the ground up arriving both alive at the end?

Romy

I think Stevie and Lindsey would both come out of the project alive, but the studio furniture might be trashed.

LeighB04 · #36 09-16-2005, 04:29 PM

... and Christopher can do the new artwork!!!

SandyMac · #37 09-16-2005, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LeighB04

... and Christopher can do the new artwork!!!

Oh, please no.

**mylittledemon** · #38 09-16-2005, 07:07 PM

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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? 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."

Personally I like the freshness of the '73 version. I think somehow they would tone the album down quite a bit if they were to do it now. I would've liked to hear Stevie and Lindsey do some of those tunes live....but definitely NOT a redux of the album.

SteveMacD · #39 09-16-2005, 07:33 PM

I don't think it would do much for me. It's just an okay album for me to begin with (I'd put it on the same level as the Mac's "Penguin"). There are only three to five songs that I absolutely love, and the rest not so much. I frankly don't see what they would accomplish by doing something like this. I think, for the most part, they're both so beyond that album as songwriters these days that something like that would be a step backwards. If they're going to do any new recordings together, I say they just do another Fleetwood Mac album.

eclipse · #40 09-17-2005, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

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

Exactly...
Leave it alone!!
BN is a classic and I love my vinyl-scratches and all
Although I wouldn't mind the original version on CD- But that's NOT going to happen...
You silly dreamer's

jwd · #41 09-17-2005, 12:04 PM

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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!!

It NEEDS to be officially released/remastered on cd. Lindsey and Stevie should take it on as a "solo" project as well. Include outtakes from the BN era, maybe redo a few of the old songs(with the originals still intact), and record a few new songs for the release. I'd buy it as soon as it hit the shelves.

Macfanforever · #42 09-17-2005, 11:21 PM

If that happens , I will go nuts....

LeighB04 · #43 09-19-2005, 12:38 PM

I would love to see them do a Buckingham-Nicks tour, including all the songs on the BN album - from that they could release a live album. Remaking the original in a studio... no thanks....

**mylittledemon** · #44 09-19-2005, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by chiliD

One little change:

Lindsey would stay home, get stoned and practice his guitar all day.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that! Huh? Oh I forgot what we were talking about, man...

lagringader&r · #45 09-22-2005, 03:44 PM

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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.

Yep, I agree. Besides, without Christine, aren't they Buckingham Nicks anyway? John and Mick don't sing on any of the songs. I think it would be cool to have a new double cd with all new Stevie material and some of Lindsey's and maybe redo a few of the old ones but I think they're doing that or did that with the last cd.