Fleetwood Mac Books

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I know there are a contingency of people who are opposed to this book because it doesn't always place bandmembers in the most flattering of light, but I think the definitive Mac book thus far is Carol Ann Harris's Autobio. It's like being a fly on the wall during the band's heyday. In my eyes, since she was NOT a band member, but still a part of the band's inner circle, she has a bit more of a neutral viewpoint. She had nothing to gain or lose by being honest (ie- she didn't have to worry about affecting album sales, etc). And before I get the groupies jumping on me about this, if CAH wanted simply to cash in she would have released her book in '87 following Tango, or in '97 following The Dance. Instead the book slipped out at a time when the band wasn't keeping a high profile, and their fame had diminished from points in the past. To me, that adds to it's "street cred" . Don't get me wrong, CAH also tends to paint herself as the victimized saint just like Mick. NOBODY was pure back then!

You could only benefit from having groupies jump all over you.

I don't think the reason people have criticized Carol's book is because it paints members in an unflattering light. I think the band members often paint themselves in unflattering lights and I don't care about that.

As far as why she didn't cash in earlier, I think she tried, but didn't get any takers. That's one of my problems with her, is that when she first went public and tried to get attention for herself in the eighties, the story she told then does not match what she says in this book (except for the post-concert Elvis Costello incident with Lindsey in the car).

At any rate, I don't think her main goal in the book finally being released was money. It was attention. If you couldn't tell she craves attention in the pages of the book itself, you could tell just by her appearance on that Discovery Health plastic surgery documentary, where she fingers pictures of her glory days with the band and talks about her lost beauty. She wants to be noticed. She wants to stand out. She wants to be cared about. Human desires, certainly, but they make one far from impartial.

Michele