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Dead horse discussion!
Okay, I know this is a dead horse, but it’s a fun dead horse on a cold day. Even though I have my theory that “Time” was DOA, thanks in large part to Lindsey and Christine, what if Mick and John had decided to continue? Here’s what I would have liked to see happen:
In January, 1996, Christine announces that she has retired from Fleetwood Mac, though leaves open the possibility of doing a reunion show. Mick announces that the band has parted ways with Dave Mason, stating that it just wasn’t working out for either party, and that the remaining four will replace Christine and Dave after a 50 city tour in support the “Time” album. The tour will be small-to-medium sized venues, as they are essentially a new band, that the number of “classic” Mac songs will be limited, and helping the band out on the tour will be Steve Thoma and Michael Thompson, both having played on “Time.” In The Back Of My Mind Talkin’ To My Heart The Chain Say You Love Me Oh Well Winds Of Change The Bigger The Love When The Sun Goes Down Shakin’ The Cage (with vest solo) Nothing Without You Hi Ho Silver I Got It In For You Go Your Own Way encore 1 Don’t Stop encore 2 Dreamin’ The Dream Mick Fleetwood: Drums John McVie: Bass Bekka Bramlett: Vocals Billy Burnette: Guitars/Vocals -with- Steve Thoma: Keyboards/Backing Vocals Michael Thompson: Guitars After the tour, the band announces that they have added rock legends Mick Taylor (Bluesbreakers, Rolling Stones) and Al Kooper (got Dylan to go electric and played organ on "Higway 61...", discovered Skynyrd and produced first three albums, founded Blood Sweat And Tears, and played on a billion or so albums) to the line-up, with the hope the two can fuse what Mick and John want with what Bekka and Billy want. The band does a 50 city tour off the bat to build chops. They then record an album, which actually gets great reviews and has respectable sales, and even produces a hit single. I would have taken THAT over what ACTUALLY happened anyday. I like "The Dance" and SYW, but that's all we've had since 1995, which is not NEARLY enough.
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Buddy, you got alot of free time, dontcha?
I'd take the Time lineup, over the SYW Orchestra, anyday! If it weren't for the Dance, I wish they'd never gotten back together. Bekka is greatness. FM was finally a working band again.
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(And "Oh Well?" EVERYBODY who's ever been in Fleetwood Mac -save for Brunning- has had to do "Oh Well" at some point. It's a right of passage, damnit!) Quote:
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The second thing with that is that, while I have tons of respect for Todd as a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, I think that Billy and Bekka were on to something that would have made adding a third singer/songwriter to the mix a bit awkward. I think that keeping it to just Billy and Bekka fronting the group would have been best. Actually, the reason for Mick Taylor is that he was the lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones during their country era. I figured that if anybody could pull Bekka and Billy's "down-home country tendancies" together with Mick and John's rock/blues/pop tendancies, it would be Mick Taylor. And, I picked Al Kooper because he's a great multi-instrumentalist and producer. The band needs somebody like that on the inside.
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Two (relatively) young front liners, attractive, good singers, good harmonizers, involved with each other -- it would have been interesting. Sort of Buckingham/Nicks meets Dwight Yoakam. No need to clutter up the stage with other front liners. Time band should have let Billy & Bekka try to carry it.
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Save for "Frozen Love" and "Twisted," Stevie and Lindsey were independent singers and writers. There was a definite lead vocalist, and the other would usually harmonize on the chorus and maybe a few lines during a verse. So adding a third to THAT mix, especially when she's an independent writer, and her songs have a definite lead vocalist, with others harmonizing, was especially easy.
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Why not just ask Bob?
Okay, this sounds like a drinking game! Who's up for it? .
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