Behind the Mask: 30th Anniversary

[mitzo]

The group worked very well as a team and had a distinctive sound still FM but different from the LB work. The harmonies on almost everything are grand. BTM is great, not a dud among the songs, and mostly teamwork, nobody plugged solo work into the mix. This era also gave us As Long as you Follow, No Questions Asked, Paper Doll, Love Shines, Heart of Stone. I think the album did as well as an album with LB would have, it was a time when the music business and tastes changed rapidly and FM were going to be passe and dinosaurs no matter what.

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by mitzo

The group worked very well as a team and had a distinctive sound still FM but different from the LB work. The harmonies on almost everything are grand. BTM is great, not a dud among the songs, and mostly teamwork, nobody plugged solo work into the mix. This era also gave us As Long as you Follow, No Questions Asked, Paper Doll, Love Shines, Heart of Stone. I think the album did as well as an album with LB would have, it was a time when the music business and tastes changed rapidly and FM were going to be passe and dinosaurs no matter what.

As Long as You Follow is one of the best things Fleetwood Mac ever released. It is truly one of Christine's greatest songs and a shame that it sort of gets forgotten about on the Greatest Hits album.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jmn3

As Long as You Follow is one of the best things Fleetwood Mac ever released. It is truly one of Christine's greatest songs and a shame that it sort of gets forgotten about on the Greatest Hits album.

I think ALAYF and Love Shines are two of the best things she's ever done, and both should have been big hits. They both make every FM greatest hits I've ever made.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I think ALAYF and Love Shines are two of the best things she's ever done, and both should have been big hits. They both make every FM greatest hits I've ever made.

There must have been a conspiracy against FM that purposely made ALAYF not a hit. When I first heard it and saw the video, I instantly thought it was going to be #1. Everyone was anticipating what the new Mac would sound like plus it was on a very popular Greatest Hits record.
Yet...never ever heard it on the radio even why I tried to find it
MTV never played the video. Only VH1 played it. I remember being so pissed why MTV would not play it.
The song never even cracked the top 40. Unbelievable.

Do you suppose Lindsey was secretly paying MTV and radio stations not to play it?

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

There must have been a conspiracy against FM that purposely made ALAYF not a hit. When I first heard it and saw the video, I instantly thought it was going to be #1. Everyone was anticipating what the new Mac would sound like plus it was on a very popular Greatest Hits record.
Yet...never ever heard it on the radio even why I tried to find it
MTV never played the video. Only VH1 played it. I remember being so pissed why MTV would not play it.
The song never even cracked the top 40. Unbelievable.

Do you suppose Lindsey was secretly paying MTV and radio stations not to play it?

That's some peak chiffon tin foil hat level territory there..

I remember as a youngster seeing the ALAYF video on VH1 but definitely don't recall it on MTV - coming off Tango you'd think they'd be more successful but I think the timing was just bad for a group of 40-45 year olds who were definitely coming off their "cool" peak.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jmn3

That's some peak chiffon tin foil hat level territory there..

I remember as a youngster seeing the ALAYF video on VH1 but definitely don't recall it on MTV - coming off Tango you'd think they'd be more successful but I think the timing was just bad for a group of 40-45 year olds who were definitely coming off their "cool" peak.

So are we saying that...THIRTY PLUS YEARS AGO, that our heroes were HAS BEENS. Back then?

I guess it's true.


This coming to jesus moment brought to you by Homer McVie...

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

So are we saying that...THIRTY PLUS YEARS AGO, that our heroes were HAS BEENS. Back then?

I guess it's true.


This coming to jesus moment brought to you by Homer McVie...

lol....yes, sad but true! And this comes from someone who was 9 at the time in question!

But the cool factor ebbs and flows. I think they got EXTREMELY cool again in 1997 (maybe the most ever for a short time...certainly popular with a variety of generations) and still maintain some of that to this day, though I'd say after the "Christine's back" reunion, and this most recent nonsense, combined with their age, they're on the cool factor decline yet again.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

There must have been a conspiracy against FM that purposely made ALAYF not a hit.I remember being so pissed why MTV would not play it.
The song never even cracked the top 40. Unbelievable.

I remember reading a Billboard Magazine article back in the 1990's that said any artist who releases a new single around Christmas time usually won't have success with such single. Because of the heavy volume of X-Mas music played from the day after Thanksgiving to January 2, most people are listening to the holiday tunes or ignoring the radio completely during that time. Warner Brothers was probably betting a Fleetwood Mac song would do well regardless, but As Long As You Follow was released in November and sadly it tanked.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I think ALAYF and Love Shines are two of the best things she's ever done, and both should have been big hits. They both make every FM greatest hits I've ever made.

And OMG!! she did them without Lindsey???? : - O

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

And OMG!! she did them without Lindsey???? : - O

Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in a while.




Sorry, I meant spineless pig....

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in a while.




Sorry, I meant spineless pig....

Hey now, Christine can write! She survived pre B/N and certain wrote great material after LB left.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Hey now, Christine can write! She survived pre B/N and certain wrote great material after LB left.

And yet let her good friend and musical collaborator of 43 years be thrown under the bus like an old condom wrapper.
#chaiseloungeChristine