Fav documentary?

Tusky · #1 10-30-2023, 10:59 AM

What's the best? I love Fleetwood Mac at 21: John being lucid, cheeky and open . Christine looking beautiful, playing the piano, Lindsey in the studio, Stevie being sweet and funny and Mick...is also there!

**jbrownsjr** · #2 10-30-2023, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tusky

What's the best? I love Fleetwood Mac at 21: John being lucid, cheeky and open . Christine looking beautiful, playing the piano, Lindsey in the studio, Stevie being sweet and funny and Mick...is also there!

Which docu. are you referring to?

stevierocks87 · #3 10-30-2023, 01:20 PM

I think its called Going Home? Its from the Disney Channel in the early 90s. So many fantastic clips and a great history of the band. My mom and I watched it all the time from when she originally recorded it on VHS!

stevierocks87 · #4 10-30-2023, 01:21 PM

And holy crap my Ledge account is old enough to drink now

**jbrownsjr** · #5 10-30-2023, 02:01 PM

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And holy crap my Ledge account is old enough to drink now

The first cut is the deepest...

HomerMcvie · #6 10-30-2023, 02:39 PM

My favorite is the Tusk OUTTAKES doc. Some of that behind the scenes stuff is priceless. Christine and Lindsey rolling their eyes behind Stevie's back. Shows how they really felt about her.

bwboy · #7 10-30-2023, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by stevierocks87

I think its called Going Home? Its from the Disney Channel in the early 90s. So many fantastic clips and a great history of the band. My mom and I watched it all the time from when she originally recorded it on VHS!

You’re right, it was called Going Home and it did air on, of all things, the Disney Channel. It’s my favorite FM documentary as well. Incredible live footage, interviews, and a truly comprehensive look at the band that didn’t leave out any lineups. I have my copy but wish it would be released again.

lbfan · #8 10-30-2023, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by stevierocks87

I think its called Going Home? Its from the Disney Channel in the early 90s. So many fantastic clips and a great history of the band. My mom and I watched it all the time from when she originally recorded it on VHS!

From my Vimeo channel:

https://vimeo.com/448290840?share=copy

**jbrownsjr** · #9 10-30-2023, 06:54 PM

I love the Rumours doc 1997, BuckVie Doc, Tusk Doc, and the Christine McVie film is amazing. special thanks for Steve for posting the unedited version. (have yet to watch it, but I will)

aleuzzi · #10 10-31-2023, 02:35 PM

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I love the Rumours doc 1997, BuckVie Doc, Tusk Doc, and the Christine McVie film is amazing. special thanks for Steve for posting the unedited version. (have yet to watch it, but I will)

Yes to all or these. The only thing I don't dig about the Rumours doc (1997) is that none of the members are together while being interviewed. I know that could be standard for such things, but maybe even a bit of footage of them all, in 1997, hanging together in one room would have been swell.

Penguin Emeritus · #11 10-30-2023, 07:44 PM

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From my Vimeo channel:

https://vimeo.com/448290840?share=copy

OMG thank you for that link!! what good quality!! i have an old videotape of this but i'll def prefer watching this vimeo thing lol

--Lis

Penguin Emeritus · #12 10-30-2023, 07:47 PM

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Which docu. are you referring to?

The Fleetwood mac at 21 doc is not the same as the Going Home from Disney, just fyi...not sure if it's on youtube...i looked but I don't see it. It was an old british documentary.

-Lis

Villavic · #13 10-30-2023, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

The Fleetwood mac at 21 doc is not the same as the Going Home from Disney, just fyi...not sure if it's on youtube...i looked but I don't see it. It was an old british documentary.

-Lis

Going Home is from 1993. Fleetwood Mac at 21 was circa 1988. Almost sure it was before Behind the Mask.

**jbrownsjr** · #14 10-31-2023, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

The Fleetwood mac at 21 doc is not the same as the Going Home from Disney, just fyi...not sure if it's on youtube...i looked but I don't see it. It was an old british documentary.

-Lis

I'm not sure if I've seen that one.

David · #15 10-31-2023, 12:51 PM

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I'm not sure if I've seen that one.

It’s the one where John criticizes Stevie for complaining about how bad Fleetwood Mac has been for her. He says something like, “She hasn’t done all that poorly by us.”

I don’t love any TV documentary material (intended for broadcasting) all that much, but the 20/20 segment in 1980 was the one that excited me the most at the time. It was a way to revisit the tour that had just ended and the first big piece on the band on a network.

There are high spots in the laserdisc documentary — mostly from the live segments. But it gives that incomplete feeling I get when I listen to scattershot songs from a dozen concerts on the Live album. A lot of people compiling band audio and film over the years were obviously stoned and not very gifted to begin with in production terms.