Alternate Line Ups thread

[roomsonfire21]

Just curious, which of these three lineups other than the classic line up would you choose.

Mick, John, Stevie, Lindsey(Unleashed/Say You Will)

Mick, John,Stevie,Christine,Replacement Guitarist(Tango in the Night/Behind the Mask)

Mick, John, Christine, Lindsay(never happened, but could have)

tell me what you think!

and oh yeah, Merry Christmas!

[TrueFaith77]

unleashed/say you will

[holidayroad]

Mick, John, Lindsey, & Christine. Fleetwood Mac without the drama!! Seriously, I am a fan of Stevie, but I get tired of the problems, arguments, fights, and drama concerning Lindsey and Stevie.

[Gypsycat999]

^^ I agree with you. I'd really be interested to hear what Mick, John, Chris & Linds sound like these days when there's no Stevie. It wouldn't be like the FM we know most likely but they're 4 great talented musicians and they surely would create some great music. I think the life performences would suffer a bit though. I mean, Stevie doesn't do that much but she's a front woman and Chris would never be that. However, she's the better one in the studio I guess.

[louielouie2000]

I don't know... any deviation from the Rumours 5 kinda falls flat for me.

Without Lindsey the band sounded like any other over produced soft rock adult contemporary group.

Without Christine, there's no one to soften the chasm between Stevie and Lindsey (musically and drama wise). You're also missing the pop element that made the band so popular. And you're missing 1/3 of the voices that made Fleetwood Mac's harmonies world famous.

When Stevie was gone, you lost all the passion and drama that people so loved about the band. People just don't give a damn about Fleetwood Mac without her.

It was the combination of the 5 most unlikely people that made the band so special. I don't like a single one of them being gone. For me, I suppose the lesser of the evils is Christine being gone. Lindsey is an absolutely essential creative force, and Stevie's emotive presence also sets the band apart. Christine was the bridge between the two obviously. But Stevie and Lindsey are the stars. You really can't lose either of them.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

It was the combination of the 5 most unlikely people that made the band so special. I don't like a single one of them being gone. For me, I suppose the lesser of the evils is Christine being gone. Lindsey is an absolutely essential creative force, and Stevie's emotive presence also sets the band apart. Christine was the bridge between the two obviously. But Stevie and Lindsey are the stars. You really can't lose either of them.

I only have SYW, because it was GIVEN to me(I did steal [DL] it, beforehand). My cousin's roommate bought it, and heard Come, and decided that it sucked, and gave it to me! "What is this noise? It doesn't sound like FM".

Without Chris, FM is not FM, to me.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I don't know... any deviation from the Rumours 5 kinda falls flat for me.

Without Lindsey the band sounded like any other over produced soft rock adult contemporary group.

Without Christine, there's no one to soften the chasm between Stevie and Lindsey (musically and drama wise). You're also missing the pop element that made the band so popular. And you're missing 1/3 of the voices that made Fleetwood Mac's harmonies world famous.

When Stevie was gone, you lost all the passion and drama that people so loved about the band. People just don't give a damn about Fleetwood Mac without her.

It was the combination of the 5 most unlikely people that made the band so special. I don't like a single one of them being gone. For me, I suppose the lesser of the evils is Christine being gone. Lindsey is an absolutely essential creative force, and Stevie's emotive presence also sets the band apart. Christine was the bridge between the two obviously. But Stevie and Lindsey are the stars. You really can't lose either of them.

You have been spot on lately.

[Lindsfan]

Mick, John, Christine, Lindsey. I love the current lin-up...BUT, it would be cool to have the 4 musicians together, jamming. Plus, I really love Chris and Linds singing together. That would be neat : )

[SteveMacD]

Mick, John, Christine, and Lindsey.

ALTHOUGH...I'd still rather have Mick, John, Christine, and Billy over the current incarnation.

For that matter, if Peter Green had been mentally healthy enough to come back into the popular music world like Mick had wanted around the time the band was making Tusk, I think it would have been especially cool if Peter Green and Bob Welch came back to Fleetwood Mac around the time the band was thinking of firing Lindsey. If it would have been a full time thing, I think there could have been a few more amazing Fleetwood Mac albums.

[jaycee]

Mick, John, Christine, and Lindsey for me. Simply because Christine and Lindsey each wrote more songs than Stevie in the Rumours line-up era. That, and you can't replace Lindsey!
Even so, it's like splitting hairs to choose between Stevie and Christine... ahh, the torture!