Y'know what? I really like Fleetwood Mac, circa the 1970s

[bicentennial_baby]

I grew up listening to them on my parents' turntable, and I still really like them. Tusk, Rumors, etc. Good stuff. :thumbsup:

[MrScorpio]

1. I first heard DON'T STOP THINKING ABOUT TOMMOROW in Toronto back inthe 70's

And I thought, what a great tune!

[bicentennial_baby]

3. I used to love that one when I was a kid...

Rock on :thumbsup:

[TommyO]

33. Whenever I hear that song I think back to Clinton's inauguration in 2000

It still makes me hopeful that we can move past the Dubya error.

[IzaSparrow]

2. I have two copies of rumors on vinyl.

I'm giving my friend one, but I love that album so much, I thought about not, just in case mine gets worn from playing it so much.

[bicentennial_baby]

5. I'm gonna raid my parents' vinyl collection soon...

They have virtually the entire 1970s on vinyl....series. ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Chuck Mangione... :rofl:

[IzaSparrow]

11. Glen Campbell?

:yeehaw:

[bicentennial_baby]

15. That may be one of the only things they *don't* have!

:rofl:

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. Didn't they open for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem once?

I was too stoned to remember.

[TZ]

6. I love them too.

My mother turned me on to them as a child. Tusk is one of my alltime favorite rock songs.Its unique! How many other rock songs feature African Chants and a marching band?

[bicentennial_baby]

7. Ha!

:rofl:

:thumbsup:

[yellowdogintexas]

10. not just any ole marching band either! The USC Band is one of the Very Best

anywhere. I LOVE it when they are in the Rose Parade: love the Spartan helmets, the field commander on horseback, the totally awesome fight song. I don't even like football but I am a marching band JUNKIE

[yellowdogintexas]

8. "Rumors" may be one of the best albums ever done by anyone, anywhere

I have worn out an LP, two cassette versions and now own the CD. It is in my road trip folio and on the hard drive of the PC (thanks to my husband)

[bicentennial_baby]

9. I agree!

:toast:

[Midlodemocrat]

30. I agree. Stevie Nicks' voice is just amazing.

I also love her Bella Donna album. "After the Glitter Fades" is one of my favorite songs.

[GalleryGod]

34. I agree !

Made love with Rumors as a background many times !:smoke:

[DaDooRonRon]

12. Dig a little deeper now

Go back to the earlier stuff and take a listen.

Kiln House, Future Games - maybe even Bare Trees and Mystery To Me.

THAT'S where the really good post-blues band Fleetwood Mac stuff lives.

[bbernardini]

13. And check out Joe Jackson's "Laughter And Lust" album (no, really)

There's a great cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" on there. Generally one of the best albums Joe Jackson has ever done anyway, so if you don't own it, you should.

[bicentennial_baby]

14. I will check it out, thanks...

:hi:

[DaDooRonRon]

16. You're welcome!

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

17. I will never play guitar better than this guy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CX6WHvxTYHs
I love this fucking tune..

[stuntcat]

18. Tusk is my favorite

I've had a little fight going on with an online friend for years, he likes the pre-Stevie/Lindsey FM better and I can't help feeling the way I do about Rumours and Tusk because those were the albums that got me started on Fleetwood Mac anyway. I mean he's not that much older than me, he just thinks he's all old-school or something.
And last month I found two albums of the old Fleetwood Mac. I haven't listened to them yet, I need to rip the vinyls to mp3's, but I'm totally gonna make him jealous, I bet I have stuff he doesn't have now :D

[Mrs.Matcom]

19. I have Tusk on vinyl...

:blush: and I bought it new! Yikes I am such an old faaaaaat! :rofl:

[BuddhaGirl]

21. me too!!!

:hi: I LOVED that album...loved the USC marching band!!

[ThomCat]

20. Agreed.

Their CDs are still in my mix for regular use.

[bicentennial_baby]

23. Excellent!

:toast:

[Bennyboy]

22. I like the earlier albums of the 70's

Penguin, Kiln House, Bare Trees....Pre Stevie and Lindsay. Bob Welch, Jeremy Spencer etc..

Back around 74 there was a totally BOGUS Fleetwood Mac that toured the country. The manager owned the name and the band, in one of their breakups/meltdowns did not want to tour. So the mgt sent a bogus band around the country. Nobody noticed at most dates till they got to Winterland. We noticed. They did not make it through their third song before they were run off stage.

Around 73 I saw Fleetwood Mac at a baseball field in Stockton CA. A fight in the back of the venue turned ugly wiht people throwing stuff at the cops. Finally, the cops, in full riot gear, marched on the crowd shooting tear gas cannisters. One of them got onstage while the band was playing and literally cut the cord. A huge riot broke out and it took a long time for Stockton to allow outdoor concerts again.

And here is one of the first shows of the Lindsay, Stevie, Christine, Fleetwood Mac http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/fleetwood-mac-concert/20050225-2365.html

[Kat45]

24. That stuff's ok, but I really like earlier Fleetwood Mac.

The original Fleetwood Mac blues band with Peter Green on guitar was excellent. Did you know that Peter Green wrote the song "Black Magic Woman," which FM put out in the late sixties. (Most people know the Santana version.) I also liked the band in the early seventies, albums like "Bare Trees" and "Future Games." When I was in college, my boyfriend and I went to see FM in concert. We had been listening to all the older stuff--imagine our surprise to see what was pretty much a new band, with Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham! We were so disappointed that it was now different music; I can't even remember if we liked what we heard or not. (BTW, they opened for Jefferson Starship.)

[Bennyboy]

25. I really liked the earlier stuff too....

Peter Green era mac was so much different than the Nicks,Lindsay band......But really, they have put out some incredibly diverse music for a long ass time. But I am a big Bob Welch fan, so that is my favorite period of the band....Hypnotized....Seems like a dream...got me hyppnotized...

[Kat45]

26. Yeah. I love that song.

Which album was that on? When I mentioned albums that I liked, I thought I might be forgetting one, but I'm not sure.

[Bennyboy]

28. Mystery To me I think......

[Kat45]

37. Oh yeah, that's it.

I KNEW I was forgetting one of the albums I liked from that era.

[Bennyboy]

27. Here is an incindiary 69 show.....

http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/fleetwood-mac-concert/20052770-2365.html

[Kat45]

38. Thanks. I'll check it out tonight.

:-)

[DaDooRonRon]

29. "Black Magic Woman" is on the LP "English Rose",

known for its cover photo of Mick Fleetwood in drag.

I saw FM in '72 opening for (gasp!) Uriah Heep, then again in '74 as the headliner, with Renaissance opening.

That was the last rock concert I ever went to.

[Kat45]

36. Yup. I have that album.

Those must have been good Mac shows that you saw back then.

[kwassa]

31. I also like the original Fleetwood Mac blues rock band, not

the later soft pop rock version, which really is a completely different band.

what can I say but

"Oh Well".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4HGlmtOcg

"Shake Your Money Maker"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmB4N3_5mXc

Either Fleetwood or MacVie started out in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, I saw on a rock doc last week.

[Kat45]

35. Peter Green was in Mayall's Bluesbreakers,

but at a different time than Clapton. One was in the version after the other one, but I can't remember who was first--and I should know that, I have both albums.

Thanks for youtube clips. :-)

[GalleryGod]

32. Tusk is Fab

Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles

[redqueen]

39. What about the early stuff? No love for Bare Trees?

Well don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to.

DA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

:D

[Westegg]

41. MUCH love for "Bare Trees"...

...I think it's a great, forgotten '70s album. Listen to it often. Nice to know I ain't alone.

[Jamastiene]

40. Sweet stuff, for sure.

:thumbsup: