Fleetwood Mac - Crap/Not Crap

[Aladdin]

When I was a teenager I wasnt pushed but have definitely come around to liking them a lot. Definitely not crap. Stevie Nicks ..great voice.

 

[Crannadict]

When I was a teenager I wasnt pushed but have definitely come around to liking them a lot. Definitely not crap. Stevie Nicks ..great voice.

I was really trolling a bit now

 

[Kaka Tim]

poll fail as not specified which fleetwood mac is being assessed on its crapness -

The bland AOR behemoths of rumours infamy (apart from the motor racing riff bit)

Or Peter Greens blues rock/hard rock 60s outfit who were decidedly not crap (apart from albatross)

 

[glitch hiker]

Mostly crap, except:

Rumours has some good songs
John McVie is a great bass player

 

[Crannadict]

Crap

 

[Spandex]

poll fail as not specified which fleetwood mac is being assessed on its crapness -

The bland AOR behemoths of rumours infamy (apart from the motor racing riff bit)

Or Peter Greens blues rock/hard rock 60s outfit who were decidedly not crap (apart from albatross)

It's asking about the blues-folk-country-pop-rock band who put out 6 albums in the almost half-decade between Green leaving and Buckingham/Nicks joining

(I like some tunes and dislike some tunes from all their eras.)

 

[StoneRoad]

On balance, "Not Crap"

Some of their stuff is quite 5h1te but a lot of it is OK and one or three pieces are actually rather good.

 

[killer b]

I'm a big fan of cocaine era 'mac, but I've never bothered with the earlier incarnations cause I'm not much interested in blues rock - is it worth checking out the period immediately before Buckingham & Nicks joined?

 

[Spandex]

I'm a big fan of cocaine era 'mac, but I've never bothered with the earlier incarnations cause I'm not much interested in blues rock - is it worth checking out the period immediately before Buckingham & Nicks joined?

There's plenty of good stuff dotted across that transition era. It starts closer to the Green era sound and moves towards the early Buckingham-Nicks era sound as time goes on. Christine McVie is my favourite of their vocalists and she wrote and sang on songs throughout.

This is off their album before Bob Welch left and was replaced by Buckingham & Nicks:

 

[Knotted]

The other Fleetwood Mac album I've listened to recently is The Original Fleetwood Mac which is the last of the Peter Green albums. I thought it was great, not so much blues rock as classic Chicago style blues. Slow and moody albeit without any particular stand out tracks. But it amazed me how different their second album from 1971 without Peter Green was. I admire them for being able to change thier sound so radically. To me Future Games just sounds bland and tuneless, but I feel I'm not getting it - there seems to be something there.

To be honest I only really like their big hits from the Peter Green era. Need Your Love So Bad is probably my favourite song of theirs. I'm a little less keen on their rock outs, but Green Manalichi and Oh Well are fine but their ealiest stuff wasn't that great tbh. Albatross is an absolutely fantasitc exercise in restraint and atmostphere even if it's overplayed it's a real thing of wonder.

 

[Saul Goodman]

One of the best bands of all time.

 

[DaveCinzano]

One of the best bands of all time.

But enough about the Cranbos, what do you think about FM?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

But enough about the Cranbos, what do you think about FM?

Excellent moderator.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Excellent moderator.

Still traumatised into obsequiousness by the horrors of The Great Cull?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Still traumatised into obsequiousness by the horrors of The Great Cull?

TBF without it I'd be even further behind reaching like/post parity.

 

[DaveCinzano]

TBF without it I'd be even further behind reaching like/post parity.

Imagine how DotCommunist feels

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Crap. . . .

. . . . but this is a party banger.


. . .
I also bought 'Big Love' for some reason.

 

[Dystopiary]

Crap. . . .

. . . . but this is a party banger.


. . .
I also bought 'Big Love' for some reason.

I found Tango in the Night bland, but then I heard a live version of Big Love, and LB just brought it to life. Brilliant version.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Crap. . . .

. . . . but this is a party banger.


. . .
I also bought 'Big Love' for some reason.

Shakin' Stevens tribute act

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Shakin' Stevens tribute act

No way man. He looks cool, and the juxtaposition of the freedom of a holiday in the lyrics against the backdrop of working life as a prison. Sweet.
Then there is the dog barking sample at the end.

 

[DotCommunist]

Imagine how DotCommunist feels

tears in rain