How they can play like this coked to the gills and still sound like the best band there ever was absolutely amazes me. The electricity coming from the crowd can even be felt through a crappy 40-odd year old video recording. Awesome!
It was the 70s, they were coked out of their minds and this performance is legendary and one of their best!! RIP Christine McVie and thank you Fleetwood Mac for your part in making the 70s great 👍 ❤
I graduated in 1975 and this is an example of the music we listed to, this was the tail end of a magical era which I would return to, but damn it, I can't. Oh well, this stuff was real.
So lucky! I tried to see them but my 2 year old gurgling wasn’t understood by my parents. My 12 year old daughter is wanted to show me this song and i am ever since obsessed with Rumours
@@vitorpardal3713 the original way the word 'pop' was used was to refer to music with melodies that stuck that belonged on radio. an umbrella term which *included* much of the rock of the day. i.e. jethro tull was even considered 'pop.' that term being usurped by the whitney houston and mj synthey crowd in the 80s meant that these inane comments would ensue in places like here, but the convo is just stupid. who cares how you *categorize* anymore. eff boxes, it's for absolute noodles still. original sense and usage of the word? this song is pop. it is rock that is under the umbrella term pop. sorry, but it's the truth.
Lindsey absolutely shreds it in this video. U can just FEEL every emotion he's going thru when he does this song, "I'm so afraid" and "go your own way" u can tell by watching Lindsey and Stevie they have alot of passion and heartache between them Both
He was also coked out of his skull. This was during the “Tusk” era and their drug use had increased significantly. Stevie looks like she’s just trying to stay out of his way.
agreed, it looks theatrical but at the back of the stage behind a fucking great drum kit he'd pretty much think he was alone.. and as you say, he's crossed over.... MF for the win! :D
Kim Bowling my aunt and uncle got me into this and alot of other great music at a very young age, I just kept on collecting other great music from then to now.
I can't honestly imagine that it was a great experience simply because of the crowd shreaking in waves like theyre on a roller coaster....they sound like children.. ..
Saw them, (My very first concert) 1977. Kenny Loggins opened for "BigMac" @ the Providence R.I. Civic Center!!!!! The next concert, (same location) was HEART, it don't git no betterer!!
Heather Smith I was lucky enough to see Fleetwood Mac twice on the marathon 1979-1980 Tusk tour. My 1st show, on Dec 1st 1979 blew me away! Got "stadium seats" (standing seats on the field of an indoor football stadium) for $10. Stood outside in single digit temperatures for 3 hours, waiting for the stadium security to let the crowd in. Doors opened and ran in. Got 20 feet from the stage right in the middle! Wow! I was amazed how much they rocked in person vs the album recordings. Lindsay Buckingham was on fire! The band was still in their prime musically...and they had the money to buy the best equipment! Remember them playing the Chain! Really loved how they'd turn the lights down midway through the song...,and then the rhythm section of John McVie & Mick Fleetwood would kick-in...1st Mick tapping on the drums, then John chiming in w the 1st bass line, then the spotlight hit John, " doog-dada-doog" and then Lindsay joined in the fun w that magnificent guitar jam...."running in the shadows". I remember turning around, after the song ended, as crowd erupted, and the house lights went down. All I saw were Bic Lighters ablaze everywhere and 20,000+ stomping their feet for more!
I feel the only reason the coke didn't kill him is because howactive he is as a drummer. Dude had no brakes and all gas. I think he was 31 or 32 here and looked 50
Absentee Childhood You've got that right! Intense! lt was like adding fuel to the fire, but it certainly made for some of the best song writing they ever did.
When I was at Allphones Arena in Sydney last year the bass line was so powerful it felt like an earthquake. I'm so glad I experienced this sound in reality.
you might love Lynyrd Skynyrd's first /original band w/lead singer : Ronnie VanZant that is a fine rocking band, them and Fleetwood Mac I never tire of listening to, ever.
John is awesome here....for sure! Perfect line for the song, memorable. But best ever? Eh.... top 20 for sure. Based solely on its fit to the song. There's many more technically amazing bass lines/ players. Wooten, Sheehan, Hamm, Jameson. Along this kind of line though, it's hard to beat john Paul jones on " the lemon song".
Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel, better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will put a smile on your face.. Hello!!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you're a fan ? Have a great day.. Stay Safe
You can say that again. She was model-perfect. So rare to find talent and beauty together like that. You know Rhiannon is basically autobiographical, whether Stevie would admit it or not..
To bad people don’t realize the power of emotion of music such as this. It can make you cry while giving you goosebumps. It doesn’t come along often enough
I have read the comments linked to your reply and can see a variety of comments...mainly positive. I followed them from early seventies and still play their music when I feel I need an uplift. Thank you Fleetwood Mac for making it so.
@AussieMark909, You'd be "pumping" too if you were doing an 8-ball every hour, on the hour, like all the members of Fleetwood Mac were doing back in 79'. LOL.
The Chain remained in tact until the sad passing of Christine McVie . A great song performed by 5 great musicians , a great band . R.I..P Christine McVie
Mick and Lindsay, especially, just get so into this performance that I can't stop watching it. The entire band are playing off each other's cues. Watching Mick is like watching a man possessed, his face says it all. Then the bass kicks up and I'm lost in it.
That’d be the cocaine. In all seriousness, given how high voltage this performance looks some 45 years later filmed through the equivalent of a potato, I’m surprised it didn’t overload said potato on the spot and deprive future generations of this magnificence.
After over 70 years of listening, I'm thinking that Mick Fleetwood is the greatest rock and roll drummer ever. What energy, what back beat, what personality! I'm I wrong?
Can you imagine having to perform break up songs with your ex for nights on end? No wonder they were coked out of their mind! No wonder the music had so much passion.
even with all the drugs and roaring of the crowd couldn't disguise the inner pain & heartache , so yes music was the outlet. how could you not perform without passion with such background of feelings swirling around , totally unfolding on-stage . holding it all together was probably a nightmare . what a show'....
Always considered this their best song. I’m still very shaken by the loss of Christine McVie. The ability to overcome all the strife time, and time again is what truly made me respect the band. I had a group of friends that I always thought of regarding this song, but The Chain has been broken which makes listening to the song even more difficult. R.I.P. Christine, and carry on Fleetwood Mac.
Always keep in mind that our media in all of its forms has now become the number one enemy of this country. All of it is controlled by the democrats and the Chinese Communist Party. (they are in bed with each other on everything)
I've been listening to FM for over 40 years, always new songs and new ways to preform their songs to make them even more exciting. There have been some low points in my life, depression, divorce, separation and Vietnam and I can say for a fact that FM has saved my sanity and my life. They give me hope and the knowledge that some good things endure forever. Look behind the showbusiness and you'll see true timeless talent, dedication to excellence and the best of the human spirit.
@@ughievox2513 those just happen to be three of my favorite groups and they have been around a long time too and they are one of a kind groups too. All these bands have timeless talent that speaks to real life experiences. Thank God we have people like this to listen to.
My girlfriend and I saw Fleetwood Mac in Sydney Feb 1980. Tusk tour. We have always loved this band. We will never tire of their incredible music. Saw them again a couple of years ago. They are still amazing live. Lindsay is in my book one of the greatest guitarists going around. This song is one of their best. A lot of love and some hate, mixed with drugs and money, wrapped up in pure passion for their art. You can't just write stuff like this. You have to live, feel and breathe it.
I was there with ya in 1980! Australian folk I met there then and later on are some of the greatest folks I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and knowing!!! 💝💝💝
+mrkentucky03 What made it incredible? It was the start of disco and Donna Summer. It was the year that excess was out of control, Jimmy Carter fucking up the Iranian Hostage Crisis and, cocaine began destroying lives. Not such an incredible year.
The song has an almost operatic quality to it, what with the internal conversations going on during it. One aspect of this song hasn’t even been alluded to in any of these comments - John McVie’s bass solo. Sounds like thunder coming down from the heavens. It carries the entire last two minutes of the song. After the guitar comes back in John just goes into full beast mode. If anyone in Fleetwood Mac could be considered underrated, it’s Mr. McVie. He and Mick are the glue that have kept this band going all these years. I’m proud to call John my first bass teacher. I can’t read a note of music, but I learned to play by playing along with “Rumours”. At one point or another, bands I’ve played in over the past 45+ years have played every single song on the album plus “Silver Springs”. I’ve JUST ABOUT got it right after all this time. It should also be noted that McVie is playing a one-of-a-kind Alembic Series I fretless bass with a stainless steel fretboard.
Lindsey's solo is one of the greatest rock n' roll solos ever, and yet it only shows a small fraction of his technical facility on the instrument. It is the PERFECT solo for the song. He could have gone off on some great soloing tangent, and it would've been good, but he plays here to serve the song.
The Chain,timeless and classic and will never be replicated or duplicated. A 1st class work of art 🎉🎉. An amazing Masterpiece by an iconic group and with unique style and amazing songwriting 🎉🎉
Incredible performance- in a deafening crowd. The bass tone in the second half is hypnotic, the groove is so compelling... can almost taste it A kind of mystical experience
Rest in Peace, Christine McVie. I can’t stop crying, and I think I shed a tear for every time their music gave me happiness and soothed my soul when I was sad. Ty
Now, there was a witch, a warlock, a wizard, a sorcerer and a pound of uncut cocaine in a mystical gold snuff box..... Then the music began...and it sounded like this....
This is one of the performances where, despite the relatively poor audio quality, I will take this live version over the studio version any day of the week.
Working his butt off to keep the fast paced beat going that is - along with the (percussion) acrobatics that made playing this all the more complex & challenging. Not that he didn't enjoy himself, I'm sure he did, but it was above all a "LABOR of love" to be in his shoes here.
Sara sarc nah that’s just Mick. He’s always got that stoned-out-of-his-fucking-mind look when he plays. Watch Chain and Gold Dust Woman during the “On With The Show” tour and you’ll see.
@@tinaobanion816 yes and he has admitted he doesn't know why he survived and others didn't. It controlled his life for a long time. He knows he's very lucky to have survived all those years of abuse.
oh yeah...he's a fookin' maniac, remember his service w/spinal tap???...that's right...fucker needed not only a nurse monitoring his heart rate...but a flame retardant suit as well. it gets no more sicker then that, hahahaha!!!
@@stravinskytheterrible8072 my coke addiction had me doing 3+ grams a day. Roughly $200+ a day. Mick was a rock start with plenty of money, so there's no telling. But I'm gonna say he's done enough coke for all the people in the comments
Wow just the FATTEST BASS !! and that little riff at 4:20 during the epic bass line that John McVie does before the lead guitar part is so frikin awsome, Rumours is such a great album. This song also reminds me of the F1 Grand Prix coverage in the UK on BBC 👏👏👏
I saw them on this tour. Great show, blew everybody away. I drug my boyfriend to the show, and his jaw dropped every time Lindsey tore into his guitar.
graduated in 76. i listen to all the music we grew up with,,,and still smile,,,and even cry. damn,,,,i miss those days,,,the music,,,the talent,,,the soul,,,,not this fucking bullshit of today
If you read Stephen Davis’s book Gold Dust Woman the biography of Stevie Nicks you get a complete window into how deeply and dedicated all of the members of Fleetwood Mac were into music. They all lived and breathed instruments , harmonies and song lyrics from before they left school. When that comes together as a group, you get this, perfection.
rock history at it's absolute peak. my thought has always been that any chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.. and look at the strength and endurance of what you're listening to right now.....
Lindsey Buckingham was rated as #100 of the greatest guitarists ever by Rolling Stone magazine. I'd put him above at least 90 of the others they listed - and he often sang lead besides!
I always rated Lindsey one of the best. No one else at the time played as he did. They tried to replace him with 2 guitarists and it did not work. That was how good he was(and still is if you watch him and Stevie on Letterman in '09).
i’m 18 years old and i envy older people who got to live during this time and experience this type of art. They don’t make music like this nowadays , i can’t even imagine the adrenaline you got when you first heard that bass solo back in 77’ on the radio. Must’ve been insane
It kills me how Stevie is so confused and concerned about Lindsey's aggressively passionate singing and guitar playing. She is like "oh no he did too much in the backstage here we go"
Is this song specifically about those two? I'm too young to remember - or more accurately I didn't exist for another 10 years after this! Makes me laugh how certain ppl are joking about cocaine, the bands use and even their own use, yet they wouldn't dream of letting modern youth near it!
@@mid.life.crisis2955 All members of the band contributed to the song, Christine also broke up with John during this time - add alcohol, tempestuous emotions - no wonder the song is so good.
@@mid.life.crisis2955Well, the thing about that is cocaine back then was just cocaine. Cocaine now is paint thinner, something that smells like gasoline, baby laxative, and a a sprinkle of cocaine unless you are hauling it straight off the farms in South America 😂 the only drug that has gotten better over time is weed.
This was real music! My Aunt's era was the best for music! They had this Album, all Stevie's best Hits on Vinyl and would play it on their record player when I was a little girl:-) Way before my time...AWESOME.. Stevie Rocks!!
Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain (never break the chain) And if you don't love me now (you don't love me now) You will never love me again I can still hear you saying (still hear you saying) You would never break the chain (never break the chain) Listen to the wind blow, down comes the night Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies Break the silence, damn the dark, damn the light And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the chain (never break the chain) And if you don't love me now (you don't love me now) You will never love me again I can still hear you saying (still hear you saying) You would never break the chain (never break the chain) And if you don't love me now (you don't love me now) You will never love me again I can still hear you saying (still hear you saying) You would never break the chain (never break the chain) Chain keep us together (running in the shadow) Chain keep us together (running in the shadow) Chain keep us together (running in the shadow) Chain keep us together (running in the shadow) Chain keep us together (running in the shadow) Chain
The sound system can barely take the sound of the crowd going crazy. Great song. Love the Angel live video from that same year. Love nearly anything with Lindsay and Christine together on vocals. All three on chorus is velvet heaven.
The Chain is hands down one of the coolest songs that Fleetwood Mac ever did live and it was a "all hands on deck" type of effort because the song started out as a Stevie Nicks lyric. But that only tells half the story. Lindsey Buckingham was a tyrant in the studio, a bit OCD when it came to being a producer of Fleetwood Mac in the studio. The Rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie really are a huge part of that song! And live it was a total group effort. Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham are in synch with their vocal harmony too!
The irony is that if the personal lives of the members hadn't been as fucked up as they had been at crucial points in the group's history they wouldn't have had the core of material to draw from. All of the pain, drama and as was opined by another the drugs were what made the band so interesting! As I said earlier Lindsey was a total dock in the studio. Completely OCD tyrant when it came to what he wanted. Stevie said they couldn't stand to be in the studio at the same time that they operated through the engineer what each needed from the other. To say the least it was a very dysfunctional way to cut an album. The men got on quite well but the men and the women! Oy gavault! Zeit ist mashugna!
There also needs to be some recognition that he appears to have invented or anticipated the 80s aesthetic in 1979. From full on hippie afro in 76 to yuppie suit-and-open-neck-shirt.
if i heard it correctly that fleetwood mac was not willing to take buckey back. maybe to much drama even of stevie and he were a great couple together or a part. normal or as heigh as a dime store kite.miss stevie was great with brian wilson in leather and lace. enjoy the music they made.
Mistyczne przeżycie przy odsłuchaniu utworu. Niesamowite, porusza duszę , wywołuje wzruszenie i chęć bycia w tym miejscu kiedy to się wydarzyło. Klasyka.
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Mick Fleetwood playing those drums like he was hiding in the bushes coked up watching Stevie and Lindsay fighting again. Effin legendary
I mean, he just wasn't hiding
Mick had his ways 😂
dude is carrying the onstage energy ngl
Just drenched in sweat, from the sexual thrill
The close up shots of Mick Fleetwood in this are priceless comedic gold.
@Frank Bear... He's quite a bit higher than that.
Hes got a touch of the drummerface
i always thought he got off watching his bandmates open their souls and spill their guts
@@thewkovacs316 Well, it is the drummer's job to facilitate that, so... It could be.
Legendary
The bass in this song just kills it, truly makes the song special
Totally agree. Can’t wait till he settle along and followed by Buckingham’s excellent solo.
Really ties it together...
No shit.
Facts!
🙌🎯
How they can play like this coked to the gills and still sound like the best band there ever was absolutely amazes me. The electricity coming from the crowd can even be felt through a crappy 40-odd year old video recording. Awesome!
Must of been top notch stuff and not the bashed up crap me and friends sniffed when we was younger
So did waylon jennings. It was just that Era. God Don't make em like that anymore bc we couldn't handle it
Cocaine is a hell of a drug💪
@@hunterkembel5012tbf they don't make coke like that anymore either.
The coke just influenced the fire of the performance
The energy of the crowd is insane.
They also snorted up big piles of coke before the show.
They weren't focused on recording the show on their phones
That’s how it was!!!
Only a band like this could produce that type of energy from a crowd. they were 1 of a kind, to never be replaced.
Insanely loud
I was there, 5th row. Never forget that show.
Tell us more! Was it magic?
@@anthia1156 Thansks for asking. One of the most memorable moments I had that month. Take me back 😭👌
Your one of the luckiest people of this era
@@mr.authentic2505 Thank you so much. One of my best highlights of that week
@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 That week huh? Why did you switch accounts?
It was the 70s, they were coked out of their minds and this performance is legendary and one of their best!! RIP Christine McVie and thank you Fleetwood Mac for your part in making the 70s great 👍 ❤
When did she die?
thanks!
@@peggyb5516 this year!
@@tauanmoncalvo4367 thank you
@@peggyb5516I wonder if Google would know…
This song is all about the bass, and this is the bassiest version I have heard!
1997 The Dance
This song is about a desperate couple trying to work out death, running in the shadows. Oh and yeah, Mick played bass.
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Go John ......so underrated....we love you ❤
Who cares about bass. it would still be great without any.
I'm so glad we have these concerts from back in the 1970s on video. Nothing today compares.
You’re unfortunately not looking where you should be man.
Such a biased sentence.
I was just thinking that.
Nothing
Nothing your right
That bass is killing me slowly IT'S SO GOOD.
I graduated in 1975 and this is an example of the music we listed to, this was the tail end of a magical era which I would return to, but damn it, I can't. Oh well, this stuff was real.
@@randilevendusky5869 Yes Randi, I graduated in 1975 also; and all the bands were played and listened to at that time in different venue's.
powerful
@@randilevendusky5869 I graduated in '67. Summer of Love
Been in love with Stevie since the White Album..... too bad a 100 million guys feel the same.
I can’t get this image of Stevie Nicks playing a tambourine on the damn floor out of my head.
So real. Stevie and Lindsey sneaking glances at each other.
Truly soulmates who lost their way from each other.
She had that look take me take me now any which way you choose.
Silver springs
i have no idea how you can say that with a straight face lol
Aren't they back together
go outside
I saw them 3 times between 79 and 82. The best concerts I ever went to. Simply stunning!
So lucky! I tried to see them but my 2 year old gurgling wasn’t understood by my parents. My 12 year old daughter is wanted to show me this song and i am ever since obsessed with Rumours
I saw both the 🎉Rumors tour and Tusk tour. Both absolutely amazing.
I saw them in 1980 Open Air in Kaiserslautern Stadium
You’re so lucky
You are so lucky … I wasn’t even born yet
Simply incredible performance...the glances sideways over from Nicks to Buckingham tell it all, even to this day. Iconic.
3:48..one of the most recognizable bass riffs ..EVER
It’s really easy to learn too
4.20 amazing
Yes. Only with white powder.
Literally had it on my mind all day long so now I’m here listening again to it… amazing masterpiece 🖤🤍
Most famously used by the BBC for their Formula 1 coverage.
This is EASILY one of the best songs pop music has ever generated. The heartbreak, the sorrow, the grief...it's all splashing off of it. Wow! Shivers!
Agree, but I’m not sure it falls under pop. It’s rock, back when rock was the popular music.
This is not pop, it is rock!
Absolutely their best song... 🎶 🎵 🎼 ever.
@@vitorpardal3713 the original way the word 'pop' was used was to refer to music with melodies that stuck that belonged on radio. an umbrella term which *included* much of the rock of the day. i.e. jethro tull was even considered 'pop.'
that term being usurped by the whitney houston and mj synthey crowd in the 80s meant that these inane comments would ensue in places like here, but the convo is just stupid. who cares how you *categorize* anymore. eff boxes, it's for absolute noodles
still. original sense and usage of the word? this song is pop. it is rock that is under the umbrella term pop. sorry, but it's the truth.
It's more soft rock
Lindsey absolutely shreds it in this video. U can just FEEL every emotion he's going thru when he does this song, "I'm so afraid" and "go your own way" u can tell by watching Lindsey and Stevie they have alot of passion and heartache between them Both
Yes 😢. His body language and vocals in this performance appear to be so visceral that it's mesmerizing.
He was also coked out of his skull. This was during the “Tusk” era and their drug use had increased significantly. Stevie looks like she’s just trying to stay out of his way.
4:58 he’s discovering a new dimension in time and space.
You do that much vintage cocaine, and you will too.
At 2:00 Lindsey Buckingham is tweaking out pretty hard too.
@@thedystopianherald3678 not the whole fuckign song then?
agreed, it looks theatrical but at the back of the stage behind a fucking great drum kit he'd pretty much think he was alone.. and as you say, he's crossed over.... MF for the win! :D
😂
I remember going to this concert... it was my 1st concert...ahhh memories
11-10-1979 in Cincinnati Ohio at Riverfront
+Kim Bowling lucky!!
i was ten but i remember that show! i wanted to go so bad!! :)
Kim Bowling my aunt and uncle got me into this and alot of other great music at a very young age, I just kept on collecting other great music from then to now.
Kim Bowling mine als
So jealous of all the people at this concert. I bet it was so amazing!!!
I can't honestly imagine that it was a great experience simply because of the crowd shreaking in waves like theyre on a roller coaster....they sound like children.. ..
+Nch Croy: This is what great music does to you. What did you expect...everybody going to sleep LOL?
Saw them, (My very first concert) 1977. Kenny Loggins opened for "BigMac" @ the Providence R.I. Civic Center!!!!! The next concert, (same location) was HEART, it don't git no betterer!!
You saw Heart live?? and Fleetwood Mac? That's freakin awesome.
Heather Smith I was lucky enough to see Fleetwood Mac twice on the marathon 1979-1980 Tusk tour. My 1st show, on Dec 1st 1979 blew me away! Got "stadium seats" (standing seats on the field of an indoor football stadium) for $10. Stood outside in single digit temperatures for 3 hours, waiting for the stadium security to let the crowd in. Doors opened and ran in. Got 20 feet from the stage right in the middle! Wow! I was amazed how much they rocked in person vs the album recordings. Lindsay Buckingham was on fire! The band was still in their prime musically...and they had the money to buy the best equipment! Remember them playing the Chain! Really loved how they'd turn the lights down midway through the song...,and then the rhythm section of John McVie & Mick Fleetwood would kick-in...1st Mick tapping on the drums, then John chiming in w the 1st bass line, then the spotlight hit John, " doog-dada-doog" and then Lindsay joined in the fun w that magnificent guitar jam...."running in the shadows". I remember turning around, after the song ended, as crowd erupted, and the house lights went down. All I saw were Bic Lighters ablaze everywhere and 20,000+ stomping their feet for more!
Sadly, music like this is never going to return. I'm old enough to remember and young enough to appreciate
4:59 my man fought through a heart attack and kept right on drumming like a legend
Lmfao 💀💀💀
Probably from all the coke
My maaaaaan. 😂😂😂😂😂☠️
I feel the only reason the coke didn't kill him is because howactive he is as a drummer. Dude had no brakes and all gas.
I think he was 31 or 32 here and looked 50
Cocaine heart attack
The drama going on behind this performance is as awesome as this performance. Wow.
I'm betting a sober LB is incredibly intense. A LB coked off his face would have to be insane. Like really insane. I would still worship.
Omg I'm new to them so can you explain what that drama is?
Absentee Childhood I am fascinated by Lindsey's unique finger picking style. Mic Fleetwood is buzzed out of his mind.
Absentee Childhood explain.....
Absentee Childhood You've got that right! Intense! lt was like adding fuel to the fire, but it certainly made for some of the best song writing they ever did.
Seriously the greatest bass line ever....I can't stop listening to this song...
yup, very good...a rival is the bass on Joe Zawinul "Tower of Silence"
When I was at Allphones Arena in Sydney last year the bass line was so powerful it felt like an earthquake. I'm so glad I experienced this sound in reality.
you might love Lynyrd Skynyrd's first /original band w/lead singer :
Ronnie VanZant that is a fine rocking band, them and Fleetwood Mac I never tire of listening to, ever.
Absolutely, LOVE how John plays that kick ass base line!!!
John is awesome here....for sure! Perfect line for the song, memorable.
But best ever? Eh.... top 20 for sure. Based solely on its fit to the song. There's many more technically amazing bass lines/ players.
Wooten, Sheehan, Hamm, Jameson.
Along this kind of line though, it's hard to beat john Paul jones on " the lemon song".
Man if I could go back in time to see them in concert❤
Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel, better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will put a smile on your face..
Hello!!! How are you doing today, please
pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I
just wanted to know if you're a fan ? Have a
great day.. Stay Safe
Go back in time and date Stevie Nicks.
Akron civic theater 75, damn, love at first sight.
Stevie was just mesmerizing in those days. You can't take your eyes off her when she's on stage.
You can say that again. She was model-perfect. So rare to find talent and beauty together like that. You know Rhiannon is basically autobiographical, whether Stevie would admit it or not..
Beauty AND voice, what a powerful duo she had.
She's my role model: sexy, beautiful and the best female singer of all times.
I'm female. I wanted them to keep showing that marvelous drum rhythm and the great bass line being played. Skip her.
She still is 🙌🏻queen of awesome
To bad people don’t realize the power of emotion of music such as this. It can make you cry while giving you goosebumps. It doesn’t come along often enough
It's too and what are you even talking about
I get what you’re saying. Yes, it can make you cry while giving you goosebumps. ❤️
it's too and HUH...who are those 'people' not realizing the power of emotion of music. WTF are you talking about.
I feel blessed and very grateful to have grown up with this music...absolutely incredible, once in a million group!!!
I have read the comments linked to your reply and can see a variety of comments...mainly positive. I followed them from early seventies and still play their music when I feel I need an uplift. Thank you Fleetwood Mac for making it so.
I love watching Mick Fleetwood when the band is pumping. Here is a man who feels the music in every fibre of his being.
that's so rare to find in anybody, imho.
The fact that he's high on acid probably helps too.
@AussieMark909, You'd be "pumping" too if you were doing an 8-ball every hour, on the hour, like all the members of Fleetwood Mac were doing back in 79'. LOL.
music man
That my friend is called cocaine
The Chain remained in tact until the sad passing of Christine McVie . A great song performed by 5 great musicians , a great band .
R.I..P Christine McVie
Amen. Thank you Christine. Youre the songbird. Fly home.
Mick and Lindsay, especially, just get so into this performance that I can't stop watching it. The entire band are playing off each other's cues. Watching Mick is like watching a man possessed, his face says it all. Then the bass kicks up and I'm lost in it.
That’d be the cocaine.
In all seriousness, given how high voltage this performance looks some 45 years later filmed through the equivalent of a potato, I’m surprised it didn’t overload said potato on the spot and deprive future generations of this magnificence.
RUMORS...one of the best all time rock albums ever👊🏼
I'm a 50 year old rock musician and have been in bands since early 80s and I actually am gonna listen to it for the FIRST TIME now.
THE BEST........oh the memories :)
It's not rumors, it's true.
definitely maybe
FACT
Just listen to the BASSMAN doing his thang!!!! keep on pluckin John..love that bass..
Loooove that bass solo. Never fails to fuck up with my head
should be given more cam time! I always note basslines first!
After over 70 years of listening, I'm thinking that Mick Fleetwood is the greatest rock and roll drummer ever. What energy, what back beat, what personality! I'm I wrong?
nein! you are right, Dear .........
Can you imagine having to perform break up songs with your ex for nights on end? No wonder they were coked out of their mind! No wonder the music had so much passion.
even with all the drugs and roaring of the crowd couldn't disguise the inner pain & heartache , so yes music was the outlet. how could you not perform without passion with such background of feelings swirling around , totally unfolding on-stage . holding it all together was probably a nightmare . what a show'....
Wow! You were there?
I'd do Stevie, and I'd do coke, and I'd love it all!
Fuck that shit, Pabst Blue Ribbon!
You should see Lindsay singing Goodbye with Stevie Nicks...he is actually singing it to her heart to heart!
Anyone who can jam like that in a suit and not even break a sweat is a rock GOD!!
A-Aron cocain makes you do crazy things
....he broke a sweat on more than one occasion
Bruce Springsteen owns that distinction
@@BIG_AL_ONE just because you can reply, doesn't mean you should. stay off youtube and stay in school, bozo
@@josephverbosky6734 bruce sweats like a hog in heat. dude needs an oxygen tank on half his songs
Stevie Nick's parents were probably thinking, "Well, I guess those tambourine lessons finally paid off."
Does the Tambourine even made a Sound in this? Lol.
@@pierceelyhibionada342 If it does, only Stevie can hear it.
well considering she wrote this song about her break up with Buckingham yeah i say they did
Ouch...i liked the way she'd float across the stage in her black flowing chiffon.....
@@smokiebird06 She's My Hero, Btw I'm a Accomplished Tambourine Player.
A lot of the passion comes from Lindsey, he puts his guts in this song. Mick is brilliant too.
The chemistry stevie and lindsey had and still do is deep very deep
It's called a "soul tie"...that's "The Chain"...
Oh those harmonies! And can we finally give John McVie some props for his AMAZING bass lines?
The power of the harmonies.
Pretty sure everyone has always acknowledged this bassline.
the bass is 100% the best part in this song for me. And I believe this is their best as well.
This is probably the most vicious bass version of this song that I've heard.
Always considered this their best song. I’m still very shaken by the loss of Christine McVie. The ability to overcome all the strife time, and time again is what truly made me respect the band.
I had a group of friends that I always thought of regarding this song, but The Chain has been broken which makes listening to the song even more difficult. R.I.P. Christine, and carry on Fleetwood Mac.
RIP CHRISSIE. You will be sadly missed. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the joyous music you gave to not only me but the UNIVERSE!!
I watched and I wept. How did we leave this raw, soulful, beautiful music behind and settle for X Factor?
Declining national IQ?
Always keep in mind that our media in all of its forms has now become the number one enemy of this country. All of it is controlled by the democrats and the Chinese Communist Party. (they are in bed with each other on everything)
It's a 100% top down process these days, rather than being created by people who worked their way up.
Thank God for the 70's and that I had parents who ĺistened to this. I could not agree more.
Money.
Nothing like Fleetwood Mac ever was or ever will be.The fact that no one even attempted to imitate their music is huge.
beausgirllayton: You are absolutely right. I can't think of too many covers of FM songs that got anywhere. Hard to replicate genius.
Smashing Pumpkins take on Landslide is pretty damn good I have to admit.
I've been listening to FM for over 40 years, always new songs and new ways to preform their songs to make them even more exciting.
There have been some low points in my life, depression, divorce, separation and Vietnam and I can say for a fact that FM has saved my sanity and my life. They give me hope and the knowledge that some good things endure forever.
Look behind the showbusiness and you'll see true timeless talent, dedication to excellence and the best of the human spirit.
Heavy infulences for Phil Collins from England, Bryan Adams from Canada & Tom Petty from USA.
@@ughievox2513 those just happen to be three of my favorite groups and they have been around a long time too and they are one of a kind groups too. All these bands have timeless talent that speaks to real life experiences. Thank God we have people like this to listen to.
They did real live unforgettable "Concerts" back then, you really got your money's worth for a life time! 👍🙂
One of the greatest bands in history.
They are, I absolutely adore Fleetwood Mac in this ensemble
Mr. Buckingham is a terribly underrated guitar player
He's a monster on guitar! No pick, uses his fingers. He stole the show with his performance on this song.
No he isn’t people love him... Peter green is fucking underrated and the true soul behind fleetwood mac
Dude is brillithe the guitar & he are one with each other! I LOVE him
@@ilovemyeggs Barf.
Not in his mind.
And that my friends is what you call rock and roll back in the days still enjoying it in 2020
Kids today have no clue what real music sounds like.
That hip hop garbage........😖
@@artz9643 they said the same thing about rock music back in the day. Stop being an old fart.
@@miamitten1123 You sound like someone who doesn't appreciate good music.
well, this explains why I couldn't get cocaine in 1979
Hah!!!
HAHAHA
It was because of Steven and Joe that you couldn't find any blow.
@@melaniehead2282 lol, the toxic twins vacuumed up _all_ the remaining snow.
likely just as well. ...
😆
Again, 1970’s concerts..can’t beat ‘em!!!!!
Stevie Nicks gives her ex lover Lindsey Buckingham the best side eye EVER while singing “If you don’t love me now, you will never love me again” !!!
Because, he was letting it all out! Lol
Your so right I thought the same thing
Ikr! And she even wrote the original of it and the band and her switched the lyrics a bit but still!
My girlfriend and I saw Fleetwood Mac in Sydney Feb 1980. Tusk tour. We have always loved this band. We will never tire of their incredible music. Saw them again a couple of years ago. They are still amazing live. Lindsay is in my book one of the greatest guitarists going around. This song is one of their best. A lot of love and some hate, mixed with drugs and money, wrapped up in pure passion for their art. You can't just write stuff like this. You have to live, feel and breathe it.
Words can't begin to express,the movement the stering of the soul .
Out of life experince that you get from each one of these musicans.
I was there with ya in 1980! Australian folk I met there then and later on are some of the greatest folks I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and knowing!!! 💝💝💝
1979, the year I graduated from high school. Bringing back the memories......damn, damn, damn, back in the day.
+Unit 38 that's crazy for me to fathom. Lucky generation...
+Neo PC 👍👍👍😘
Same here! It was an incredible year!
+mrkentucky03 😀
+mrkentucky03 What made it incredible? It was the start of disco and Donna Summer. It was the year that excess was out of control, Jimmy Carter fucking up the Iranian Hostage Crisis and, cocaine began destroying lives. Not such an incredible year.
The song has an almost operatic quality to it, what with the internal conversations going on during it.
One aspect of this song hasn’t even been alluded to in any of these comments - John McVie’s bass solo. Sounds like thunder coming down from the heavens. It carries the entire last two minutes of the song. After the guitar comes back in John just goes into full beast mode. If anyone in Fleetwood Mac could be considered underrated, it’s Mr. McVie. He and Mick are the glue that have kept this band going all these years.
I’m proud to call John my first bass teacher. I can’t read a note of music, but I learned to play by playing along with “Rumours”. At one point or another, bands I’ve played in over the past 45+ years have played every single song on the album plus “Silver Springs”. I’ve JUST ABOUT got it right after all this time.
It should also be noted that McVie is playing a one-of-a-kind Alembic Series I fretless bass with a stainless steel fretboard.
I've decided the bassline at towards the end of this song is one of the greatest in all of Rock N Roll history
Good decision
Me too
Yes will always be remembered for F1 , great song by a great band .🇬🇧🏎
Mhmmm. Okay it is soooo 👍
LEGENDARY! One of the great bass lines in R&R history.
Lindsey Buckingham may really be that one guitarist that everybody calls the most underrated ever.
And they would be right this time.
Yep, either him or Alex Lifeson.
He is okay… average level. But a good singer.
@@gowwar491 I agree, average guitarist
No member of Mac is underrated.
Lindsey's solo is one of the greatest rock n' roll solos ever, and yet it only shows a small fraction of his technical facility on the instrument. It is the PERFECT solo for the song. He could have gone off on some great soloing tangent, and it would've been good, but he plays here to serve the song.
THAT is what makes him one of the greats. He often "speaks softly but carries a big stick" musically, by exercising restraint.
Lindsey was a son of a bitch friend to Stevie. I'm still trying to figure out why he abused her
I've heard this song probably 1000 times (studio version) and this performance here blew me away. Musicians def don't make music like this anymore
Yes they do but u have to search carefully
They do, it's just the populous listens to and promotes absolute shit.
They dont even make music...they make money
And that's not a compliment twords them
Facts
The Chain,timeless and classic and will never be replicated or duplicated. A 1st class work of art 🎉🎉. An amazing Masterpiece by an iconic group and with unique style and amazing songwriting 🎉🎉
Incredible performance- in a deafening crowd. The bass tone in the second half is hypnotic, the groove is so compelling... can almost taste it A kind of mystical experience
Rest in Peace, Christine McVie. I can’t stop crying, and I think I shed a tear for every time their music gave me happiness and soothed my soul when I was sad. Ty
Now, there was a witch, a warlock, a wizard, a sorcerer and a pound of uncut cocaine in a mystical gold snuff box..... Then the music began...and it sounded like this....
Nailed it, brother!
Staaaahhhpppp
BIG AL ONE oh fucc lmao 😂
So true
And Christine gets forgotten again 😂
Stevie nicks was such a babe
George Gray metallic
Ricky Burnett *metallica
I fail to question this comment chain.
was?
Cali Braxus thats christine mcvie your talking about the other chick doing the voice over is Stevie nicks. The one with the crazy hair. 1:50
What a masterpiece! 40 years later still sounds incredible. 🎸 😃
This is one of the performances where, despite the relatively poor audio quality, I will take this live version over the studio version any day of the week.
That drummer is having the time of his life!!
The drummer is Mick Fleetwood, just so you know.
Working his butt off to keep the fast paced beat going that is - along with the (percussion) acrobatics that made playing this all the more complex & challenging. Not that he didn't enjoy himself, I'm sure he did, but it was above all a "LABOR of love" to be in his shoes here.
Sara sarc nah that’s just Mick. He’s always got that stoned-out-of-his-fucking-mind look when he plays. Watch Chain and Gold Dust Woman during the “On With The Show” tour and you’ll see.
There’s a fine line between “having the time of your life” and “overdosing”
See his face. Hahaha. High as a damn kite
You don't see faces like the one in 4:42 anymore in music these days. What a feeling, god damn! Feeling that energy in music is awesome.
I love Stevie, she doesn't give a damn about what people think, just carries on!
The world could use a lot more people like her right now!
So sexy and and in a way mysterious. She has always fascinated me.
What do people think?
@@anfo_4241 shut up
Wish I could time travel transport to this live show
Truly one of the best performances I've seem in my entire existence .
4:58 Hahahahahaha Mick's done to much powder, he's gonna have a f..kin heart attack
Ruffnek Renegade 98 he very lucky he alive.
@@tinaobanion816 yes and he has admitted he doesn't know why he survived and others didn't. It controlled his life for a long time. He knows he's very lucky to have survived all those years of abuse.
oh yeah...he's a fookin' maniac, remember his service w/spinal tap???...that's right...fucker needed not only a nurse monitoring his heart rate...but a flame retardant suit as well. it gets no more sicker then that, hahahaha!!!
how many grams would he sniff a night
@@stravinskytheterrible8072 my coke addiction had me doing 3+ grams a day. Roughly $200+ a day. Mick was a rock start with plenty of money, so there's no telling. But I'm gonna say he's done enough coke for all the people in the comments
Wow just the FATTEST BASS !! and that little riff at 4:20 during the epic bass line that John McVie does before the lead guitar part is so frikin awsome, Rumours is such a great album.
This song also reminds me of the F1 Grand Prix coverage in the UK on BBC 👏👏👏
I gotta watch this again.. Its just pure bliss, that energy trancends, tht crowd and tht performance moves througe time and space!
Too bad the volume is so low because this is clearly the best version ever.
9thchild .....Absofuckinglutely this is the best version ever....
1982 live version from the LA Forum.
Well, the crowd's screaming Beatles-like response to the band didn't help.
I absolutely agree. I can’t believe I was 14 at the time. Fleetwood Mac is one if the best rock and roll groups forever. ❤️
I feed you tube to my guitar amp
I saw them on this tour. Great show, blew everybody away. I drug my boyfriend to the show, and his jaw dropped every time Lindsey tore into his guitar.
I am 60 years old, and still Love them... Amen
Debbie Reynolds: I'm 65 and can't stop playing this song. Amen.
Dudek - ya beat me by 2 weeks (and a year)!
Im 55....
Sup guys. I know where to find all the old guys now. The Fleetwood Mac videos, ha.
Well I'm 70 and I'll never stop loving them.
Loving how the moments were captured on video...awesome peformence
graduated in 76. i listen to all the music we grew up with,,,and still smile,,,and even cry. damn,,,,i miss those days,,,the music,,,the talent,,,the soul,,,,not this fucking bullshit of today
Not all of it is bullshit
+Jason Millsom maybe 80 percent is bullshit
amen
Rick Heras indeed
Rick Heras you obviously werent ready to graduate since you cant even form a sentence without a shitload of commas
I was 15 when I heard this album. Still the best I ever heard. I'm now 55
Alicia Hawkins haha, same w me. This song is still unterrated.
The base in the song is amazing.
If you read Stephen Davis’s book Gold Dust Woman the biography of Stevie Nicks you get a complete window into how deeply and dedicated all of the members of Fleetwood Mac were into music. They all lived and breathed instruments , harmonies and song lyrics from before they left school. When that comes together as a group, you get this, perfection.
rock history at it's absolute peak. my thought has always been that any chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.. and look at the strength and endurance of what you're listening to right now.....
Lindsey Buckingham was rated as #100 of the greatest guitarists ever by Rolling Stone magazine. I'd put him above at least 90 of the others they listed - and he often sang lead besides!
Ke Mac SEVERELY under rated.
Lynyrd Skynyrd's 70's band has the best guitarists.
I always rated Lindsey one of the best. No one else at the time played as he did. They tried to replace him with 2 guitarists and it did not work. That was how good he was(and still is if you watch him and Stevie on Letterman in '09).
Great guitarist! Top 10 is way too much though...
@@1besieged they had the best guitarists in Lynyrd Skynyrd anyway
I remember this concert tour,,,,, I think I paid about $11.50 for a ticket, and that was pretty steep back then.
Jackle61 wow
Absolutely worth it tho probably
i’m 18 years old and i envy older people who got to live during this time and experience this type of art. They don’t make music like this nowadays , i can’t even imagine the adrenaline you got when you first heard that bass solo back in 77’ on the radio. Must’ve been insane
omg listen to that crowd!! it raises chills on my arms.
WE were stoned...
I miss 1976; I want to go back.
Can`t og back. Ain`t never goin` back again.
i wouldn't go back if i could. no way.
They are so into it!
I've seen Fleetwood Mac and Stevie live. They are amazing!!!
Who’s watching in November 2019? The guitar/bass solo at the end is incredible
It was incredible live in 2016.
ME
MidniteBlues I’m still watching. FM is fantastic memories.
All time classic
I pretend I’m a formula one driver ..
What’s lost on today’s music is that talent was talent Lindsey and FM s talent was impossible to ignore and yes he is seriously underrated
It kills me how Stevie is so confused and concerned about Lindsey's aggressively passionate singing and guitar playing. She is like "oh no he did too much in the backstage here we go"
Is this song specifically about those two? I'm too young to remember - or more accurately I didn't exist for another 10 years after this! Makes me laugh how certain ppl are joking about cocaine, the bands use and even their own use, yet they wouldn't dream of letting modern youth near it!
yes , the album Rumours itself was the result of bad breakups and cheating between the members !
Yes, she looks as if she disapproves!
@@mid.life.crisis2955 All members of the band contributed to the song, Christine also broke up with John during this time - add alcohol, tempestuous emotions - no wonder the song is so good.
@@mid.life.crisis2955Well, the thing about that is cocaine back then was just cocaine. Cocaine now is paint thinner, something that smells like gasoline, baby laxative, and a a sprinkle of cocaine unless you are hauling it straight off the farms in South America 😂 the only drug that has gotten better over time is weed.
This was real music! My Aunt's era was the best for music! They had this Album, all Stevie's best Hits on Vinyl and would play it on their record player when I was a little girl:-) Way before my time...AWESOME..
Stevie Rocks!!
Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise
Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies
And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (never break the chain)
And if you don't love me now (you don't love me now)
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying (still hear you saying)
You would never break the chain (never break the chain)
Listen to the wind blow, down comes the night
Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies
Break the silence, damn the dark, damn the light
And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain (never break the chain)
And if you don't love me now (you don't love me now)
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying (still hear you saying)
You would never break the chain (never break the chain)
And if you don't love me now (you don't love me now)
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying (still hear you saying)
You would never break the chain (never break the chain)
Chain keep us together (running in the shadow)
Chain keep us together (running in the shadow)
Chain keep us together (running in the shadow)
Chain keep us together (running in the shadow)
Chain keep us together (running in the shadow)
Chain
I keep coming back to this video. Has to be one of the best live performances of all time.
The sound system can barely take the sound of the crowd going crazy. Great song. Love the Angel live video from that same year. Love nearly anything with Lindsay and Christine together on vocals. All three on chorus is velvet heaven.
The Chain is hands down one of the coolest songs that Fleetwood Mac ever did live and it was a "all hands on deck"
type of effort because the song started out as a Stevie Nicks
lyric. But that only tells half the story. Lindsey Buckingham was
a tyrant in the studio, a bit OCD when it came to being a producer
of Fleetwood Mac in the studio. The Rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie really are a huge part of that song!
And live it was a total group effort. Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks,
and Lindsey Buckingham are in synch with their vocal harmony too!
The irony is that if the personal lives of the members hadn't been as fucked up as they had been at crucial points in the group's history they wouldn't have had the core of material to draw from. All of the pain, drama and as was opined by another the drugs were what made the band so interesting! As I said earlier Lindsey was a total dock in the studio. Completely OCD tyrant when it came to what he wanted. Stevie said they couldn't stand to be in the studio at the same time that they operated through the engineer what each needed from the other. To say the least it was a very dysfunctional way to cut an album. The men got on quite well but the men and the women! Oy gavault! Zeit
ist mashugna!
RIP Christine. You sang like an angel.
Crowd collectively going insane and I love it!
I'm 22 years old and I wish I was there with them..
Yup I am 17. I so badly wish I could see a performance like this, some insanely good music.
And I'm proud of all of you
Alice Gilmore I'm 17 too. I want to see Prince more than anything.
Enjoy your youth, but yeah, you missed some good times in rock n roll. First time I saw FM was about 45 years ago...just saw em again on 1/31.
22 yo 😭
With many apologies for being so late to this party.
I have just discovered this and I bloody love it !
Better late than never.
Between Lindsy's excellent guitar playing and his great singing in actuality he was Fleetwood Mac! Without him there is no F M.
There also needs to be some recognition that he appears to have invented or anticipated the 80s aesthetic in 1979. From full on hippie afro in 76 to yuppie suit-and-open-neck-shirt.
if i heard it correctly that fleetwood mac was not willing to take buckey back. maybe to much drama even of stevie and he were a great couple together or a part. normal or as heigh as a dime store kite.miss stevie was great with brian wilson in leather and lace. enjoy the music they made.
Mistyczne przeżycie przy odsłuchaniu utworu. Niesamowite, porusza duszę , wywołuje wzruszenie i chęć bycia w tym miejscu kiedy to się wydarzyło. Klasyka.