The story behind this album was that it was mostly written about themselves. The members were in the midst of break ups with each other and many of the lyrics are actually aimed at each other. It’s a measure of their professionalism that they could still go out and perform the songs despite some of the lyrics being quite vicious or proclaiming their love for other people outside their relationships.
When I'm feeling low I think of the bass line of "You Make Loving Fun," because no matter how bad things get, I'll never have to perform in a love song my wife wrote for another man. I mean, Jesus... And, yeah, beyond all that interpersonal drama, there were also mountains of cocaine involved.
And that's the thing; isn't it, the rumors surrounding the band at the time. Both couples were in the midst of a break up: mainly due to Infidelity within the band. Nicks slept with Fleetwood, Buckingham slept with Christine McVie. Mick Fleetwood got a divorce because of it all. Tensions were high, and the songs reflect the band at any moment in time. The chain that kept them together was the band, and their next album. So while Buckingham was singing to Nick; this was a song the whole band was contacted too, as it had everyone on mind. You really need to listen to the whole album
Fleetwood Mac had been around for years before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined. That band lineup took Fleetwood Mac to a whole new level. Rumours was the 2nd Fleetwood Mac album with Nicks and Buckingham.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac " were a superb Blues Group who had a few hit singles in the late 1960's,featuring one of the World's legends that was Peter Green.There were also 2 other fine guitarists in Irishman: Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer so an All British and Irish Group. " Albatriss" is still one of ny 2 favourite songs of all time but MUST be listened for 3 minutes in the dark, with headphones,in solitude.It's beautiful. Anyway LSD ruined Peter. Danny became a drunk and Jeremy joined a Californian Cult all around 1970 so the Band mde the transition to become a Transatlantic Band around 1971 and the rest is history. :) Peter and Danny recently died.
Their early albums were much more British-blues fare, featuring Peter Green. And you've probably heard covers of at least two of those early songs ("Black Magic Woman," covered by Santana, and "The Green Manalishi," covered by Judas Priest). "Albatross" is also a lovely early song of theirs. I'm also a fan of the _Bare Trees_ album after Green left (but before Buckingham and Nicks joined). Fleetwood Mac became big stars with the Buckingham/Nicks albums, but they were no slouches beforehand. That later period just eclipsed their early greatness for posterity.
I don’t think there was a house, apartment or dorm I went to in college that someone didn’t own this album! It never goes old as you can now see for yourself that 45 years later, you can probably hear at least one of it’s songs on the radio or XM if you listened all day! Just like many other group of the 70’s.
Unique finger-picking style, entirely self-taught. I remember an interview with Stevie Nicks in which the interviewer pointed out that she was waitressing and supporting herself and Lindsey while he wasn't working. She stopped the interviewer and said no, he was working: he was playing the guitar 10-12 hours per day getting better and better, and she was happy to support him because they were a team. That was the deal they had, and as far as she was concerned, he had lived up to it. (This was long after they has split up a couple.)
Have you heard the album that Lindsay & Stevie put out in 1973 called “Buckingham Nicks”? It’s an incredible album, although it was only ever released on vinyl in ‘73, and for years you had to buy the LP if you could find it. I bought the LP in 1995 at a record store in NYC for $125, which was a lot, but what choice did I have? NOW you can hear the entire album for free on UA-cam! Listen to the song “Frozen Love”, the guitar work is stunning. When Mick Fleetwood heard this song he decided that he had hire Lindsay to join Fleetwood Mac before he even met him. Lindsay said the only way he’s join Fleetwood Mac is if his partner, Stevie, came with him because they were a unit no matter what.
Everyone in my high school had this album. We knew even then it would be a classic of all time. :) I recall hearing Rhiannon for the first time on the Midnight Special TV show. If you haven't checked those episodes out on UA-cam, it's worth the rabbit hole experience for the bands that appeared on it.
I remember that Rumours was up against Hotel California for Album of the Year in 1978 (along with Steely Dan's Aja) - that was a tough choice for me then and it still is
There was an episode of "Eight is Enough" where Tommy Bradford (Willie Aames) spent the entire episode trying to win Fleetwood Mac concert tickets in a local radio station giveaway contest.
The story of this album is the stuff of legends. It’s great to watch the episode on the Classic Albums series devoted to Rumours. Stevie and Lindsey were breaking up. John and Christie were breaking up. Mick had his own relationship problems, to put it mildly. They were falling apart and singing songs about their love and anger and it created something amazing.
Nothing makes a breakup song better than being able to write and play it while staring at the person you're breaking up with. Rumors is full of that and it made it into basically an unintended greatest hits album. BTW here's a clip of Lindsey showing the song with and without that acoustic guitar part he was talking about that changed the song: ua-cam.com/video/egBB7zhpeQQ/v-deo.html (its about 28 min into the video) way cool!
Another example of a breakup song that was written and played while staring at the person they were breaking up with is ABBA's The Winner Takes it All.
Remember, it was the '70's. Back before the AIDS and Herpes, etc. scares. Drugs were flowing and people were jumping on top of each other like a bunch of rabbits. Pop stars in particular were always hooking up with other. Even the National Inquirer couldn't keep up. TMZ would have been a 24 hour station back then. But I was a dorky teenager when this song came out. All I could do was watch. Made for a great album though.
The irony of the Rumours album is that while every song is upbeat or else soft and peaceful sounding, there is a lot of bitterness, anger and hurt in the lyrics.
Their first album before Fleetwood Mac, simply called Buckingham Nicks, is interesting to listen to - you can hear the elements that are later found in the FM and Rumours albums.
Fleetwood Mac started in the 1960s as a Blues Band, that Mick Fleetwood (Drummer) and Jon McVie, (Bass) founded, and stayed with until the Band eventually ended it's existence. Peter Green, Bob Welch, and others were in this group. You have to look at Fleetwood Mac, as two different Bands. Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks, were asked to join in the mid 70s, when the Band was in the midst of a transition. The early Fleetwood Mac, was completely different from what it eventually became. Both were excellent in different ways.
Who doesn’t love Fleetwood Mac? They’re just so Amazing. Thank you for reacting to them again. Would love to see more reactions to them. Pretty much everything they did is the best music ever.
Yes, 11th! You should check out Peter Green days again: Oh Well, Green Manalishi... They were at the core of the British Blues revival, influenced everybody from Ian Anderson to The Beatles (Sun King). (And since i'm a Joni Mitchell fan, i'd like to point out that Stevie Nicks lists Court & Spark as a major influence, and Peter Green attended a BBC performance by Joni, not as musician but as a fan. Wink Wink Daniel: time to check Joni out again.)
Great pop song off a great pop album that was beautifully composed and engineered. Not surprising that it sold a bajillion copies. It still gets played incessantly on “Classic Rock” radio, in dentists’ offices and malls, to the point that many of us older listeners are sick and tired of it.
Daniel - just checked my diary. That gig that we did for Christine McVie’s 50th birthday party was in July 1993 - my how time flies. This review of yours reminded me of it. Glad to see that your channel is doing well still. Respect! Regards, Mike.
More Fleetwood Mac please. :) Perhaps you should go back and try some early stuff like the instrumental 'Albatross' ( I remember one summer when you heard the song everywhere and it was used on broadcasting fill a lot) or 'Oh well' which is a song the band have been playing for years. Go the original Pete Green version... although I do like the Lindsay Buckingham version and I also like the Mike Campbell version.
Yes, this was their 11th album after many line-up changes. Their excellent 1972 album _Bare Trees_ kicks off with a killer Christine McVie song, "Spare Me a Little (of Your Love)" that you'd really enjoy.
Firebird 7479, the Hanson Brothers were in my hometown a couple years back. They are big boys, I’m 6’ 3”, 225 lbs and I was the small guy. They said Paul was very down to earth and loved the way the hockey guys interacted with him. Must have been a lot of fun to make that movie.
“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.... And people flock around the poet and say: 'Sing again soon' - that is, 'May new sufferings torment your soul but your lips be fashioned as before, for the cry would only frighten us, but the music, that is blissful.” - Kierkegaard
You must try the original Fleetwood Mac formed and fronted by Peter Green. They were a blues band and Greeny was my favourite guitarist. I could reel off a long list but for starters listen to some some of their hits such as Oh Well, The Green Manalishi, Need Your Love So Bad (best version is live in the studio) and the incredible Man Of The World. Also Black Magic Woman (live at Boston Tea Party) 1970, written by Greeny and containing some great guitar duelling between him and Danny Kirwin. RIP you both.
Stevie Nicks wrote that the studio work was in the can when most of the band took off for the summer, but left Lindsay Buckingham behind to fiddle with the tracks. She said when they came back to finish the album, she didn't recognise themselves. Sound production reigned supreme in the 70s
Stevie Nicks and Don Henley did have a thing going for a while, and they even wrote a duet during that time and it became a minor hit. Look up "Leather and Lace" by Nicks and Henley if you're interested. Stevie also hung out - as friends - with Tom Petty and his wife. Tom's wife, who has a bit of a southern drawl, said that she and Petty met at the age of 17. Stevie misheard her at first and thought she said they had met "at the EDGE of seventeen." This is, of course, the name of one of Stevie's biggest solo hits. She and Petty also had a hit duet - "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around". Stevie is endlessly fascinating.
If you want to hear songs about band turmoil, listen to the early Beatles solo works. All four Beatles, especially John and Paul, wrote angry and bitter songs about each other.
Really good album that everyone owned. I prefer the early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Oh Well, Albatross, Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, Rattlesnake Shake, etc.
I’m so glad you said that!! That was my favorite period for Fleetwood Mac. I also liked some Bob Welch stuff but he was still different from the Blues of early Fleetwood Mac.
"Rumours" was a softer rock version of Boston's debut album. Not in style, totally different. But in substance. Both albums. Every. Single. Track. A hit. And it helped that this 16 year old high-schooler had a little crush on Stevie Nicks :)
Thank you, Daniel, for bringing back those long-ago 1970s days for me. This was one of "those" albums that were always close to my turntable for an easy grab to pop on for a good listening session. I SO enjoy your reviews and watching you react so much as I did way back then.
Every single song on the album was a big hit on the radio, with this probably being the biggest one. They had made 10 albums before this but mostly without Lindsey and Stevie. Soap operas have nothing compared to what this band went through not long after they joined. What a nightmare, but one of the most successful nightmares in music history.
Fleetwood Mac has existed in at least three different configurations. Many would say their most successful iteration is the best, but some of us feel there is only one Fleetwood Mac worthy of the name, and that's Peter Green's original Fleetwood Mac.
You should read a book on Jefferson Airplane. Grace Slick hooked up with Paul Kantner, they had a child together named China who grew up to be an MTV VJ. I read an interview, in "Q" magazine I think, where she said she'd slept with everyone in the band, and Paul said, "So you DID sleep with Marty (Balin)," and she said, "Everyone but him," so it must have been a bone of contention. Marty said the power in the band went to whoever Grace was sleeping with. Marty formed the band with Paul. The bass player Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen formed their own clique and band called Hot Tuna so they were 1 faction, Paul and Grace another, they were more political. Marty ended up losing control of the band because no one wanted to play his romantic songs so he quit. Eventually Paul formed the Jefferson Starship which was more pop oriented and Marty joined to sing lead on the big singles. Ironically after Mickey Thomas replaced Marty Paul lost control of the band, quit and sued them so they had to change their name by dropping "Jefferson" from the band name.
Can remember being a junior in high school and visiting with a friend a relative of his at PLU Tacoma.. driving thru Tacoma KTAC the big am radio station then hearing this. Whenever i hear this great song remember that. Unbelievable... will be 45 years in a matter of months.
Fleetwood MAC has had many artistical lineup, so this is really a fairly new band at this time. In fact, it is their 1st album with the new musical direction and leaders (Lindsey Buckingham [guitar, arranger, director] and Stevie Nicks [singer]). The 2 were a couple when they came into the band, and and from this album on, they were fighting, along with pretty much the rest of the band. However, if it weren't for Lindsey, this band would've faded into history as a distant memory by now. In fact, some of the songs performed by Stevie Nicks would never have made it to the albums if not for Linsey rearranging them, directing Stevie and adding just the right touches here and there. This song is a way of him telling her she could get lost. And, Peter Green was the leader of the band a couple lineups earlier, and before Bob Welch's FM. They had hits too but it was THIS iteration that made them a household name. BTW, Stevie saying that she resented Lindsay that in front of the world is ironic, because she never denied it, and here's the kicker, it WAS TRUE. She slept with Mick Fleetwood. Now, revisit the lyrics and you'll get why she didn't like it ... because he was airing her dirty (but true) laundry in public for all to see !!! She deserved it, if you ask me, and I, for 1, am damn proud of him for doing it. Apparently, the rest of the world agreed.
Fleetwood Mac is an album rock/concert/FM band. So although their albums are not "concept" i.e. Pet Sounds, St. Pepper, The Wall, they are intended to flow from one track to the next and perform as a single work of art. Picking out singles works as UA-cam entertainment, but it's much like reacting to chapters without reading the novel.
One of the best albums of the 70's, no question about that! An album you look forward to hearing again, doesn't matter how many times you have played it.
Great song, increible album, fantastic band (through every roster). A deep dive into this album is an eye opener. Stevie's own catalog is another place to explore.
that acoustic guitar addition is discussed by lindsey buckingham here, around 27:40 ua-cam.com/video/egBB7zhpeQQ/v-deo.html "go your own way" and "you make lovin' fun" are my favourite songs on "rumours". i can and still hear them on the radio - timeless.
Daniel, I revisited this video just now, and Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and John McVie. Are wondering when you where going to get back to one of the 5 elite Bands of Rock music of All Time ?? You have just scratch the surface of one of the Greatest Bands of All Time !! And I can't wait until you come back and scratch so more ! We are Legion !!
Rumors is one of the greatest albums of all time. The album was No. 18 on the Billboard Chart Top 200 and now it is No. 29 on the Billboard Charts. Now 3 months ago, it was No. 8 on the Top 200.....so this group and Stevie Nicks are more popular than EVER among your generation!!!! They are just AWESOME!!!!!
Your t-shirt reminds me of a tidbit I stumbled across the other day. There is a composer from the 60s, named Galt MacDermot, who is one of the most sampled composers in music. There is a video on the CBC site about him. Handsome Boy Modeling School and Busta Rhymes are just two of over 160 artists who sampled him. p.s. Great song and review.
11 albums=the peter green era+the Bob Welch era+the Buckingham Nicks era. Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John (bass) and Christine (keys/vocals) Mcvie were the only constant members.
Only John and Mick have been there since the beginning. Christine came on board when Peter Green was essentially gone from the band and Danny Kirwan about a year later.
The 'Rumours' album of 1977 is still widely considered to be one of the greatest rock albums of all time, with every track being a work of genius and it's still as powerful and intoxicating 45 years later as it was when it was released.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac " were a superb Blues Group who had a few hit singles in the late 1960's,featuring one of the World's legends that was Peter Green.There were also 2 other fine guitarists in Irishman: Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer so an All British and Irish Group. " Albatriss" is still one of ny 2 favourite songs of all time but MUST be listened for 3 minutes in the dark, with headphones,in solitude.It's beautiful. Anyway LSD ruined Peter. Danny became a drunk and Jeremy joined a Californian Cult all around 1970 so the Band mde the transition to become a Transatlantic Band around 1971 and the rest is history. :) Peter and Danny recently died.
People always only associate the Stevie Nicks era with Fleetwood Mac. Sure it was their most succesful and commercial phase, but some of it is pretty fluff (this particular track isn't a favourite of mine). They were a totally different band before, not better, but certainly different, and it's worth checking out older Fleetwood Mac songs, just to get the full picture.
Somebody in your life told you this is an iconic band. Check out Linda rondstadt the eagles crosby still and nash. Heart….Ann Wilson can blow your mind
The story behind this album was that it was mostly written about themselves. The members were in the midst of break ups with each other and many of the lyrics are actually aimed at each other. It’s a measure of their professionalism that they could still go out and perform the songs despite some of the lyrics being quite vicious or proclaiming their love for other people outside their relationships.
Admirable summation!
They were dealing with addictions as well
When I'm feeling low I think of the bass line of "You Make Loving Fun," because no matter how bad things get, I'll never have to perform in a love song my wife wrote for another man. I mean, Jesus...
And, yeah, beyond all that interpersonal drama, there were also mountains of cocaine involved.
Buckingham had some of the singing parts on some of the songs (like McVie's) recorded separately to keep tensions from erupting.
And that's the thing; isn't it, the rumors surrounding the band at the time. Both couples were in the midst of a break up: mainly due to Infidelity within the band. Nicks slept with Fleetwood, Buckingham slept with Christine McVie. Mick Fleetwood got a divorce because of it all. Tensions were high, and the songs reflect the band at any moment in time. The chain that kept them together was the band, and their next album. So while Buckingham was singing to Nick; this was a song the whole band was contacted too, as it had everyone on mind. You really need to listen to the whole album
Fleetwood Mac had been around for years before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined. That band lineup took Fleetwood Mac to a whole new level. Rumours was the 2nd Fleetwood Mac album with Nicks and Buckingham.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac " were a superb Blues Group who had a few hit singles in the late 1960's,featuring one of the World's legends that was Peter Green.There were also 2 other fine guitarists in Irishman: Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer so an All British and Irish Group. " Albatriss" is still one of ny 2 favourite songs of all time but MUST be listened for 3 minutes in the dark, with headphones,in solitude.It's beautiful. Anyway LSD ruined Peter. Danny became a drunk and Jeremy joined a Californian Cult all around 1970 so the Band mde the transition to become a Transatlantic Band around 1971 and the rest is history. :) Peter and Danny recently died.
Their early albums were much more British-blues fare, featuring Peter Green. And you've probably heard covers of at least two of those early songs ("Black Magic Woman," covered by Santana, and "The Green Manalishi," covered by Judas Priest). "Albatross" is also a lovely early song of theirs. I'm also a fan of the _Bare Trees_ album after Green left (but before Buckingham and Nicks joined).
Fleetwood Mac became big stars with the Buckingham/Nicks albums, but they were no slouches beforehand. That later period just eclipsed their early greatness for posterity.
You stole my thunder. Mac became a totally different beast with Lindsey and Stevie.
You cant go wrong with the whole album. Every song is great ❤
Its,a Banger
I don’t think there was a house, apartment or dorm I went to in college that someone didn’t own this album! It never goes old as you can now see for yourself that 45 years later, you can probably hear at least one of it’s songs on the radio or XM if you listened all day! Just like many other group of the 70’s.
Heck, even in the early 90's, most people I knew in college still had a copy of this album.
For an interesting twister of a song, check out "Tusk" video!!!
Lindsey Buckingham has always been a very underrated guitarist.
Unique finger-picking style, entirely self-taught.
I remember an interview with Stevie Nicks in which the interviewer pointed out that she was waitressing and supporting herself and Lindsey while he wasn't working. She stopped the interviewer and said no, he was working: he was playing the guitar 10-12 hours per day getting better and better, and she was happy to support him because they were a team. That was the deal they had, and as far as she was concerned, he had lived up to it. (This was long after they has split up a couple.)
Have you heard the album that Lindsay & Stevie put out in 1973 called “Buckingham Nicks”? It’s an incredible album, although it was only ever released on vinyl in ‘73, and for years you had to buy the LP if you could find it. I bought the LP in 1995 at a record store in NYC for $125, which was a lot, but what choice did I have? NOW you can hear the entire album for free on UA-cam! Listen to the song “Frozen Love”, the guitar work is stunning. When Mick Fleetwood heard this song he decided that he had hire Lindsay to join Fleetwood Mac before he even met him. Lindsay said the only way he’s join Fleetwood Mac is if his partner, Stevie, came with him because they were a unit no matter what.
The story behind the Rumors album is interesting in itself.
Everyone in my high school had this album. We knew even then it would be a classic of all time. :) I recall hearing Rhiannon for the first time on the Midnight Special TV show. If you haven't checked those episodes out on UA-cam, it's worth the rabbit hole experience for the bands that appeared on it.
I remember that Rumours was up against Hotel California for Album of the Year in 1978 (along with Steely Dan's Aja) - that was a tough choice for me then and it still is
Seems Like A Dream, You Got Me "Hypnotized"
There was an episode of "Eight is Enough" where Tommy Bradford (Willie Aames) spent the entire episode trying to win Fleetwood Mac concert tickets in a local radio station giveaway contest.
wow, that memory came like a rush, my friend. (Now I'm hearing the theme song in my head...)
Fleetwood Mac !! 1 of 5 of the Elite Bands of Rock ! Excellent Music !! Now your talking Daniel !!
I love the way good music makes you happy. I wonder how many of the other fans "head dance" with you as you enjoy the pieces.
The story of this album is the stuff of legends.
It’s great to watch the episode on the Classic Albums series devoted to Rumours.
Stevie and Lindsey were breaking up. John and Christie were breaking up. Mick had his own relationship problems, to put it mildly. They were falling apart and singing songs about their love and anger and it created something amazing.
Lindsay Buckingham is a seriously underrated guitarist.
Almost the Kardashians of the 1970's, except actual talent was plentiful from all the characters.
Nothing makes a breakup song better than being able to write and play it while staring at the person you're breaking up with. Rumors is full of that and it made it into basically an unintended greatest hits album.
BTW here's a clip of Lindsey showing the song with and without that acoustic guitar part he was talking about that changed the song: ua-cam.com/video/egBB7zhpeQQ/v-deo.html (its about 28 min into the video) way cool!
Another example of a breakup song that was written and played while staring at the person they were breaking up with is ABBA's The Winner Takes it All.
Remember, it was the '70's. Back before the AIDS and Herpes, etc. scares. Drugs were flowing and people were jumping on top of each other like a bunch of rabbits. Pop stars in particular were always hooking up with other. Even the National Inquirer couldn't keep up. TMZ would have been a 24 hour station back then. But I was a dorky teenager when this song came out. All I could do was watch. Made for a great album though.
The irony of the Rumours album is that while every song is upbeat or else soft and peaceful sounding, there is a lot of bitterness, anger and hurt in the lyrics.
Try some pre-Buckingham/Nicks."Bare Trees" might be a good choice...
It was only their second album with Buckingham and Nicks.
Their first album before Fleetwood Mac, simply called Buckingham Nicks, is interesting to listen to - you can hear the elements that are later found in the FM and Rumours albums.
Fleetwood Mac started in the 1960s as a Blues Band, that Mick Fleetwood (Drummer) and Jon McVie, (Bass) founded, and stayed with until the Band eventually ended it's existence. Peter Green, Bob Welch, and others were in this group. You have to look at Fleetwood Mac, as two different Bands. Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks, were asked to join in the mid 70s, when the Band was in the midst of a transition.
The early Fleetwood Mac, was completely different from what it eventually became. Both were excellent in different ways.
Who doesn’t love Fleetwood Mac? They’re just so Amazing. Thank you for reacting to them again. Would love to see more reactions to them. Pretty much everything they did is the best music ever.
Yes, 11th! You should check out Peter Green days again: Oh Well, Green Manalishi... They were at the core of the British Blues revival, influenced everybody from Ian Anderson to The Beatles (Sun King). (And since i'm a Joni Mitchell fan, i'd like to point out that Stevie Nicks lists Court & Spark as a major influence, and Peter Green attended a BBC performance by Joni, not as musician but as a fan. Wink Wink Daniel: time to check Joni out again.)
Don Henley and Stevie Nicks song Leather and Lace is a love song classic.
Leather And Lace, a duet by Henly and Nicks, a song played at many Weddings.
One of the great drum beats in rock music.....
Great pop song off a great pop album that was beautifully composed and engineered. Not surprising that it sold a bajillion copies. It still gets played incessantly on “Classic Rock” radio, in dentists’ offices and malls, to the point that many of us older listeners are sick and tired of it.
I love you, Greg xxxx
Check out Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. Oh Well is a fantastic banger!
BLACK MAGIC WOMAN AIN'T BAD EITHER.
Daniel - just checked my diary. That gig that we did for Christine McVie’s 50th birthday party was in July 1993 - my how time flies. This review of yours reminded me of it. Glad to see that your channel is doing well still. Respect! Regards, Mike.
More Fleetwood Mac please. :) Perhaps you should go back and try some early stuff like the instrumental 'Albatross' ( I remember one summer when you heard the song everywhere and it was used on broadcasting fill a lot) or 'Oh well' which is a song the band have been playing for years. Go the original Pete Green version... although I do like the Lindsay Buckingham version and I also like the Mike Campbell version.
And Stevie Nicks is a writing machine!! Cheers, Chicago Ray
"Fleet Mickwood" 😂 👏
Watch the live version of this on ‘The Dance’ album!
My first cassette Rumors. I bought myself with babysitting money, wore it right out! Best thing I bought for myself :)
Mercy, Mercy, Me by Marvin Gaye
soul perfection version
Yes, this was their 11th album after many line-up changes. Their excellent 1972 album _Bare Trees_ kicks off with a killer Christine McVie song, "Spare Me a Little (of Your Love)" that you'd really enjoy.
Sunny Side of Heaven is a good one too.
This is my favorite song of the Album, love lindsey Buckingham voice
Fleetwood Mac was prominently featured in the greatest sports movie ever made, "Slap Shot".
Take care of that cold!
Ahh Slap Shot! Paul Newman was tremendous.
@@waynethera2712 He said Reggie Dunlop was one of his favorite characters.
Firebird 7479, the Hanson Brothers were in my hometown a couple years back. They are big boys, I’m 6’ 3”, 225 lbs and I was the small guy.
They said Paul was very down to earth and loved the way the hockey guys interacted with him. Must have been a lot of fun to make that movie.
“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.... And people flock around the poet and say: 'Sing again soon' - that is, 'May new sufferings torment your soul but your lips be fashioned as before, for the cry would only frighten us, but the music, that is blissful.” - Kierkegaard
You must try the original Fleetwood Mac formed and fronted by Peter Green. They were a blues band and Greeny was my favourite guitarist. I could reel off a long list but for starters listen to some some of their hits such as Oh Well, The Green Manalishi, Need Your Love So Bad (best version is live in the studio) and the incredible Man Of The World. Also Black Magic Woman (live at Boston Tea Party) 1970, written by Greeny and containing some great guitar duelling between him and Danny Kirwin. RIP you both.
You forgot Albatross, which inspired the Beatles song Sun King.
@@nellgwenn You are right but there is so much more
@@charlotte_plays1236 Personally one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs is Hypnotized.
Seems like a dream, got you hypnotized...
Yes! And actually was named Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac”.
Stevie Nicks wrote that the studio work was in the can when most of the band took off for the summer, but left Lindsay Buckingham behind to fiddle with the tracks. She said when they came back to finish the album, she didn't recognise themselves. Sound production reigned supreme in the 70s
I must now write a story with a character named Fleet Mickwood. That's just inspired.
When I was young by Eric Burdon
Thanks Daniel love this song its probably my favourite
Stevie Nicks and Don Henley did have a thing going for a while, and they even wrote a duet during that time and it became a minor hit.
Look up "Leather and Lace" by Nicks and Henley if you're interested.
Stevie also hung out - as friends - with Tom Petty and his wife. Tom's wife, who has a bit of a southern drawl, said that she and Petty met at the age of 17. Stevie misheard her at first and thought she said they had met "at the EDGE of seventeen." This is, of course, the name of one of Stevie's biggest solo hits. She and Petty also had a hit duet - "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around".
Stevie is endlessly fascinating.
Rumors, one of the best albums of the 20th century
If you want to hear songs about band turmoil, listen to the early Beatles solo works. All four Beatles, especially John and Paul, wrote angry and bitter songs about each other.
One of the best Bass lines
Be sure to check out some of the middle era Fleetwood Mac with Bob Welch.
The first great Buckingham-Nicks song is called Crystal
Really good album that everyone owned. I prefer the early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Oh Well, Albatross, Black Magic Woman, Need Your Love So Bad, Rattlesnake Shake, etc.
I’m so glad you said that!! That was my favorite period for Fleetwood Mac. I also liked some Bob Welch stuff but he was still different from the Blues of early Fleetwood Mac.
Absolutely! Every song is great on the Rumors album- this is the only album I have in 8 track, album, cassette and CD🎶❤️👍🎶
You need to listen to this song live in St. Louis and enjoy Lindsey playing guitar (no pick just fingers) he’s great!!
One of their best.
Rumors IMO is the greatest album of all time. Every song is a hit. I didn’t get into FM until my 30s and became a huge fan.
A masterpiece . The whole album is amazing
"Rumours" was a softer rock version of Boston's debut album. Not in style, totally different. But in substance. Both albums. Every. Single. Track. A hit. And it helped that this 16 year old high-schooler had a little crush on Stevie Nicks :)
You weren't the only one. :D
You said it all in 3 words. That Was Fun!
Early Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green is the nas - 'Black Magic Woman' or if you REALLY want dolomite 'Green Manalishi with the Two Pronged Crown'
Dud I just posted the Black Magic Woman thing at the same time you did. Good shit, bro!
@@NewBluesBros Anything from 'Fleetwood Mac in Chicago' 'Blues Jam in Chicago'
"...this ain't your Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac"
Rumours is a masterpiece!
Killer McVie bass line in chorus!
Thank you, Daniel, for bringing back those long-ago 1970s days for me. This was one of "those" albums that were always close to my turntable for an easy grab to pop on for a good listening session. I SO enjoy your reviews and watching you react so much as I did way back then.
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Rumors is one of the biggest selling albums of all time
Every single song on the album was a big hit on the radio, with this probably being the biggest one. They had made 10 albums before this but mostly without Lindsey and Stevie. Soap operas have nothing compared to what this band went through not long after they joined. What a nightmare, but one of the most successful nightmares in music history.
Awesome review 🦋
Fleetwood Mac has existed in at least three different configurations. Many would say their most successful iteration is the best, but some of us feel there is only one Fleetwood Mac worthy of the name, and that's Peter Green's original Fleetwood Mac.
I concur!
You should read a book on Jefferson Airplane. Grace Slick hooked up with Paul Kantner, they had a child together named China who grew up to be an MTV VJ. I read an interview, in "Q" magazine I think, where she said she'd slept with everyone in the band, and Paul said, "So you DID sleep with Marty (Balin)," and she said, "Everyone but him," so it must have been a bone of contention. Marty said the power in the band went to whoever Grace was sleeping with. Marty formed the band with Paul. The bass player Jack Casady and guitarist Jorma Kaukonen formed their own clique and band called Hot Tuna so they were 1 faction, Paul and Grace another, they were more political.
Marty ended up losing control of the band because no one wanted to play his romantic songs so he quit. Eventually Paul formed the Jefferson Starship which was more pop oriented and Marty joined to sing lead on the big singles. Ironically after Mickey Thomas replaced Marty Paul lost control of the band, quit and sued them so they had to change their name by dropping "Jefferson" from the band name.
Can remember being a junior in high school and visiting with a friend a relative of his at PLU Tacoma.. driving thru Tacoma KTAC the big am radio station then hearing this. Whenever i hear this great song remember that. Unbelievable... will be 45 years in a matter of months.
The album previous to this one, the first with Buckingham & Nicks, is a really great one.
This song should be called “We Syncopate Our Way”.
Fleetwood MAC has had many artistical lineup, so this is really a fairly new band at this time. In fact, it is their 1st album with the new musical direction and leaders (Lindsey Buckingham [guitar, arranger, director] and Stevie Nicks [singer]). The 2 were a couple when they came into the band, and and from this album on, they were fighting, along with pretty much the rest of the band. However, if it weren't for Lindsey, this band would've faded into history as a distant memory by now. In fact, some of the songs performed by Stevie Nicks would never have made it to the albums if not for Linsey rearranging them, directing Stevie and adding just the right touches here and there. This song is a way of him telling her she could get lost.
And, Peter Green was the leader of the band a couple lineups earlier, and before Bob Welch's FM. They had hits too but it was THIS iteration that made them a household name. BTW, Stevie saying that she resented Lindsay that in front of the world is ironic, because she never denied it, and here's the kicker, it WAS TRUE. She slept with Mick Fleetwood. Now, revisit the lyrics and you'll get why she didn't like it ... because he was airing her dirty (but true) laundry in public for all to see !!! She deserved it, if you ask me, and I, for 1, am damn proud of him for doing it. Apparently, the rest of the world agreed.
For the few people who care about music in 5.1, Rumours has one of the best surround sound mixes out there.
Brings me back! Nice
Very happy you reacted to this.this and dreams are about Lindsay and Stevies break up
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Fleetwood Mac is an album rock/concert/FM band. So although their albums are not "concept" i.e. Pet Sounds, St. Pepper, The Wall, they are intended to flow from one track to the next and perform as a single work of art. Picking out singles works as UA-cam entertainment, but it's much like reacting to chapters without reading the novel.
If nothing else, you must do Landslide. Classic, beautiful song.
You should check out the version from The Dance Tour. It has an extended outro guitar solo.
I'm excited for this reaction!!
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One of the best albums of the 70's, no question about that! An album you look forward to hearing again, doesn't matter how many times you have played it.
Great song, increible album, fantastic band (through every roster). A deep dive into this album is an eye opener. Stevie's own catalog is another place to explore.
that acoustic guitar addition is discussed by lindsey buckingham here, around 27:40
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"go your own way" and "you make lovin' fun" are my favourite songs on "rumours". i can and still hear them on the radio - timeless.
Daniel, I revisited this video just now, and Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and John McVie.
Are wondering when you where going to get back to one of the 5 elite Bands of Rock music of All Time ??
You have just scratch the surface of one of the Greatest Bands of All Time !!
And I can't wait until you come back and scratch so more !
We are Legion !!
There were only five or six albums in our home when I was a kid. This and Boston were two of them.
A Fleetwood Mac movie would be far too long. It would be a good series.
Especially as there were 2 versions, this being the second transatlantic one :)
Rumors is one of the greatest albums of all time. The album was No. 18 on the Billboard Chart Top 200 and now it is No. 29 on the Billboard Charts. Now 3 months ago, it was No. 8 on the Top 200.....so this group and Stevie Nicks are more popular than EVER among your generation!!!! They are just AWESOME!!!!!
that was fun...i enjoyed that lol
Your t-shirt reminds me of a tidbit I stumbled across the other day. There is a composer from the 60s, named Galt MacDermot, who is one of the most sampled composers in music. There is a video on the CBC site about him. Handsome Boy Modeling School and Busta Rhymes are just two of over 160 artists who sampled him.
p.s. Great song and review.
11 albums=the peter green era+the Bob Welch era+the Buckingham Nicks era. Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John (bass) and Christine (keys/vocals) Mcvie were the only constant members.
Only John and Mick have been there since the beginning. Christine came on board when Peter Green was essentially gone from the band and Danny Kirwan about a year later.
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So I've been following along for a minute and really enjoy your laid back perspective. What is your favorite style of music.
The 'Rumours' album of 1977 is still widely considered to be one of the greatest rock albums of all time, with every track being a work of genius and it's still as powerful and intoxicating 45 years later as it was when it was released.
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac " were a superb Blues Group who had a few hit singles in the late 1960's,featuring one of the World's legends that was Peter Green.There were also 2 other fine guitarists in Irishman: Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer so an All British and Irish Group. " Albatriss" is still one of ny 2 favourite songs of all time but MUST be listened for 3 minutes in the dark, with headphones,in solitude.It's beautiful. Anyway LSD ruined Peter. Danny became a drunk and Jeremy joined a Californian Cult all around 1970 so the Band mde the transition to become a Transatlantic Band around 1971 and the rest is history. :) Peter and Danny recently died.
People always only associate the Stevie Nicks era with Fleetwood Mac. Sure it was their most succesful and commercial phase, but some of it is pretty fluff (this particular track isn't a favourite of mine). They were a totally different band before, not better, but certainly different, and it's worth checking out older Fleetwood Mac songs, just to get the full picture.
I haven't heard this song in decades. Its much more aggressive than I recalled, I had (mis)remembered is as a ballad!
Somebody in your life told you this is an iconic band. Check out Linda rondstadt the eagles crosby still and nash. Heart….Ann Wilson can blow your mind
This album was a big part of the soundtrack of my middle school years...you could not listen to the radio for an hour without hearing one of these
I highly recommend something BEFORE the period when Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band 🙏