Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie sounds a lot like Fleetwood Mac-lite. The songs are bouncy and lively for the most part. I liked “Red Son” and “Game of Pretend” best. In general, this new CD is vapid and unmemorable. You can safely skip this one. What’s your favorite Fleetwood Mac song? GRADE: C
TRACK LIST:
1. “Sleeping Around the Corner” 3:48
2. “Feel About You” 3:28
3. “In My World” 4:25
4. “Red Sun” 3:15
5. “Love Is Here to Stay” 4:25
6. “Too Far Gone” 3:20
7. “Lay Down for Free” 3:56
8. “Game of Pretend” 4:33
9. “On with the Show” 3:46
10. “Carnival Begin” 3:31
Oh Well from the early version of Fleetwood Mac when Peter Green was the leader. Loved his guitar playing.
Steve, you’re right. Fleetwood Mac has gone through a number of member changes.
I’ve yet to listen to much of the Green blues band they began as…”Dreams” remains my favorite, certainly of Nicks’s songs.
Todd, when Mick Fleetwood invited Lindsey Buckingham to join the group, Buckingham said, “I’ll only join if you accept my girl friend, too.” His girl friend at the time was…Stevie Nicks.
Songwriting ain’t what it used to be. Or at least not for these older groups.
Patti, I agree with you. I’ve been listening to songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. They knew how to write great songs.
When the loving starts and the lights go down,
There’s not another living soul around.
You woo me until the sun comes up,
And say you love me.
The Christine McVie songs. Say You Love Me, You Make Loving Fun, etc.
Jeff, Christine McVie wrote and sang some of Fleetwood Mac’s best songs.
Like the Rumors album
Rick, RUMORS is a classic. I listen to it on a regular basis.
From the pre-Buckingham-Nicks era, I love “Hypnotized”–which, iirc, was written by Bob Welch. From the B-N era, there are too many to choose from, but “Tusk”, “Little Lies”, and “Hold Me” spring to mind.
Deb, I’m fond of “Gypsy” and “Go Your Own Way.”
Lindsey and I share the same birthday (Oct 3), both swam competitively in the late 60’s in South Bay swim meets before he quit sports (his brother Greg won a silver medal at the ’68 olympics in Mexico, the same year I swam butterfly against Olympian Mark Spitz for my first of two times at CCS high school finals), and we were at San Jose State at the same time for a year or two. I don’t remember him from those days, but saw them perform twice in the 70’s. I liked the band’s harder rock stuff & style after seeing them play at SJSU before they went Pop and big with “Rumors,” though I went to see them again anyway later in the 70’s after they became world renown.
Roy, you really have some history with Lindsey Buckingham! He can still play guitar!