Monday, December 1, 2008

Fleetwood Mac has to be on of my favorite bands from what my peers would call "back in the day", I should admit, I said it too. Its funny how we can make fun of things our parents or elders used to do when they were our age, and then sometimes we wind up enjoying the exact same things. So anyways, Fleetwood is still making good music with their most recent album from 2003,"Say You Will".
Although as a hole I think the band is great, there are 2 members that cath my ears {ahah not my eyes.. pretty cheesy i know} the most. First we have Stevie Nicks who I think has such a stand out voice. I've really never heard a woman with such a masculine but at the same time feminine sounding raspy angelic voice. What a variety of vocal chords she must have [ please dont mind my dry sense of humor .. i amuse myself}. There is always such emotion in her voice; and most of the time her symbolic lyrics put such a sparkle on the vibe of the song.
Here's one of the classics "Landslide" which always makes me cry EVERY TIME i hear it;sometimes happy cries sometimes sad ones. This song was also covered by the Dixie Chics. I have to say even though i adapt well to it .. i don't like change .. every time I hear this version I put on Fleetwood mac within the first 15 seconds.

AND ANOTHER..A CLASSIC SOME OF YOU PROABABLY KNOW






The other memeber , Lindsey Buckingham had a Romantic history with Nicks which makes me wonder if that's why their lyrics get my attention so much.You go through their entire relationship with them and there is so much heartache, passion and love that is evoked in each and every song. It's kind of like watching a soap opera. You know the hole fascination with watching other peoples lives in as much misery as yours if not something on a lighter note. Getting back to those lighter notes, Buckingham ,AKA MAC DADDY [ahaha],is the guitarist in Fleetwood Mac and has such a unique approach to his fingerpicking style of playing. I think he is underrated and his solos always seems to remind me of Hendrix. It left me in shock to find that he never learned to read music up to this day. Here is one of my favorite songs from him:
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITES

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