hammondegg
(Hudson, Quebec) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2005 - 08:59 | |
I was a BIG Fleetwood Mac with the release of their very fist LP,"English Rose" ( with a lovely closeup of Mick Fleetwood in drag on the cover)... If anyone has that album, PLEASE upload "Black Magic Woman" (the original version of Santana's hit, written by the great Peter Green). Fleetwood Mac's version is inspired and wonderfully raw.
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stornoway
(Dorset England) | | Posted: Mar 14, 2005 - 08:55 | |
bookbabe1960 wrote:No matter how many times I hear this, i still love it. Great primal beat!  Me too! |
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kenlong
(Rocky River, Ohio) | | Posted: Feb 27, 2005 - 14:09 | |
It took me a long time to get to like this song. At the beginning, the vocals are mixed WAY too low, in my opinion, kind of like a bass and drum track with some mumbling in there. It gets much better as it goes along.
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Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting, please drive through!) | | Posted: Feb 12, 2005 - 20:14 | |
Barandis wrote:This one will always bring back memories of college. Specifically, of taking a trip from the University of Arizona to USC to watch a football game
Go Cats! Well, in basketball anyway...USC kinda has the football thing locked down right now.
Not sure about the "dirty laundry" angle others bring up...I just treat it like the fun ditty that it is, and leave it there. And bonus point for any Lindsey Buckingham-sung tune. |
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steeler
(teetering on the abyss) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2005 - 08:42 | |
mojoman wrote:Nothing worse than members of a band airing their romantic dirty laundry in public.
Well, I don't think that is this one. I thought it made Rumours rather interesting. |
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mojoman
(Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2005 - 08:40 | |
Nothing worse than members of a band airing their romantic dirty laundry in public.
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amitishere
(San Francisco, CA) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2004 - 16:58 | |
Barandis wrote:This one will always bring back memories of college. Specifically, of taking a trip from the University of Arizona to USC to watch a football game, and of hearing the USC marching band play this song a good dozen times during the game. That almost single-handedly made me sick of it.
Fortunately, I don't feel that way about it anymore.
You're lucky you only made that trip once. I've done it 4 times. This song is now permanently unlistenable for me. |
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Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City (or is it just me?)) | | Posted: Dec 30, 2004 - 15:19 | |
Freebish wrote:Is it true that "Tusk" was a nickname for Mick's favorite member?
Favorite member of what club? |
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Tux
(The Netherlands) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2004 - 07:14 | |
Tusk, Tuks, Tux All perfect :)
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trekhead
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Freebish
(Arkansas) | | Posted: Nov 01, 2004 - 12:32 | |
Is it true that "Tusk" was a nickname for Mick's favorite member?
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bookbabe1960
(Tejas!) | | Posted: Nov 01, 2004 - 12:29 | |
No matter how many times I hear this, i still love it. Great primal beat! |
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klgs24
(Springfield, IL) | | Posted: Aug 05, 2004 - 10:13 | |
Another one my dad used to dance with me to!!! Wowie!  |
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steeler
| | Posted: Jun 25, 2004 - 05:43 | |
mperry wrote:Like the album, this is ambitious and enthralling. It was audacious of Buckingham & Co. to insist that this be the first single release after the momentous "Rumours". Had a lot of people scratching their head - while tapping their toes - as this rose the charts to become a hit in the autumn of 1979.
I think it is remarkable that there is brilliant music from just about every incarnation of the Mac - well maybe not the Billy Burnette era. If you ever get the chance, listen to the 1970 Boston Tea Party recordings with Peter Green, Kirwan, Spencer, Fleetwood and Mac at their most incredibly explosive. It is truly revelatory.
I agree. Artists often are criticized for being too commercial, but after putting out Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, FM follows up with this "ambitious" work. That takes a certain amount of conviction. I also agree that all of the incarnations of FM had something different, and worthwhile, to offer. |
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MoxyP
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: May 03, 2004 - 10:16 | |
I always snicker when high-school marching bands play this or Prince's Little Red Corvette. Don't those band directors know anything about euphemisms? Heeheee
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Cavedragon
(Portsmouth, NH) | | Posted: May 03, 2004 - 10:15 | |
WegieAnn wrote:Ok. A reason to crank the speakers on a grey rainy day. One of the few FwM tunes I like.
And I gotta go the whole other direction... I HATE THIS SONG!
Ain't diversity grand? |
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WegieAnn
| | Posted: Apr 20, 2004 - 13:12 | |
Ok. A reason to crank the speakers on a grey rainy day. One of the few FwM tunes I like.
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DBCinCA
(California) | | Posted: Mar 13, 2004 - 21:31 | |
Barandis wrote:This one will always bring back memories of college. Specifically, of taking a trip from the University of Arizona to USC to watch a football game, and of hearing the USC marching band play this song a good dozen times during the game. That almost single-handedly made me sick of it.
Fortunately, I don't feel that way about it anymore.
But you still have to hate the USC marching band - all time most annoying college band - and I've heard plenty, thank you. They break into their fight song to celebrate a three yard gain in their own territory on first down.
But this is supposed to be about the music, so I'll stop my USC hatin' rant now. |
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nook
(land o' winos Kalleefornia) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2004 - 17:34 | |
Illustr8r wrote:My one complaint: the song's over too quick. :)
me too. i crank it up, way up, and just bounce for the time it's playing. but then, i've always had a soft spot in my heart for rollicking drum lines. |
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Illustr8r
| | Posted: Jan 19, 2004 - 07:18 | |
My one complaint: the song's over too quick. :)
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Barandis
(Pittsburgh, PA) | | Posted: Dec 29, 2003 - 19:28 | |
This one will always bring back memories of college. Specifically, of taking a trip from the University of Arizona to USC to watch a football game, and of hearing the USC marching band play this song a good dozen times during the game. That almost single-handedly made me sick of it.
Fortunately, I don't feel that way about it anymore.
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RobGraham
(Concord, NH) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2003 - 14:36 | |
Can't explain this song's appeal to me but it strikes the right nerve. Very fun!
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natsthename
(The Bay State) | | Posted: Nov 18, 2003 - 14:32 | |
I get cranky when people pick on the Buckingham/Nicks era of Fleetwood Mac. Granted, the direction changed and the bluesy music took a step to the back (but that was the beauty of Christine McVie songs,) but Lindsey and Stevie are talented people. There is not a thing wrong with a great pop record. :P   |
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philarktos
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2003 - 06:43 | |
Have always been inordinately fond of this, catchy and breezy and yet somehow inexorable and overwhelming, like offensive positions being over run by dancing mummers, or a storm at high tide.
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mary
(Denver, CO) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2003 - 15:40 | |
I remember when this came out I didn't really get it; now I really like it. I agree that Fleetwood Mac's best stuff was way before Rumours -- "Mystery to Me," "Bare Trees," "Heroes are Hard to Find," etc. But this song is fun. Check out the album "Buckingham Nicks," released before they joined the band, for a real treat.
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shayde
(Bolton, MA) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2003 - 11:50 | |
Guilty pleasure is a great way of saying it. I remember listening to this in High School, and I understand it now bout as much as I understood it then. Just sort of fun and boppy.  |
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Ziller
(Denver) | | Posted: Oct 08, 2003 - 11:49 | |
One of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs. Gotta crank the volume for this one!!
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Soul_of_Wit
(Motown, MI) | | Posted: Sep 28, 2003 - 12:01 | |
A guilty pleasure but--please--more old Mac ("Mystery to Me" would work.)
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MattN
| | Posted: Aug 18, 2003 - 12:33 | |
I guess this is the disadvantage of being an eclectic radio station.
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veegez
(Burnsville, mn) | | Posted: Aug 08, 2003 - 08:37 | |
wa2bux wrote:Never could figure it out then, and really can't now. Liked it then, still like it now
:???: :)
Think phallic. Does that help? :) |
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