![]() Future Games (1971) [ larger cover art ] |
Written by Danny Kirwan.
Sometimes I get to thinking
About the times we used to have
But now you've gone away and left me-so alone
(La di da, la di da da, la di da)
Although my back is aching
I'll work the whole day through
Although you hear that I've been wasting
All my time
Taking the sun from the sky
Lifting our hearts to the day
Thinking of new revelations
Talking with nothing to say
Sometimes I get to thinking
About the times we used to have
But now you've gone away and left me-so alone
(La di da, la di da da, la di da)
Although my back is aching
I'll work the whole day through
Although you hear that I've been wasting
All my time
Taking the sun from the sky
Lifting our hearts to the day
Thinking of new revelations
Talking with nothing to say
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 23:10 Christine McVie's vocals are so worthy. Best female vocalist of the band....ever. |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 18:45 before they didn't suck. awesome song. |
| claya (Boerne Texas) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:31 this is the first ive ever heard this. (I was born in '72) what a fabulous groove, it's what I would like some Dead songs to work into... Dead was never that tight. I have to agree with the other, the falsetto is really bad..... I dont know why they would put that out. |
| pwieber | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:31 thanks for that fantastic old Fleetwood Mac song. haven't heard it in years... |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 12:28 George_Tirebiter wrote: The first album with Bob Welch - you can definitely hear his influence. and of course the Legendary Christine Perfect! Love it! ![]() Except that this is all Danny (vocals). |
| bachbeet | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 23:21 Always liked this album. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 12:33 sailorgirl wrote: OMG - are those brass balls?? Check out the album cover to Rumours. |
| meadowwoods (Dane County, WI) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 12:32 madaxeman wrote: Peter left the band in 1970. Peter Green era Mac is my favourite, but Future Games, Bare Trees and Kiln House are fabulous listens. I LOVE Danny's playing. Bare Trees and Kiln House are almost as good at Peter Green era albums. This is okay, too ; |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 12:31 George_Tirebiter wrote: The first album with Bob Welch - you can definitely hear his influence. and of course the Legendary Christine Perfect! Love it! ![]() Oh yes indeed - Welch, Christine, and Danny Kirwan. The FM of my college years and long a favorite of mine. And I always like to thank that carload of surfers from California who camped next to me at Cape Hatteras in '73 and introduced me to FM. Long may you run. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 13:48 marvelous... this whole album is phenomenal... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 13:49 I'll dance to this... |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Sep 20, 2011 - 13:49 I quite liked FM in my youth, but they can't do falsetto worth diddly-squat, as I believe youse across the Pond say. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 19, 2011 - 20:40 What a fine classic song from a great album... love it... |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 13:50 sailorgirl wrote: OMG - are those brass balls?? Hope he doesn't gyrate around too much on stage. He'll end up speed bagging himself with those big brass balls. |
| sailorgirl | Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 13:00 calypsus_1 wrote: OMG - are those brass balls?? |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 01:05 calypsus_1 wrote: Yes Bill, i like this too!! Nice song, by the way! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 02, 2010 - 14:50 ![]() Mick Fleetwood by ~thrulookinglass ©2007-2011 ~thrulookinglass A photo I took of Mick Fleetwood in concert with Fleetwood Mac at Earls Court in London 2003 |
| George_Tirebiter (Phoenix) | Posted: May 02, 2010 - 14:48 The first album with Bob Welch - you can definitely hear his influence. and of course the Legendary Christine Perfect! Love it! ![]() |
| kcar | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 21:34 I know almost nothing about pre-Rumours Fleetwood Mac. This is pretty good, albeit definitely from the 70's... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 21:31 This is a fantastic song from an excellent album... there are a lot of good songs on this album... |
| OCDHG | Posted: Jun 21, 2009 - 04:04 I really love this song... And I generally don't like Fleetwood Mac. I keep bumping it up and up. Its now a 10. |
| redstorm (East Coast!........ Lou!) | Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 04:41 Sometimes, when I'm working and RP is in the backround, I hear a song, and say..."OMG who is that!" and i rush to bring up the site, and see who the artist is....in this case i'm reminded just how much i dislike FM....yes! somethings never change! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 20, 2009 - 10:10 This song is good for the ears... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 04, 2009 - 11:39 eeke wrote: LOVE this album.... ![]() Yeah... this is a sweet song, too... love it... |
| eeke (Canal Winchester Ohio) | Posted: May 04, 2009 - 11:36 LOVE this album.... ![]() |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 18, 2009 - 19:12 fantastic song... |
| cathenley (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Apr 02, 2009 - 22:44 Some of the best music of allllllllll time..... ![]() |
| madaxeman (Scottish west coast) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 10:11 jagdriver wrote: Yup. But then Kiln House and Bare Trees also provide a good listen. Then Play On, too, although I'm not sure what the other band members thought (if anything at all) about the general mood of Peter's songs. I like 'em, but they're quite a departure from what preceded this LP. Peter left the band in 1970. Peter Green era Mac is my favourite, but Future Games, Bare Trees and Kiln House are fabulous listens. I LOVE Danny's playing. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 10:08 stevesaw wrote: And like a lot of people my age, I always sort of thought Fleetwood Mac ended with Fleetwood Mac! This is always nice to hear. It's just a shame about Danny Kirwan, however. |
| stevesaw (Northern VA USA) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 10:06 Xeric wrote: Like a lot of people my age, I always sort of thought Fleetwood Mac started with Fleetwood Mac. How horribly wrong. And like a lot of people my age, I always sort of thought Fleetwood Mac ended with Fleetwood Mac! |
| n4ku (Lex Vegas) | Posted: Mar 02, 2009 - 10:05 OCDHG wrote: Fleetwood Mac is great when that crazy lady isn't singing |
| OCDHG (The Bull City) | Posted: Feb 14, 2009 - 17:16 Fleetwood Mac is great when that crazy lady isn't singing |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 29, 2009 - 20:20 Oh, yeah... love it... |
| Xeric (Up on the Roof) | Posted: Nov 11, 2008 - 20:08 Like a lot of people my age, I always sort of thought Fleetwood Mac started with Fleetwood Mac. How horribly wrong. |
| caregiver (near contentment now) | Posted: Oct 11, 2008 - 05:36 Skynnyrd (sp?) must have listened to this ... I hear "Sweet Home Alabama," only better. |
| jagdriver (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 09:33 romeotuma wrote: This song is from a great album... Yup. But then Kiln House and Bare Trees also provide a good listen. Then Play On, too, although I'm not sure what the other band members thought (if anything at all) about the general mood of Peter's songs. I like 'em, but they're quite a departure from what preceded this LP. |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Sep 25, 2008 - 09:19 smehan55 wrote: :-) Oh yeah! Takes me back, too. Unfortunately I also . Had just broken up with the girlfriend I had all of High school. I wanted her back and she said no way. Broken hearted I listened. |
| smehan55 (Beneath a Carolina blue sky) | Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 15:19 capandjudy wrote: This album is a sunny spring afternoon in 1972. :-) Oh yeah! Takes me back, too. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 09, 2008 - 15:14 This song is from a great album... |
| EssexTex (Bee Cave Texas) | Posted: Jul 08, 2008 - 09:55 Anyone seen the poster of the band with Mick squatting in front like he's trying to leave a deposit...? |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Jun 22, 2008 - 15:19 Some how, this reminds me of Poco. |
| madaxeman (Scottish west coast) | Posted: May 06, 2008 - 11:01 What a lovely surprise when I logged on. I just love Danny Kirwan's playing. I bought this album when it was released, and still love it. |
| More_Cowbell (North of Chicago, IL, USA) | Posted: Mar 04, 2008 - 10:18 Good OLD Mac! |
| Marley (Portland, Or) | Posted: Feb 02, 2008 - 00:27 SmilinJimmy wrote: Thank you for the update. That's unfortunate for one so talented. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 06:07 Not bad, until they started singing like the Bee Gees which was, like, a bummer, man :o) |
| eeke (Canal Winchester Ohio) | Posted: Jan 17, 2008 - 06:06 ahhhhh... love love love!! |
| SmilinJimmy (Canada) | Posted: Dec 16, 2007 - 20:42 Marley wrote: I just got a new turntable and this was the first record I played. A classic! Still sounds great today. One of my favorite Fleetwood Mac albums. Always a treat to hear Danny Kirwin. (whatever happened to him anyway?)
In his July 2000 Penguin Q&A, biographer 'Jet' Martin Celmins has this to report about Danny Kirwan: "Good news: I met Danny's ex-wife Clare recently who kindly helped me with liner notes for a Kirwan compilation called 'Ram Jam City' which Mooncrest recently released. Danny turned 50 this May and Clare showed me photos taken of him on his birthday. I was really pleased to notice him looking a lot fitter than was the case five years ago when I interviewed him. His hair is now short and he looks stronger and more together. Best news of all, perhaps, is that he keeps a guitar in his room and plays quite often for his own pleasure. He remains a very private person who keeps himself to himself and is nicely settled in the care centre where he's been for some time now. I know that some of his many well-wishers took to the idea of Danny possibly moving to Eric Clapton's Crossroads centre in Antigua for treatment: whilst this may be a poignant notion as a modern story of the blues, in reality his family feel that he is far better off staying where he is. Obviously they know what's best and isn't it great to know that music still is there in Danny's day-to-day life." Taken from (click here) Given that was done 7 years ago... one can only hope he is still doing ok. |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 11:30 esotericderek wrote: Which isn't saying much. It says it all in my opinion! |
| esotericderek | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 10:54 capandjudy wrote: This album is a sunny spring afternoon in 1972.
Which isn't saying much. |
| Marley (Portland, Or) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 10:52 I just got a new turntable and this was the first record I played. A classic! Still sounds great today. One of my favorite Fleetwood Mac albums. Always a treat to hear Danny Kirwin. (whatever happened to him anyway?) |




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