 Then Play On (1969) [ larger cover art ] |
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Can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I aint pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh well
Now when I talk to God
I know he understands
He said "stick by me and I'll be your guiding hand"
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to
Oh well
| oldfart48 (boulder creek ca.) | Posted: Jun 11, 2013 - 10:54 when the band was real. |
| sherf (OCNY) | Posted: May 10, 2013 - 14:54 Don't ask me. Great advice! |
| michaelc (Walnut Creek, CA) | Posted: May 10, 2013 - 14:53 So fine a one point in time |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Apr 09, 2013 - 10:51 When I was a kid (12) I'd rarely get to hear this entire song, as it was nearly always truncated. It made my day when a rogue FM station, KWST, would give it all to me. Thanks RP for giving us the 'goods'. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Apr 09, 2013 - 10:46 joelbb wrote: Oh Romeo, Romeo. Why didst thou quit, oh Romeo? I be here... hope you are having a marvelous day right this minute... everybody in my church loves this song soooo much... and this entire album... |
| Dav3thedog | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 23:03 Takes me back! |
| midreaming | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 15:16 ...this is it? all of *this* is what so many here are raving about? ...omg.. this is more boring than boring ever imagined it could be |
| robotbass (Boston Area) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 15:10 This is still one of my favorite albums!!! Do the Rattle Snake Shake! |
| Johnny-smooth (On my bicycle) | Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 15:10 Takes me back to the days of rockin Fleetwood Mac and Alvin Lee/Ten Yrs After |
| Papasmeg (Lille France) | Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 07:06 Papasmeg wrote: Still has me rocking. Just realised this is 44 years old..... !!!!!! |
| Papasmeg (Lille France) | Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 07:02 Still has me rocking. |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 15:22 joelbb wrote: Oh Romeo, Romeo. Why didst thou quit, oh Romeo? Everyone in his hotel room stopped dancing?? |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 14:05 joelbb wrote: Oh Romeo, Romeo. Why didst thou quit, oh Romeo? 'Tis a tide in the affairs of men, me dodst believithst... |
| joelbb | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 14:01 (former member) wrote:  Oh Romeo, Romeo. Why didst thou quit, oh Romeo? |
| joelbb | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 13:59 horstman wrote: Go to the record store and buy the CD. Rip on your computer. Puzzle solved. You can get it on an album called "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac" He was a terrific blues man, Clapton's only rival in the British scene of the day. His use of psychedelics triggered the onset of progressive adult schizophrenia. About the only thing worse one can get is ALS. |
| hidey (NZ) | Posted: Nov 03, 2012 - 13:58 Peter Green - nothing short of genius! Fleetwood Mac became relatively bland without him. |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Oct 03, 2012 - 04:38 ..no word is superlative enough..bet this was mind-boggling in concert back in that day..whoooo-!!.. |
| 24noir | Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 15:37 tremendous.. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 15:31 kurt_from_kanada wrote: Can't get this album in iTunes, what a shame!!! Go to the record store and buy the CD. Rip on your computer. Puzzle solved. |
| bobzane | Posted: Sep 01, 2012 - 15:27 ah 11th grade study hall |
| Sjaaks (Horst, Netherlands) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 05:15 Wow!! Beautiful to say the least! 10 |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 19:05 So unique, so out there, so beautiful. Gotta love the sheer audacity of putting out what would appear to be such a non-commercial composition. Love it. |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 19:01 This the definition of Godlike. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 10:02 |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 17:35 There's weak rock and then there's strong rock. This is very definitely the latter category. All driven by that guitar line. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 17:34 absolutely magnificent song... this whole album is fantastic... love it... |
| coloradojohn (Tokyo till Jan. 29, then it's back to Rocky Mtn Way!) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 00:47 OH, WELL — frickin' awesome timeless blast from the trippy past. As is often the case, COOL RIFF on the previous song — Road to Rouen — 's tonal progression! Dig the music, and all its attendant associations, in all dimensions...what RP is all about; and ain't it the BEST?! |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 06:53 Hurray! REAL Fleetwood Mac! edit: ... and MANY thanks for playing the real version rather than the radio-shortened one! |
| kurt_from_kanada (carleton place ontario) | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 13:35 Can't get this album in iTunes, what a shame!!! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 13:24 Everybody in my hotel room loves this classic song!! (And it is very cool that Radio Paradise plays the entire song— great music!!) |
| kcar | Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 22:29 linzie wrote: ....They also flourished with Bob Welch's 'Hypnotized', and 'Sentimental Lady'—-or am I wrong about the 'Sentimental Lady' track/title?? "Hypnotized" was FM. Bob Welch released "Sentimental Lady" on his solo album "French Kiss." The song was a big hit as was "Ebony Eyes", "Hot Love, Cold World" and "Carolene." TMI...sorry. Bob kinda disappeared after that album, dunno why. Last time I checked, you couldn't buy the original version of "Hypnotized" on iTunes or Amazon MP3 store. The more I hear FM's pre-"Rumours" music, the more the band interests me. me. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jun 16, 2011 - 20:51 In defense of everyone who was not an ORIGINAL member of the Mac - this is one band that has experienced numerous changes during its tenure, and has provided excellent music no matter WHO was in the band. They have survived, and now, when anyone says the name "Fleetwood Mac," all manner of "Oh, I remember such-and-such a song by them!" will inevitably emerge. The root of Fleetwood Mac, and its various mutations (or, more accurately, its evolutions) is not something to be generalized. There are definite lines of demarcation in this history, and a true Mac fan can probably name years and albums where the band changed. I choose to love each album on its own merits, regardless of who was on board at the time. Coat me in candy and call me a sucker. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 16, 2011 - 06:19 buddy wrote: Um.....because neither Lindsey or Stevie were it the band yet? This is the real FM before they went for the bucks. Stevie was probably in Middle School (or Elementary?) at this time, which may or may not mean she was already doing dating Lindsey before they formed Buckingham Nicks, their venture prior to Lindsey joining FM as yet another new guitariist and insisting his girlfriend had to come along as well. Oh well.... Stevie Nicks was 21 years-old when this album was released - she joined FM about 5 years later. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: May 16, 2011 - 06:12 bachbeet wrote: I can't believe there are actually 18 "1" votes for this! No accounting for taste.  ...since when, was taste a factor here ? |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Apr 14, 2011 - 17:00 Desert Island for sure. Always moves me. Since it came out. So special. |
| bmaurey (Cleveland, Ohio) | Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 20:44 Great song! The rest of the album is just as good... I had "Then Play On" on 8 track and it played over and over and over and over... in my 1964 Dodge... right after Neil Youngs "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere"... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 20:34 Great to hear the original song... it's a good reminder of how much better the original is than the covers... I still have this original vinyl album... still love it... |
| linzie | Posted: Jan 10, 2011 - 14:09 bluedot wrote: their best stuff happened in the early days, long before stevie nicks. did you know that they also did the original version of "black magic woman?" redstorm wrote: I've never been a fan of Fleetwood Mac, no reason...just never liked them especially in the stevie nicks, etc formulation....But This! I've heard it before, and never would have gussed it was F/M. I guess the lack of caterwalling fooled me. In any case it goes to show you cant put musicians in a box, one never knows how the will come out...do one? ....They also flourished with Bob Welch's 'Hypnotized', and 'Sentimental Lady'—-or am I wrong about the 'Sentimental Lady' track/title?? |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Nov 08, 2010 - 05:07 7 -> 8 |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 17:10 apd wrote: Anyone want to take this one? Not touching this with a ten-foot pole with a glove on the end...  |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 16:59 Stingray wrote: Why no Stevie Nicks singing here? Oh well, Lindsey - these were the days! Anyone want to take this one? |
| Jeff09 (Gainesville, Florida) | Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 16:54 I can't find the words to convey the depth of significance this song holds for me. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 16:42 bachbeet wrote: I can't believe there are actually 18 "1" votes for this! No accounting for taste. Right - that's like saying LUDOVICO rocks better than "MOJO"! PEOPLE ARE STRANGE - BET? |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 16:42 Tim42 wrote: This song is so much fun to play on guitar! I hate you. I've tried since 1974 to play nylon strings, and my fingers just won't work. I bleed a lot. I screw up a lot. I wish I could do this, but apparently, I have the wrong fingers for it. I'm a steel-string six-string person, I guess... I envy you your talent. Love this song, but I'll leave it to the experts. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 16:39 I can't believe there are actually 18 "1" votes for this! No accounting for taste. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 16:38 Why no Stevie Nicks singing here? Oh well, Lindsey - these were the days! |
| bachbeet | Posted: Sep 05, 2010 - 16:36 Always loved the "Spanish," "Classical" mood of this piece. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 16:17 It's always great to hear this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 03, 2010 - 19:18 This is a fantastic classic... love it forever... |
| MM_Oz (Gidgegannup, WA) | Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 23:21 oh well, indeed! One of Peter Green's greatest - cutting edge in it's day and still not that far off the mark. Onya' Pete. |