Whatever happened to Fleetwood Mac?

Question

In more than a word, in more than two sentences...if you know something..then say it....only if it mattered to you..if not blow this one off. Do you feel that they defined music in any way? If so, then how?....AND what music do you listen to now?

Answer 1

I'm not sure whatever became of Fleetwood Mac, except for their brief resurrection during the Clinton presidential campaign & "Don't Stop" (which I found to be very moving btw - no pun intended). I was a HUGE fan of Fleetwood Mac's back in high school. In fact, I had a crush on ALL of the Fleetwood Mac band members! I loved everything from Stevie Nicks' magical voice right down to their sexy album covers (i.e. "Rumors"). I remember getting excited every time I heard 'em play on the FM radio, and my eager anticipation to hear every new song again until I could save up enough allowance to buy another of their albums. Fleetwood Mac rocked, and still rocks! Just a month or so ago, I downloaded a bunch of their songs, including "Never Going Back Again," "The Chain," "Tusk," "Tell Me Lies," & Stevie Nicks and Kenny Loggins' "Whenever I Call You Friend." I also have the Dixie Chicks' cover of "Landslide."

Does that tell you how much I love Fleetwood Mac without ever having been to any of their concerts? ;)

Answer 2

I don't really know what happen to Fleetwood Mac these days, I knew they had released a new album a couple years back. I'm not a big fan of Fleetwood Mac though I really like Peter Green, and of course one of their song 'Oh Well'. Personally, I think that song really superb, and greatly influential too. I had only discovered that song in 2001, when Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes released their live concert double album, they played that song, and it's really good. Rhiannon and Farmer's Daughter also good. Nevertheless 'Oh Well' is one of the song I still frequently listen to right now, besides all my favourite classic rock and blues.

Answer 3

They are still together and they just had a concert. Christine left the band. Go to yahoo music and search Fleetwood mac. There not that old yet?

Answer 4

Fleetwood Mac is still kickin it, just without Christine McVie, who left the group in the middle of their tour either last year or the year before.
No big loss, Stevie & Lindsay take turns on vocals, and nothing much gets lost in translation.
They still put a good show, and Mick is fantastic.
I listen to everything except rap, soul, or country, and I like most of what I hear these days.
One last thought: JOHN MAYER, PLEASE JUST GO AWAY. AND TAKE BRITNEY & GNARLS WITH YOU.

Answer 5

Steve is right about the current lineup as far as I know.

I still listen to Fleetwood Mac all the time. In fact, and you can go ahead and laugh about this, "Silver Springs" is one of my favorite songs, so I have it in my disc player in our bathroom and I put it on repeat for that track, and I sing it at the top of my lungs while I am showering and doing all that good girly stuff like shaving my legs, etc. My husband thinks it's absolutely hilarious.

As for did they define music in any way?? Heck yes! I can remember listening to "Tusk" with my friend when I was in 5th grade. Her older sister was about 17, and we would go bug her until she let us sit on her bed and listen to the record while she got ready to go out with friends. They were one of the first rock bands I listened to and really liked, and listening to them was the first time that I understood that women could be in rock bands.

I think one of the things they did for music was, as silly as this sounds, introduce females into the rock scene. There weren't a tremendous number of bands back in the 70s that had female members. As I am sitting here thinking, I can think of a lot of popular rock bands from the 70s, but I cannot think of one where women were really active participants in every sense, from writing to singing to playing. I think they broke some barriers with that. Another result of that was they offered a slightly different spin on music. I have talked to older people, and they have told me that "sensitive" music was for women, and a lot of it was folk inspired, like the Mamas and the Papas, while male bands stuck to rock and roll, with the exception being the power ballads, like Kiss' "Beth". Fleetwood Mac managed to mix sensitive, thoughful lyrics, or, as one person once told me "girly words", with regular rock music.

As for what I listen to now...well, I still like rock in all its forms and all its subgenres, from classic rock, to metal, to new wave, punk and industrial. I do not like the rock bands that are mainly pop with a thin veneer of rock over them, and I seriously dislike Rap, Country, Smooth Jazz and Pop music in general. ( I am increasingly frustrated with the innundation of idiot little girls who neither write their own lyrics nor music, and just sing someone else's songs.) I do like the old Motown stuff, like Marvin Gaye and the Supremes, but I think that's mainly a nostalgia thing, because I heard a lot of it growing up, and I don't like to listen to it all the time. I also really like classical music, and some ethnic music, as well as some new-agey ambient type stuff (think Enigma and Adiemus, NOT Yanni). I also like some of the old vocalists like Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennet. (Geez, my list of stuff I do like just keeps getting longer and longer...)

I do have a firm agreement with my husband that if I ever start listening to Kenny G, he will take me out back and shoot me like a rabid dog. If I ever start listening to that crap when I could be listening to something else, be it Led Zeppelin or The Cure, I want to die.

Answer 6

they got rich and retired i listen to whats on the radio im lazy

Answer 7

they got old, i like some of their stuff but i don'tthink they're kicking anyore. ah, well.