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News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - Music Head - 04-12-2012
thought I'd post a news story
sounds like the mac can't even get an album deal (see bold type)
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NEW YORK (AP) - Fleetwood Mac is heading back on the road, and that means the top-selling group will release new music - sort of.
On its 34-city North American tour, which kicks off April 4 in Columbus, Ohio, the band will perform two new songs, and it could mean a new album will follow. Or not.
Stevie Nicks recently sang on tracks that Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie worked on, calling the sessions "great." But Nicks also says she's not sure where the band fits in today's music industry.
"Whether or not we're gonna do any more (songs), we don't know because we're so completely bummed out with the state of the music industry and the fact that nobody even wants a full record," she said. "Everybody wants two songs, so we're going to give them two songs."
Nicks said depending on the response to the new tracks - which Buckingham calls "the most Fleetwood Mac-y stuff ... in a long time" - more material could come next.
"Maybe we'll get an EP out of it or something," Buckingham said.
Nicks will continue to record solo albums, though. The group is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the best-selling "Rumours" album, which has moved some 20 million units in the United States. She knows that's not possible again, despite the success of Adele's "21," which has sold 10 million units in America in less than two years.
"This is Adele's 'Rumours,'" Nicks said. "She had a baby, she's going to take a year off to take care of her baby - that's why I never had any kids. She's going to go back and start writing again, you never know what the next record's going to be. Is it going to sell 10 million records? You don't know," she said.
Buckingham said he initially wanted to record a new album, but Nicks "wasn't too into that." But the guitarist and singer knows that new music isn't a priority for the band's fans.
"It wouldn't matter if they didn't hear anything new. In a way there's a freedom to that - it becomes not what you got, but what you do with what you got. Part of the challenge of this tour is figuring out a presentation that has some twists and turns to it without having a full album," he said.
Fleetwood Mac, which was formed in 1967, last released an album in 2003, though they hit the road in 2009. Nicks and Buckingham - who originally joined the band in 1974 as a couple - both released solo albums and toured last year. Buckingham had suggested that Fleetwood Mac tour last year, but says getting everyone to agree was tough.
"If you look at Fleetwood Mac as a group, you can make the case of saying we're a bunch of individuals who don't necessarily belong in the same group together, but it's the synergy of that that makes us so good. But it also makes the politics a little more tenuous," he said. "You can say that not only can it be a political minefield, someone's always causing trouble, right? I caused trouble for years so I can't point any fingers."
The tour also includes cities such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and will end June 12 in Detroit.
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - Mrrusty1 - 05-12-2012
well to me two songs from the great Fleetwood mac is better than nothing
Music Head Wrote:thought I'd post a news story
sounds like the mac can't even get an album deal (see bold type)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fleetwood Mac is heading back on the road, and that means the top-selling group will release new music - sort of.
On its 34-city North American tour, which kicks off April 4 in Columbus, Ohio, the band will perform two new songs, and it could mean a new album will follow. Or not.
Stevie Nicks recently sang on tracks that Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie worked on, calling the sessions "great." But Nicks also says she's not sure where the band fits in today's music industry.
"Whether or not we're gonna do any more (songs), we don't know because we're so completely bummed out with the state of the music industry and the fact that nobody even wants a full record," she said. "Everybody wants two songs, so we're going to give them two songs."
Nicks said depending on the response to the new tracks - which Buckingham calls "the most Fleetwood Mac-y stuff ... in a long time" - more material could come next.
"Maybe we'll get an EP out of it or something," Buckingham said.
Nicks will continue to record solo albums, though. The group is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the best-selling "Rumours" album, which has moved some 20 million units in the United States. She knows that's not possible again, despite the success of Adele's "21," which has sold 10 million units in America in less than two years.
"This is Adele's 'Rumours,'" Nicks said. "She had a baby, she's going to take a year off to take care of her baby - that's why I never had any kids. She's going to go back and start writing again, you never know what the next record's going to be. Is it going to sell 10 million records? You don't know," she said.
Buckingham said he initially wanted to record a new album, but Nicks "wasn't too into that." But the guitarist and singer knows that new music isn't a priority for the band's fans.
"It wouldn't matter if they didn't hear anything new. In a way there's a freedom to that - it becomes not what you got, but what you do with what you got. Part of the challenge of this tour is figuring out a presentation that has some twists and turns to it without having a full album," he said.
Fleetwood Mac, which was formed in 1967, last released an album in 2003, though they hit the road in 2009. Nicks and Buckingham - who originally joined the band in 1974 as a couple - both released solo albums and toured last year. Buckingham had suggested that Fleetwood Mac tour last year, but says getting everyone to agree was tough.
"If you look at Fleetwood Mac as a group, you can make the case of saying we're a bunch of individuals who don't necessarily belong in the same group together, but it's the synergy of that that makes us so good. But it also makes the politics a little more tenuous," he said. "You can say that not only can it be a political minefield, someone's always causing trouble, right? I caused trouble for years so I can't point any fingers."
The tour also includes cities such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and will end June 12 in Detroit.
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - CRAZY-HORSE - 05-12-2012
sure is tough when a group who have certainly paid their dues together and apart cant get an album deal with a label!!!!...
maybe if they used 'beats' 'auto-tune' and took their clothes off like whorebags they'd have a chance! LOL
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - Jerome - 05-12-2012
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:sure is tough when a group who have certainly paid their dues together and apart cant get an album deal with a label!!!!...
maybe if they used 'beats' 'auto-tune' and took their clothes off like whorebags they'd have a chance! LOL
Dear Lord in Heaven - please don't let them end up on the X Factor......
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - Mrrusty1 - 05-12-2012
no they wouldn't get anywhere on the x factor they have got talent lol
Jerome Wrote:Dear Lord in Heaven - please don't let them end up on the X Factor......
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - SteveO - 06-12-2012
I'd love to see a new Stevie album !
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - CRAZY-HORSE - 06-12-2012
Mrrusty1 Wrote:no they wouldn't get anywhere on the x factor they have got talent lol
LMAO....Amen to that brother!!!!!
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - CRAZY-HORSE - 06-12-2012
SteveO Wrote:I'd love to see a new Stevie album !
what??? really????...didnt she only release her last/latest one in the last 12-15 months????....and a bloody good one it was at that!
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - Jerome - 06-12-2012
Mrrusty1 Wrote:no they wouldn't get anywhere on the x factor they have got talent lol
Good one Rusty!
News Flash - Fleetwood Mac - Jerome - 06-12-2012
Hey SteveO listen to 'Storms' from 'Tusk' That one gets to me everytime. Her voice just sends shivers down my spine.
FYI
Stevie Nicks wrote this in 1978 with the help of her friend Sara Recor, a singer and model who the song is named after. At the time, Stevie was secretly dating drummer Mick Fleetwood, who had recently divorced. A few months later, Fleetwood fell in love with Sara Recor and broke up with Nicks. He and Sara were married but later divorced.
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[B][B][B][B]The "Great dark wing" in the lyrics is Fleetwood. He had a loud red Ferrari, and that's how Stevie and Sara used to describe him when he'd drive up.
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[B][B][B][B]The album was eagerly anticipated, since it followed up Rumors, one of the best-selling albums of all time. This is one of the few songs on Tusk that went over well with most listeners. Much of the double album can be described as "experimental," with a lot of songs written by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham that sounded nothing like the songs on Rumors.
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[B][B][B][B]This was 16 minutes long when Nicks wrote it. They had to edit it down to under 5 minutes for the album, but Stevie claimed the "real version" has about 9 more verses and tells quite a story.
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[B][B][B][B]In 1986, Nicks checked in to The Betty Ford Clinic to kick her cocaine addiction. She signed in using the name "Sara." She wrote a song about the experience called "Welcome To The Room, Sara" that appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1987 album Tango In The Night.
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[B][B][B][B]Nicks wrote this on a piano, and it was very hard for Mick Fleetwood to put a drum track togehter for it. He used brushes to make it work.
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[B][B][B][B]A woman from Michigan sued Nicks when this was released, claiming she wrote a similar song that Stevie must have nicked. Even though some of the lyrics were similar, Stevie was offended by accusation and refused to settle. The other side gave up when it became clear Stevie did not plagerize the lyrics.
[/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][/B][B][B][B][B]Don Henley has said that he believes this is about an abortion Nicks had after he got her pregnant. They dated for about 2 years, and Henley thinks it is a tribute to the unborn child. He claims he was building a house at the time, and the line, "When you build your house, call me home" is a message to him.
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