If you paid attention to the last couple of picks, you might have wondered what was going on with Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks' original bf. The reason she was brought into Fleetwood Mac at all was his insistence that they were a package deal.
By the time the Rumours LP came out, she'd slept with Mick Fleetwood behind his back. How'd that go over with Lindsey? Listen to the lyrics of Go Your Own Way, or the moans and screams in the background closing of Gold Dust Woman, which was Lindsey alone in a studio after all this went down.
His solo albums gave him a chance to work it all out, and this track, the first single he released on his second solo album in '84, was the encapsulation of what he'd been quietly living amidst for seven years. It was his second solo hit, and peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Wow - I'd swear I've never heard this, though for me 1984 was the summer of Dio and Iron Maiden.
ReplyDeleteNot bad, but I prefer the original version.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame the members had to do stupid stuff and break up the band. Fleetwood Mac made a lot of good music.
ReplyDeleteMac in all of it's iterations was a great band at times, many people only know the Rumors Mac.
Mick was always quite the "swordsman". He mentioned "discovering" the Corrs; whatcha wanna bet...?
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