Interesting automotive-music experience this late afternoon.. First, the entirety of Ozzy’s “Crazy Train” on the sat radio as I drove thru town. Full blast, of course. Hopefully scared some tourists. Then, as I parked the car here at home, Fleetwood Mac’s “Sara.” Same station. Go figure. I left it on, of course, and almost at …
Dig the live sound on this clip. Miraculous. Well beyond historical norms. Dig also the relative youth of Stevie and Lindsay. Even the great ones were young once.
Released in 1973, this album was a commercial failure, but some of the songs made it into later Fleetwood Mac live shows. Buckingham Nicks has yet to be re-released on CD and has attained stratospheric cult status. But it’s all here on Youtube, enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFDxIX_T8jU
Great tune, very nice video. My only complaint is that, in the opening seconds, Stevie is supposed to be out in a forest with a white horse, yet the producer has added the sound effect of a screeching sea gull to the track. I guess she must be in a forest by the sea. .
From the Detroit News: Stevie Nicks calls new album her own little ‘Rumours’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DLrOS-BA1M
Here’s one for the iPod, Fireflies, a slightly less well known Fleetwood Mac song, one never captured in the studio. This version was recorded during a tour sound check and thrown into the mix on the long-forgotten Live (1980) album, a collection which, by the standards of the time and of live albums, was fairly …