There's a demo version of "Go Your Own Way" on one of the many box sets or reissues of Rumours and the emotional gut punch of it, especially in the vocal harmonies between Nicks / Christine McVie / Buckingham, exceeds the released mega hit. Worth seeking out. There can't be any nostalgia attached, because it was unreleased. So I guess it's more of a glimpse into the holiest of the holy.
In their day FM had something no other band had. Unfortunately after 10 years the heavy rotation on commercial radio (that continues to this day!) turned Rumours into the second most boring album ever. Heavy rotation can do that -- it even murdered some Talking Heads songs, FFS. Commercial success can be brutal, e.g. see the Pat Finnerty video "Observations - Journey".
But I'll defend the 1968 genre-busting pre-ambient instrumental single Albatross.
Hilarious! You need to do an audio version so people can hear this the way I hear it in my head. For the first 3 minutes of the performance I didn’t get it, but yeah Lindsey Buckingham did look a bit ridiculous with all the hopping and arms reaching towards him.
No, the arm crossover percussion on the guitar isn't exactly dignified. And if the guitarist got on my drum riser and started smacking my cymbals around with his hands like that I'd knock him off.
There's a demo version of "Go Your Own Way" on one of the many box sets or reissues of Rumours and the emotional gut punch of it, especially in the vocal harmonies between Nicks / Christine McVie / Buckingham, exceeds the released mega hit. Worth seeking out. There can't be any nostalgia attached, because it was unreleased. So I guess it's more of a glimpse into the holiest of the holy.
In their day FM had something no other band had. Unfortunately after 10 years the heavy rotation on commercial radio (that continues to this day!) turned Rumours into the second most boring album ever. Heavy rotation can do that -- it even murdered some Talking Heads songs, FFS. Commercial success can be brutal, e.g. see the Pat Finnerty video "Observations - Journey".
But I'll defend the 1968 genre-busting pre-ambient instrumental single Albatross.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbUjHSrwjTM&t=12529s
Hilarious! You need to do an audio version so people can hear this the way I hear it in my head. For the first 3 minutes of the performance I didn’t get it, but yeah Lindsey Buckingham did look a bit ridiculous with all the hopping and arms reaching towards him.
No, the arm crossover percussion on the guitar isn't exactly dignified. And if the guitarist got on my drum riser and started smacking my cymbals around with his hands like that I'd knock him off.