I remember talking to someone in the business in a bar in the 1970s, asking how one spends two million bucks on a lame follow-up album to a band's most commercially successful effort ever, and was told that two mil buys a shitload of nose candy.
They invited me up to their suite for an after-concert party that night. I already had plans, so I didn't attend.
Hindsight.
The last album made by the real FM was Bare Trees. About 45 years ago. Buckingham/Nick's ushered in the bubblegum era, which turned them corporate and made them rich. Good for them, but not my cup of tea.
Lost interest after Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer left the band.
. . . I am listening to "Dreams" as I write this and shaking my head that anyone thinks there is anything "bubblegum" about the pain shown in this song about breaking up with a lover.
I didn't say they were/are sellouts. They just made a conscious decision to go for sales rather than their roots. I get that, no big deal, lots of folks do that. Sure, they worked hard. I doubt there was or is pain in Dreams. There's $$.Oh come on....why is it when a band works their ass off and achieves success....then try and continue to be successful by catering to what the fans will actually buy, the are considered sell outs? If you think "Fleetwood Mac", "Rumors" and "Tusk" are in any way "bubbelgum" I dont know what to tell you.
The is nothing wrong in creating art that the fans actually want to buy. I am listening to "Dreams" as I write this and shaking my head that anyone thinks there is anything "bubblegum" about the pain shown in this song about breaking up with a lover.
I doubt there was or is pain in Dreams.
There's $$.
I see you need the last word, that's fine, but nowhere do you see me lobbying for any artists to starve. Cheers!It was Nick's breakup song to Buckingham.....his was "Go Your Own Way". His was angry, hers was not.
And? You keep bringing up money? Have you ever read about or seen any interviews with Nicks? She hardly writes jingles for Pop Tarts. She writes what she feels. A lot of it is not much good, like many songwriters produce. That a lot of it has been really popular is not a bad thing at all. I have no idea why people like the idea of a starving artist over a successful one. Being poor does not make one's art any better.
Yes, I'm sure this would be a muuuuuch better antecdote...
if you had actually gone!!
Agreed, but they all share the same bass player and drummer.I hung in there through Bob Welch. Fleetwood Mac is really 3 different bands using the same name.
Agreed, but they all share the same bass player and drummer.