Fleetwood Mac was founded in 1967 by Mick Fleetwood, but they didn't get popular until around 1975. Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s album “Buckingham Nicks” became popular and this would help define the Pacific Coast FM pop sound of Fleetwood Mac (McGee on Music). Mick Fleetwood was in awe with Nick’s and Buckingham’s “Frozen Love” and later invited them to join the group. A pop partnership that would completely reinvent their sound, was born. Music partnerships are plentiful but iconic partnerships are not. Buckingham introduced the rest of Fleetwood Mac to the California sound and they ran with it. “This became the current and most recognized lineup of Fleetwood Mac, it’s made up of two halves: the original Fleetwood Mac, a British rock band formed in 1967, and the American singing-songwriting duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks” (Where to Start with the Music of Fleetwood Mac). “At the beginning of 1975, each of those halved were struggling, completely unknown to each other, for years” (Where to Start with the Music of Fleetwood Mac). “Although the …show more content…
group had already released nine studio albums, they had never visited the top twenty of the Billboard 200 chart”(Rewinding the Charts). Fleetwood Mac’s first album with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, the 19754 self-titled set, shot up to No. 1 and sold five million in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of American (RIAA) (Rewinding the Charts). “Dreams” is the band’s first and so far only No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it was their first-gold certified single by the RIAA. Dreams is only one of the twenty-five songs on the Hot 100 for Fleetwood Mac, who visited the top ten, eight other times with the hits “Little Lies” and “Don’t Stop.” Success put an instant strain on the group of twenty-somethings, who were still getting to know each other. Flushed with overnight wealth plus all the temptations that come with it, and the pressure would perversely fuel their masterpiece… “Rumors” was that masterpiece. Fleetwood Mac had a recipe for tension:Two Romantically involved couples formed most of the band, that sparked some friction when Fleetwood Mac slowly but surely rose to the top of the charts (Where to Start with the Music of Fleetwood Mac). “The tension between Nicks and Buckingham’s romantic and songwriting relationship resulted in many Fleetwood Mac classics: ‘The Chain,’ ‘Go Your Own Way,’ and ‘Landslide’ Their partnership provided energy behind the epic ‘Rumors’.” (McGee on Music) “Rumors” stands out for its artistic merits.
We love it for its easy hooks, and raw emotion. It has real stories of love, heartbreak, and despair. Anguished, vulnerable and embittered likes such as “players only love you when they’re playing” from the song “Dreams” will always strike an emotional chord and pull at your heart strings (Lancho James). But why is “Rumors” beloved among my generation? “ It’s resilient popularity is, of course, in part due to the timeless quality of the music, which is warm and sweetly melodic, with coruscating harmonies, breezy rhythms, and virtuoso guitar flourishes” (Lancho James). For many music forms in their twenties, “Rumors” has been the soundtrack to large portions of our lives. Most of us who are attached to Fleetwood Mac’s music weren’t even born until at least a decade after “Rumors” came out, and it didn’t live through the punk tribalism of the late
seventies. It is absolutely unbelievable that no one was listening in 1973 when “Rumors,” the best album of Fleetwood Mac was released. “Rumors” topped the American charts and generated the top ten singles “Go Your Own Way,” “Dreams,” “Don’t Stop” and “You Make Loving Fun.” It would eventually sell over seventeen million copies in the United States alone, making it the second best-selling album of all time. “The dreamy Rumors-era lineup of the bands released three more top ten studio albums before fracturing in 1987 after the departure of Buckingham. The quintet reconvened for that years No. 1 live album ‘The Dance’ and once more in 2014 for the ‘On with the Show’ World Tour. A new album is in the works - and would be the first from the Mac’s FabFive since 1987’s ‘Tango in the Night’” (Sakamoto). “It’s impossible to pin down exactly what makes one band obscure and another band one of the biggest-selling attractions in the world Fleetwood Mac is conspicuously the latter - the group has sold tens of millions of records, and its current stadium tour was recently extended to accommodate the demands of fans (Where to Start with the Music of Fleetwood Mac). Fleetwood Mac has received multiple platinum, gold, and silver records from different record associations. These are some of their peak chart positions. 1971, “Future Games”- RIAA: Gold. 1972, “Bare Trees” - RIAA: Platinum. 1973, “Mystery to the Me” - RIAA: Gold. 1975, “Fleetwood Mac” also known as the “White Album” BPI: Gold, RIAA: 5x Platinum. 1977, “Rumors” - BPI:11x Platinum, RIAA: 2x Diamond - 20X Platinum, ARIA: 13x Platinum, BMVI: 5x Gold, MC:2x Diamond, RMNZ:13x Platinum, SNEP: Platinum. 1979, “Tusk” - BPI: Platinum, RIAA: 2x Platinum, ARIA: 2x Platinum, BMVI: Gold, SNEP: Gols. 1982, “Mirage” - BPI: Platinum, RIAA: 2x Platinum, ARIA: 2x Platinum, BMVI: Gold, MC: Platinum, PROMUSICAE: Gold, SNEP: Gold. 1987, “Tango in the Night” - BPI: 8x Platinum, RIAA: 3x Platinum, RIAA: 3x Platinum, ARIA: 4x Platinum, BMVI: 2x Platinum, IFPI: Platinum, MC: 5x Platinum, PROMUSICAE: Platinum. 1988, “Greatest Hits” - BPI:3x Platinum, RIAA: 8x Platinum, RMNZ: 11x Platinum, SNEP: 2x Gold. 1997, “The Dance” - BPI: Platinum, RIAA: 5x Platinum, ARIA: Platinum, MC: Platinum. These are only some of Fleetwood Mac’s albums that went gold and platinum. “Fleetwood Mac was especially active in 2013, but its presence on the road and on the record - with four-song EP that barely dented the public consciousness and yet another reissue of ‘Rumors’ - seemed coincidental to its new found influence rather than responsible for it” (Sakamoto). Right now, the hippiest bands all over the world want to sound like Fleetwood Mac. In 2013, we not only spent our time looking both back and forward. We closed out 2013by handicapping a short list of vintage bands most likely to restart their future within the next few years. “More than anyone else in Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks is the focal point of the band’s image. Her renewed pop-cultural influence extends to the cult television hit ‘American Horror Story: Coven,’ which featured a subplot in which one of the characters idolizes the singer. Recognizing a no-brainer when she sees on, Nicks agreed to guest-star as herself in one of the episodes titled ‘The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks’” (Sakamoto). Younger people all around the world started to cover Fleetwood Mac’s songs. Not only teenagers, but also other music groups such as Paramore, country singer Brandi Carlile, Belgian rock band Deus, Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt, Canada’s Besard Lakes, also not to mention hundreds of fan covers of “Landslide,” “Dreams,” and of course, Stevie Nick’s signature song “Rhiannon”. In an interview David Porter, from the band Animal Collective talked about his email exchanges with Buckingham and how Fleetwood Mac was the influence in their last war album, “Merriweather Pavillion”. “Courtney Love believes that everyone should listen to “Rumors” before even picking up a guitar. More recently, contemporary bands have been heading towards the Pacific Coast Highway with their music, be it new folk-rocker Nico Georis, Draven Love’s unreleased classic ‘Nobody’s Daughter’” (McGee on Music). “Psychedelic West Coast rockers, ‘Comets On Fire’ and ‘Six Organs of Admittance’ have credited Buckingham’s guitar style” (McGee on Music). Overall Fleetwood Mac has inspired so many musicians. One Direction’s song “Fireproof” utilizes the warm “Dreams” bassline and layers sone sweet harmonies. Zayn coos “Nobody loves you baby the way i do” just as Nicks does when singing “Wouldn’t you love to lover her?” 10,000 Maniacs’ song “Like the Weather” is cut from the same fabric as “Dreams.” Haim say that their song “The Wire” was musically inspired by Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop.” Midlakes song “Rescue” sounds like if Bob Welch was still a member with his psychedelic folk-pop trapping mixed with Nick’s “Rhiannon” esque groove. Lissie’s song “Further Away” she has a lower-register rasp, a dynamic chord progression, and backup vocals that all echo Nick’s hit “Edge of Seventeen.” Miley Cyrus on the “Bangerz” album she’s raspy and emotive, just like Nicks. She’s also covered “Landslide” live multiple times. Courtney Love covered “Gold Dust Woman” it almost was better than the original. People all over the world are still being influenced by Fleetwood Mac.
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