Is This Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" Best Song?
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10 ай бұрынIn this episode we explore Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ and discuss what its best song was.
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@StJMusicMan 10 ай бұрын
In 2011 my 91 year old Aunt decided she could no longer drive and she gave me her car. She left two CD’s in the car’s CD player for me, that she listened to and loved until she died in 2014: one was “Abba: Gold”, and of course the other was Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. When I was growing up she always had a great record collection, varied, eclectic, fun. I shouldn’t have been surprised to find those CD’s - what a great lady!
@eauhomme 10 ай бұрын
Yes! Two great ones. It's too bad that so many people lumped Abba in with disco in general, and discarded them as a result. Same with the Bee Gees. They miss out on such great music that transcends genres. Mamma Mia, the movie, has corrected some of this by introducing a new generation to them. As for Fleetwood Mac, not a bad song on Rumours, and that's incredible considering the best song was left off of it ("Silver Springs").
@MountainmommaWV3 9 ай бұрын
You had a cool mommaw
@loontil 8 ай бұрын
awesome
@paulawhitehead2561 5 ай бұрын
Really cool story
@Jimbodisfan 3 ай бұрын
Cool aunt.
@christianheidenreich3673 10 ай бұрын
Lindsey Buckingham could be an interesting interview partner for you.
@sammydavis991 10 ай бұрын
SNL
@christianheidenreich3673 10 ай бұрын
@@sammydavis991 I saw that but Rick is more enthusiastic but always polite.
@billminor3712 10 ай бұрын
I love that idea!! He’s my favorite guitarist!
@angelomorales1932 10 ай бұрын
I second this‼‼‼‼
@carolinereidartist 10 ай бұрын
Go for it Rick Beatto
@him050 10 ай бұрын
Go Your Own Way is a perfect song and is easily in the top five greatest songs ever. I won't be convinced otherwise
@MrKellyHiggins 10 ай бұрын
Truly. My favorite guitar solo.
@him050 10 ай бұрын
@@TonyLovell and then there’s the lyrics that are so heartfelt and anyone who’s been through a breakup can relate to.
@williamlynd3052 10 ай бұрын
Me either - no contest for me which was best on this album and in their entire catalog.
@grayfool 10 ай бұрын
Rumours is a true masterpiece. The seventies is, by a mile, the best musical decade.
@bloxorzwizard7931 9 ай бұрын
You're living up to the last part of your handle if you think that's true lol. Need i remind you that the 60s produced a ton of the great Doo Wop songs, The Beatles, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Mamas and the Papas, The Doors, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, everybody that was at Woodstock, a lot of Elvis Presley's songs, Iron Butterfly, The British Invasion, Psychedelic Rock. Need I say more? Without the artists of tbe 60s, you'd still be listening to big band swing lol.
@keithmadison8754 6 ай бұрын
60)70"s combined was the best
@peerpaulin8486 13 күн бұрын
@@keithmadison8754 You left out the 80's.
@penponds 7 күн бұрын
Absolutely right. And incredible wealth of riches from singer song writers through classic pop, ABBA, ELO, disco, punk, heavy metal, southern rock, The Eagles, Floyd, Rolling Stones in first half, the dizzying heights of Prog with Genesis, Yes, Rush. Endless explosion of creativity and virtuosic musicianship!
@biscaynediver 10 ай бұрын
Imagine an album so stuffed with goodness that there wasn't room for Silver Spring.
@thelaughingstormbornagain1297 10 ай бұрын
It's hard to imagine in this era of massive albums. Where it's more important to just have mass amounts of content instead of the integrity to just make some cuts.
@earlgrey691 10 ай бұрын
Love Christine McKvie but the 'songbird' track always jarred with me.Bit maudlin and indulgent to a degree and jars the energy of the whole recording but Stevie's 2 killers make it for me.I would vote Gold Dust Woman as the finest on the album.
@StevenTwoTwo 10 ай бұрын
@@earlgrey691Disagree, Songbird is perfect on that album, it has every right to be there. Gold Dust Woman is actually my least favourite on the album, but then I've always preferred Christine to Stevie 🤷🏻♂️
@autk 10 ай бұрын
"Oh Daddy", would be the maudlin one. "Gold Dust Woman" is a triumph, a literal witch's brew. Songbird is a gentle soothing song, kinda sing songy but it's got smooth Christine.
@briancullen9575 10 ай бұрын
Silver Spring is my favorite. It’s shocking it didn’t make the album.
@maclochlainncian3 10 ай бұрын
The Chain is all about tension. That opening guitar riff never has a resolution, so it constantly has you on the edge of your seat. It truly captures the vibe of the whole record and the inner turmoil of the band. Comfortably my favourite track on an album with not a single bad track.
@alanbeaumont4848 10 ай бұрын
@@andylindberg6243 Running into the screaming guitar play out.
@rdrrr 10 ай бұрын
As great as the studio version is, the 1982 Mirage Tour performance of "The Chain" just takes it to another level. All the hate flying around pushes the whole band to go the extra mile with the performance. Lindsey's guitar solo at the end is _incredible_ !
@charliemunro6058 10 ай бұрын
That slow build and tension is why the song worked so well in the capture scene in "Our Flag Means Death." My daughter saw it there and has it in her heavy rotation now.
@samanders2676 10 ай бұрын
Listened to 'The Chain' a million times but chills everytime like I'm hearing the masterpiece for the first time. Personally, it's The Best Fleetwood Mac song.
@kanini43 10 ай бұрын
Thank you, @maclochlainncian3, you put that in a nutshell ingeniously. 👍🏽
@larrypower8659 10 ай бұрын
Very few people ever mention Mick Fleetwood and John McVie when talking about the greatness of this band. They are one of the top five rhythm sections of all time. After all, the band is named after them: Fleetwood Mac. Simple, tight, and always well recorded. They knew where the pocket was and what to do with it. The rhythm section is the most important thing in a band. They set the feel.
@michaelwinters4231 10 ай бұрын
They didn't write hits, though, but without them, the layers of each song wouldn't be there. They are integral but without Christine, Stevie and Lindsay the band wouldn't have sold millions of records.
@victorbronish1787 10 ай бұрын
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@timothymarkonis3630 10 ай бұрын
There's a reason the band is called Fleetwood Mac, after all, instead of, say, Buckingham Nicks. Lindsay and Stevie were invited in to an already firmly reputationally established British blues band, transforming it into a British/American hybrid.
@hollyw9566 9 ай бұрын
The older I get, the more I appreciate the rhythm sections of almost every one of my "favorite bands of all time!!!" of which there are, um, many. I was listening to the bass and drums in UFO the other day and just saying to myself, "Wow. Wow." It's easy to get overwhelmed with Schenker's incredible guitar and Phil's vocals, it's easy to just suck into that.
@bricefleckenstein9666 7 ай бұрын
@@timothymarkonis3630 Bob Welsh did that transformation years before Lindsay (and Stevie as a "sidekick" add on) were invited into the band to replace Bob when he left.
@user-zi1hp7zn9t 10 ай бұрын
They don’t allow “space” in songs so much anymore as you mentioned. Today’s music is saturated with lyrics. The way these songs are constructed on this album is a huge part of the genius of it. You rarely hear an outro or a musical interlude anymore.
@monicamaur3323 10 ай бұрын
Is it because a lot of songs are not instrument based? I'm not sure how to explain it. I love to analyze songs and figure out the instruments being played.
@Car_Mo 2 ай бұрын
[A lot of] today's music is produced by producers and mastering engineers who are not a part of the band. Especially in the 70's, music was produced by the band the moment they recorded it, they had an idea and the producer was there to refine and further the idea of the band. Starting in the 80's the producers became the post production artist part of the band, trying to put "their" brand on the music with increasing amounts of effects and personal production "styles". Not all music went that way, but chances are good that if it ended up at the top of a chart, there was a "famous" producer behind it. Don't even get me started on mastering engineers and the brutal overuse of compression to satisfy the radio market ...
@daddymag 10 ай бұрын
I love that Rick loves music so much he can start yelling about the theory behind a melody. That's passion, man.
@martinheath5947 10 ай бұрын
Rumours is such a human recording, so fraught, so intertwined, the various members mired in all kinds of relationship breakup betrayals, burned out, coked up and teetering at individual emotional breaking points, expressing raw feelings, viscerally, in the finest recording studio available in the midst of hostility with a job to do whilst knowing that the music they were making was capturing the essence making it real for posterity. My admiration knows no bounds, an astounding achievement and classic masterpiece for all time.
@RandyKing314 10 ай бұрын
agreed…for all those reasons you listed, it may just be the most “rock n roll” album in existence
@ssvr3dl1n38 10 ай бұрын
Well said, sums it up nicely!
@tomcoon9038 10 ай бұрын
I always found it incredible and yet ironic in a way. All the best song writers know that in order to produce a truly heart felt gut wrenching song you have to let your inner emotions out. You have to write them and then work on them with your bandmates. Even though it may be your bandmates who is sponsoring these feelings. Those emotions come forth on the song and that's what makes it great. People relate and tie into that. And it is good. Yet what makes you really good at writing the music is the exact thing that rips the band apart. Fleetwood Mac could not possibly be any better at showcasing this fact.
@iliasmess 9 ай бұрын
Couldn't have said it better my friend! The making of this record has more magic than possibly anything else in rock n roll. should be done a movie about it. Captures the best years of rock in the best way 👌
@neilweinstock4194 10 ай бұрын
Lindsay Buckingham deserves infinite praise for his work on this album (and the previous one, which is almost as good). At times understated and restrained, other times raw and emotional, always gorgeous. And his vocals are superb as well.
@billminor3712 10 ай бұрын
Couldn’t agree more!!
@runthenumbers9698 10 ай бұрын
Lindsey Buckingham is my inspiration for learning the guitar
@bricefleckenstein9666 7 ай бұрын
The previous "White" album was IMO JUST as good as Rumours overall - though a bit mode peaky and it DID have what I consider to be Fleetwood Mac's best song of all time. "I'm So Afraid".
@ChrisEdenburn-wj9ch 5 ай бұрын
Probably Skynnrd, Seet Home Alabama, or Black Sabaith Paranoid i don't know i was born in 78. Im just guessing . Led Zeppelin for sure.
@bricefleckenstein9666 5 ай бұрын
@@ChrisEdenburn-wj9ch We were talking about Fleetwood Mac, not those other great groups?
@michaelgottlieb9083 10 ай бұрын
Mick Fleetwood's drumming and McVie's bass playing are so underrated.
@byronmitchell2067 7 күн бұрын
They set the tone for so many great songs. Dreams is a great example of that.
@ssia6938 10 ай бұрын
In Fleetwood Mac, the three songwriters approached songwriting very differently. Christine would come up with melody chords and an idea of a lyric theme, and make a song pretty quickly. Her demos were almost finished songs. Lindsey brought lots of pieces of guitar parts on tape, to the studio. He wrote most of his lyrics last, and in the studio. Stevie wrote poems, and then tried to sing them, taking those simple forms to the studio. The three different approaches are a masterclass in themselves. All worked in their own way.
@cejannuzi 10 ай бұрын
It was Lindsey Buckingham who turned them all into Fleetwood Mac songs.
@markmiwurdz202 10 ай бұрын
It's even more remarkable that Lindsey Buckingham does not read music. He has all of his input into FM inside his mind.
@janpcs 10 ай бұрын
. @markmiwurdz202 Many great songwriters don't read music. The BeeGees come to mind.
@simonwild9529 10 ай бұрын
You can definitely hear who was the primary song writer on each track on Rumours! 🤘
@brianbenson1423 10 ай бұрын
And Todd Rundgren. My jaw dropped when he said so much at his commencement speech at Berklee College of Music @@janpcs
@youngscottpmu1387 10 ай бұрын
This LP is a masterpiece ...no less . "Never going back again" is a masterpiece in the masterpiece
@dryter 10 ай бұрын
One thing that doesn't get mentioned enough IMO is how great Lindsey and Christine's voices sound together.
@ln2675 10 ай бұрын
I sooooooo agree!!!!!!!👍👍👍
@SpreadEagle6 10 ай бұрын
"Hold Me" is a great testament to this.
@michaelgottlieb9083 10 ай бұрын
They were great....
@carolinereidartist 10 ай бұрын
Reckoning they always were in love
@jerrycote659 10 ай бұрын
💯 agree! When I was a kid and was exposed to the Rumours album by hearing it through my parents and my older brother playing the album basically everyday for what seemed like the entirety of my elementary school years. I always thought the opening vocal of “Don’t Stop” was Lindsey and my mind still tells me to this day it’s Lindsey, which triggers the data correction switch that was installed in my brain at the exact moment I was shocked into reality upon learning years ago it’s Christine who sings the opening “If You Wake Up And Don’t Want To Smile” NOT Lindsey. I love the way their vocals are arranged and used on “Hold Me” and “Little Lies”
@85geoffm 10 ай бұрын
Christine McVie was the genius behind Fleetwood Mac. She was the best songwriter, best singer, and added the most soul to the band. She was an absolute treasure.
@moondog303 10 ай бұрын
Lots of love and support to Mick Fleetwood and his staff at Fleetwood’s on Front St. Maui. His bar/restaurant along with the entire town of Lahaina where it was located burnt to the ground this week.
@andrewhobin9217 10 ай бұрын
I wondered if Fleetwood’s was spared, I guess not. Terrible loss all round.
@jollyjohnthepirate3168 10 ай бұрын
The death toll keeps rising. Praying for the survivors.
@glennhecker4422 10 ай бұрын
😢😢😢
@vanhalenrulz9474 10 ай бұрын
My favorite track from Rumours (and all-time favorite Fleetwood Mac song) is You Make Loving Fun. The chorus in that song is absolutely perfect.
@thomaslemon3971 10 ай бұрын
I gotta agree. Out of all of them, it’s the one song on the album I can never ever skip.
@fhowland 10 ай бұрын
Couldn’t agree more! Reminds me of my old girlfriend ❤️
@richardharrold9736 10 ай бұрын
@@thomaslemon3971 how can anyone rate that garbage higher than The Green Manalishi or anything from the Peter Green era? Nothing from the 1970s onward era of FM was good. The band effectively ceased to exist when Peter left.
@JoeGator23 10 ай бұрын
@@richardharrold9736 Wrong, especially if you are talking about music in general.
@richardharrold9736 10 ай бұрын
@@JoeGator23 post-1970 FM is garbage. Musically bland, lyrically inane. PG was mistreated appallingly.
@GoVoteDemocracy 10 ай бұрын
When I was 10, every library hour I would go straight to the cassette player, get Rumours and listen to it the entire hour. The librarians finally quit asking me if I wanted to look at the books because I gave them the same answer all the time, “no, I have books at home, but I don’t have Fleetwood Mac”. The first album I ever bought was Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, and I still have it 40+ years later
@carladean6117 10 ай бұрын
My dad died 3 months before this album was released, I was 16. 'Oh Daddy' will always have a very poignant meaning for me because I listened to it so much at the time.
@jesusislukeskywalker4294 10 ай бұрын
❤ that’s really tough to lose your dad at such a young age..
@carladean6117 10 ай бұрын
@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 Thank you 💕 I missed him terribly for a long long time, still do.
@skipskiperton4992 10 ай бұрын
❤
@macdisciple 10 ай бұрын
Oh man. I lost my pops at age 15 in 1978. I felt so lonely because I did not know anyone else whose dad died. We could of hung out. :)
@carladean6117 10 ай бұрын
@@macdisciple Aww that's a sweet comment. Yes it's not the best at that age is it?
@greatsajby9266 10 ай бұрын
"Second Hand News" needs way more love. Instant good mood, with the chorus happening only once, and the END, all building to a glorious climax with a chorus of angels underpinning it all.
@179cpv 10 ай бұрын
Agree it’s a very underrated song and the perfect way to open the album.
@SG_____ 10 ай бұрын
I love that sweet aggressive guitar tone at the end. Love that song. Perfect way to start an album.
@nonnayoubuzinnes1669 10 ай бұрын
Buckingham was the sole producer on Rumours according to Richard Dashut who says he and Ken Callait were actually the engineers Buckingham was way ahead of his time and such an outstanding guitarist.
@ishgumi44 10 ай бұрын
Nobody can project the deep love of music like Rick. Nobody. What a pleasurable experience it is listening to his ruminations.
@carladean6117 10 ай бұрын
The vocals on 'The Chain' are phenomenal. It's almost like 'call and response'. This video is transporting me right back to 1977
@michaeljarvis5489 10 ай бұрын
That one is just so, so good. Probably my top FM song, and I'm mostly a metal/industrial fan. Maybe that's why their angrier songs like that one and Gold Dust Woman are favorites.
@72slayer72 10 ай бұрын
You Make Loving Fun is my personal fav. I think Christine's voice is amazing on it, perfect.
@AndrewDemack 5 күн бұрын
Always makes me smile
@willrothfuss8470 10 ай бұрын
It's nice to know you love Fleetwood Mac, Rick. I never get tired of them. I never understood all the hate directed at them by "purists", only because their songs got so much radio play. Maybe the last era when you could hear really great music on the radio.
@derekwood91 10 ай бұрын
"Go your own way" for me. I'm not any kind of musician, but that has always been my standout track from what is a standout album. Mick Fleetwood's drums, and the way the guitar threads its way through the song, always knocks me out!
@TheLegenDacster 10 ай бұрын
That's a fab choice from that album. It exhibits all of their best attributes.
@davidgratton8869 10 ай бұрын
Rumors is a great album which has held up well over time. My personal favorite song which completely grabs me every time I hear it is Never Going Back Again. It’s short, simple, and has very few lyrics, but the musicality of the song is brilliant. Nothing like this ever gets made today.
@azog23 10 ай бұрын
For years I didn't know about the first half of the chain. The BBC used the second half as the theme tune for their formula 1 coverage. For the titles they sync up the green light at the start of a race with the start of Lyndsay Buckingham's guitar part. The bass part set up a load of tension before the green light and the high pitched guitars tied in nicely with the screaming engines of formula 1 cars of the time.
@MattMcQueen1 10 ай бұрын
This. It's a very British thing.
@chrishyde1216 10 ай бұрын
That association risks spoiling the song, but it's too good to be spoiled.
@chrishorne4016 10 ай бұрын
The BBC picked some good music for their shows in the 70's. Whole Lotta Love, the zeppelin classic performed by CCS for top of the pops, prime time before watershed music program Elizabeth Zaroff positively blushed when she realised what the lyrics were about,
@seanmccafferty2296 10 ай бұрын
@@chrishorne4016I had no idea that wasn't the original
@SK-sm9mn 10 ай бұрын
Andrew, that’s where I first discovered it but I’m glad I also then discovered the first half.
@jaymg1968 10 ай бұрын
I love how you say Jack White’s ability to name Beatles songs in the first second is an “amazing” ability, yet when I do it in the car, I’m just the annoying Dad to my kids. 😂
@MikeB04 10 ай бұрын
Totally agree "The Chain" is their best song on the album and for the band. It encapsulates the internal relationship drama. It's essentially their THEME SONG.
@blahblahblah742 10 ай бұрын
Just driving home from playing bass in a Fleetwood Mac tribute show to 1300 people in the UK & I have to say it's probably the most fun show I've ever done. Audiences go absolutely crazy for these songs, Every song is a BANGER!
@ultragroove1 10 ай бұрын
Nice!!
@thewayidoit8895 10 ай бұрын
Rick, I listened to this album many many nights going to sleep in high school. 1977-1980. It relaxed me. Got me through some tough times. I had a lot going on and felt pretty alone. My parents supported my decisions but didn't offer much. Fleetwood Mac kept me going.
@jamesleenelson 10 ай бұрын
My estimation of Lindsay Buckingham’s guitar playing increases with time. His fills and guitar parts are so tasty, restrained and powerful-love it❗️
@Richard_Jones 10 ай бұрын
In case nobody else has mentioned it, for 20 years the bass breakdown and guitar solo was the theme tune to the BBC's Formula 1 motor racing coverage. You play a tune, add exciting visuals and do that every week for 20 years, the effects multiply.
@brodymoore295 10 ай бұрын
The chain really breathes. It expands and contracts sonically and keeps you listening with moments of surprise. Masterful songwriting
@windyhillbomber 10 ай бұрын
Have always said Rumours is easily the most complete album ever made. Not a single low point. Not one filler song. Every tune a classic. Then there is the back story around the making of the album which makes it even more outstanding.
@richardharrold9736 10 ай бұрын
The whole album and its back story is a low point. The only good Fleetwood Mac was the original Peter Green incarnation. Rumours is just a wretched piece of narcissistic whining and bitching between two Americans who should never have been in the band to start with.
@jollyjohnthepirate3168 10 ай бұрын
The album is amazing. It's like they took all their personal issues and mined it for all It's worth.
@StevenCarinci 10 ай бұрын
Elvis Costello hates it, he refers to them as the mob.
@richardharrold9736 10 ай бұрын
@@4353HUNVRTNG if I wanted to listen to an American woman singing about failed romances, I'd genuinely choose Taylor Swift over Stevie Nicks. That might be heresy to some. But I'd much rather be listening to Led Zeppelin.
@lambchop1 10 ай бұрын
@@richardharrold9736I also revere the original FM with Peter, Jeremy and later Danny. I started out a folk and blues player and lover. You obviously don't care for the later incarnations. Not ur cuppa tea. For me it's something completely different. Separate bands altogether. I was in a band and covered some of these songs and marveled at them. Like I said, not for you obviously, but to many it was great stuff.
@MrEtnorb 10 ай бұрын
The song “I don’t want to know” is harmony from start to finish. I can’t think of another top song with 100% harmony. Brilliant.
@KidFreshie 7 ай бұрын
Sound of Silence.
@williamsuesholtz5220 10 ай бұрын
I bought Rumors when it came out in '77. My favorite song was You Make Loving Fun, then some years ago I decided it is Dreams. After watching this video I played the album in its entirety, without any interruptions. A few days later I played it again. I never fully appreciated how great it really is not only in terms of the quality of the songs, but in how varied the styles of the songs are. Now my favorite song on the record is Songbird, but I have no doubt that in a year or two it'll be something else.
@aceedmond8053 10 ай бұрын
Producer Ken Caillet and the mix engineers did an amazing job with those Fleetwood Mac albums... Ken has said he was never afraid to peg the EQ's.
@MoreMeRecording 10 ай бұрын
He had to because the were OD'g so much they were scrubbing the oxide off the 24trk, which some say is a big part of the overall very warm tone ;)
@danasekundiak2604 10 ай бұрын
What i like best about Ricks videos is his excitement about music. A true musician. The reason most of us listen to great music.
@rostrhamus 10 ай бұрын
Would love an interview with Lindsey Buckingham.
@Jack-ur4in 10 ай бұрын
Yeh… that would be super cool !
@TimBoulette 10 ай бұрын
"You Make Loving Fun" for me. Lindsey's guitar is just so tasty throughout. And you can't beat that groove.
@kdavis63 10 ай бұрын
I was 14 when that was released. It was played endlessly everywhere. Those were the days of pool/pinball/Foosball halls and they album played continuously
@jamesbargar5952 10 ай бұрын
The syncopation in the verse melody of Go Your Own Way is really unique as well, and worthy of mention. You do a great job (always) of pointing out dissonances in harmony, but syncipation is rhythmic dissonance, and can be just as impactful.
@afternoonshred4866 10 ай бұрын
Every song on that album is amazing but “Go your own way” that song is exceptional, and not just because of that amazing, yet simple intro, it’s what music should be when composing, all the parts fit together flawlessly.
@MrMikey1981 10 ай бұрын
Honestly, I'm surprised Rumours wasn't just reissued as their greatest hits album. It's a perfect album top to bottom.
@mysticmerman 8 ай бұрын
My brother owns a used record store. He told me that a near mint copy of "Rumours" gets $100 price tag and won't last more than a day. An unopened copy gets even more! And it's almost always people under 30 buying it. 😊
@krick7247 10 ай бұрын
The genius of this album is 100% due to Lindsay Buckingham’s production and arrangement of this music. Incredible talent 😉
@rockanne 10 ай бұрын
A factor that makes the album great as many 70s and into the 80s albums was that they were complete masterpieces meant to be listened to in their entirety and also songs individually. Just awesomeness cover to cover. As Rick said, headphone music. Completely transported into the music.
@gaobeardutch5595 10 ай бұрын
According to my dad, this is the greatest album ever. Hard to argue with that honestly
@davidletz9123 10 ай бұрын
He is right!
@blondeguy56 10 ай бұрын
Listen to your Dad. Lol.
@alanbeaumont4848 10 ай бұрын
Apart from Dark Side of the Moon, obviously.
@tshouse2782 10 ай бұрын
Greatest ever is subjective and really hard to pick 1
@deirdre108 10 ай бұрын
It's not even the best FM album which is "Future Games" obviously.
@soccerdad93446 10 ай бұрын
Rick, you are doing a great service to people by helping them learn more about why they like a song and not just that they do like it.
@94233psu399154112333 10 ай бұрын
This was the second album I ever bought in my life (Boston’s first Album was my first, Van Halen third). I’ve heard it a thousand times. Yet somehow I just learned so much about it and nuances that I never heard before. Rick is gifted at music, explaining details, and just has a way to point out things that I didn’t know were there before. He’s become a national treasure and our national keeper of our music history.
@andrewmarshall5714 10 ай бұрын
Saw Fleetwood Mac live in 1977 and the performance of Go Your Own Way was extraordinary. Will remember it to my dying day.
@janpcs 10 ай бұрын
Unique drumming on that song.
@melmel4712 9 ай бұрын
🤩 jealous!
@krisspax 10 ай бұрын
The 70s were the decade of albums. Would love for you to do more "album videos" Rick. It's like we're sitting together going over all the songs!
@chrisbentley1150 10 ай бұрын
It's about melody. The album is overflowing with beautiful music (+ clever arrangements). One of the all-time 'must hear' albums. Something for everyone
@charlesboucher9533 10 ай бұрын
I have this record on vinyl, cassette, and now digital. This is really the album. Despite having bought this music three times over, it still represents a tremendous value because it's all great and rewards the listener each and every time.
@diamonddog4708 10 ай бұрын
The Chain cover. 'Just a thrown together thing' ....... that sounds utterly fantastic ☺️
@RollieFingers59 10 ай бұрын
This record was the perfect storm of musicians being fused with masterful engineering and production. The recording/engineering pushed this to a whole new level IMO- and I’m sure that worked the other way too- how could the musicians not be inspired by how good dam good this sounded?
@vincentwright9143 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely no doubt, Fleetwood Mac’s RUMORS will continue to stand the test of time. I was fortunate to see them live during the TUSK tour! Unforgettable show!
@theresae6071 10 ай бұрын
Would love to see an interview with Lindsay Buckingham! I agree with your top two - but I have to give the slight edge to Go Your Own Way. A truly perfect song. It gives me chills every single time I hear it. I was a little girl in the 70’s and that album is part of my life. The greatest record of the 70’s and that is saying something.
@prancypooch9694 10 ай бұрын
What always struck me about the Rumors album is the rich, golden, pristine closeness and clarity of the sound engineering. The presence and immediacy of sound space is stunning. Combined with the songwriting and playing, it is truly unique. But OMG the SOUND...wow! What a masterpiece of recording...from the 1970's no less.
@richardharrold9736 10 ай бұрын
You mean that it was massively over-produced to make it more commercially appealing to the tasteless cloth-eared masses... it's a truly dreadful album. The only good thing about it is the solo in The Chain, and that only because of its use in F1.
@prancypooch9694 10 ай бұрын
So if you were the producer, it would have been more successful right? The job is to sell albums. It stayed at the top of the Billboard 200 for 31 non-consecutive weeks, so they must have gotten something right. The record has received a Diamond Award from the Recording Industry Association of America for a 20× platinum certification or 20 million copies shipped, making it, as of 2021, tied for the eleventh highest certified album in US history. Smart move to appeal to the tasteless cloth-eared masses. @@richardharrold9736
@fotislagopatis5207 10 ай бұрын
The Chain is a song that you would never forget the first time you heard it.
@recordlounge 10 ай бұрын
In my 15 years of having my record shop Fleetwood Mac Rumors has consistently sold every year . If I have 5 orig. copies or even new represses they are gone within days. The Chain will always be my fave , the sound and the feeling on that song is powerful! Great cast today Rick . I’ve been talking to customers about your show and hopefully more listeners are signing up. The best show on KZfaq
@gstlynx 10 ай бұрын
Rick, your enthusiasm and deep love of music are infectious. Add on your encyclopedic knowledge and you never fail to entertain and enlighten.
@hawg427 10 ай бұрын
I can't pick just one sone, it is the best Fleetwood Mac album ever. Both women have fantastic vocals but there is just something sexy about Stevie's voice that sends shivers up your spine.
@loganm15 10 ай бұрын
I can't pick a sone either
@richardharrold9736 10 ай бұрын
@@loganm15there's nothing remotely "sexy" about Nicks' nasal whine, one of the most irritating voices in music history. As for calling Rumours the best Fleetwood Mac album... laughable. It isn't fit to lick the boots of the self-titled LP, Mr Wonderful or Then Play On.
@richardharrold9736 10 ай бұрын
@NolanVoid-dr1ch my comment above is more intelligent than anything Stevie Nicks has ever had to say. She was and still is utterly self-absorbed, with an inflated view of her own importance.
@erlstone 10 ай бұрын
growing up in the 70's (high school)... this album was played at every party and is part of our collective adolescent coming of age... along with many others ofourse.. but this was a biggie (I'm same age as Rick)... and I like the "shared" talent amongst the whole group, they all play an equal and special part making up the whole... including the "male and female" aspect
@rotaxtwin 10 ай бұрын
It was huge at the time. I was in Jr high but every chance we got to play our records on the institutional record player this came out and got played extensively.
@autk 10 ай бұрын
Junior in High School when this was released, a glorious time to be alive, and you're right it was played everywhere at party's, lakes, the beach, it was THE cool record during the summer...spent my summertime at home and weekends at the lake in two towns that couldn't have been more different...and that album was the tie that binds and bridged a huge cultural gap.
@Ursulauu 10 ай бұрын
I agree - ‘The Chain’ is their best song with so many layers to it, with ‘Go Your Own Way’ a close second. ❤
@alexkiss2515 Күн бұрын
I totally agree that dissonance really is the hook we all want , emotion for a song is born out of it
@Uatu-the-Watcher 10 ай бұрын
That’s the benefit of stacking a band with songwriters. It’s why Hotel California is up there. Every track a winner.
@oboogie2 10 ай бұрын
Hotel California is on my very short list of what I consider perfect albums.
@davidrichman9779 10 ай бұрын
Hotel California is very flawed. They got nothing on the Mac
@Fakeaorta 10 ай бұрын
Hotel California should not have been turned down by Tom Petty. EDIT: It was Boys of Summer! I was wrong.
@autk 10 ай бұрын
Excellent Album, no question about it.
@seanmccafferty2296 10 ай бұрын
Hotel California (the single) is miles better than anything else on the album. Doesn't come close to goat conversations imho
@shetlandsheep3081 10 ай бұрын
When I started at Oxford Uni, it was a damp October in the late 80s, and this album, Van Morrison, Tracey Chapman and Simon and Garfunkel along with Joan Baez were the soundtrack to my life. To this day, over 30 years later, The Chain still transports me to a cold winter night gazing out of my college window. Only the smell of beeswax has the same power; just a perfect album and perfect song, lyrically and melodically.
@jimsanders4412 10 ай бұрын
Rick, your open and unbridled passion for what you do is something I’ve never seen before! Don’t ever stop!!👍😄
@McNessie101 10 ай бұрын
I saw them live at pink pop 2019 in Holland. I was all the way at the front, standing about 5 meters from Stevie Nicks (my hero)! Seeing them live is a life-changing event! I’ll never forget it...
@carladean6117 10 ай бұрын
I fell in love for the first time when this album came out. You can imagine what it means to me ❤
@dkimuk 10 ай бұрын
Love the verse to Go Your Own Way too. Also, on your "surprise" note, Buckingham really draws attention to the suspension with his vowel work. He really twists the "I" sound in right so you know the note is deliberate and purposeful. Great writing and intelligent performance, indicative of the quality of the whole album.
@davidolie8392 10 ай бұрын
On "The Chain", the female vocals in the chorus always reach up at the end of each phrase. It's subtle, but it's there. This creates a bridge to feeling good about what is to follow.
@nostromo7928 29 күн бұрын
I never get tired of Rick's enthusiasm for music. I know nothing about music theory, I just know what I like to listen to and listening to Rick makes me happy.
@fooku5508 10 ай бұрын
Agreed! Break the Chain is F M's greatest song ever and the best on Rumors. Besides all its amazing bits and pieces you explain so well, the undeniably raw, palpable, emotional connection Nicks and Buckingham exude for each other in concert is powerfully moving. That's why this song is F M's most listened song anywhere. Full stop. Word.
@relativetimeworx8459 10 ай бұрын
I sat in on a rehearsal of Mick Fleetwood's Zoo in the mid-80s and I was absolutely stunned by Mick's metronomic tempo. He was a machine. He was so on tempo that it was strikingly noticeable. I don't think I've ever heard anyone else that had that impact on me.
@toddbrittain1060 10 ай бұрын
it's interesting you mention that because I feel exactly the same. For me Mick is the perfect rock drummer. Impeccable timing. He and John McVie were an unbeatable rhythm section. A bit like Dave Hungate and Jeff Porcaro (though the latter, being session virtuosos before Toto came together, were a lot more versatile, obviously).
@richardsp2794 10 ай бұрын
Rumours is the 1st set of songs I remember hearing as my dad would play it most Sunday mornings. 40+ years later I still listen to it weekly. I love it when someone pulls it apart like this. It validates WHY I love it and what I hear too!
@iBackBeat 10 ай бұрын
Rumours blew me away and it still does. Absolute fantastic album from start to end.
@s.peters2140 10 ай бұрын
My top albums of the 1970's: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours, Meatloaf: Bat Out of Hell, Supertramp: Breakfast in America, The Cars: The Cars & Candy-O. These are all albums I still listen to fairly regularly.
@semloclusa1630 10 ай бұрын
The way the 3 singers voices, Lyndsay, Christine and Stevie’s voices sounded similar but different, harmonizing, created such a strong impression on me. So unique that hasn’t been matched by any other group with 3 singers. And the melodies were infectious.
@ScottSherman1 10 ай бұрын
I graduated High School in 1975. My best friend had an older brother who introduced us to various bands that we became fans of. So many great bands made college more exciting and fun. Thank you for this!
@ibassnote 10 ай бұрын
I couldn’t agree more. The album is a complete masterpiece and incidentally the first album I ever owned! I am never disappointed when I put this record on. I recorded with Rhiannon Giddens at Criterion Studies in Miami this year. The sound of that legendary place is all over Rumors. Absurdly moving.
@rosselliot8971 10 ай бұрын
Me too. Bought it with Christmas money, on cassette, not long after release. Don't Stop was all over the airwaves. Since then I've bought it twice on vinyl and twice on CD.
@davidcounsell5448 5 ай бұрын
Rumours best album of the 1970's 100%
@ShamanWS6 10 ай бұрын
The bass line to "go your own way" is great and absolutely one of the best parts of the song. The double walkdown with the high point note... just great.
@carladean6117 10 ай бұрын
I was 16 when this 'LP' was released. I bought it and played it over and over and over and over incessantly for months. Every song is a gem, the sound of my youth. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@eatdrinkwineguy 10 ай бұрын
Always love your passion. Gets me excited. I’ve got the Beato book and I don’t even play an instrument but love learning these cool things about music. So fascinating. Time to get the ear training book.
@cstarv 10 ай бұрын
so hard to believe I heard these when they first came out. I loved the diversity of the music. I never took it for granted but today; I really didn't know just how great this time in music was. The fact that I listen to it now with as much joy as I did in the 70s; I am so grateful to be a teen and young adult in the 70s.
@tugginalong 10 ай бұрын
Interestingly, I’ll be in Rochester this week. I had “Rumours” on vinyl and cassette. One of Fleetwood Mac’s best songs was pre Buckingham-Nicks. The song was “Oh Well”. I saw them in concert about 5 years ago and they were great. Christine was playing too. Rumors did have a lot song structure variety. May be the best album I’ve ever purchased. That album was huge back then. It charted for a long time. Great cover of “The Chain”.
@geezerbluesoflondon 10 ай бұрын
Another triumph sir. I took a trip with a friend back when Rumors had just been released. We drove from Toronto to Winnipeg, the northern route, and we played the album over and over the whole way. I was supposed to get a DJ job aat a radio station in Winnipeg but met a girl and returned to Toronto. I have had a copy of Rumors in every form ever since. Who hasn't eh?
@TheIA79 10 ай бұрын
Rick I don't know if it's possible without getting blocked but "the chain" realy deserves a whole video on it. Much more than u touch on here EVERYTHING in this song is great. The guitar sound, the tuning, each guitar track with the bends, the harmonies, just superb. Cannot listen to this without getting uplifted
@winstack 10 ай бұрын
You have such a nuanced approach to your interpretation, Rick--which is why i love you. Awesome video.
@brettaccardo6940 10 ай бұрын
I am not a musician or a singer. But I love all of these videos, especially WMTSG. When you were expressing how you felt about "Go your own way" when you were young, asking why certain points of the song give you chills or evoke emotions, that is exactly why I love certain songs and play them over and over. My ears pick up these hidden sounds and combos that I can't explain musically. I just know that they are there and you explain them perfectly. Keep up the Awesome Work and GOD Bless Brother!
@stephengreen2839 10 ай бұрын
Greatest album ever, no question !
@groovefunkel 10 ай бұрын
Rick, I would love for you someday to do an episode discussing how 16/24 track (and even SMPTE) recording changed music forever. Without such technologies, we never would’ve had music that sounded like this at the time. Great episode as usual.
@UTarcher72 10 ай бұрын
Just got chills from Christine's vocals on You make loving fun! Incredible feels and emotion in that song.
@djpvma 10 ай бұрын
Gypsy always reminds me of my belated aunt. I miss her so much. This album has healing effects. 😊
@barefootbeachrunner9498 10 ай бұрын
Hands down the greatest album of all time I was 11 years old when this was released My mum and dad bought it for me After listening to it I had to learn to play guitar 🙂👍
@richardharrold9736 10 ай бұрын
Not even close. It's not even close to the best Fleetwood Mac album. The first three, with Peter Green, are far better. Then Play On is their best album, and the last good one. Everything after that was utter dogshit.
@mikewilliamson2899 10 ай бұрын
@@richardharrold9736thanks for coming 😏
@barefootbeachrunner9498 10 ай бұрын
@@richardharrold9736 It's all a matter of your own opinion I'll stick with Rumours Nostalgic from my childhood
@caps689 10 ай бұрын
@@mikewilliamson2899 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@wrorchestra1 10 ай бұрын
I was working with a (much) younger guy who is a huge Formula 1 fan. You should've seen his face when I played him "The Chain"!
@gratefulpipeandcigar3239 10 күн бұрын
I love Rick Beato's theory teaching, but, this right here is why I love watching Rick listen to music. I think all of these things even if I couldn't explain it to someone else. I feel all of these feelings when I listen to great music. It kills me in the best way. And this really is one of the best albums ever.
@jenslempke7501 5 ай бұрын
I never grow tired of Fleetwood Mac. Amazing music, straight through.
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