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If you listen closely (probably need headphones) there's a twirling synthesizer sound during the verses of "Freedom". It basically goes something like "whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo!whoo!" over and over again. That's what I mean about being too buried in the mix....you haven't really heard it. I can hear it but its very faint. Had they mixed it farther up in the mix, I think it would have given "Freedom" a lot more of a hook and made it a better song.
This is similar to "That's Alright" on Mirage. Although "That's Alright" is a much better song, it also has a "too buried" sound in the mix: A woodblock. On the other hand, the chimes sound or whatever that tinkling sound is during the chorus of "Thrown Down" is distracting and should have been removed completely. The hook of "Thrown Down" is the guitar part. |
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I think I'd remember that Michele... lol Although, one never knows..
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I do remember a clip on TV of the Time lineup with Bekka singing Rhiannon. A failure I must say, IMHO. I would accept her singing Landslide, better if she says it's a tribute to Stevie. But Rhiannon is too Stevie. The worst part was when Bekka started to scream at the end of the song, imitating Stevie.
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It was several years ago. Yes my memory could betray me, but I would swear it was Rhiannon.
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I had bought "Behind The Mask" long before I invested my money in "Rumours-Deluxe Edition". Strange...but on the other hand my discovery of the band was also untypical. As a die hard fan of Stevie Nicks' talent I decided to collect every single album including her songs and idiosyncratic vocals. When I went to my favourite music shop I saw this album on the shelf and its price seduced me. I said to myself: "Rumours can wait!". Besides there was something intriguing about the cover of the album, that made me interested even more. I must add, that I hadn't read anything about this album before, so I had a chance to listen to the album without any prejudice. After first listen I was in the awe of the quality of the whole recorded material. In an instant I became a fan of "Sky Is The Limit", "Love Is Dangerous", "Save Me", "Behind The Mask" and "Freedom". Of course there were few songs that took some time to grow on me (like "When It Comes To Love", "The Second Time" and "When The Sun Goes Down") but in the end I liked most of the album. Then I started my research! I found out, that the album got bad press (mostly because of the absence of Lindsay). I was shocked! How can anyone say that the album is bad just because Lindsay is not on it? Luckily enough, I found 4 star review of the album in Rolling Stone, that reflected my own thoughts. With time I've grown to like the album even more. "In The Back of My Mind" and "Hard Feelings" rank as one of the best classic rock songs (at least for me). And "Affairs of the Heart" has become for me one of the better songs that Stevie performed with Fleetwood Mac. Few months ago I bought "Rumours" and recognized the legacy behind that album, but "Behind The Mask" hasn't lost its appeal to me...It's still one of the best releases of 1990! I feel ashamed, that back in that year I didn't discover this gem, immersing myself in Paula Abdul and Wilson Phillips' music. Fortunately for me, wisdome comes with time...
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My introduction to the band Fleetwood Mac was also far from typical. I noticed Billy Burnette as a great songwriter and guitarist on Roy Orbison's "Mystery Girl" album. Rick Vito also had a cameo on that one but I did not associate him with anything yet.
At one point, I read about Billy being in Fleetwood Mac. Next thing that happened, a solo album by another Fleetwood Mac member came out: "Out Of the Cradle" by a guy with the strange name Lindsey Buckingham, whom I'd never heard of before. I listened to it in a store to check out the music. It was nothing like I would have expected of Billy but it was so good. So the first Fleetwood Mac related CD I got was Lindsey Buckingham's solo album "Out Of the Cradle" because he played in the same band as Billy Burnette. Think about it: Isn't this somewhat sacrilegious? ;-) After that, I found Billy's solo CD "Coming Home" in a mailorder catalogue and ordered it right away. It remains a favourite to this day. Somehow, I found out another while later that Billy only played on one Fleetwood Mac album, "Behind the Mask" at the time, but that was nowhere to be found in the stores in my area in around 1993. Luckily for me, I found a cutout CD of it in another mailorder catalogue. I ordered this and when I first listened to it, that's when I first heard the ladies. Of course, my main focus was on Billy's material at first. He sang a lot on this record together with Christine McVie. So that's how I got into her. Yet, despite enjoying her duets with Billy, I feel her BTM solo songs are not among her best, but she made up for that by the high quality of all songs she released thereafter. "Affairs Of the Heart" is so good it got me interested in Stevie Nicks' solo material. The one guy whose songs I could not really get into was Rick Vito. He's a great guitarist, mind you, but when I look at his solo material, I feel he is unnecessarily limiting himself to the jump-blues style when really, he is capable of playing in many more other styles, too, like he has shown with Fleetwood Mac. When "Time" came out, I was happy because I did not see any prior announcement of it. It was just there in the store at that very moment. But where was Stevie? I noticed her absence when looking at the sleeve. Bekka was in her place and when she opened her mouth and she sang "Winds Of Change", I could not get into her singing at all. I did not recognize her voice which I had heard before even, from her duet with Joe Cocker which I had already had on his album "Have A Little Faith". I guess she is trying too hard to be Stevie on "Winds Of Change". Luckily, not on her other songs on the album. It's a shame that the BTM band never got the chance to release another album of new material together. "Love Shines" and "Paper Doll" are only glimpses of what could have been. I believe it would have been great music. Instead, the new guys had to again promote an album of the previous band for the 3rd time in 4 albums. If that's not milking it, I don't know what is. It's no surprise the ladies and Rick left. |
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From Mick's coffee book "My 25 years in FM" :
In 1990 Fleetwood Mac released Behind the Mask, its first modern album without Lindsey Buckingham. Despite Rick Vito's superb guitars and many strong songs (Save Me, Skies the Limit, Affairs of the Heart, Love is Dangerous), the album was underrated in America. At home in England, however, Mask entered the charts at number one, and that summer Fleetwood Mac sold out Wembley stadium for the first time, playing begore a couple hundred thousand fans, some of whom had been paying to see Fleetwood Mac for almost 25 years. That summer also saw both Chris and Steve announce in midtour that they would be leaving the band. Both women were wealthy and famous, and neither felt like continuing the pressure and the pace that wetn along with life in Fleetwood Mac. The 2 ladies reached this decision together, although both indicate they would continue to record with the band in the future. Was England Mick's home in 1990? Or he was just nostalgic? That reason for leaving the band may be for Chris but id doesn't sound from Stevie. I read in other articles they were angry about Mick's bio. Besides Stevie continues that "pressure and pace" during solo tours. (and she didn't record in Time)
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Good for you! I have mixed feelings about Stevie's BTM songs. Personally I happen to think The Second Time is beautiful but that's just me. And no, I"m not on crack! Freedom and Affairs of the Heart are fine songs but her near comatose vocals destroy both of these songs. Love is Dangerous just sucks on all levels.
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This album probably has to be one of my least favorites. I like it and everything, but not as much as the other albums from Fleetwood Mac. I just have this feeling that something is missing.
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