FM Member For Member, Are They Still Good?

[Villavic]

SN - Of course her voice is not the same as in the Rumours to Mirage days, but she (in general) is far better than in the late 80s and early 90s. I did enjoy her performance in the 1997 and 2009 tours. Obviously it's because she is clean now. Good!

LB - I liked his voice before, but again, his performance during the unleashed tour was great. He really rocked.

CM - She is retired so who knows. I still miss her

John - Well in the Mirage concert video he played solo or combined with Mick, I have not seen that anymore.

Mick- I missed his solo with the body percussion device.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I feel that they are all doing great for where and who they are now. They are working well within their limitations. It's a perspective you obtain after you've had quite a few decades under you belt.

Stevie's voice is fine for who she is now. It's somewhat unfair to compare it to how it sounded twenty, ten, or even five years ago. Age takes it's toll. But she's managed to navigate around it and adjust to that inevitability.

I agree with this and would add that I don't think any Mac member needs to throw in the towel yet. They are professionals to the utmost and really put on a great show and still old their own singing and playing. In some ways they are even better musically. I miss the higher range of their vocals, but that just happens.

[Hawkeye]

can we start a petition to get this guy banned.

[Hawkeye]

I wasnt even gonna read his post initially but did anyways and:

Originally Posted by David A

Someone posted something about Micks drumming, question, EACH Member , including Christine, do they still have it? im talking as far as their skills, etc

Not, "Oh, yes, SN still has it", but compared to years before

Very curious to hear what people say

SN - For me, the voice is pretty much gone, but I still think she writes good songs
LB - For sure, has it all, even though his finger picking acoustic style is getting a tad old, but he plays as good or if not better, his voice never was his best thing any way
CM - Id say, her voice is still as good, so id say yes
John - Tough one, id say he has lost a tad of his bass lines, Mirage was a great John album, I dont hear him much on SYW
Mick- I def think his drumming has suffered , but then again that may be due to age, he has lost a lot of his power he once had, even though I like his Blues DVD

Thanks

RUN to the door NOW and head to the ER!!!!!!!!! You may be going, or are possibly deaf already.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Mick- I missed his solo with the body percussion device.

You really missed the SAD "Vesturbation"?


That bit, was SOOOOO 1990.

Thank god it finally died. Totally not befitting a legacy...

[chriskisn]

Lots of the past FM members are still brilliant, still producing great records and doing some of the best work of their career.

Then there are the five that this thread relates to...

[holidayroad]

Stevie has definitely taken to singing in a lower register. I have never been sure which vocal period I like the best for her. Sometimes I really enjoy the higher '70s sound. At other times, it seems weird because it's almost like listening to a different person.

Lindsey's guitar playing gets better and better. His lyric writing has improved Immensely! Vocally, I liked him best between 1979 and 1984. Before that, I felt he was somewhat vocally too high. His voice seemed to change again around the time he did 'Time Bomb Town'.

Christine sounded great on In the Meantime.

I don't notice a lot of difference with John, but that is probably because I don't know what to listen for.

I agree that Mick's drumming is not as powerful, but that's okay.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

I wasnt even gonna read his post initially but did anyways and:




RUN to the door NOW and head to the ER!!!!!!!!! You may be going, or are possibly deaf already.

I have to agree, as much as I can't stand SYW. I think John is amazing on it.

[SuperFleetwood]

My Opinions

Mick Fleetwood: Awesome Dummer!!
Stevie Nicks- Very good Song writer, but I do agree her voice is gone, needs to bring back some old songs! VERY GOOD TAMBOURINE PLAYER!
Lindsey Buckingham- Very good Guitar player, Good Singer, Kind of has an attitude and very bad temper at times!
Christine Mcvie- I miss her, her vocals were good, very good key board player
John Mcvie- Very Good bass player!!

[Silver Springs]

Stevie Nicks: Her voice is pretty much shot. I think plenty of us can agree with that. I used to like her work. But maybe I listened to her too much. Her latest offering of In Your Dreams was anything but. I might have been alone in being completely and utterly disappointed in it. It's a shame because Stevie is the reason I fell for Fleetwood Mac in the first place.

Lindsey Buckingham: After two lack luster offerings in the shape of Gift Of Screws and Under The Skin, Lindsey came back with a vengeance with Seeds We Sow. Though arguably over produced, there's no denying that his voice and guitar work were on top form.

Christine McVie: All I have to go on in recent years is In The Meantime. I wasn't impressed. Although I can't deny that in her time she had a wonderful voice, she never shone for me. Her songs were far too sickly, honied and overly sentimental for my tastes. But she gave the world Songbird. For that alone she stands amongst the greatest of song writers.

Mick Fleetwood: When I got to see the Mac for the first time for their Unleashed tour, Mick Fleetwood was a beast. The energy he emitted was electric, only matched by Lindsey's toddler like "ball of energy" show.

John McVie: As with above, my last experience of Mick Fleetwood was the Unleashed tour. I wasn't disappointed by the melodic undertones provided by his base. I'm not going to pretend to know anybody about the technicalities of the base guitar and performer alike, but he is still very able to cope with providing the soul of the music.

[Regina]

I'm not putting anyone out to pasture yet.
They are all doing just fine.

IMO, YMMV...yada, yada.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Silver Springs

Lindsey Buckingham: After two lack luster offerings in the shape of Gift Of Screws

GOS lackluster? Now, that's a shock to the system. A syringe straight into my heart.

Michele

[bluefox4000]

Originally Posted by michelej1

GOS lackluster? Now, that's a shock to the system. A syringe straight into my heart.

Michele

You beat me to it I adore GOS. SWS Is the turdlol

Mick

[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by michelej1

GOS lackluster? Now, that's a shock to the system. A syringe straight into my heart.

Michele

Sorry. A couple of songs were good (Including the title track), but aside from those I just never really gelled with it.

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

You beat me to it I adore GOS. SWS Is the turd

Mick

I've never wished to challenge anybody to a duel before....

Somebody prepare the glove.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

You beat me to it I adore GOS. SWS Is the turdlol

Mick

I will only concede UTS and its stone's throw from the grave vocals. Of course, I don't think UTS is excrement by any means, but if we're throwing one to the wolves . . .

Michele