#Fleetwood mac old songs mac#

By 1977, two couples-John and Christine McVie, as well as Buckingham and Nicks-had separated, and even Fleetwood was in the process of divorcing his wife. вЂњHer Rhiannon in those days was like an exorcism,вЂќ Mick Fleetwood said in a VH1 documentary.ДЄs band members continued to flirt, fight, and fall in love, tensions within the group rose more than ever. In live versions of the song, Nicks delivered high-powered, knockout vocal performances, almost too passionate for comfort. Based loosely on the story of a Welsh goddess, вЂњRhiannonвЂќ channels NicksвЂ™ well-known obsession with the occult-but more generally, the song is about a woman who canвЂ™t be controlled, a вЂњwoman taken by the wind.вЂќ As guitars ascend on a minor scale, then descend again, thereвЂ™s a constant, sonic swell and deflation, a rising and falling energy. вЂњRhiannon,вЂќ the second popular track from the album, is вЂњabout an old Welsh witch,вЂќ as Nicks famously prefaces the song in its music video. In вЂњLandslide,вЂќ written while Nicks admired the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, stripped-back acoustic guitar backs NicksвЂ™ plaintive questioning: вЂњWhat is love? / Can the child within my heart rise above? Can I sail through the changing ocean tides? / Can I handle the seasons of my life?вЂќ The song is contemplative, but in signature Stevie Nicks style, it equivocates-this time, between clinging to the past (вЂњWell, IвЂ™ve been afraid of changingвЂќ) and trying to embrace change (вЂњIвЂ™m getting older, tooвЂќ). The album вЂњFleetwood Mac,вЂќ known among fans as вЂњThe White Album,вЂќ includes two of Stevie NicksвЂ™ songs that eventually came to represent the bandвЂ™s era, one characterized by uncertainty and change as the band relocated from England to California and began to amass commercial success. Though the first incarnation garnered success in Europe, it was only after the addition of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham in 1974, followed by their self-titled album in 1975, that the band rose to mainstream popularity.

#Fleetwood mac old songs mac#

Originally formed in 1967 in London, the original lineup of Fleetwood Mac only included two of its present members, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood.