Marchbanks
Hat and Beard member
Every time I go to this thread I get ads from something called the Messianic Prophecy Bible Project. Down to the title, I suppose.
That was Peter starting to go off the rails it's money he's on about - the Green Manalishi, still great.The original band went a bit weird at times though?
SMH.
As I said, I think Rumours and Tango In The Night are good albums. But I feel the rest of the modern albums each have only one or two songs of note (am thinking Gypsy, Rhiannon etc.) but filler otherwise.
The FM blues stuff I've heard was nice, but straight blues at the end of the day - not a genre I'm really into. Then Play On for example is not my thing. For me, if you've heard one blues riff you've heard them all. I need something with a real twist like Four by Blues Traveler or Road Ragas by Harry Manx to grab my attention. Each to their own.
For me the original lineup was the true Fleetwood Mac the later outfit to me were a pop band only my opinion.
Regards,
Martin
It obviously affects you - when music does this it's a beautiful thing, so I will leave it there. Music is so personal isn't it.Your loss mate, just listen to Man of the World or Oh Well and, especially knowing what happened to Peter, tell me that it's just another blues riff. He was the best, he really was a star of the British scene of that time and I still love that sound.
Saw the real Fleetwood Mac live so many times.
They were beyond wonderful
The three guitar lineup was the very best
The other lot. Not for me
The drugs myth and Germany. Green spent 3 days in Germany jamming with Amon Duul II and rates it as one of the best musical moments of his life. Check his first solo album out and the "Krautrock" influence is smeared all over it. Green knew he couldn't ask the rest of the band to follow where he wanted to go and he wanted to try new things.
I happen to think that that song is one of the greatest songs ever composed, it is simply majestic & I could listen to it all day long.
Peter Green & Paul Kossof are my guitar heroes, they could get notes out of the guitar that nobody else could touch, simply spellbinding.
YES! And all the different guitar sounds used on 'Man Of The World' are simply perfect, each one!
Post PG FM is a bit like Ringo and George would have formed a new group in the 70's and called it Beatles.
A Few Mac facts. The band was called Fleetwood Mac because from day one Green told them he would leave and that , they'd still have a band when he did hence Fleetwood Mac. Green was furious when the record co, without consulting him, titled the first album Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.
The drugs myth and Germany. Green spent 3 days in Germany jamming with Amon Duul II and rates it as one of the best musical moments of his life. Check his first solo album out and the "Krautrock" influence is smeared all over it. Green knew he couldn't ask the rest of the band to follow where he wanted to go and he wanted to try new things.
The Play On; Is a four piece, Jeremy Spencer was off with the fairies by then, not Green and the album is split between Kirwan and Green songs, the original British version track listing is the best
Green didn't lose it post Mac for several years, he actually subbed on guitar for Mac on a major tour in the early 70s.
FWIW , I reckon had Green moved to Germany post Mac and immersed himself in the scene over there he'd have found musos who understood where he wanted to travel and been free of the whole "Write another top 10 single Peter" crap the record company were forever demanding of him.