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

11 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

10 ай бұрын

You had a cool mommaw

@loontil

9 ай бұрын

awesome

@paulawhitehead2561

6 ай бұрын

Really cool story

@Jimbodisfan

3 ай бұрын

Cool aunt.

I love that Rick loves music so much he can start yelling about the theory behind a melody. That's passion, man.

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

11 ай бұрын

Truly. My favorite guitar solo.

@him050

11 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

11 ай бұрын

Me either - no contest for me which was best on this album and in their entire catalog.

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

11 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

11 ай бұрын

​@@michaelwinters4231is

@timothymarkonis3630

11 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

8 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.

This LP is a masterpiece ...no less . "Never going back again" is a masterpiece in the masterpiece

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

11 ай бұрын

@@andylindberg6243 Running into the screaming guitar play out.

@rdrrr

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, @maclochlainncian3, you put that in a nutshell ingeniously. 👍🏽

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.

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

11 ай бұрын

agreed…for all those reasons you listed, it may just be the most “rock n roll” album in existence

@ssvr3dl1n38

11 ай бұрын

Well said, sums it up nicely!

@tomcoon9038

11 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

10 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 👌

Imagine an album so stuffed with goodness that there wasn't room for Silver Spring.

@thelaughingstormbornagain1297

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 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

11 ай бұрын

Silver Spring is my favorite. It’s shocking it didn’t make the album.

Rumours is a true masterpiece. The seventies is, by a mile, the best musical decade.

@bloxorzwizard7931

10 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

Ай бұрын

@@keithmadison8754 You left out the 80's.

@penponds

Ай 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!

@glennmuir5617

24 күн бұрын

@@peerpaulin8486 There is a reason for that.

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

11 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more!!

@runthenumbers9698

11 ай бұрын

Lindsey Buckingham is my inspiration for learning the guitar

@bricefleckenstein9666

8 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

6 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

6 ай бұрын

@@ChrisEdenburn-wj9ch We were talking about Fleetwood Mac, not those other great groups?

Nobody can project the deep love of music like Rick. Nobody. What a pleasurable experience it is listening to his ruminations.

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.

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

11 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 ...

Mick Fleetwood's drumming and McVie's bass playing are so underrated.

@byronmitchell2067

Ай бұрын

They set the tone for so many great songs. Dreams is a great example of that.

@amalakelshiker6461

2 күн бұрын

Totally agree Fleetwood and John McVie AWESOME

@amalakelshiker6461

2 күн бұрын

@@byronmitchell2067 Yes the rhythm section in Dreams (and all their songs) is SUPERB. Christine also is INDISPENSABLE and contributes SO MUCH to ALL of their songs.

What i like best about Ricks videos is his excitement about music. A true musician. The reason most of us listen to great music.

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

11 ай бұрын

I gotta agree. Out of all of them, it’s the one song on the album I can never ever skip.

@fhowland

11 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more! Reminds me of my old girlfriend ❤️

@richardharrold9736

11 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

11 ай бұрын

@@richardharrold9736 Wrong, especially if you are talking about music in general.

@richardharrold9736

11 ай бұрын

@@JoeGator23 post-1970 FM is garbage. Musically bland, lyrically inane. PG was mistreated appallingly.

The chain really breathes. It expands and contracts sonically and keeps you listening with moments of surprise. Masterful songwriting

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

One thing that doesn't get mentioned enough IMO is how great Lindsey and Christine's voices sound together.

@ln2675

11 ай бұрын

I sooooooo agree!!!!!!!👍👍👍

@SpreadEagle6

11 ай бұрын

"Hold Me" is a great testament to this.

@michaelgottlieb9083

11 ай бұрын

They were great....

@carolinereidartist

11 ай бұрын

Reckoning they always were in love

@jerrycote659

11 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”

You Make Loving Fun is my personal fav. I think Christine's voice is amazing on it, perfect.

@AndrewDemack

Ай бұрын

Always makes me smile

Lindsey Buckingham could be an interesting interview partner for you.

@sammydavis991

11 ай бұрын

SNL

@christianheidenreich3673

11 ай бұрын

@@sammydavis991 I saw that but Rick is more enthusiastic but always polite.

@billminor3712

11 ай бұрын

I love that idea!! He’s my favorite guitarist!

@angelomorales1932

11 ай бұрын

I second this‼‼‼‼

@carolinereidartist

11 ай бұрын

Go for it Rick Beatto

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.

"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.

The vocals on 'The Chain' are phenomenal. It's almost like 'call and response'. This video is transporting me right back to 1977

@michaeljarvis5489

11 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

11 ай бұрын

It was Lindsey Buckingham who turned them all into Fleetwood Mac songs.

@markmiwurdz202

11 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

11 ай бұрын

. @markmiwurdz202 Many great songwriters don't read music. The BeeGees come to mind.

@simonwild9529

11 ай бұрын

You can definitely hear who was the primary song writer on each track on Rumours! 🤘

@brianbenson1423

11 ай бұрын

And Todd Rundgren. My jaw dropped when he said so much at his commencement speech at Berklee College of Music @@janpcs

"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

11 ай бұрын

Agree it’s a very underrated song and the perfect way to open the album.

@SG_____

11 ай бұрын

I love that sweet aggressive guitar tone at the end. Love that song. Perfect way to start an album.

Rick, your enthusiasm and deep love of music are infectious. Add on your encyclopedic knowledge and you never fail to entertain and enlighten.

Been rocking these songs since the 70s and they just get better and better. Something magical about the 70s that no other decade can touch. And yes, The Chain is the diamond in a necklace of pearls.

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

11 ай бұрын

I wondered if Fleetwood’s was spared, I guess not. Terrible loss all round.

@jollyjohnthepirate3168

11 ай бұрын

The death toll keeps rising. Praying for the survivors.

@glennhecker4422

11 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

11 ай бұрын

Nice!!

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.

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.

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!

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

11 ай бұрын

❤ that’s really tough to lose your dad at such a young age..

@carladean6117

11 ай бұрын

@@jesusislukeskywalker4294 Thank you 💕 I missed him terribly for a long long time, still do.

@skipskiperton4992

11 ай бұрын

❤

@macdisciple

11 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

11 ай бұрын

@@macdisciple Aww that's a sweet comment. Yes it's not the best at that age is it?

I never grow tired of Fleetwood Mac. Amazing music, straight through.

It's about melody. The album is overflowing with beautiful music (+ clever arrangements). One of the all-time 'must hear' albums. Something for everyone

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.

The Chain cover. 'Just a thrown together thing' ....... that sounds utterly fantastic ☺️

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!

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.

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

11 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 ;)

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.

"You Make Loving Fun" for me. Lindsey's guitar is just so tasty throughout. And you can't beat that groove.

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.

@amalakelshiker6461

2 күн бұрын

Totally Agree with you. Not a song like it. LOVE IT

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

11 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

11 ай бұрын

The album is amazing. It's like they took all their personal issues and mined it for all It's worth.

@StevenCarinci

11 ай бұрын

Elvis Costello hates it, he refers to them as the mob.

@richardharrold9736

11 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

11 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.

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.

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 KZread

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

11 ай бұрын

This. It's a very British thing.

@chrishyde1216

11 ай бұрын

That association risks spoiling the song, but it's too good to be spoiled.

@chrishorne4016

11 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

11 ай бұрын

​@@chrishorne4016I had no idea that wasn't the original

@SK-sm9mn

11 ай бұрын

Andrew, that’s where I first discovered it but I’m glad I also then discovered the first half.

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.

You Make Loving Fun is such an overlooked guitar song. Every note is perfection. And that first lead break? Get outta town.... So wicked.

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

The Chain is a song that you would never forget the first time you heard it.

I fell in love for the first time when this album came out. You can imagine what it means to me ❤

A masterpiece Album from a time that will never be repeated . we are so lucky to have lived in that time . I am feeling blessed , to be 58 years and now living in the golden age of Guitar and KZreadrs like Rick

The Chain is a phenomenal song, best on the album and makes me feel all the feels possible

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

11 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

11 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

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.

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. 😂

My estimation of Lindsay Buckingham’s guitar playing increases with time. His fills and guitar parts are so tasty, restrained and powerful-love it❗️

@amalakelshiker6461

2 күн бұрын

Your "estimation"??

Saw Fleetwood Mac live in 1977 and the performance of Go Your Own Way was extraordinary. Will remember it to my dying day.

@janpcs

11 ай бұрын

Unique drumming on that song.

@melmel4712

10 ай бұрын

🤩 jealous!

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.

I agree - ‘The Chain’ is their best song with so many layers to it, with ‘Go Your Own Way’ a close second. ❤

I love Fleetwood Mac, for some reason it became an increasingly important part of my life for the past 3 years. Thank you for the video, and for all that love and respect for their music!

So many people contributing on each song. From Lindsey to Christine and Stevie each writing and playing music 🎶 makes for the perfect record. This is why the 70's station on Sirius is always on.. All the great albums that came out.

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.

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.

Just got chills from Christine's vocals on You make loving fun! Incredible feels and emotion in that song.

You have the most incredible ear. Love your breakdowns and how you explain details of songs we've heard millions of times and why they get stuck in our ears and become mental music

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

11 ай бұрын

Greatest album ever, no question !

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!

Honestly, I'm surprised Rumours wasn't just reissued as their greatest hits album. It's a perfect album top to bottom.

@mysticmerman

9 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. 😊

Remember listening to this album for the first time a few years ago (born in 1987). Still can't get over how good it is. A genuine shout for greatest album of all time

Dreams and you can go your own way were powerful as they didn't hide the break up of Stevie and Lindsay The fact they could still perform together and take a swipe at each other was quite remarkable .

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.

Rumours blew me away and it still does. Absolute fantastic album from start to end.

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.

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.

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...

This is certainly and easily a top 5 album of the 70s. It's a fine wine that only gets better with time. Excellent video Rick, your enthusiasm is contagious

Would love an interview with Lindsey Buckingham.

@Jack-ur4in

11 ай бұрын

Yeh… that would be super cool !

According to my dad, this is the greatest album ever. Hard to argue with that honestly

@davidletz9123

11 ай бұрын

He is right!

@blondeguy56

11 ай бұрын

Listen to your Dad. Lol.

@alanbeaumont4848

11 ай бұрын

Apart from Dark Side of the Moon, obviously.

@tshouse2782

11 ай бұрын

Greatest ever is subjective and really hard to pick 1

@deirdre108

11 ай бұрын

It's not even the best FM album which is "Future Games" obviously.

I miss my mom. I'm metal through and through but my mom influenced the other part of my music taste. The open mindness of my love for music. Thank you Rick and I love you mom.

What I like about Go Your Own Way is how each instrument seems to have a different rhythmic pattern. And yet it all fits together quite cohesively.

I'm glad you brought up the versatility or diversity of this record. It's incomparable and simply incredible

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

11 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).

Rick, your open and unbridled passion for what you do is something I’ve never seen before! Don’t ever stop!!👍😄

I get the chills myself, Rick! Thank you for posting, muchly.

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

11 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

11 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.

My fave is ' Second Hand News'. I love the whole sound and makeup of the song. Rumours is a great album all over....

Whenever I watch one of Rick's vids I think about how ignorant the people who keep him from using their material are. So many young people gravitate to great music by hearing it. A whole new generation was exposed to Christine's "Everywhere" because it was used in a commercial. The song was sought out because it's great music. Rick isn't doing ads, but I bet there are kids who discover not just the artists whose music Rick features, but others who he names as their influences or contemporaries. And Christine was one of pop music's great writers. She was a treasure.

Awesome album, with such diversity! Never gets old, never gets tired!