Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. They were really a blues band. I liked them much more than the pop group they turned into.
@marymargaretmoore9034
Жыл бұрын
This is the real, the early Fleetwood Mac that I grew up listening to; my favorite. Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer. They were a powerhouse and musically brilliant. The Buckingham/Nicks era was very pop oriented. Peter Green wrote "Black Magic Woman" made famous by Carlos Santana. Not all their songs are heavy or blues oriented; check out "Underway" and "Albatross." I hope you do more FM from the early days; I can give you lots of suggestions.
@brenthenderson3983
10 ай бұрын
Some more tracks from the first album, this was before Danny Kirwan, but still great!
@bigneon_glitter
Жыл бұрын
Early Fleetwood Mac rules. "Dragonfly", "Oh Well", "Hypnotized", "Albatross", "Coming Your Way", "Keep On Going" - great stuff.
@davidbanks736
Жыл бұрын
This song was towards the end of the Green years when he was going into psychosis after being spiked with LSD on tour in Germany. Hence its so dark. You gotta check out Oh well part one, albatross, man of the world, rattle snake shake, black magic woman. My favourite live is when Danny Kiran breaks a string and Peter Green reluctantly plays a song solo while he replaces it. It's called World keep on turning. It shows Greens brilliance. He had more soul and feel in his little finger than most guitarists. BB King said he was the only guitarist that made him sweat. Keep up the good work man!
@Grithron2
Жыл бұрын
Slight misstatement. The song was written and being performed live months before the incident in Germany - inspired by a recurring nightmare. He used to say it was either "about money" or "about the devil" - in his mind they were synonymous.
@davidbanks736
Жыл бұрын
@@Grithron2 u might be right, as I recently read they had already tried LSD in the US before then when they were there supporting another big group. Can't remember which one. Peter and Danny didn't react so well to it and didn't want to do it again apparently. Maybe the psychosis/schizophrenia started in Peter before the Germany incident. Hard to know what to believe as these books are hardly ever from the horses mouth. Either way I have nothing but respect for Peter and Danny as guitarists, but something sent them both down an unpleasant path. My brother was a schizophrenic and Peter fascinated him and he loved that song. So dark but beautiful at the same time. Thanks for the info my friend.x
@Saffy-yr8vo
9 ай бұрын
Good info, correct
@benhinds2971
Жыл бұрын
Greeny had it all. Great blues guitarist(from the BB King school). And he had a killer voice. This is around the time where things started come apart for him. Similar story to Syd Barret.
@stevedahlberg8680
Жыл бұрын
Even as someone who grew up falling in love with Fleetwood Mac around 1975 to 1976 in grade school and Junior High, you have to understand huge difference between 1969 and 1975. Think about all the other music you have reacted to and think about stuff from 1969 and then think about stuff from the mid-70s. A massive amount of evolution occurred in that time. So I think the problem is it's hard for you to understand if something from 1969 was revolutionary or not. And I'm not passing a judgment I'm just calling attention to something you might want to be aware of with your inbuilt metric. Don't trust it. Until you listen to even more music and contrast this time periods. It's the only way to even remotely understand.
@Saffy-yr8vo
9 ай бұрын
Yes things changed a lot. I can’t stand the Fleetwood Mac the Americans love with Nicks etc. Not saying they’re not talented just not my thing. Peter was so genuine and original god knows what he might have done.
@Saffy-yr8vo
9 ай бұрын
This is THE Fleetwood Mac. Peter got into drugs and was manipulated by evil hangers on. He was a genius. He fell on really hard times later and was living on the streets until an old girlfriend recognised him, and saved him from death. He emerged well enough later to do a few gigs and make an album.
@cazgerald9471
Жыл бұрын
This was Peter Green's final Fleetwood Mac song. When Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the RRHOF Peter Green performed his song "Black Magic Woman" with Santana instead of performing with Fleetwood Mac that night.
@davidgagne3569
Жыл бұрын
Really nice to hear this reaction. This album also has another cool song - Albatross. I think this track had a big influence on the Beatles "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" The long repetitive part at the end of the song where they sing "She's so heavy." It has the same heavy kind of feel. "Twisted fairy tale" is exactly right. I really like the dancing guitar that is mixed waaaay back. I would welcome the opportunity to remix this record. BTW - I think you would enjoy "Oh well" part one by early Fleetwood Mac.
@rosmeeker1964
Жыл бұрын
i remember Albatross being part of the sound of that summer. Also having listened to the Green, Buckingham and Campbell versions of Oh Well I come to the conclusion that all three are great guitarists. Perhaps Green wins but all are worthy.
@Grithron2
Жыл бұрын
@@rosmeeker1964 The Beatles song predates this - it started to take shape during and after the Get Back/Let It Be sessions.
@denroy3
Жыл бұрын
Nice? I hated his reaction. But that's his opinion and I'll just have to disagree.
@denroy3
Жыл бұрын
@@Grithron2 yea, bit the Beatles didn't have girls to give them "balance" either. Lol.
@janicepriest6578
Жыл бұрын
Judas Priest did a fantastic cover. I love both versions.
@stevedahlberg8680
Жыл бұрын
The early album bare trees is generally recognized as one of their best early albums. And then of course there is always the Christine Perfect album that features Christine McVie both singing and playing piano and with some support. And that was her maiden name, but it's just that it made so much sense because that album was quite well received. So they called it the Perfect album.
@martynh5410
Жыл бұрын
Bare Trees is my favorite Fleetwood Mac album. Christine's "Perfect" voice is great on a track "I'd Rather Go Blind" when she was with Chicken Shack, another Blues band from England in the 60's.
@michlkwitz
Жыл бұрын
Fleetwood Mac, in almost all of its incarnations, is my all-time favorite band. There are three Peter Green compositions and one cover that you absolutely must hear: "Albatross", the original FM version of "Black Magic Woman", "Love That Burns", and the cover of Little Willie John's "Need Your Love So Bad". He truly was a brilliant blues player.
@johndawson6975
Жыл бұрын
Oh Well"....I need your love so bad.....Rattlesnake shake...Black magic woman...this is the true Mac..Peter Green is the man..
@KevinRCarr
Жыл бұрын
Good to see you go all the way back. I hope that you'll explore more of this Peter Greene led version of Fleetwood Mac, maybe do Oh Well, and Black Magic Woman. I hope you'll eventually also explore the middle version of the band, fronted by Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch, maybe do Hypnotized and Spare Me a Little or Danny's Chant.
@Hartlor_Tayley
Жыл бұрын
This is the Fleetwood Mac I remember. Great guitarist too.
@cazgerald9471
Жыл бұрын
Christine Perfect (later McVie) was a session player beginning with their 2nd album "Mr. Wonderful". She did the cover art for their 4th album "Kiln House". She became a full member of the band contributing songs and lead vocals on their 5th album "Future Games", as did Bob Welch. Buckingham and Nicks joined the band for their 10th album "Fleetwood Mac" (White album).
@phonebone81
Жыл бұрын
I see it completely differently than you. FM was one of the most important (English) blues and blues-rock bands in Peter Green's time. Peter Green wrote songs like "Black Magic Woman" and "Albatross" and many more stuff like that, "Rory Gallagher" and many others played his songs. After he left due to excessive drug use, FM were (just for me) just another pop band that made emotionless music like hundreds of other pop bands. I think you should listen to his LPs after his long drug break. I'm very happy to say that I was able to experience one of the best (actually and acoustically) concerts I`ve ever heard in a small club a few weeks before his death. Simply a gifted musician and songwriter. Best wishes @all from hamburg (germany)
@scribeadventures4696
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff as always. You really delve into the nitty gritty with your analysis and reactions. Keep it going! And would love to see some more grunge rock (Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, etc.) make the cut for future reactions.
@James-dh6ld
Жыл бұрын
They didn't "..try to do this". They were committed. Peter Greene was so Shy he named the Band after his Drummer x Bassist. They're legendary Syed . Look up Peter Greene.
@griffcrammond6640
Жыл бұрын
The Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwin years were brilliant. Albatross, (I) Need Your Love So Bad, blues, blues, blues, blues....
@aaronfledge
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the honesty as ever Syed. I love the riff of this thing but agree with you that the end doesn't really go anywhere.
@pablolazaromartinez3541
Жыл бұрын
From the same era, Oh Well ( parts1 &2), Man of the world, etc...
@garyarnett1220
Жыл бұрын
This was originally Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Besides this Peter and the group originally did Black Magic Woman that Santana did. Peter the guitarist) left, so Fleetwood brought in other guitarists to keep the group together.
@DawnSuttonfabfour
Жыл бұрын
Early Mac are a RnB band primarily and that's who I fell i n love with aged 12. Though later Mac are great they are clearly a different genre. Peter Greene was legendary with guitarists and his songs are fabulous. He is my guitar hero and I got to see him when he made a cone back after his lost years. Awestrruck was the word. Give them another go, I promise you won't be disappointed.
@Saffy-yr8vo
9 ай бұрын
I love it, it was so innovative at the time. Plus I was young and a boy fell in love with me and called me his Green Manalishi because I wore green cords jeans and sparkly green socks. 53 yrs later I’ve just realised the lyrics might be about how I made him feel. I was crazy about him too. So good to hear Peter again and remember my lost love.
@craig1550
Жыл бұрын
It’s important to know the background of this song and the subsequent events concerning Peter Green really . A great artist becoming ill and heading to a really dark place . If u get the time , read up on it , listen again and u will get a different perspective .
@michaelgregoirejr688
Жыл бұрын
Judas Priest did a cover of this song
@JP-ew3bx
Жыл бұрын
The Judas Priest version on Unleashed In The East is SO much better than the Fleetwood Mac original.
@kenford4798
Жыл бұрын
Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac were a great blues band. Its no good comparing them because its like two completely different bands. Both great in their own way.
@benhinds2971
Жыл бұрын
Read about bandmember Jeremy Spencer. There's a head-scratcher. Went out for cigarettes--never came back-- to this day.
@doriwiljt
Жыл бұрын
I suggest reacting to Hypnotized and Bare Trees
@Dan-zq5wt
Жыл бұрын
There was no to predict Fleetwood’s Mac transition from this earlier, heavy psychedelic blues format (which they did brilliantly) to the adult pop rock of the Nicks/McVie/Buckingham in the 70s. Wild transition both in terms of personnel and style.
@caps689
Жыл бұрын
Even though the addition of Lindsey & Stevie was revelatory and ushered in an entirely new era for the band the change in musical genres wasn't that abrupt. By the 3rd Album Green and Co were already moved away from the blues. Danny Kirwan (beautiful music, such a shame what happened to him) was a bridge into the Welch era which was more jazzy (Hypnotozed) than blues and already moving toward more adult pop. Sentimental Lady in 1972 was basically adult contemporary. Many of Christine's songs from that era would easily fit on FM (self titled) - like Spare Me a Little Of Your Love & Why.
@Dan-zq5wt
Жыл бұрын
@@caps689 good call. Yeah, Kirwan is one of those rock casualty stories like Brian Jones and Syd Barrett. Talented but didn’t live in reality. I really liked Bob Welch’s songwriting too.
@freedomisall5620
Жыл бұрын
Love this masterpiece. I remember hearing it for the first time soon after being released ...on radio Luxembourg on a small transistor radio. One of those "oh shit" moments. But FM1 and FM2 are different bands with completely different styles. The rhythm section is the same but the front men / women have changed and these are the Guys that wrote the music.
@erniejohnson4364
Жыл бұрын
The Green Manalishi was Peter Green's image of greed and money. Jeremy Spencer said the weird guitar sounds in the 2nd half of the song were achieved by placing speakers in a circle in a deserted car park with a recording microphone in the center. He didn't know how Peter created those goblin tones.
@stevedahlberg8680
Жыл бұрын
1:50 This really is a great vibe and it's from so early, in 1969, but I would say that the concluding song The Chain, from the infamous and iconic Rumors album, is not all that far from this in terms of his darkness. It's just that it has a lot more Dynamic activity to it with a more mature band around him.
@martynh5410
Жыл бұрын
Around "him"?
@stevedahlberg8680
Жыл бұрын
@@martynh5410 autocorrect - his = its, him = them.
@stuarthastie6374
Жыл бұрын
The early band used to do extended jamsession that would start with a strong theme and then improvise till they wanted ro do amother song. They did not try to have hits. Perer Green used to pressure the others to give their money away to the strving in the 3rd world. He has said that this was about a recurring nightmare he had.Of a green dog, so appropriate to have Howlin Wolf in the background.
@MrSwanley
Жыл бұрын
I think of Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green era) and Fleetwood Mac (Buckingham Nicks era) as two different bands, it isn't really fair to expect one to sound like the other. To fully appreciate the Peter Green era I think it really helps to understand what a tortured soul he was. The "Green Manalishi" in this song is money, which he imagined as a lumbering demon tempting him into immoral acts - hence the spooky ambience of the song. He even advocated to the other band members that they should give away all their money: this was after his brain was at least partly fried by LSD abuse. Not long after this track was recorded he quit the band and was eventually sleeping rough. Some of the earlier PG era songs are jollier than this - I particularly like "Need Your Love So Bad" - but try to find the full album track and not the criminally truncated radio version that fades out as soon as he begins his final guitar solo.
@denroy3
Жыл бұрын
Yea, I thought it was a joke he said they needed girls to balance things...most rock bands didn't have girls. Some purist hate the Buckingham/Nicks era for its heavy production and California vibe.
@thachakal
Жыл бұрын
You are supposed to feel that way with this song. It's builds and never feels like you got there, leaving you expecting 'something'. You are supposed to feel uncomfortable and or unfulfilled like the 'narrator' does. Other example of songs like this are The Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)", Cream's "We're Going Wrong" and more recently Haim's "Song No. 5"
@williamlucas4656
Жыл бұрын
Check out "sentimental Lady" with Bob Welch and Fleetwood Mac also "Hypnotized"
@billwilson2025
Жыл бұрын
We will agree to disagree this time. This band was incredible. The great Peter Green
@andrewmorton9327
Жыл бұрын
Fleetwood Mac already had a Greatest Hits album out before Peter Green left and the new band members arrived.
@johnpbh
Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine this track getting the airplay today.... It got it back in the days when it was released... I know, I'm old enough to have bought this at the time and to have been listening to the radio.... This is the ORIGINAL Fleetwood Mac... The artist didn't grow though... Only Mick Fleetwood and John McVie were left by the time of Rumours. Peter Green, the singer and main lead guitar player here created the band when John Mayall the leader of the band that Peter Green was in at the time gave him an hours studio time as a birthday present. The Original Fleetwood Mac here are serious blues musicians and you are catching then here at the end of that journey with Peter.. He left soon after this. One other point.. Christine McVie played piano on some of this version of the bands tracks... She was married to the bass player after all....!!!! Keep on Rocking.
@simonashworth8825
9 ай бұрын
A fantastic but tragic song charting Peter Greens descent into mental illness. Green used to announce this on stage with the words "This is a song about the Devil" . You can hear the distress in his vocals. Try listening to Peters own composition "The Supernatural" recorded when he was 20 years old. 20 for gods sake!!
@simply_psi
Жыл бұрын
A very different sound from the later more pop oriented Fleetwood Mac this incarnation is more blues based, other great songs by this version include Man of the World, Oh Well and the sublime Albaross.
@KM769
Жыл бұрын
Fleetwood Mac - Black magic woman
@frankmillen5231
Жыл бұрын
You really missed the essence of the song. It’s about a guy experiencing a hatred of money corruption of the soul. He just translates it into an expression of angst through his soulful voice and the guitar speaking and exorcising his demons. Haunting and beautiful
@michaelwalker5257
Жыл бұрын
Please check out "Hypnotized" by this version of Fleetwood Mac...it's...hypnotic. And beautiful.
@caps689
Жыл бұрын
This version was long gone by the the time Bob Welch wrote and sang hypnotized. Green & Spencer left in 1970 (Green after the 3rd album and Spencer the 4th) and Kirwin in 72. Just Fleetwood and McVie remained. The Mystery To Me album released in late 1973, their 8th album - the band at that time was Welch, Christine McVie, Bob Weston, Mcvie & Fleetwood. Weston was fired during this period for having an affair with Fleetwood's wife. Welch would last one more album and year before Lindsey & Stevie joined.
@ibnmegas
Жыл бұрын
Peter Green is one of the early British guitar heroes. This came out numerous years before the later Fleetwood Mac lineup you are accustomed to.
@danielwalker1538
Жыл бұрын
Hypnotized
@r.dejong9537
Жыл бұрын
And it is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song
@roymills9334
7 ай бұрын
I'm interested to know what you think they were "trying" to do? This was towards the start of the rock era. The original Fleetwood Mac were great in their time and a lot of people were greatly disappointed when they changed.
@79BlackRose
Жыл бұрын
Lee said this is a contender for the first metal track. Absolutely no way. This is just experimental, psychedelic blues/rock. It is not even one of their best songs from the early period of the band. 😔
@FrankieLeeFrancis
Жыл бұрын
Yes, this is definitely experimental, psychedelic blues/rock. Not just.
@79BlackRose
Жыл бұрын
@@FrankieLeeFrancis I said "just" because claiming it is a metal track is going way too far.
@vicprovost2561
Жыл бұрын
I agree with others below, try Bare Trees, fantastic album and Christine McVie is prominent in it, try her comments on life on the road in Homeward Bound. Early Fleetwood Mac is very blues based, once Christine came on they started changing direction, it was the mid 70s before they changed again and got huge. Enjoy their huge and varied catalog, all eras are worth a listen, Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
@keilarsbraegrower1581
5 күн бұрын
Check out the whole album Then Play On. You won't regret it. Btw The Green Manalishi is money
@mreppen1
Ай бұрын
The song is about the Devil. The singer and Founder of Fleetwood Mac Peter Green wrote this song. Green was going insane on way too much LSD trips then and never recovered.
@metrokanto
Жыл бұрын
Like Man of the World this was a cry for help from peter, who due to drug addiction was descending in a bad place, an abyss of mental illness and depression that took years away from him. Sadly no one quite realised in time.
@caps689
Жыл бұрын
The drugs were an ancillary issue. He was most likely self medicating. Peter was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
@LynneConnolly
Жыл бұрын
@@caps689 I'm glad somebody else said this. It's far more the truth than the other stuff on this thread.
@davidgagne3569
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to double post because this post is a different subject than the first post. Anyway, I like all the versions of this band. That said I remember that many fans of the original line up considered the '75 line up as light weight pop compared with the original. The original started as a really good blues band. At the time the blues were a major thing in England. Eric Claptan, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and many others were all playing the blues. Green was one of the best. So, in '75, when FM arrived with what was arguably a Southern California pop sound the group encountered a fair amount of derision. Of course the group laughed all the way to the bank. It's interesting that you initially thought of rock as metal bands. You're starting to learn that's not true. Beyond that it's apparent you've developed an appreciation of pop music. Fleetwood Mac may do the occasional song that could be considered rock but it's really an excellent pop music band like the Eagles or the Beatles.
@Rassskle
Жыл бұрын
This is the original and REAL Fleetwood Mac. A British blues band formed by Peter Green and soon to be ex Bluesbreakers , Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Peter worked hard to convince them to leave John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and join his new band. Peter added guitarist Jeremy Spencer as a rhythm guitarist, but right from the start Spencer was only interested in his own songs ( mostly covers of a couple of slide guitar legends ) and slide guitar. When they played live, Peter had to play both lead and rhythm for himself, but he always played rhythm for Spencer. After a lengthy search for another rhythm guitarist someone suggested that maybe devoted PG fan, Danny Kirwan, should be auditioned..... brilliant. Now the band had 3 lead guitarists because Peter refused to fire Spencer. lol When John Mayall sacked Eric ( GOD ) Clapton because he wanted Peter Green, the fans went into revolt. Peter was constantly heckled and boo’d during live performances. Peter wrote his first song , The Supernatural, in an attempt to win over the fans..... it worked. First time he played it live, the hating fans were awestruck and never boo’d or heckled him again..... they had a new guitar god. The best version of Green Manilishi I have heard was the last live performance with Peter Green ...... as soon as the song was finnished he left the stage without saying anything and disappeared from music for almost 10 years....... must have been the second time he left, both in 1971. lol This version is much clearer, but the live 1971 version is better, even though not well recorded. The live vocals and guitar are more natural and much more otherworldly ( spooky ). As you should know by now, Peter Green was by then in drug induced lunacy. He believed money was the enemy and evil. He wanted to give all the bands money back to the fans.... the band disagreed , so he suggested they should give back half ..... again, no one agreed . The point is that the Green Manilishi is money and money was the devil to Peter. This song is about his descent into madness and his own personal fight with the devil., and madness.
@ursgeiser6570
Жыл бұрын
FM Mark I is above all Peter Green blues oriented, FM Mark II is for me CA sound oriented, but the blues was in all members soul, that's why they were brilliant live. Great compliment to go back to the beginning and to select this track; I think Mark II played this live 1975 (find a video). In the last two months I've rediscovered and learned to love TGM, precisely because he doesn't explode, ends rather psychically and introverted/collecting as PG. As a child, OH WELL/UK no.2 confused+challenged me in a positive sense: single hit in Europe/better 2 parts=long album version. Mark II played a fantastic short version on the Tusk tour 1980/official live album with a short percussion intermezzo by Mick F. The long version has a similar structure has TGM, nothing for you as hip-hopper and rocker? a pity. Albatross/UK no.1 was the big instrumental hit similar to Samba Pa Ti/Santana, but as a kid i wasn't a slow fox dancer. To this day I love Peter Green's bluesy solo album In The Skies, which he released after his health recovery in 1979. It was a top ten in Central Europe, but was also a respectable success in the UK.
@henryandrews2825
Жыл бұрын
Yes, the Buckingham/Nicks/McVie/McVie/Fleetwood lineup played this in 1975. There are two recordings of it, this is the better one (particularly Stevie Nicks's vocals at the end are better on this version) kzitem.info/news/bejne/joyXvHara6ernXo
@ursgeiser6570
Жыл бұрын
@@henryandrews2825 Thank you very much, I'll look at it tonight, especially listen to it. As a child, I didn't experience the blues phase 1:1 with the exception of Oh Well and Albatross. Backtracking doesn't bring the same intense fascination, but have followed Peter Green's solo career. The bluesy side is something for the evening: "switch+come down" or even for romantic hours. Have fun with all kinds of good music!
@EessaTube
Жыл бұрын
Check out Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac and the song 'Oh Well'.
@dylandenney3980
Жыл бұрын
Gotta check out Black Magic Woman, Oh Well, Rattlesnake Shake, Albatros...
@FrankieLeeFrancis
Жыл бұрын
Hey that’s my request! Cool, man. And I want to give this stereo mix a THUMBS DOWN. Is this the version everyone’s familiar with? Is this the version originally released? I’m used to a dry, mono mix with none of the ghostly overdubs. It’s much more impactful. OK. Wow, I’m learning about my own suggestion.
@pablolazaromartinez3541
Жыл бұрын
This is the FM I like. Peter Green's ❤️
@russallert
Жыл бұрын
While I personally prefer the later Fleetwood Mac stuff, the early material with Peter Green is interesting to listen to for contrast. He was a gifted guitarist and composer who could cover all sorts of styles from blues and rockabilly to classical and psychedelic. The change in the band's sound started when Green left and Christine McVie joined. The Kiln House album shows both the early blues influences and the start of the soft rock style that they became famous for - Station Man is an excellent song from that album. The following album Future Games is also worth checking out, very pastoral and hippie.
@TechnicalBard
Жыл бұрын
The live version from Boston has a more guitar solo heavy version that is haunting.
@richardbartch3620
Жыл бұрын
I mentioned to you before that the early Fleetwood Mac was a rocking blues band with three of the best guitarist of the day.
@robertsoden5068
Жыл бұрын
I've rarely disagreed so profoundly with a reaction. Incidentally this 'unpalatable' song was so unpalatable that it reached number 2 in the UK charts. As far as delivering on the tension goes, try the live version. Enjoy your Dylan reactions and a bit surprised that you didn't get this.
@Grithron2
Жыл бұрын
If he does the live version, he'd better make sure he gets the version with the excised percussion jam in its proper place: kzitem.info/news/bejne/1KSlzX5pr6ljaKQ He won't, of course - a guy who craves female perspectives won't respond at all well to the early Fleetwood Mac, who, let's face it, fit the stereotype of the white guy who started singin' the blues 'cos he thought it was manly. (Not just Spencer, remember - only thing they relished more than a Hey Joe-type lyric was an `I-believe-this-woman-needs-rollin'-all-day-and-night' type lyric).
@jlb6
Жыл бұрын
Mick Fleetwood,John McVie and Peter Green played with John Mayall at first. Yea u may have heard Santana coverBlack Magic Woman another great Peter Green song. The evolution from a blues based band during the Green era to Nicks Buckingham took a couple of,iterations. Was always fond of Kiln House album after Green before Buckingham.
@mikebarnett7722
7 ай бұрын
Anyone who hears this song and doesn't comment on the tone of Greenie is just clueless. Saves me the time of watching their other reactions.
@brenthenderson3983
10 ай бұрын
This era of Fleetwood Mac kicks the Nicks/Buckingham and Bob Welsh eras asses, no comparison!!
@kkwok9
Жыл бұрын
Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac was the real Fleetwood Mac.
@wyzlight2028
Жыл бұрын
now that you've finished kill em all, you should do metallicas ride the lightning!
@Jeff-yt3qp
Жыл бұрын
Think this is the story of a bad acid trip Peter Green in Germany 😢
@ostrichman
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a haunted man not a haunted house.
@billyoliver4000
Жыл бұрын
Now the obvious thing to do is actually listen to the metal version of this song by Judas Priest 🤘
@jntdad
5 ай бұрын
This is my all time favourite track - Stevie Nicks and Lyndsey Buckingham allowed Fleetwood Mac to reinvent itself after Peter Green sadly left the band and move to a more commercial sound. Oh Well and Albatross are Also great tracks - however I do like a lot of the newer stuff such as The Chain and Tusk but the John Mayall and the Blues Breakers splinter version of Fleetwood Mac is to me the technically superior incarnation. Maybe because I am a Brit, old and an Electric Blues fan.
@paulgibson3519
Жыл бұрын
You should check out the version by Judas Priest and the Melvins version as well.
@markwarren7157
Жыл бұрын
I think Fleetwood Mac should be judged as two separate bands. Early Fleetwood Mac was a totally different band and sound from the one we have today. Early Fleetwood Mac songs I have enjoyed are songs like: Emerald Eyes, Hypnotized are wonderful songs.
@arjaylee
Жыл бұрын
Oh Well 1 and 2
@janicez2630
Жыл бұрын
Early Fleetwood Mac is very different than most people would expect, but true to the era. I enjoy it, they have some great songs. You should listen to early Buckingham Nicks and you can see how both these bands combined to create the Fleetwood Mac people know of today. Buckingham Nicks had such a strong influence and all those great musicians combined to be such a great band.
@MrRabbit43
Жыл бұрын
Check out Train zTo Nowhere or Mr Downchild
@vangannaway1015
Жыл бұрын
Black Magic Woman, Oh Well.
@Escapee5931
Жыл бұрын
Albatross please!
@eirikrdberg1161
Жыл бұрын
Peter Green is a legend. His early Fleetwood Mac is amazing. This song is cool, but they did so many songs that were better. Oh well, black magic woman. Many others. Green is by far the biggest talent ever in Fleetwood Mac. Writing him off makes you look silly and musically uneducated.
@williamthelast1
Жыл бұрын
The real English fleetwood mac. No girls no more there. Much better like this.
@gforce4063
Жыл бұрын
Two separate bands
@LynneConnolly
Жыл бұрын
You can see in the lyrics the beginning of Peter Green's paranoia. He was a schizophrenic, but that only came out when he was mickeyed in Germany, and he had to be institutionalised. The band talks about it on the documentary about him. He was one of the best guitarists I've ever seen. Not metal, btw, just rock. And for me this is the only Fleetwood Mac. The later lineup was just pop. BB King, legendary blues guitarist said Peter Green was “the only one who gave me the cold sweats”
@murphygirl4782
10 ай бұрын
Lol, I must be a weird Fleetwood Mac fan. I love both eras of the band. They're both unique and amazing. But I've noticed that other fans seem to love one era and hate the other. It's like the civil war of Fleetwood Mac. I get it... in theory... but personally, I don't get it. 😂
@princeofpcos9804
Жыл бұрын
Judas Priest does a great cover of this.
@r.dejong9537
Жыл бұрын
the undesired seductions of money
@wez351
Ай бұрын
Try “Oh Well “ next time Green God!
@36karpatoruski
Жыл бұрын
Not metal. Maybe proto metal, definitely hard rock. They delivered. Not easy peasy pop rock. A strong rock cut with strong blues overtones.
@terben7339
Жыл бұрын
You obviously like the poppy version of the band (after Christine Perfect joined) rather than the Green, Kirwen, Spencer, McVie, Fleetwood lineup.
@dennisshaper4744
3 ай бұрын
Said no man ever. Missing ladies? Rock and blues?
@Bertie22222
Жыл бұрын
Oh dear, you've got your timings 'arse about face'. Fleetwood Mac was a Blues/Rock band started by Peter Green. He wrote the music and after a few years he went off ill, Mick Fleetwood went to the US and teamed up with the Buckinghams. You are talking about an almost different soft rock/pop group that kept the name for marketing purposes. So, two different writers, two different genres, two different bands.
@MrDiddyDee
Жыл бұрын
I respect your opinion, Syed, you can't like everything and your feelings about the song itself are fair enough. The early incarnation and the 'Rumours' one are different decades and in reality completely different bands, so any form of comparison is really pointless. They only continued the same name because of the drummer (Mick Fleetwood) and bassist (John McVie) so they could rightly trade on their already well established band name. They weren't the credited songwriters, they were the steady reliable engine, Mick and John, although important to the mix, were just not the main drivers . The judgement call on Peter Green's abilities as a songwriter based on one song really is an early call. Saying you were sure he couldn't write something like 'Dreams' or 'Landslide' it really surprised me, and I think you were looking a little sheepish as you said it. Songs don't always need to go somewhere, they can just be creating a groove or an atmosphere. 'Dreams' is a great track but it's a hypnotic groove, it is as simple as possible, highly repetitive and doesn't actually build up that much or lead anywhere either, it's basically just a couple of chords but held together by Stevie's remarkable vocal delivery. On that note, why would you expect those smooth vocal harmonies from the earlier band line-up? Peter Green came out of the UK blues revival era, had a great voice and was a great blues player, and he took song writing into new ground with hit singles like 'Man of the world', 'Oh, well', 'Albatross' , 'Black magic woman' all very different. Guitar giants such as B B King and Eric Clapton were big fans. His songs were a massive influence on other bands, the stop/start breaks in Led Zeppelin's 'Black dog' were inspired by 'Oh, well', The Beatles 'Sun king' on the 'Abbey Road' album was directly influenced by the dreamy swaying instrumental 'Albatross', John Lennon is quoted as saying it was them doing a Fleetwood Mac. What more accolade could you have than to have influenced in some way two of the all time great bands? Reserve your final judgement until after you have heard a few more of Peter Green's tracks, obviously you can prefer a particular song or style over another but you need to keep in mind the chronology of music. BTW Peter's sad story echoes Syd Barrett's in many ways, a talented trailblazer who crumbled after experience's with mind altering drugs. With a lot of help Peter did miraculously return to performing but the real spark was gone.
@howardjones7569
3 ай бұрын
So much better than with the girls.
@toniyoung5131
Жыл бұрын
We're going to have to disagree about Stevie Nicks. I have an intense aversion to her voice. I love Christine's soulful voice and she did join in with this early iteration of FM. I prefer the blues based music of this period. Quick edit. I don't believe that 'grew' into the Buckingham Nicks era, I think they just became a pop band, excepting Christine's input.
@caps689
Жыл бұрын
The Welch/Christine era was already heading that way. Some of Christine's songs still had a bit of blues shuffle but during that era were more pop based than either Stevie or Lindsey. It's why they more often chose her songs to release as singles for mainstream radio.
@Driecnk
3 ай бұрын
Peter
@sharonsnail2954
Жыл бұрын
@SyedRewinds "Peter Green can't write a track like that", "a judgement call" WTF are you talking about?? He did write it. It's about money and his abhorrence of it potentially taking over his life. There are two incarnations of Fleetwood Mac the late 1960s UK blues band and the mid 1970s onwards US pop band. Both of them are very good but the only thing they have in common is Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. This track is from the later period of the first band when Green was fighting a losing battle with drugs and paranoia. US tours fell apart. Green became a recluse, Jeremy Spencer went off to join some religious commune and Danny Kirwan eventually quit leaving Fleetwood and McVie high and dry. Then came F Mac II. Try "Man Of The World" kzitem.info/news/bejne/z5qCznuEoYh0fWU if you can
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