She helped establish a feminine vernacular that was still in league with the cock rock of the 70s but didn't present as a diametric vulnerability it was not innocent.
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Though Fleetwood Mac was always the sum of its parts, Nicks was something special both in terms of the band and in rock history. It was a simple ballad that would be finessed into the album's jewel the quiet vamp laced with laconic Leslie-speaker vibrato and spooky warmth allow Nicks to draw an exquisite sketch of loneliness. She wrote the song in a few minutes, recorded it onto a cassette, and returned to the studio and demanded the band listen to it. It was written during one of the days where Nicks wasn't needed for tracking. Save for "Never Going Back Again," a vintage Buckingham Nicks composition brought in to replace Stevie's too-long "Silver Springs" Buckingham's songs are turnabout as fairplay with lithe guitar glissando on top. He croons "shackin' up is all you wanna do,"- accusing an ex-lover of being a wanton slut on a song where his ex-lover harmonizes on the hook. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Lyrics and Tracklist | Genius.īuckingham's "bow-bow-bow-doot-doo-diddley-doot" is corny, but it works along with the percussion track Buckingham played the seat of an office chair after Fleetwood was unable to properly replicate a beat a la the Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'".It was the album's first single and also perhaps the most euphoric ode to rebound chicks ever written. He opens the record with the libidinous "Second Hand News", inspired by the redemption Buckingham was finding in new women, post-Stevie. Fleetwood Mac wanted hits and gave the wheel to Buckingham, a deft craftsman with a vision for what the album had to become. He redirected John McVie and Fleetwood's playing from blues past towards the pop now. While Fleetwood Mac was a bit of a mash-up of existing work, Lindsey Buckingham effectively commandeered the band for Rumours, giving their sound a radio-ready facelift. Nicks had just broken up with Buckingham after six years of domestic and creative partnership.įleetwood's wife was divorcing him, and the McVies were separated and no longer speaking. But by the time they booked two months at Record Plant in Sausalito to record the follow-up, the band's personal bonds were frayed, there was serious resentment and constant drama. It was a huge seller in its own right and they were now a priority act given considerable resources. Fleetwood Mac: ‘Everybody was pretty weirded out’ – the story of Rumours.