How Fleetwood Mac Wrote "The Chain"

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  • @Kylora2112
    @Kylora2112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1654

    Producer: "Umm, guys, I don't think you can write an entire album fueled entirely by drugs and infidelity."
    Fleetwood Mac: "Hold our cocaine."

    • @reliableandrew
      @reliableandrew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol

    • @gristlevonraben
      @gristlevonraben 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh my gosh, that's hilarious

    • @roseizsvd12
      @roseizsvd12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love this !

    • @colin-nekritz
      @colin-nekritz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s rare I actually truly LOL but good sir you made me LOL

    • @SherMusician
      @SherMusician 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      haha broke the internet

  • @coolstorybro2359
    @coolstorybro2359 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3644

    If queen and Elton John movies are being made..Fleetwood Mac definitely needs one. You know how big that’s be

    • @prac2
      @prac2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      lots of drama, lots of drugs

    • @carolf2077
      @carolf2077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Yes! Definitely. I would go see the opening weekend and I never do that.

    • @mrods999
      @mrods999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Cade Reddington honestly, no. not that i have anything against those movies but after bohemian rhapsody was released, it just bred a bunch of people who claimed queen/freddie mercury/bo rhap (the song) were the best things to ever exist and every other piece of modern music is trash. it’s annoying as hell and i don’t want to see the same thing happen to fleetwood

    • @renlessard
      @renlessard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Even the early incarnations as Peter Green went crazy and Jeremy Spencer left to join a cult

    • @jacobmillen751
      @jacobmillen751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@renlessard yes i really want to see a movie about early fleetwod mac

  • @lorenpeterson5255
    @lorenpeterson5255 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3549

    "Rumors, an album written for and by people cheating on each other."

    • @jamespeeler6229
      @jamespeeler6229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Loren Peterson “Bill Clinton let us know who he was right away.”

    • @cazwydrzynski7080
      @cazwydrzynski7080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@JimoI mean I guess but Bob Weston had an affair with Fleetwood's wife

    • @johnsutton1293
      @johnsutton1293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It is Simply a "Raw Version" about Human Beings, Life, and just trying to get through each day together for a Purpose..... Not One Person can say: "I never Made Mistakes" or " I wouldn't do this" ? You don't know what Life is going to throw at You ! Like FM, You pick Yourself Up, take care of some problems ( addictions) and go Your own way... But the Music is a Lesson to Survive and Deal with Mistakes without having a "Crutch"...... I was 16 yrs old when this 1977 masterpiece came out ! Had been a huge fan from the beginning (1975) to the end (after Music Cares" debach", and Stevie said: : "It's either Me or Him" in early 2018.... Things could have been worked out for 1 more year and a proper closure for the fans. Things Happen to People who have over 100 million in the Banks ?

    • @yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186
      @yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      James Peeler LMAO

    • @pathust3881
      @pathust3881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      WHATS YOUR POINT? PEOPLE LOVED THE TRUTH AND PAIN OF ITS REALITY.ITS A PART OF LIFE MOST PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO.

  • @nateyoung189
    @nateyoung189 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3877

    "Mind you, they did make some of their best music back then."
    "Rumours?"
    "No, it's all true."

    • @blakevickrey
      @blakevickrey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nate Young 🤣

    • @fishhedz
      @fishhedz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That's just bad. I love it.

    • @danieltaylor4016
      @danieltaylor4016 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall".
      I'll say he is...he's off the planet.

    • @juderex8921
      @juderex8921 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Gotta love the Concords.

    • @melaniekaweck3433
      @melaniekaweck3433 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Say you will way better than rumors

  • @alisterfolson
    @alisterfolson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5230

    They need to have a big-budget movie about them

  • @BubbaZen10
    @BubbaZen10 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4118

    Lot's of coke, and Stevie and Lindsay being very pissed at each other. Love and hate and drugs, and voila, a masterpiece. (don't try this at home. your results may vary)

    • @LoriUren
      @LoriUren 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You got that right!

    • @TimothyReeves
      @TimothyReeves 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Love and hate and drugs and great musical talent. That last one is key.

    • @nkenchington6575
      @nkenchington6575 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lots, not Lot's.

    • @matthewmalpeli
      @matthewmalpeli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I once witnessed Stevie Nicks stumbling out of the stage door of an entertainment complex with white powder dusted around her nostrils.

    • @HolleWalle
      @HolleWalle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm surprised they managed to stay together for so long, coke is no joke, people who have a problem with it are very volatile and the fact that they could all come to agree and create amazing music proves they had lots of dedication

  • @ZaZa-kp9gt
    @ZaZa-kp9gt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1538

    Forgot to add that Mick was sleeping with Stevie behind Lindsey’s back too.
    They were a mess.
    The chain is one of the most dynamic rock songs of all time. Never gets old

    • @rla1000
      @rla1000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Re Mick/Stevie, not that simple, and "behind Lindsey's back" is a mischaracterization. Buckingham and Nicks were so on-again/off-again - mostly off - even well before the affair, which was late 70s. As I understand it, Buckingham and Nicks were not a "couple" during the Nicks-Fleetwood episode.

    • @noahcaroppo6264
      @noahcaroppo6264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      They broke up in 1976 and the affair with Mick started like in october or november 1977

    • @pirbird14
      @pirbird14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@rla1000 And Lindsey was boinking every groupie who could find her way back stage.

    • @slbarbieri1725
      @slbarbieri1725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@pirbird14 lindsey was in a long term relationship with Carol Harris who he met in Sausalito.

    • @usfanlovesjiwoo1978
      @usfanlovesjiwoo1978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Nope, according to both stevie and Mick, they hooked up AFTER stevie and lindsey broke up.

  • @JBluver18
    @JBluver18 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1844

    It’s 2019 and we still don’t have a Fleetwood Mac biopic. We are truly living in the worst timeline.

    • @auto1nfanticid3
      @auto1nfanticid3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      maybe if they were gay.

    • @ronniejdio9411
      @ronniejdio9411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@auto1nfanticid3 zing

    • @ronniejdio9411
      @ronniejdio9411 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I dont want a biopic
      I wanna netflix series

    • @trex8930
      @trex8930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It will never happen. Not now. They wouldn't allow it. You'll have to wait until until they are all long gone

    • @fozzieatdetourbillnye5514
      @fozzieatdetourbillnye5514 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      T Rex Why wont they allow it?

  • @youguessedit995
    @youguessedit995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +731

    Fleetwood Mac literally gave a shout out to their coke dealer in the liner notes of Rumours. That pretty much sums up how they wrote it.

    • @whatevershebrings
      @whatevershebrings 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Oh, you better believe Warner Bros footed those expenses! Just the cost of doing business...

    • @gordonm6108
      @gordonm6108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      They wanted to, but he was killed before it was released.

  • @RastaSaiyaman
    @RastaSaiyaman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1872

    You could have used the footage of the Mirage tour where you see Lindsey and Stevie screaming the lyrics at each other with rage filled looks.

    • @yuvaltop4801
      @yuvaltop4801 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Do you have a link for a video??

    • @cindyslavik5391
      @cindyslavik5391 6 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Yuval Top th-cam.com/video/dGykwC0fdJ4/w-d-xo.html

    • @olakinrimisi6053
      @olakinrimisi6053 6 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      The way they look and scream at one another is breathtakingly visceral. Probably the best representation of the music.

    • @RobertJRoman
      @RobertJRoman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      RastaSaiyaman & Cindy Slavik,
      Wow. Thank you for introducing me to that. That was something.

    • @joncampos5551
      @joncampos5551 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cindyslavik5391 yeah tried to watch. Couldn't stand the vocals.

  • @rachelsrooms
    @rachelsrooms 5 ปีที่แล้ว +994

    nobody:
    lead singers in the 70s: T A M B O U R I N E

    • @theycallmewoodstock1756
      @theycallmewoodstock1756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Drummers:I AM THE DRUMMER NOW!

    • @kf8575
      @kf8575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@VerendumGames give it a rest with the racism please.
      Know your place.

    • @chaoticproductions3922
      @chaoticproductions3922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ken F OOF CALM DOWN EVERYBODY

    • @coolfred9083
      @coolfred9083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@VerendumGames Ugh what has this got to do with race?

    • @coolfred9083
      @coolfred9083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@VerendumGames It's not much of a joke. You need to work on your comedic skill.

  • @dddevvonnn
    @dddevvonnn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    This song genuinely gives me the chills every time I listen to it

  • @antoniusk8893
    @antoniusk8893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Fleetwood Mac is like the high school of bands: tons of drama, bad relationships, filled with people acting like they like each other

    • @KevinStriker
      @KevinStriker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Joke, I know, but I honestly believe Mick Fleetwood is that type of guy who likes everybody after reading his autobiography.
      Except maybe Bob Weston

  • @prefeiturademarica1
    @prefeiturademarica1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +706

    I think this story could become a movie called "The Chain", telling how they recorded this album in all this trouble between them...

    • @eldridgecoutinho2674
      @eldridgecoutinho2674 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please!

    • @camerondailey2627
      @camerondailey2627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If they do I hope they don't fucking ruin it like Hollywood does everything else, then they pat themselves on the back and give an award to Bohemian Raphsody for best editing when it had some of the most God awful editing of any movie the entire year.

    • @chrischampagne4307
      @chrischampagne4307 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Queen rocks

  • @katebushisjesus
    @katebushisjesus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +478

    stevie’s ‘the chain’ demo is so beautiful.

    • @hiall4571
      @hiall4571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      silver starlet witch opening verse is heavenly

  • @jefffiore7869
    @jefffiore7869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    It always amazed me how in a dark time in the bands lives, they came out with the greatest album of their career, channeling their pain into their music

  • @dan5609
    @dan5609 7 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    "How can I ever change things that I feel?" Is such a good question

  • @hollyfrostpointers7926
    @hollyfrostpointers7926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    The bondage they felt, enslaved to each other, not able to be apart. Amazing song

  • @morganboutwell8231
    @morganboutwell8231 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Just the fact that they stayed together because of how well they made music despite everything else. True inspiration.

  • @italian4fun
    @italian4fun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    The Chain is the perfect anthem for Fleetwood Mac. This line up of band memebers has been rocking for almost 45 years now and has definitely shared the most success. Hopefully they'll work out their differences with Lindsey and the fab 5 will be back together again!

    • @pathust3881
      @pathust3881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stevie is the BITCH THAT BROKE UP F.M.SOOO JEALOUS OF LINDSEYS HAPPINESS.

    • @chrischampagne4307
      @chrischampagne4307 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Get happy

    • @jeffwatts1126
      @jeffwatts1126 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Well, that comment didnt age well. But I would like to see Stevie and Lindsey to put things aside and the 4 remaining band members play a tribute show or tour for Christie

  • @ostrich_dog
    @ostrich_dog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    "We've all been through breakups"
    Me, always been single:
    :(

    • @pathust3881
      @pathust3881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Stefano,so sorry you dont have a partner.Be kind &honest.Be yourself and dont settle for less.Stay strong.Be happy with who you are,and what you want,and love will find you.

    • @chrischampagne4307
      @chrischampagne4307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love will find a way

  • @spockmcoyissmart961
    @spockmcoyissmart961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Christine didn't get the credit she deserved until she went and created her own album.

    • @ahill4642
      @ahill4642 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Her "Songbird" is one of the most beautiful songs, ever. She contributes lots. They all do.

    • @jefffiore7869
      @jefffiore7869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ahill4642 Yea she was an amazing singer.

    • @YouAreMySunshine2
      @YouAreMySunshine2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      and even then Stevie's solo albums were huge hits as well. Stevie was a great song writer ....period. CMV is good, but lets not get it twisted and act like Stevie was given credit she didn't deserve. Stevie is one of greatest song writers in rock history.

    • @spockmcoyissmart961
      @spockmcoyissmart961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@YouAreMySunshine2 nobody is taking credit away from stevie by complimenting christine.

    • @safiya2412
      @safiya2412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Christine is not getting much credited but she is the one carrying the band.

  • @TheRisingIcarus
    @TheRisingIcarus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Might be one of my favourite songs of all time. The build up in the end is amaaaazing and they've just put so much feeling in it

  • @kittiwhieldon4329
    @kittiwhieldon4329 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The way you break these songs down makes me love them all over again. Thanks.

  • @themrttttoo490
    @themrttttoo490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Sounds like a testament to the professionalism of these guys. They were able to withstand the emotional pain they inflict on each other until they have worked together to pour their hearts into great album. That universal message was the result communicating the emotional pain.

  • @shanebailey340
    @shanebailey340 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "The Chain" is definitely a song of two halves. One is the upbeat, driving rock and roll that had been at the epicenter of FM's muse almost since day one. HOWEVER, the eerie harmonies, the spare keyboard, throbbing bass/drum arrangement and EXPLOSIVE guitar solo blend together to paint a picture of vitriol, melancholy and anger, moreso than anything else they've released. The two halves should let each other down, but the opposite happens: they build each other up. The naggingly insistent drums mesh with the bass and keyboards to create a rock-solid melodic hook, while the guitars and particularly the vocals, dissonant and discordant even in their harmonies, rip apart that melodic hook bit by bit, until nothing is left but bloody pot shots, anger and spiraling rage. When they sing "The chain will keep us together", what they SEEM to mean is "I carry this chain and you can't have it, asshole!"

  • @adammarsh956
    @adammarsh956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Their best song hands down amazing & an almost flawless classic album

  • @matthewpeterson5146
    @matthewpeterson5146 5 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    So we get a Queen documentary, but no Fleetwood Mac. I am not Happ

  • @zdvxr
    @zdvxr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Right now I can’t get enough Fleetwood Mac, Beatles and Beach Boys.

  • @macjrc
    @macjrc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great insight my man. This was my first album bought with my own money in 1976. Been listening to The Chain for decades but never put that together like you did. Makes perfect sense! They def were held together by an unseen chain ( thank god for us they were) and it was magical. Miss you Christine ❤

  • @andycopland3179
    @andycopland3179 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Thanks for this, I paused right at "iconic bass line" and just grabbed my acoustic to do a cheap imitation of it. Such a tune that builds and builds.

  • @pringlescan81
    @pringlescan81 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Lindsey Buckingham is such an underrated guitarist... Another great video! Keep making these “Behind the Song” videos. I NEED MOAR!!

  • @Ayden_B
    @Ayden_B 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    “An album by and for people cheating on each other”- John Mulaney

  • @tommonk7651
    @tommonk7651 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "Rumours" - one of the greatest pop rock music albums of all time. Interestingly, it came out the same year as the Eagles' "Hotel California". Wow!! That was a helluva year for music. McVie and Fleetwood are a tremendous rhythm section!!

  • @marsdeat
    @marsdeat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I just did the maths, and as of 2019, Fleetwood Mac has spent 36 of the past 42 years (since Rumours) with broadly the same lineup as on Rumours ("broadly the same" here meaning either all 5 of them, or 4 out of the 5, with or without additional members to compliment them)... That chain really did keep them together, I guess...

  • @Dethroan
    @Dethroan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +532

    I think an analysis of White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane is right up your alley

    • @bluecollarlit
      @bluecollarlit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      dethroan great idea!

    • @sierra3644
      @sierra3644 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes!!

    • @wombatjack3634
      @wombatjack3634 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dethroan wait no more

    • @YouAreMySunshine2
      @YouAreMySunshine2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JSS was a trash band. lol
      I mean they were not all the good imo, just had a drug song based on Alice In Wonderland. Pretty much nothing aside from that song was interesting about that band.

    • @chrischampagne4307
      @chrischampagne4307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One pill makes you larger

  • @victorstok3502
    @victorstok3502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you, thank you. I'm a musical teacher and a fan of Fleetwood Mac since Rhiannon. I like The Chain very much but never knew everything bout its backgrond. Thanks!

  • @musiciseverywhere5878
    @musiciseverywhere5878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    That great how they re-cycled the bass line from a different song... very eco-friendly move

    • @joellemills9398
      @joellemills9398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Music is Everywhere 😂😂😂

    • @YouAreMySunshine2
      @YouAreMySunshine2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yea a bass line off a song off of their own album (Nicks and Buckingham). Queen did this too with Stone Cold Crazy, Freddie wrote that song and performed it with a band he was in before Queen. Recycled it for Queen, and became a hit.

    • @YouAreMySunshine2
      @YouAreMySunshine2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@joellemills9398 It was their own song, though. Not someone else's song.

    • @reblfleur3923
      @reblfleur3923 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAO

  • @andrewjohnson6301
    @andrewjohnson6301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    God only knows how they stayed together but I'm glad they did

  • @sherrieleastreaminglivemus2408
    @sherrieleastreaminglivemus2408 7 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    the most underrated guitarist ever.

    • @philrod1
      @philrod1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Underrated by whom? Lindsey Buckingham is an awesome guitarist and singer. When he left the band, he had to be replaced by *two* people: Billy Burnette and Rick Vito.

    • @AtheistsAreActuallyTheistsProo
      @AtheistsAreActuallyTheistsProo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      His solo music is absolutely phenomenal

    • @TommyLourdes-singer-songwriter
      @TommyLourdes-singer-songwriter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No one underrated him. Ever. I mean he's no Lil Wayne but who is..?
      🥴.. I use this emoji for all occasions!

    • @dwightschrute9693
      @dwightschrute9693 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed x72928374802

    • @seanburke5805
      @seanburke5805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think Lindsey was underrated at all! He was FANTASTIC! AND STILL, AND ALWAYS WILL BE! 💯❣️ BY KIMMY HAWK..

  • @bryanmcnulty2398
    @bryanmcnulty2398 7 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    A video on the making of London calling album by the clash would be cool

    • @anthonypalumbo9756
      @anthonypalumbo9756 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bryan McNulty
      100 likes and no replies, lurking at its best.

    • @andrewmunroe186
      @andrewmunroe186 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bryan McNulty I was just just listening to it

    • @chrischampagne4307
      @chrischampagne4307 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some girls> London calling

  • @magdalenatomova9820
    @magdalenatomova9820 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    If you love the stories behind the album's creation and the "soap opera" that it has become - I would HIGHLY recommend the book Daisy Jones and The Six - a book about rock and roll, sex, drugs, love, inidelty and destruction (in the late 60s and 70s). As you can imagine it is hugely inspired by Fleetwood Mac

  • @GROOVYJOJO
    @GROOVYJOJO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The demo of the chain was beautiful....great song any which way...i enjoy hearing raw versions simplicity is beauty💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

  • @jacobschultz7201
    @jacobschultz7201 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This channel is gold :) the research and argumentation is thought out so well. I don't care what music you're talking about; with this video quality I'll watch all your vids without hesitation

  • @Dobiegal
    @Dobiegal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can imagine the glares of hatred between each other as they recorded the final take.

  • @Tqman43
    @Tqman43 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The only record I bought three times. First on vinyl, then on cd. Third time living abroad missing it so much

  • @oldman3821
    @oldman3821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I always loved "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac. And I love the beautiful Stevie Nicks.

  • @diegosanchez894
    @diegosanchez894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there are very few songs that give me goosebumps, but that bass riff is one of them.

  • @jomy10-games
    @jomy10-games 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    We learned about Rumours in school. It was our teacher's favourite album.

  • @TheVidSquids
    @TheVidSquids 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Your work is so well put together. By far one of my favorite channels!

  • @MisterWillow
    @MisterWillow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This song always has and will stike me down by its intense beauty. Thanks for your insights Polyphonic.

  • @cesarherrera1926
    @cesarherrera1926 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The build up was probably one of the best things I've ever heard in a song true beauty everything sounds perfect

  • @Grillmouth
    @Grillmouth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +734

    3:32 much more vague now??? Vagg??

    • @kinggriffin4279
      @kinggriffin4279 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      right? i've never heard that before.

    • @hatuletoh
      @hatuletoh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      I had to play it back again to make sure i really heard what i thought id heard. I wonder about these yt narrators sometimes--the words they mispronounce, and the way they mispronounce them...azz if pro-gram to mim-ick hue-mon speech...message 404! File Not Found!

    • @YomiAderin
      @YomiAderin 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      VeganJam Vagabond maybe?

    • @carterfroman31
      @carterfroman31 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I think it's how some Canadians say it.

    • @girv98
      @girv98 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Canadian Accent

  • @sappho1939
    @sappho1939 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    If anyone is intrigued by their story, u should read "Daisy Jones and the Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid....the book is loosely based of the band

    • @MsCaitor
      @MsCaitor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ishika Handa just finished the book, such a good book. It's also based off of the band "the civil wars" and how they suddenly broke up.

  • @amyklemley
    @amyklemley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a REALLY good piece. I have been a diehard Fleetwood Mac fan for 40 years...yet you reported things I had never heard of. You breakdown of what components went into this song is first rate--the repurposing of other tunes and lyrics. I'm interested in more detail on how this developed. Stevie's demo is beautiful and haunting as it is. I wonder why she'd donate it to the cause.

  • @sreejatagupta2942
    @sreejatagupta2942 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cannot thank you enough for coming up with this video, Polyphonic!

  • @WisecrackJax
    @WisecrackJax 7 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I love Fleetwood Mac. One of my all time favorite bands. Please do a video on Rush or Metallica please!

  • @BluePlunger
    @BluePlunger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +753

    I NEED that Pink Floyd video

    • @Polyphonic
      @Polyphonic  7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      It's coming soon enough, trust me!

    • @BluePlunger
      @BluePlunger 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      cant wait!

    • @boydudeman
      @boydudeman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Please do Dogs.
      Please.
      It's so under appreciated.

    • @falseprophettv6370
      @falseprophettv6370 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      How about the beatles

    • @jaynixon3129
      @jaynixon3129 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      BoyDudeMan I agree! That whole album is underappreciated. Animals is quite the masterpiece with such dark and erie themes of betrayal and the faults of the system accompanied by beautifully crafted music of the same nature. The impact of that album has struck a chord with me ever since my first listen and even rivals Pink Floyd's more popular works.

  • @jkbuckeye1
    @jkbuckeye1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Chain is absolutely my fav Fleetwood Mac song

  • @arvindhmani06
    @arvindhmani06 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is the channel I always wanted to watch. Can't wait to hear more about classic rock from someone as well-informed as you. Looking forward to it!!

  • @HiroForever
    @HiroForever 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The live version ‘82 of The Chain is NUTS

    • @jayceewriter7826
      @jayceewriter7826 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Live from LA? If so, you’re not kidding. It’s staggering and Lyndsey is on 🔥

    • @mishelen1194
      @mishelen1194 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I watch it almost daily lol 🤣

  • @tjwash2
    @tjwash2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This song and Never Going Back Again are by far my favorite songs on the most excellent album. Brilliant.

  • @lizucavictoria
    @lizucavictoria 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've been sleeping on this band for too long. thanks for the video.

  • @patriciaowen9491
    @patriciaowen9491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a HUGE Fleetwood Mac fan, with a big Stevie Nicks fan for a mother, I really appreciate the analysis and new info I gained watching this. Thank you for doing such a great job!

  • @mariela994
    @mariela994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the absolute best songs in music history

  • @vivienmartin225
    @vivienmartin225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ll never think of this song the same again. Thank you for that.

  • @jimmyfranklin3862
    @jimmyfranklin3862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That Demo with Nick's lyrics is incredible

  • @highnoon9333
    @highnoon9333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Before I knew any of this, "The Chain" was my favorite FM song. Now it might be my favorite song ever.

  • @lukecarmody2446
    @lukecarmody2446 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I think chains has to be in the top 5 songs of the 1970s the bass and guitar solo just amazing it's the one thing that gripped me to the song

  • @jimsy5530
    @jimsy5530 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    That no one member was as important as the whole was why Peter Green insisted the band be called fleetwood Mac, and why he was so annoyed when it was first named Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.

    • @stephaniecuellar3192
      @stephaniecuellar3192 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jimsy
      Well put. l always got the impression there was a centering around Mick, and the fluidity of this band, now on its' 15th (?) incarnation.
      To me it will always be the coming together of the musicians as the links of the Fleetwood Mac chain.

  • @1000niamhs
    @1000niamhs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Okay picture this: a musical written around Fleetwood mac music

    • @ninawonacott5182
      @ninawonacott5182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be amazing. Like Across the Universe

  • @beanyrich2764
    @beanyrich2764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE BOTH OF THE SONGS THE FIRST AND THEN THE REMAKE. BEAUTIFUL.

  • @blucu001
    @blucu001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Would love to hear an episode on Tool’s music, they’re notoriously cryptic but cover a wide array of topics ranging from personal issues to politics and to religion.

  • @91364Steve
    @91364Steve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite songs, and I so immensely appreciate your commentary on it. You have a great channel. Keep up the good work.

  • @paisleyprincess7996
    @paisleyprincess7996 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Rumours. Best album ever. The Chain...best song ever.

  • @rjjeffreys
    @rjjeffreys 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You really do your research, and express your opinion based on much more than just your extensive music background. Well done, and I am now Subscribed!

  • @bepembo
    @bepembo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    please do something about the velvet underground? love you videos! always makes me exited!

    • @ancalabond8703
      @ancalabond8703 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SISTER RAY

    • @hunterbailey5545
      @hunterbailey5545 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How The Velvet Underground & Nico influenced modern rock

    • @serenabissanti7015
      @serenabissanti7015 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lou Reed is one of my favorite artists

  • @maryambatool7127
    @maryambatool7127 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ''dark and desperate unity'' is such a great way to put it, that's exactly what you feel listening to the chain.

  • @Chudman00
    @Chudman00 7 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    Do something about Pink Floyd, I always love your classic rock videos

  • @Techn9cian123
    @Techn9cian123 ปีที่แล้ว

    My grandfather came home to my grandmother one day with a brand new copy of “Rumors” and told her to get ready, they were going to Nashville to see them live. He had just heard them on the radio and liked them so much he went out and bought the album, and then went to see them all on the same day.

  • @mckinneydermot
    @mckinneydermot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    amazing! this guy can really tell a story, his voice is great. Apart from that his analysis is superb. Thanks for sharing this

  • @ChickenMccZoe
    @ChickenMccZoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whenever I hear the intro, I think of Star Lord's reaction to Ego saying he was the one who put the tumour in Star Lord's mother. Perfect use of the song. ❤️

  • @bookemdano9105
    @bookemdano9105 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The Nicks demo was a great version as well.

  • @careysimpson5282
    @careysimpson5282 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell man, this got to me. I knew the song, but never realized how much of the band was in it. Seriously, thank you.

  • @caammm88
    @caammm88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    Who else would love him to do a video on one of the following:
    Genesis/Peter Gabriel
    Black Sabbath
    Dio
    Joy Division
    Rush
    Yes

  • @chrisklecker
    @chrisklecker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lindsey and Nicks are just harmonic geniuses and i find it humorous that certain songs are slaps to another band member, yet, the band will play it and sing it.

  • @thor3659
    @thor3659 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Man you keep surprising me every video you put out. Keep up the good work!

    • @guitarplayer2846
      @guitarplayer2846 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      He told us exact;y what we knew when we listened to it. I'm still waiting for "How Fleetwood Mac Wrote "The Chain"". The magic is the ability to put your best and your darkest thoughts and emotions into cohesive poetry and combine it with music from the heart and soul.

  • @WickedScott
    @WickedScott 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Growing up before the internet, I never got to see any of this footage as big a fan as I was! Thanks!

  • @Tahad2401
    @Tahad2401 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    You're one of the most amazing content creators on this site. Simply calling it a TH-cam channel doesn't do it justice.
    With that being said, I hope you'll do a video on Kyuss/Sleep/Qotsa or just Stoner/Desert Rock in general sometime!

    • @Fivehe
      @Fivehe 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah Qotsa/Kyuss seem well known but too rarely discussed/analyzed

  • @julieharden2433
    @julieharden2433 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This has always been one of my favorite rock and roll stories.

  • @jonathanromero7925
    @jonathanromero7925 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The legendary Fleetwood Mac!! To this day they are amazing and the chain has kept them together for 4 decades ... Saw them in July dodger stadium what a night

  • @ronstewart4660
    @ronstewart4660 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been buying courses from the Great Courses for years!! I highly recommend that anybody who likes to learn visit their site!!!! As far as this video, absolutely fantastic writing! Keeps the viewers attention and interest and at the same time uses many contrasting ideas to 'glue' the thoughts together, much like a covalent bond. Well done!

  • @jamiecunningham1565
    @jamiecunningham1565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bro, only just discovered your channel, might I say your work here is second to none. I would happily declare myself a rock/metal historian as I have great knowledge on the music I live by. You obviously know your stuff and present it in such an outstanding way it really is classy, keep em coming,something on Journey maybe?.......or Dave Mustaine???
    Thanks, I've subscribed also.
    Jamie.

  • @lester6415
    @lester6415 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was the first video from Polyphonic I watched.
    Now I'm hooked!

  • @filmishit
    @filmishit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you Guardians of The Galaxy, for introducing me to this masterpiece. The soundtrack of the film is a masterpiece.

  • @skcarpet
    @skcarpet 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Easily one of my top 5 favorite songs of all time that I never tire of l listening to. Pure genius.

  • @haileyrae3426
    @haileyrae3426 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I had my volume low and thought he said “Stevie’s frustrations with f*cking him” instead of buckingham lol

  • @DeadBeatSage
    @DeadBeatSage 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful tune. Very emotional and illustrating everything in bold strokes. The nerd in me calls this the Gray Jedi anthem.

  • @navidb
    @navidb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Give the context of their band turbulence, this guitar solo is one of the most electrifying solos I’ve ever heard

  • @eichbienyermaw
    @eichbienyermaw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wasn’t born until the 80’s but, you know the nostalgia you feel when you hear some songs, well this whole album makes think of the 70’s.