I haven't gotten to that part of the review yet, but I'm not the biggest fan of The Chain either. Three quarters of the song are repetitive setup for the final quarter which is great.
One of my favorite all time albums. And that’s coming from an 80s alternative kid. You should hear “Silver Springs.” Was left off this album. Haunting and gorgeous. My favorite Mac tune.
Two couples in the band in the midst of breakups. One member of the band lusting after one of the feuding partners. Counterpoint. Cocaine. Five excellent musicians. Three great singers. Two exceptional songwriters. One classic album.
I think the reason I like this album so much is because of the catchy pop sounds to it. It has a cool mix of folk, pop, and rock. I hate it when my two besties say it sounds like elevator music😒 The chain is so much fun! The end of it gives me goosebumps each time I listen to it
Once you get to know Fleetwood Mac, you will get to know how good this album really is, and how the fact the band was literally broken and nobody was speaking to each other when this was made
The context that allowed me to love this album is to see it as the quintessential breakup album. The two couples in the band at the time (Buckingham/Nicks & McVie/McVie) were both in the midst of splitting up during the sessions for this album and the music documents that. It has the optimism and excitement of new beginnings (Don't Stop, You Make Loving Fun), the sadness of endings (Gold Dust Woman, Oh Daddy) and the push and pull between the acceptance, bargaining, longing and bitterness of both (The Chain, Songbird). The album is beautiful to me not in spite of its simplicity but because of it, it takes complicated and sometimes contradictory emotions and distills them into simple perfect capsules of pop songwriting. Hope in a couple of listens when you've sat with it a little you'll vibe with it a little more. Sending good vibes to you and your family in the midst of the loss of your job. Love your content, keep up the good work!
"Mom rock" LOL I didn't expect you to react to this album. I remember listening to 'Rumours' for the very first time three or four years algo, and I was like "It's OK... but it won't change My Life". In 2018 I had a crush with another bearded pal who broke My Heart, and... well... I don't know why, but I checked out this album again... and You know? "The Chain" became my favourite Fleetwood Mac song. It was my most played song on Spotify, indeed. Since then I started to get along with 'Rumours' and Fleetwood Mac themselves. This is absolutely a "Break Up" album. When you know the context of its recording, maybe you'll get its vibe and it'll grow on you as it did to me. Fleetwood Mac started as a blues band. In fact, it was formed in UK in the middle 60's. Their lead guitarist, Peter Green, left the band after struggling with a sort of mental issue. So Fleetwood Mac was about to split up until Mick Fleetwood (drummer/founding member) met American duo Lindsay Buckingham (guitar/vocals) and Stevie Nicks (vocals) and invited them to join him and the rest of the band. That's how Fleetwood Mac went from British blues to American soft rock. The blues version of the band wrote "Black Magic Woman" (yes, Santana's version is a cover). The pop rock era of Fleetwood Mac is their most successful thanks to their self-titled 10th album and 'Rumours'. Some conservative fans of 60's Fleetwood Mac think the British-American version it's just another band. In fact, Peter Green passed away a couple weeks ago. To be honest, I'd been reluctant to explore Fleetwood Mac stuff for years, as I'm not a huge fan of soft rock, but I hooked up with 'Rumours' and that's how I showed interest in further stuff by FM. I know well this album sounds quite old-fashioned, but there's no doubt it has a special vibe. No wonder this "americanised" version of Fleetwood Mac remains relevant. There's an indie tribute album to Fleetwood Mac featuring HAIM, Tame Impala, Washed Out, MGMT, The Kills and others. It was released in 2012, Guess so.
How old are you? Haven't you heard of Fleetwood Mac? Where have you been living? If you like music and haven't heard Fleetwood Mac before, what have you been listening to?
There are 20~ year olds on here reacting to The Beatles for the first time. Me being 27 and having not heard Rumours before isn't outside the realm of possibility.
Hey Alex if you’re going to do more “commonly accepted “( didn’t want the use the term “‘mainstream”))classic albums how bout: Astral Weeks/ Moondance : Van Morrison Abbey Road/ white album/ revolver: Beatles Blood on the Tracks/ Highway 61 /blonde on blonde: Dylan Horses: Patti Smith The Band/ music from the big pink : The Band Love: Forever Changes Primal Scream: Screamadelica Carole King: Tapestry Nick Drake: Pink Moon Wings: Band on the Run Beach Boys: Pet Sounds George Harrison: All things must pass Exile on Main Street/ sticky fingers: Stones John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band Just for starters... I’ve purposely left off heavy rock ( Hendrix/who/zeppelin) , soul / funk/ jazz/ “fusion”( Marvin Gaye / Stevie wonder/ miles Davis/ steely Dan) and punk ( pistols/ clash etc) as I know they’re not your cup of hot chocolate so listed some of the more “ songwritery “ and trad rock types( except Primal Scream) ....👍
@@komoleeray687 I'm trying to branch out a bit. I'm planning on doing these. Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin IV Houses of the Holy Physical Graffiti
Alex Haitz awesome..enjoy😊 ..should crank up your viewership a bit . A lot of “zep-heads” out there . The Who/ Hendrix/ Black Sabbath/cream ( all from the same branch of the heavy rock tree) are worth experimenting with if you enjoy the Zep experience and want to pursue that path 👍
I have nothing to say about Rumours other than I get why a lot of people love it. It's interesting to hear your thoughts on some of these heavy-hitters that were made before you were born. The best thing I like so far is that you don't feel pressured to praise albums such as this and Dark Side of the Moon, even though they are accepted as classics. The whole point is that this is YOUR reaction and you cannot be wrong about your opinion. It may change over time, but your thoughts are the focus of all this. I've also noticed that you often like tracks that you have heard before, so familiarity with a song is definitely important for you. You don't tend to rant about the merits of a song on your first listen.
yes everybody pretty much slept with each other,,, Stevie and linsey stevie and Mic..this whole album is about hurting each other,,and loving each other too
So, 3/5ths of this band were an English blues rock group whose lead guitarist and singer, Peter Green, went a little off. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks had recorded one album on their own before joining the group.
I came here because I just found that this is THE BEST selling LP in the history. What a surprise, I never heard that band XD Seriously. And... what a pleasant surprise. I have a good feeling that I heard some of them in the radio through my live but listening a whole album was a super duper experience. Awesome stuff back than in the '70 and today in 2022.
There's another side to the year 1977. Sex Pistols Nevermind The Bullocks dropped at the beginning of the year, The Clash's 1st album, Television Marquee Moon, David Bowie Low and the edgy but palatable My Aim Is True from Elvis Costello. Music was changing and becoming more aggressive - which is closer to my heart. But like you said, nothing wrong with this album
Were any of these songs or any Fleetwood Mac songs in any GTA games? I can totally imagine a good amount of them being on the radio in something like San Andreas.
Lyndsay Buckingham very underrated. Purchase "The Dance" DVD, if possible, Great Solos from him. Stevie Nicks Beautiful Voice! "Silver Springs" GREAT Song!!
Ice has a coconut pineapple flavored seltzer water that's pretty darn good. I didn't care for the La Croix passion fruit...a little too tart. I'll have to find the limoncello.
Your in the minority this is the classic album of all time for Fleetwood mac.never been bettered. it ain't supermarket music that's for damn sure. Rumours rocks. Envy can be a terrible thing.
I can appreciate this album more now. It’s a well crafted pop rock album and I especially like the harder rocking tunes. When it was released it was the epitome , a long with bands like The Eagles, of mainstream rock. I hated this music at the time, over played and over produced,Probably pushed me in the direction punk , post punk and new wave. It you ever want to review some newer bands I have plenty of suggestions.
LOL. dead end job and lotto tickets.This is certainly not an album I'd ever thought you would do. It is of another time. This is the year long haired rock met the snarl of early punk. This is my senior year in high school, but by then the Ramones, Blondie and Television had come out. Yes, Mom rock. If it weren't for Lindsey Buckingham, they would have continued to make soft blues rock, without any umph. Lindsey's arrangements are what give the other songwriters tunes any small amount of edge. Don't Stop was so popular, but I'm with you on the smooth/bland opinion. Heck, Clinton used it for his presidential theme song. What happened next is the album many fans hated, but in the long run was the album that was more relevant. That album is Tusk. Lindsey chopped his hippie locks, had dove into Talking Heads, Devo, etc. and tried to push the rest of them out of their comfort zone. Camper Van Beethoven did the entire album as a cover piece. Most folks will give Tusk, the double album of erratic, all over the place, cocaine fueled madness, as the mark of FM greatness. The album didn't sell well, so they returned to pure soft bliss pop. Try a listen
This dude has a bias against this type of music due to negative coworker associations. I cannot respect this guy because he lets those biases get in the way of fairly judging this album. Who does not like The Chain? Could such a person hold a long term friendship with me? I think not....I do not like this youtuber because he crapped all over Fleetwood Mac/this album right out of the gate. I will say, however, I admire this man's ability to go against the grain and assert his right to American Freedom of Speech.
Solid album and Stevie Nicks has a great voice, but the band always rather bored me, I like music a bit more adventurous and experimental and soft rock never really appealed that much to me.
Damn, you must be like the only Person on earth that didn't like The Chain.
I haven't gotten to that part of the review yet, but I'm not the biggest fan of The Chain either. Three quarters of the song are repetitive setup for the final quarter which is great.
Me too lol
The Chain is grotesquely overrated
Fun Fact: Fleetwood Mac is Paulo Escobar's all-time favorite band.
Pablo?
His most valuable customers
Ha! That being said, they are a lot of folks' favorite band. Criminals included. ;)
Sir Humphrey Appleby I’m dead asf😭
One of my favorite all time albums. And that’s coming from an 80s alternative kid. You should hear “Silver Springs.” Was left off this album. Haunting and gorgeous. My favorite Mac tune.
they put Silver Springs back in 2010!!!
The Chain got the most recognised bass guitar rift of all time
Roundabout is typing
Imagine thinking there was no passion in Fleetwood Mac’s music...just wait good sir, you’ll soon see the error of your ways.
Two couples in the band in the midst of breakups. One member of the band lusting after one of the feuding partners. Counterpoint. Cocaine. Five excellent musicians. Three great singers. Two exceptional songwriters. One classic album.
Cocaine and Counterpoint sounds like a great album title.
@@AlexHaitz make it so.
Three exceptional writers, Christine, Stevie and Lindsey.
@@davekp6773 Christine had some good songs to be sure, but I don't put her in the same category. Don't mind if you do though. :)
I think the reason I like this album so much is because of the catchy pop sounds to it. It has a cool mix of folk, pop, and rock. I hate it when my two besties say it sounds like elevator music😒 The chain is so much fun! The end of it gives me goosebumps each time I listen to it
Once you get to know Fleetwood Mac, you will get to know how good this album really is, and how the fact the band was literally broken and nobody was speaking to each other when this was made
Two reactions in one day, must be Christmas!
The context that allowed me to love this album is to see it as the quintessential breakup album.
The two couples in the band at the time (Buckingham/Nicks & McVie/McVie) were both in the midst of splitting up during the sessions for this album and the music documents that.
It has the optimism and excitement of new beginnings (Don't Stop, You Make Loving Fun), the sadness of endings (Gold Dust Woman, Oh Daddy) and the push and pull between the acceptance, bargaining, longing and bitterness of both (The Chain, Songbird).
The album is beautiful to me not in spite of its simplicity but because of it, it takes complicated and sometimes contradictory emotions and distills them into simple perfect capsules of pop songwriting.
Hope in a couple of listens when you've sat with it a little you'll vibe with it a little more.
Sending good vibes to you and your family in the midst of the loss of your job. Love your content, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
"Mom rock" LOL
I didn't expect you to react to this album. I remember listening to 'Rumours' for the very first time three or four years algo, and I was like "It's OK... but it won't change My Life".
In 2018 I had a crush with another bearded pal who broke My Heart, and... well... I don't know why, but I checked out this album again... and You know? "The Chain" became my favourite Fleetwood Mac song. It was my most played song on Spotify, indeed. Since then I started to get along with 'Rumours' and Fleetwood Mac themselves.
This is absolutely a "Break Up" album. When you know the context of its recording, maybe you'll get its vibe and it'll grow on you as it did to me.
Fleetwood Mac started as a blues band. In fact, it was formed in UK in the middle 60's. Their lead guitarist, Peter Green, left the band after struggling with a sort of mental issue. So Fleetwood Mac was about to split up until Mick Fleetwood (drummer/founding member) met American duo Lindsay Buckingham (guitar/vocals) and Stevie Nicks (vocals) and invited them to join him and the rest of the band.
That's how Fleetwood Mac went from British blues to American soft rock. The blues version of the band wrote "Black Magic Woman" (yes, Santana's version is a cover).
The pop rock era of Fleetwood Mac is their most successful thanks to their self-titled 10th album and 'Rumours'. Some conservative fans of 60's Fleetwood Mac think the British-American version it's just another band.
In fact, Peter Green passed away a couple weeks ago.
To be honest, I'd been reluctant to explore Fleetwood Mac stuff for years, as I'm not a huge fan of soft rock, but I hooked up with 'Rumours' and that's how I showed interest in further stuff by FM.
I know well this album sounds quite old-fashioned, but there's no doubt it has a special vibe. No wonder this "americanised" version of Fleetwood Mac remains relevant.
There's an indie tribute album to Fleetwood Mac featuring HAIM, Tame Impala, Washed Out, MGMT, The Kills and others. It was released in 2012, Guess so.
Dang, what a comment. Thanks!
How old are you? Haven't you heard of Fleetwood Mac? Where have you been living? If you like music and haven't heard Fleetwood Mac before, what have you been listening to?
There are 20~ year olds on here reacting to The Beatles for the first time.
Me being 27 and having not heard Rumours before isn't outside the realm of possibility.
Hey Alex if you’re going to do more “commonly accepted “( didn’t want the use the term “‘mainstream”))classic albums how bout:
Astral Weeks/ Moondance : Van Morrison
Abbey Road/ white album/ revolver: Beatles
Blood on the Tracks/ Highway 61 /blonde on blonde: Dylan
Horses: Patti Smith
The Band/ music from the big pink : The Band
Love: Forever Changes
Primal Scream: Screamadelica
Carole King: Tapestry
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
Wings: Band on the Run
Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
George Harrison: All things must pass
Exile on Main Street/ sticky fingers: Stones
John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band
Just for starters...
I’ve purposely left off heavy rock ( Hendrix/who/zeppelin) , soul / funk/ jazz/ “fusion”( Marvin Gaye / Stevie wonder/ miles Davis/ steely Dan) and punk ( pistols/ clash etc) as I know they’re not your cup of hot chocolate so listed some of the more “ songwritery “ and trad rock types( except Primal Scream) ....👍
I’ll actually be doing Led Zeppelin somewhat soon!
Alex Haitz cool. So much for my understanding of your tastes ! You could start with any Zep album but Led Zep 4 seems the obvious one👍
@@komoleeray687 I'm trying to branch out a bit. I'm planning on doing these.
Led Zeppelin I
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin IV
Houses of the Holy
Physical Graffiti
Alex Haitz awesome..enjoy😊 ..should crank up your viewership a bit . A lot of “zep-heads” out there . The Who/ Hendrix/ Black Sabbath/cream ( all from the same branch of the heavy rock tree) are worth experimenting with if you enjoy the Zep experience and want to pursue that path 👍
I have nothing to say about Rumours other than I get why a lot of people love it.
It's interesting to hear your thoughts on some of these heavy-hitters that were made before you were born.
The best thing I like so far is that you don't feel pressured to praise albums such as this and Dark Side of the Moon, even though they are accepted as classics. The whole point is that this is YOUR reaction and you cannot be wrong about your opinion. It may change over time, but your thoughts are the focus of all this.
I've also noticed that you often like tracks that you have heard before, so familiarity with a song is definitely important for you. You don't tend to rant about the merits of a song on your first listen.
I felt similar to you. I thought it was solid but overrated on first listen. However I kept playing it to see if it clicked and now I love it so much.
The BEST song "SILVER SPRINGS" was left off the album......crazy....they added it back for the remaster. This is a PERFECT album.
What is that funky instrument in you make loving fun
Clavinet (I presume)
Lindsey Buckingham. One of the guitar greats.
Yes! And I don't hear him lauded as much as he should be. Love his work on this and on Tusk, especially.
yes everybody pretty much slept with each other,,, Stevie and linsey stevie and Mic..this whole album is about hurting each other,,and loving each other too
So, 3/5ths of this band were an English blues rock group whose lead guitarist and singer, Peter Green, went a little off. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks had recorded one album on their own before joining the group.
I heard “go your own way” first with The Cranberries 🙃
The most lame reaction I've seen.
I came here because I just found that this is THE BEST selling LP in the history. What a surprise, I never heard that band XD Seriously. And... what a pleasant surprise. I have a good feeling that I heard some of them in the radio through my live but listening a whole album was a super duper experience. Awesome stuff back than in the '70 and today in 2022.
Not the best selling, but in the top 10, maybe 5. Thriller's still no.1 I think.
Fleetwood Mac did some great stuff but this album got so much airplay (if you grew up in the 70's) that I never need to hear this album again.
There's another side to the year 1977. Sex Pistols Nevermind The Bullocks dropped at the beginning of the year, The Clash's 1st album, Television Marquee Moon, David Bowie Low and the edgy but palatable My Aim Is True from Elvis Costello. Music was changing and becoming more aggressive - which is closer to my heart. But like you said, nothing wrong with this album
My favourite part about this video is you roasting your coworkers.
This is great, I was waiting for this reaction!!!!
My favorite ! , and also the album jajaja
Greetings Alex
Oh daddy is my personal favourite. Christine is the best member imo
Were any of these songs or any Fleetwood Mac songs in any GTA games? I can totally imagine a good amount of them being on the radio in something like San Andreas.
Stevie nicks had a few songs between gta iv and gta v. Of course, she is the singer of Rhiannon
I couldn't stop laughing when mentioned "Mum Rock"
You should try
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN;
JAMES;
THE WEDDING PRESENT;
SUEDE...
Lyndsay Buckingham very underrated. Purchase "The Dance" DVD, if possible, Great Solos from him. Stevie Nicks Beautiful Voice! "Silver Springs" GREAT Song!!
Can't wait for Peter Gabriel III whenever that happens lol
Ice has a coconut pineapple flavored seltzer water that's pretty darn good. I didn't care for the La Croix passion fruit...a little too tart. I'll have to find the limoncello.
I guess in a way they were one of the first big FM radio band
Any Neil Young coming up?
Nothing planned at the moment. I’d like to do an artist run through of his music but I’d need to figure out which albums to do.
Alex Haitz nice - most of his 70s stuff is great, ‘Everybody Knows this is Nowhere’ up to ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ basically.
Don’t Stop is the most skippable songs on that album
Deep this one.
Your in the minority this is the classic album of all time for Fleetwood mac.never been bettered. it ain't supermarket music that's for damn sure. Rumours rocks. Envy can be a terrible thing.
You have no clue about a lot of things, not just this record.
I can appreciate this album more now. It’s a well crafted pop rock album and I especially like the harder rocking tunes.
When it was released it was the epitome , a long with bands like The Eagles, of mainstream rock. I hated this music at the time, over played and over produced,Probably pushed me in the direction punk , post punk and new wave.
It you ever want to review some newer bands I have plenty of suggestions.
Let me guess, Mojo Nixon's Don Henley Must Die resonates? :)
mrkite when it comes to Mojo Nixon Elvis is everywhere is my fav, but thats a humorous song too!
LOL. dead end job and lotto tickets.This is certainly not an album I'd ever thought you would do. It is of another time. This is the year long haired rock met the snarl of early punk. This is my senior year in high school, but by then the Ramones, Blondie and Television had come out. Yes, Mom rock. If it weren't for Lindsey Buckingham, they would have continued to make soft blues rock, without any umph. Lindsey's arrangements are what give the other songwriters tunes any small amount of edge. Don't Stop was so popular, but I'm with you on the smooth/bland opinion. Heck, Clinton used it for his presidential theme song.
What happened next is the album many fans hated, but in the long run was the album that was more relevant. That album is Tusk. Lindsey chopped his hippie locks, had dove into Talking Heads, Devo, etc. and tried to push the rest of them out of their comfort zone. Camper Van Beethoven did the entire album as a cover piece. Most folks will give Tusk, the double album of erratic, all over the place, cocaine fueled madness, as the mark of FM greatness. The album didn't sell well, so they returned to pure soft bliss pop. Try a listen
His face😒
Please don’t listening to this masterpiece when you don’t feel it
i'd love to know what music you actually like because so far you haven't enjoyed any that i've seen you react to, seems a bit sad to me.
I liked this album! I enjoy quite a bit of what I react to.
Radiohead, that's it. He's unique like the other 20 million monthly listeners😂
PLEASANT!ITS SO NICE!!!!!
lol
PLEASANT
REAL NICE
God, what a waste of time.
Don't listen to it ever again. You don't get it. No problem. But this review is the most boring ever.
This dude has a bias against this type of music due to negative coworker associations. I cannot respect this guy because he lets those biases get in the way of fairly judging this album. Who does not like The Chain? Could such a person hold a long term friendship with me? I think not....I do not like this youtuber because he crapped all over Fleetwood Mac/this album right out of the gate. I will say, however, I admire this man's ability to go against the grain and assert his right to American Freedom of Speech.
👀
Solid album and Stevie Nicks has a great voice, but the band always rather bored me, I like music a bit more adventurous and experimental and soft rock never really appealed that much to me.