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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Fri May 23, 2014, 11:41 AM May 2014

Why didn't someone tell me that Fleetwood Mac was a blues band?

And one of its earliest members was THIS good.

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Why didn't someone tell me that Fleetwood Mac was a blues band? (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl May 2014 OP

I've become a but fixated in the early stuff Lars39 May 2014 #1

I get that some people LOVE the blues, so no snobishness or judgmental crap here... Systematic Chaos May 2014 #2

I hear ya. dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #3

Lars39

(26,117 posts)

1. I've become a but fixated in the early stuff

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2014, 01:52 PM

May 2014

The later stuff i dont enjoy as much now. I only figured out the existence if earlier band last year or so.

Black Magic Woman, Green Manilishi(sp) to drool over.

Systematic Chaos

(8,601 posts)

2. I get that some people LOVE the blues, so no snobishness or judgmental crap here...

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2014, 02:15 PM

May 2014

...but honestly, the most blues I can tolerate in a sitting is -- maybe -- 3 songs. After that it all starts to sound like the same thing just repeated endlessly.

So for me, I'm all about the rock/pop side of Fleetwood Mac. Every album from the mid 70s onward has things I just love about it!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

3. I hear ya.

Reply to Systematic Chaos (Reply #2)

Fri May 23, 2014, 05:31 PM

May 2014

Wasn't until I got much older, and perhaps because I moved down South, that I started appreciating the blues, both for what it is, and because it formed the roots of other genres, including R&R.
I like most types of music, including opera, and have found knowing the history behind the music increases my ability to really hear it.

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