30 day music meme #10

[beer_good_foamy]

1/3 of the way there!

10. A song that makes you sad
Fleetwood Mac - Jumping At Shadows

Watch on YouTube

I was going to go with something else, then Peter Green went and died the other day, and I had to pick one of his last performances with Fleetwood Mac. He was on his way to being one of the great guitar heroes, and instead... schizophrenia happened. I got to see him live around the turn of the millennium, after he finally got on proper meds, and he seemed happy to be performing again... but he should have had more, damnit. 
God have mercy
But I think I'm going insane...

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Oh damn, that is sad. (But also, I love how this song sounds. Guess I should really check out Fleetwood Mac sometime.)

[beer_good_foamy]

Glad you liked it!

The weird thing is, Fleetwood Mac is really two distinct bands. They started in the mid-60s as a British blues rock band...
https://youtu.be/hRu7Pt42x6Y
https://youtu.be/fXeKi6ZkbOw
https://youtu.be/Z-C6p-GwHfA
...and then after losing all three guitar players/vocalists to drugs, mental illness and hippie cults, they reemerged in the mid-70s as a US soft-rock band, with only the drummer and bass player left from the original band.
https://youtu.be/qxa851vAJtI
https://youtu.be/QV9JJmSCiI8
https://youtu.be/wgmRb3MlpHQ

I like both versions of the band, but those early recordings with Peter Green bleeding his heart out on guitar are something special.
https://youtu.be/atxXsUzmn4k

[cjlasky7]

It's a shame. He never really had a chance to "cement" his legacy. At least now (with Lindsey out of the band) the Mac is playing more old stuff; it gives more people a chance to hear his music.

[beer_good_foamy]

Apparently Mick Fleetwood tried in recent years to get the original band back together if only to jam a bit, but Kirwan and Green were both unwilling and unable. And now they're both gone.

I do like Nicks' version of Black Magic Woman more than I probably should, though.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Yum, thank you for the crash course! :D

[cjlasky7]

Four decades on, still the most depressing smash hit in rock and roll history:

https://youtu.be/tH2w6Oxx0kQ

Great melody. Killer violin solo. Total bummer.

[beer_good_foamy]

Yyyup, that's a downer.

Tom Robinson on 6 Music

[kerk_hiraeth]

Just spotted this and thought of this post

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l7rs

Tom Robinson's Now Playing 6music ~ Peter Green and the legacy of British Blues

kerk

Re: Tom Robinson on 6 Music

[beer_good_foamy]

Oh, I'll have to listen to that. Thanks a lot!