Fleetwood Mac – Think Bensonium

Song 7: Little Lies, Fleetwood Mac

Roderick Benson — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:20:57 +0000

So as I wait in my car on the 30^th of November 2022 the sad news of the death of Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac has just flashed up on my phone’s news headlines. It is a little disconcerting that many of the bands I loved in the 80s are now no longer even theoretically possible as key members of them are no longer with us. I guess it demonstrates once and for all how old I am getting. Fleetwood Mac certainly were one of those 70s and 80s mega bands. A band sadly I never got to see in concert.

RIP Christine!

Day 469: Everywhere, Fleetwood Mac

Roderick Benson — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:00:25 +0000

Funnily enough I always thought this song was Stevie Nicks rather than Fleetwood Mac. Ironic really since I bought the album Tango in the night which is the album this song is taken from. A fairly solid offering from Fleetwood Mac.

Day 399: You make loving fun, Fleetwood Mac

Roderick Benson — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:00:12 +0000

Time to end the week with this classic from Fleetwood Mac. This song of course is one of their classics from their most famous album rumours. It is kind of an oddly appropriate title given the personal shenanigans that were going on in the band when this album was recorded. Below is a little snippet from the Wiki article about the making of the Rumours album.

As the studio sessions progressed, the band members’ new intimate relationships that formed after various separations started to have a negative effect on Fleetwood Mac. The musicians did not meet or socialise after their daily work at the Record Plant. At the time, the hippie movement still affected Sausalito’s culture and drugs were readily available. Open-ended budgets enabled the band and the engineers to become self-indulgent; sleepless nights and the extensive use of cocaine marked much of the album’s production. Chris Stone, one of the Record Plant’s owners, indicated in 1997 that Fleetwood Mac brought “excess at its most excessive” by taking over the studio for long and extremely expensive sessions; he stated, “The band would come in at 7 at night, have a big feast, party till 1 or 2 in the morning, and then when they were so whacked-out they couldn’t do anything, they’d start recording”.

Day 354: Over and Over, Fleetwood Mac

Roderick Benson — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:53 +0000

While Fleetwood Mac’s most famous album is probably Rumours, their album Tusk also had some gems on it. I have already cited the song Tusk from the album but probably one of the prettiest song on this album was the opening song Over and Over. It is such a melodic and relaxing song. The perfect song to put on after a stressful day at work or if you want to have a romantic evening with a loved one.

December 2022: RIP Christine McVie

Day 146: Tusk, Fleetwood Mac

Roderick Benson — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:36:04 +0000

This song came out when I was in year 8 at school. Can remember first listening to this track at a friend’s place. Tusk is a really good album, nearly as good as Rumours in my opinion.

Day 55 (last album cover): The Chain, Fleetwood Mac

Rbenson — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:25:57 +0000

“I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain.“

Also a tune known by everyone who likes formula one.”