Today, we're not going to talk about the release of some new album, but go back in time on the tracks of a band that has changed our perception of music: Fleetwood Mac.
And more precisely on their eleventh album, and maybe their biggest succes: Rumours.
After the success of their album eponymous released in 1976, the band had to face some serious internal problems : a divorce, an affair, or a complicated relationship between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham gave birth to a set of rumors in the press and medias, most of them totally false.
The members of the band, unable to comunicate in any other way than by the music, had to go back to the studio before being able to sort their problems. And that's where everything is going to change.
Released in 1977, Rumours is the result of these problems and rumors, and can be considered as a therapy for the group Fleetwood Mac. The title Rumours was suggested by one of the group members who felt that they were all writing "journals and diaries" about each other through music.
The album's spirit changes from one song to another; indeed The Chain is the only song all the group members worked on together; the other songs, often written individually, talk about personal and often tensed relationships.
But let's see together the other songs that make this album an incredible musical revolution.
First of all, the famous Dreams, talking about a breakup. The ryhtm is lively, as the lyrics that easily stay stuck in your mind, allowing the song to rank n°1 in the Amercian charts: "Thunder only happens when it's raining, players only love you when they're playing..."
Never Going Back Again also is about a breakup, but in a more pessimistic way. On a personnal point of vue, it reminds me of the songs my parents used to listen when I was no more than 7 or 8, when Cat Stevens' Wild World used to play loudly in the house every Saturday morning. I think it might be the reason why I particularly like that song.
Ah Songbird. What can I say? The piano, the lyrics... Everything is here. The perfect recipy for the creation of an epic song. I'm ashamed to say that I'm not really a fan of Christine McVie's voice in this song, but Naya Rivera's version had such an impact on me that I barely can untie myself of it.
I Don't Want To Know : A lively rythm, catchy lyrics, a song that stays stuck in your head... I like it. "Oh you say you love me but you don't know..."
Oh Daddy, a song that is described in its firsts lyrics. "Oh Daddy, you know you make me cry..." Yes, I want to cry each time I ear the first notes. The song was written in reference to
Oui, j'ai envie de pleurer à chaque fois que j'entends les premières notes. La chanson a été Fletwood, nicknamed "Big Daddy" by the rest of the group members.
Go Your Own Way has an optimisic and happy rythm that contrast with the lyrics (which, there again, talk about a breakup).
The songs You Make Loving Fun, Don't Stop, or Gold Dust Woman didn't strike a cord in me like the others did.
Stevie Nicks, vocalist of the group, used to consider that Fleetwood Mac composed their best music during crisis. She was right, as more than 40 millions of albums were sold in the world, ranking Rumours n°1 of the Australian, Canadian, Néo Zealander, Dutch, South-African and English charts, as well as n°1 of the Bilboard Top.
To conclude, this album is almost 15 years older than me, but it's still incredibly topical. I was even surprised by its release date; the songs look recent, and could have been written at the beginning of the years 2000.
(Even if the quality of our era's music is getting worst and worst... But I'm going to stop ranting here, before going too far.)
Go and listen to the album, you won't be (déçu)!
C.
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