As much as I love and respect Neil Finn and Mike Campbell, both of them combined cannot replace the feel, sound, presence and attitude of Lindsey Buckingham. I'm glad I got to see them when Lindsay was still with them and they were simply brilliant.
Absolutely! And I don't like anybody getting fired but this song already sounded mediocre-at-best and not having the base in made them sound like a local bar cover band
So glad I saw this band on the Rumors tour. I was about16 years old at the time. I saw them again five years ago when Christine came back to tour again. They still sounded amazing. This version... missing something for sure.
Replacing him was a huge mistake...he was part of the Heart of Fleetwood. Stevie is one angry woman....let it go and bring Lindsey back....for Christ sake
Agree. Especially in live performances, we need the interplay between Lindsey and Stevie as Stevie spits the words at Lindsey. The song is autobiographical -- it can't be covered.
i think they just couldnt stand each other anymore. But yes as much as I love Neil Finn I prefer him singing his own songs, too easy to compare and Lindsay in his songs
I say this with love as someone that was around when Fleetwood Mac was a guitar band. It’s time for the band to hang it up. They are nothing but a shell of their former selves.
I love fleetwood mac since I was a little kid. Their music always brings me to tears because it sets me back to the time when I was happy together with my father who left me when I was 5 years old to find himself. It still hurts although I am over that all, the music gives my the sorrowfree time back
They sound like a cover band. Shows how changing just one ingredient changes everything. Mike played the running down a dream solo in the middle. Trying replace lindsey's fire isnt happening and I love Mike Campbell.
martin clarke And Stevie, too. Although not an original member, she's certainly been key for the popularity of the band as the vast, vast majority of fans know it. And this is coming from someone who knows and appreciates all the different, early personnel.
They sound OK but they don't sound the same. Everyone wants them to sound the same when they play their hits. The biggest change is in the singing. Lindsey has a voice that really cuts through the mix.
@@TheHarleyrulz the credits are Buckingham, Fleetwood, C. McVie, John McVie & Nicks however it's likely Lindsay wrote most of it about his ending relationship with Stevie!
He doesn't hold a candle to Buckingham you play to copy a master and you will always be compared to them. Buckingham gas never tried to copy Tom Petty.
I have mad respect for Finn and Campbell. It's a no-brainer, obviously, for them to take this lucrative gig. In the absence of Buckingham, I might pay the ticket price if they did several Split Enz and Crowded House numbers. Heck, do the Petty/Nicks duet cuz the guitar player is right there on the damn stage.
jbass66 agree! I hope they do some Crowded House & Petty stuff. I’m really tired of all the negative comments. People are so blind about Lindsey, they don’t know what they’re missing with Neil & Mike!
He was not wanting to to start performing again yet. Put the band off for few months and Stevie Nick's and band wanted to start now, did not want to wait. He was great but new members are too. One is from Tom Petty's band.
toyoscio Yo! NOBODY can be Lindsey! I've been with this band since I saw the article in Rolling Stone showing a photo of the 2 new members.I didn't know which was Lindsey & which was Stevie!
NO ONE can replace Lindsey’s passion, energy, voice or guitar sound. Did I mention his guitar playing?!! Or the way Stevie fed off of his presence, whether from loving him or hating him, they were electric together on stage. This lineup is a flatline...
Big big fan of Neil Finn and everything he's done musically, however the loss of the extraordinary Lindsey Buckingham/ Stevie Nicks combination breaks my heart. It was the most fascinating dynamic in rock n roll bandom.
It's because there's no Lindsey. Fleetwood Mac is, in reality, almost nothing without him. He was their secret weapon, best performer. No Lindsey=No FM.
@@gerardhaubert8210 yes, it's been "radical" let's even think Bob Welch, live they are a God awful sad, expense affair. (Love Mike Campbell, the only redeemable part of the evening). My whole group thought it. Peace.
It sounds better than I expected ...a little different..I like the way Neil returned to singing the original ending of "running in the shadows" instead of the" run run run" that it had become......
Carol J Green just the entire sound of the band , the voices, the instruments . There's no chemistry or energy. This band sucks. No Lindsey no Fleetwood Mac
you cant mess with perfection , this proves it, Lindsey is missed . but cambell and finn are great in their own right , this doesn't do them justice either.
Nick Watts they weren't meant to be a replacement and don't need to be. They are new band members just like Lindsey was when Peter Green/ Jeremy Spencer/Bob Welch left. These guys are amazing and aren't Lindsey wannabes!
Debbie Young They’re ARE a direct replacement for Buckingham. They play his guitar parts and sing in place of him on the same songs. Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac were a completely different style of band with a whole different catalogue of songs.
@@wattsy1977 Exactly. They didn't play Peter Green stuff after Buckingham and Nicks joined, they wrote new stuff. This band is just a touring band, playing music that was more Lindsey than it was any other band member. They aren't going to record anything new at all.
Ive read books about this and articles about this. The fact is Mick has had over 10 bankruptcies, 5 divorces, 6 wives kids wuth many different women and mick knows how t piss $$$$$ away. Mick admist " I love to spend $" Lindsey in the meantime, has the largest net worth of all the band menmbers according to forbes, Lindsey is worth over $100 million . Why? Lindsey has always been smart with his $$$. he saves and invests it , doesnt piss it away like Mick does. Lindsey and his wife have built together a very large real estate empire all over california . Mick has to tour constantly to feed the machine, thats his spending habits and blowing $$ away, meantime Lindsey has worked his ass off in the studio for over 45 years for this band crafting the albums that gave Mick and the others all this $$$$$ and there seems to be a lot of resentment towards lindsey for his success. Plus he has the happpiest family life of them all. Stevie and chris have no family, mick has more ex wives than trump , and John has just 1 daugher all grown up and hes been married for years,. So overall, Lindsey has the best personal life of them all, an I think thats a sore spot. I think Theres a lot of resentment towards lindsey for all his success inside and outside the band with his real estate empire. Mick has to tout until he dies because the way he pisses $$$ away, he cant survive more than 6 months with out it. Lindsey in the m,eantime, frankly doesnt need to tour ever again, he only does it because he enjoys it and he appreciates his fans. This coupled with stevie wanting mike campbell in there because of petty, I think it was a combination of all these things buildig over time, plus Lindsey wants new music, stevie doesnt. Lindsey and chri had a good record last year and he wants to do more new fleetwood mac music, the rest of them except for Chris and lindsey dont want new music. lindsey is very artistic. and I think lindsey wanted some of that new music on the tour for the mac, and the group declined that. I just think its a combination of things really. But the common denominator is causing all this trouble is Mick and stevie.
I grew up on this music. Both of my parents were obsessed with Fleetwood Mac, and Stevie Nicks. As a result, I find myself listening to their music as I sit by the pool relaxing with a beer on the weekend. Takes me back. So awesome to see them sharing their unique sound with a new generation. Unfortunately it sounds like they didn't have the mic volume set quite right because you can barely hear the ladies.
Jennifer Bureau; Thanks for making me feel REALLY OLD!! I was a freshman in College when this song came out.. You young whippersnappers missed out on some REALLY good bands in their heyday.
Sick_Puppy I was very lucky to have grown up listening to some amazing music. I was born in 1977 (the year this song came out in fact) and my parents were always playing music from the 50s, 60s and 70s in our home. When the 80s came, that music didn't replace the prior years' music, just got added into the rotation. I would rather listen to music from those eras, as I enjoy my weekend, than 90% of the music I heard when I was in college so, I'm jealous you had such great stuff coming out when you were. :)
There's some crazy relationship politics going on in this performance. Either they chose "The Chain" to perform without Buckingham as a statement to him, or they chose it without thinking and have really stepped on the memory of the song. Neither is really a great message to take. Sad days.
It's always their live opener, for a reason. It's a great song, and a song that thrives under young audiences. Don't think it's politic tbh. It's also all of them were involved in writing, so it makes sense to play this song, and not one that Lindsey was heavily involved in, right?
@scottjamescouper funny but I am pretty sure Stevie is back with Fleetwood, Christine actually supports Lindsay however doesn't have much say in the Mac!
GregorySpikeMD if you know enough about Fleetwood Mac then you know that there is no song that Lindsey isn’t heavily involved in. He’s literally the creative force behind the band.
I'd be honored if some Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham fans would check out my acoustic piano & vocal interpretation of their masterpiece composition LANDSLIDE on my channel. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
Flynn Taylor. Lindsey Buckingham wouldn’t commit to the Farewell Tour of the band that literally made him famous. Instead, they are persevering without him. The band has always risen above conflict and in true Fleetwood Mac tradition they are picking up and doing what they have to do. I think they sound fantastic and can’t wait to witness this bands final chapter in person! They don’t make em like this anymore. Lindsey Buckingham can sit home and play his guitar alone to himself for all I care. He bailed on his band.
Channel Ian - I thought the official story was that Lindsey wanted to record new music? I’ll take the new music over rolling out just the old hits any day. Otherwise they’re stagnant
Cire Nosnor You can put off a solo album for a year or two to tour with your band one last time. I don’t buy that story because either way he should have gone with them.
This is not about Lindsey. Changing the lineup of the band doesn't solve their main problem. Namely, that they haven't created worthy new song content since Tango In The Night was issued. How long have they been riding on these songs from Rumours? They have allowed a lot of time to slide by, and now they are nearing the end of their lives. They need to create something fresh and relevant, but I'm not sure they can do that anymore. It's sad.
Neil Finn truly is an amazing lead vocalist. Perhaps not the best song option for them to lead with, and completely understand that it's different without Lindsey, but this didn't sound bad at all. Looking forward to seeing how Neil tackles some of the pre-Buckingham/Nicks material.
These people were not outraged when Chris retired. Lindsey is very talented but has to get over his jealousy of Stevie for her personal success. Lindsey is one member of the band. I am looking forward to herring Chris, Stevie and the rest of the band play. Get over it.
THIS WAS my favorite band since 1975. The greatest day on my young life back then was when they finally came on 1980 to my town. I loved ALL of them. I played Rumors every night when following to sleep. I can say this is no longer fleetwood Mac. It makes me so sad, I can't no longer even listen to their music for now.
Love Neil Finn, love mike Campbell, miss Tom. But, for goodness sake, the amazing Buckingham brought more than brilliant chops. He brought energy. Wish they could have worked it out.
"Don't they sound amazing??" No, sorry Ellen. They do not. Neil Finn was great with Split Enz & Crowded House, but he just doesn't fit Fleetwood Mac. This was every bit as awful as I expected it would be when this mutation of a lineup was announced a few months back.
Adam Lindquist, you never listened to Fleetwood Mac until Neil joined? Did you just crawl out from under a rock? It's too bad you didn't discover them while they were still good
please listen to their first albums from the late 60s so you hear how they they have evolved. who knows, you might like the Peter Green era best...or enjoy all the eras
I just think that it’s such a sad way to end a legacy. It totally discredits the whole “we fight but we love each other” thing. Who knows what will happen in the future, but to me, Fleetwood Mac is Lindsey, Stevie, Mick, Chris, and John. It goes deeper than just the music. Losing Lindsey is like losing a limb.
Funny, I said the same thing about Fleetwood Mac when they lost Peter Green in 1970. I've never liked them since. Nobody could hold a candle to Green in that band, ever.
@@chalkieface9968 Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and Lindsay Buckingham's Fleetwood Mac are two different bands in my mind. Completely different style, different sound, everything. This video, though, is of a band trying to recreate Buckingham's style without Buckingham. Imagine Buckingham playing "Black Magic Woman" and trying to do an impression of Green: this feels like the same kind of wrong to me.
@@owlmatt You're probably right - I've never listened to any full track by Fleetwood Mac after Peter Green anyway so I wouldn't able to offer an opinion on the 2nd incarnation of the band.
So glad that I got to see this amazing band play live in Australia where I met Mick Fleetwood in a hotel where the band was staying. Miss you Christine McVie.
As a band they all brought so much to the table , without Lindsey the sound we come love is not there, but best of luck to all good they going to keep touring , just miss that true sound that only the five of them could produce.
I saw him in 04 and his voice was holding up back then. Ive seen some live stuff of his recently and can really tell he's loosing his voice. More a less going to see him play. Always been a big fan of his style. I go see him one last time before he starts getting the old man shakes lol.
Neil Finn is seriously talented and I like Fleetwood Mac even the 60's version with Peter Green. This though sounded flat. By that I mean whilst in tune there was just something missing, a lack of energy. Would have preferred if they could have worked something out with Buckingham. Fact Christine is with this lineup gives me hope because she recently worked with Buckingham on her solo album and hopefully she can be the link to salvage the relationship.
Think you have to look back at the emotional tension when song was written the chain and this is obviously missing all that emotion in Lyndsey's voice is that I believe
Don't mean to imply that suddenly they are bad. I've enjoyed Fleetwood Mac since their earliest days with Peter Green, Danny Kirwin, Bob Welch (had the song "Show Me a Smile" in my wedding 1973), but I think we all have to admit that they saw their greatest "commercial" (and financial) success with the addition of Nicks and Buckingham and that iteration is the most recognizable to the average listener. Just my humble opinion.
Don't worry about Neil Finn being good enough for this band mateys. FM just got themselves an insanely good singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, and are lucky to have him.
Mike Campbell is an amazing player. Different from Lindsey, but same level IMO. But Mike can't sing like LB. It is telling that both times they've replaced LB they had to get two people to fill his shoes.
I gotta admit; they sound pretty good here. They needed another mic on John's bass tho and apparently on Stevie, cause Neil's voice kinda drowned her out. It just won't be the same without Lindsey tho. On a different note, Christine McVie looks so good to be 75.
I have to agree with you. This was a live performance in a small television studio. 'I'm from the UK and first saw this on my phone and thought.. "Where are John's snappy bass lines?" then I got home and played it on my laptop with external speakers and a bass woofer and he sounds great. The vocal mix needs a bit of adjusting I also agree. On the whole, I'm now really looking forward to travelling all the way from London England to Tacoma Washington to see them in November. I don't understand all the negative comments here. Of course it's different without Buckingham but they still sound pretty darn good, even in a small television studio.
@@tryithere Same, she doesn't look much different now than she did 20 years ago. And agreed, so very underrated. Lindsey and Stevie deservingly get a lot of credit, but I always thoight McVie gave the band it's perfect balance.
I AGREE.. except for the fact that Stevie is singing back up here and not lead, so... She actually got heard more than in the original recording, I think. :)
Were we listening to the same schlock? That was atrocious. Neil's voice was meant to drown out Stevie's voice. Her voice is shot as is Christine's. You didn't hear Christine's voice on either song they performed. She even has a backup keyboardist. I will agree that Christine looks great. The band should have gone out gracefully - not like this.
Everyone has their own opinion about how they sound in the post Buckingham days, but I just think it goes to show how much of a skilled musician he his, that it takes two people to replace him.
The guy with the slimmest connection to Fleetwood Mac (Mike Campbell actually co-wrote at least one Stevie/Mac song in the past) is the one with the most prominent vocal on this wretched take of a great song.
redletter2008 personally I don’t think it sounds bad, it just sounds different to what we’re used to. Hopefully on the tour the three vocalists will be heard equally while singing together
Is there any way to block people? Some of this ludicrousness is just too much to bear. Dude, saffron, whatever -- you do know that guitarists backed up Lindsey, right? Sheesh.
Yep, I can handle Campbell on lead guitar because he has similar style to LB, but Finn (as talented as he is) just has too much of a laid back vocal style and stage presence to fit the bill. That was the same problem with Billy Burnette trying to replace LB back in the late 80s. Someone like Pete Townsend or similar, would have been a better fit IMO.
Everyone looks good. Everyone looks happy. Everyone sounds good. Fleetwood Mac has had a long history of personnel changes. This is the latest. Let's give them a chance to show what musicians who can play can do.
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Lindsay needs to come back so Stevie and him can scream at each other like they did in 82 😭😭😭😭
That live video always has me in tears both from laughing and crying
AGREE! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Agreed
Neil Finn does a good job though
As much as I love and respect Neil Finn and Mike Campbell, both of them combined cannot replace the feel, sound, presence and attitude of Lindsey Buckingham. I'm glad I got to see them when Lindsay was still with them and they were simply brilliant.
Neil Finn belongs in Crowded House
I hope Ellen’s sound tech was fired after completely leaving John M’s iconic bass part out of the mix.
Yes! It sounded like it wasn't in the main mix at all, maybe just in the monitors.
Absolutely! And I don't like anybody getting fired but this song already sounded mediocre-at-best and not having the base in made them sound like a local bar cover band
McVie probably forgot to plug his bass in.
mirandared1 bass*
Tangled Food Chain it was just really mellow you could still hear it but not well
Christine looks beautiful. Always did. RIP 🙏
So glad I saw this band on the Rumors tour. I was about16 years old at the time. I saw them again five years ago when Christine came back to tour again. They still sounded amazing. This version... missing something for sure.
Missing Lindsey, definitely a key part in the Mac
Lindsey Buckingham!!!! It's so obvious.
what a concert that must have been... you didnt realize you were living a classic moment at the time I bet
Nothing still beats the 1982 live version.
I agree. The Mirage tour was full of coke and hatred, and I loved every second watching it.
Time machines would be great!
3 guitar players still cant replace one Lindsey Buckingham let alone his voice and passion
Exactly!!
André Delhaise the only other guitarist that played with Lindsey was one to play the background acoustics.
Replacing him was a huge mistake...he was part of the Heart of Fleetwood. Stevie
is one angry woman....let it go and bring Lindsey back....for Christ sake
The guy on acoustic isn't a replacement. But yeah Niel Finn sucks and though seeing them play with Mike is cool, his reason for joining isn't
Or should I say, the reason they hired him isn't
This is one of the best Fleetwood Mac's songs and it is NOT the same without Buckingham (he's the magic).
Agree. Especially in live performances, we need the interplay between Lindsey and Stevie as Stevie spits the words at Lindsey. The song is autobiographical -- it can't be covered.
@@IdealDanl Buck was actually talking them to Stevie.
agree
Undoubtably...he's the chain they broke
A-----MEN!!!!!!!
I find it ironic how theyre singing the chain without buckingham. Kicking Buckingham out of the group has literally broken the chain
Are you sure they kicked him out? It was a mutual departure
i think they just couldnt stand each other anymore. But yes as much as I love Neil Finn I prefer him singing his own songs, too easy to compare and Lindsay in his songs
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Takes 2 guys to replace Lindsey.
Actually three. There's a guy playing acoustic towards the back of the stage.
Reality: no one can replace Lindsay.
and even then they don't come close (and im a big neil finn fan)
And they still didn't make it as good as the LB.
Lindsey can never be replaced, even by these guys
I say this with love as someone that was around when Fleetwood Mac was a guitar band. It’s time for the band to hang it up. They are nothing but a shell of their former selves.
NOT FOR US NEWBIES😂❤
Never ever comparable to when Lindsey was playing the lead guitar and lead vocals!
Well, the broke the chain. Now they're Fleetwood Crowded Heartbreakers.
Fakewood Mac
its stevie mac not fleetwood mac anymore
Fleetwood Nicks
There just isn't the chemistry when Lindsey isn't there, A lot of the appeal of Fleetwood Mac is when Lindsey and Steve are singing to each other
They didn't sing too each other. They sang at each other. You could feel the anger.
Neil Finn is an amazing musician but he doesn’t have the chemistry with Stevie like Lindsey had.
Seriously, so true. Can you imagine Go Your Own Way with Stevie and Neil?
Give him time
Maybe him and Stevie need to have a root and the chemistry will be back
Nor would you expect him too. Neither could I imagine LB fronting Crowded House.
Cuz he wasnt the ex so
Lindsey cannot be replaced. The song lost its gravity without him.
I love fleetwood mac since I was a little kid. Their music always brings me to tears because it sets me back to the time when I was happy together with my father who left me when I was 5 years old to find himself. It still hurts although I am over that all, the music gives my the sorrowfree time back
Bass not loud enough :'( It breaks my heart
Fleetwood Mac should recruit a great guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham for example ;-)
Yesssssss....lol
Lindsey is world class, and he wrote the parts. But I wouldn't underrate Mike Campbell - he is one of the best guitarists in the world.
He was already part of that band before!
Mike Cambell is streets ahead of Lindsay
Mike Campbell is a great guitarist ....underrated ,but he is !
They sound like a cover band. Shows how changing just one ingredient changes everything. Mike played the running down a dream solo in the middle. Trying replace lindsey's fire isnt happening and I love Mike Campbell.
Yeah, that solo was awful.
LEGITTT OMG
Never thought I would see Fleetwood Mac become their own cover band!
Why not? Kiss and Skynyrd have.
Haha!! I've seen cover bands better than this sh*t!!
Fleetwoods there, McVie's there. So long as those 2 are there then it's Fleetwood Mac. It's no cover band
@@fivestring65ify Well, KISS suck so completely, the replacement of Ace and Peter actually improved the band, musically lol
martin clarke And Stevie, too. Although not an original member, she's certainly been key for the popularity of the band as the vast, vast majority of fans know it. And this is coming from someone who knows and appreciates all the different, early personnel.
The irony of them singing this song when they broke the chain isn't lost on me.
Almost like a f*ck you to Lindsey. Stevie's a master at it.
Buckingham broke the chain when he first walked out.
@@marksnelling3233 In 1987? Lol
Only person who made this song remotely feel like what it used to be is Mick Fleetwood. Without Lindsay, the band does not sound good
They sound OK but they don't sound the same. Everyone wants them to sound the same when they play their hits. The biggest change is in the singing. Lindsey has a voice that really cuts through the mix.
Exactly. The band sounds stale now.
Especially on this song. Lindsey and Mick wrote the song.
@@TheHarleyrulz the credits are Buckingham, Fleetwood, C. McVie, John McVie & Nicks however it's likely Lindsay wrote most of it about his ending relationship with Stevie!
@@TheHarleyrulz I lost all respect for Mick Fleetwood as one of the driving forces for getting rid of Lindsay
I love Mike Campbell's attempt to give this 'effort' the kiss of life. Dreadful otherwise.
So good to see Mike Campbell back to rocking out!! He is such an underrated guitar player but so amazing!!! 😎🤘😎 #longlivetheheartbreakers
He's ok. Nothing spectacular.
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He doesn't hold a candle to Buckingham you play to copy a master and you will always be compared to them. Buckingham gas never tried to copy Tom Petty.
@@Melbelle-nl9vnyet on the top 100 guitarists listing, Mike Campbell ranks higher than Buckingham...
I have mad respect for Finn and Campbell. It's a no-brainer, obviously, for them to take this lucrative gig. In the absence of Buckingham, I might pay the ticket price if they did several Split Enz and Crowded House numbers. Heck, do the Petty/Nicks duet cuz the guitar player is right there on the damn stage.
jbass66 agree! I hope they do some Crowded House & Petty stuff. I’m really tired of all the negative comments. People are so blind about Lindsey, they don’t know what they’re missing with Neil & Mike!
+ jbass66 That is exactly what bthey did on their tour. Becoming a cover band pretty much.
Neil sounds great... An odd song choice, though. "Chain, keep us together"... even though we just kicked out our most gifted member.
He was not wanting to to start performing again yet. Put the band off for few months and Stevie Nick's and band wanted to start now, did not want to wait. He was great but new members are too. One is from Tom Petty's band.
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He's no Lindsey, unfortunately.
BlanketMan Actually, I thought that as well, till I learned that Lindsey didn't wanna go on tour.They had no choice.
Madelene Manley SOOO MUCH!
toyoscio Yo! NOBODY can be Lindsey! I've been with this band since I saw the article in Rolling Stone showing a photo of the 2 new members.I didn't know which was Lindsey & which was Stevie!
Lindsay playing Big Love instrumental has 100 times more feeling. Maybe a reunion someday, love Stevie and all the band
The Chain is empty without Lindsay. Fleetwood Mac too... Bring him back pls.
NO ONE can replace Lindsey’s passion, energy, voice or guitar sound. Did I mention his guitar playing?!! Or the way Stevie fed off of his presence, whether from loving him or hating him, they were electric together on stage. This lineup is a flatline...
Lindsey's voice has really deteriorated over the past couple of years.
@@Diostillrocks Newsflash: so has Stevie's. The backup singers hit the high notes for her and she uses backing tracks on the road.
They're all seniors now,none of them sound like they did.
People still enjoy the show
Was it Lindsey?
@@michaeladamson5050 no it was neil finn from crowded house and split enz
That’s a great cover. Something’s missing - something that took two really talented new guys to (sort of) replicate.
Soulless without the Buckmeister
Big big fan of Neil Finn and everything he's done musically, however the loss of the extraordinary Lindsey Buckingham/ Stevie Nicks combination breaks my heart. It was the most fascinating dynamic in rock n roll bandom.
The Chain, a song from many years ago about keeping the band together, so where is Lindsey? Now, at best, a tribute band.
Lindsey broke the chain long ago . . . the rest of the band held it together.
Not The Mac without Lindsey. Period. It always takes 2 guitarists to TRY and replace him..and still can’t come close. Legend
I found this abit painful to watch 😭😭
same dude
It's because there's no Lindsey. Fleetwood Mac is, in reality, almost nothing without him. He was their secret weapon, best performer. No Lindsey=No FM.
@@chrisPAT03 So they're only broadcasting on AM now... Got it!
@@Utubeuser000 Really? C'mon... lame, dude.
@@chrisPAT03 Ok, I'll see myself out then...
And where was the bass sound at the iconic moment?
All these comments about "no good without Lindsey Buckingham". The truth is you are all absolutely right!
this tribute band is better:(The World's #1 Tribute to Fleetwood Mac)
Obviously none of you know the history of Fleetwood Mac.....it’s radical. Google Peter Green
@@gerardhaubert8210 true.
I saw them during the
Zito/Burnette era. That was pretty sad too. No Lyndsey, no post Peter Green Fleetwood Mac. Just my opinion.
@@gerardhaubert8210 yes, it's been "radical" let's even think Bob Welch, live they are a God awful sad, expense affair. (Love Mike Campbell, the only redeemable part of the evening). My whole group thought it. Peace.
It sounds better than I expected ...a little different..I like the way Neil returned to singing the original ending of "running in the shadows" instead of the" run run run" that it had become......
Carol J Green that was so painful
@@jasonraczkowski6001 ...what was so painful..the"Run, run ,run" or the new collabration...just curious...
Carol J Green just the entire sound of the band , the voices, the instruments . There's no chemistry or energy. This band sucks. No Lindsey no Fleetwood Mac
@@jasonraczkowski6001 ...oh ok, well it isn't the same, it couldn't be,...we will see how this mix does in the future..time will tell...
Didn't realise how much Lindsey affected the sound. Love Campell and Finn is okay but much respect for Buckingham.
Definitely something missing with Lindsey not there. Mike Campbell is a great guitarist but the chemistry just isn't there with the new guys.
Seems so funny hearing the name Fleetwood mac then seeing Neil Finn BRING BACK CROWDED HOUSE NEIL
karren wildman This is like a band from another dimension
ruclips.net/video/oDL6HNjZvxk/видео.html this is neil at his best
karren wildman usdy
Fleetwood Housebreakers!
FinnMac
Lovely performance, glad to see Neil Finn and Mike Campbell along for the ride, so much guitar, love that Mike Campbell solo.
you cant mess with perfection , this proves it, Lindsey is missed . but cambell and finn are great in their own right , this doesn't do them justice either.
I can't believe they played "the chain" hahahaha THE SHADE DARLING
Ellen audiences would clap and dance to boiling eggs.
I'm not ecstatic about this performance, but if they enjoyed it, why belittle them? Let people enjoy things
I'm not belittling them, I'm calling them fakes.
Yes, that would fall under the umbrella of belittling!
No, it wouldn't, it's an observation.
Yes, let them enjoy having empty heads.
Buckingham’s iconic voice just can’t be replaced.
Nick Watts they weren't meant to be a replacement and don't need to be. They are new band members just like Lindsey was when Peter Green/ Jeremy Spencer/Bob Welch left. These guys are amazing and aren't Lindsey wannabes!
Debbie Young They’re ARE a direct replacement for Buckingham. They play his guitar parts and sing in place of him on the same songs.
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac were a completely different style of band with a whole different catalogue of songs.
@@wattsy1977 Exactly. They didn't play Peter Green stuff after Buckingham and Nicks joined, they wrote new stuff. This band is just a touring band, playing music that was more Lindsey than it was any other band member. They aren't going to record anything new at all.
Nor Stevie's FORMERLY amazing one.
nicks and Buckingham were lightening in a bottle. their unmistakable sound is irreplaceable. rock history!
Sounds like a fair FleetwoodMac cover band....
Ive read books about this and articles about this. The fact is Mick has had over 10 bankruptcies, 5 divorces, 6 wives kids wuth many different women and mick knows how t piss $$$$$ away. Mick admist " I love to spend $" Lindsey in the meantime, has the largest net worth of all the band menmbers according to forbes, Lindsey is worth over $100 million . Why? Lindsey has always been smart with his $$$. he saves and invests it , doesnt piss it away like Mick does. Lindsey and his wife have built together a very large real estate empire all over california . Mick has to tour constantly to feed the machine, thats his spending habits and blowing $$ away, meantime Lindsey has worked his ass off in the studio for over 45 years for this band crafting the albums that gave Mick and the others all this $$$$$ and there seems to be a lot of resentment towards lindsey for his success. Plus he has the happpiest family life of them all. Stevie and chris have no family, mick has more ex wives than trump , and John has just 1 daugher all grown up and hes been married for years,. So overall, Lindsey has the best personal life of them all, an I think thats a sore spot. I think Theres a lot of resentment towards lindsey for all his success inside and outside the band with his real estate empire. Mick has to tout until he dies because the way he pisses $$$ away, he cant survive more than 6 months with out it. Lindsey in the m,eantime, frankly doesnt need to tour ever again, he only does it because he enjoys it and he appreciates his fans. This coupled with stevie wanting mike campbell in there because of petty, I think it was a combination of all these things buildig over time, plus Lindsey wants new music, stevie doesnt. Lindsey and chri had a good record last year and he wants to do more new fleetwood mac music, the rest of them except for Chris and lindsey dont want new music. lindsey is very artistic. and I think lindsey wanted some of that new music on the tour for the mac, and the group declined that. I just think its a combination of things really. But the common denominator is causing all this trouble is Mick and stevie.
Wayne Bishop exactly!! That's what I mean ,he'building up that real estate Empire
I always find it funny when people call it that, when the two main guys (Fleetwood and mac) are still there.
Glad to see Lindsey has built a real estate empire by charging people 100's of dollars a ticket to see a oldies act. The whole concert is larceny.
felpin well people keep paying it
I grew up on this music. Both of my parents were obsessed with Fleetwood Mac, and Stevie Nicks. As a result, I find myself listening to their music as I sit by the pool relaxing with a beer on the weekend. Takes me back. So awesome to see them sharing their unique sound with a new generation. Unfortunately it sounds like they didn't have the mic volume set quite right because you can barely hear the ladies.
Jennifer Bureau; Thanks for making me feel REALLY OLD!! I was a freshman in College when this song came out.. You young whippersnappers missed out on some REALLY good bands in their heyday.
Shame this is just a shit cover version without LB
Sick_Puppy I was very lucky to have grown up listening to some amazing music. I was born in 1977 (the year this song came out in fact) and my parents were always playing music from the 50s, 60s and 70s in our home. When the 80s came, that music didn't replace the prior years' music, just got added into the rotation. I would rather listen to music from those eras, as I enjoy my weekend, than 90% of the music I heard when I was in college so, I'm jealous you had such great stuff coming out when you were. :)
Clearly they missed on one particular awesome blues band, which is so sad.
There's some crazy relationship politics going on in this performance. Either they chose "The Chain" to perform without Buckingham as a statement to him, or they chose it without thinking and have really stepped on the memory of the song. Neither is really a great message to take.
Sad days.
It's always their live opener, for a reason. It's a great song, and a song that thrives under young audiences. Don't think it's politic tbh. It's also all of them were involved in writing, so it makes sense to play this song, and not one that Lindsey was heavily involved in, right?
Sounded mediocre!
@scottjamescouper funny but I am pretty sure Stevie is back with Fleetwood, Christine actually supports Lindsay however doesn't have much say in the Mac!
GregorySpikeMD if you know enough about Fleetwood Mac then you know that there is no song that Lindsey isn’t heavily involved in. He’s literally the creative force behind the band.
No Lindsey Buckingham no Fleetwood Mac simple as that really
tell that to Peter Green and Danny Kirwan
I love Mike Campbell just so much, but man, it’s painful without Lindsey.
Seriously painful. Hard to watch. Especially this song.
That's Neil Finn though....
This song just doesn’t make any sense without Lindsey.
@@bethany4379 live in concert, it almost hurt your heart. (Love, Mike Campbell, he seems to be a loner in this band)
@@JonBecker81 live...it was so sad.
Without Lindsey this song falls flat. No soul. No one can sing that harmony like lindsey. And if you dont love me now. Enough said. Chain is broken😢😣🤤
I'd be honored if some Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham fans would check out my acoustic piano & vocal interpretation of their masterpiece composition LANDSLIDE on my channel. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and peace.
Flynn Taylor. Lindsey Buckingham wouldn’t commit to the Farewell Tour of the band that literally made him famous. Instead, they are persevering without him. The band has always risen above conflict and in true Fleetwood Mac tradition they are picking up and doing what they have to do. I think they sound fantastic and can’t wait to witness this bands final chapter in person! They don’t make em like this anymore. Lindsey Buckingham can sit home and play his guitar alone to himself for all I care. He bailed on his band.
Channel Ian - I thought the official story was that Lindsey wanted to record new music? I’ll take the new music over rolling out just the old hits any day. Otherwise they’re stagnant
Cire Nosnor You can put off a solo album for a year or two to tour with your band one last time. I don’t buy that story because either way he should have gone with them.
This is not about Lindsey. Changing the lineup of the band doesn't solve their main problem. Namely, that they haven't created worthy new song content since Tango In The Night was issued. How long have they been riding on these songs from Rumours? They have allowed a lot of time to slide by, and now they are nearing the end of their lives. They need to create something fresh and relevant, but I'm not sure they can do that anymore. It's sad.
Talk about a void without Buckingham in the fold.
You Broke The Chain when you tried to pass this off as Fleetwood Mac!!!!!
Neil Finn truly is an amazing lead vocalist. Perhaps not the best song option for them to lead with, and completely understand that it's different without Lindsey, but this didn't sound bad at all. Looking forward to seeing how Neil tackles some of the pre-Buckingham/Nicks material.
He's a pretty good guitar player as well.
These people were not outraged when Chris retired. Lindsey is very talented but has to get over his jealousy of Stevie for her personal success. Lindsey is one member of the band. I am looking forward to herring Chris, Stevie and the rest of the band play. Get over it.
herring is right....this was fishy as hell.
So true stew23 👍🏻
@@patriciapauline2172 The band are happy again. No point in going on if they're not enjoying performing together.
Maybe my headphones are broken but the only moment when I was able to actually hear Christine was at the end when she said "Thank you!"
THIS WAS my favorite band since 1975. The greatest day on my young life back then was when they finally came on 1980 to my town. I loved ALL of them. I played Rumors every night when following to sleep. I can say this is no longer fleetwood Mac. It makes me so sad, I can't no longer even listen to their music for now.
The best Fleetwood Mac music came out long before Buckingham & Nicks joined. Peter Green was at a much higher level playing and writing.
Love Neil Finn, love mike Campbell, miss Tom. But, for goodness sake, the amazing Buckingham brought more than brilliant chops. He brought energy. Wish they could have worked it out.
"Don't they sound amazing??" No, sorry Ellen. They do not. Neil Finn was great with Split Enz & Crowded House, but he just doesn't fit Fleetwood Mac. This was every bit as awful as I expected it would be when this mutation of a lineup was announced a few months back.
Great performers. Love Neil! Have a blast on tour!
Amazing! Neil Finn sounds so good. I never listened to Fleetwood Mac before Neil joined and am now discovering all their great albums.
Adam Lindquist, you never listened to Fleetwood Mac until Neil joined? Did you just crawl out from under a rock? It's too bad you didn't discover them while they were still good
Adam...never listened to "Rumors" one of the top selling albums of all time?
please listen to their first albums from the late 60s so you hear how they they have evolved. who knows, you might like the Peter Green era best...or enjoy all the eras
@sun 123 yeah but with Peter Green they were more,blues rock...they sound nothing like that for over 30 years...
It’s bittersweet to see Mike Campbell from the Heartbreaks playin w them ❤️
This literally makes me want to cry. The chain is broken, folks. How ironic is this performance?
Are you kidding? They should re-record Rumours with Finn. Breath of fresh air to the band.
@sun 123 the real FM with Peter Green?
Change will keep them together.
Gabrielle Schilling SO TRUE OMG
I just think that it’s such a sad way to end a legacy. It totally discredits the whole “we fight but we love each other” thing. Who knows what will happen in the future, but to me, Fleetwood Mac is Lindsey, Stevie, Mick, Chris, and John. It goes deeper than just the music. Losing Lindsey is like losing a limb.
OMG, i love you Christine McVie, you're beautiful!
I think Neil Finn is an INCREDIBLY accomplished musician and fits in "VERY NICELY" thank you!!!! 😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸😎🎸
I agree....he had some really big shoes to fill as well..and did so like the pro that he is anyway ...
Wow what a massacred masterpiece:(
To me it's like taking the mustang from Bullitt and converting it to a hybrid uber ride
I love, love, love Mike Campbell. He's one of my favorite guitar players. But Fleetwood Mac without Lindsey Buckingham is just...eh.
Funny, I said the same thing about Fleetwood Mac when they lost Peter Green in 1970. I've never liked them since. Nobody could hold a candle to Green in that band, ever.
@@chalkieface9968 Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and Lindsay Buckingham's Fleetwood Mac are two different bands in my mind. Completely different style, different sound, everything. This video, though, is of a band trying to recreate Buckingham's style without Buckingham. Imagine Buckingham playing "Black Magic Woman" and trying to do an impression of Green: this feels like the same kind of wrong to me.
@@owlmatt You're probably right - I've never listened to any full track by Fleetwood Mac after Peter Green anyway so I wouldn't able to offer an opinion on the 2nd incarnation of the band.
"We will never break the chain" he.... ironic!
I wish the new members the very best. It's never easy replacing the originals.
So glad that I got to see this amazing band play live in Australia where I met Mick Fleetwood in a hotel where the band was staying. Miss you Christine McVie.
Very pleasantly surprised! Sounds damn good! Mike sounds awesome
Was stevie nicks microphone even on? The guys voice came in a lot louder
lopezryan11 was Christine’s mic on I didn’t hear her
Was thinking the same
Yeah can barely hear Stevie. Agree!
Oh yes it’s on! She makes a big mistake at 1:55. «And if...» whooops a little to early! 😂
She sings 'and then!' - she's been adding that live for a while now.
Should have done a pre-Buckingham Nicks song. Campbell's guitar style fits the Peter Green/Danny Kirwan/Bob Welch eras.
But no one in the Ellen audience would know any of those tunes.
They probably would know Black Magic Woman and Oh Well.
I think you're overestimating the hipness of an average Ellen crowd! :)
Journey and Chicago often do deep cuts in their live shows.
I wish. That would have been great but it would never happen I bet.
As a band they all brought so much to the table , without Lindsey the sound we come love is not there, but best of luck to all good they going to keep touring , just miss that true sound that only the five of them could produce.
Wow... I think I'll save my money this go around and just catch Lindsey's solo tour when it comes though.
That's what I did with no regrets.
I saw him in 04 and his voice was holding up back then. Ive seen some live stuff of his recently and can really tell he's loosing his voice. More a less going to see him play. Always been a big fan of his style. I go see him one last time before he starts getting the old man shakes lol.
Mike Campbell killing it though - Heartbreakers forever - also Neil Finn LEGEND!
Yes. Right there with you, IBTypeR.
I liked this! The ladies mics could have been louder but I’m super happy to see Neil
They were turned down for a reason.
as much as i love mike cambell and his time with tom petty nobody plays and drives the band like lindsay buckingham - period
Neil Finn is seriously talented and I like Fleetwood Mac even the 60's version with Peter Green. This though sounded flat. By that I mean whilst in tune there was just something missing, a lack of energy. Would have preferred if they could have worked something out with Buckingham. Fact Christine is with this lineup gives me hope because she recently worked with Buckingham on her solo album and hopefully she can be the link to salvage the relationship.
Exactly!
Have to agree couldn't put finger on it something missing, tune okay
Think you have to look back at the emotional tension when song was written the chain and this is obviously missing all that emotion in Lyndsey's voice is that I believe
The key felt off, too.
Christine and Stevie’s mics were off or very lowwwww
You can't take the guts of the band out. Lindsey Buckingham's guitar and voice are much too important.
His arranging and producing are important, too.
Plus his song writing.
No offense to Neil Finn or Mike Campbell and the third guitarist in the background, but all 3 can't equal Lindsay Buckingham. Sad days.
That guy has been part of their touring performers for years.
Yup seen them live twice and both times there’s been 3 guitars including Lindsey.
Don't mean to imply that suddenly they are bad. I've enjoyed Fleetwood Mac since their earliest days with Peter Green, Danny Kirwin, Bob Welch (had the song "Show Me a Smile" in my wedding 1973), but I think we all have to admit that they saw their greatest "commercial" (and financial) success with the addition of Nicks and Buckingham and that iteration is the most recognizable to the average listener. Just my humble opinion.
Don't worry about Neil Finn being good enough for this band mateys. FM just got themselves an insanely good singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, and are lucky to have him.
Mike Campbell is an amazing player. Different from Lindsey, but same level IMO. But Mike can't sing like LB. It is telling that both times they've replaced LB they had to get two people to fill his shoes.
Sounds like Fleetwood Heartbreakers. That quintessential Petty guitar sound at the end. Need LB back.
I gotta admit; they sound pretty good here. They needed another mic on John's bass tho and apparently on Stevie, cause Neil's voice kinda drowned her out. It just won't be the same without Lindsey tho. On a different note, Christine McVie looks so good to be 75.
I have to agree with you. This was a live performance in a small television studio. 'I'm from the UK and first saw this on my phone and thought.. "Where are John's snappy bass lines?" then I got home and played it on my laptop with external speakers and a bass woofer and he sounds great. The vocal mix needs a bit of adjusting I also agree. On the whole, I'm now really looking forward to travelling all the way from London England to Tacoma Washington to see them in November. I don't understand all the negative comments here. Of course it's different without Buckingham but they still sound pretty darn good, even in a small television studio.
I can't believe she's 75. Very underrated too.
@@tryithere Same, she doesn't look much different now than she did 20 years ago. And agreed, so very underrated. Lindsey and Stevie deservingly get a lot of credit, but I always thoight McVie gave the band it's perfect balance.
I AGREE.. except for the fact that Stevie is singing back up here and not lead, so... She actually got heard more than in the original recording, I think. :)
Were we listening to the same schlock? That was atrocious. Neil's voice was meant to drown out Stevie's voice. Her voice is shot as is Christine's. You didn't hear Christine's voice on either song they performed. She even has a backup keyboardist. I will agree that Christine looks great. The band should have gone out gracefully - not like this.
What a great cover band! Almost sounds like the real band!! woooo
Lol.
No LB then no FM! That dude made that band legendary.
Somewhere Tom Petty is shaking his head and not in a good way.
Don't know about that. Thinking Lindsey was not his fav guy.
Fleetwood Mac is one of the greatest bands, ever.🤘🤘🤘
True, but kinda bad now
I'm Batman was.
They were :(
Kind of ironic performing 'never break the chain' without Lindsey.
yeah.....pretty sure the chain just got broken
pure hypocrisy!
I SAW EM IN OAKLAND,, THEY WANT ELECTRIC...YES LINDSY IS awesome GREAT
Everyone has their own opinion about how they sound in the post Buckingham days, but I just think it goes to show how much of a skilled musician he his, that it takes two people to replace him.
there was a 3rd guitarist in the background....and even with 3 guitarists it sounded dull by comparison.
This is like watching AC/DC without Angus Young - a total waste of my time!
Vocally no punch they sound tired and pitchy
That's why I am scared Mike. I should have been satisfied with just preserving the memories thru their dvds and cds.
Would have been nice to actually hear Stevie and Christine.
But Neil sounds good and Mike is a great guitarist
The guy with the slimmest connection to Fleetwood Mac (Mike Campbell actually co-wrote at least one Stevie/Mac song in the past) is the one with the most prominent vocal on this wretched take of a great song.
redletter2008 personally I don’t think it sounds bad, it just sounds different to what we’re used to.
Hopefully on the tour the three vocalists will be heard equally while singing together
Joseph Corcoran Hey! They needed TWO guitaurists to replace Lindsey- JUST like LAST time! And they STILL can't measure up!
Fleetwood Mac always toured with extra guitarists when your cult leader was in the band.
Is there any way to block people? Some of this ludicrousness is just too much to bear. Dude, saffron, whatever -- you do know that guitarists backed up Lindsey, right? Sheesh.
Love Neil, love Fleetwood Mac, not sure about Neil with Fleetwood Mac 🤔
It does suck doesn't it.
Yep, I can handle Campbell on lead guitar because he has similar style to LB, but Finn (as talented as he is) just has too much of a laid back vocal style and stage presence to fit the bill. That was the same problem with Billy Burnette trying to replace LB back in the late 80s. Someone like Pete Townsend or similar, would have been a better fit IMO.
The charisma is basically gone. This song has no purpose with this lineup.
Neil Finn is awesome. Fleetwood Mac was awesome. This, however, is borderline pathetic.
man i wanted it to work but it just doesn't. this is like van halen without michael anthony (nothing against wolfie) it's just not the same...
Nobody they hired can even play Lindsey's guitar style the right way, lol
'You shouldn't have killed my Mom and squished my Walkman'
you need to go to another site where you might get some attention. You won't get it here
Very Nice Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Reference.
Finn I understood that reference
@ Jache Snache and yet . . ,
Irony much ?
Doesn’t work. Lindsey’s voice and guitar are vital to the sound. This sounds like a Stevie solo band.
loveiseternity - Just wait until Christine leaves or gets pushed out to make room for Bentmont Tench and the other Heartbreakers.
Hmmm, maybe you should get up there and it would sound so much better
Keith Blackwelder yes it would
Everyone looks good. Everyone looks happy. Everyone sounds good. Fleetwood Mac has had a long history of personnel changes. This is the latest. Let's give them a chance to show what musicians who can play can do.
The fact Buckingham has left is pure lunacy. He can't be replaced!!!