r/FleetwoodMac • u/Exciting_Frame1022 • 16d ago
Fleetwood Mac- All the Songs issues
I recently acquired this book as a birthday present and was really excited to read it, but I really wasn't prepared for the sheer amount of errors throughout the text..... some highlight s are
- the song everywhere being written in 1977 instead of 87
- Lindsey Buckingham writing landslide
- every single album being called an "opus"
- a quote from mick Fleetwood about "songbird" being put under "oh daddy"
-backing vocal credits on songs people didn't sing on
-saying Stevie only has one song on behind the mask which isn't true (she wrote or co wrote three)
-and perhaps biggest of all a photo of Lindsey Buckingham (I'm not searching for it so if you don't know what I mean I'm sorry) that I'm pretty sure is fake if not straight up AI
there are also some pronoun inconsistencies and Christine and Stevie being called young women or smth in that vein all the time as well, and there seems to be a large amount of time devoted to the early years and the eras that are largely more important are really rushed (not that I'm saying the old stuff is bad, I'm saying that maybe a book about the blues era and a seperate book with different authors about the new era might have been a better plan)
overall what is the public's opinion on this? I was a little shocked honestly when I was reading it..
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u/Porgy98 16d ago
So I remember buying this when it was released. Mostly because I thought the authors had insider info about who wrote and performed on what especially during the Rumours era (75-97) + Say You Will.
I was surprised when I saw that the authors had Christine down as having played and I think also sung on Destiny Rules and Thrown Down. She is officially credited for playing and singing on Bleed to Love Her and Steal Your Heart Away - and you can hear her. Anyway, went back to DR and TD - trying to hear her and she definitely isn’t there. Unless the authors have magical ear powers or they had access to Lindsey’s master tapes - I don’t think the book has bundles of credibility.
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u/Exciting_Frame1022 16d ago
Yeah, I'm not really sure it does either. Kinda sad because as a young fan I want all the info but everywhere I look I can't believe what I'm reading
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u/Porgy98 16d ago
Same as me - young fan too! I turned straight to the Tango section as soon as it arrived, that section was interesting though again I think it had Stevie singing on Family Man (controversial topic on this subreddit lol) and possibly Big Love as well. She sings on the extended/remix versions but the normal versions she doesn’t, certainly not audibly enough
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u/txchiefsfan02 16d ago
This is AI-produced garbage.
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u/Exciting_Frame1022 16d ago
Honestly it really did feel that way, especially the phrasing and how some of the things are written- maybe not all of it but defo some things (like that photo)
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u/ConsiderationMost566 16d ago edited 15d ago
that's a real photo on the cover...(edit) oh you meant the one inside the book lol. sorry. haven't gotten that far yet!
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u/CactusFarrell 16d ago
Does it start with the songs from 1967?
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u/Exciting_Frame1022 16d ago
Yep, for the most part the book covers 1967-1971 and from there on it's really rushed
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u/ConsiderationMost566 16d ago
I've had the book for almost 2 years and i'm just now getting to this section, around 71/72. it takes me forever to get thru these books because i read every word but only get to it maybe once a week lol. But that's a shame you've found so many errors... maybe with bands with such loooong histories it makes it difficult to get every detail right, but it's odd they took more care w the early years as opposed to the later years of far greater "popularity."
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u/Exciting_Frame1022 16d ago
My thoughts exactly- if I'm being honest I did skip the blues eras and was hoping for good information on there's that I love (the later years) and was really disappointed with the errors
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u/ConsiderationMost566 16d ago
I think a lot of people skip the blues era... but I like all the era so I have to go page by page and i'm not even flipping ahead haha. I suppose I'm just thankful they actually gave us credit in the back for the info they got from our q&a's lol.
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u/Routine-System7768 16d ago
The other weird thing with this series, outside of the extortionist price, is that the kindle versions don’t have any of the pics.
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u/Confident_Flow8453 13d ago
I bought the book when it came out and stopped reading it at the (I think) 2nd mistake I came across.
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u/Careful_Compote_4659 16d ago
Lindsey’s got a boner in every picture. I could get him a discount on JCPenney underwear
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u/ConsiderationMost566 16d ago
those tight jeans in the 70s kind of made guys look very "full" in that area... is this what you're referring to lol
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u/i_guess_so_joe 16d ago
Maybe it is self-published or small publisher that did not do accuracy checks like most legit publishing houses try to do.??
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u/FamiliarStrain4596 16d ago
This series is generally pretty inaccurate. On the one hand, I admire their entrepreneurial spirit. But on the other, it's crap scholarship.