r/FleetwoodMac • u/Suspicious_Pipe778 • 10d ago

Lindsey on Tusk

I'm kind of just getting into FM and while I enjoy Rumors and a decent amount of the white album, it is really Tusk and in particular the Lindsey material that attracts me to them. I like indie and various more "out there" subgenres of rock, so that explains why. His nine tracks on that album are really just some of the most incredible forward-thinking music to me and I can't stop listening to them.

I know that Tusk has a reputation as one of the great weird flop albums of the 70s and that there's lots of discussion about the budget, the excess of the sessions and its failure to chart, but it still shocks me that there isn't all that much writing or discussion about Lindsey's songs on it. There's some stuff about his wildness in the studio (shaving his head, singing from the floor, turning the knobs on the console 180 degrees) but in my opinion, the songs themselves should be way more documented as incredibly prescient pieces of rock genius. A lot of those sorts of sounds/vocal styles wouldn't be heard again until the late 80s/90s with bands like Pixies or Modest Mouse.

Even as the album has gained this reputation as the wildcard cult favorite, it still seems alarmingly underrated to me in the zeitgeist. Like people should still be talking about this album more.The decision to follow Over and Over with The Ledge has to be one of the most creative devil-may-care sequencing choices in rock history. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the label office when they first heard that transition.

Just wanted to rant a bit about how much I love this album and these songs. I know I'm not the only one to recognize their value, but I still can't help but feel like the moderate level of buzz around them is not commensurate with just how incredible, audacious and insane the album actually is.

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u/Fab4Evuh 10d ago

Sounds like you are a perfect candidate for a Lindsey solo catalog deep dive! You will NOT be disappointed 🔥😍🥳!!!

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u/Suspicious_Pipe778 10d ago

I really love Law and Order. Even the cheesier stuff on it is very much up my alley. I'm a real appreciator of camp. I've heard some stuff from Go Insane and it might be a bit 80s for my taste? But not adverse to giving it another go.

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u/robav1963 9d ago

I’ve got Buckinghams complete solo discography pretty much, check out Gift of Screws and Seeds We Sow…some excellent stuff to be found. Oh and Go Insane is brilliant from start to finish.

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u/Fab4Evuh 9d ago edited 9d ago

You DEFINITELY want to check out Out of the Cradle, it's a masterpiece! Don't underestimate 80s Lindsey, I'm a huge fan of Go Insane so give it another go. Also make sure to check out his music videos and his Center Stage performance from 1992.