At 5:24 Evan describes Fleetwood Mac's pop music as perfect, stating, "it didn't reinvent the wheel - it dipped the wheel in liquid gold. These are concise gorgeous songs dressed up with multicoloured sounds..." You could say I was just appreciating the metaphor a lot.
When I was 18 I moved to Naples Italy. I got a job as a bartender even though I had no experience and nobody there spoke English. I had *ONE* audible link to home, and that was the Rumors album on cassette. The place I was working had a tape player and they didn't mind if I played my tape. By the end of the summer my Co workers and regular customers knew how to sing in English 😀 and I made some great friends. Life was simpler then!!
Just a guy from Naples here. Randomly finding your story on this video has been amazing. I hope you have a good memory of the city (I assume that was many years ago) and thank you for sharing your great music taste with the locals. :-)
The most amazing part of this song is how it’s based around a simple two-chord structure for its entirety, yet it sounds rich, perfectly textured, and it never wears out its welcome.
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24 Frames Of Nick im glad it's such a good day for you, in my case my wife left me this morning and when I walked out catching her before she left asking if I'll ever see her or our kids ever again she just ignored me and drove off running over my foot with the car I bought her. Now I'm in the emergency room alone right before Christmas. But I'm glad a nerdwriter video about Fleetwood Mac made your day so great. Maybe you can help explain to me what a good day is like in detail since I doubt I'll ever see one again...
What's a miracle is the fact that these guys managed to be on the same stage with each other after all the sex, drugs and betrayal settled down. Other brilliant groups called it quits long before their time should have ended.
John McVie is a much overlooked bass player. The whole song he’s locked in, rock solid, and then there’s that playful little riff at 5.13. I love those little moments of joy in music.
Dreams is really such a beautiful song. I had no idea how many details there were, how many extra stuff that all add up to the pleasure of listening to it.
Rumours is amazing. I still remember listening to the album for the first time, at 5 am on my way to an early morning shift. I was 18. Not one second of the album felt boring. And with repeat listens, it only gets better.
dude i want to know how he got a 3 minute song to seamlessly play in the background and be highlighted through the video without ANY noticable cuts in the audio of it or change between bkgd music
Love Fleetwood Mac. Stevie's songwriting is hypnotizing and captivating. I love them all but she has always stood out as a true painter of music and words
I still think about this video from time to time. This is a really high-quality product - the joy you feel at listening to Dreams comes through to the viewer at your effort.
I remember watching this in 2017 Christmas, my mind was blown...and years later this song blow away in tik tok and couldn't find this video again...untill now...master piece.
I like when you do videos on music. I don't know a lot about it so it is kinda like a learning experience I get to have. I think it is cool that you have such a wide range of content on your channel and is something that I thrive to do myself. I have kinda backed myself into a corner with my own video essays right now with only tackling the movies and tv show industry but I think it would be fun to branch out into video games and possible some music. Just the music I know I can say something interesting about. I really liked your Kendrick video, it taught me a lot about him that I didn't know before. What made you decide you wanted to tackle such a huge range of ideas and genres?
Before The Credits if you like a channel like nerdwriter that breaks down music in a great and easily accessible way check out Polyphonic. They do a great job at breaking down music and actually did their own video on Fleetwood Mac.
2-3 years ago when I revisited my love for Fleetwood Mac...had been busy raising children...i literally could not stop playing their music....at one point my husband said can you give it a rest for like a day.... (no)....i said to him you know I always loved their songs and their music but it's on a whole other level now...im listening to the absolute beauty of the sounds I hear each time I play it....then I said Lindsey Buckingham is a genious....my husband was like there's alot of good songs from that era....i said I know....but these songs are crafted to perfection....what a gift this band has been. And so glad Mick called Lindsey back in the day to join. If Mick never heard Buckingham/Nicks music that day we would have never experienced this amazing beautiful band.
I'm sure took a lot of work to pull that audio into separate channels. This is a perfect examination of what Fleetwood Mac was trying to do but personalities get in the way of doing it again. Fantastic video, thank you for showing us the legends.
@@McPhisto Hard to blame him when the woman he loved was fucking someone else and he had to work with both of them on an almost daily basis. I can't imagine the mental strain that they all went through to bring us this masterpiece. Also worth pointing out that without Buckingham and his persistence this album would never have been as good as it was, he truly is a mastermind and what he did with dreams with 3 chords was something special. (Stevie's song I know, but he truly brought the sound to it) Considering the song is about him as well, damn that must have took some fucking patience!
Btw that's not a dig at Stevie, she will always be my favourite member of Fleetwood Mac. She is also an incredible songwriter, one of my favourite female vocalists of all time and damn was she hot.
@@Raycifer or transform into a dog and Have the camera focused on me as I stick my head out of the car window moving at high speed with my mouth wide open.
Absolutely elegantly done. Every facet of this video oozes knowledge and flair as well as a fierce respect for Fleetwood Mac and music. Your videos consistently shock me (passengers rearranged) in the best, most earth shattering way possible. You know exactly who you are, exactly what you're talking about and are more than willing to take us on an incredibly journey with you. I believe I speak for everyone here that on RU-vid- you sir, dip the wheel in liquid gold.
Every once in a while, I see a Nerdwriter video that's very informative and very enjoyable to listen to, but I'm not sure what the thesis is or what point he's making outside of summarizing the work he's talking about. As a video essay goes, that makes it good and bad - good video, bad essay. I hope to avoid falling into that trap, and I hope to hear more from The Nerdwriter like his essay on David Fincher's subtle tracking shots, which was one example of a fantastic video and a fantastic essay of his.
I actually disagree with that one. I thought his Fincher video was one of the worst he's done. This one isn't particularly good either. He has a thesis, provides a point with some general background facts for those unfamiliar with the subject, and then spends 4 and a half minutes repeating his point. It's redundant. This video hardly scratched the surface of what makes a truly great album. Vox's Earworm is far better in that respect.
I thought the Fincher one had an insightful thesis and effective communication of his points, but it has been a little while since I've seen the Fincher one. Can you fill me in on what this one's thesis is?
My problem with the his Fincher one is that all he said was "Fincher guides the viewer's eyes" and spends 6 minutes repeating that. His thesis here is that Rumors is a masterpiece that stands the test of time, but only talks about Dreams. He explains the elements of the song and how it relates to the whole, but fails to illustrate what makes it great outside the fact that it already is great. Barebones lyrical analysis which is basically just talking about inspiration for the song. Surface level analysis of the instrumentation aside from the 8 bar loop of the drums. He states the obvious on the lineup. Not really groundbreaking analysis to tell me Lindsey Buckingham played a different lick for the bridge compared to the verse. TL;DR: A lot of info but fails to connect it all for a strong overall point.
#9 on trending. Way to go Fleetwood Mac! I always felt that this band has been underrated. No one seems to talk much about them, or at least not as much as they used to. whenever someone asks me who my favorite band or singer is, I always give the reply: Fleetwood mac, Stevie Nicks. And every time, I always get the same answer, and it's they have no idea who they are. So to anyone who loves the band... Live your dreams, Go your own way, and never break the chain
The world has become the teenager from Freaky Friday wherein teenager in mom’s body bought a bunch of nice clothes and says, “You look great!” and Mom in teenager’s body says, “I look like Stevie Nicks,” and teenager in mom’s body says, “Who is he?”
I cannot believe that you didn't mention the Buckingham Nicks album where all this magic really began. THAT is the timeless masterpiece and few are even aware of it.
Aza wowzers, you've never heard of Fleetwood Mac? .. I suggest you go back and and start in the early 70s and work your way forward checking out some of the biggest and most important bands of the eras. I'm guessing you are younger than the age of the album so I'm not blaming you in anyway but not hearing them before - but but if you would take some time to listening to Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Genesis, America, Boston, Foreigner, Bruce Hornsby and The Range, Bruce Springsteen, The Police, early U2, Peter Frampton, Toto, Patti Smith, Pat Benatar... That should be enough to be getting on with. Once you've checked those out come back and let me know and I'll provide you another list of important works from that 30-year period.
I've always heard this song playing over the speakers in the supermarket that i work at and I never really paid it any mind. Thanks for giving me a fresh outlook/hearing on what turns out to be a really great song by a really talented group. I always love your work, xoxo Candice
Dreams and Never Going Back are my two favorite songs off of Rumours. Kinda funny how Dreams is Stevie’s anthem to Lindsey, and Never Going Back is his heartbreaking response. Two great jams!!! Lindsey Buckingham is a god with guitar, and Stevie Nicks is a fricken goddess with vocals. Ah, I love this band, this album, this video!! Great job!!
One minute I've stumbled on a video about cinematography....the next I'm on my fourth video tonight including paintings, movies and music....this is the best content I've ever seen on RU-vid. Thank you Sir
In a world where Blake Shelton’s and Gwen Stefani’s Snapchat story is number2 on trending, it’s a pleasant surprise to see this video still in the top 10. At least some people value quality content
Nick Granese I’ve known Gwen for years and I am not discounting your comment but Gwen’s earlier efforts were some of pop musics greatest moments “Tragic Kingdom” is full of iconic tunes.
You're my favorite RU-vidr period. I've been obsessed with this song the last couple of weeks. And now you upload this video. Never have i felt more happy seeing a new video.
Part of what makes Rumours so fucking amazing is the production and how every single instrument and voice sounds so distinct from each other yet so together and in unison. It really represents the band's personality in an amazing way because they were all broken up from each other and fucking the other band mates and writing songs about how they're better off without them, yet they all got in the studio and worked as a band to make each song a spectacle (not a huge fan of Songbird or Oh Daddy though.)
Well, you're not wrong... ... but I think one of the main ideas implied in this video is that-for a band that "shines brightest in the studio," i.e. one that technically and creatively excels at the production side of recorded music-the mixing itself is not only a serious artistic endeavour, but (more importantly) also truly a part of the songwriting process. To your credit, though, I'll bet this is why he specifically chose the wording "Makes a Song" over the more familiar phrase "Writes a Song" in the video title!
Brie Russell Sure, The Beatles ripped off black artists, but those black artists had pretty much been forgotten and without The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, etc they would have remained completely unknown. Did you know that in 1965, after the Stones mentioned Leadbelly, Bo Diddley, and Robert Johnson as influences those black artists's album sales went through the roof? Also, your statements about them beating their wives pertain mostly to John Lennon, and yeah he was an ass, but that's just what he, and the other band members are. Human. Ghandi was an abhorrent racist when he was a lawyer, Woody Allen is a misogynist pedophile, and many other highly recognized humans committed vast atrocities (Edmund Spenser, who expanded the English language with his poetry, tried to wipe out the Irish race). You, my friend, need to separate the artist from the art and stop being a pointless contrarian because all it does is highlight how unintelligent and gormless you are.
When I left to NY to pursue my dreams to become a pop musician with me ex, we had Rumours on repeat all road trip long till we got there. I can't enjoy it like I used to, but it's such a masterpiece.
UGH!!!! I fell in LOVE with Fleetwood Mac only about a year ago, but I fall asleep to their music now every night--this song is my absolute favorite, and you're so right, the whiny, warbling guitar is a perfect talkback to Nicks. I love this video!