Rush and Fleetwood Mac
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Topic: Rush and Fleetwood Mac
Posted By: video vertigo
Subject: Rush and Fleetwood Mac
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 01:59
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Has anyone noticed that "The Weapon" by Rush and "World Turning" by Fleetwood Mac sounds identical? Listen to both, I don't know which song came first but the 2nd is surely plagarism. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 02:00
nope  
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Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 02:05
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have you heard both songs? In the beginning intro part I don't know which is which, not til the singing starts. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Ricochet wrote:Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 02:11
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I looked it up and "World Turning" (1975) was before "The Weapon"(1982) I think sadly one of my favorite bands lacked creativity on the intro to a great song  ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 02:13
There's your answer. If anything could describe Fleetwood Mac is originality during all the stages of their career. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Thyme Traveler
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 02:32
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Fleetwood Mac always had good intros- until Stevie Nicks opened her mouth, the songs all had promise. ------------- Fire up the flux capacitor ! We're taking this Delorean through all four dimensions. What is the future of prog ? Genesis reunion ? I'm not telling!That could upset the thyme/space continuum. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 02:51
Sorry, but I disagree, Stevie Nicks has an excellent and absolutely unique voice. Listen Sara or Dreams (When she was young), simply amazing. Iván -------------
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 03:40
| I agree with Ivan. I like Stevie's voice quite a lot. I even have her first solo album, the excellent "Bella Donna" - for those moments when I don't feel like thinking too much and need something a bit more mellow. Incidentally, I really like both the songs you mentioned. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 05:26
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I always thought the intro to 'The Weapon' had a more 'New Order' feel... I like Stevie Nick's voice too, although I can take or leave Fleetwood Mac generally. I often choose to 'leave' them.. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
I'll have to dig out that Fleetwood Mac song and listen again.
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 05:54
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When Peter Green left Fletwood mac the result was the same as when Gabriel left Genesis. Pure pop.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 06:06
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Actually, I think Bare Trees maybe a good album (I've yet to hear it), but after that, I agree Pero.
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Posted By: Thyme Traveler
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 08:04
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Sorry guys, I disagree with all of you on Fleetwood Mac. Most of their music was boring and unimaginitive as well as lacking in a good melody. And yes, Stevie Nicks has a distinctive voice- the smell of a skunk which has just sprayed has a distinctive odor. Rosanne Barr has a distinctive look. Unique does not equal "good." Stevie's "I sing like I smoke a carton of cigarettes a day" voice is very annoying, IMHO. ------------- Fire up the flux capacitor ! We're taking this Delorean through all four dimensions. What is the future of prog ? Genesis reunion ? I'm not telling!That could upset the thyme/space continuum. |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 17:26
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^^^Well every fool is entitled to their say. ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 17:37
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I can see where you are coming from but it's a bit of a stretch of the imagination to say the least.I mean that intro sounds like a million and one blues intros... |
Posted By: akiko
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 18:25
| Stevie Nicks sounds like a goat with indigestion, but that voice fits their music so well that Mac is just not the same without her. She looked so good back then too... |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: April 18 2006 at 23:51
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Man! i like these kinds of threads!
OH YEAH! you are damn right, man! why people do not recognize it? that's obvious! it is not because there are no bass that it is irrelevant! open your ears, folks!
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 00:56
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I had the luck to get a stage pass in August 1980 in Miami after a Fleetwood Mac show (I knew a girl who's father was manager of a big company) and was introduced to Stevie Nicks who was very nice and gentle (Seemed she had smoked some funny something stuff, but not sure). She was really pretty then but I was 16 and very small (I grew to 1.80 Mts only at the age of 18) and she barely reached my chin, I was around 1,70 Mts then, so she had to be really really little, around 1.50 Mts (5.1 feet) But she had he prettiest face you can imagine, even after a two hour show where the makeup had suffered. I always loved her voice, I believe it was perfect for Fleetwood Mac, just like a trademark. Iván -------------
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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 07:56
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We all know that there were lots of "Fleetwood Mac" bands along the years: a) The blues Mac: fantastic! Peter Green rules as a blues-rock guitarist; b) The "searching for direction" Mac: strange band. Danny Kirwan was not a band leader, Dave Walker and Bob Welch weren't good choices for the band. They lost direction, but "Bare Trees" and "Mystery to Me" are interesting albuns; c) The pop Mac: great band for pop fans. I like Stevie Nick's voice, although sometimes she's a bit annoying; d) The "we can survive after loosing our top composers (Buckingham & Nicks)" Mac: it's a total waste of time. What in the hell Dave Mason was doing here?? e) The "hey, we're back!" Mac: waiting for the next step - "Say You Will" is weak, because there's a lot of filler on the album (if they had released a 45 minutes CD, it would be better). Yes, I know this thread was about plagiarism - but it was a chance to discuss Mac! ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 09:38
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I'm going to have to agree with Tony R's statement about sounding like a million other intros of blues songs. The intros of the two songs in discussion here are 'similar' but I can't honestly say they're 'identical'.
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Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 09:56
| I'm sorry but I just don't see Lifeson, Lee, and Peart getting together after listening to Mac's first release and saying, "Hey I like this riff, lets use it for our new song." I just don't see this happening. You got to give these guys more credit! |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 15:10
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 15:19
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"The Weapon" fits in perfectly with Signals and I wouldn't want it any other way. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |