Danielle Bacher |
Lindsey Buckingham
The pretty-but-fucked-up vibe continued through a breathy, languorous version of Fleetwood Mac's “Never Going Back Again” (aka, “The Song Every College Guy Tries to Learn on Acoustic Guitar”). It's not hard to hear why the Mac were a phenomenon in the late-1970s. Even if they only had Buckingham writing songs, they would have had more hits than most bands could ever dream of.
Things would not stay sunny for long. The group launched into “Tusk,” the title track to 1979's beautiful disaster of an album. A paranoid, horn-driven half-rocker, its snaking rhythms make you shake your hips despite the creepy jealousy that permeates the lyrics.
He didn't let up for the set closer. “Go Your Own Way” ranks as perhaps Fleetwood Mac's most musically intense moment, a bitter and emotionally naked rattlesnake coil of a song. It did not disappoint as a capper, but the hip crowd new better than to leave. After a very brief respite, the crew returned to the stage for what turned out to be an elongated encore. “Turn It On” was somehow both knotty and anthemic, a fine example of Buckingham's mid-career craft. “These guys are truly my brothers. Every time we get the band back together, we keep getting better,” he noted with pride.
Set list.
1. Shut Us Down
2. Go Insane
3. Trouble
4. Never Going Back Again
5. Big Love
6. Under the Skin
7. All My Sorrows
8. In Are Own Time
9. Illumination
10. Second Hand News
11. Tusk
12. Stars Are Crazy
13. End of Time
14. That's the Way Love Goes
15. I'm So Afraid
16. Go Your Own Way
Encore:
17. Turn It On
18. Deep Down
19. Treason
20. Seeds We Sow
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