How Fleetwood Mac Makes A Song
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A deconstruction of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams," off their masterpiece 1977 album, Rumours.
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SOURCES
Ken Caillat, "Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album"
www.amazon.com/Making-Rumours...
www.nytimes.com/1987/05/13/art...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumours...)
www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/showbiz...
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/mu...
MUSIC
Blue Wednesday, "Deep In Love (feat. Taiyo Ky)"
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Plus "Dreams" obviously
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"It dipped the wheel in liquid gold." Brilliant.
Faraz Hedayat What does that even mean
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.
it dipped it in Velveeta mac n cheese?
nut master fleetwood mac n cheese
best CZcams thread ever
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. :-)
Same thin with Abba albums on juke boxes in any South American bar
How does one get a jab as a bartender in another country with 0 experience and not able to speak the language of the country
@@StephySon It was a simpler time back then
Dreams, Gypsy, and The Chain are the best songs I’ve ever heard in my life.
Let's not forget Gold Dust Woman.
For me it is *The Chain* , everything about this song is perfection. I could listen to the chorus all day, and never get tired of it.
I don't want to know
never going back again!:)
What about Spirit from the Waterboys.
Excuse me while I go listen to the entire Rumours album...
Anna Tries Life I agree
excuse you? TAKE ME WITH YOU
Same
Never coming (going) back again from that one 👌🏽👌🏽
I'm just second hand neeews
oooh this is a good one
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One of the greatest albums ever made. Rumours.
No. It's all true.
And one of the greatest songs on it. Dreams.
Wen Bilson s
Definitely agree
How true, nothing nowadays can touch it.
My favourite part of this song is the drums banging harder when Stevie sings from the word 'heartbeat'. This song is a masterpiece.
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.
NEVER BREAK THE CHAIN.
that bassline!
Art dude, have you remembered to take your meds?
moviemaster marco omfg
Their only good song
The greatest!
Just woke up, new nerdwriter vid in my sub box on Fleetwood Mac. Gonna be a great day
24 Frames Of Nick it really is. Btw love your channel man keep it up.
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...
Dream The Endless uh....damn.
24 Frames Of Nick lol transparent
Shut up my dad died today
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.
I use this album every time I setup an amp. Perfect mix of frequencies...
Steely Dan's "Aja" is another great album for setup.
Lord Tippington the Wise - Atheist Knight of Le Reddit Gentlesirs I'm not familiar with Steely Dan. I'll check it out.
I use Steele Dan to set up my elevators.
47Ronin Then your elevators play some damn fine music.
I build to last and no mistake. Quality is the name of the game and I'll stand for it with my name!
How nerdwriter makes a video
"He didn't reinvent Video Essays. He dipped it in GOLD"
drinks a lot of coffee, admires things and clearly details every. single. thought. or enough to fit in a video.
I literally had the idea (just the idea) of making a video about this.
Awesome editing, text, pace and voice.
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
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.
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.
This was so good. Your editing skills are mind blowing.
one of the grestest rock bands
*Pop
are they rock?
@@nogenemcguinty yeah pop rock
@@joe-zf7fx sound lad
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.
“Personalities“ is a nice way to express “Lindsey Buckingham being a goddamn asshole“
@@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.
every instrument.... In it's riiiiiiiggggggghhhht place.......
Haha... i see what u did there. Radiohead ftw
Rumors is like, flawless.
Ugh I haven't started this yet but I know it will hit me deep in the feels, as Fleetwood Mac help me get over a recent breakup.
WorldMind stay strong brother.
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.
Thanks, checking them out now.
Wow, I really like him. Thank you again.
Before The Credits no problem friend!
i know quite a lot about music, but i still learn a lot from his music analyses
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.
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.
Rumours is as close to magic as music can get... ♥️
Marisol This perfectly describes this album
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Isabelle lying ass bitch...
Daniel 1 isabelle is my middle name . literally my email on here is marisoliazar
Just pure magic
My favourite CZcamsr and my favourite band! It really is Christmas
I listen to this song to hear the way the cymbals crash , when they sing "thunder only happens when it's raining".
"Dreams" never gets old to me. Never ever ever. Every time it comes on, I have to blast it. Fantastic video, please do more of these!!!
You forgot about the drugs.
Spiral Breeze and adultery...
Drugs and sex make up the majority of the inspiration for songs and styles of that time.
The Pie that the Cats Eat Tons and tons of cocaine, duh!
William Alexander I think this song is more about not having sex. Drugs probably there tho
ART GALLERY No you don't, they all admit to it. Stevie herself says that she was the worst outta all of them.
Now do how Tommy Wiseau blocks a scene
I literally spit my coffee glancing at that comment. Too fuggin' hilarious! XD
Jose Angel C Oh God yes!
Oh, hai Tommy!
You do know that such a video already exists right?
that was the joke, captain righteous
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.
Suddenly got the urge to drink cranberry juice.
And go skateboarding
@@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.
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.
#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?”
Well done, you are special
+Angela Poole So true, Sad but true
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
Vinsildin Famous I mean there's certainly a hell of a lot more effort put into this
ikr! Was surprised/happy to see a video like this in trending.
Gwen used to be good, then she sold out. Blake and country music blows.
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.
Jeremy Hayes pretentious af
Im gonna name my cat fleetwood cat
GodlyApollo YT Love it!
Is he from Lancashire?
GodlyApollo YT That's funny..really!!!
... and then just call him 'Mac'. Like, "This is my cat; his name is Fleetwood Cat, but I just call him Mac." See if anybody gets it.
I was going to name my cat Rhiannon.
"Fleetwood did not reinvent the wheel, they dipped it in gold..." What a way with words, man.
This is one of my favorite albums of all time!! Thanks for doing this vid!
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
Hey, FYI Stevie wrote Dreams about herself. She is the "you". She said it on record in a documentary about them 😊
Do you know which documentary?
Colin Mccoy I believe it was said in Fleetwood Mac's Behind the Music episode.
Yeah, Brine's right. It should still be on CZcams :)
It's two chords, really not that impressive. The producers did most of the work.
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 CZcams- 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.
I have the biggest crush on Stevie Nicks based just off hearing her sing.
The best kind of crush if you ask me
TheBri656
I'd still hit that, today...
Watching this again in Feb 2022. Still love how much it reminds me of how much I love the album!
Thanks to the viral skateboarding TikTok guy, "Dreams" is charting again.
And isn't that sweet and awesome. And so many younger folks are discovering it and that whole album. Cheers.
I want "How Nerdwriter makes a video"......... :P
OMG yes! I would love to bring this to my classroom some how.
Look it up. He's got one already
Link or name of the video please ?
I don’t know how much more perfect this channel can get
hey i️ repeat things for emphasis.... EMPHASIS
This analysis was phenomenal, well done! Dreams is one of my favourite songs and this gave me so much information on it.
the chills throughout this video.... my goodness what a great breakdown of an amazing song.
Beautifully done, as usual!
Absolutely brilliant, love the comparisons to the demo.
This video introduced me to that band I never heard of them before, thank you for making my life so much better.
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.
Wow dude
how fleetwood mac *mixes* a song
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!
How Fleetwood Mac mixed Dreams
well yeah part of the production
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
I thoroughly enjoy the level of research and the way you deliver you information 👏🏾👏🏾🔥
Their best album! And one of the best albums ever made! Every song is so enchanting.
I have watched this analysis multiple times, about one of my favourite songs. It just gets me deep in my soul.
I fucking cry when I watch this. So beautiful
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!!
You're my favorite CZcamsr 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.
Wow, I love when you guys do these types of videos. This makes me appreciate the music so much more!!!
I can’t believe I just found this gem of a video. Major kudos to you my man.
I've never clicked on a video so fast!!! Brillant analysis, as always. Well done.
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.
The Sound City documentary made me aware of it and yes, it's damn good.
I have been looking for this video essay for like a month! I am so happy I found it
Definitely one of my favorite albums. So happy it was created. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
ponogra fia
Thanks for your video :)
This part is so amazing 3:06
Your video essays are a thing of beauty, dude! Another excellent one added to the already impressive collection.
This is, quite simply, one of the most BRILLIANT, thoughtful & articulate videos I’ve had the pleasure of viewing. Thank you so much for posting your insightful thoughts on one of my favorite albums from childhood. You’ve helped me learn to appreciate the artistry & beauty of Fleetwood Mac in entirely new ways!
wow you literally dropped this video at the exact moment Fleetwood Mac started singing "chains keep us together" on my phone this cannot be a coincidence!
you had me at "the record still sounds as beautiful, and pristine, and new, as it did in 1977"
I just subscribed to this channel and have been binging all the videos. Nerdwriter’s work is so well articulated and goes in depth into movies and music and art in ways I hadn’t thought about before. This is the in depth analysis of art I didn’t know I needed in my life but really love. Thank you!
Love the video! Thank you so much for all the time you put in!
How Fleetwood Mac make a song: Peter Green picks up a guitar, John Mac picks up a bass, Mick on the drums and "Then Play On". Favorite album of theirs
I love me some Lindsey/Stevie era Mac but I do wish more people would give Peter Green era Mac a listen. Truly epic stuff.
Fleetwood Mac were never good until Buckingham and Nicks joined, Peter Green flat out sucked, period.
I just like pissing off classic rock snobs.
They ripped off black artists, beat their wives and everyone who likes them is a racist and misogynist without exception.
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.
Great analysis as always! Thanks for going in-depth on “Dreams” too. My personal favourite Fleetwood Mac song besides “Landslide”
This is so wonderful. Honestly, thank you for making this.
This was so brilliantly put together, Nerdwriter! Thanks
Your voice is so soothing that I don't even know what you're talking about but I jeep keep listening.
Nerdwriter + Fleetwood Mac yes please
Some great explanations on the finer and unseen concepts that makes album truly magical. Well done!
man, I got chills watching/listening to this! the song itself is already awesome plus the narration and the way you explained it - gold.
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.
Ken Alexandre Meridi well, thats depressing...
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jasper426 you know fleetwood mac WAS a pop band, correct?
jasper426 whats also really funny was that Jerry Cantrell was influenced by Buckingham
jasper426 what makes you think that pop musicians arent "real musicians"?
i still have this album on record . Its the only way to listen to it! #fullcolorfidelity
Beautifully produced piece- thank you!
I love peaks behind the creative curtain like this. Very well done, with much reverence and respect for the artists and your audience. I'm perplexed how anyone could put a "thumbs down" on something like this.
You should do more on music.
U r Soo good at it.
This is just the video I needed to watch nearing the end of the year
Well done, sir. The quality of your videos keeps getting better and better.
Such a great video focused on an incredibly moving song. Thank you.
What a wonderful video about a great song! Thank you so much.
Brilliant. Could you do one on Pink Floyd?
Floyd suck shit.
Few things make me happier than a music related nerdwriter video. The amount of detail in everything is amazing.
Wow. Great video! Please do more of this kind. I love how hands come up with their music. That was awesome!
I love "the chain" on this album. So so good
Dreams is the best song ever made
Nick ward I prefer The Chain
Landslide says hello
Nick ward I prefer sisters of the moon
Lets just say every Fleetwood Mac song is the best song ever.
Go your own way is better
One of my favorite songs- I love how you broke it down
This is awesome! I would love more of these!
My favorite band.
One of the best albums of all time. Amazing.
Man! Your editing is on level, i enjoyed this video a lot!
Major goosebumps throughout this video. Thanks for such quality content!