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About This Track
The Chain is a song from Fleetwood Mac’s best-selling album Rumours. “The Chain” is unique in being the only song credited to all five members of the Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac lineup: Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, Stevie Nicks; this is partly due to the fact that John McVie and Mick Fleetwood are generally not songwriters. The band has used the song as a signature, citing the lyric, “Never break the chain.”
According to interviews on the writing of Rumours, the final section of “The Chain” — beginning with a bass progression — was created by John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. It seemed like an ending, not a beginning. Stevie Nicks had written the lyrics separately and thought they would be a good match; she and Christine McVie did some reworking to create the first section of the tune. To complete the song, Lindsey Buckingham recycled the intro from an earlier Buckingham/Nicks song - “Lola My Love”, originally released on their eponymous 1973 album. Thanks to its use as a TV theme (for the BBC’s Formula One coverage), the ending bass line is one of the most recognizable in the world, and although not released as a single, it does get air play.
The song itself has a basic rock structure, although it has two distinct portions: the main verse and chorus, and the outro. The song would be classified as rock, but shows the influence of hard rock, folk, and country.
According to interviews on the writing of Rumours, the final section of “The Chain” — beginning with a bass progression — was created by John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. It seemed like an ending, not a beginning. Stevie Nicks had written the lyrics separately and thought they would be a good match; she and Christine McVie did some reworking to create the first section of the tune. To complete the song, Lindsey Buckingham recycled the intro from an earlier Buckingham/Nicks song - “Lola My Love”, originally released on their eponymous 1973 album. Thanks to its use as a TV theme (for the BBC’s Formula One coverage), the ending bass line is one of the most recognizable in the world, and although not released as a single, it does get air play.
The song itself has a basic rock structure, although it has two distinct portions: the main verse and chorus, and the outro. The song would be classified as rock, but shows the influence of hard rock, folk, and country.
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Ludes79 wrote:
If you're stuck listening to this through your computer... like me... I would highly recommend the Bose Companion 2 speakers. My old Logitech's were pretty decent... but these are f'n a! ;) 'scuse that... was the first thing that came to mind.
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Bandit17C wrote:
So cool.
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bell496 wrote:
being able to play this bassline makes life better in everyway
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RocketmanPaul wrote:
They have come up with some great songs,and they are a good band live
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supermediadave wrote:
They used to put on a great show. Love me some Mac.
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sneggyuser wrote:
Quality!!!!!
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Obmuj wrote:
Good. :-)
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
Fleetwood Mac aka The Bickersons!
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jetgar wrote:
GOOD TRACK.....THANKS DETLEF !!!
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hrafninn wrote:
<3
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Chickerooby wrote:
uhm this isn't from the dance.that was live this is from Rumours.
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Salchichonio89 wrote:
One of my favorites songs to drive around to.
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msbuk wrote:
One of the only bass lines I can play, magic
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dequpe wrote:
great song... <3
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rolllercoasters wrote:
i like to think "the chain" is the chain of fleetwood mac members constantly sleeping with each other. they never broke it.
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Voidhawk777 wrote:
OLd F1 tune FANTASTIC LOVE THE MAC
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nascarfan15 wrote:
A CLASSIC!
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dandymark wrote:
Timeless Classic!!!...........Love it!
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scientist4u wrote:
CLASSIC
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daveandi wrote:
yea!
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