Tusk (3:28)
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Tusk is a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 double lp of the same name. The song reached #8 on the U.S. charts, #6 in the U.K. and #3 in Australia and Canada. It was based in part on a rehearsal riff the band used for sound-checks.The drum-driven single was recorded live at Dodger Stadium (without an audience) in Los Angeles, California in collaboration with the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band. The performance was also filmed for the song’s music video. John McVie was in Tahiti during the Dodger Stadium recording, but he is represented in the video by a cardboard cutout carried around by Mick Fleetwood and later positioned in the stands with the other band members.
The band’s part would both set a record for the highest number of musicians performing on a single and earn the marching musicians a platinum disc. Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood presented it to the Trojan band on October 4, 1980 during a game at Dodger Stadium, this time in front of a huge crowd.
The song is played at USC Trojan football games.
This song is also played at Arkansas Razorback football games because of their current mascot named Tusk.
Often used as bumper music by late night radio talk show host Art Bell when he hosted Coast to Coast AM in the 1990s.
A section of the track is played at the start of each show on The Mighty Boosh Live 2008 tour.
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Shouts
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IAJP wrote:
this is classic fleetwood mac in a different way...sounds really lo-fi to me sometimes when i listen to it and then i realise the horns in this song exist..and the lo-fidelity evaporates
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markives09 wrote:
THis performance of Tusk never fails to send a shiver down my spine!
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Marjo47 wrote:
Tusk yeah tribal indeed. But great song.
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Badsmitty wrote:
Evergreen
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solaric wrote:
Tusk o tym nagraniu pewnie słyszał...?
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ABM1708 wrote:
Very tribal! Love this song
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retroguy wrote:
Did I enjoy seeing Stevie Nicks twirling a baton in a sheer sun dress in the video? Yes.......yes I did.
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tesca_uio wrote:
Don't say that you love me, just tell me that you want me!
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flippant23 wrote:
Makes me believe rock n roll needs more marching band backup.
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Badsmitty wrote:
Grat tune... although so many years.
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gbrading wrote:
For all of the album, nothing hints that you are leading up to something as grand as this.
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Irlandese64 wrote:
Haha, the only reason USC played on this track was because the UCLA band was too busy, cram99.
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_pinksandposies wrote:
the song is pretty bizarre...but the production is just brilliant.
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OzymandiasD wrote:
I have this session on DVD, fantastic.....
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IAJP wrote:
this song is fucking BADASS!
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iouaywe wrote:
i love this FIGHT ON TROJANS
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Nephthys_Rising wrote:
Love the version on The Dance DVD.....I get goosebumps EVERYTIME the band comes marching on partway thru the song...brilliant performance :)
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Lauscherin wrote:
First didn´t like it, now I'm addicted.
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SuperEif wrote:
Doo doo doo... TUSK
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Fester64 wrote:
great beat.....
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