Only Two Chords? | Dreams - Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks) | Vocal Coach Reacts & Analysis

[@BethRoars]

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[@dashkatae]

Stevie always had a problem when recording live where she would sing things differently than how it was recorded. If you listen to their live album, The Dance, you'll get a better version of her singing live but even there it's not like the original album. In fact, Silver Springs almost didn't make the album because of that. It was the last day they were doing recordings at the concerts that it came out right and that one was used for the album.

[@andreiaclopes89]

Pleeease react to the orchestra version of “Se Deus Me Ouvisse” be Chitãozinho e Xororó with Sandy & Junior It will leave you stunned!

[@johncampbell756]

The mix is different because you are comparing a live version to a studio track. There is always a difference. Only lipsynched videos will be the same.

[@BrianMelancon]

Imagine being in a band, writing a song about your breakup with another band member, then having it be a huge hit and then having to play it over and over... with that band member you broke up with. Then having the other band member who you broke up with write their own song about that breakup, and having it also become a big hit, and having to play that song over and over also. I introduce you to Fleetwook Mac.

[@Buffrt66]

So true.

[@yayedu]

whats the other breakup song? The chain? Go your own way? Little Lies? Never Going back Again? Guess they really liked taking hits at eachother

[@josuecamargo9567]

No Doubt did that too! Ahahaha so weird that happened twice!

[@antivanti]

​@@josuecamargo9567 So did ABBA. Björn wrote "The Winner Takes It All" inspired by the separation he and Agnetha went through. And she sings lead on that song. Tho the specifics of the songs lyrics are not exactly what happened but the theme of separation is directly from that. Then we have Axl Rose recording sound of having sex with the girlfriend of the drummer and using it in one of their songs. Ostensibly as revenge for being unfaithful but there's different versions of the details of course...

[@garymaidman625]

That's not even taking into account the marriage breakdown of John and Christine McVie, which was happening around the same time.

[@robertroddy]

R.I.P. Christine McVie, one of my favorite bands saw them a couple of times live

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

It's Mick Fleetwood on the drums. John Mc Vie was the bass player. Also, Mick had to play this on many occasions, live. Thus showing what a great, underestimated, drummer he was.

[@BethRoars]

Brain fart! Sorry!

[@bobbycameron3592]

@@BethRoars 🤣

[@ejd53]

Mick Fleetwood was playing the drums; John McVie is on bass.

[@kramerbassplayer]

Came here to say that

[@eboethrasher]

The video is actually a live take. Most bands in the days pre-MTV would shoot videos for certain shows, but would do them live, not miming.

[@juannlohan3943]

Probably the best analysis I've ever watched of any song! You do not miss a thing! We do this song in our band and we learned so much! That Aminor is so nicely placed-I didn't even know it was there! Thanks!!!!! So much!!!!!!

[@guitaleleoeuvre]

Yes! Rumors is one of the very best albums/music eras of all-time! (SO much was going on bacj then!) Rock & Roll was born in the 50's, but it "grew-up" in the 70s! Amazing stuff has happened since then too! (But, as hard as I search, I still think the 70s was overall the BEST era for all recorded music yet!)

[@SimplyBeingTT]

Also imagine Lindsey producing and putting the music to a song about him ... And, he didn't want the breakup. 🙆🏽‍♀️

[@Nowhereman123]

It's the heartbeat bass that brings this song to the heights. Brilliant!

[@jurgenschmidt2759]

For the best demonstration of the power Stevie had in her voice during these years, there is the incredible performance of "Rhiannon" on the Midnight Special in 1975, that would be such a good watch on the channel.

[@alexjeffery5829]

Second that it would be amazing to react to that. I had the pleasure of being able to see Fleetwood Mac in 2019 at Wembley, glad I did as it turned out to be their last tour before Christine Mcvie's death!

[@allycat9044]

And that video of Stevie singing wild heart in her dressing room while on a Fleetwood Mac tour is pretty awesome. Not sure of the date but maybe during the Tusk tour? It’s here on YT, just search up Stevie Nicks singing in dressing room

[@LucyRoberts-w4t]

I saw them live in 1976 I think. I loved the song Rhiannon on the album...but listening to it live? It was like a different song full of power and the end...I was like wow what was that! Blew me away. One of the best concerts I've ever been to. People think they're soft rock... they are not...they are a like a pit bull live. Or they were haven't seem them since the 70's.

[@theMick52]

What's absolutely amazing about this song. Stevie wrote it in 15 minutes.

[@aaronsensei7637]

Their music is legendary and timeless. I grew up on it as a kid. Loved it then still do now. ❤

[@M_ondo]

Very good analysis and information. Stevie is one of the greatest singers ever to me She also wrote Rhiannon in about 20 minutes The best video of Rhiannon is from the Midnight Special in 76. Hasnt got blocked yet Shes in her 70s and currently performing. Keep up the good work.

[@wimmelstein]

Lovely reaction, Beth. I think the line "Thunder only happens when it's raining; Players only love you when they're playing" might be one one (two) of the greatest lines in popular music. Given that it was written so quickly, that time on the bed behind the piano must have been truly inspired.

[@dvsreed]

Stevie could do the simple chord patterns because her voice is so distinctive and expressive. Her song writing was more about the lyrics and the mood. Rhiannon live on the Midnight Special is a must see for Stevie fans....one of the best live performances you will ever see.

[@peteperkins3859]

Hearing Stevie Nick's sing brings back memories of me visiting my grandparents' farm as a kid and feeding the goats.

[@srudine]

Such a great band. Please bless us with more. Timeless and magical artists. Thank you Beth🥰

[@KevDaly]

That whole album is pain and betrayal and heartbreak channelled into beautiful music. I was at secondary school when it came out and I had a decided crush on Stevie Nicks 🤣 I'm still learning to play Never Going Back Again. Lindsay Buckingham is a ferociously brilliant guitarist.

[@joeguerra8435]

I’ve heard Stevie Nicks sing her lead vocal Fleetwood Mac songs countless times. But listening to her while you’re doing your analysis. Stevie is just another level in how she projects her voice. Her gift as only she can do it.

[@318greenman]

As a songwriter myself I learned a long time ago from this song in particular that you can keep the same chords for the verse and chorus as long as you change the melodies... That being said The melodies have to be exquisite 💜

[@barunaposeidon]

Stevie Nicks is a witch, no other singer can sing as freely as she does.

[@omegafirelord7469]

A lot of people in listening and analyzing Fleetwood Mac forget why their name is Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass! That solid bottom end allowed the others to have a solid foundation on which to layer all the wonderful singing, harmonies, and riffs on! Nothing else would sound that good without that foundation! It's a lot like life, without a solid foundation anything you build is going to be shaky and can easily fall apart!

[@scottrackley4457]

John played a mean bass. That hook in the chain is wicked.

[@ErickIsaac-qo6ym]

Love Beth's passion.

[@summerof67]

This happens to be my favorite song - for it's unique style, it's spookiness, and as you mentioned, it's simplicity.

[@geoffreyvincent8589]

Rock stars at their prime. It's unbelievably heart melting.

[@manco828]

Stevie Nicks is a goddess.

[@windyhillbomber]

Those ghostly backing vocals remind me of 10cc’s “I’m Not In Love”

[@alk61695]

I think it is Stevie singing the high harmony note and Christine McVie is singing the middle main harmony.

[@richdiddens4059]

My hearing is a little compromised so I may be wrong but to me it sounds like both female voices are singing the same as the 2004 mix but Lindsey is singing his part higher, very close to the lower female voice. That takes away from the fullness of the three part harmony.

[@garymaidman625]

It's not John McVie on the drums, it's Mick Fleetwood. John McVie is on the bass.

[@S0ldeed]

6:06 interesting conversation on this switch of harmony and melody. There's a recording of a live version of Comfortably Numb where Bowie duets with Gilmour. And for the verses Bowie sings the harmony but the melody is left out.very different interpretation. (interesting as well that the harmony was left out on the album because Roger didn't like it, and David put it back in later)

[@NolanWinter-ct8bh]

Stevie voice has an intangible quality. It's a feeling.

[@nikosalmpanis-ty3jt]

One of the most beautiful album 🤘

[@guitaleleoeuvre]

The drums are "with", but not "persistent"! They swung with a light HUMAN touch! (Not like a metronome!) Beth, Keep doing what you do! (Keeping your mind open is the BEST of all the things you do!)

[@sportscigarscoffee]

I think Stevie Nicks performance of Silent Night is the greatest performance by a female singer in the history of music. Her voice is magical.

[@jobkramer1359]

What I love is that Stevie Nicks doesn't try to show off her voice, as is the case with many modern songs. She just uses it beautifully.

[@theupcman]

You are absolutely right, Beth. This is one of the greatest albums of all time. And, although I do like this song, "The Chain" will always be my favorite.

[@DontShineForSwine]

Rumours is definitely one of the greatest of all time! 100% agree with you on that! Gold Dust Woman is my favourite song by Fleetwood Mac, followed by The Chain

[@emes1845]

I'm very pleased you found/used a different version of this song, more obscure, than most reactors. Love, love, LOVE the change of dynamics through the first verse harmonies, the disposition of high/low rather than the usual Stevie dominate we normally hear. Good on you!

[@mikelogan5629]

The studio version, nicks backs herself up throughout which she can’t do live. It differentiates the studio version as the band’s #1 Fleetwood Mac hit of all time. Still, these harmonies are silk.

[@MichelleFerranti]

Wow! They were young in this one! ❤

[@krlady4703]

Please watch the live version of SILVER SPRINGS. It is my favourite Fleetwood Mac song of all time! Watch the interaction between Stevie and Lindsey.

[@DavidGlover-s7x]

One of the greatest of all time, yes.

[@dougf94912]

Beth, I believe that 'Go Your Own Way' was Lindsey Buckingham's response to this song.

[@PatrickJDoyle-bw3fu]

Stevie Nick's and Fleetwood Mac were in Phoenix doing a concert for Arizona Heart Institute years ago, at the reception I got to meet the group, Christie was missing.

[@carolineklein2329]

Just LOVE this song!

[@wrosser1]

Classic !

[@hammerpocket]

It's seems you may not have realized this is a live performance and not just a different mix of the song. The backing vocals sound much different because -- being live -- it is missing the vocal overdubs that Stevie Nicks added on the original studio recording.

[@stevenseul361]

Mick Fleetwood on drums not John McVie he's on the Bass

[@BethRoars]

Ek! Mind fart!

[@oscararzate7956]

Mucho tiempo para ver tus ojos hermosos valió la espera con una voz tan bonita que tiene la cantante mí H Prrj ❤ bien Beth 👏👏🍀🍀

[@dillonsronce2583]

I can nearly remember my dreams, only if I wake up the next day and the dream I dream I had I usually ends up coming true. About 15 years ago I had a dream about going to see Fleetwood mac, I told an uncle of mine about it and he said that they were going on tour.

[@ethan_douglas6989]

Great video! If you haven’t done a reaction to Judy collins “where are the clowns” you definitely should!

[@martinzacarias970]

Cómo no amar este tema tan clasico?

[@umpdaddy1]

The band was the chain that kept them together.

[@stardusth2o]

You’re not wrong in catching that the vocal arrangement is different here than the album version, but it’s a bit hard for me to believe that you didn’t realize that this is a live performance. But perhaps it’s a testament to their skill that this could be mistaken for a different mix of the studio version. On the album, Stevie sang the main vocal melody as well as adding a harmony in the background. She obviously can’t sing two different vocal lines at the same time in a live performance, so the result is going to sound different. In your defense, she did take the higher harmony in live performances in the earlier years, which I don’t understand because the chorus would have sounded fuller if she had sang the main melody, which she eventually started doing a bit later on. But the band must have clearly agreed on that being the vocal arrangement for the three singers in those years.

[@edilsonsouza1607]

Beth você precisa ver o clip Deo Vero de Guilherme de Sá, é simplesmente uam montanha russa de técnica e controle vocal Beth you need to see the clip Deo Vero by Guilherme de Sá, it's simply a roller coaster of technique and vocal control

[@joehartmann9353]

Stevie was great live!

[@StevenTyree-sl2nx]

Speaking of hypnotic, as mentioned about the drumming in this song, you could do "Hypnotized" with Bob Welch RIP on vocals. That song has an incredible groove. Still my favorite FM song, followed by "Oh well".

[@stuarttusspot4769]

I agree with what you said about the harmony. It does sound better to me in the other version.

[@mynameispaul0530]

Can't go wrong with Fleetwood Mac.

[@kodokaidojo-ramblingsofare3436]

The work that you put into these video's is impressive and appreciated. Thank you for teaching us!

[@timothycallahan4164]

#GoTeamBeth #GoTeamStevie Stevie is so underrated

[@daveh9335]

I'm a drummer I was like 14 or 15 I wanted to play like Keith or Neil Drum teacher said learn this It was Roumers and thank you DD !

[@TheTheratfarmer]

Great music, Lyndsy bucckinham is a great guitar player. ck spell.

[@ianroutledge1611]

I met Mick Fleetwood in 2015 before their gig in Glasgow. Had my photo taken with him, I swear it was like Gandalf meets Frodo 🤣🤣

[@BuckingFitchCA]

Just want to correct the ''nickname'' part. It was/is ''Tee Dee'' not Stevie. That's what her mother called her until the day she passed away, Tee Dee. I don't recall Stevie ever discussing at what point it became ''Stevie'' but I'd take a guess and say school/friends.

[@doggiedogma4]

She became "Stevie" right after she joined Fritz. She started thinking of herself as a solo star, projecting that.

[@S0ldeed]

I recently realized Holding Back The Years by Simply Red is also only two chords. Amazing songwriting but it's made extraordinary by the arrangement - the benefit of such an incredible band.

[@jppcasey]

This song takes me back to a summertime in the 1970's. First cigarette, first taste of Budweiser, first girlfriend, first win on a pool table...great times.

[@Lopyswine]

She was so strung out on stage

[@philiparonson8315]

Who knows? But even if she were strung out she could do more and better in that condition than nearly anyone in the world could do sober.

[@robperry5293]

Beth... Time for you to react to Nova "Lost Girls"... Better known for her videos; she directs, shoots and edits. Nova is an OG rapper, but she is way more than that. On Lost Girls she tells her story of growing up (Deep) and gives us some nice vocals. You red head youtubers should work together. I saw Stevie in concert two times once with Tom Petty and once with her own solo band, great shows.

[@Jill-ni8fe]

The entire album is a masterpiece. Also please review “Sara” I believe it’s her best composition

[@scotte3812]

I would LOVE to hear your reaction to “I could drive you crazy” by Sierra Ferrell.

[@martingillette7613]

Stevie is one of my top five female voices. Natalie Merchant is my favorite.

[@adrianmontelongo9707]

Hey beth, I love this song dreams. It is unique in particular that you can keep the chord for the verse of chorus 👍 🎵

[@silgen]

Love this song, Stevie is such a great singer, and one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Excellent video, Beth, I learned a lot about about a song I've been listening to for nearly 50 years :) I'd really like to see you react of Silver Springs live at Burbank in 1997, another corker of a song by Stevie and the looks passing between Stevie and Lindsey are a sight to behold. A link to that peformance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3XammBuo5VoatU

[@FredCarlos]

It's been a while since you analyzed Brazilian singers

[@justinbrown304]

I'm very impressed with your analogy please do I don't want to know I like to see your reaction to that without Stevie nicks

[@waynesmith7410]

A great song, I don't think there was anything 'healthy' about it. It was a great example of suffering for one's art...

[@johnbeumer9341]

Back in the 90's there was a TV show called Xena, Warrior Princess that was a cult hit. The star of the show, Lucy Lawless, got invited onto Saturday Night Live, and when asked what she could do, She said she did a mean Stevie Nicks impression. They said OK and Stevie Nicks Fajita roundup was born. It was one of the funniest skits that SNL has ever done and only fragments of it still exist on the internet. Here is one, kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6vCia2ZbLplqrs but if you listen to it. You will never be able to listen to the original again without this invading your brain.

[@andresilva8444]

But there is thunder without rain too, so I reject the premise 🤪

[@richards2920]

Fleetwood Mac would make some biopic, right from Peter Green to Neil Finn

[@Zinglebarb]

John McVie played Bass Mick Fleetwood was the drummer just a slip I am sure

[@garyvandecar2580]

Sadly Dreams is Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckinghams break-up song, So i'm pretty sure it had to be hard for her to sing.

[@garyt7193]

Love your content! Curious question, as it relates to Fleetwood Mac......the 3 leads, Lindsey, Christine, and Stevie, all have unique, but perhaps not Steve Perry-like vocals, but when singing together, it's like a river of musical wonder. Would you disagree?

[@andreiaclopes89]

Pleeease react to the orchestra version of “Se Deus Me Ouvisse” be Chitãozinho e Xororó with Sandy & Junior It will leave you stunned!

[@davidmiller189]

One of my favorites, crazy that I Introduced Fleetwood Mac to my daughter when she was a young teen, she said that Stevie Nicks had a horrible voice 😮

[@Marvin4521]

That's what happens when everything they hear now is over processed to perfection. No more heart in the singing.

[@RicoMusap-te3om]

Wasn't it mick Fleetwood on drums??

[@WW-cc3td]

6:36 Yeah, never call this a two chord song.... I know nearly every pub soloist only plays two chords - but it is not!

[@cdallapiccola]

You mistakenly said that it was John McVie playing the drums. He plays the bass. You meant Mick Fleetwood

[@bendeguzboros9646]

Please react to marillion i can't understand why didnt you looked at their singer he is a legend with a legendary voice

[@donbowden5903]

Chech out Leann Rimes unchained melody

[@doggiedogma4]

Stephanie is singing to herself - "Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom. Well, who am I to keep you down? It's only right that you should play the way you feel it." That's Stephanie to herself, she wants to leave, again, not Lindsey.

[@SimplyBeingTT]

Yeah, Lindsey said he never said that. It's clear he still wanted her and the relationship. I'm not sure if there was infidelity on his part when he went on the road with the Everly Brothers, perhaps? Or, if they just got together young, and she wanted to explore... especially once they started having success. Either way, I think she learned by the mid 90s thru The Dance era that the grass wasn't greener and she made a mistake. By the time they were about to rekindle, he learned he had a baby on the way. 😢

[@doggiedogma4]

@@SimplyBeingTT She wanted to move out of Lindsey's shadow, she wanted to "fly free", so to speak. Lindsey was scared of not having her talent as part of him, he wasn't as confident in his "solo" ability as Stephanie "Stevie" was.

[@SimplyBeingTT]

@@doggiedogma4 Yeah, but I think it was deeper than that. From what I've seen of his interviews, he truly did love her and wanted the whole nine with her. It wasn't just about the music. Now whether or not he/they knew how to handle all of that along with the stresses and outside influences of the industry is a different story. However, I don't think he strived for that success, only to then have to share it with someone else but Stevie. That wasn't the plan.

[@magusodonllout332]

Do you not relize this is live?

[@adampoll4977]

Fleetwood Mac made great harmonies from disharmony.

[@patrick86806]

🔥🤩💙

[@stuBdoc]

I think the very best male singer for the "cry break" is Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues. He uses it so effectively in so many songs - Nights in White Satin, Voices in the Sky, Tonight, Question, etc. Made my wife swoon for years (and still).

[@tillman40]

The Boomers made best music

[@mikelogan5629]

I love this live version, but the studio version. All of the harmonies you refer to are just Stevie. “Lonely” “Stillness, Ohhhhh” all Stevie overlaid on the melody. It’s tremendously haunting.

[@jacksmith8002]

aside from Thriller, It has to be the best album of all-time

[@tarmaque]

Simplicity is often highly effective. Consider the principal of the straight man in comedy. Gracie Allen wouldn't have been nearly as funny without George Burns as the straight man, nor would Leslie Nielsen be as funny if he didn't play his parts straight. To use a musical example, Keely Smith playing not just straight but downright flat made Louis Prima that much funnier. Of course both of them were sterling vocalists.

[@rebeccarose7405]

There is a version out there of (I think) The Chain where Stevie and Lindsey are shooting daggers at each other with their eyes--so things weren't always adult and smooth sailing.... ❤🎶

[@RichardinNC1]

Silver Springs from the 1997 The Dance, definitely had daggers between them!

[@SimplyBeingTT]

Still adult and made for a passionate filled performance.