Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac | The Midnight Special

Fleetwood Mac performed April 29, 1977 on The Midnight Special.
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[@latinhellas6383]

A shout out to John McVie for excellent bass playing.

[@njhampster]

When your ex-girlfriend sings backup on your breakup song!

[@themidnightspecialtvshow]

ouch!

[@EazyCheeze]

Especially with the lyric he wrote, "Packin' up, shackin' up's all you wanna do..." Ouch indeed - watch Stevie's face in the seconds before the second chorus. She looks... pretty upset, to say the least. Had to be TORTURE to sing that with Lindsey so much, but they knew what sounded good, and went on with it and it's such an amazing song. Thanks for sharing!

[@mikecumbo7531]

Wasn’t Stevie sleeping with Mick by this point? Also, don’t forget, Mick wanted Lindsey in the band, Lindsey insisted that Stevie had to be included or no deal. Just think how pop/rock would have been different if Stevie wasn’t part of the band.

[@EazyCheeze]

@@mikecumbo7531 Wow, so even though a great deal of hurt was there and definitely was felt by at least Stevie and Lindsey, they kept it professional for the sake of the band and Lindsey wanted Stevie‘s talent there as well - yes, the world would not have had one of the greatest bands in the world if that had not been the case.

[@mikecumbo7531]

@@EazyCheeze remember, they joined the band in 1974 and they had one album out before the relationships were falling apart.

[@paulroberts729]

Such a talented group of musicians. Love John McVie's bass line.

[@amherst88]

Unsung hero John McVie 💜

[@dr.edwardkevorkian5439]

Stevie was SOOOOOOO Fine ! 🤩😍🤩😍🤩

[@clintwilson6380]

Why nobody talks about how great a guitarist Buckingham is?

[@60zeller]

He has always been held in high regard by other guitar players.

[@thecaveofthedead]

@@60zeller It's true but we don't talk about him that much. His style was so different that he doesn't quite fit in the conversation about blues rockers and shredders. So he kind of gets left out. A little bit like Johnny Marr.

[@Voliveira96]

extremely underrated guitarrist. his solos in "Tango in the Night" and "Isn't Midnight" are my favorites.

[@charleneinman3625]

I do! Iam totally in love with that man!

[@Awaywrdson]

Love those 70s !! We had so many "Super Bands" who wrote so many amazing songs !! Lyrics were fantastic !! R.I.P Christine Mcvey 🙏 💔

[@garyc39]

Rumours,the first album I ever bought.I was 17 now Im 63

[@johneason6540]

I bought it on 8 track to, so I could blast in my truck

[@DWilliam1]

Me too,except I was 12 and it was an 8 track…

[@juliuspons818]

I'm following you😊

[@timsteloi1840]

1977 I was 19 yrs old. What an amazing time to be young

[@worldofgnr]

exactly perfect age for 1977, you were lucky. I was born in 80 so i also had chance to enjoy beast music in early 90s with Maiden, Metallica, GNR, Aerosmith, Offspring, Nirvana, RHCP, Soundgarden etc, but i still wish i was born in 50s

[@leokimvideo]

Lindsey Buckingham incredible guitar style in all its glory. Wow, what a band very few are as good as Fleetwood Mac in this format.

[@steveo8571]

I agree he has a great style but in my eyes he is the second best guitarist in this storied group with the founder of Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, being #1. While most people are only familiar with the Buckingham-Nicks version the early Fleetwood Mac 3 guitar line-up was an incredible group which outsold the Beatles and Stones at one point.

[@jm12green31]

​@@steveo8571nah man totally different styles

[@velhovelho5084]

D+++ também adoro está banda

[@jcallico7731]

No this is nowhere near the original. No actual gtr solos. Different chord progressions. Very disappointing.

[@edwardruff7927]

This is absolutely phenomenal. It’s funny - when outstanding things like this are occurring, they just sort of come and go and we don’t think too much of them. Just another Midnight Special. We take them for granted. Only decades later do we truly appreciate the once-in-a-lifetime magic of that unique era, never to be even remotely approached, much less repeated.

[@user-vv2pf1sy4m]

yes soo soo SAD that magical era is over , brings tears to my eyes for real

[@-Shelley-]

*Perfectly* said!

[@worldofgnr]

Imagine that good ol times, beeing one of best bands in 70s, drugs, sex and rock n roll - man, it must have been amazing.

[@animemanganet]

No tons of make-up, no fancy clothes, NO AUTOTUNE... (but oh, the drama!) best time to listen to music! One of my favourite bands of all time!

[@riff2072]

Lots of drama.

[@bwemmie007]

Lots of cocaïne...

[@suzannefarrington4143]

I saw them in 1976 with Jefferson Starship. Stevie Nicks and Grace Slick, wow!

[@Jreb1865]

Wow... The looks Stevie kept giving Lindsey could melt a statue...lol

[@rghilino6734]

Fleetwood Mac at the height of their rock powers. Lindsey Buckingham is amazing.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

This band was truly great. I knew that Lindsay Buckingham was a great player and singer, and of course Stevie Nicks is one of the great female lead singers. I didn’t realize that John mcVie and Mick Fleetwood was such a powerful rhythm section. And of course, RIP to another angel, Christine mcVie. A lot of people say they prefer the Peter Green/Danny Kirwan lineup but their traditional blues rock was doomed for the 70s era.

[@SHALAt22]

You can tell the personal dramas are breaking at the seams at this point.

[@marionboucher3155]

stevie was such a doll

[@williamfabiano543]

Id love to relive theses years.

[@haroldfadorka3816]

Stevie was young, vibrant and beautiful. Cuter than a box of kitten. I can understand why Lindsey Buckingham was upset about the break up. It would give a man brain damage.

[@mikeosullivan3699]

@themidnightspecialtvshow I hope you make a fortune releasing these videos. This is a great gift to the world!

[@crankychris2]

Most of these episodes no longer exist in any format.

[@LeeFred78]

I was a sixteen year old when this aired, and I remember seeing it on TV. I had fallen asleep on the couch with the TV on. This song woke me up and I was absolutely mesmerized seeing Stevie with her top hat and singing. For years and years after that I kept the image in my mind, but it finally took the Internet to bring it back. I found it on Usenet, but the quality was okay. Thanks for posting this!

[@crankychris2]

KZbin has 8 full episodes and about 20 segments, Lorne Michaels had the rest of the episodes destroyed. Home vcr's didn't exist, and commercial vtr's were gone by the 90's. So most of the episodes are long gone. The YT episodes are decent quality and sound, considering the time they were made, and they are free.

[@georgehenderson7783]

2:23 - 2:29 The best turn in concert history

[@ALRULZ1965]

I love the fact that they were high on blow.

[@mwaynem]

This was my MTV. No politics, just the best of the best.

[@janettejohnson6741]

Real musicians playing real music can we ever get back to this?!

[@LagmasterB]

The Strokes

[@ThundersMcCoy]

on real instruments, live, without backing tracks through real amplifiers. To answer your question. No. People have accepted it and now there's no putting that toothpaste back into the tube.

[@David-vo5cz]

Saw them at UNO in the early, mid eighties. Truly one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. They have so many hits and they bring a real energy to the stage. One of the best bands ever.

[@ThundersMcCoy]

It's nice that John got dressed up for TV. 😂🤣

[@weswaselenchuk9906]

One of my top 5 groups of all time. A huge fan for nearly 50 years ... playing one of my 'Top 50' songs of all time.

[@suerewis2502]

Love me some Fleetwood Mac!

[@algin6544]

formidable groupe des 70s ! pure talent j'adore !!!!

[@LowKeyContender]

i wish i could go back and see all the live shows from the 70s and 80s sadly i was not born until the early 80s.... but i grew up listening to all of it thanks to my parents vast and ever growing collection of cds, tapes.... vinyl records.... i think some of the first things i heard was fleetwood mac....... my mother loved it. and to this day it sticks with me. great music.

[@VMBFV]

2:05 - This "yeah!" adds so much energy, come on. So great.

[@kevinmoynihan8087]

Good point. Agreed.

[@edwardruff7927]

I noticed that. After enduring lip-syncing on TV for years it was so refreshing to see actual live performances.

[@larrybethune3909]

That many good musicians, singers and songwriters in a single band? It had to implode.

[@jameskaplan263]

My #1 all time favorite song in a fantastic performance.

[@ritapetteys]

My theory, not backed by science or any musical knowledge, is that this is the best rock and roll song of all time.

[@17nussbaumroad]

The BASS line to this song is sick !! They were probably high on coke when this was filmed ! Those were the days !!

[@atatterson6992]

Probably?

[@joegutting]

I've started to really enjoy John's basslines.

[@atatterson6992]

@@joegutting John who? ;-)

[@artyschopy]

When I think of the word "band" this is the bunch that comes to mind

[@worldofgnr]

Im here in june 2024 and wearing Fleetwood mac tshirt from Mirage tour in 82, and playing this so loud that my whole street listen with me!!!!

[@butcho7492]

All that talent- in one band.

[@UTubeIsTrackingYou]

Damn, a deep dive into the snowbank before this one. Double time, now march!

[@TheAverycross]

Ms. Stevie Nicks looking ever so magical in her top hat! Then again, Fleetwood Mac continues to weave its beautiful and inspired magic with their music. Thanks so much, @TheMidnightSpecialTVshow, for the great music and memories...and RIP Ms. Christine McVie

[@gilbertmhernandez6308]

If by magical you mean all coked out...then yes!

[@johnshields6852]

I was 16 when they came out with their greatest music, you'd think I'd learn from the lyrics about love/lust, I still can't figure out relationships so I've tapped out. So many great songs, these guys seemed to be constantly on the radio back then. Thank you.

[@eflows]

Damn. Mick Fleetwood

[@rooskidoctor]

Chill bumps. Wow.

[@Hillbilly001]

Soundtrack of my youth. Saw them on the Rumors tour. Oh,has it been that long. Cheers

[@sonic-qh7ed]

great great band. 70s. really do rule.

[@davidalexisoquendogutierre7622]

one of my favorite songs of all time .... tremendous theme .... reminds me of my youth

[@deb5710]

Crank it up with the windows rolled down cruising GOOD!

[@MiamiSpartan1]

Always

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

That bass line! 👌🏾

[@philochristos]

That's a nice song.

[@antisocialstoner5887]

Legendary!!!!🤘

[@DragonBread100]

❤❤❤❤ Memories..

[@stormstudios8281]

It's soooooo nice to hear all of Lindsey's elegant subtle touches with the chords in the verses. He has such a touch that elevates how FM songs are more than how a cover band plays it. Soooo good to hear a different mix. Hope they can remaster some of these recordings.

[@midwestconcertvideo]

I doubt they recorded multitracks of the performances - the show was before they had stereo TV, so they probably only recorded a mono soundtrack.

[@paulrogers6037]

Stevie boiling with rage and still singing on Lindsay's dis track to her.

[@MiamiSpartan1]

The soundtrack to my high school years

[@PatchworkAndNuance]

Classic ✌🏼

[@mooseweather314]

Amazing, just amazing. The sound recording of a live show is incredible.

[@donniev8181]

Stevie, "you can go your own way"!

[@wandson5410]

Good performance

[@chrisphillips8259]

Awesome band, McVie with his bass guitar really makes a statement in this song, whenever I listen I just immediately hear the bass

[@LeeFred78]

This song is probably one of the reasons why I have hearing loss and tinnitus to this day. I used to cruise around in my 65 Chevy Biscayne with a Sanyo tape deck and Jenson Tria-Ax speakers in the rear package tray. When this song came on, I would blast it so loud that the rearview mirror would be vibrating from John McVie's bass line and my ears would be thrumming to Lindsay Buckingham's guitar. Great times!

[@Dan-vt3nk]

Awesome!

[@rebeccawagner4167]

The Midnight Special showcased real rock and roll ❤❤

[@hauntedmilk8540]

What an amazing band.

[@user-ur3cg1wq4b]

Lindsey Buckingham sang Go Your Way , and Stevie Nicks sang Never Going Back . That was their breakup songs . They still did a bang up song Reconsider Me. That love they had is like footprints in their their hearts 💕 .

[@LeeHoFook-do6ho]

Err um Lindsey sang Never Going Back kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXjcdKtvjMx6jJo

[@Tezz007]

Stevie Nicks sang Silver Springs and Dreams, Never Going Back was a Lindsey song

[@nickcastillo738]

WOOOOO

[@ardyjeen6144]

I didn’t catch them on the Midnight Special, but did see them on SNL when I was a young lad, performing this tune. During my 5-year obsession with Kiss from ‘75 to ‘80 there was only one band, one summer, that mattered as much and that was Fleetwood Mac w/ ‘Rumors’. Think I actually listened to that album more than Kiss but just loved it so much, their harmonies, and thought Mick Fleetwood was an incredibly tasteful drummer. I was nine years old. An incredible time. Pray up and God bless.

[@ReelinInTheYears66]

This is NOT from Midnight Special as it was part of a 30 minute promo film by Warners Brothers. This aired on many TV shows around the world but has nothing to do with Midnight Special.

[@jameskaplan263]

I thought the same video was elsewhere on YT.

[@marygriffiths2950]

You can tell it's not from the Midnight Special.

[@JenniferCheek-tn8nr]

That's what I thought 😮

[@scottmumford8295]

I was just thinking that the camera work and editing did NOT feel like what you'd see on The Midnight Special--so this makes complete sense.

[@ImaLeshLushnIcantgetmyPhil]

Thank you for the clarification! This looks nothing like the normal mo. Plus, the title of the thumbnail, the other information in more, are not consistent with the majority postings. Thanks again for calling them out 😏

[@kdee8166]

The emotion is palpable - brilliant song.

[@MCW1955]

Live and real. Hardly anyone can do that now ( except for bluegrass) bravo!!!

[@johnathandelrio]

This is ruthless lol

[@mikegreen6282]

stunning. could watch this 100 x

[@Lenny-tj7eb]

They had a heartbreaking break up and had to perform together all the time on tour and studio intense

[@Swayzeo]

💖

[@silvermoontearoom7123]

This is a clip from the 1976 Fleetwood Mac documentary "Rosebud."

[@packinaglock]

Looks like they all just did a line. They were cranking.🤣

[@stevespawn1]

Stevie is super high in this video. What a business to be in. Drugs, excess, hedonism-seems ok when your young and dumb-as you get older-if you get older-it’s silly to trash your mind, liver and other various organs you may need to grow older. Ask Hendrix, Freddie mercury, several other folks names you can come with. We can’t ask them. I miss Brad delp from Boston who was distressed and took his life. I miss Stevie ray, we have seen many things

[@HubertusRudolpho]

its only love

[@IPlayOneOnT.V.]

In the '70s there was no singer on the music charts "hotter" than Stevie Nicks, not even Linda Ronstadt. "SN" was so adorably cute.

[@johnbarcza5945]

I would take Olivia Newton John over Stevie Nicks 12 days of Sunday.

[@IPlayOneOnT.V.]

@@johnbarcza5945 I'm sorry. I completely forgot about ONJ. That would have to be an unbreakable tie for me, Unbreakable! Whichever one of them I'm watching on KZbin is always the best one. I absolutely can't decide that one.

[@IPlayOneOnT.V.]

@@SWRural No. I'm talking about breathtaking women. Deborah Harry was never that to me.

[@johnbarcza5945]

@@SWRural Stevie Nicks and ONJ made Debbie Harry look like a dude in drag

[@KittyGrizGriz]

I actually like Christine McVie better, she had some greats songs too

[@miguelpaul1164]

Stevie's glossy eyes

[@josearalat]

There were some good drugs on that stage that night for sure.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

I hated playing this song on Rockband. I know the drums by heart. But the game would throw in weird hits that are not in the song. I'd barely get through with passable score and people would turn to me and ask "Are you sure you're a drummer?" Love the performance here.

[@commentatron]

Poor Stevie looks pretty glassy-eyed here.

[@soulnik]

It was probably the pure Peruvian flake they all enjoyed with vigor. It was the '70s after all.

[@ninettaflores7515]

And what ????

[@flicewatter]

Reds and coke were like cereal and milk back in the day..

[@crankychris2]

@@flicewatter 'Ludes and Cocaine were Miami's hallmarks in the late '70's and early '80's.

[@ryanellis4818]

imagine if this guy played in Drop C# and screamed about his ex girlfriend, what a wild concept.

[@jbhook1339]

Was there any guy back then between 15 and 25who was not hot for Stevie? I know I was.

[@dbus1635]

Mate I was minus 2yo when this was recorded and I had the hots for her!

[@kbtube8125]

tune that bass!

[@powerage17]

Stevie wanted for Lindsey to change the line...shackin up is all you want to do..begging him to change the line...he didnt...rest is history..

[@thebarf9235]

Even out of tune, they're still a 100% better than anyone on Spotify's top playlists or Billboard's Hot 100 "artists."

[@kbtube8125]

i know. the bass is so off. i think the E string is sharp. all's i hear is wobbeling.

[@markriva4259]

What energy and passion, but no Lindsey solo at the end?

[@sonic-qh7ed]

stevie nicks eyes just sparkling in the light just sayin maybe a little 70s pick me up

[@gwcstudio]

Mick always seems to look like he's got severe indigestion.

[@Mia444]

Guitar players, help me out here and I apologize for knowing NOTHING about guitars, but... why does Lindsey's playing style look different from most guitarists, like the way he moves his fingers?

[@bretfisher7286]

You're right. I'm not a serious player either, but he does have a very different technique. For one thing, he isn't using a pick-- and I'm not sure he ever does. Otherwise, I can't tell you much, but you're definitely right.

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

Finger pick/ strumming, and mostly downstroke. A very talented player.

[@AnthonyWilliams-ew3wp]

I would never have let Stevie Nicks go.

[@brianhammer5107]

just a promo vid they ran on MS

[@ChildOfThe1970s]

This footage is not from the The Midnight Special.

[@victorvera8118]

Asi no se llamaba la banda de peter green y john mayal ? Alguien me saque esta duda

[@tendanfer8466]

Yes!!!

[@victorvera8118]

@@tendanfer8466 entonces es la misma banda ?

[@ImaLeshLushnIcantgetmyPhil]

@@victorvera8118 Yes, it is the same, with many different musicians who left, others rotated in and out. Until the mid 70’s, when Stevie and Linsey joined. That is a story for another day 😉

[@ehburrus]

This is a nice version of this song but it's really lacking the 12-string rhythm guitar present on the studio recording as well as some live recordings (Lindsay's guitar tech played it live later on)

[@ryanedmondson3474]

So much pain on this album

[@pistolpeteOH]

Notice that Buckingham doesn’t use a pick. Knopfler from Dire Straits does the same.