How Fleetwood Mac Wrote 'The Chain'

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00:00 Intro
00:55 Title Card
01:03 Rumors
02:01 Close Analysis: The Chain
02:24 Opening
02:48 Lyrics
04:08 Shift/Bass Riff
05:02 Guitar Solo
05:34 Outro
06:35 “Mimics the Band‘s Life”
07:12 Conclusion

[Kylora]

Producer: "Umm, guys, I don't think you can write an entire album fueled entirely by drugs and infidelity."
Fleetwood Mac: "Hold our cocaine."

[coolstorybro]

If queen and Elton John movies are being made..Fleetwood Mac definitely needs one. You know how big that’s be

[alisterfolson]

They need to have a big-budget movie about them

[lorenpeterson]

"Rumors, an album written for and by people cheating on each other."

[nateyoung]

"Mind you, they did make some of their best music back then."
"Rumours?"
"No, it's all true."

[youguessedit]

Fleetwood Mac literally gave a shout out to their coke dealer in the liner notes of Rumours. That pretty much sums up how they wrote it.

[ZaZa-kpgt]

Forgot to add that Mick was sleeping with Stevie behind Lindsey’s back too.
They were a mess.
The chain is one of the most dynamic rock songs of all time. Never gets old

[BubbaZen]

Lot's of coke, and Stevie and Lindsay being very pissed at each other.  Love and hate and drugs,  and voila, a masterpiece.  (don't try this at home. your results may vary)

[prefeiturademarica]

I think this story could become a movie called "The Chain", telling how they recorded this album in all this trouble between them...

[JBluver]

It’s 2019 and we still don’t have a Fleetwood Mac biopic. We are truly living in the worst timeline.

[RastaSaiyaman]

You could have used the footage of the Mirage tour where you see Lindsey and Stevie screaming the lyrics at each other with rage filled looks.

[danNsam]

"How can I ever change things that I feel?" Is such a good question

[dddevvonnn]

This song genuinely gives me the chills every time I listen to it

[antoniusk]

Fleetwood Mac is like the high school of bands: tons of drama, bad relationships, filled with people acting like they like each other

[rachelsrooms]

nobody:
lead singers in the 70s: T A M B O U R I N E

[jefffiore]

It always amazed me how in a dark time in the bands lives, they came out with the greatest album of their career, channeling their pain into their music

[katebushisjesus]

stevie’s ‘the chain’ demo is so beautiful.

[hollyfrostpointers]

The bondage they felt, enslaved to each other, not able to be apart. Amazing song

[morganboutwell]

Just the fact that they stayed together because of how well they made music despite everything else. True inspiration.

[italianfun]

The Chain is the perfect anthem for Fleetwood Mac. This line up of band memebers has been rocking for almost 45 years now and has definitely shared the most success. Hopefully they'll work out their differences with Lindsey and the fab 5 will be back together again!