Product: Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1997)
Rating: 2.0
They Snipped the Songs Short!
I bought this hoping that the promised songs on the back of the box would be the videos or "promotional short" versions songs I had seen on the internet. They were floating around Windows Media player when they were promoting the re-release of Rumours with extras and demos. They were indeed the cuts I was looking for: Fleetwood Mac jamming live versions Rhiannon, You Make Loving Fun, and Dreams. Filmed in 16mm on what looks like their touring stage running through impressive live renditions of these tunes, I yelped with joy that I had these chestnuts on DVD. Unfortunately, on this disc they are present as small samples of the various songs, and cut down to about 30 seconds each. More than enough to tease the viewer but not enough to satisfy. Apparently the producers of this documentary felt that we would be happy to sit through lots of inerview segments on the making of Rumours, but not fantastic footage made at the time of Mac playing the songs. Having seen them, I now realize what a great band they are (and were) live, but I wish they hadnt snipped down these awesome videos for this release. Dangit.