Watched this on Friday, thinking it was just the sort of thing to watch on a Friday - bit of nostalgia, some good music and a run through of their career.
The first oddity was as the programne admitted there isn't that much of Fleetwood Mac at the BBC as one might expect. So a number of songs were either the videos as shown on ToTP, or concert footage as shown on the BBC at some point but not made by the BBC.
The second thing was that the normal format for these programmes has been a fairly linear chronological approach but it started with the mid 70s to late 80s lineup. In most bands, this wouldn't be that significant but if you don't know tgat Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsay Buckingham were all new members of what was initially an all male blues band, then when it jumps back to the earlier stuff it's a bizarre leap. That their only UK number 1 is Albatross which is odd even for that lineup of the band compounds the issue.
When Rumours was released, it seemed irrelevant to the 13 year old me, and yet it was ubiquitous, and remained so from Grand Prix coverage to Presidential campaigns. The entwining of the music with the soap opera of the band all served to somehow distance it. That distancing is exarcerbated by the virtousity, and smoothness of production for much of their output.
As a band, I've tended to admire rather than love (though when Albatross re-entered the UK singles chart in 1973 the 10 year old was entranced, then lost touch with and was confused when Rumours appeared), watching the stitched together programme that would normally just be a Friday night wallow, has left me listening to First Reactions on YouTube to try and parse the band through others' impressions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rsbc
