Songs of the Day: Fleetwood Mac - That's All for Everyone, Save Me a Place, Beautiful Child

I've been extremely lax lately and haven't posted a song since Monday, so I'm hoping to make it up to you (me) by going for a threesome. As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I've been on the mother of all Fleetwood Mac kicks, listening to as much Tusk as possible.

While it's not exactly the White Album, Tusk suffers and benefits from a lack of cohesion. It's more a collection of songs than an album, though the songs do share an aesthetic quality - they are immaculately produced. Like any double LP, there are a few clunkers, but the good outweighs the bad by miles (to mix metaphors).

And to me, these are the best of the best - "That's All for Everyone" could be a Lindsey Buckingham solo song, "Save Me a Place" has the entire group harmonizing, and "Beautiful Child" stands up to the best Stevie Nicks songs.

Video: Stevie Nicks singing backstage

This video is courtesy of a Sports Guy tweet from a few months ago. It has since become an obsession of mine. I can't exactly put my finger on why, though a few things about this are clearly awesome:

1. Stevie Nicks has an awesome voice (duh)
2. The woman harmonizing has a really fantastic voice too, though she doesn't get enough camera time here
3. I love how the makeup woman just gives up on trying to do apply makeup, and she stands back and starts watching this unfold
4. The way Stevie looks at and sings to the makeup woman (around the 1:05 mark)
5. How Stevie doubles over in laughter at the end, like that's the most fun she's ever had

I guess part of the appeal is the voyeurism, like you're watching something that only the people backstage were meant to see.  Hell, maybe it's actually an elaborate setup, but I prefer to think this is just a great candid moment.