From wikipedia: Peter Green has explained that he wrote the song after experiencing a drug-induced dream, in which he was visited by a green dog which barked at him. He understood that the dog represented money. "It scared me because I knew the dog had been dead a long time. It was a stray and I was looking after it. But I was dead and had to fight to get back into my body, which I eventually did. When I woke up, the room was really black and I found myself writing the song."
legends are made by minds needin' em or requiring 'em as a monument or sentinalian guidepost to keep things rolling. peter green walked to his own boogie, and needed only his god to help him and really good friends.when he pulled his head outta his ass.
How the fuck he wrote this and got that band to translate it into the sound he wanted is nothing short of a miracle. As musicians go ... Peter Green has surely got to be up there. Maybe he'll become a legend when he dies because he fucking deserves to be.. But he's still alive people. And Mick, John and Danny .. this was your finest hour!
The creation of British Heavy Metal really can not be attributed to any single act. Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Black Sabbath, and a slew of other acts all contributed to the creation of UK metal. All the aformentioned bands influenced acts such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. American artists (especially those orginating in the 1960s San Fransico psychedelic scene) also played a role in forming the mold for other artists to follow.
Peter Green did not invent UK heavy Metal - wtf - he was into blues and dark rhythm - heavy metal - do your research - heavy metal was Black Sabbath and how u ever invented Iron Maiden as brit H R - u need to space back
@Gyphia, it was kind of sudden for me (25 years of age), like Zeppelin-Sabbath-Maiden-Metallica-Cannibal Corpse, then I slowly worked my way back to find everything in between. I find there is something very, very special about the earliest days of metal that will never be heard again.
Peter Green made Fleetwood Mac... after he left what happened to Danny Kerwin, the great backing guitarist...he cracked up one time,and they dumped him. He lived on the streets for years and is now in hostel (the last I heard).
Peter Green would have never allowed this "scum" to do that....neither would he have sanctioned their sell out too big money in the music industry. Why dont you multi-millionaire's seek out Danny Kerwin & help him. Because U R super rich trash. P. Green saw this in you.
@Kristopful you know what fella you might just have hit the nail on the head, see a bbc4 docu on mac last night great to see peter green looking good after so long. would love to kick fleetwood an mc,vai in the clackers.
Wow! Peter and Danny! LSD took Peter from us...way too early!
Yet, it did give us this and many more greats!?
He took a lot for the team! But, it took him away from us!
I have read a few comments saying that LSD is WORTH THE GAMBLE to get great songs! WTF! u r nuts!
Like most youth in bands...my friends took many hits over and over. 3 are now, not right in the head! 1 at 17yrs had one trip too many! Its proof positive...LSD is GAMBLING UR LIFE & NEVER COMING BACK DOWN!
This is my FIRST time hearing this incredible track,,,,I cannot believe it! This is a part of Fleetwood Mac's history which I really need to get into!!!! Thanks for the phenomenal post!
This tune blows me away - seems to me although these guys methodology undoubtedly has perpetuated ever since, converting that to mainstream listening whilst maintaining purity is a rare thing. Shame on the industry.
This was pretty much Peter Greens group. He wrote most of the songs, played guitar and was one of the best. Too bad at least 3 Fleetwood Mac guitarists (including Green) had mental problems. Still, one of the best bands ever.
This was the REAL F. Mac. No insipid Stevie Nicks, Christie McVie commercial GARBAGE. Don't know what happened to these pioneers of psychedelia but those girls( for all practical purposes) ruined the band. Thank God the real deal is still out here!!!!!
Those "girls" ruined the band!!? I suppose Lindsey Buckingham gets off scott free in this, who produced Mac trying to introducing new wave ideas and the Bee Gees style of production. But hey- he was a man so thats ok. .Stevie Nicks actualy wrote most of the rock songs. See the Chain or Sisters of the Moon. Both Mac's were good in their own way but v. different bands.
The original Mac RULE!!!! This song is so menacing its guitars and drums put in my mind of a train rumbling down a track. A lot darker than Judas Priest's cover for sure.
Green has said that the song is about money, as represented by the devil. Green used to say that he wrote the song after a drug-induced dream, where he was haunted by a green dog barking at him. The dog represented money.
Peter Green was very disturbed at the time of writing the lyrics for this song. The Green Manalishi he refers to - is American Dollar greenbacks - the currency of the 70's/80's age. He was a troubled soul and still is to this day - but - but ----------- HE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE GREATS - CLAPTON HENDRIX - ET AL acknowledged him so - PETER GREEN - I wish him well
This is the musical equivalent of a Hitchcock movie. When the guitars die down in the middle and Peter quietly sings "Cause you're the Green Manalishi, With a two-pronged crown" shivers run up and down my spine and my skin crawls.
This is why another famous band's cover misses the mark. They uptempo the riff and take away anything that was gloomy, and dark. Actually this version is tame compared to the single. The single is still disturbing to listen to today. Yet this song was five-ten years ahead of it's time in terms of British bands such as Queen, or Iron Maiden. Peter Green invented 1980's British Heavy Metal :).
@runtothetrenches There's actually a lot of truth to that statement. Metal is basically an evolution of blues. They steal a lot of structure, riffs, progressions from blues. It's basically saying Led Zeppelin invented American Heavy Metal. Which is also basically true. Zeppelin was hard, hard blues.
Thanks for posting iflego, this music has so much soul, its hard to beleive it was so very long ago when rock was actually rock. Now days these bands all sound the fuckin same with people with no character playing the same shit. Throw away bands is what they are.
Went to see a Fleetwood Mac cover band last night and they did a good job, but wow I'd forgotten how great the original band was. Great clip ..love this.
Peter Green is one of the truly great British Blues guitarists...his technique, phrasing, and that unique tone are awesome...obviously he's a troubled soul but that's one of the things that makes him such a compelling artist
"The Supernatural", although not technically demanding, remains one of my favourite guitar pieces ever. Peter Green's phrasing on that is sublime (as was/is a lot of his playing). Give me that over these 1000 notes per second merchants ANY day.
This is fucking great song. I listen to this almost every day (as I do also the Judas Priest version as they are so totally different and still great!) Yes, I am a nutter as Peter when writing this song!
Mmm, missing the point i think: the sound & feel is in the heart & expressed with the fingers; any one can buy certain combinations of amp & guitar but still not move us because they play from the head & not from the spirit... Some people just plug in & play with whatever is available & make us cry with the beauty of thair music because they dont think, just let the spirit sing
we all know what you meant.would you say the same thing about the black race, black blues is where rock came from.they were tortured body,mind,spirit and soul.would you want your family to be tortured,so you could write a meaningful song?just think about it
San Francisco, San Francisco, I just see and transmit the smell of the Market, Tenderloin, Mission District, Dolores Park, Golden Gate Park, and streets of San Francisco after 3:00.
I love all Fleetwood Mac, of course I like Peter Green Fleetwood Mac way more though. The reason I like them so much is not just because they're blues, it's the emotion and the way they play their songs. That's why I can listen to "Oh Well"
just discovered peters fleetwood not knowing that priests and santanas hits were covers.must say the originals are better(live versions)also green and iommi do sound alike in this song, its the guitar bends w/ the hvy hand vibrato at same time.who founded what/influenced who i dont know.I lov the "chic" fleetwood too(the stevi nicks stuff mostly)and i am curious do any of u like both macs?I mean u could be a die hard green fan but skip over a masterpiece like oh well pt2 because its not blues?
You know, at this point I don't care. I'm would not be interested if Tony Iommi gave Peter Green that bad acid in Germany. But, seriously, dead horse dudes!
( re jkoff76 post of I year ago) All of FM were at a party in a castle outside Munich thrown by two sinister German hippy aristocrats involved in the underground ,anti establishment ,alternative politics,possibly anarchist scene there . As far as I know Tony Iommi was not present .He was not mentioned in the excellent BBC Peter Green Man of the world documentary . which covered this incident in depth(has been posted on youtube )
With all due respect to this song, it is fantastic, Black Sabbath's first album was released months prior and Black Sabbath's heavy sound was solidified many months before that. Ozzy had no input on the sound of Sabbath and whatever he may have said he was probably in such a stupor as to not even know what he was talking about. Black Sabbath's use of detuning and tritones can be attributed to the loss of Tony Iommi's fingertips. Twas fate that invented heavy metal's sound, not Peter Green.
Wow. Really??? Being a Black Sabbath obsessive for over 20 years there is nothing about what you just said that I don't already know. And if you believe that Peter Green had NO influence on Toni Iommi, you know absolutely nothing about guitar!!!
as far as being one of the best english blues players, I guess, but the Mac albums before "Then Play On" (Released late 69) are pretty straight blues, I don't see how they'd be an influence to the sabbath sound when Earth/Black sabbath demos from summer '69 show them playing the same style that would make them world famous later. I have to go with Oddwun, Ozzy's mind is confused.
of course you do realize they were mainly influenced by the british blues boom, which included Fleetwood Mac and Cream, who influenced the creation of metal, because back then, that could be called metal.
I never said anything about Peter Green's influence with regards to Tony Iommi. They were playing at the same bars and clubs for years all around Britain, obviously they influenced each other greatly. Your claim was particular to this song, proclaiming it prototypical to heavy metal when it was no such thing. Similarly arranged songs were around long before this song. It's a great song, but nothing pioneering in the development of the sound of heavy metal.
This was my VERY VERY VERY FAVORITE when it first came out 1970? ... it blew my mind... it was my music, body and soul at the age of 16... and still is my treasure... I still have the SS! This has not grown old, it's ageless.
I agree totally with shireat's and blomfield's comments. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is like my third favorite band, only coming after Pink Floyd and The Beatles
No, the sound of early Fleetwood Mac had nothing in common, in any way, with freakin' Black Sabbath. I was listening to the local underground station in late '69, and heard Then Play On. Went out the next day, bought the album...and didn't stop listening to them until they went commercial. Black Sabbath started out with a heavy blues focus but quickly turned to weird, occult and horror-based lyrics, with accompanying "heavy metal" sound. FM: Peter Green. BS: Ozzy Osbourne. Say no more.
no, no, no. different things. 60ies fleetwood were going to be the greatest ever in melodic an rhythmic tension. Black Sabbath in my opinion are absolutely overrated.
It's hard to imagine that Mick Fleetwood and John McVie played with Peter Green and Buckingham/Nicks. Can you see 2 more diverse music styles? And yet both had their own huge audiences. It just goes to show you. And don't ask me what!
If anyone has Oh Well from Then Play On, please post it. It's easily one of the all time great pieces of music from the 70's or any other time, for that matter. And also, if anyone has Peter Green's original Black Magic Woman(no offense Carlos)please post that as well. Thanks ahead of time.
Too bad Peter Green went crazy, Jeremy Spencer joined the Children of God, and Danny Kirwin left the group when "the girls" joined and ruined Fleetwood Mac.
A time I met my first girlfreind. It´s also a classic for me at least.
This is stuff that influenced my so called formative years like Umma Gumma by Floyd where we used to sit stoned, speechless and completely spaced out.
Tried it. Sonja Kristina is a great singer, but man, the rest of the band sounds like a train wreck. Agree with you on Umma Gumma. You roll a spliff, get flat on your back and stare at the ceiling. :))))) Very Nice!
This is Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac! It's a live version I'm pretty sure is from the Boston Tea Party set. I've been wrong a couple of times in the last five minutes.
The best version ever. This one has more guts and power than Pete Green´s had. It´s a classic. And I agree completely with most of the contibutors. How about another classic? Back Street Luv by Curved Air?
I like this version as well as Judas priests version. This seems like a precursor to the Iron Maidens and Judas Priests of the world. I wonder what Fleetwood Mac would have evolved to if they never brought in any ladies and kept this lineup? My guess is they would have been a metal band
I agree, Mac was going in that direction, Sabbath/Zep area. I happened to comment elsewhere on YouTube that the Priest cover has a better structure and is overall more listenable than the original studio recording by Mac of this and got my head torn off, but frankly, the original sounds like a bad LSD trip and I think it unlistenable. I bet this version is lilkey what Priest tried to recreate and it blows away the Mac's studio recording.
Sounds so much like the best of Kyuss. So ahead of its time.
scrumpmonkey 1 week ago
Green is God
TheInboil 1 week ago
From wikipedia: Peter Green has explained that he wrote the song after experiencing a drug-induced dream, in which he was visited by a green dog which barked at him. He understood that the dog represented money. "It scared me because I knew the dog had been dead a long time. It was a stray and I was looking after it. But I was dead and had to fight to get back into my body, which I eventually did. When I woke up, the room was really black and I found myself writing the song."
davidscott001 1 month ago
legends are made by minds needin' em or requiring 'em as a monument or sentinalian guidepost to keep things rolling. peter green walked to his own boogie, and needed only his god to help him and really good friends.when he pulled his head outta his ass.
jdmfonte 1 month ago
Great video- it works brilliantly with the music
kieranification 2 months ago
R.I.P. Bob Burnings Original Bassist u will be Missed
\M/
D3stroyer891 4 months ago
1:47-1:51 Calm down Danny.
rifferguy1 6 months ago
How the fuck he wrote this and got that band to translate it into the sound he wanted is nothing short of a miracle. As musicians go ... Peter Green has surely got to be up there. Maybe he'll become a legend when he dies because he fucking deserves to be.. But he's still alive people. And Mick, John and Danny .. this was your finest hour!
Jenjenilou 7 months ago 5
Just the best .Good luck Peter. green
gracieslick555 7 months ago 3
very good cut love it
puppyfarmer 7 months ago
My favorite solo to have ever been played, hands down.
FRUUBIES 8 months ago 2
The creation of British Heavy Metal really can not be attributed to any single act. Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, Cream, Black Sabbath, and a slew of other acts all contributed to the creation of UK metal. All the aformentioned bands influenced acts such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. American artists (especially those orginating in the 1960s San Fransico psychedelic scene) also played a role in forming the mold for other artists to follow.
brianpage100 10 months ago
Peter Green did not invent UK heavy Metal - wtf - he was into blues and dark rhythm - heavy metal - do your research - heavy metal was Black Sabbath and how u ever invented Iron Maiden as brit H R - u need to space back
amalkadog 1 year ago
@amalkadog metal was BLUE CHEER actually
Hendrix1820 10 months ago
@Gyphia, it was kind of sudden for me (25 years of age), like Zeppelin-Sabbath-Maiden-Metallica-Cannibal Corpse, then I slowly worked my way back to find everything in between. I find there is something very, very special about the earliest days of metal that will never be heard again.
RUTVonline 1 year ago 2
genius
naiduk 1 year ago
Very nice!
Jolie028 1 year ago
Remember this when it came out and still sounds bloody great!!
kennetharthur1953 1 year ago
I wonder if i'm to old to drop ACID,i'm 45 yrs. old now.because I want ,have'nt did so in like 20 years.
217789jimbo 1 year ago
@217789jimbo never too old..woot go for it Jimbo!
vinaysangel 9 months ago
I lived my whole life thinking this is Priests work of art, now my eyes are open... Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac just blew my fucking mind
thejakinator108 1 year ago 4
Peter Green made Fleetwood Mac... after he left what happened to Danny Kerwin, the great backing guitarist...he cracked up one time,and they dumped him. He lived on the streets for years and is now in hostel (the last I heard).
Peter Green would have never allowed this "scum" to do that....neither would he have sanctioned their sell out too big money in the music industry. Why dont you multi-millionaire's seek out Danny Kerwin & help him. Because U R super rich trash. P. Green saw this in you.
Kristopful 1 year ago 4
@Kristopful you know what fella you might just have hit the nail on the head, see a bbc4 docu on mac last night great to see peter green looking good after so long. would love to kick fleetwood an mc,vai in the clackers.
bill500carphead 1 year ago
still my fever song of fleetwood - since more than 40 years - LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!
gymdoc1 1 year ago 2
this band influence many guitar players,glenn tipton.kk downing(judas priest)
joe perry.brad whitford.(aerosmith).i bet the list keeps going too!
gibsongold1970 1 year ago
a great song
deovenist 1 year ago
Wow! Peter and Danny! LSD took Peter from us...way too early!
Yet, it did give us this and many more greats!?
He took a lot for the team! But, it took him away from us!
I have read a few comments saying that LSD is WORTH THE GAMBLE to get great songs! WTF! u r nuts!
Like most youth in bands...my friends took many hits over and over. 3 are now, not right in the head! 1 at 17yrs had one trip too many! Its proof positive...LSD is GAMBLING UR LIFE & NEVER COMING BACK DOWN!
Art is natural!
MrsCindyLeonidas 1 year ago 2
i believe pete is writing again. Incredibly talented guy, he wrote many Santana songs. Good luck to him
peterviner1 1 year ago 2
This is my FIRST time hearing this incredible track,,,,I cannot believe it! This is a part of Fleetwood Mac's history which I really need to get into!!!! Thanks for the phenomenal post!
312chicagoadam 1 year ago 2
4:20 claasic
PlayRockGuitarSongs 1 year ago
God, I miss the old Mac.
thebec88 1 year ago
they say his guitars are cursed..
perceptionOFpink 1 year ago
These guys were too good they had to self-detruct it wisnae fair on the rest,they blew everyone else away.
gordonw01 1 year ago
This tune blows me away - seems to me although these guys methodology undoubtedly has perpetuated ever since, converting that to mainstream listening whilst maintaining purity is a rare thing. Shame on the industry.
ceilingcatiswatching 1 year ago
Mick is a long tall geezer.
scrumsie 1 year ago
Pure & undiluted, menacing dark & frightening, This is where your mind goes when you can't take it anymore. Absolutely superb.
daddyreddog 1 year ago 4
OK ithought i could have the malalishi for afters.great treet. Your the nam Peter.good stuff
gracieslick555 2 years ago
I want some of that green ,go on Peter.
gracieslick555 2 years ago
The green 'erb goes well with the green manalishi. ;)
idler11 2 years ago
Isn't that Peter playing a six-string bass on this one?
NicolletIslandSlim 2 years ago
Looks like his 'magic' Les Paul to me.
MorroccoM13 2 years ago
yeah on the CD " live at the Boston tea party " he swaps his guitar for 6 string bass near the end of the song.
chrismans 2 years ago
Spencer looks really creepy in the 'street shots' of this video.
MorroccoM13 2 years ago
Fleetwood MAc just seems to get better and better saw them last year and they still are great
Zedsdead1968 2 years ago
a song about dollars, about a strange strong drug, and a green dog.
hspank 2 years ago
Good stuff.
88mpny 2 years ago 3
This is as cool as it gets, and it's an original Peter Green Fleetwood Mac song. He wrote Black Magic Woman ! How cool is that?
ringmansos 2 years ago
Danny Kirwan was only about 18 years old here.
ringmansos 2 years ago
This was pretty much Peter Greens group. He wrote most of the songs, played guitar and was one of the best. Too bad at least 3 Fleetwood Mac guitarists (including Green) had mental problems. Still, one of the best bands ever.
ringmansos 2 years ago
legends never die
pooliepete 2 years ago 7
This was the REAL F. Mac. No insipid Stevie Nicks, Christie McVie commercial GARBAGE. Don't know what happened to these pioneers of psychedelia but those girls( for all practical purposes) ruined the band. Thank God the real deal is still out here!!!!!
CaptRaven54 2 years ago 4
Those "girls" ruined the band!!? I suppose Lindsey Buckingham gets off scott free in this, who produced Mac trying to introducing new wave ideas and the Bee Gees style of production. But hey- he was a man so thats ok. .Stevie Nicks actualy wrote most of the rock songs. See the Chain or Sisters of the Moon. Both Mac's were good in their own way but v. different bands.
squashedtomato 2 years ago 4
Lord, make me young again. Take me back. I want to do it all over again
duncanstpt 2 years ago 6
Best FM song ever!!!!!
nik2289 2 years ago
@nik2289
Best Priest song ever, too!
phizgp 2 years ago
Awesome lyrics
abchemicuda 2 years ago
From covers like I Believe My Time Aint Long and Rambling Pony in 1967 to this, written in, I think, in 1969.
Some epiphany.
Cheximus 2 years ago
Why did they not include a solo on the original? It suits the mood perfectly.
ErnestNeedsAKidney 2 years ago 2
It's got groooooove!
jjjxxx777 2 years ago
Did the 'Mac' ever come anywhere close to this afterwards ? I speak as a fan but I somehow doubt it - this is as good as inventive rock gets.
graham211 2 years ago 5
The best ever FM track by the best incarnation of the band!
malawri67 2 years ago
This is the real beginning of heavy metal!
pieterjanoddens 2 years ago 2
Really? :-p
Giantrobokc 2 years ago
No, definitely not.
kranen1 2 years ago
This is Peter at his darkest best! a Genius writer and musician.
blackpudscoffer 2 years ago 3
this version is awesome but the priest version just suits me better
metalhe4d4life 2 years ago
The original Mac RULE!!!! This song is so menacing its guitars and drums put in my mind of a train rumbling down a track. A lot darker than Judas Priest's cover for sure.
tomshea69 2 years ago 13
Thanks Iflejo, so blue. Gorgeous.
chinatree1 2 years ago
Great post of an excellent song. Question was the Green Manalishi his guilt about money or his falling into madness from too much LSD?
annerenzo 2 years ago
Green has said that the song is about money, as represented by the devil. Green used to say that he wrote the song after a drug-induced dream, where he was haunted by a green dog barking at him. The dog represented money.
lflejo 2 years ago 3
Thanks for the response. That is primarily what I heard.
annerenzo 2 years ago
@lflejo Ah! NOW I know what the "two-pronged crown" is - alert green dog ears!
MickeyYahoo 1 year ago
Peter Green was very disturbed at the time of writing the lyrics for this song. The Green Manalishi he refers to - is American Dollar greenbacks - the currency of the 70's/80's age. He was a troubled soul and still is to this day - but - but ----------- HE WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE GREATS - CLAPTON HENDRIX - ET AL acknowledged him so - PETER GREEN - I wish him well
amalkadog 1 year ago
Nobody says it can't be both.
faceofpo 2 years ago
This is the musical equivalent of a Hitchcock movie. When the guitars die down in the middle and Peter quietly sings "Cause you're the Green Manalishi, With a two-pronged crown" shivers run up and down my spine and my skin crawls.
blownglasslide 2 years ago 3
This is why another famous band's cover misses the mark. They uptempo the riff and take away anything that was gloomy, and dark. Actually this version is tame compared to the single. The single is still disturbing to listen to today. Yet this song was five-ten years ahead of it's time in terms of British bands such as Queen, or Iron Maiden. Peter Green invented 1980's British Heavy Metal :).
strangeones4 2 years ago 23
Led zeppelin?
godwhatcanihave 2 years ago
You said it !
Truly.
sisterdiggins 2 years ago
@strangeones4 "Peter Green invented 1980's British Heavy Metal." Ok, I get that you like the guy, but come onnnnnnnnnn...
runtothetrenches 1 year ago
@runtothetrenches There's actually a lot of truth to that statement. Metal is basically an evolution of blues. They steal a lot of structure, riffs, progressions from blues. It's basically saying Led Zeppelin invented American Heavy Metal. Which is also basically true. Zeppelin was hard, hard blues.
jackshit54942 1 year ago
@jackshit54942 "Steal" is the wrong word. You mean that they were "influenced" by blues, which is true.
duffmasterofpuppets 1 year ago
If you leave Fleetwod Mac, you go crazy. Just look at the original three guitarists.
YourMumGetsItAnally 2 years ago
this is sick! 5 stars
bebop90 2 years ago 3
This is one of the darkest things I've ever heard.
HawkwindMaster 2 years ago 8
From the dark recesses of Peter Green's demon filled mind.
The original is the best by far!!!
Libertine62 2 years ago 6
It's a fucking cool song.
Although Judas Priest version i prefer, but i can see this version growing on me:)
BillieEisen 2 years ago
Thanks for posting iflego, this music has so much soul, its hard to beleive it was so very long ago when rock was actually rock. Now days these bands all sound the fuckin same with people with no character playing the same shit. Throw away bands is what they are.
boxoffroggs 2 years ago 7
Love this song. Judas Priest did an amazing cover, but this one'll always be better in my eyes.
HelloHalo117 2 years ago 27
Vintage Fleetwood Mac...llike a fine wine.
Katmundu 2 years ago 9
To quote Noel Gallagher "Green is the best ever British blues guitarist" Rock on
simon1000 2 years ago 4
BEST blues guitarist ever. Period!
legbider 2 years ago 5
Debatable but quite possible
ZACfromSCB 2 years ago
Brilliant, never bettered! never!!!!
blackpudscoffer 2 years ago 2
I have the actual album.(Vinyl) Fleetwood Mac 'Live'. Boston tea Party 1970
allanpope1971 2 years ago
me too, I've actually had 3 different ones, all with different covers, the bootleggers were busy trying to separate us greeny fans with our bucks!
thereagauze 2 years ago
Went to see a Fleetwood Mac cover band last night and they did a good job, but wow I'd forgotten how great the original band was. Great clip ..love this.
carolinerico 2 years ago 4
Great Clip, wonderfull
Thank you !!!!
Damenkraft 2 years ago
wow, what a gem of a clip. thank you!
ultrasur1 2 years ago
One little acronym identifies the trouble that Peter had: LSD.
It isn't clever and it isn't cool, kids.
PeelTower 3 years ago
Verryyy coooollllll !!! (@ ! !*& !! &?!+% !)
Ttrgrmmtn 3 years ago
Peter Green is one of the truly great British Blues guitarists...his technique, phrasing, and that unique tone are awesome...obviously he's a troubled soul but that's one of the things that makes him such a compelling artist
swacbro 3 years ago 3
Yes I agree swacbro, when I listen to Green's Black Magic Woman it sounds to me like some of Carlos Santana's style was borrowed from Peter Green.
kassx1 3 years ago 5
Have you ever heard "The Super-Natural" from Green's stint with John Mayall? That's where Carlos got it.
strangeones4 2 years ago
"The Supernatural", although not technically demanding, remains one of my favourite guitar pieces ever. Peter Green's phrasing on that is sublime (as was/is a lot of his playing). Give me that over these 1000 notes per second merchants ANY day.
schragemusik 2 years ago
Is this a live version or is it the same as the original single?
Malady 3 years ago
Which album is this song on?
Malady 3 years ago
Boston Tea Party...Live
Discfiend69 3 years ago
bring back the peter green fleetwood mac
be goood
scribo79 3 years ago
sorry for my n00bishness, but what key is the solo in? not that i would dare try imitate, just wondering
deathcampdrone 3 years ago
The song is in E so the solo is proably in E
KickAssCorporation 3 years ago
One of my ALL time favorites..... wow...
Thanks for posting.
tyazen24 3 years ago
Eric Clapton = God.
Peter Green = Beyond God!!!!!
jkoff76 3 years ago 5
Peter Green = The Green God
gtarman59 2 years ago 3
Influential,Heavy,Amazing.
profplunket 3 years ago
the first time i heard fleetwood mac,was thier english rose album
great version dog,thanks
1areyoulookinatme 3 years ago
This is fucking great song. I listen to this almost every day (as I do also the Judas Priest version as they are so totally different and still great!) Yes, I am a nutter as Peter when writing this song!
kultanen 3 years ago
great song
789pequignot 3 years ago
the melvins cover is amazing
mikescott77 3 years ago 5
right on
bonistik 3 years ago
Truly phenomenal song, the Peter Green era was Fleetwood Mac in my opinion.
rdevicsaint 3 years ago 6
Mmm, missing the point i think: the sound & feel is in the heart & expressed with the fingers; any one can buy certain combinations of amp & guitar but still not move us because they play from the head & not from the spirit... Some people just plug in & play with whatever is available & make us cry with the beauty of thair music because they dont think, just let the spirit sing
rungri 3 years ago 2
Why are jewish people so tortured in their souls? Anyway thank god they are because we'd never have music like this!
rungri 3 years ago
to rungri
we all know what you meant.would you say the same thing about the black race, black blues is where rock came from.they were tortured body,mind,spirit and soul.would you want your family to be tortured,so you could write a meaningful song?just think about it
1areyoulookinatme 3 years ago
Amazing, thanks for the posting!!
KeyFM 3 years ago 2
like the footage thanx for uploading.
stardustman287 3 years ago
danny kirwan was so beautiful,talented,shame on us ,bless danny x
seethisthingsanother 3 years ago
San Francisco, San Francisco, I just see and transmit the smell of the Market, Tenderloin, Mission District, Dolores Park, Golden Gate Park, and streets of San Francisco after 3:00.
jaynez31 3 years ago
Great song from a great band.
warminator 3 years ago 5
I love all Fleetwood Mac, of course I like Peter Green Fleetwood Mac way more though. The reason I like them so much is not just because they're blues, it's the emotion and the way they play their songs. That's why I can listen to "Oh Well"
ClaptonIsGod000 3 years ago
at 3:10 does the businessman call them something or does peter mess w/ him?
greeneking1976 3 years ago
Something's going on
Crossie145 3 years ago
just discovered peters fleetwood not knowing that priests and santanas hits were covers.must say the originals are better(live versions)also green and iommi do sound alike in this song, its the guitar bends w/ the hvy hand vibrato at same time.who founded what/influenced who i dont know.I lov the "chic" fleetwood too(the stevi nicks stuff mostly)and i am curious do any of u like both macs?I mean u could be a die hard green fan but skip over a masterpiece like oh well pt2 because its not blues?
greeneking1976 3 years ago
You know, at this point I don't care. I'm would not be interested if Tony Iommi gave Peter Green that bad acid in Germany. But, seriously, dead horse dudes!
jkoff76 3 years ago
( re jkoff76 post of I year ago) All of FM were at a party in a castle outside Munich thrown by two sinister German hippy aristocrats involved in the underground ,anti establishment ,alternative politics,possibly anarchist scene there . As far as I know Tony Iommi was not present .He was not mentioned in the excellent BBC Peter Green Man of the world documentary . which covered this incident in depth(has been posted on youtube )
THD
dot18 2 years ago
Ozzy Osbourne said this song helped pave the way for Black Sabbath, and it did, the prototype of every heavy metal song.
jkoff76 3 years ago
With all due respect to this song, it is fantastic, Black Sabbath's first album was released months prior and Black Sabbath's heavy sound was solidified many months before that. Ozzy had no input on the sound of Sabbath and whatever he may have said he was probably in such a stupor as to not even know what he was talking about. Black Sabbath's use of detuning and tritones can be attributed to the loss of Tony Iommi's fingertips. Twas fate that invented heavy metal's sound, not Peter Green.
Oddwun 3 years ago
Wow. Really??? Being a Black Sabbath obsessive for over 20 years there is nothing about what you just said that I don't already know. And if you believe that Peter Green had NO influence on Toni Iommi, you know absolutely nothing about guitar!!!
jkoff76 3 years ago
as far as being one of the best english blues players, I guess, but the Mac albums before "Then Play On" (Released late 69) are pretty straight blues, I don't see how they'd be an influence to the sabbath sound when Earth/Black sabbath demos from summer '69 show them playing the same style that would make them world famous later. I have to go with Oddwun, Ozzy's mind is confused.
thereagauze 3 years ago
of course you do realize they were mainly influenced by the british blues boom, which included Fleetwood Mac and Cream, who influenced the creation of metal, because back then, that could be called metal.
jb4427 3 years ago
I never said anything about Peter Green's influence with regards to Tony Iommi. They were playing at the same bars and clubs for years all around Britain, obviously they influenced each other greatly. Your claim was particular to this song, proclaiming it prototypical to heavy metal when it was no such thing. Similarly arranged songs were around long before this song. It's a great song, but nothing pioneering in the development of the sound of heavy metal.
Oddwun 3 years ago
in my 50s now but it makes me get up and go mental around the room, swear i will get court one day ,what memorys, far out
gaviscon200354 3 years ago
This was my VERY VERY VERY FAVORITE when it first came out 1970? ... it blew my mind... it was my music, body and soul at the age of 16... and still is my treasure... I still have the SS! This has not grown old, it's ageless.
Thanks for posting!
Tyazen 3 years ago
first time i heard this - love it along with any stuff before the girls spinning and fighting umongst themselves - i have grown a beard
reesh65 3 years ago
not just of that period, on of the best like ever =D
connordoh 3 years ago
Fantastic :O
SkopTeocratico 3 years ago
I agree totally with shireat's and blomfield's comments. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is like my third favorite band, only coming after Pink Floyd and The Beatles
johnlennon6773 3 years ago
Definatley Up there with one of the best bands of the 60's-70's
blomfield1 3 years ago
Theres only one Fleetwood Mac and when Peter Green left they ceased to be Fleetwood Mac, for me anyway
sidgreen76 3 years ago 4
You are so right. They went populist after that.
pigsbishop99 3 years ago
Cool song! I just found out a few minutes ago that the Judas Priest version of this song was originally done by the legendary Fleetwood Mac.
Peace to all the Fleetwood Mac fans from this 1980's & early 1990's Metalhead.
BlisteringMetal 3 years ago 8
No, the sound of early Fleetwood Mac had nothing in common, in any way, with freakin' Black Sabbath. I was listening to the local underground station in late '69, and heard Then Play On. Went out the next day, bought the album...and didn't stop listening to them until they went commercial. Black Sabbath started out with a heavy blues focus but quickly turned to weird, occult and horror-based lyrics, with accompanying "heavy metal" sound. FM: Peter Green. BS: Ozzy Osbourne. Say no more.
hogtown00 3 years ago 2
AMEN AND RIGHT ON TARGET!!!
faroutlindsey 3 years ago
So, Fleetwood Mac goes back to the days of Black Sabbath. The sound is pretty similar to late 60's Sabbath.
So, if Mick Fleetwood hadn't let Stevie Nicks into the crew, Fleetwood Mac would be a godfathers of metal band now?
evildaveprime 3 years ago
no, no, no. different things. 60ies fleetwood were going to be the greatest ever in melodic an rhythmic tension. Black Sabbath in my opinion are absolutely overrated.
lugtrug 3 years ago
So if you mean by similar you me they both play guitars well then ya but other than that they don't sound anything alike.
stephenpaquet 3 years ago
It's hard to imagine that Mick Fleetwood and John McVie played with Peter Green and Buckingham/Nicks. Can you see 2 more diverse music styles? And yet both had their own huge audiences. It just goes to show you. And don't ask me what!
smokiebird06 3 years ago 3
i hate to say it, bit of peter had not gone mad fleetwood mac would be bigger than zeppelin. so much RAW talent.
ps accidently pressed enter in my previous comment. peace
arsesagainstfire 3 years ago
THey might not have been bigger but they will always be better!!
pigsbishop99 3 years ago 2
If anyone has Oh Well from Then Play On, please post it. It's easily one of the all time great pieces of music from the 70's or any other time, for that matter. And also, if anyone has Peter Green's original Black Magic Woman(no offense Carlos)please post that as well. Thanks ahead of time.
smokiebird06 3 years ago
Carlos wouldn't be offended.
Crossie145 3 years ago
I did post it in January! I agree it's one of the all time greats. Check out Man of the world too.
lorjim58 3 years ago
original, authentic rock and roll. love it. thx for the vid
naiduk 4 years ago
Too bad Peter Green went crazy, Jeremy Spencer joined the Children of God, and Danny Kirwin left the group when "the girls" joined and ruined Fleetwood Mac.
F1LotusFan 4 years ago 6
too bad eh..
guitarigg 4 years ago
Hi fatstrat402,
Try this one, Curved Air´s "Back Street Luv"
A time I met my first girlfreind. It´s also a classic for me at least.
This is stuff that influenced my so called formative years like Umma Gumma by Floyd where we used to sit stoned, speechless and completely spaced out.
Take care and do not take the wrong drugs, OK?
Greets, Anthill52
anthill52 4 years ago
Tried it. Sonja Kristina is a great singer, but man, the rest of the band sounds like a train wreck. Agree with you on Umma Gumma. You roll a spliff, get flat on your back and stare at the ceiling. :))))) Very Nice!
jkoff76 3 years ago
this is why you tube is the best.
Ive never heard of this version till now.
stupid music programmers on the radio are depriving us all of great songs.
zynjan 4 years ago 3
This is Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac! It's a live version I'm pretty sure is from the Boston Tea Party set. I've been wrong a couple of times in the last five minutes.
mtafoya 4 years ago
The best version ever. This one has more guts and power than Pete Green´s had. It´s a classic. And I agree completely with most of the contibutors. How about another classic? Back Street Luv by Curved Air?
Anthill
anthill52 4 years ago
I like this version as well as Judas priests version. This seems like a precursor to the Iron Maidens and Judas Priests of the world. I wonder what Fleetwood Mac would have evolved to if they never brought in any ladies and kept this lineup? My guess is they would have been a metal band
orpheus2112 4 years ago
I agree, Mac was going in that direction, Sabbath/Zep area. I happened to comment elsewhere on YouTube that the Priest cover has a better structure and is overall more listenable than the original studio recording by Mac of this and got my head torn off, but frankly, the original sounds like a bad LSD trip and I think it unlistenable. I bet this version is lilkey what Priest tried to recreate and it blows away the Mac's studio recording.
deuce1231 4 years ago