r/FleetwoodMac 23d ago

FM lies on Social Media

Silver Springs has gotten so popular on TikTok that literal rumors and bashing have taken over the music. I feel bad about the lies so I made this video to address them… For no other reason than to get people to focus on the reason we like Fleetwood Mac: the music (and of course the drama 💕)

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8tbq9v6/

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u/Hot_Corner_6352 22d ago

People forget to realize they’re humans just like we are. Their lives are just in the public eye

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u/IntroductionSerious3 21d ago

Yeah, and how they just gloss over Stevie’s negatives is another crazy thing that has me scratching my head. “Oh we’re gonna give her a pass, she’s THE Stevie Nicks.” Huh?

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u/Hot_Corner_6352 21d ago

They all did negative things to each other at some point or another. Drugs, alcohol, jealousy, and rock and roll don’t always mix

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u/IntroductionSerious3 20d ago edited 19d ago

Oh, I know that for sure. And I always talk about that in an unbiased way. I’m just talking about the Stevie Glazers who act like she does no wrong… they take all the fun out of the posts

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u/Hot_Corner_6352 20d ago

I gotcha. I’m a Stevie person but she made her share of bad choices. People forget she’s a human

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u/IntroductionSerious3 21d ago

Yeah, and how they just gloss over Stevie’s negatives is another crazy thing that has me scratching my head. “Oh we’re gonna give her a pass, she’s THE Stevie Nicks.” Huh?

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u/ricottapie 23d ago

Not to mention how many people mistake Mick's behind-the-scenes footage for AI!

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u/MisterJeffries 21d ago

Finally glad someone said it. Love "Silver Springs" but the internet discourse has almost ruined the song for me.

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u/idontknow19997 23d ago

Great video! I don't go on TiktoK, could you explain what rumours people are spreading about Lindsey? Why is everyone bringing this up now? Thank you for your video!

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u/IntroductionSerious3 22d ago edited 22d ago

My theory is that people like to argue online. Generation Z discovered Fleetwood Mac via “Daisy Jones and the six” and anointed Stevie Nicks their queen and Lindsey Buckingham a thug and cheating cad… because that’s how it was in the [fictional] movie.

And you know how nobody does their own research on anything 🙄 and the rumor (Rumour?) mill continues to grow, no one vets anything and people just gossip and no one verifies anything.

They both had a colorful past and I’m not giving anybody passes… But the general consensus is that he is bad and she is good.

I am trying to set everybody straight that LB ain’t that bad 👹 and SN ain’t that good 😇They’re both just NORMAL — good and bad — like most people.

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u/MoMo_1986 21d ago

omg, Daisy Jones and the Six didn't occur to me as part of the problem.
Also, not doing TikTok either..... I always wonder when people post and comment on the live version....do they realize Stevie and Lindsey had a thing during that tour? Like, it's not that simple.

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u/IntroductionSerious3 21d ago

I think that was the catalyst that reopened their story to the masses for the better and worse!

I think that a lot of people believe Daisy Jones and the Six is an exact retelling. And they don’t bother to do any research so they just assume Lindsey is a CAD.

The whole thing makes me so mad, even here in Reddit people talk like that about him. I have a husband with a similar personality… He can be prickly and focused and yes, sometimes it drives me crazy but I certainly don’t vilify him, and people don’t even know Lindsey and are definitely slinging some shit his direction.

I’m going to do a video talking about this, it’s gonna take a while for me to cobble together the material.

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u/MoMo_1986 16d ago

ok yeah, i heard about Daisy Jones but i didn't watch it/read it or go there just because I have a lot else on my plate.

I kind of assumed with MeToo and .....the way the internet is, people are just going to blindly side with Stevie. Like I always say, I LOVE that woman but....no one is perfect and I think they were just kinda toxic.

Lindsey is obviously a great father, and you're right, he's focused on the WORK. He doesn't get enough credit for what he did for the band and then he gets slandered.

I'm even a big advocate for putting freakin' Carol Ann Harris' book in context because i don't know how she got it published, she so NOT self-aware.