Monday, 11 December 2017
860 Fleetwood Mac At 21
First viewed : 2 May 1988
This was a Bank Holiday documentary tracking the tempestuous story of Fleetwood Mac, resurgent once more with the success of Tango in the Night. The story has of course been told in full or in part a fair few times since so it's not easy to recall which bits were in which programme. What I do recall strongly about this one was that it concluded with an audio interview with founding genius Peter Green at a low point in his long struggle with mental illness. Green didn't want to be filmed though he was able to speak reasonably coherently. He did allow the inclusion of a few still photos taken during the interview showing a bloated, dishevelled man in a shabby duffel coat with grotesquely long fingernails which he seemed to be using as an excuse not to pick up a guitar again. It was a very downbeat ending to a supposedly celebratory programme.
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