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Music Appreciation

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6. There were a lot of '70s records that sounded like that. I call it...

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 2, 2025, 02:24 AM

Jun 2

...the "rubber band drum sound". A lot of Eagles records have some truly dreadful drum sounds. And these are really well-engineered records otherwise, but the drums sound like someone's just hitting a bunch of suitcases.

Believe it or not, Mick Fleetwood played that same two-bar pattern over and over for the entire song with no variations. I always wondered why they didn't just make a tape loop instead. Bob Welch's delivery is pretty cool, though. It's a really spooky song, especially when it comes to the lyrics.

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Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac [View all] Figarosmom May 31 OP

Great song. MIButterfly May 31 #1

Yeah i saw it and realized you were right Figarosmom May 31 #2

Cool Tune ProfessorGAC Jun 1 #3

Thats funny Figarosmom Jun 1 #4

The Playing Is Good ProfessorGAC Jun 1 #5

There were a lot of '70s records that sounded like that. I call it... keep_left Jun 2 #6