{"id":865289,"date":"2026-09-30T00:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865289\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T00:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:24:11","slug":"3-tracks-that-show-a-side-of-fleetwood-mac-you-dont-hear-on-the-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865289\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tracks That Show a Side of Fleetwood Mac You Don\u2019t Hear on the Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

These Fleetwood Mac<\/a> tracks aren\u2019t from the band\u2019s most famous years. While most casual fans only know the band\u2019s Rumours era, these songs are stunners from different iterations of their diverse tenure.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: This Fleetwood Mac Hit From 1982 Was Inspired by Christine McVie\u2019s Relationship With a Beach Boy]<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cGreen Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow, when the day goes to sleep, and the full moon looks \/ The night is so black that the darkness cooks \/ Don\u2019t you come creepin\u2019 around \/ Makin\u2019 me do things I don\u2019t wanna do,\u201d are the lyrics to \u201cGreen Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)\u201d from Fleetwood Mac\u2019s Peter Green era. This psychedelic song explores the corrupting power of money.<\/p>\n

Green once described being visited by a dog on a drug trip. \u201cIt scared me because I knew the dog had been dead a long time,\u201d he once said<\/a>. \u201cIt 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.\u201d The founding member equated the barking dog with financial difficulties, which led him to pen this track.<\/p>\n

\u201cHypnotized\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHypnotized\u201d comes from the Bob Welch era of Fleetwood Mac, between Green and before they became global superstars. This song captures a paranormal experience. \u201cIt\u2019s the same kind of story \/ That seems to come down from long ago \/ Two friends having coffee together \/ When something flies by their window,\u201d the lyrics read, describing a UFO sighting.<\/p>\n

This song bridges the gap between the band\u2019s earliest rootsy days and the sound they would adopt with Nicks and Buckingham.<\/p>\n

\u201cTusk\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cTusk\u201d belongs to the Nicks and Buckingham era, but it\u2019s not the sound that made them famous. The band could\u2019ve continued with the pop crossover appeal they earned with Rumours, but they decided to get a little off-kilter and adopt a bolder sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t say that you love me \/ Just tell me that you want me,\u201d the lyrics read over experimental instrumentation orchestrated by Buckingham. This song moved Fleetwood Mac from radio-friendly mainstream back into the world of bold artistry the band\u2019s earliest days were founded on. When we listen to this track, it\u2019s hard to imagine it\u2019s the same band that delivered Rumours. Buckingham proved he wasn\u2019t going to rest on his laurels with this track and the accompanying album.<\/p>\n

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