“Come sneaking around, trying to drive me mad”
HMO salutes Peter Green, who has died aged 73. There are many superb tunes I could pick as a tribute to the gifted guitarist, vocalist and founder of Fleetwood Mac. I toyed with Sandy Mary, Oh Well, Jumping At Shadows, Man Of The World and I Loved Another Woman: all personal faves. But given this is a metal site I’m going to go with The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown). Even if you’re not familiar with Fleetwood Mac, I’m sure you all know this song from Judas Priest’s cover versions on Hell Bent For Leather and Unleashed In The East. They turned it into a great souped-up rocker and their interpretation is very enjoyable. But I don’t think this song was really intended to be enjoyable. It was written during a period of LSD-induced mental health struggles and was inspired by a particularly vivid nightmare which Green interpreted as being about the evil of money and success. The Mac version is as dark, ominous and anguished as its subject matter. Doubly so on this extended live take recorded in Boston in 1970. It’s a musical dark night of the soul. Enjoy!
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
Great great song. My favorite (I know you didn’t ask, but I’m going to tell you anyway 😉) is I’m so Afraid off their 1975 self titled album. But he wasn’t involved. My favorite of his with them was Ive Lost my Baby off Mr. Wonderful. So bluesy and good. I clean the house to it because I am old.
Xo
LikeLiked by 1 person
Interesting picks Annie. I’ve got both those albums but can’t remember either of those ones. So I’m going to give them a listen… Maybe do some housework too!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hail adulting!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Love the Priest version, a fitting tribute to Peter. Rest in peace Peter Green.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Peter Green Mac was the best version of Mac!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Agreed!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I just heard about his passing and it explains why my Black magic Woman post has blown up these last 24 hours. Sad to hear. He was so underrated and I love his era of Mac.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Was it one of your original vs cover posts per chance? He was underrated for sure.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes it was
LikeLiked by 1 person
Who won?
LikeLiked by 1 person
I went with Santana’s version although I do like both.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You better fix that out of respect haha
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha! Maybe I should…but I won’t.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful sensitive guitarist. My mate has the 5LP (I think) set of this gig and I really, really want it. It’s music to get wasted to and spin on out into the cosmos on the grooves …
I’d imagine.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ve got the 3CD set which is instantly superior to your mate’s LP set because it comes with a set of coasters. I often get wasted and gaze at them.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Stoner coasters. Wow, it doesn’t get better than that!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Once you get to the edge like that it’s hard to come back.
LikeLike
As Mr Green would have been the first to tell you.
He was never the same after the coaster incident in Germany. They say they switched one of his coasters with a whole placemat.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s just evil. You can’t adjust to a placemat without any warning. Your mind doesn’t know what’s happening to it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
HMO we’ve been down the Green road before. What a great cut. He’s never far from my music box.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Do you like any of the albums after Green at all? Like Kiln House and that kinda stuff? Worth checking out?
LikeLiked by 1 person
I really like ‘Kiln House’. Some good tunes on there. I dropped off after ‘Bare Trees’. How about you?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Not heard anything between Then Play On and the Nicks era. I saw there is a box set coming out with those albums so I might give it a go.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You go way back. I’m a huge fan of the album after ‘Play On’, ‘Live In Chicago’. Those first albums are where i live with Mac. The Green factor. The softer gentler ideas started to get involved. Lots of folks liked the new direction. I’ll let them enjoy themselves.
Some real good stuff with Greens solo work. More laid back and subtle but works for me,
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ll try his solo stuff too then. Not got any of that.
LikeLike
Holy smokes!! What a scorcher! I’ve always loved this (Mac) song but hadn’t heard a live version before. Do you enthusiastically recommend Live in Boston? I’ve got Shrine ’69 recorded a year earlier and, while great, seems a world away from this jam; much more trad. blues.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes I’d recommend it whole heartedly. There’s some really dark and heavy rock on it. Sandy Mary is awesome. They still do the blues stuff… Jumping At Shadows will give you the chills. And there’s fun rock n’ roll pastiches from Spencer. Just make sure you get the full 3CD version.
I’ve not heard Shrine 69 so I’m gonna look into that.
LikeLiked by 1 person