Fleetwood Mac "Fighting/Searching for Madge" Question

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  1. midniteinsanjuan

    midniteinsanjuan Senior Member Thread Starter

    Pretty straightforward query...Who/what is the classical music that is played near the end of "Madge" on Then play on?

    This is something I've often pondered...:help:
     
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  2. pool_of_tears

    pool_of_tears Searching For Simplicity

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    Me too. The bulk of those 2 songs are edited from a long jam. But the source for that classical bit has not been revealed to my knowledge. I like it...it reminds me of "Expecting To Fly" by Buffalo Springfield.
     
  3. midniteinsanjuan

    midniteinsanjuan Senior Member Thread Starter

    Anyone? Will this remain one of RocknRoll's few remaining mysteries...
     
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  4. midniteinsanjuan

    midniteinsanjuan Senior Member Thread Starter

    Now that the Deluxe CD has come out, I thought I'd bump this thread.
     
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  5. Greg Carrier

    Greg Carrier Senior Member

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    The intersection of Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac fans and classical music buffs who might have the answer might be so small that this never gets answered. Which would be a shame.
     
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  6. midniteinsanjuan

    midniteinsanjuan Senior Member Thread Starter

    True.
     
  7. Schoolmaster Bones

    Schoolmaster Bones Poe's Lawyer

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    Another question: is it just my familiarity with the second US LP version, or does it seem the the UK (and earlier US) Then Play On have the two "Madge" tracks out of order?

    I mean, the longer "Searching" clearly shows the main riff gradually taking form, seemingly revisited in the shorter "Fighting"...
     
  8. Cassiel

    Cassiel Sonic Reducer

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    I suspect it may be an excerpt from something like the BBC orchestral music library; there was a boatload of orchestral music that the was recorded for licensing and use in films, TV, radio, commercials, etc., and other rock bands (the Beatles, for one) have used some of this music on their records. The absence of a string arranging credit on the album definitely points to using a pre-existing recording of some sort.
     
  9. lennonfan1

    lennonfan1 Senior Member

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    It sounds to me like Grand Canyon Suite.
     
  10. Larry Geller

    Larry Geller Surround sound lunatic

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    Also, who the hell is/was Madge?
     
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  11. midniteinsanjuan

    midniteinsanjuan Senior Member Thread Starter


    Madge was a dedicated fan who saw many Mac shows at the time, hence the dedication.
     
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  12. Cassiel

    Cassiel Sonic Reducer

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    Per Mick Fleetwood, she was a fan who came to all of their early shows and once hitchiked 200 miles to see one of their gigs.
     
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  13. midniteinsanjuan

    midniteinsanjuan Senior Member Thread Starter

    Yearly Bump.

    Can anyone identify that piece of music?
     
  14. elaterium

    elaterium Forum Resident

    I always assumed it was Christine on the mellotron. I believe it is improvised, not a classical piece at all, though it has that flavor.
     
  15. pbuzby

    pbuzby Senior Member

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    Sounds like a real orchestra not mellotron to me.
     
  16. midniteinsanjuan

    midniteinsanjuan Senior Member Thread Starter

    Yeah..It's definetly not a Mellotron. I think it's taken from a Classical piece or some Library Music...
     
  17. pool_of_tears

    pool_of_tears Searching For Simplicity

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    Thanks for the bump :)

    This one is on my iPhone...I shall listen this afternoon while running reports.
     
  18. midniteinsanjuan

    midniteinsanjuan Senior Member Thread Starter

    Yearly Bump...Will this RnR mystery ever be solved?
     
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  19. Arnold Grove

    Arnold Grove Senior Member

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    Maybe Madge knows? ... ;)
     
  20. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

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    Sounds to me like a tape of part of the jam reversed and slowed-down.
     
  21. DTK

    DTK Forum Resident

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    The orchestral section?
     
  22. AlmostHeavenWV

    AlmostHeavenWV The poster formerly known as AlmostHeavenWV

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