Album remembered as dominant cultural force upon release
6 Sep 19 3:30 PM · 4d ago · 34 comments · 1 source · development 6 of 6
Commenters who lived through the album's 1976 release recalled its immediate impact on radio and popular culture, with one attendee describing a concert when 'Rumours' was released where 'every song was a hit.'
“I was at their concert when Rumours was released and every song was a hit.”
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I recently saw a Gen Z reaction vid to a live performance of "The Chain." They were genuinely confused by Stevie glaring daggers at Lindsay the whole time. LOLz.
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Was that the show recorded in 1997? I think it was "Silver Springs" where she nearly knocks him off the stage with the "you motherfucker" look she gives him lol
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SO great. I remember the summer that album came out. Dominated the airwaves. Still love it.
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Have you seen The Highwomen cover "The Chain?" Here's a version from a few years back
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(Recently standing in the studio were Rumours was recorded! The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA.)
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And I was at their concert when Rumours was released and every song was a hit. With all the drugs going around, I still remember it well!
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I remember buying it, then my best friend and I played six times in a row at top volume in her apartment. At which point, the downstairs neighbor banged loudly on the ceiling…
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On the turntable of every house party that summer.
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Hey! Rumours came out the year I was born. It can't be 50 y... hold... doing the math... oh.
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Reminds me of a scene in Flight of the Conchords.
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Caught my 22 year-old playing Bob Dylan just the other day.
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Songbird may be the greatest love song ever written.
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Do you know how hot it is, to write a song about your asshole ex and then make him perform it live on stage?
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I totally interpreted this as the Club Noveau song, which, for the record, also goes very hard
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Gurl I dont even have a ticket and felt these both in my soul
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Might even say “it goes its own way”. Or not.
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You know of "Buckingham Nicks," don't you?
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It’s the only Album that at some point in my life I’ve had the vinyl, 45’s, cassette tape, 8-track, dvd and downloaded both legally - multiple times, and possibly not so legally.
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Visited my uncle in SF when I was 10 and he played the vinyl a lot. It's my official California soundtrack now.
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I was just playing "Edge of Seventeen," but you've convinced me to start "Rumors" now!
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G
you think this is about ONE song on an entire album of great songs?
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It’s in it’s own universe, the chain is one of the best songs ever
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I dunno. I'm going to have to go my own way on that opinion.
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My speeding ticket album is Peter Frampton Comes Alive!
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